TECH SPACE - SKY NIGHTLY

Mobile games thrive, even as pandemic keeps players home

Oct 09, 2020 (AFP)

"Being stuck at home has not stopped people from playing games on their phones," said SensorTower mobile insights strategist Craig Chapple. "To the contrary, mo...

IBM reorganizes to focus on cloud computing

Oct 08, 2020 (AFP)

The move will create two separate, publicly traded firms by the end of 2021, according to the US computing giant. "IBM is laser-focused on the $1 trillion hybri...

ArcelorMittal shuts Poland blast furnace on virus slump

Oct 08, 2020 (AFP)

"The Covid-19 pandemic has huge consequences for the European steel industry... demand for steel is still significantly lower than before the pandemic," said Sa...

NASA, space industry seek new ways to cope with space debris

Oct 07, 2020 (UPI)

Members of NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel said during a regular meeting last week that the agency has made some progress, but it needs to focus on space...

On the trail of causes of radiation events during space flight

Oct 07, 2020 (SPX)

These hazards motivate the question of whether REP events can be forecasted in order to avoid unnecessary human exposure to radiation. In order to predict REP e...

Augmented reality goggles could help military dogs find bombs, chemicals

Oct 06, 2020 (UPI)

The military often uses dogs to scout areas for explosive devices and hazardous materials and to assist in rescue operations. But working dogs need handlers who...

Greece, Microsoft announce 1-bn-euro cloud investment

Oct 05, 2020 (AFP)

The announcement comes as Greece's pro-business government plans to gradually shift the country's notoriously bureaucratic civil service online. "We are bringin...

New study on the space durability of 3D-printed nanocomposites

Oct 05, 2020 (SPX)

However, these materials are known to degrade with prolonged exposure to the harsh conditions of space. A new study by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champai...

Kongsberg awarded contract for mobile communication satellite

Oct 05, 2020 (SPX)

The satellite will deliver higher capabilities and flexibility while increasing capacity and coverage across Europe, Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East. T...

Satellite Industry Association releases space traffic management recommendations and white paper

Oct 05, 2020 (SPX)

The White Paper shares SIA and its members' views and recommendations regarding the creation of a modern STCM regime, capable of supporting long term space sust...

Ultrasensitive microwave detector developed

Oct 05, 2020 (SPX)

The research findings, published in the prominent international academic journal Nature on October 1, are drawing attention as an enabling technology for commer...

NASA looks to advance 3D Printing construction systems for the Moon and Mars

Oct 05, 2020 (SPX)

As part of the Artemis program, NASA has a concept for the core surface elements needed to establish a sustained presence on the Moon, which emphasizes mobility...

The most sensitive optical receivers yet for space communications

Oct 01, 2020 (SPX)

In a new paper published in the scientific journal Nature: Light Science and Applications, a team of researchers describes a free-space optical transmission sys...

NOAA'S GOES-T satellite undergoes testing to simulate launch and orbit conditions

Sep 30, 2020 (SPX)

GOES-T is currently undergoing thermal vacuum testing in a large 29' x 65' chamber. During thermal vacuum testing, the spacecraft will experience a vast range o...

3D-printed, transparent fibers can sense breath, sounds, cell movements

Sep 30, 2020 (UPI)

The transparent conducting fibers, described Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, could be used to create a variety of biomedical devices, including moist...

Secretive Big Data firm Palantir makes low-key stocks debut

Sep 30, 2020 (AFP)

Palantir, whose name comes from the mystical, all-powerful seeing stone in "Lord of the Rings," opted for a direct listing which raises no new cash but allows i...

EPC Space announces family of space level qualified power transistors

Sep 30, 2020 (SPX)

lower resistance, and have many times superior switching performance compared to silicon solutions. Critical spaceborne applications that benefit from this newl...

Connecting optical observations to chemical changes

Sep 30, 2020 (SPX)

The research team will correlate this optical property data with material chemistry and expected lifetime data to produce a database that will be valuable both ...

18 SPCS now predicts debris-on-debris collisions in space, enhancing Space Domain Awareness for all

Sep 29, 2020 (AFNS)

Previously, the 18 SPCS only released debris-on-active satellite conjunction prediction data publically due to limited conjunction screening and reporting capac...

Satcom to foster resilient digital systems

Sep 29, 2020 (ESA)

Earlier this month ESA initiated two parallel studies to envisage the shape of the future secure telecommunications market and to clarify which solutions and di...