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Hausjärvi, FINLAND— A Chinese launch of the joint Sino-French SVOM mission to study Gamma-ray bursts early Saturday saw toxic rocket debris fall over a populated area. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 3:00 a.m. Eastern (0700 UTC) June 22, sending the Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) mission satellite

Houses in Texas surrounded by floodwater from Tropical Storm Alberto in June 2024 Brandon Bell/Getty Parts of Texas and Mexico were hit by flooding this week driven by Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of what is forecast to be an extremely active Atlantic hurricane season. While overall damages weren’t especially severe, the long-term

Linking silicon T centres with light offers a route to fault-tolerant quantum computing – Physics World Skip to main content Close search menu Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman announced June 21 it delivered two satellites to Space Norway for the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) that seeks to provide internet connectivity in the challenging northern polar region. The satellites, ordered in 2019, are set to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California

The 2000-year-old wine found in a Roman tomb in Carmona, Spain Juan Manuel Román/University of Cordoba A reddish liquid found in a 2000-year-old Roman mausoleum in Spain is the oldest known liquid wine in existence, a chemical analysis has revealed. “I was surprised and full of disbelief,” says José Rafael Ruiz Arrebola at the University

From the lab to Ukraine’s front line – Physics World Skip to main content Close search menu Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

WASHINGTON — House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) is ripping into the Biden administration for not being more transparent about intelligence on Russia’s purported development of a space-based nuclear weapon. Turner, speaking June 20 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, accused the White House of withholding details about the status of the

For the first time, scientists have captured video of leeches leaping from leaves, settling a centuries-long dispute over the bloodsuckers’ ability to jump. The question of whether leeches can jump has been debated since rumours of the behaviour emerged in the late 1800s. There have been occasional sightings since, but this is the first conclusive

Hawaiian volcano erupted ‘like a stomp rocket’ – Physics World Skip to main content Close search menu Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has embarked on yet another attempt to modernize ground systems used to command and control military satellites. This time, it’s turning to the commercial sector and the cloud with a program called Rapid Resilient Command and Control (R2C2). The R2C2 program started over a year ago but made headlines

Volunteers have been exposed to the coronavirus that causes covid-19 as part of a scientific study koto_feja/GETTY Deliberately exposing people to the coronavirus behind covid-19 in a so-called challenge study has helped us understand why some people seem to be immune to catching the infection. As part of the first such covid-19 study, carried out

Scientists uncover hidden properties of rare-earth element promethium – Physics World Skip to main content Close search menu Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

WASHINGTON — The commercial space industry is facing an onslaught of cyber attacks and other threats, but lacks the resources and coordination to adequately defend itself, the head of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) warned June 18. “Every week we’re recording over 100 attacks against critical infrastructure related to space systems,” Erin

Triton, left, and Pluto (not shown to scale) may be long-lost siblings JPL/NASA//Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, and the dwarf planet Pluto may have shared a common origin before being separated in the early solar system, an analysis of their composition suggests. Triton and Pluto have both been

SNMMI ‘Image of the Year’ visualizes the brain as never before – Physics World Skip to main content Close search menu Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon remains sluggish in fielding innovative weapon systems even as security risks intensify, the Government Accountability Office said in its annual assessment of major arms programs released June 17.  The congressional watchdog’s report examined 31 major weapon systems across the military services. GAO flags several hiccups in Space Force programs, including long-standing

A 3D shape of constant width as seen from three different angles. The middle view resembles a 2D Reuleaux triangle Andriy Prymak et al. 2024/SageMath/Danylo Radchenko Mathematicians have reinvented the wheel with the discovery of shapes that can roll smoothly when sandwiched between two surfaces, even in four, five or any higher number of spatial

Birds save up to 25% of their energy when they follow a leader – Physics World Skip to main content Close search menu Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2024 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here