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‘Dark Skies’ initiated over Pacific Missile Range Facility during shearwater fledgling season

Shearwater fledging season began Tuesday and runs through Dec. 15; the Dark Skies program helps reduce light pollution and improve safe passage for fledglings and the number of fal...

US nonprofit designates Lala Mountain a dark sky site

US military ends long-running program to spot nuclear missile launches

A newer program has been operational since 2011, and the next generation could launch within 12 months.

BlackSky joins $1 billion plan for AI satellite network

BlackSky Technology said it has been named the exclusive provider of very-high-resolution optical satellites for what organizers call the world’s first AI-enabled satellite constel...

Why Cities Institute Bans On Streetlights To Achieve 'Dark Sky Status'

In many urban areas, light pollution drowns out thousands of stars that are visible to the naked eye at night. These areas provide refuge from light pollution.

CubeSat Instrument Extends Solar Storm Warnings 10x

Our Sun is the very reason life exists on our small, blue planet. It provides solar radiation that warms the planet and ignites the intricate biochemical processes like photosynthe...

Golden Gate Canyon State Park Becomes Colorado’s First Urban Dark Sky Park

'Sky glow': Data centres could threaten Mackenzie's dark sky status

Fears are mounting the Mackenzie could become home to large-scale data centres, with one expert warning the district's dark sky reserve status was at risk.

DRDO's IRDE Advances Indigenous Ultra-Wide Field Telescope Array For Space Surveillance

DRDO's Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE) is developing an advanced ultra-wide field telescope array intended to track objects in Earth orbit, marking...

NASA’s Powerful New Space Telescope, Just Cleared for Launch, Was Developed by an Intelligence Agency to “Spy on America...

"What what do you guys think about instead of pointing downwards, we point upwards, and you guys use it?" The post NASA’s Powerful New Space Telescope, Just Cleared for Launch, Was...

CubeSat instrument extends solar storm warnings 10x

The sun is the reason life exists on our small, blue planet. It provides solar radiation that warms the planet and ignites intricate biochemical processes like photosynthesis, prod...

Telescope equipped with German technology launched into space

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman space telescope is to explore dark matter, among other things. The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg is playing an important role.

Computer scientist tracks satellites with automated observatory built from off-the-shelf technology

Allen Schnibben's interest in space started when he was a child. "I picked up some books about the solar system when I was in elementary school. In middle school, I got a telescope...

SuperCDMS SNOLAB Starts Its Dark Matter Hunt

The search for dark matter has reached another milestone - in this case the start of science for one of the world’s newest detectors. The Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperC...

U.S. Space agency plans global network of missile warning ground sites

The U.S. Space Development Agency released a formal request for proposals September 18 for ground stations that will receive data from its next generation of missile-tracking satel...

У истоков планетарной защиты

Бездна космоса, холодный отблеск солнечных панелей, режущий глаз. Голубой огонёк Земли, не больше Юпитера на земном небе, затерялся в лучах слепящего Солнца где‑то за кормой, а впе...

AI Spots Hidden Solar Storm Signs 9 Hours Early

When we think of weather forecasts, we instinctively think of weather on Earth like rain or shine. However, we rarely consider weather forecasts from outside of the Earth, also cal...

NASA's Dark Universe-Seeking Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches

Now on a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon reveal the universe's darkest secrets. The mission launched at 7:2...

Clear skies for 'Space Chase' as most expensive object ever built visible over Ireland

Every 'real star' in the sky will be outshone by the ISS on Thursday and Friday evening

Спутникопад Starlink превратили в глобальный барометр — они помогают изучать атмосферу Земли

Астроном и автор научно-популярных материалов Тони Филлипс (Tony Phillips) предложил использовать спутники мегасозвездий на низкой околоземной орбите как своеобразный глобальный да...

Arctic Experiment Explores Ways to Close Air Surveillance Gaps

U.S. military personnel, scientists and international partners conducted live-fly testing in Alaska during the final event of a three-year Arctic air domain awareness experiment se...

Stars will come out for Minnesota-wide dark sky celebration

The Bell Museum is organizing a three-day event; plus, the gravel cycling national championships and a national parks film.

Eyes In The Sky: How Private Tech Partnerships Are Sharpening India's Airborne Missile Shield

Defence Research and Development Organisation actively partners with Indian private defence firms under the Development-cum-Production Partner model and Transfer of Technology fram...

NASA Launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to Probe Dark Energy & Exoplanets

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is designed to investigate dark matter, dark energy and exoplanets. The post NASA Launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to Probe Dark Energy &...