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Rocket Lab plans new Neutron rocket, intends to go public

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March 2 (UPI) -- California-based Rocket Lab, which has sent rockets into space 17 times using its small Electron vehicle, plans to launch a much bigger rocket called Neutron by 2024. As part of Rocket Lab's effort to raise funds for Neutron, it plans a public listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange by the end of June. Advertisement Rocket Lab is confident it will succeed, but humble enough to adapt and offer new products, founder and CEO Peter Beck said in an interview. "If we see market opportunities, then we will go after them. And don't get me wrong. ... Electron is still an incredibly important tool. We're not abandoning the small satellite market," Beck said. Neutron would be more than twice as high as its smaller predecessor. It would stand 131 feet tall and be capable of lifting ab...

Jun232020 by adminNo Comments

‘Black neutron star’ discovery changes astronomy

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Scientists have discovered an astronomical object that has never been observed before.It is more massive than collapsed stars, known as "neutron stars", but has less mass than black holes.Such "black neutron stars" were not thought possible and will mean ideas for how neutron stars and black holes form will need to be rethought.The discovery was made by an international team using gravitational wave detectors in the US and Italy.Charlie Hoy, a PhD student from Cardiff University, UK, involved in the study, said the new discovery would transform our understanding."We can't rule out any possibilities," he told BBC News. "We don't know what it is and this is why it is so exciting because it really does change our field." ...

May42019 by adminNo Comments

Neutron star collision 4.6 billion years ago sent gold, platinum to Earth

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May 3 (UPI) -- Two neutron stars collided 4.6 billion years ago near the Earth's solar system, sending the planet some fraction of its most precious metals, a new study says. The cosmic episode provided Earth with about 0.3 percent of its gold, platinum and uranium, according to research published Wednesday in Nature. "This means that in each of us we would find an eyelash worth of these elements, mostly in the form of iodine, which is essential to life," Imre Bartos, a researcher at the University of Florida and study author, said in a news release. "A wedding ring, which expresses a deep human connection, is also a connection to our cosmic past predating humanity and the formation of Earth itself, with about 10 milligrams of it likely having formed 4.6 billion years ago." To come up wi...

Oct142018 by adminNo Comments

Stellar death reveals compact neutron star binary

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Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Astronomers were surprised when the collapse of a massive star yielded a rather puny supernova. An investigation of the phenomena suggests a companion star robbed the collapsing star of much of its stellar material, limiting the magnitude of the explosion. "We saw this massive star's core collapse, but we saw remarkably little mass ejected," Kishalay De, grad student at the California Institute of Technology, said in a news release. "We call this an ultra-stripped envelope supernova and it has long been predicted that they exist. This is the first time we have convincingly seen core collapse of a massive star that is so devoid of matter." When massive stars run out of fuel and collapse in on themselves, the material rebounds outward in dramatic fashion. The violent explos...