It was the first successful ‘targeted’ re-entry, proving that the maneuver could help prevent space probes from contributing to debris in orbit around Earth.
The satellite was launched in 2000 and was originally planned for just a two-year mission, but the “amazing and world-changing science” that ESA is helping to keep the cluster afloat.
Using the data obtained from Salsa, scientists hope to better predict the time and location of future satellite entries.
Dr. Oleg Ishkov, Director of Rockit Technology, a clean technology company based at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, announced plans to help seal leaking methane wells in the next decade.
Rockit uses a chemical injection method to convert methane-producing rocks into solid, insoluble mineral seals.
The team predicts the technique will lock toxic greenhouse gases underground for thousands of years.
A new global report shows Elon Musk will become the first trillionaire by 2027.
Reportedly, the 53-year-old is now the richest man in the world with a net worth of $251 billion.
However, according to the 2024 Trillion Dollar Club report by Informa Connect Academy, their wealth is increasing by an average of 110% per year.
Apple is set to unveil the new iPhone 16 with AI tools including image generation, but will all features be available in Europe?
Google’s lucrative ad tech business is experimenting, and Canadians are making surprising discoveries using Google Maps to plan camping trips.
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A pioneering European Space Agency satellite called Salsa has descended into Earth’s atmosphere after spending more than two decades studying space weather.
It was the first successful re-entry target, proving that the maneuver could help prevent space probes from contributing to debris in orbit around Earth.
The satellite was launched in 2000 and was originally planned for only a two-year mission, but the impressive science and the changing world helped make ESA maintain the cluster.
Here’s a clip from ESA that explains more.
But why are reentry clusters so important?
For us, this is an opportunity to learn re-entry under controlled conditions, which we have rarely done before.
The re-entry cluster is also special because it consists of four identical satellites.
Therefore, we have four opportunities to collect valuable data safely re-entering the same satellite in slightly different conditions.
Using data obtained from SALSA, scientists hope to predict the time and location of future satellite re-entry.
Now, researchers have announced plans to help seal 100,000 methane-leaking wells over the next decade, in hopes of preventing millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
Methane is a very powerful greenhouse gas.
The warming potential is almost 80 times that of carbon dioxide in 20 short years.
But not only this, methane turns in the atmosphere into CO2 and water vapor as well.
Both are also greenhouse gases.
It’s Dr. Oleg Ishkov, Technology Director of Rockit, a clean technology company based at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.
There are like millions of wells drilled on the planet, and more will be drilled.
So, the problem is that there are thousands and tens of thousands of such wells, leaking various harmful substances into the air and sea.
This is because the main challenge is to ensure that wells are sealed, not leaking, and well integrity has cost the industry billions of dollars.
Rockit aims to use a chemical injection method to convert methane-spewing rock into a permanent seal of insoluble minerals.
So out of the well penetrating the earth, many people because of the problem with the integrity of the well, there is methane gas, it just kind of escaped through cement cracks and plugs.
So, what we offer, we offer a chemical technology that can solve this challenge.
It is calculated that cutting methane emissions by 45% by 2030 could help achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
We pump a solution that looks like it’s actually like water, but we call it rock glue, and it has the ability to seal the smallest, small cracks and pores around the wellbore, and basically by sealing this, it will stop fugitive emissions. methane into the atmosphere.
The team predicts the technique will lock toxic greenhouse gases underground for thousands of years.
As of now, the current solution that uses cement to insulate wells, is not enough, and this leads to millions of tons of CO2 equivalent to fugitive emissions.
And methane is a gas, which is kind of the low-hanging fruit, so we can deal with the leak, and fixing the leak is not an option, it’s an obligation.
The project is still in its early stages, but hopefully if the trials are successful, we could see the chemical technology roll out within a few years.
A new global report shows Elon Musk will become the first trillionaire by 2027.
Reportedly, the 53-year-old is now the richest man in the world with a net worth of $251 billion.
However, according to the 2024 Trillion Dollar Club Report by Informa Connect Academy, their wealth is increasing by an average of 110% per year.
That means if his wealth continues to grow at the same rate, he could reach trillionaire status in the next three years.
All right for some, I guess.
Come on, Canadian campers get more than they bargained for using Google Maps.
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The new iPhone 16 is expected to be announced later today, Monday September 9, with new Apple Intelligence tools that include image generation and transcription.
But it is still unclear how the new technology will be available in Europe.
There is a regulatory conflict between Apple and the European Union’s new competition rules under the Digital Markets Act, which require competing products and services to work seamlessly with Apple products.
Apple has previously confirmed the delay of some new AI-powered features due to concerns over interoperability requirements.
The feature was first previewed during Apple’s developer conference in June, and is expected to start rolling out gradually as part of the iPhone 16 launch.
The US government took Google to task for its advertising technology business, which last year generated more than $200 billion.
The trial that begins today will hear the Justice Department’s case that the search engine’s parent company, Alphabet, is operating a monopoly on the market illegally.
Google has denied this claim, and in a previous statement said, No one is forced to use our advertising technology.
They choose to use it because it is effective.
This is the second major antitrust case the tech giant has faced in the US.
Back in August, a judge ruled that the search dominance was illegal, but Google and Alphabet will face penalties because the ruling was unclear.
And finally, Canadians get more than they bargained for when they use Google Maps to plan their camping trips.
They found what may have been a large crater from an ancient meteorite.
The man found a suspicious hole while surveying the Côte Nord region of Quebec, and the mysterious hole is about 15 kilometers in diameter.
He then contacted geophysicist Pierre Rochette, who suggested that the site could be a potential meteorite impact crater.
Rochette is now part of a team of scientists investigating the site, having received samples from the area.
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