https://spacewatch.global/tag/university-of-texas/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 25 Jul 2024 06:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/university-of-texas/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/07/webb-telescope-images-cold-exoplanet-12-light-years-away/ Thu, 25 Jul 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56296 An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have directly imaged an exoplanet roughly 12 light-years from Earth. While there were hints that the planet existed, there had not been any confirmation until Webb imaged it. The planet is one of the coldest exoplanets observed to date. The planet, known as Epsilon Indi Ab, is several times the mass of Jupiter and orbits the K-type star Epsilon Indi A (Eps Ind A), which is around the age of our Sun, but slightly cooler]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/kayhan-space-wins-spacewerx-orbital-prime-contract/ Wed, 19 Oct 2022 06:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44078 Software-as-a-service provider Kayhan Space, along with partners Astroscale US and the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin), has won a US Space Force award to develop an intelligent platform that autonomously enables spacecraft to safely engage with on-orbit support vehicles for services such as refueling, maintenance, debris removal and national security. Kayhan Space said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/04/space-sustainability-rating-to-launch-in-june/ Thu, 21 Apr 2022 07:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40566 The Space Sustainability Rating (SSR), hosted by the eSpace-EPFL Space Center, will allow space operators to improve their mission sustainability by obtaining a rating after transparent, data-based assessments and actionable guidance that support space debris mitigation efforts. The program, under which spacecraft and satellite operators ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/10/space-environmentalist-moriba-jah-joins-privateer/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 06:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=36712 Privateer announced that Dr. Moriba Jah, astrodynamicist and space environmentalist was joining their team as Chief Scientific Advisor. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently co-founded the space venture with the mission to drive space sustainability.]]>