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July 20, 2016

Scientists move 1 step closer to creating an invisibility cloak
London UK (SPX) Jul 19, 2016
Scientists at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have made an object disappear by using a composite material with nano-size particles that can enhance specific properties on the object's surface. Researchers from QMUL's School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, worked with UK industry to demonstrate for the first time a practical cloaking device that allows curved surfaces to appear flat to electromagnetic waves. While the research might not lead to the invisibility cloak ma ... read more

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Details of Space Mission Force now available from AF Space Command Air Force Space Command has posted on its website a White Paper on the Space Mission Force construct that was recently implemented within the command. The Space Mission Force, akin to the Air ... more		China's second space lab Tiangong-2 reaches launch center China's second orbiting space lab Tiangong-2, which may enable two astronauts to live in space for up to 30 days, has been delivered to Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The lab was sent from B ... more		Rethinking the Space Environment in a Globalized World Globalization has made the world a smaller place, with people, goods and services crossing borders with ease unimagined by earlier generations. Much of this globalization is enabled by space-based c ... more
				Setting a satellite to catch a satellite The target is set: a large derelict satellite currently silently tumbling its way through low orbit. If all goes to plan, in 2023 it will vanish - and efforts against space debris will have made a g ... more		First Light Image from the MeerKAT Radio Telescope The MeerKAT first light image of the sky, released by the South African Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, shows unambiguously that MeerKAT is already the best radio telescope of its ... more

Transition from Operations to Decommissioning by Preparing a Safe, Cost-Effective Shut Down and Waste Management Strategy

Precise 3D Map of Galaxies Supports Standard Cosmological Model A team of researchers from the collaboration Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III) have presented this week the latest results obtained from the map obtained by the consortium with data collected ... more		NASA, USAID Open Environmental Monitoring Hub in West Africa NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have opened a new environmental monitoring program in West Africa that will enhance the role of space-based observations in the managem ... more		Space Operations Command takes control of Space-Based Infrared System UK aims to boost economic defences against security risks Air Force Leadership Stresses Modernization and Timely Congressional Funding		Why Galaxies Stop Creating Stars Astronomers have studied 70,000 galaxies across cosmic time to find out why some cease generating stars. The processes that cause galaxies to "quench," (cease star formation) are not well unde ... more
				ALMA makes first sighting of water snow line around young star Young stars are often surrounded by dense, rotating discs of gas and dust, known as protoplanetary discs, from which planets are born. The heat from a typical young solar-type star means that the wa ... more		Russia Tests Parts of 6th Generation, Railgun Equipped Near Space Warplane Russia's largest radio electronics manufacturer gave a glimpse into the future of Russian air superiority confirming on Monday that components for a sixth 6th generation fighter jet are being tested ... more

2nd Integrated Air and Missile Defense - Securing the Complex Air Domain: Requirements for Sustainable, Global, and Reliable Solutions to Next Generation Air & Missile Threats - 28-30 September, 2016 | Washington D.C.

The World's Largest Commercial Drone Conference and Expo - Sept 7-9 - Las Vegas

Gravitational vortex provides new way to study matter close to a black hole ESA's orbiting X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has proved the existence of a 'gravitational vortex' around a black hole. The discovery, aided by NASA's NuSTAR mission, solves a mystery that has elude ... more		Fallout Fungi From Chernobyl Flee Earth on ISS Radiation Study Mission Fungi found growing in the fallout from the world's worst nuclear disaster are to be sent into space. Samples from eight different types of fungi taken from the Chernobyl exclusion zone are ready fo ... more		Aral Sea's shrinkage boosts Central Asian dust emission by 7 percent Atomic-level study of brain protein opens door to new neurological treatments Desert soil microbes adapt to thrive in extreme dry conditions		Novel mirror for tiny CubeSat telescope soon A lightweight telescope that NASA scientists are developing specifically for tiny CubeSat scientific investigations can become the first to carry a mirror made of carbon nanotubes embedded in an epo ... more
U.S. Army orders CyPhy Works tethered drone The U.S. Army's Rapid Equipping Force has ordered CyPhy Works' Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications, or PARC, drone system, the company announced Monday. ... more		Russian MoD Denies Plans for Nuclear-Capable Outer Space Strategic Bomber According to the Russian Defense Ministry, military educational institutions don't have the competence to deal with such projects. Reports claiming that the Russian Strategic Missile Forces Ac ... more		James delves into space, missile warning mission with Buckley Airmen Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James engaged with Airmen from Buckley Air Force Base July 7 and saw firsthand the space and missile warning mission that the base executes daily. During her ti ... more		Soot may have snuffed out the dinosaurs Because there weren't enough already, scientists in Japan have offered a new theory for how dinosaurs met their demise. ... more

	Winged flight may be an accident of evolution New research undermines the ways scientists have previously attempted to explain the evolution of flight. Wings may have evolved for purposes other than flight, argues researcher Alexander Dececchi. ... more		Weird quantum effects stretch across hundreds of miles In the world of quantum, infinitesimally small particles, weird and often logic-defying behaviors abound. Perhaps the strangest of these is the idea of superposition, in which objects can exist simu ... more

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NASA's Kepler Confirms 100+ Exoplanets During Its K2 Mission		Gemini Observatory Instrumental in Latest Exoplanet Harvest		SSTL and Goonhilly announce partnership and a call for lunar orbit payloads		NASA Sails Full-Speed Ahead in Solar System Exploration		What Lies Beneath - Venus' Surface Revealed Through the Clouds
NASA Selects Five Mars Orbiter Concept Studies		SpaceX propels cargo to space station, lands rocket		Taiwan to make lunar lander for NASA moon-mining mission		NASA's Kepler discovers more than 104 new exoplanets		Next Mars Rover Progresses Toward 2020 Launch

Russia launches ISS-bound cargo ship

Solar Probe Plus Mission Moves into Advanced Development

Dark Energy Measured with Map of over 1 Million Galaxies

Slow Appearance of Sunspots Challenges Theory

Surface Composition Determines Planet's Temperature and Habitability

Warm Jupiters Not as Lonely as Expected

India Will No Longer Require Israel's Heron or US Predator Drones

Massive 3D map of faraway galaxies to aid search for dark energy

NASA's Field Campaign Investigates Arctic North American Ecosystems

A giant quake may lurk under Bangladesh and beyond

Clouds are moving higher, subtropical dry zones expanding, according to satellite analysis

Gulf Stream slowdown to spare Europe from worst of climate change

A Peek Inside SLS: Fuel Tank For World's Largest Rocket Nears Completion

If life can make it here, it can make it anywhere

New Distant Dwarf Planet Beyond Neptune

Behind the scenes of protostellar disk formation

Surprise: Small elliptical galaxy actually a giant disk

Hordes of Low-Mass Objects in the Orion Nebula

NASA camera catches moon 'photobombing' Earth

Seven Soyuz Rockets to Be Constructed for Russian Defense Ministry in 2016

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