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  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 21, 2017 After nearly two years in space, one of the US Air Force's biggest mysteries may be returning to Earth. The Air Force has denied that rumors that its X-37B spaceplane, whose mission is classified, will be landing at Florida's Kennedy Space Center in the near future. The experimental X-37B spaceplane was scheduled to return to Earth, according to space news outlet NASA Spaceflight. Despite its name, NASA Spaceflight is not affiliated with the US space agency but they are seen as a reputable source ... read more |
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Opportunity leaving crater rim for the Plains of MeridianiOpportunity is located on the rim of Endeavour crater, about to leave the rim and get back on the plains of Meridiani. The rover is not leaving the crater, just setting up for faster progress ... more  
Juno to remain in current orbit at JupiterNASA's Juno mission to Jupiter, which has been in orbit around the gas giant since July 4, 2016, will remain in its current 53-day orbit for the remainder of the mission. This will allow Juno to acc ... more  
NASA to host news conference on discovery beyond our solar systemNASA will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST) Wednesday, Feb. 22, to present new findings on planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets. The event will air live ... more 
Cabbage Patch: 5th crop harvested aboard Space StationAfter spending nearly a month tending to the International Space Station's first crop of Chinese cabbage, astronaut Peggy Whitson harvested the leafy greens on Feb. 17. At first, one of the six seed ... more |
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ESA's six-legged Suntracker flying on a DragonTomorrow, a Space-X Dragon cargo ferry will be launched to the International Space Station packed with supplies, experiments, tools and food for the six astronauts living and working high above Eart ... more  
China to launch first high-throughput communications satellite in AprilChina plans to launch Shijian-13, its first high-throughput communications satellite, in April, the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) said Friday. The 4.6-tonne satellite, with a messag ... more  
Why are there different 'flavors' of iron around the Solar SystemNew work from Carnegie's Stephen Elardo and Anat Shahar shows that interactions between iron and nickel under the extreme pressures and temperatures similar to a planetary interior can help scientis ... more 
Building a family tree of starsUsing chemical signatures as a stand-in for DNA, researchers constructed an evolutionary tree of stars. Researchers have begun translating ideas from evolutionary biology for use in a new scientific discipline called galactic archaeology. ... more  
Black hole is producing its own fuel for star-makingThe Phoenix cluster is an enormous accumulation of about 1,000 galaxies, located 5.7 billion light years from Earth. At its center lies a massive galaxy, which appears to be spitting out stars at a ... more  
Minor planet named BernardA minor planet in the Solar System will officially be known as Bernardbowen after Australian citizen science project theSkyNet won a competition to name the celestial body. The minor planet wa ... more |
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 60,000-year-old microbes found in Mexican mine: NASA scientist  
Descent into a Frozen UnderworldMt. Erebus is at the end of our world - and offers a portal to another. It's our planet's southernmost active volcano, reaching 12,448 feet (3,794 meters) above Ross Island in Antarctica. Temperatur ... more  
India to join elite rocket club after successful tests for 4-ton class satelliteFollowing the successful launch of record number of satellite into the space, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully tested its largest cryogenic engine for a more than 10 minute ... more  
How to roll a nanotube: Demystifying carbon nanotubes' structure controlPioneering research published in Nature by Professor Feng Ding's team from the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), in collaboration with Profe ... more  
New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objectsAlthough scientists have been able to levitate specific types of material, a pair of UChicago undergraduate physics students helped take the science to a new level. Third-year Frankie Fung and fourt ... more |
  
ESA's involvement in the world of art is entering a new dimension, thanks to the cooperation with the Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, with the idea of making space activities as inclusive as possible for more of the public on Earth.
Michelangelo Pistoletto is acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of the Italian Arte Povera contemporary art movement and is widely regarded as o ... more Mystery surrounds return of Pentagon's secretive X-37B spaceplane Air Force doctor solves NASA's poop problem Cabbage Patch: 5th crop harvested aboard Space Station |
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Following the successful launch of record number of satellite into the space, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully tested its largest cryogenic engine for a more than 10 minutes. The cryogenic stage designated as C25 was tested for a flight duration of 640 seconds at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) in Mahendragiri. C25 Stage had earlier been tested successfully for 50 second ... more SpaceX blasts off cargo from historic NASA launchpad The Unique Triumph of PSLV-C37 SpaceX aborts launch after 'odd' rocket engine behavior |
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Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have discovered a patch of land in an ancient valley on Mars that appears to have been flooded by water in the not-too-distant past. In doing so, they have pinpointed a prime target to begin searching for past life forms on the Red Planet.
The findings have just been published in Geophysical Research Letters, by Dr Mary Bourke from Trinity, and her c ... more Scientists say Mars valley was flooded with water not long ago Opportunity leaving crater rim for the Plains of Meridiani Opportunity passes 44 kilometers of surface travel after 13 years |
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China plans to launch Shijian-13, its first high-throughput communications satellite, in April, the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) said Friday.
The 4.6-tonne satellite, with a message capacity of more than 20 GB, will be carried into orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, according to the CAST.
An increase in satellite throughput will provide better access to the Internet ... more Chinese cargo spacecraft set for liftoff in April China looks to Mars, Jupiter explorationChina's first cargo spacecraft to leave factory |
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Iridium Communications has announced it has received a targeted launch date of mid-June for the second mission of ten Iridium NEXT satellites. Originally anticipated for mid-April of 2017, the date has shifted due to a backlog in SpaceX's launch manifest as a result of last year's September 1st anomaly.
This second launch will deliver another ten Iridium NEXT satellites to low-Earth-orbit ... more Italy, Russia working closely on Mars exploration, Earth monitoring satellites NASA seeks partnerships with US companies to advance commercial space technologies A New Space Paradigm |
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Machines and devices used in modern industry are required to withstand harsh conditions. When the environmental temperature changes, the volume of the materials used to make these devices usually changes slightly, typically by less than 0.01%. Although this may seem like a trivial change, over time this thermal expansion can seriously degrade the performance of industrial systems and equipment. ... more ESA's six-legged Suntracker flying on a Dragon Sky and Space signs agreement with US Department of Defence Curtiss-Wright offers COTS Module for measuring microgravity acceleration |
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Arizona State University astronomer Adam Schneider and his colleagues are hunting for an elusive object lost in space between our sun and the nearest stars. They are asking for your help in the search, using a new citizen-science website called Backyard Worlds: Planet 9.
Astronomers have found evidence for a ninth planet in our solar system. The evidence comes from studying the orbits of o ... more NASA to host news conference on discovery beyond our solar system60,000-year-old microbes found in Mexican mine: NASA scientist Exoplanetary moons formed by giant impacts could be detected by Kepler |
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NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter, which has been in orbit around the gas giant since July 4, 2016, will remain in its current 53-day orbit for the remainder of the mission. This will allow Juno to accomplish its science goals, while avoiding the risk of a previously-planned engine firing that would have reduced the spacecraft's orbital period to 14 days.
"Juno is healthy, its science instrum ... more NASA receives science report on Europa lander concept New Horizons Refines Course for Next Flyby It's Never 'Groundhog Day' at Jupiter |
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The demand for raw materials is rising continuously, forcing mining companies to use lower-grade ores and to explore at greater depths. This could lead to a decline in production in the coming decades.
Many industrialized economies also depend on imports of metals for their high-tech industries. Some of these metals occur in ore deposits that are found only in a few countries. In order to ... more Small ponds have outsized impact on global warming: study Deep sea mining gets a second look 10 Italian execs found guilty over polluted water supply |
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In the event of an all-out war with Pakistan or China, signals from GLONASS and NAVIC will undoubtedly have multiplier impact and help India to target its whole suite of missiles on its rivals. Amid buzzword of 'Cold Doctrine' and delay in obtaining dedicated frequency band for military satellite, India has stepped up effort to provide sufficient number of satellites to Indian military with the ... more Australia and Lockheed field 2nd-Gen sat-based augmentation system UK may lose access to EU Galileo GPS system after Brexit Falsifying Galileo satellite signals will become more difficult |
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ISRO has started a series of ground tests for testing the performance of sensors and actuators for soft landing of the Lander on the lunar surface.
India Space Research Organization (ISRO) has selected Russian company JSC Isotope for supply of Radionuclide curium-244 (Cm-244) that enables sources to determine chemical composition of any rocks and soils.
"Supplied by JSC Isotope sourc ... more Complete Lunar-cy: The Earth Has Sprayed the Moon With Oxygen for Billennia Private Space Race Heats Up, Moon Landing Expected in Late 2017 LunaH-Map CubeSat to map the Moon's water deposits |
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft recently detected organic-rich areas on Ceres. Scientists evaluated the geology of the regions to conclude that the organics are most likely native to the dwarf planet. Data from the spacecraft suggest that the interior of Ceres is the source of these organic materials, as opposed to arriving via impacting asteroids or comets, according to a paper published in the Feb. 17, ... more Arecibo Observatory captures revealing images of Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Minor planet named Bernard Asteroid resembles dungeons and dragons dice |
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A hit Hollywood film often leads to a sequel. Sometimes those movies do well, but rarely will they eclipse the original. Undaunted by those odds, NASA is set to reboot a successful study of Earth's lightning from space - this time from the unique vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS).
A team of Earth scientists at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, ... more Sentinel-2 teams prepare for space Earth Science on the Space Station continues to grow Ancient Judea jars reveal earth's magnetic field is fluctuating, not diminishing |
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Today, ground control in Belgium switched off a package that had been continuously watching the Sun from the International Space Station for nine years. 'Solar' has been measuring most of the radiation emitted by our closest star across the electromagnetic spectrum. Built to run for only 18 months, it was still working until today - exceeding all expectations.
Solar's observations are impr ... more What happened to the sun over 7,000 years ago? NASA Scientist Studies Whether Solar Storms Cause Animal Beachings Friday Night's Deep Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
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Scientists from MIPT, the University of Oxford, and the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences estimated the number of stars disrupted by solitary supermassive black holes in galactic centers formed due to mergers of galaxies containing supermassive black holes. The astrophysicists found out whether gravitational effects arising as two black holes draw closer to one anothe ... more Hubble sees spiral in Andromeda Why are there different 'flavors' of iron around the Solar System Scientists estimate solar nebula's lifetime |
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The Phoenix cluster is an enormous accumulation of about 1,000 galaxies, located 5.7 billion light years from Earth. At its center lies a massive galaxy, which appears to be spitting out stars at a rate of about 1,000 per year. Most other galaxies in the universe are far less productive, squeaking out just a few stars each year, and scientists have wondered what has fueled the Phoenix cluster's ... more Black-hole-powered jets forge fuel for star formation A new technique for creation of entangled photon states developed Molecular phenomenon discovered by advanced NMR facility |
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