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  Miami (AFP) Feb 25, 2017 The US space agency said Friday it is considering putting astronauts on an upcoming test flight of the deep space capsule Orion as it aims to orbit the Moon. Orion is being built with an eye to one day ferrying astronauts to Earth's neighboring planet, Mars, perhaps by the 2030s. Until now, the Orion test flight known as Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) was scheduled for 2018 and was expected to be unmanned. But NASA's acting administrator Robert Lightfoot asked on February 15 for the space agen ... read more |
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First trace of differences between matter and 'ordinary' antimatterCracow, Poland (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 The world around us is mainly constructed of baryons, particles composed of three quarks. Why are there no antibaryons, since just after the Big Bang, matter and antimatter came into being in exactl ... more  
Directed energy atmospheric lens could revolutionise future battlefieldsLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 Within the next fifty years, scientists at BAE Systems believe that battlefield commanders could deploy a new type of directed energy laser and lens system, called a Laser Developed Atmospheric Lens ... more  
Russian cargo ship docks with space stationMoscow (AFP) Feb 24, 2017 A Russian cargo ship carrying food and equipment for astronuats docked successfully with the International Space Station on Friday after a similar craft crashed back to Earth in December. ... more  
Does Pluto Have The Ingredients For Life?Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 Pluto has long been viewed as a distant, cold and mostly dead world, but the first spacecraft to pass by it last year revealed many surprises about this distant dwarf planet. Data from the New Horiz ... more |
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From rocks in Colorado, evidence of a 'chaotic solar system'Madison WI (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 Plumbing a 90 million-year-old layer cake of sedimentary rock in Colorado, a team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Northwestern University has found evidence confirming a c ... more  
NSF to Fund a Nationwide Effort to Capture the EclipseTucson AZ (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 The National Science Foundation to provide critical funding to nationwide eclipse data-gathering effort. The Citizen Continental America Telescopic Eclipse project, or Citizen CATE for short, will b ... more  
SpaceX cargo ship arrives at space stationMiami (AFP) Feb 23, 2017 An unmanned cargo ship packed with food and supplies for astronauts arrived safely at the International Space Station Thursday, a day after SpaceX aborted the process due to a GPS problem. ... more  
Russia showcases jam-proof communications systemMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017 A new system, based on the R-187-P1E Azart multi-mode portable software-defined radio, allows for the exchange of information even with enemy attempting to jam the broadcast. Russian state arm ... more 
Spitzer reveals largest batch of earth-size, habitable-zone planets around single starPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017 NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. Three of these planets are firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around ... more  
Police in China's restive Xinjiang to track cars by GPSBeijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2017 A prefecture in China's restive Xinjiang region has ordered all vehicles to be equipped with GPS-like tracking software, police and media reports said Tuesday, as authorities step up an "anti-terrorism" campaign. ... more |
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 Mystery surrounds return of Pentagon's secretive X-37B spaceplane  
Lossless metamaterial could boost efficiency of lasers and other light-based devicesSan Diego CA (SPX) Feb 21, 2017 Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a material that could reduce signal losses in photonic devices. The advance has the potential to boost the efficiency of various li ... more  
Looking for the next leap in rechargeable batteriesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 21, 2017 USC researchers may have just found a solution for one of the biggest stumbling blocks to the next wave of rechargeable batteries - small enough for cellphones and powerful enough for cars. In ... more 
Breakthrough in 'wonder' materials paves way for flexible techWarwick, UK (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 Gadgets are set to become flexible, highly efficient and much smaller, following a breakthrough in measuring two-dimensional 'wonder' materials by the University of Warwick. Dr Neil Wilson in ... more 
Developing a catalytic conveyor beltPittsburgh PA (SPX) Feb 21, 2017 Capitalizing on previous studies in self-powered chemo-mechanical movement, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering and Penn State University's Department of Chem ... more |
  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017 
Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia hopes to be the first to offer space tourism around the Moon aboard the Soyuz spacecraft by 2021-2022.
First round-the-Moon flights should be possible for space tourists aboard the Soyuz spacecraft in 2021-2022, Vladimir Solntsev, the head of Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia, told Sputnik.
"We are speaki ... more Berlin (UPI) Feb 22, 2017Study: People don't want their future revealed  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 22, 2017NASA selects proposals for first-ever Space Technology Research Institutes  Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2017NASA saves energy and water with new modular supercomputing facility |
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 Miami (AFP) Feb 23, 2017  An unmanned cargo ship packed with food and supplies for astronauts arrived safely at the International Space Station Thursday, a day after SpaceX aborted the process due to a GPS problem.
This time, the Dragon cargo ship made a "perfect approach to the capture point," a NASA commentator said, and was grabbed by the station's robotic arm at 5:44 am (1044 GMT).
Astronauts Thomas Pesquet o ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 21, 2017Russian Aviation Company S7 Group restructures  Moscow (AFP) Feb 22, 2017Russia successfully launches space freighter after crash  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017Energia to make 2 modifications of Federatsiya spaceship |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2017 
Opportunity 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 south along the rim toward the next major scientific objective, the gully now less than a kilometer away.
Opportunity completed the last in-situ (contact) measurements on Sol 4638 (Feb. 9, 2017) ... more Miami (AFP) Feb 25, 2017NASA mulls putting astronauts on deep space test flight  Dublin, Ireland (UPI) Feb 15, 2017Scientists say Mars valley was flooded with water not long ago  Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Researchers pinpoint watery past on Mars |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 21, 2017 
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017Chinese cargo spacecraft set for liftoff in April  Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2017China looks to Mars, Jupiter exploration Beijing (XNA) Jan 18, 2017China's first cargo spacecraft to leave factory |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 22, 2017 
ESA has announced it has adopted an Open Access policy for its content such as still images, videos and selected sets of data. For more than two decades, ESA has been sharing vast amounts of information, imagery and data with scientists, industry, media and the public at large via digital platforms such as the web and social media. ESA's evolving information management policy increases these opp ... more McLean, VA (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Iridium Announces Target Date for Second Launch of Iridium NEXT  Rome (Sputnik) Feb 14, 2017Italy, Russia working closely on Mars exploration, Earth monitoring satellites  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2017NASA seeks partnerships with US companies to advance commercial space technologies |
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 
University of Pennsylvania researchers are now among the first to produce a single, three-atom-thick layer of a unique two-dimensional material called tungsten ditelluride. Their findings have been published in 2-D Materials.
Unlike other two-dimensional materials, scientists believe tungsten ditelluride has what are called topological electronic states. This means that it can have many di ... more Konstanz, Germany (SPX) Feb 21, 2017Breakthrough with a chain of gold atoms  Warwick, UK (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Breakthrough in 'wonder' materials paves way for flexible tech  Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 21, 2017When ultrafast laser pulse meets magnetic materials |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
Pluto has long been viewed as a distant, cold and mostly dead world, but the first spacecraft to pass by it last year revealed many surprises about this distant dwarf planet. Data from the New Horizons flyby finished downloading to Earth in October, and while it will take many years for scientists to complete their inventory and model the results, early studies offer intriguing hints of its comp ... more Washington DC (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Prediction: More gas-giants will be found orbiting Sun-like stars  Madison WI (SPX) Feb 22, 2017From Rocks, Evidence of a 'Chaotic Solar System'  Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Ultracool Dwarf and the Seven Planets |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017 
A mission to examine the habitability of Jupiter's ocean-bearing moon Europa is taking one step closer to the launchpad, with the recent completion of a major NASA review.
On Feb. 15, NASA's Europa multiple-flyby mission successfully completed its Key Decision Point-B review. This NASA decision permits the mission to move forward into its preliminary design phase, known as "Phase B," begin ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2017Juno to remain in current orbit at Jupiter  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 10, 2017NASA receives science report on Europa lander concept  Laurel MD (SPX) Feb 03, 2017New Horizons Refines Course for Next Flyby |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
Incentive-based solutions offer significant hope for addressing the myriad environmental challenges facing the world's oceans - that's the central message a leading marine ecologist delivered in Boston during a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Jane Lubchenco, a distinguished professor in the Oregon State University College of Sc ... more Exeter, UK (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Basking sharks seek out winter sun  Paris (AFP) Feb 20, 2017Small ponds have outsized impact on global warming: study  Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Feb 20, 2017Cash-strapped Rio de Janeiro to privatize water utility |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2017  A prefecture in China's restive Xinjiang region has ordered all vehicles to be equipped with GPS-like tracking software, police and media reports said Tuesday, as authorities step up an "anti-terrorism" campaign.
All drivers in the Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture must install a China-developed satellite navigation system called Beidou "to prevent theft, but also primarily to maintai ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017GLONASS station in India to expedite 'space centric' warfare command  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Australia and Lockheed field 2nd-Gen sat-based augmentation system  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 14, 2017UK may lose access to EU Galileo GPS system after Brexit |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 17, 2017 
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2017Complete Lunar-cy: The Earth Has Sprayed the Moon With Oxygen for Billennia  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2017Private Space Race Heats Up, Moon Landing Expected in Late 2017  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2017LunaH-Map CubeSat to map the Moon's water deposits |
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 Albuquerque NM (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
When a meteor is about to conk your neighborhood and gives fair warning by emitting sizzling, rustling and hissing sounds as it descends, you might think that the universe is being sporting.
But these auditory warnings, which do occur, seem contrary to the laws of physics if they are caused by the friction of the fast-moving meteor or asteroid plunging into Earth's atmosphere. Because soun ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017Dawn discovers evidence for organic material on Ceres  Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (SPX) Feb 22, 2017New data about 2 distant asteroids give a clue to the possible 'Planet Nine'  Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 17, 2017SwRI scientist studies geology of Ceres to understand origin of organics |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017 
Atmospheric river storms are hailed as drought-busters when they bring needed rain and snow, but they have a well-known dark side: damaging floods. A new NASA study documents a second destructive force in these storms: high winds.
The study shows that atmospheric rivers were associated with almost half of the most extreme mid-latitude windstorms globally for the past 20 years, doing billio ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 24, 2017'Quartz' crystals at the Earth's core power its magnetic field  Ottobrunn, Germany (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Airbus to develop payload for first Franco-German Earth observation satellite  London, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017First-ever global view of transshipment in commercial fishing industry |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
The National Science Foundation to provide critical funding to nationwide eclipse data-gathering effort. The Citizen Continental America Telescopic Eclipse project, or Citizen CATE for short, will be deploying at least 56 identical telescopes across the path of totality thanks to the financial backing of the National Science Foundation.
The NSF is providing the largest contribution for the ... more Paris (ESA) Feb 17, 2017Setting Sun on Space Station Solar research  Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Feb 08, 2017What happened to the sun over 7,000 years ago?  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 03, 2017NASA Scientist Studies Whether Solar Storms Cause Animal Beachings |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has found a signal at the center of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy that could indicate the presence of the mysterious stuff known as dark matter.
The gamma-ray signal is similar to one seen by Fermi at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy.
Gamma rays are the highest-energy form of light, produced by the universe's most energetic phenomena. ... moreMadison WI (SPX) Feb 24, 2017From rocks in Colorado, evidence of a 'chaotic solar system'  Austin TX (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Experiments call origin of Earth's iron into question  East Lansing MI (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Examining exploding stars through the atomic nucleus |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
Members of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Lomonosov Moscow State University have been studying changes in the appearance of emission from around the supermassive black hole in the centre of a galaxy known to astronomers as NGC 2617. The centre of this galaxy, underwent dramatic changes in its appearance several years ago: it became much brighter and things that had not been seen bef ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017Why it will take supercomputers, AI to solve time travel conundrum  Warwick, UK (SPX) Feb 21, 2017Molecular phenomenon discovered by advanced NMR facility  Cracow, Poland (SPX) Feb 24, 2017First trace of differences between matter and 'ordinary' antimatter |
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