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Elon Musk: tech dreamer reaching for sun, moon and stars San Francisco (AFP) March 5, 2017 Sending tourists for a trip around the moon is the latest big idea launched by Elon Musk, a Silicon Valley star known for turning his passions into visionary enterprises. Musk has become one of the United States' best-known innovators. He was a founder of payments company PayPal, electric carmaker Tesla Motors and SpaceX, maker and launcher of rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX recently announced that two private citizens have paid money to be sent around the Moon in what would mark the farthest hum ... read more |
Hunting for giant planet analogs in our own backyard Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 There may be a large number of undetected bright, substellar objects similar to giant exoplanets in our own solar neighborhood, according to new work from a team led by Carnegie's Jonathan Gagne and ... more New Delhi (XNA) Mar 03, 2017 India has the capability to develop a space station, a top official of the state-owned space agency has said. "We have all the capabilities to set up a space station. The day the country takes ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 With the discovery of seven earth-sized planets around the TRAPPIST-1 star 40 light years away, astronomers are looking to the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope to help us find out if any of these ... more Balasore, India (UPI) Mar 1, 2017 India has successfully test-fired its Advanced Air Defense interceptor against a ballistic missile traveling at low altitude. ... more |
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Turkey Moves Closer to Launching Own Space Agency Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017 Turkey is close to starting its own version of NASA, as a draft bill for legislation to create a Turkish Space Agency is finalized and readied for review by the Turkish parliament. Turkey is coming ... more New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 A Yale-led team has produced one of the highest-resolution maps of dark matter ever created, offering a detailed case for the existence of cold dark matter - sluggish particles that comprise the bul ... more College Park MD (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Gas outflows are common features of active supermassive black holes that reside in the center of large galaxies. Millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun, these black holes feed on the larg ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Global Eagle Entertainment has received a vendor Supplemental Type Certificate (vSTC) from the Civil Aviation Administration of China ("CAAC") to install GEE's Airconnect Global Satellite Connectivi ... more Bothell, WA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 EagleView is pleased to announce that their patented Pictometry imagery now integrates with ArcGIS Pro, Esri's desktop application. Pictometry for ArcGIS Pro is an add-in application that allows cus ... more Princeton NJ (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 The universe has come into sharper focus with the release this week of new images from the one of the largest telescopes in the world. A multinational collaboration led by the National Astronomical ... more |
Hubble cooperates on galaxy cluster and cosmic background Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Orbit Logic has announced that their SpyMeSat mobile app users can now send new tasking requests to the TRIPLESAT constellation operated by Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology Co. Ltd (21AT). ... more Livermore CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Lawrence Livermore scientists have collaborated with an interdisciplinary team of researchers including colleagues from Sandia National Laboratories to develop an efficient hydrogen storage system t ... more Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 In November 2015, the research group presented results showing that they had caused roses to absorb a conducting polymer solution. Conducting hydrogel formed in the rose's stem in the form of wires. ... more Osaka, Japan (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Mechanochromic luminescent (MCL) materials change their color in response to a change in their environment, like pressure and temperature. To date, most MCL materials only change between two colors, ... more |
New Delhi (XNA) Mar 03, 2017 India has the capability to develop a space station, a top official of the state-owned space agency has said. "We have all the capabilities to set up a space station. The day the country takes the decision, we will okay the project. Just draw a policy and provide us necessary funds and time," Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief A.S. Kiran Kumar told the media Monday. The ... more Orion spacecraft achieves key safety milestone Marshall shakes, packs, ships and tracks NASA payloads NASA and SpaceX gives ASU a competitive edge in technological innovation |
San Francisco (AFP) March 5, 2017 Sending tourists for a trip around the moon is the latest big idea launched by Elon Musk, a Silicon Valley star known for turning his passions into visionary enterprises. Musk has become one of the United States' best-known innovators. He was a founder of payments company PayPal, electric carmaker Tesla Motors and SpaceX, maker and launcher of rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX recently anno ... more SpaceX says it will fly civilians to the moon next year ULA launches NROL-79 payload for NRO Moon tourists risk rough ride, experts say |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 28, 2017 On Mars, wind rules. Wind has been shaping the Red Planet's landscapes for billions of years and continues to do so today. Studies using both a NASA orbiter and a rover reveal its effects on scales grand to tiny on the strangely structured landscapes within Gale Crater. NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, on the lower slope of Mount Sharp - a layered mountain inside the crater - has begun a secon ... more NASA Orbiter Steers Clear of Mars Moon Phobos Science checkout continues for ExoMars orbiter Remnants of a mega-flood on Mars |
Beijing (XNA) Mar 03, 2017 China will launch a space station core module in 2018 as the first step in completing the country's first space outpost, according to a senior engineer with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC) on Thursday. The core module of the space station, named "Tianhe-1" according to previous reports, will be launched on board a new-generation Long March-5 heavyweight carrier rocket, ... more Thinking Big: China Hopes to Conduct 2nd Mission to Mars by 2030 China to Conduct Test Flight of CZ-8 Carrier Rocket by 2018 China to launch first high-throughput communications satellite in April |
Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017 Turkey is close to starting its own version of NASA, as a draft bill for legislation to create a Turkish Space Agency is finalized and readied for review by the Turkish parliament. Turkey is coming closer to finalizing its long-envisioned dream to establish its own space agency, to determine the country's space policies and help develop a national space industry. A bill draft to define basic pri ... more OneWeb, Intelsat merge to advance satellite internet GomSpace to supply satellites for Sky and Space Global constellation Kacific places order with Boeing for a high throughput satellite |
New York NY (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 Colloidal particles, used in a range of technical applications including foods, inks, paints, and cosmetics, can self-assemble into a remarkable variety of densely-packed crystalline structures. For decades, though, researchers have been trying to coax colloidal spheres to arranging themselves into much more sparsely populated lattices in order to unleash potentially valuable optical properties. ... more Sustainable ceramics without a kiln Scientists demonstrate improved particle warning to protect astronauts When Rocket Science Meets X-ray Science |
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Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Hunting for habitable exoplanets now may be easier: Cornell University astronomers report that hydrogen pouring from volcanic sources on planets throughout the universe could improve the chances of locating life in the cosmos. Planets located great distances from stars freeze over. "On frozen planets, any potential life would be buried under layers of ice, which would make it really hard t ... more Evidence of Star Wars-like Planetary System The missing link in how planets form Hunting for giant planet analogs in our own backyard |
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2017 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 Europa Flyby Mission Moves into Design Phase NASA receives science report on Europa lander concept New Horizons Refines Course for Next Flyby |
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Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 A team of international researchers led by University of Freiburg hydrologist Dr. Andreas Hartmann suggests that inclusion of currently missing key hydrological processes in large-scale climate change impact models can significantly improve our estimates of water availability. The study shows that groundwater recharge estimates for 560 million people in karst regions in Europe, the Middle ... more More bang for the buck Syrian farmers fear IS to flood villages near Euphrates First direct measurements of Pacific seabed sediments reveal strong methane source |
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 GLONASS station in India to expedite 'space centric' warfare command Australia and Lockheed field 2nd-Gen sat-based augmentation system UK may lose access to EU Galileo GPS system after Brexit |
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Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Space Center Houston is the first of four stops of a new exhibit featuring the Apollo 11 command module, which will leave the Smithsonian on a national tour for the first time since 1971. It will be the only location where guests can see the space capsules for both the first and last lunar landings. The awe-inspiring "Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission" exhibit, on display Oct. 14-Mar ... more India's Moon Mission on 2018 Target, Says ISRO Chief India Takes Russian Help to Analyze Chemical Composition of Lunar Surface Complete Lunar-cy: The Earth Has Sprayed the Moon With Oxygen for Billennia |
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 A trip past the sun may have selectively altered the production of one form of water in a comet - an effect not seen by astronomers before, a new NASA study suggests. Astronomers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, observed the Oort cloud comet C/2014 Q2, also called Lovejoy, when it passed near Earth in early 2015. Through NASA's partnership in the W. M. Keck Observa ... more Asteroid Split in Two and, Years Later, Developed Tails Researchers aim to measure risk of exploding asteroids Surprising Dunes on Comet Chury |
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London, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 Transshipment, the transfer of goods from one boat to another, is a major pathway for illegally caught and unreported fish to enter the global seafood market. It has also been associated with drug smuggling and slave labor. Illegal in many cases, transshipment has been largely invisible and nearly impossible to manage, because it often occurs far from shore and out of sight. Until now. Tod ... more TRIPLESAT Constellation Tasking with SpyMeSat Mobile App Sentinel-2B poised for liftoff EagleView announces Pictometry imagery integration with ArcGIS Pro |
Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Mar 3, 2017 New research shows solar storms leave large portions of Earth's atmosphere without electrons. Typically, when a solar storm reaches Earth, the collision with the planet's magnetosphere creates space through which a barrage of charged particles and electrons flood the ionosphere, an outer layer of Earth's atmosphere. In other words, solar storms are most often associated with an e ... more First Solar Images from NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite Rare 'Ring of Fire' eclipse to cross Southern Hemisphere NSF to Fund a Nationwide Effort to Capture the Eclipse |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 01, 2017 There's a new record holder for brightest pulsar ever found - and astronomers are still trying to figure out how it can shine so brightly. It's now part of a small group of mysterious bright pulsars that are challenging astronomers to rethink how pulsars accumulate, or accrete, material. A pulsar is a spinning, magnetized neutron star that sweeps regular pulses of radiation in two symmetri ... more Scientists reach back in time to discover some of the most power-packed galaxies Probing seven worlds with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope New World-Leading Limit on Dark-Matter Search from PICO Experiment |
College Park MD (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Gas outflows are common features of active supermassive black holes that reside in the center of large galaxies. Millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun, these black holes feed on the large disks of gas that swirl around them. Occasionally the black holes eat too much and burp out an ultra-fast wind, or outflow. These winds may have a strong influence on regulating the growth of the ho ... more Exploring Colliding Black Holes and Neutron Stars Quantum entanglement between a single photon and a trillion of atoms Existence of a new quasiparticle demonstrated |
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