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Pressurized Perlan glider reaches new high altitude on journey to edge of space Minden, NV (SPX) Apr 25, 2017 Airbus Perlan Mission II, an initiative to fly a glider without an engine to the edge of space to collect ground-breaking insights on high-altitude flight, weather, and climate change, returned to flight this week at its U.S. headquarters at the Minden-Tahoe Airport. Perlan Project Pilots Jim Payne and Miguel Iturmendi soared the pressurized glider to its highest altitude to date, reaching 30,615 feet. The Perlan 2 will spend spring soaring in the rising wind currents - called mountain waves - in ... read more |
Lunar, Martian Greenhouses Designed to Mimic Those on Earth Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 25, 2017 While astronauts have successfully grown plants and vegetables aboard the International Space Station, NASA scientists at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are collaborating with a university team ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 25, 2017 Scientists are attempting to identify the amino acids--building blocks that make proteins and support all life on Earth--that might feasibly form the basis of extraterrestrial life. The researchers ... more Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (SPX) Apr 25, 2017 One of the most successful techniques presently in use for detecting expolantes is the search for transits. Similar to the way the Moon cuts off the light of the Sun during an eclipse, a transit is ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 25, 2017 NASA's Cassini spacecraft has had its last close brush with Saturn's hazy moon Titan and is now beginning its final set of 22 orbits around the ringed planet. The spacecraft made its 127th and ... more |
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AGU journal commentaries highlight importance of Earth and space science research Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2017 The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has published a collection of 27 essays as commentaries in its scientific journals highlighting the important role Earth and space science research plays in soci ... more Washington (AFP) April 24, 2017 US President Donald Trump congratulated NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson for setting a new space record on Monday, but expressed disdain for a particular rigor of space life - drinking recycled urine. ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 25, 2017 About a thousand times a day, thunderstorms fire off fleeting bursts of some of the highest-energy light naturally found on Earth. These events, called terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs), last les ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 25, 2017 New data from NASA's Cassini mission, combined with measurements from the two Voyager spacecraft and NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, suggests that our sun and planets are surrounded ... more Beijing CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2017 The solar flux is considered the fundamental energy source of earth's climate system on long time scales. In recent decades, some studies have noted that the tiny variations in solar activity could ... more Luxembourg (SPX) Apr 21, 2017 SES has announced its new government product Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV), a SATCOM-enabled platform capable of providing high-speed connectivity and global communications services tailored to a bro ... more |
'Twist and shine': Development of a new photoluminescent sensor material Bornheim, Germany (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 Leybold GmbH, a German company of the Atlas Copco Group, is the first vacuum pump manufacturer to test the diverse application possibilities of Augmented Reality (AR). While executing tasks, service ... more Boston MA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 In 2016, annual global semiconductor sales reached their highest-ever point, at $339 billion worldwide. In that same year, the semiconductor industry spent about $7.2 billion worldwide on wafers tha ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017 Boeing will not participate in Belgium's effort to replace its F-16 fleet, leaving rival Lockheed Martin and other European contractors in the competition, the company said this week. ... more Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 The nanotech industry is booming. Every year, several thousands of tonnes of man-made nanoparticles are produced worldwide; sooner or later, a certain part of them will end up in bodies of water or ... more |
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2017 The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has published a collection of 27 essays as commentaries in its scientific journals highlighting the important role Earth and space science research plays in society. The essays, covering a broad swath of scientific disciplines and written by notable scientists in their fields, discuss the critical role of research, the growing importance of data and the ... more Lunar, Martian Greenhouses Designed to Mimic Those on Earth 'Better you than me,' Trump tells record-breaking astronaut Astronaut Airman launched to International Space Station |
Anchorage AK (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 Following participation in the 2017 Japan Space Symposium, Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) President and Chief Executive Officer Craig E. Campbell traveled to Hokkaido, Japan with a joint Japanese and American delegation to visit a proposed launch site in the coastal town of Taiki. As part of the itinerary, the delegation toured the headquarters and manufacturing facility of Interstella ... more India to Launch Carrier Rocket With Higher Payload Capacity in May Aerojet Rocketdyne completes qualification tests on reusable rocket engine Russian MoD to Further Develop Plesetsk Cosmodrome Infrastructure |
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Copenhagen (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017 Humans have yet to set foot on Mars, but meteorites have been, by far, the most frequent visitors from outer space on Earth. Recently, one which has been dubbed "Black Beauty" landed in the hands of Danish researchers. The Natural History Museum (NHM) in Copenhagen has obtained a piece of Mars: it has procured a piece of a famous Martian meteorite, known as "Black Beauty." The NHM acquired ... more New Look at 2004's Martian Hole-in-One Site Researchers Produce Detailed Map of Potential Mars Rover Landing Site Mars Rover Opportunity Leaves 'Tribulation' |
Beijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2017 As astronauts continue to break records for time spent in space and manned Mars exploration is under discussion, scientists in China have begun a groundbreaking study to determine if humans can reproduce in space. Scientists will for the first time conduct an experiment to induce the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into germ cells on China's first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1 ... more China's first cargo spacecraft docks with space lab Tianzhou-1 space truck soars into orbit China launches first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 |
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 24, 2017 Arianespace has announced that it will launch Horizons 3e, a satellite belonging to the Horizons joint venture owned by Intelsat (NYSE: I) and SKY Perfect JSAT. Arianespace will orbit this Boeing-built payload in the launch period starting late 2018 on an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. Horizons 3e will complete Intelsat's global EpicNG network. The high-throughput ... more Airbus and Intelsat team up for more capacity Commercial Space Operators To Canada: "We're Here, and We can Help" Antenna Innovation Benefits the Government Customer |
Onna, Japan (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 Stress sensors are important tools when it comes to evaluating the robustness of a material facing strong mechanical forces. OIST researchers have just published in Advanced Materials an article reporting a new kind of sensor molecules that brightens up when the material they are incorporated into comes under heavy mechanical stress. Such light-based sensing molecules, also called photolum ... more Leybold simplifies repairs and maintenance through Augmented Reality Lockheed Martin secures $1.6 billion contract for counterfire radars Tiny Probes Hold Big Promise for Future NASA Missions |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 21, 2017 Few places are as hostile to life as Chile's Atacama Desert. It's the driest place on Earth, and only the hardiest microbes survive there. Its rocky landscape has lain undisturbed for eons, exposed to extreme temperatures and radiation from the sun. If you can find life here, you might be able to find it in an even harsher environment - like the surface of Mars. That's why a team of resear ... more Newly Discovered Exoplanet May be Best Candidate in Search for Signs of Life Breakthrough Listen Publishes Initial Results Rocky super-earth found in habitable zone of small red star |
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have revealed extraordinary details about a recently discovered far-flung member of our solar system, the planetary body 2014 UZ224, more informally known as DeeDee. At about three times the current distance of Pluto from the Sun, DeeDee is the second most distant known trans-Neptunian object (TNO) with a confirmed ... more Nap Time for New Horizons Hubble spots auroras on Uranus Cold' Great Spot discovered on Jupiter |
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Kiev (AFP) April 20, 2017 The main government-held city in Ukraine's separatist east has been forced to shut off its hot water until at least mid-October because it does not have enough money to pay off utility debts. The industrial port of Mariupol is home to 460,000 people and has been the repeated target of pro-Moscow insurgents based in the rebels' de facto capital Donetsk. Mariupol, on the Sea of Azov, is th ... more Fewer sharks equals fatter fish, research shows Sea scorpions: The original sea monster Degraded coral imperils coastal people: study |
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 Rice University computer scientists are mapping a new solution for interior navigational location detection by linking it to existing sensors in mobile devices. Their results were presented in a paper at last month's 2017 Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. Six months ago, the same researchers published a paper on their first technology for a n ... more Galileo's search and rescue service in the spotlight Russia inaugurates GPS-type satellite station in Nicaragua Northrop Grumman, Honeywell receive EGI-M contracts |
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Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Apr 23, 2017 On April 7, the Swedish Institute of Space Physics successfully delivered the flight model of the Advanced Small Analyzer for Neutrals (ASAN) instrument to the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China. The ASAN instrument will be launched at the end of 2018 onboard the Chinese Chang'e 4 mission to the Moon. Chang'e 4 consists of an orbiter, lander ... more India dreams of harvesting lunar dust to power fusion rectors NASA Scientists Find Dynamo at Lunar Core May Have Formed Magnetic Field How a young-looking lunar volcano hides its true age |
Paris (AFP) April 19, 2017 A peanut-shaped asteroid 1.3 kilometres (3,280 feet) across streaked past Earth on Wednesday, giving astronomers a rare chance to check out a big space rock up close. But not too close. Dubbed 2014-JO25, the asteroid came nearest at 12:20 GMT and is now hurtling away from the centre of our solar system, said Ian Carnelli, an astronomer from the European Space Agency (ESA). "It does ... more Landslides on Ceres Reflect Ice Content New study ranks hazardous asteroid effects from least to most destructive NASA images Asteroid 2014 JO25 using radar prior to flyby |
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Paris (ESA) Apr 24, 2017 Thanks to social media and the power of citizen scientists chasing the northern lights, a new feature was discovered recently. Nobody knew what this strange ribbon of purple light was, so ... it was called Steve. ESA's Swarm magnetic field mission has now also met Steve and is helping to understand the nature of this new-found feature. Speaking at the recent Swarm science meeting in Canada, Eric ... more 'Detergent' Molecules May Drive Recent Methane Changes Banned industrial solvent sheds new light on methane mystery Raytheon speeds delivery and secures satellite weather data |
Beijing CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2017 The solar flux is considered the fundamental energy source of earth's climate system on long time scales. In recent decades, some studies have noted that the tiny variations in solar activity could be amplified by the nonlinear process in climate system. Therefore, the astronomy factors, such as solar activity, present intriguing and cutting-edge questions to better understand climate chan ... more NASA and Partners Survey Space Weather Science Hawaii-built Infrared Instrument for World's Largest Solar Telescope Catches its First Rays Charting the skies of history |
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Durham, UK (SPX) Apr 24, 2017 Observations of the Coma cluster carried out by Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky in 1933 implied that the system's total gravitating mass was far larger than that which could be detected from starlight or emission from intra-cluster gas. He proposed "dunkle Materie," or dark matter, as a binding agent for the cluster. As years passed, new and more refined observations of clusters and of indiv ... more Gaia's Snapshot Of Another Galaxy Hubble's cosmic bubbles A New Angle on Two Spiral Galaxies for Hubble's 27th Birthday |
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 At the center of the Centaurus galaxy cluster, there is a large elliptical galaxy called NGC 4696. Deeper still, there is a supermassive black hole buried within the core of this galaxy. New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes has revealed details about this giant black hole, located some 145 million light years from Earth. Although the black hole itself is unde ... more Can we see a singularity, the most extreme object in the universe? Quantum mechanics are complex enough, for now... Supermassive black holes found in 2 tiny galaxies |
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