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Europe's Galileo satnav identifies problems behind failing clocks Paris (AFP) July 4, 2017 Investigators have uncovered the problems behind the failure of atomic clocks onboard satellites belonging to the beleaguered Galileo satnav system, the European Commission said Monday. For months, the European Space Agency - which runs the programme - has been investigating the reasons behind failing clocks onboard some of the 18 navigation satellites it has launched for Galileo, Europe's alternative to America's GPS system. Each Galileo satellite has four ultra-accurate atomic timekeepers, t ... read more |
Aerospace policy paper examines Outer Space Treaty El Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 The Aerospace Corporation's (Aerospace) Center for Space Policy and Strategy has announced the release of an analysis of the Outer Space Treaty, which marks its 50th anniversary this year. The ... more Hull UK (SPX) Jul 04, 2017 New models of massive stellar eruptions hint at an extra layer of complexity when considering whether an exoplanet may be habitable or not. Models developed for our own Sun have now been applied to ... more Mountain View, CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 What do astrophysicist Steven Hawking, Queen guitarist Brian May and the country of Luxembourg have in common? They're all key figures in Asteroid Day - a UN sanctioned day of education to raise awa ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017 Thais Russomano, the first female doctor in Latin America specializing in space medicine and the founder and director of the InnovaSpace and MicroG research centers for space biology, revealed in an ... more |
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Yuanwang-3 completes ship check mission, ready for Chang'e-5 lunar probe launch Nanjing (XNA) Jul 02, 2017 Chinese space-monitoring ship Yuanwang-3 has completed a 27-day maritime calibration mission and returned to port in east China's Jiangsu Province Thursday. The ship will take part in six mari ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017 On the first day of the year 1801, Italian astronomer Gioacchino Giuseppe Maria Ubaldo Nicolo Piazzi found a previously uncharted "tiny star" near the constellation of Taurus. The following night Pi ... more Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 In our solar system, an asteroid orbits the Sun in the opposite direction to the planets. Asteroid 2015 BZ509, also known as Bee-Zed, takes 12 years to make one complete orbit around the Sun. This i ... more Mumbai, India (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 Researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai have proposed a theory that predicts how dark matter may be annihilating much more rapidly in the Milky Way, than in smaller or la ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2017 Lockheed Martin Space Systems has received an $18.9 million modification to an existing contract for the United Arab Emirates' Terminal High Altitude Area Defense ground component systems. ... more Leeds UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 Scientists have developed a new biological tool for examining molecules - the building blocks of life - which they say could provide new insights and other benefits such as reducing the numbers of a ... more |
UK-Led Satellite Image Project That Helps Spot and Stop Slavery Sites From Space Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2017 First reported by Spacedaily.com on December 20, 2016, the great American eclipse has been a daily occupation for my mind and wallet. Hours and hours have been spent with this NASA Total Solar Eclip ... more Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 A discovery of how to control and transfer spinning electrons paves the way for novel hybrid devices that could outperform existing semiconductor electronics. In a study published in Nature Communic ... more Boston MA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 Science fiction is full of fanciful devices that allow light to interact forcefully with matter, from light sabers to photon-drive rockets. In recent years, science has begun to catch up; some resul ... more Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 No one had ever come so close to the ideal laser before: theoretically, laser light has only one single color (also frequency or wavelength). In reality, however, there is always a certain linewidth ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot about Friday's Executive Order creating the National Space Council: "I am pleased that President Trump has signed an executive order reestablishing the National Space Council. The council existed previously from 1989-1993, and a version of it also existed as the National Aeronautics and Space Council from 1958-197 ... more Silicon-on-Seine: world's biggest tech incubator opens in Paris India, Portugal Shake Hands on Space Cooperation Return to the blue |
Paris (ESA) Jul 03, 2017 An Ariane 5 carrying two telecom satellites inside a new lighter fairing lifted off on the fourth mission from Europe's Spaceport in two months. Liftoff came at 21:15 GMT (18:15 local time, 23:15 CEST) last night from Kourou, French Guiana on a mission lasting about 39 minutes to deliver Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S EAN and GSAT-17 into their planned orbits. Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S Europe ... more Aerojet Rocketdyne advocates solar electric propulsion as central element of deep space exploration Modified Proton-M carrier rocket to be first launched in 2019 N. Korea conducts rocket engine test: report |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017 Opportunity is at the top of "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is completing the remaining science as part of a walkabout campaign above Perseverance Valley before the solar conjunction moratorium in July. Although there are new considerations regarding steering (no use of the front steering actuators), Opportunity is continuing to drive. Solar conjunction is ... more The Niagara Falls of Mars once flowed with lava Russian Devices for ExoMars Mission to Be Ready in Fall 2017 No One Under 20 Has Experienced a Day Without NASA at Mars |
Beijing (AFP) July 2, 2017 China on Sunday announced the launch of a powerful rocket designed to carry communication satellites into orbit had been "unsuccessful", in a glitch for the country's ambitious space programme. The Long March-5 Y2, Beijing's second heavy-lift rocket, blasted off at 7:23 pm (1123 GMT) Sunday from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the tropical island province of Hainan "Abnormity was det ... more Yuanwang-3 completes ship check mission, ready for Chang'e-5 lunar probe launch China prepares to launch second heavy-lift carrier rocket China to launch Long March-5 Y2 in early July |
McLean, VA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 Iridium Communications has reported a successful second launch of its next-generation network, Iridium NEXT. This payload of 10 satellites was deployed into low-Earth orbit, approximately one hour after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Sunday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, at 1:25pm PDT (20:25 UTC). With this launch complete, there are now 20 Iridium NEXT satellites in or ... more HTS Capacity Lease Revenues to Reach More Than $6 Billion by 2025 OneWeb inaugurates production line Assembly, Integration, and Test of OneWeb satellites SES Restores Capacity from AMC-9 Satellite |
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 No one had ever come so close to the ideal laser before: theoretically, laser light has only one single color (also frequency or wavelength). In reality, however, there is always a certain linewidth. With a linewidth of only 10 mHz, the laser that the researchers from the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have now developed together with US researchers from JILA, a joint institute of t ... more Johns Hopkins scientists develop super-strong metal for next tech frontier One billion suns: World's brightest laser sparks new behavior in light Stanford engineers design a robotic gripper for cleaning up space debris |
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Hull UK (SPX) Jul 04, 2017 New models of massive stellar eruptions hint at an extra layer of complexity when considering whether an exoplanet may be habitable or not. Models developed for our own Sun have now been applied to cool stars favoured by exoplanet hunters, in research presented by Dr. Christina Kay, of the NASA Goddard Flight Center, on Monday 3rd July at the National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Hull. ... more NASA diligently tracks microbes inside the International Space Station Complex Organic Molecules Found On "Space Hamburger" NASA keeps a close eye on tiny stowaways |
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 Subaru Telescope images reveal weather in Jupiter's atmosphere in the mid-infrared. Those images, taken multiple times over several months, support Juno spacecraft mission of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This article is part of a joint press release with ones from Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at California Institute of Technology and Gemini Observatory. High-res ... more Earth-based Views of Jupiter to Enhance Juno Flyby NASA's Juno Spacecraft to Fly Over Jupiter's Great Red Spot July 10 Topsy-Turvy Motion Creates Light-Switch Effect at Uranus |
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Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 We normally consider liquid water as disordered with the molecules rearranging on a short time scale around some average structure. Now, however, scientists at Stockholm University have discovered two phases of the liquid with large differences in structure and density. The results are based on experimental studies using X-rays, which are now published in Proceedings of the National Academy of S ... more Could this strategy bring high-speed communications to the deep sea? Seagull carried out an autonomous end-to-end unmanned Mine Counter Measure mission Scientists hope artificial reef can protect ocean biodiversity from climate change |
Paris (AFP) July 4, 2017 Investigators have uncovered the problems behind the failure of atomic clocks onboard satellites belonging to the beleaguered Galileo satnav system, the European Commission said Monday. For months, the European Space Agency - which runs the programme - has been investigating the reasons behind failing clocks onboard some of the 18 navigation satellites it has launched for Galileo, Europe's ... more New orbiters for Europe's Galileo satnav system India's Answer to GPS Runs Into Serious Technical Failures Second Lockheed Martin GPS-3 satellite assembled as full production begins |
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Tokyo (Sputnik) Jun 29, 2017 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) proposed a plan on Wednesday to send the country's astronauts to the Moon after 2025, local media reported. According to the NHK broadcaster, the JAXA proposed the plan to the panel of the country's Science Ministry responsible for discussion of Tokyo's efforts in the issues of space exploration. The news outlet added that the JAXA's prop ... more Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by 2030 Russian aerospace firm to cooperate with China on Lunar exploration missions New NELIOTA project detects flashes from lunar impacts |
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 In our solar system, an asteroid orbits the Sun in the opposite direction to the planets. Asteroid 2015 BZ509, also known as Bee-Zed, takes 12 years to make one complete orbit around the Sun. This is the same orbital period as that of Jupiter, which shares its orbit but moves in the opposite direction to the planet's motion. The asteroid with the retrograde co-orbit was identified by Helen ... more NASA is building computer models of possible asteroid impact scenarios How a Speck of Light Becomes an Asteroid Are asteroids humanity's 'greatest challenge'? |
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Lancaster UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 Recent increases in an unregulated ozone-depleting substance, could delay recovery of Antarctic ozone levels by 5-30 years, depending on emissions scenarios. The findings, published in Nature Communications, suggest that a previously ignored chemical called dichloromethane may now be contributing to ozone depletion and should be looked at to improve future ozone predictions. Long-liv ... more UK-Led Satellite Image Project That Helps Spot and Stop Slavery Sites From Space VTT miniature hyperspectral camera launched to space in Aalto-1 satellite Scientists solve mystery of unexplained "bright nights" |
Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2017 First reported by Spacedaily.com on December 20, 2016, the great American eclipse has been a daily occupation for my mind and wallet. Hours and hours have been spent with this NASA Total Solar Eclipse Interactive Map. Of course, Expedia played an important role in ruling out locations. Idaho? Forget about it. Oregon. Oh Oregon. I explored the trails of Oregon more that Lewis and Clark to find th ... more Study suggests solar eruptions hit planet Earth like a sneeze NASA Prepares for Aug. 21 Total Solar Eclipse with Live Coverage, Safety Information Rare US total solar eclipse excites Americans coast-to-coast |
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Mumbai, India (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 Researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai have proposed a theory that predicts how dark matter may be annihilating much more rapidly in the Milky Way, than in smaller or larger galaxies and the early Universe. Anirban Das, with his advisor Dr. Basudeb Dasgupta, pursued this possibility because almost all observations made so far indicate no signals of dark matter ... more Magnetic memories of a metal world Tiny 'motors' are driven by light 'Pompom' Stars May Solve Quasar Puzzle |
Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 Approximately 750 million light years from Earth lies a gigantic, bulging galaxy with two supermassive black holes at its center. These are among the largest black holes ever found, with a combined mass 15 billion times that of the sun. New research from Stanford University, published June 27 in Astrophysical Journal, has used long-term observation to show that one of the black holes seems to be ... more Astronomers detect orbital motion in pair of supermassive black holes Table top plasma gets wind of solar turbulence Groundbreaking discovery confirms existence of orbiting supermassive black holes |
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