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Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017 Images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot reveal a tangle of dark, veinous clouds weaving their way through a massive crimson oval. The JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno mission snapped pics of the most iconic feature of the solar system's largest planetary inhabitant during its Monday (July 10) flyby. The images of the Great Red Spot were downlinked from the spacecraft's memory on Tuesday and placed on the mission's JunoCam website Wednesday morning. "For hundreds of years scientists have been observing ... read more |
New evidence in support of the Planet Nine hypothesis Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 13, 2017 Last year, the existence of an unknown planet in our Solar system was announced. However, this hypothesis was subsequently called into question as biases in the observational data were detected. ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017 The car-size NASA rover on a Martian mountain, Curiosity, has begun its long-anticipated study of an iron-bearing ridge forming a distinctive layer on the mountain's slope. Since before Curios ... more Boston MA (SPX) Jul 13, 2017 In the context of space, the term 'cloud' can mean something rather different from the fluffy white collections of water in the sky or a way to store data or process information. Giant molecular clo ... more London, UK (The Conversation) Jul 13, 2017 The 1.65 billion euro BepiColombo spacecraft is now being unstacked for final tests after being displayed in its launch configuration to the world's press at the European Space Agency's Space Techno ... more |
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory sees sunspot turn toward Earth Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, a space probe dedicated to the study of the sun, has captured footage of a sunspot rotating towards Earth. ... more Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Two major issues confronting magnetic-confinement fusion energy are enabling the walls of devices that house fusion reactions to survive bombardment by energetic particles, and improving confinement ... more London, Uk (Spx) Jul 07, 2017 The first experiment placed on Diamond's Long Duration Experimental (LDE) facility, on beamline I11, has now been in place for 1,000 days. The experiment, led by Dr Claire Corkhill from the Universi ... more Cambridge UK (SPX) Jul 12, 2017 Why did life on Earth change from small to large when it did? Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have determined how some of the first large organisms ... more Fairbanks AK (SPX) Jul 12, 2017 University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have discovered that volcanoes have a unique way of dealing with pressure - through crystals. According to a new study published in the Journal of Geology, ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 10, 2017 Researchers at The University of Manchester, in collaboration with Central South University (CSU), China, have created an innovative ceramic coating that could revolutionize hypersonic travel - for ... more |
'Near-zero-power' temperature sensor could make wearables, smart devices less power-hungry Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 Among various kinds of electrode materials for supercapacitors, carbon-based materials are most commonly used because of their commercially available and cheap, and they can be produced with large s ... more Orlando FL (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 An international research team that includes University of Central Florida Professor Enrique del Barco, Damien Thompson of the University of Limerick and Christian A. Nijhuis of the National Univers ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 Scientists from the Lomonosov Moscow State University together with their Russian and foreign colleagues have done for the first time direct measurements of giant electromagnetic fields, emerging in ... more Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 Due to magnetism iron should - theoretically - be a poor superconductor. Nevertheless certain ironbased materials possess fine superconducting properties. Why? Because the five unbound electrons fou ... more |
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2017 Founded in 2009, the Houston, Texas-based company NanoRacks LLC provides commercial hardware and services onboard the International Space Station (ISS) for government and commercial customers. To date, the firm has sent more than 550 payloads from over 30 countries to ISS, creating trends in commercial hardware in space. In an interview with Astrowatch.net, Jeffrey Manber, the founder and CEO of ... more Counting calories in space Trump offers bold space goals but fills in few details Liftoff for Trump's bold space plans may have to wait |
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 10, 2017 Researchers at The University of Manchester, in collaboration with Central South University (CSU), China, have created an innovative ceramic coating that could revolutionize hypersonic travel - for defense, space and even air travel purposes. Hypersonic travel is defined as moving at Mach five or above - at least five times faster than the speed of sound. While a historic aspiration of avi ... more Aerojet Rocketdyne tests Advanced Electric Propulsion System Russia to Carry Out Five Launches From Vostochny Space Center in 2018 After two delays, SpaceX launches broadband satellite for IntelSat |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017 The car-size NASA rover on a Martian mountain, Curiosity, has begun its long-anticipated study of an iron-bearing ridge forming a distinctive layer on the mountain's slope. Since before Curiosity's landing five years ago next month, this feature has been recognized as one of four unique terrains on lower Mount Sharp and therefore a key mission destination. Curiosity's science team informal ... more Mars surface 'more uninhabitable' than thought: study Mars Rover Opportunity continuing science campaign at Perseverance Valley The Niagara Falls of Mars once flowed with lava |
Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017 China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official. Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... more Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon |
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 According to Euroconsult's latest report, High Throughput Satellites: Vertical Market Analysis and Forecasts, the total committed investment from the 30 satellite operators in HTS systems has reached nearly $19 billion. Compared to the 36 launches of GEO-HTS systems over the past decade, another ~100 GEO-HTS systems are expected to launch from 2017 to 2025, at an average of 11 launches per ... more SES Transfers Capacity from AMC-9 Satellite Following Significant Anomaly Second launch doubles number of Iridium NEXT satellites in orbit to 20 OneWeb inaugurates production line Assembly, Integration, and Test of OneWeb satellites |
Morgantown WV (SPX) Jul 12, 2017 The technology developed by researchers at West Virginia University that helped them win the NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge may be headed to Mars. Majid Jaridi, professor of industrial and management systems engineering, and Yu Gu, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, have received a three-year, $750,000 grant from NASA to develop ways to increase the onboard autonomy ... more Giant enhancement of electromagnetic waves revealed within small dielectric particles ANU invention may help to protect astronauts from radiation in space 6 teams share honors and money in NASA's 2nd 3-D Print a Habitat challenge |
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Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 In a paper highlighted by Astronomy and Astrophysics journal, a team2 of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco (IA3) discovered observational evidence for the existence of two distinct populations of giant planets. So far, more than 3500 planets have been detected orbiting solar type stars. Although recent results suggest that most planets in our Galaxy are roc ... more Hidden Stars May Make Planets Appear Smaller Astronomers Track the Birth of a 'Super-Earth' Big, shape-shifting animals from the dawn of time |
Miami (AFP) July 10, 2017 An unmanned NASA spacecraft is about to fly over a massive storm raging on Jupiter, in a long-awaited a journey that could shed new light on the forces driving the planet's Great Red Spot. The flyby of the Juno spacecraft, surveilling the 10,000-mile-wide (16,000-kilometer-wide) storm, is scheduled for 9:55 pm Monday (0155 GMT Tuesday). "Jupiter's mysterious Great Red Spot is probably th ... more Juno Completes Flyby over Jupiter's Great Red Spot Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot New evidence in support of the Planet Nine hypothesis |
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Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Climate change could turn one of Africa's driest regions into a very wet one by suddenly switching on a Monsoon circulation. For the first time, scientists find evidence in computer simulations for a possible abrupt change to heavy seasonal rainfall in the Sahel, a region that so far has been characterized by extreme dryness. They detect a self-amplifying mechanism which might kick-in beyo ... more Strengthening of West African Monsoon during Green Sahara period may have affected ENSO Scientists make 'squarest' ice crystals ever Bacteria collaborate to propel the ocean 'engine' |
Washington (UPI) Jul 7, 2017 Orbital Alliance Techsystems Operations has been awarded a $53.6 million modification to an existing contract for procurement of M1156 presicion-guidance kits, the Department of Defense announced on Thursday. The modification will provide PGKs for converting standard Army unguided 155mm artillery shells into GPS-guided munitions used by conventional artillery. Work will be perfor ... more India Plans to Roll Out National GPS Next Year Europe's Galileo satnav identifies problems behind failing clocks New orbiters for Europe's Galileo satnav system |
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Paris (ESA) Jul 07, 2017 During a simulated space mission underwater last week, ESA tested an ingenious concept to bring astronauts safely back to base if they are incapacitated during lunar exploration. Four 'aquanauts', including ESA astronaut Pedro Duque and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, took part in NASA's 22nd Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO-22) mission, spending 10 days in the Aquarius habitat ... more Japanese Space Agency Proposes Plan to Send Astronauts to Moon Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by 2030 Russian aerospace firm to cooperate with China on Lunar exploration missions |
Tucson, AZ (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 Pitted terrains inside fresh complex craters on Ceres are similar to terrains seen Mars and Vesta, and are likely formed through the rapid evaporation of subsurface H2O, a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Research Scientist Hanna G. Sizemore says. "Pitted terrains may be common morphological markers of volatile-rich near-surface material in the asteroid belt," Sizemore said. ... more Bizarro comet challenging researchers NASA'S First Asteroid Deflection Mission Enters Next Design Phase Are asteroids humanity's 'greatest challenge'? |
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Newcastle UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Researchers are using satellite data to accurately map the movement of the earth before a landslide in a bid to develop a life-saving early warning system. The team from Newcastle University (UK), Chengdu University of Technology, Tongji University, China Academy of Space Technology and Wuhan University (China) have been tracking the devastating events of last week when a massive landslide ... more Study finds Earth's magnetic field 'simpler than we thought' See our seasons change from space Computer vision techniques shed light on urban change |
Kiel, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 How much do solar cycle variations influence our climate system? Could the rising Earth temperatures due to anthropogenic effects partly be compensated by a reduction of solar forcing in the future? These questions have been in the focus of climate research for a long time. In order to answer these questions as precisely as possible, it is required to know the fluctuations of solar forcing ... more NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory sees sunspot turn toward Earth Musical Sun Reduces Range of Magnetic Activity Scientists uncover origins of the Sun's swirling spicules |
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Cambridge UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 A group of astronomers have shown that the fastest-moving stars in our galaxy - which are travelling so fast that they can escape the Milky Way - are in fact runaways from a much smaller galaxy in orbit around our own. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, used data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and computer simulations to demonstrate that these stellar sprinters originate ... more Smallest-Ever Star Discovered by Astronomers Australia Enters Strategic Partnership with European Southern Observatory Heart of an exploded star observed in 3-D |
Lancaster UK (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 Counterfeit products are a huge problem - from medicines to car parts, fake technology costs lives. Every year, imports of counterfeited and pirated goods around the world cost nearly US $0.5 trillion in lost revenue. Counterfeit medicines alone cost the industry over US $200 billion every year. They are also dangerous to our health - around a third contain no active ingredients, res ... more China teleports quantum information to space, a first Neutrons detect elusive Higgs amplitude mode in quantum material Scientists get first direct look at how electrons 'dance' with vibrating atoms |
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