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August 02, 2017
SOLAR SCIENCE
Gravity waves detected in Sun's interior reveal rapidly rotating core



Paris (ESA) Aug 02, 2017
Scientists using the ESA/NASA SOHO solar observatory have found long-sought gravity modes of seismic vibration that imply the Sun's core is rotating four times faster than its surface. Just as seismology reveals Earth's interior structure by the way in which waves generated by earthquakes travel through it, solar physicists use 'helioseismology' to probe the solar interior by studying sound waves reverberating through it. On Earth, it is usually one event that is responsible for generating the sei ... read more

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
NASA continues to study pulsars, 50 years after their chance discovery
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 02, 2017
A little bit of "scruff" in scientific data 50 years ago led to the discovery of pulsars - rapidly spinning dense stellar corpses that appear to pulse at Earth. Astronomer Jocelyn Bell made th ... more
AEROSPACE
Supersonic technology designed to reduce sonic booms
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 02, 2017
Residents along Florida's Space Coast will soon hear a familiar sound - sonic booms. But instead of announcing a spacecraft's return from space, they may herald a new era in faster air travel. ... more
TECH SPACE
JV with Russia to build up to 50 satellite solid-state power amplifiers
Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 02, 2017
The head of Space Equipment at Airbus DS stated that SynerTech company and Russian Space Systems is planning to make up to 50 solid-state power amplifiers within the next year. SynerTech compa ... more
SPACEWAR
Italian Ministry of Defense to launch military recon satellite
Washington (UPI) Jul 31, 2017
Leonardo announced Monday it will launch the OPTSAT-3000 reconnaissance satellite Wednesday from the Kourou Europe's spaceport in French Guyana on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Defense. ... more
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
SES Government Solutions lands additional MEO Beam task order with DoD
Luxembourg (SPX) Aug 02, 2017
SES Government Solutions has signed a five-year task order with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Under the agreement, an additional satellite beam will enable access to real-time information fo ... more
NUKEWARS
N. Korea ICBM still facing technical hurdles: US expert
Washington (AFP) July 31, 2017
North Korea could field a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile able to strike America by next year, but Pyongyang must first overcome important technological hurdles, a US expert warned Monday. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Vega orbits two Earth observation satellites
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Aug 01, 2017
Arianespace has launched two Earth observation satellites for civil and military applications: OPTSAT-3000 for the Italian Ministry of Defence; and Venus, a mission of the Israel Space Agency (ISA) ... more
TECH SPACE
NASA enhances online scientific tool used by hundreds Worldwide
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 02, 2017
Hundreds of scientists worldwide currently use an online application that accesses at least one terabyte of data to calculate everything from the spectrum of an exoplanet and the weather on Mars to ... more
EXO WORLDS
Unexpected life found at bottom of High Arctic lakes
Washington (UPI) Aug 1, 2017
In the shallow, frigid waters of Nunavut's Ward Hunt Lake, something mysterious lingers at the lake floor. It's fuzzy, it's bright orange - and it's alive. ... more
SPACEMART
UK space companies to develop international partnerships
London, UK (SPX) Aug 01, 2017
The UK Space Agency is working with research institutions, industry and non-profit organisations to develop strong international partnerships to help tackle economic, societal and environmental issu ... more


Astronomers discover "Heavy Metal" supernova

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Scientists Unveil New 3D View of Galaxies
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 31, 2017
Unique, high-quality 3D data of 772 galaxies, obtained with the 3.9m Anglo-Australian Telescope as part of the SAMI Galaxy Survey, have been released to the astronomical community. These data are ac ... more
ICE WORLD
Two Decades of Changes in Helheim Glacier
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 31, 2017
Helheim Glacier is the fastest flowing glacier along the eastern edge of Greenland Ice Sheet and one of the island's largest ocean-terminating rivers of ice. Named after the Vikings' world of the de ... more
TECTONICS
Conductivity measurements to help scientists map water in Earth's mantle
Washington (UPI) Jul 26, 2017
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory believe their improved understanding of electrical conductivity inside Earth's mantle will help them map the distribution of water inside Earth. ... more
ENERGY TECH
First direct observation and measurement of ultra-fast moving vortices in superconductors
Jerusalem (SPX) Jul 24, 2017
Researchers have made the first direct visual observation and measurement of ultra-fast vortex dynamics in superconductors. Their technique, detailed in the journal Nature Communications, could cont ... more


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ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli starts third mission on Space Station
Paris (ESA) Jul 31, 2017
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and Roscosmos commander Sergei Ryazansky were launched into space yesterday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 15:41 GMT (17:41 CEST). Their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft circled Earth four times to catch up with the International Space Station six hours later and the crew are now settling into their new home and place of work for fiv ... more
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 01, 2017
Voyager spacecraft still in communication 40 years out into the void
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017
NextSTEP Partners Develop Ground Prototypes to Expand our Knowledge of Deep Space Habitats
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) July 28, 2017
Three-man crew reaches International Space Station
Iran in 'successful' test of satellite-launch rocket
Tehran (AFP) July 27, 2017
Iran on Thursday "successfully" tested a satellite-launch rocket, days after warning Washington of a response to new US sanctions over the Islamic republic's ballistic missile programme, state television said. It said the launch vehicle, named Simorgh after a bird in Iranian mythology, was capable of propelling a satellite weighing 250 kilograms (550 pounds) to an altitude of 500 kilometres ... more
New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 01, 2017
India looks to more launches with new facility from 2018
Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 01, 2017
Sea Launch to be modernized for Russia's Soyuz-5 carrier rocket
Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017
Navy completes testing fixes on electro-magnetic launch systems


Eclipse Balloons to Study Effect of Mars-Like Environment on Life
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 31, 2017
Steps forward in the search for life beyond Earth can be as simple as sending a balloon into the sky. In one of the most unique and extensive eclipse observation campaigns ever attempted, NASA is collaborating with student teams across the U.S. to do just that. A larger initiative, NASA's Eclipse Balloon Project, led by Angela Des Jardins of Montana State University, is sending more than 5 ... more
Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017
Portals to new worlds: Martian exploration near the North Pole
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 01, 2017
Opportunity enters Automode during solar conjunction pause
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2017
For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the Sun
China develops sea launches to boost space commerce
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
Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017
Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit
Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017
Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon
Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017
Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold
Iridium Announces Third Iridium NEXT Launch Date
McLean VA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017
Iridium Communications reports that the upcoming Iridium NEXT launch has been targeted for September 30, 2017 at 6:30 a.m. PDT. This launch will deliver another 10 Iridium NEXT satellites to orbit on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and will bring the total number of Iridium NEXT satellites deployed to 30. SpaceX selected the September 30th launch date based on rocket and Vandenberg Air Force Base range ... more
London, UK (SPX) Aug 01, 2017
UK space companies to develop international partnerships
Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 02, 2017
Airbus DS to expand cooperation with Russia
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 18, 2017
ASTROSCALE Raises a Total of $25 Million in Series C Led by Private Companies
JV with Russia to build up to 50 satellite solid-state power amplifiers
Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 02, 2017
The head of Space Equipment at Airbus DS stated that SynerTech company and Russian Space Systems is planning to make up to 50 solid-state power amplifiers within the next year. SynerTech company, a joint enterprise of Airbus Defence and Space (DS) aerospace company and Russian Space Systems, is planning to make up to 50 solid-state power amplifiers within the next year, Jean-Pierre Domenge ... more
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 02, 2017
NASA enhances online scientific tool used by hundreds Worldwide
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017
Making polymer chemistry 'click'
Washington (UPI) Jul 31, 2017
ARCTEC receives contract for Air Force radar sites in Alaska


Unexpected life found at bottom of High Arctic lakes
Washington (UPI) Aug 1, 2017
In the shallow, frigid waters of Nunavut's Ward Hunt Lake, something mysterious lingers at the lake floor. It's fuzzy, it's bright orange - and it's alive. For more than 50 years, scientists from around the world have traveled to Ward Hunt Lake, the northernmost lake in the Canadian Arctic, to study the region or launch expeditions to the North Pole. Until recently, the prevailin ... more
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 01, 2017
An Earth-like atmosphere may not survive Proxima b's orbit
Arecibo PR (SPX) Jul 17, 2017
A New Search for Extrasolar Planets from the Arecibo Observatory
Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017
Gulf of Mexico tube worm is one of the longest-living animals in the world
New Horizons Video Soars over Pluto's Majestic Mountains and Icy Plains
Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2017
In July 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sent home the first close-up pictures of Pluto and its moons - amazing imagery that inspired many to wonder what a flight over the distant worlds' icy terrain might be like. Wonder no more. Using actual New Horizons data and digital elevation models of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, mission scientists have created flyover movies that offer s ... more
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017
Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 13, 2017
New evidence in support of the Planet Nine hypothesis
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 20, 2017
NASA's New Horizons Team Strikes Gold in Argentina


'Missing lead' in Flint water pipes confirms cause of crisis
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Jul 31, 2017
A study of lead service lines in Flint's damaged drinking water system reveals a Swiss cheese pattern in the pipes' interior crust, with holes where the lead used to be. The findings - led by researchers at the University of Michigan - support the generally accepted understanding that lead leached into the system because that water wasn't treated to prevent corrosion. While previous studie ... more
Sydney (AFP) July 19, 2017
Risky business for fish in oil-polluted reef waters
Miami (AFP) July 17, 2017
Japanese seaweed is welcome invader on US coasts: study
Paris (AFP) July 13, 2017
Climate change deepens threat to Pacific island wildlife
IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam system
Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017
An advance GPS anti-jam navigation system is to be jointly developed and manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries and Honeywell Aerospace, the companies announced on Monday. The technology, covered under a recent memorandum of understanding between the two companies, will combine IAI's existing ADA GPS Anti-Jamming system together with Honeywell's embedded GPS Inertial Navigation Sys ... more
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2017
Russia, China to Set Up Pilot Zone to Test National Navigation Systems
New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017
India Plans to Roll Out National GPS Next Year
Washington (UPI) Jul 7, 2017
Orbital Alliance Techsystems receives contract for GPS artillery


How Light Looks Different on the Moon and What NASA Is Doing About It
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017
Things look different on the Moon. Literally. Because the Moon isn't big enough to hold a significant atmosphere, there is no air and there are no particles in the air to reflect and scatter sunlight. On Earth, shadows in otherwise bright environments are dimly lit with indirect light from these tiny reflections. That lighting provides enough detail that we get an idea of shapes, holes and ... more
Washington (AFP) July 30, 2017
Florida startup boldly sets sights on moon
Pittsburgh, PA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017
United Launch Alliance to launch Astrobotic mission to the Moon
Paris (AFP) July 24, 2017
Moon could be wetter than thought, say scientists
Asteroid Flyby Will Benefit NASA Detection and Tracking Network
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 31, 2017
NASA scientists are excited about the upcoming close flyby of a small asteroid and plan to use its upcoming October close approach to Earth as an opportunity not only for science, but to test NASA's network of observatories and scientists who work with planetary defense. The target of all this attention is asteroid 2012 TC4 - a small asteroid estimated to be between 30 and 100 feet (10 and ... more
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017
Supernova-Hunting Team Finds Comet with Aid of Amateur Astronomer
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 31, 2017
Upcoming asteroid flyby will help Planetary Defense Network
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017
Exploring an unusual metal asteroid


Vega orbits two Earth observation satellites
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Aug 01, 2017
Arianespace has launched two Earth observation satellites for civil and military applications: OPTSAT-3000 for the Italian Ministry of Defence; and Venus, a mission of the Israel Space Agency (ISA) - a government body sponsored by the country's Ministry of Science and Technology - and the French CNES space agency (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales). The launch took place on Tuesday, Augus ... more
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Aug 01, 2017
Aalto-1 satellite sends first image back to VTT Finland
Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017
Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 26, 2017
NASA Solves a Drizzle Riddle
Gravity waves detected in Sun's interior reveal rapidly rotating core
Paris (ESA) Aug 02, 2017
Scientists using the ESA/NASA SOHO solar observatory have found long-sought gravity modes of seismic vibration that imply the Sun's core is rotating four times faster than its surface. Just as seismology reveals Earth's interior structure by the way in which waves generated by earthquakes travel through it, solar physicists use 'helioseismology' to probe the solar interior by studying soun ... more
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017
NASA Selects Proposals to Study Sun, Space Environment
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 31, 2017
National Solar Observatory Predicts Shape Of Solar Corona For August Eclipse
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 26, 2017
SwRI team uses airborne telescopes to study Sun and Mercury during total solar eclipse


Gamma-Ray Burst Captured in Unprecedented Detail
College Park MD (SPX) Jul 26, 2017
Gamma-ray bursts are among the most energetic and explosive events in the universe. They are also short-lived, lasting from a few milliseconds to about a minute. This has made it tough for astronomers to observe a gamma-ray burst in detail. Using a wide array of ground- and space-based telescope observations, an international team led by University of Maryland astronomers constructed one o ... more
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 27, 2017
Webbcam Shows Webb Telescope Chilling in Chamber A
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 01, 2017
Astronomers discover "Heavy Metal" supernova
Garching, Germany (SPX) Jul 31, 2017
Galactic David and Goliath
CCNY physicists master unexplored electron property
New York NY (SPX) Jul 27, 2017
While the charge and spin properties of electrons are widely utilized in modern day technologies such as transistors and memories, another aspect of the subatomic particle has long remained uncharted. This is the "valley" property which has potential for realizing a new class of technology termed "valleytronics" - similar to electronics (charge) and spintronics (spin). This property arises ... more
Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Jul 31, 2017
Experimental method measures quantum coherence, the ability of being in 2 states at once
Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Jul 31, 2017
Physicists design ultrafocused pulses
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 27, 2017
When shallow defects align, diamonds shine for unprecedented quantum sensitivity
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