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Analysis of a 'rusty' lunar rock suggests the moon's interior is dry San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2017 The moon is likely very dry in its interior according to a new study from researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, published August 21, 2017 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The question of the moon's moistness matters because the amount of water and other volatile (easily evaporated) elements and compounds provide clues to the moon's history and how it was formed. "It's been a big question whether the moon is wet or ... read more |
Earth-like planet in star system only 16 light years away Arlington TX (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 Astrophysicists at the University of Texas at Arlington have predicted that an Earth-like planet may be lurking in a star system just 16 light years away. The team investigated the star system ... more Dresden, Germany (SPX) Aug 22, 2017 In cooperation with colleagues from Germany and the United States, researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have managed to demonstrate 'diamond showers' forming in the ice gia ... more London, UK (SPX) Aug 22, 2017 26 joint proposals from potential spaceports and operators proves strong interest in UK market for small sat launch and sub-orbital flight. The number of responses for government funding to su ... more Paris (AFP) Aug 21, 2017 Mars is buffeted by turbulent snowstorms that occur only at night, according to a study released Monday that revises our understanding of Red Planet weather. ... more |
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Astrophysicists explain the mysterious behavior of cosmic rays Moscow (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 A team of scientists from Russia and China has developed a model which explains the nature of high-energy cosmic rays (CRs) in our Galaxy. These CRs have energies exceeding those produced by superno ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2017 Two astrophysical missions, NICER and LISA, could soon change our understanding of the universe. Scientists hope that both instruments would help them answer fundamental questions about the universe ... more Menlo Park CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2017 In an experiment designed to mimic the conditions deep inside the icy giant planets of our solar system, scientists were able to observe "diamond rain" for the first time as it formed in high-pressu ... more Munich, Germany (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 An Italian-led team of astronomers used the MUSE (Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer) instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile to study how gas can be stripp ... more Norman OK (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 A University of Oklahoma astrophysicist, Mukremin Kilic, and his team have discovered two detached, eclipsing double white dwarf binaries with orbital periods of 40 and 46 minutes, respectively. ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 22, 2017 Tremendous amounts of soot, lofted into the air from global wildfires following a massive asteroid strike 66 million years ago, would have plunged Earth into darkness for nearly two years, new resea ... more |
Call For Ideas For Research On The Deep Space Gateway Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 21, 2017 Dim objects called brown dwarfs, less massive than the Sun but more massive than Jupiter, have powerful winds and clouds - specifically, hot patchy clouds made of iron droplets and silicate dust. Sc ... more Newark NJ (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 While much of the research around the eclipse on Monday will focus on the effects of the Sun's brief, daytime disappearance on Earth and its atmosphere, a group of solar physicists will be leveragin ... more Paris (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 New data provides the first proof that the Earth has a natural thermostat which enables the planet to recover from extremes of climate change - but the recovery timescales are significant. This work ... more Boston MA (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 The next major volcanic eruption could kick-start chemical reactions that would seriously damage the planet's already besieged ozone layer. The extent of damage to the ozone layer that results ... more |
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Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 Hurtling beyond the Moon at a speedy 25,000 mph for a three-week mission requires a space processor capable of operating with guaranteed reliability, in a high radiation environment tens of thousands of miles in deep space, at 480,000,000 instructions per second to execute thousands of commands and sequences for controlling the hundreds of spacecraft systems and components to ensure crew safety ... more An era of continuous space communications of with TDRS NASA launches latest TDRS communications satellite Russian Space Cameras on ISS May Replace US Models in 2018 |
Vostochny (Sputnik) Aug 21, 2017 The first technological equipment for the launch of the Angara heavy class carrier rocket has been delivered to the Vostochny Space Center in Russian Far East, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday. "The first technological equipment for the Angara has arrived. It is in the assembly and testing facility," he said at a meeting at the Vostochny. On Wednesday, t ... more Soyuz-2 Rocket to Arrive at Vostochny on September 20 for November Launch New thruster design increases efficiency for future spaceflight Russia's S7 group plans to resume Zenit launches from Sea Launch platform |
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Paris (AFP) Aug 21, 2017 Mars is buffeted by turbulent snowstorms that occur only at night, according to a study released Monday that revises our understanding of Red Planet weather. Up to now, it was thought that snow falling from low-lying Martian clouds settled slowly and sparsely to the ground in a environment bereft of violent winds. The new findings, reported in the journal Nature Geoscience, suggest that ... more Mars 2020 mission to use smart methods to seek signs of past life For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the Sun Tributes to wetter times on Mars |
Beijing (XNA) Aug 14, 2017 Chinese scientists have become the first to realize quantum key distribution from a satellite to the ground, laying the foundation for building a hack-proof global quantum communication network. The achievement based on experiments conducted with the world' s first quantum satellite, Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), was published in the authoritative academic journal Nature on T ... more Xian Satellite Control Center resolves over 10 major satellite faults in 50 years China develops sea launches to boost space commerce Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit |
London, UK (SPX) Aug 22, 2017 26 joint proposals from potential spaceports and operators proves strong interest in UK market for small sat launch and sub-orbital flight. The number of responses for government funding to support UK spaceflight has highlighted a strong interest in the UK commercial market for small satellite launch and sub-orbital flight. The UK Space Agency's call for grant proposals to establish initia ... more ASTROSCALE Raises a Total of $25 Million in Series C Led by Private Companies LISA Pathfinder: bake, rattle and roll Blue Sky Network Reaffirms Commitment to Brazilian Market |
Washington (UPI) Aug 18, 2017 During a lengthy spacewalk on Thursday, Russian cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy released five mini satellites by hand, including one made almost entirely of 3D-printed materials. Some new reports are claiming the satellite is the first built from 3D-printed components to be launched into space, but in June, NASA launched a cube satellite made almost entirely of 3D-pri ... more NASA protects its super heroes from space weather Researchers use vacuum for hands-free patterning of liquid metal Surprise discovery in the search for energy efficient information storage |
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Arlington TX (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 Astrophysicists at the University of Texas at Arlington have predicted that an Earth-like planet may be lurking in a star system just 16 light years away. The team investigated the star system Gliese 832 for additional exoplanets residing between the two currently known alien worlds in this system. Their computations revealed that an additional Earth-like planet with a dynamically stable c ... more A New Search for Extrasolar Planets from the Arecibo Observatory Gulf of Mexico tube worm is one of the longest-living animals in the world Molecular Outflow Launched Beyond Disk Around Young Star |
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 Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot New evidence in support of the Planet Nine hypothesis Scientists probe Neptune's depths to reveal secrets of icy planets |
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Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 It's an unseasonably warm February afternoon at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center (SSC), Mississippi, where three men are tinkering with a 7-foot tall, four-legged instrument platform, preparing it for an upcoming research experiment off the coast of Virginia. The rugged apparatus known as a "quadpod," was built to withstand being on the bottom of the ocean for weeks ... more Scientists discover why bubbles zig-zag as they rise through water Mexico City fishermen fight to save Aztec floating gardens Risky business for fish in oil-polluted reef waters |
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 19, 2017 Japan on Saturday launched the third satellite in its effort to build a homegrown geolocation system aimed at improving the accuracy of car navigation systems and smartphone maps to mere centimetres. An H-IIA rocket blasted off at about 2:30 pm (0530 GMT) from the Tanegashima space centre in southern Japan, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The rocket successf ... more IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam system Harris delivers navigation package for third GPS III satellite Lockheed Martin Begins Modernizing Receivers for U.S. Air Force's GPS Signal Monitoring Stations |
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San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2017 The moon is likely very dry in its interior according to a new study from researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, published August 21, 2017 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The question of the moon's moistness matters because the amount of water and other volatile (easily evaporated) elements and compounds provide ... more Call For Ideas For Research On The Deep Space Gateway Roscosmos Approves Luna-25 Space Station Model in Moon Exploration Project Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believed |
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 21, 2017 Asteroid Florence, a large near-Earth asteroid, will pass safely by Earth on Sept. 1, 2017, at a distance of about 4.4 million miles, (7.0 million kilometers, or about 18 Earth-Moon distances). Florence is among the largest near-Earth asteroids that are several miles in size; measurements from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and NEOWISE mission indicate it's about 2.7 miles (4.4 kilometers) ... more Dino-killing asteroid could have thrust Earth into 2 years of darkness Asteroid Apophis has One in 100,000 chance of hitting Earth Asteroid 2012 TC4 will fly past Earth in October 2017 |
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Boston MA (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 The next major volcanic eruption could kick-start chemical reactions that would seriously damage the planet's already besieged ozone layer. The extent of damage to the ozone layer that results from a large, explosive eruption depends on complex atmospheric chemistry, including the levels of human-made emissions in the atmosphere. Using sophisticated chemical modeling, researchers from Harv ... more Identifying individual atmospheric equatorial waves from a total flow field NASA-led airborne mission studies storm intensification in northern hemisphere Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows |
Paris (ESA) Aug 17, 2017 Ten spacecraft, from ESA's Venus Express to NASA's Voyager-2, felt the effect of a solar eruption as it washed through the Solar System while three other satellites watched, providing a unique perspective on this space weather event. Scientists working on ESA's Mars Express were looking forward to investigating the effects of the close encounter of Comet Siding Spring on the Red Planet's atmosph ... more NASA, ESA spacecraft track solar storm through space ESA's Proba-3 will create artificial solar eclipses NASA taps citizen scientists to help study eclipse |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 21, 2017 Dim objects called brown dwarfs, less massive than the Sun but more massive than Jupiter, have powerful winds and clouds - specifically, hot patchy clouds made of iron droplets and silicate dust. Scientists recently realized these giant clouds can move and thicken or thin surprisingly rapidly, in less than an Earth day, but did not understand why. Now, researchers have a new model for expl ... more Scientists create 'diamond rain' that forms in the interior of icy giant planets New 3-D simulations show how galactic centers cool their jets Russia could launch Spektr-RG space observatory with German telescope in 2018 |
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2017 Astronomers using Caltech's Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) have found evidence for a bizarre lensing system in space, in which a large assemblage of stars is magnifying a much more distant galaxy containing a jet-spewing supermassive black hole. The discovery provides the best view yet of blobs of hot gas that shoot out from supermassive black holes. "We have known about the existen ... more International team of researchers redefines cosmic velocity web NICER and LISA to Confirm or Disprove Predictions of General Relativity Superconductivity research reveals potential new state of matter |
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