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These headsets are made for walking over Mars Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 20, 2017 When NASA scientists want to follow the path of the Curiosity rover on Mars, they can don a mixed-reality headset and virtually explore the Martian landscape. Starting today, everyone can get a taste of what that feels like. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, collaborated with Google to produce Access Mars, a free immersive experience. It's available for use on all desktop and mobile devices and virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) headsets. That includes mobile-based v ... read more |
Potential human habitat located on Moon West Lafayette IN (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 A study published in Geophysical Research Letters confirms the existence of a large open lava tube in the Marius Hills region of the moon, which could be used to protect astronauts from hazardous co ... more Laurel MD (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 Narrow dense rings of comets are coming together to form planets on the outskirts of at least three distant solar systems, astronomers have found in data from a pair of NASA telescopes. Estima ... more Laguna Beach, United States (AFP) Oct 17, 2017 Intel chief Brian Krzanich said Tuesday his company is working on a super-fast chip designed specifically for artificial intelligence. ... more Sussex UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 Scientists have invented a way to morph liquid metal into physical shapes. Researchers at the University of Sussex and Swansea University have applied electrical charges to manipulate liquid m ... more |
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Self-taught, 'superhuman' AI now even smarter: makers Paris (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 The computer that stunned humanity by beating the best mortal players at a strategy board game requiring "intuition" has become even smarter, its makers said Wednesday. ... more Gainesville FL (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 Where people will go in the cosmos, plants will go. That's the message of a paper entitled "Gardening for Therapeutic People-Plant Interactions during Long-Duration Space Missions" written by Raym ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 20, 2017 A spacecraft destined to explore a unique asteroid will also test new communication hardware that uses lasers instead of radio waves. The Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) package aboar ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 20, 2017 NASA has authorized a second extension of the Dawn mission at Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. During this extension, the spacecraft will descend to lower alt ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017 NASA and other agencies have long considered establishing an outpost on the lunar surface - a moon base. Now, scientists at Purdue University may have found the perfect place for it. ... more Washington DC (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 NASA has received the report from an independent, external review of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) project. The review was commissioned by NASA to help ensure that the mission is ... more |
New NASA study improves search for habitable worlds Paris (ESA) Oct 17, 2017 Launched last week, Europe's Sentinel-5P satellite - the first Copernicus mission dedicated to monitoring the air we breathe - is in excellent health. The 820 kg satellite was lofted into orbi ... more Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 Aerojet Rocketdyne has test-fired its RS-25 engine, E2063, for 500 seconds at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. This is the second RS-25 engine Aerojet Rocketdyne has tested for NASA's sec ... more Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 Looking up at the Moon at night, Earth's closest neighbor appears in shades of gray and white; a dry desert in the vacuum of space, inactive and dead for billions of years. Like many things, though, ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 Mars has an invisible magnetic "tail" that is twisted by interaction with the solar wind, according to new research using data from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft. NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile ... more |
Gainesville FL (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 Where people will go in the cosmos, plants will go. That's the message of a paper entitled "Gardening for Therapeutic People-Plant Interactions during Long-Duration Space Missions" written by Raymond Odeh, and Charles L. Guy of the University of Florida (Gainesville) and published in the De Gruyter journal, Open Agriculture. In the beginning of the space age, researchers sought to see if ... more Russia's space agency says glitch in manned Soyuz landing Russia launches cargo ship to space station Roscosmos: International Space Exploration to Continue Despite Geopolitical Situation |
Paris (ESA) Oct 18, 2017 Europe's first all-electric telecom satellite has reached its final working orbit above the Pacific Ocean. Eutelsat-172B, built for Eutelsat by Airbus, carries new technologies developed through ESA-led projects, including fully articulated thruster arms. The satellite relied entirely on electric thrusters to climb from its initial orbit into its planned slot over the equator some 35 800 k ... more Lockheed Martin Launches Second Cycle of 'Girls' Rocketry Challenge' in Japan First Four Space Launch System Flight Engines Ready To Rumble Rocket motor for Ariane 6 and Vega-C is cast for testing |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 Mars has an invisible magnetic "tail" that is twisted by interaction with the solar wind, according to new research using data from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft. NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) spacecraft is in orbit around Mars gathering data on how the Red Planet lost much of its atmosphere and water, transforming from a world that could have supported life billi ... more Webcam on Mars Express surveys high-altitude clouds Study shows how water could have flowed on 'cold and icy' ancient Mars Microbes leave 'fingerprints' on Martian rocks |
Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017 China launched three remote sensing satellites Friday on a Long March-2C rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Yaogan-30 01 satellites will conduct electromagnetic probes and other experiments. The launch is the 251st flight mission of the Long March rocket family. span class="BDL">Source: a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com">Xin ... more Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission UN official commends China's role in space cooperation China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab |
Toulouse, France (SPX) Oct 16, 2017 The EUTELSAT 172B spacecraft, built by Airbus for Eutelsat, one of the world's leading satellite operators, has now reached geostationary orbit, breaking the record for the fastest satellite electric orbit raising (EOR). EUTELSAT 172B was launched by Ariane 5 from Kourou, in French Guiana, on 1 June. The Airbus spacecraft control centre in Toulouse took control for early operations, initia ... more Turkey, Russia to Enhance Cooperation in the Field of Space Technologies SpaceX launches 10 satellites for Iridium mobile network Lockheed Martin Completes First Flexible Solar Array for LM 2100 Satellite |
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 20, 2017 When NASA scientists want to follow the path of the Curiosity rover on Mars, they can don a mixed-reality headset and virtually explore the Martian landscape. Starting today, everyone can get a taste of what that feels like. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, collaborated with Google to produce Access Mars, a free immersive experience. It's available for use on all d ... more Understanding rare earth emulsions Dutch open 'world's first 3D-printed bridge' Chemical treatment improves quantum dot lasers |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 New NASA research is helping to refine our understanding of candidate planets beyond our solar system that might support life. "Using a model that more realistically simulates atmospheric conditions, we discovered a new process that controls the habitability of exoplanets and will guide us in identifying candidates for further study," said Yuka Fujii of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies ... more From Comets Come Planets A star that devoured its own planets Astronomers find potential solution into how planets form |
Granada, Spain (SPX) Oct 17, 2017 At the ends of the Solar System, beyond the orbit of Neptune, there is a belt of objects composed of ice and rocks, among which four dwarf planets stand out: Pluto, Eris, Makemake and Haumea. The latter is the least well known of the four and was recently the object of an international observation campaign which was able to establish its main physical characteristics. The study, led by astronome ... more Ring around a dwarf planet detected Helicopter test for Jupiter icy moons radar Solving the Mystery of Pluto's Giant Blades of Ice |
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Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 The Colorado River tumbles through varied landscapes, draining watersheds from seven western states. This 1,450-mile-long system is a critical water supply for agriculture, industry and municipalities from Denver to Tijuana. In the drylands of the Colorado's lower basin, formed by Nevada, Arizona and California, thunderstorms - known in meteorological parlance as convective precipitation - ... more Toward efficient high-pressure desalination Active sieving could improve dialysis and water purification filters Clear lakes disguise impaired water quality |
Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2017 The U.S. Air Force has given their final acceptance approval to Lockheed Martin's GPS III satellite, the company announced on Tuesday. The available for launch designation, or AFL, from the Air Force is the final stage in accepting new technology under Department of Defense regulations. Lockheed Martin's first GPS III Space Vehicle or GPS III SV01 is expected to deploy in 2018, accordin ... more exactEarth Announces Agreement with Alltek Marine to Expand Small Vessel Tracking Service Offering BeiDou navigation to cover Belt and Road countries by 2018 China's BeiDou-3 satellites get new chips |
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Washington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 The "inconstant moon," as Shakespeare called it in Romeo and Juliet, is more reliable than his pair of star-crossed lovers might have thought. Now researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plan to make the Moon even more reliable with a new project to measure its brightness. Scientists put the Moon to work daily as a calibration source for space-based cameras ... more Human presence in Lunar orbit one step closer with successful RS-25 engine test NASA research suggests significant atmosphere in lunar past and possible source of water on Moon Lunar lava tube could be used as a moon mission base |
Armagh UK (SPX) Oct 19, 2017 The planet Mars shares its orbit with a handful of small asteroids, the so-called Trojans. Among them, one finds a unique group, all moving in very similar orbits, suggesting that they originated from the same object. But the mechanism that produced this "family" has been a mystery. Now, an international team of astronomers believe they have identified the culprit: sunlight. Their findings ... more Spinning comet rapidly slows down during close approach to Earth Earth's New Traveling Buddy Is an Asteroid, Not Space Junk Number of Undiscovered Near-Earth Asteroids Revised Downward |
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Saint Louis MO (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 As devastating wildfires continue to rage in the western U.S. and Canada, a team of environmental engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered that light-absorbing organic particulate matter, also known as brown carbon aerosol, in wildfire smoke loses its ability to absorb sunlight the longer it remains in the atmosphere. Rajan Chakrabarty, assistant professor, and Brent ... more Air quality-monitoring satellite in orbit Sentinel-5P: satellite in excellent health Watching plant photosynthesis from space |
Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017 If governments and their space agencies are serious about protecting Earth from solar storms, one team of researchers argues a giant space shield is the most logical solution. Much attention is paid to the threat of comets and asteroids. In the past, violent collisions have triggered mass extinctions. Solar storms - intense waves of high energy particles flung into space during coronal ... more Scientists model magnetic storm that inspired red aurora over Kyoto A RAVAN in the sun Parker Solar Probe Gets Its Revolutionary Heat Shield |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 19, 2017 Hidden beneath Chamber A at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston is an area engineers used to test critical contamination control technology that has helped keep NASA's James Webb Space Telescope clean during cryogenic testing. This voluminous area is called the plenum, and it supports the weight of the chamber above as well as houses some of the cabling and plumbing for it. Before Webb' ... more Heavy elements in neutron star mergers detected Deep Space Communications via Faraway Photons NASA Receives Findings from WFIRST Independent Review Team |
Nashville TN (SPX) Oct 17, 2017 The next time you come across a knotted jumble of rope or wire or yarn, ponder this: The natural tendency for things to tangle may help explain the three-dimensional nature of the universe and how it formed. An international team of physicists has developed an out-of-the-box theory which proposes that shortly after it popped into existence 13.8 billion years ago the universe was filled wit ... more A single photon reveals quantum entanglement of 16 million atoms Proton and antiproton share fundamental properties 'Find the Lady' in the quantum world |
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