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Scientist devises a solar reactor to make water and oxygen from moon rocks Washington DC (SPX) Oct 30, 2017 Working over a ten year period at the Plataforma Solar de Almeria (CIEMAT) Denk has designed and built a device to make enough oxygen and water for 6 to 8 astronauts, powered by a thermal solar reactor. In 2017 it completed a six-month test run. The idea is not new; just the implementation. "From the beginning people were thinking this probably has to be done with a solar furnace, because on the Moon there is not very much to heat a system that you can use; photovoltaics with electricity or ... read more |
NanoRacks Deploys Second Kaber-Class Microsatellite This Week, First On-Orbit Assembly Houston TX (SPX) Oct 30, 2017 NanoRacks successfully deployed NovaWurks' SIMPL satellite via the Company's Kaber Microsatellite Deployer (KABER) from the International Space Station (ISS) early this morning. This is the second K ... more Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Oct 30, 2017 Early Friday morning, astronauts onboard the International Space Station were busy at work, harvesting three varieties of leafy greens from the Veggie growth chamber and installing the next generati ... more Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 30, 2017 Arianespace and Inmarsat have announced the signature of the launch contract for Inmarsat's Global Xpress-5 (GX-5) very high throughput communications satellite. The satellite will be orbited ... more Paris (ESA) Oct 27, 2017 Last year, a fountain of dust was spotted streaming from Rosetta's comet, prompting the question: how was it powered? Scientists now suggest the outburst was driven from inside the comet, perhaps re ... more |
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Levitation Key to How Martian Landscapes Form Washington DC (SPX) Oct 30, 2017 Scientists from the Open University (OU) have discovered a process that could explain the long-debated mystery of how recent and present-day surface features on Mars are formed in the absence of sig ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 27, 2017 New lab experiments suggest the sublimation of carbon dioxide - which freezes in the winter and thaws in the spring - is leaving unique marks on Mars' sand dunes. ... more Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Oct 30, 2017 Researchers based millions of kilometres from Mars have unveiled new evidence for how contemporary features are formed on the Red Planet. Their innovative lab-based experiments on carbon dioxide (CO ... more London, UK (SPX) Oct 27, 2017 Citizen scientist Thomas Jacobs was the first to spot tell-tale signs that a comet was orbiting a distant star monitored by the Kepler Space Observatory. Professor Saul Rappaport (Massachusetts Inst ... more Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Oct 27, 2017 It may look like an ordinary door mat, but its creators insist the conceptual art piece could encourage alien life to visit Earth - and help create a new kind of space archaeology. ... more Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 Galaxy clusters are the largest known structures in the Universe, containing thousands of galaxies and hot gas. But more importantly, they contain the mysterious dark matter, which accounts for 27 p ... more |
Scientists write 'traps' for light with tiny ink droplets Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 30, 2017 Though stars and galaxies fill our night sky, most of the matter in the universe resides in the dark voids in between. Spread out over unfathomable distances, this cold, diffuse gas between galaxies ... more Trieste, Italy (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 A laser pulse, a special material, an extraordinary property which appears inexplicably. These are the main elements that emerge from a research conducted by an international team, coordinated by Mi ... more Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 19, 2017 Researchers from Caltech and the University of Southern California (USC) report the first application of quantum computing to a physics problem. By employing quantum-compatible machine learning tech ... more New York NY (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 Computers can now beat humans at chess and Go, but it may be a while before people trust their driving. The danger of self-driving cars was highlighted last year when Tesla's autonomous car collided ... more |
Vatican City (AFP) Oct 26, 2017 Pope Francis chatted with six astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, kicking off the rare interview with a philosophical question on "man's place in the universe". Italian Paolo Nespoli, 60, admitted that despite the bird's eye view of Earth he too remained "perplexed", while American Mark Vande Hei said seeing the planet from space made them "realise how fragile we ... more Scientist devises a solar reactor to make water and oxygen from moon rocks How Does Your Space Garden Grow NanoRacks Deploys Second Kaber-Class Microsatellite This Week, First On-Orbit Assembly |
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 30, 2017 Arianespace and Inmarsat have announced the signature of the launch contract for Inmarsat's Global Xpress-5 (GX-5) very high throughput communications satellite. The satellite will be orbited by an Ariane 5 heavy-lift launcher from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (South America) during the second half of 2019. A very high throughput satellite (V-H ... more Thruster for Mars mission breaks records Draper and Sierra Nevada Corporation announce new agreement for space missions Aerojet Rocketdyne breaks ground on advanced manufacturing center in Huntsville |
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Washington (UPI) Oct 27, 2017 New lab experiments suggest the sublimation of carbon dioxide - which freezes in the winter and thaws in the spring - is leaving unique marks on Mars' sand dunes. Much science has been devoted to the events and processes that shaped the Martian surface millions of years ago, but a team of scientists at the University of Dublin, in Ireland, wanted to better understand how the Red Plane ... more Winters on Mars are shaping the Red Planet's landscape Levitation Key to How Martian Landscapes Form Mars Rover Mission Progresses Toward Resumed Drilling |
Beijing (XNA) Oct 23, 2017 Jing Haipeng, the first Chinese astronaut to go into space three times, has voiced his desire to go into space again as a further demonstration of his loyalty to the Communist Party of China (CPC). "I'm eager to go to space again, be a pioneer in the battle one more time," said the 51-year-old major general and delegate to the ongoing 19th National Congress of the CPC. "Let the vastn ... more China launches three satellites Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission UN official commends China's role in space cooperation |
Yangon (Xinhua) Oct 23, 2017 Myanmar has planned to launch its own satellite system MyanmarSat-2 in June in 2019, official Global New Light of Myanmar reported Saturday. To establish state-owned satellite system, the three ways - Condosat which is to lease the use of satellite transponder of another country, joint ownership system and total ownership system - are needed to be done, Vice President U Myint Swe told a co ... more Eutelsat's Airbus-built full electric EUTELSAT 172B satellite reaches geostationary orbit Turkey, Russia to Enhance Cooperation in the Field of Space Technologies SpaceX launches 10 satellites for Iridium mobile network |
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 23, 2017 Crystals comprising the elements uranium, ruthenium, rhodium, and silicon have a simple geometric structure and should no longer be hiding any secrets. However, that is not the case - quite the contrary. At temperatures below 17.5 Kelvin, a new internal order emerges: Something in the material orders in some yet undisclosed way, releasing a certain amount of heat as a signature. Known is o ... more Solid or liquid? Researcher proposes a new definition of glass Laser beams for superconductivity Turning a material upside down can sometimes make it softer |
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University Park PA (SPX) Oct 27, 2017 Astronomers at Penn State have used the Hubble Space Telescope to find a blistering-hot giant planet outside our solar system where the atmosphere "snows" titanium dioxide - the active ingredient in sunscreen. These Hubble observations are the first detections of this "snow-out" process, called a "cold trap," on an exoplanet. This discovery, and other observations made by the Penn State te ... more One small doorstep for man: Cosmic mat welcomes aliens Citizen scientist spots comet tails streaking past distant star Comet mission reveals 'missing link' in our understanding of planet formation |
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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Hong Kong (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 Many governments are promoting a move away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy sources. However, in a study published this week, scientists highlight some of the ecological dangers this wave of 'green' energy poses. "We know that burning fossil fuels is damaging the environment and warming the climate," said Dr. Luke Gibson, Honorary Assistant Professor of the School of Biological S ... more Nanoparticles remove cadmium toxicity from a freshwater system Paleogenomic analysis sheds light on Easter Island mysteries Marine snowfall at the equator |
Antwerp, Belgium (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 Currently, the MSC PSA European Terminal (MPET) in Antwerp, Belgium, is moving its operations from the Delwaidedock on the right bank of the river Schelde to the Deurganckdock on the left bank. In this context, this terminal is being expanded to a throughput capacity of 9 million TEUs annually. This will make it the single largest container terminal in Europe. When fully moved and operatio ... more Galileo in place for launch: then there were four Lockheed Martin's first GPS III Satellite receives green light from Air Force exactEarth Announces Agreement with Alltek Marine to Expand Small Vessel Tracking Service Offering |
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Paris (ESA) Oct 27, 2017 A European clock accurate to a trillionth of a second is set to be used on satellites and missions to the Moon. The ultra-precise time-keeper was conceived by a small company in Latvia, and ESA has recognised its potential for space. "We are the Ferrari of timers with the components of a tractor," says Nikolai Adamovitch of Eventech. "We provide extreme timing accuracy using re ... 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 |
Paris (ESA) Oct 27, 2017 Last year, a fountain of dust was spotted streaming from Rosetta's comet, prompting the question: how was it powered? Scientists now suggest the outburst was driven from inside the comet, perhaps released from ancient gas vents or pockets of hidden ice. The plume was seen by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft on 3 July 2016, just a few months before the end of the mission and as Comet 67P/Churyumov- ... more Scientists detect comets outside our solar system Rosetta Reveals Dust Jet from Comet Dawn Finds Possible Ancient Ocean Remnants at Ceres |
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Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017 With the help of Google Earth, a single researcher from the University of Western Australia has identified 400 previously undocumented stone "gates" in Saudi Arabia. "I refer to them as gates because when you view them from above they look like a simple field gate lying flat, two upright posts on the sides, connected by one or more long bars," David Kennedy, a professor of classics and ... more When surrounding farms get hot and dry, cities cool off Earth Observation market worth $8-15B by 2026 GOES-T Satellite "Brains" and "Body" Come Together |
La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 At any given moment, as many as 10 million wild snakes of solar material leap from the sun's surface. These are spicules, and despite their abundance, scientists didn't understand how these jets of plasma form nor did they influence the heating of the outer layers of the sun's atmosphere or the solar wind. Now, for the first time, in a study partly funded by NASA, scientists have modeled spicule ... more NASA sounding rocket instrument spots signatures of long-sought small solar flares How scientists used NASA data to predict the corona of the Aug. 21 Total Solar Eclipse Scientists propose space shield to protect Earth from solar storms |
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Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 Galaxy clusters are the largest known structures in the Universe, containing thousands of galaxies and hot gas. But more importantly, they contain the mysterious dark matter, which accounts for 27 percent of all matter and energy. Current models of dark matter predict that galaxy clusters have very dense cores, and those cores contain a very massive galaxy that never moves from the cluster's cen ... more Gamma rays will reach beyond the limits of light NASA sounding rocket probes the dark regions of space Scientists write 'traps' for light with tiny ink droplets |
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 Einstein's theory of general relativity has withstood 100 years of experimental scrutiny. However, these tests do not constrain how well the very strong gravitational fields produced by merging neutron stars obey this theory. New, more sophisticated techniques can now search for deviations from general relativity with unprecedented sensitivity. Scientists at the Max Planck Institutes for G ... more The most exotic fluid has an unexpectedly low viscosity Bringing the atomic world into full color Swansea University's physicists develop a new quantum simulation protocol |
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