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  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 NASA's Small Spacecraft Technology Program is on the countdown clock to advance communications and proximity maneuvering capabilities for CubeSats with two separate technology demonstration missions. The Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) mission will showcase the first-ever high-speed data downlink from a CubeSat to a ground station using lasers, in addition to maneuvering the pair of diminutive spacecraft to up-close proximity. Also set for demonstration is the Integrat ... read more |
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AFSPC concludes second Space Flag exerciseColorado Springs, CO (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 Air Force Space Command successfully concluded its second Space Flag exercise at the Boeing Phantom Works Virtual Warfare Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Aug. 25, 2017. The 705th Combat ... more  
The state of commercial spaceports in 2017Bethesda, MD (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 About two years ago the FAA gave Houston the "go-ahead" to build America's 10th commercial spaceport. Yes, the US already had nine spaceports designated for commercial operations. One must ask ... more  
NanoRacks launches Full External Cygnus Deployer on OA-8 to ISSWallops Island, VA (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 Early this morning, the Orbital ATK CRS-8 (OA-8) launch carried another historic NanoRacks mission to the International Space Station (ISS). With a completely full NanoRacks External Cygnus Deployer ... more  
View the 2019 solar eclipse from La Silla ObservatoryGarching, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 On 2 July 2019 a total solar eclipse will shroud ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile in darkness. To celebrate this momentous event, ESO is inviting the general public to witness it at the observato ... more |
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Mapping functional diversity of forests with remote sensingZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 Ecological studies have demonstrated positive relationships between plant diversity and ecosystem functioning. Forests with higher functional diversity are generally more productive and stable over ... more  
Gravity waves from merging supermassive black holes will be found soonNew York NY (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 Astronomers won't have to wait much longer for their first glimpse of one of the biggest types of unions in the cosmos. New research published November 13 in Nature Astronomy predicts that gravitati ... more 
The changing colors of our Living PlanetGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 NASA satellites can see our living Earth breathe. In the Northern Hemisphere, ecosystems wake up in the spring, taking in carbon dioxide and exhaling oxygen as they sprout leaves - and a fleet of Ea ... more  
First targets chosen for Webb Space TelescopeParis (ESA) Nov 14, 2017 Gas giant Jupiter, organic molecules in star-forming clouds and baby galaxies in the distant Universe are among the first targets for which data will be immediately available from the James Webb Spa ... more 
ALMA captures duo of titanic galaxies in extreme starbursting mergerCharlottesville VA (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 New observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have uncovered the never-before-seen close encounter between two astoundingly bright and spectacularly massive galaxies ... more  
Astronaut meets volcanoParis (ESA) Nov 14, 2017 An expedition of astronauts, planetary scientists and engineers is off to Spain's Canary Island of Lanzarote to learn best how to explore uncharted planets. The training will equip space travellers ... more |
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 UN to host first talks on use of 'killer robots'  
Human cells, hardy microbes share common ancestorFort Collins CO (SPX) Nov 10, 2017 To Tom Santangelo, single-celled microorganisms called archaea are like ancient mariners, surviving among the most extreme conditions on Earth, including volcanic vents in the deep ocean. The ... more 
Science has more impact when researchers travel, collaborateWashington (UPI) Nov 9, 2017 If nations and their research institutions are to produce more impactful science, they need to encourage scientists to travel, collaborate and work across international borders - not restrict them. ... more  
Raytheon contracted for development, integration of G550 systemsWashington (UPI) Nov 9, 2017 Pentagon officials announced Wednesday a contract with Raytheon for the development and integration of the Commercial Aircraft Based Instrumentation Telemetry System and the Airborne Command Transmitter System on the G550 airborne early warning aircraft. ... more 
The path length of light in opaque mediaVienna, Austria (SPX) Nov 13, 2017 What happens when light passes through a glass of milk? It enters the liquid, is scattered unpredictably at countless tiny particles and exits the glass again. This effect makes milk appear white. T ... more |
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  Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 13, 2017 
NASA's Orion spacecraft is scheduled to undergo a design test in April 2019 of the capsule's launch abort system (LAS), which is a rocket-powered tower on top of the crew module built to very quickly get astronauts safely away from their launch vehicle if there is a problem during ascent.
This full-stress test of the LAS, called Ascent Abort Test 2 (AA-2), will see a booster, provided by O ... more Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 8, 2017Brazil's tech junkies seek healing at digital detox clinic Wallops Island, VA (SPX) Nov 14, 2017NanoRacks launches Full External Cygnus Deployer on OA-8 to ISS  Paris (ESA) Nov 10, 2017The road to Orion's launch |
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 Bethesda, MD (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 
About two years ago the FAA gave Houston the "go-ahead" to build America's 10th commercial spaceport. Yes, the US already had nine spaceports designated for commercial operations.
One must ask, "Why do we need 10 spaceports for so little commercial space activities?" This represents a great deal of investment and ongoing expense for an industry still in its infancy.
One reason for al ... more Dulles VA (SPX) Nov 09, 2017Orbital ATK Successfully Tests First Motor Case for Next Generation Launch Vehicle  Washington DC (AFP) Nov 12, 2017Orbital ATK launches eighth cargo mission to space  Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Nov 09, 2017Vega launches Earth observation satellite for Morocco |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 09, 2017 
Researchers from Lomonosov MSU, Faculty of Soil Science, have studied the resistance microorganisms have against gamma radiation in very low temperatures. The results have been published in the Extremophiles journal.
Average temperature on Mars is -63C, but in polar areas and at night it can be as low as -145C. There is pressure lower 100-1000 times than on the Earth, strong ultraviolet an ... more Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 08, 2017NASA Opens $2 Million Third Phase of 3D-Printed Habitat Competition  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 06, 2017Insight will carry over two million names to Mars  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 06, 2017Opportunity Does a Wheelie and is Back on Solid Footing |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017 
China plans to launch its reusable spacecraft in 2020, according to a statement from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Tuesday.
Unlike traditional one-off spacecraft, the new spacecraft will fly into the sky like an aircraft, said Chen Hongbo, a researcher from the corporation.
The spacecraft can transport people or payload into the orbit and return to Earth.
C ... more Beijing (XNA) Oct 23, 2017Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronaut  Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017China launches three satellites  Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission |
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An expedition of astronauts, planetary scientists and engineers is off to Spain's Canary Island of Lanzarote to learn best how to explore uncharted planets. The training will equip space travellers with a geologist's eye.
This is the last leg of the intensive Pangaea campaign for astronauts to become effective explorers for missions to the Moon, Mars and asteroids.
The crew will expl ... more Talinn, Estonia (ESA) Nov 03, 2017European Space Week starts in Estonia  Beijing (XNA) Nov 01, 2017New Chinese sat comms company awaits approval  Yangon (Xinhua) Oct 23, 2017Myanmar to launch own satellite system-2 in 2019: vice president |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Nov 13, 2017 
Lasers that generate plasma can provide insight into bursts of subatomic particles that occur in deep space, scientists have found. Such findings could help scientists understand cosmic rays, solar flares and solar eruptions - emissions from the sun that can disrupt cell phone service and knock out power grids on Earth.
Physicists have long observed that particles like electrons and atomic ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 12, 2017Leonardo tapped by British Royal Air Force for radar testing equipment  Boston MA (SPX) Nov 14, 2017A new way to mix oil and water  Boston MA (SPX) Nov 14, 2017Building better silk |
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 Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 10, 2017 
A team of mainly Dutch astronomers has observed moving shadows on a dust disk around a star. On multiple days they took a 'photo' of the star and its disk. They used the SPHERE instrument, partially built in the Netherlands, on the Very Large Telescope in Chile. Probably, processes in the inner disk cast their shadows at the outer disk. The astronomers publish their findings in The Astrophysical ... more La Jolla CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017Scientists find potential 'missing link' in chemistry that led to life on earth  Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Nov 07, 201718-Month Twinkle in a Forming Star Suggests a Very Young Planet  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 02, 2017Overlooked Treasure: The First Evidence of Exoplanets |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 13, 2017 
See Jupiter's southern hemisphere in beautiful detail in this new image taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft. The color-enhanced view captures one of the white ovals in the "String of Pearls," one of eight massive rotating storms at 40 degrees south latitude on the gas giant planet.
The image was taken on Oct. 24, 2017 at 11:11 a.m. PDT (2:11 p.m. EDT), as Juno performed its ninth close flyby o ... more Boston MA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017Watching Jupiter's multiple pulsating X-ray Aurora  Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017Help Nickname New Horizons' Next Flyby Target  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 03, 2017Juno Aces 8th Science Pass of Jupiter, Names New Project Manager |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 
New research from an international team has revealed why the oldest water in the ocean in the North Pacific has remained trapped in a shadow zone around 2km below the sea surface for over 1000 years.
To put it in context, the last time this water encountered the atmosphere the Goths had just invaded the Western Roman Empire.
The research suggests the time the ancient water spent belo ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 6, 2017Researchers use forensic science to track turtles  Gao, Mali (AFP) Nov 7, 2017A well changes lives in ravaged Mali city  Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Nov 06, 201750 years of data from oxygen minimum lab helps predict the oceans' future |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 10, 2017 
China launched the first two of the BeiDou-3 satellites into space on Sunday evening, indicating that its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System has begun to expand into a global network, Cyol.com reported on November 6.
Positioning accuracy of the BeiDou-3 satellites have an accuracy of 2.5 to five meters, which is comparable with that of GPS, said Xie Jun, chief designer of the satellite at ... more Melbourne FL (SPX) Nov 10, 2017Harris develops fully digital navigation payload for future GPS III sats  Beijing (XNA) Nov 07, 2017Better rubidium clocks increase BeiDou satnav accuracy  Xichang, China (XNA) Nov 07, 2017China launches two BeiDou-3 navigation satellites on single carrier rocket |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2017 
A team of NASA scientists wants to draw a more complete picture of where water exists on the Moon and whether it migrates across the lunar surface, including in the permanently shadowed regions that haven't seen sunlight in perhaps a billion years or more.
The first hint of potential water at both lunar poles came in 1994, with the Clementine mission flown jointly by NASA and the Departmen ... more Bristol UK (The Conversation) Nov 10, 2017China and the US are both shooting for the moon  Moscow (AFP) Nov 7, 2017Russia locks up six for Moon flight simulation  Paris (ESA) Oct 27, 2017Low-cost clocks for landing on the Moon |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 10, 2017 
Surface features on Ceres - the largest world between Mars and Jupiter - and its interior evolution have a closer relationship than one might think.
A recent study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, analyzed Ceres' surface features to reveal clues about the dwarf planet's interior evolution. Specifically, the study explored linear features - the chains of pits and small, secondary ... more Sendai, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2017Site of asteroid impact changed the history of life  Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2017Unlucky dinosaurs: Scientists say asteroid had 13 percent chance of triggering extinction  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 06, 2017Return of the Comet: 96P Spotted by ESA, NASA Satellites |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2017 
Behind every weather forecast-from your local, five-day prediction to a late-breaking hurricane track update-are the satellites that make them possible. Government agencies depend on observations from weather satellites to inform forecast models that help us prepare for approaching storms and identify areas that need evacuating or emergency first responders.
Weather satellites have traditi ... moreGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 14, 2017The changing colors of our Living Planet Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 14, 2017Mapping functional diversity of forests with remote sensing  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Nov 14, 2017How ice in clouds is born |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2017 
On Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft arrived at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for environmental tests. During the spacecraft's stay at Goddard, engineers and technicians will simulate extreme temperatures and other physical stresses that the spacecraft will be subjected to during its historic mission to the Sun.
Before arriving at Godda ... moreGarching, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2017View the 2019 solar eclipse from La Silla Observatory  London, UK (SPX) Nov 06, 2017UK space science mission SMILE gets first round of funding  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 02, 2017NASA Investigates Invisible Magnetic Bubbles in Outer Solar System |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2017 
Light from a supernova explosion in the nearby starburst galaxy M82 is reverberating off a huge dust cloud in interstellar space.
The supernova, called SN 2014J, occurred at the upper right of M82, and is marked by an "X." The supernova was discovered on Jan. 21, 2014.
The inset images at top reveal an expanding shell of light from the stellar explosion sweeping through interstellar ... more Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2017Winds blowing off a dying star Vienna, Austria (SPX) Nov 13, 2017The path length of light in opaque media  Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Nov 10, 2017Tracking down the origins of gold |
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 Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Nov 09, 2017 
What kinds of 'particles' are allowed by nature? The answer lies in the theory of quantum mechanics, which describes the microscopic world.
In a bid to stretch the boundaries of our understanding of the quantum world, UC Santa Barbara researchers have developed a device that could prove the existence of non-Abelian anyons, a quantum particle that has been mathematically predicted to exist ... more Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 08, 2017Where did those electrons go? X-ray measurements solve decades-old mystery  Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 09, 2017University of Chicago scientists see fireworks from atoms at ultra-low temperatures  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 09, 2017Theoretical physicists are modeling complex quantum processes with cold atoms and ions |
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