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Closest temperate world orbiting quiet star discovered Paris (ESA) Nov 15, 2017 A temperate Earth-sized planet has been discovered only 11 light-years from the Solar System by a team using ESO's unique planet-hunting HARPS instrument. The new world has the designation Ross 128 b and is now the second-closest temperate planet to be detected after Proxima b. It is also the closest planet to be discovered orbiting an inactive red dwarf star, which may increase the likelihood that this planet could potentially sustain life. Ross 128 b will be a prime target for ESO's Extremely La ... read more |
Robotic arm reaches out and grapples Cygnus Houston TX (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 At 5:04 a.m., Expedition 53 Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) and Randy Bresnik of NASA successfully captured Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo spacecraft using the Internationa ... more Taiyuan, China (XNA) Nov 15, 2017 China launched a new meteorological satellite, Fengyun 3D, at 2:35 a.m. Beijing Time Wednesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Northern China's Shanxi province. A Long March 4C roc ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 14, 2017 NASA is preparing for another launch attempt of JPSS-1, NOAA's latest weather satellite. ... more Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 The Mars Institute, the SETI Institute, and FYBR Solutions Inc. (FYBR) are announcing a new partnership with the NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) for the research and development of unmanned aerial ... more |
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Powering up NASA's human reach for the Red Planet Cleveland OH (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 NASA is pushing forward on testing a key energy source that could literally "empower" human crews on the Mars surface, energizing habitats and running on-the-spot processing equipment to transform R ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2017 Landing on Mars is difficult and not always successful. Well-designed advance testing helps. An ambitious NASA Mars rover mission set to launch in 2020 will rely on a special parachute to slow the s ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 14, 2017 Creating fusion energy presents a variety of challenges, but researchers at Texas A&M University are closer to besting at least of the obstacles. ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 15, 2017 Russia has successfully tested a simulator of the spaceship, with the objective of reaching the moon. The experiment's goal was to create conditions similar to those encountered by a mixed crew duri ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 A team of NASA scientists want to use Earth as a laboratory to understand how planets lose their atmospheres and has proposed a mission that the agency recently selected as one of five for further c ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 Astrophysicists from MSU (Russia) and his colleagues from Italy and Russian Academy of Sciences have found the first observational evidence for a contracting white dwarf. Constant high spin-up rate ... more |
Hitomi mission glimpses cosmic 'recipe' for the nearby universe Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 A NASA team is advancing a mission to reveal unprecedented details about solar flares, powerful eruptions that explode with enough energy that each one could power all of Earth for 16,000 years, and ... more Geraldton, Australia (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) has recorded a key milestone in its ongoing development, with the building and deployment of equipment for its Phase Two expansion now complete. In an opera ... more Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 A pair of massive, hyper-luminous galaxies are merging in front of astronomer's eyes for the first time and revealing secrets of cosmic creation. "Discovering a hyper-luminous starburst galaxy ... more Beijing (AFP) Nov 14, 2017 China now has more high-performance supercomputers than ever before, again besting the United States in global rankings, a supercomputer tracking organisation said. ... 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 Brazil's tech junkies seek healing at digital detox clinic NanoRacks launches Full External Cygnus Deployer on OA-8 to ISS The road to Orion's launch |
Dulles VA (SPX) Nov 09, 2017 Orbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced it has successfully completed an important milestone in developing advanced solid rocket propulsion and other technologies to be used in a new generation of intermediate- and large-class space launch vehicles. The company is in early production of development hardware for its Next Generation Launch (NGL) system, ... more Orbital ATK launches eighth cargo mission to space The state of commercial spaceports in 2017 Vega launches Earth observation satellite for Morocco |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2017 Landing on Mars is difficult and not always successful. Well-designed advance testing helps. An ambitious NASA Mars rover mission set to launch in 2020 will rely on a special parachute to slow the spacecraft down as it enters the Martian atmosphere at over 12,000 mph (5.4 kilometers per second). Preparations for this mission have provided, for the first time, dramatic video of the parachute open ... more New partnership on Mars drone applications research How long can microorganisms live on Mars Powering up NASA's human reach for the Red Planet |
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 Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronaut China launches three satellites Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission |
Paris (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 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 European Space Week starts in Estonia New Chinese sat comms company awaits approval Myanmar to launch own satellite system-2 in 2019: vice president |
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 China maintains reign over world supercomputer rankings Leonardo tapped by British Royal Air Force for radar testing equipment A new way to mix oil and water |
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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 NASA plans mission to study why planets lose their atmospheres Closest temperate world orbiting quiet star discovered Scientists find potential 'missing link' in chemistry that led to life on earth |
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 Watching Jupiter's multiple pulsating X-ray Aurora Help Nickname New Horizons' Next Flyby Target Juno 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 Nepal scraps mega hydropower deal with Chinese firm New islands could solve Bangladesh land crisis: experts Researchers use forensic science to track turtles |
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 Harris develops fully digital navigation payload for future GPS III sats Better rubidium clocks increase BeiDou satnav accuracy China 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 Russia tests new spaceship set to deliver people, cargo to moon China and the US are both shooting for the moon Russia locks up six for Moon flight simulation |
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 Site of asteroid impact changed the history of life Unlucky dinosaurs: Scientists say asteroid had 13 percent chance of triggering extinction Return of the Comet: 96P Spotted by ESA, NASA Satellites |
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Washington (UPI) Nov 14, 2017 NASA is preparing for another launch attempt of JPSS-1, NOAA's latest weather satellite. The Joint Polar Satellite System-1 was supposed to be carried into orbit in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, but the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket's blastoff was delayed after a vehicle alarm sounded just prior to countdown. The launch has since been rescheduled for Wednesday mornin ... more NASA CubeSat to Test Miniaturized Weather Satellite Technology Long March 4C launches Fengyun 3D meteorological satellite The changing colors of our Living Planet |
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 ... more Proposed NASA mission would investigate where space weather begins View the 2019 solar eclipse from La Silla Observatory UK space science mission SMILE gets first round of funding |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 Thanks to an in-depth look into the composition of gas in the Perseus galaxy cluster, Japan's Hitomi mission has given scientists new insights into the stellar explosions that formed its chemical elements. Before its brief mission ended unexpectedly in March 2016, Japan's Hitomi X-ray observatory captured exceptional information about the motions of hot gas in the Perseus galaxy cluster. N ... more Hubble Spots Expanding Light Echo Around Supernova Winds blowing off a dying star Tracking down the origins of gold |
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 Where did those electrons go? X-ray measurements solve decades-old mystery University of Chicago scientists see fireworks from atoms at ultra-low temperatures Theoretical physicists are modeling complex quantum processes with cold atoms and ions |
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