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Japan signals growing support for Deep Space Gateway concept Tokyo, Japan (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017 The Land of the Rising Sun hopes to be able to put its astronauts on the moon sometime during the 2020s as part of an international program to build a space station in the moon's orbit, local Iomiuri newspapers reported, citing sources in the government. Tokyo believes that contributing to the multinational mission and sharing Japanese technology in water and air purification and to protecting astronauts from radiation will land it a spot at the station, from where it could eventually put an astro ... read more |
Does the Outer Space Treaty at 50 need a rethink New York NY (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017 As more private enterprises turns their gaze toward outer space, there are certain international limitations that leave many questions unanswered so that private entrepreneurship is is effectively p ... more Houston TX (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Dragon spacecraft into orbit for its 13th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station no earlier than Dec. 4 for NASA. Dragon will lift into orbi ... more Houston, TX (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 Early this morning, NanoRacks successfully completed the Company's 13th CubeSat deployment mission from the International Space Station. As these five CubeSats enter low-Earth orbit, this brings Nan ... more Moffett Field Ca (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 Ever wonder what would happen if you got sick in space? NASA has sent bacteria samples into low-Earth orbit to help find out. One of the agency's latest small satellite experiments is the E. c ... more |
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Nation 'leads world' in remote sensing technology Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 China is now the world leader in remote sensing technologies for scientific purposes and is able to provide an unprecedented amount of data to support research and development for the world, officia ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 China's domestically developed navigation satellite system Beidou has been included in a global network that collects and distributes data for search and rescue missions, the Ministry of Transport s ... more Krakow, Poland (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 There are too many high-energy positrons in the cosmic rays reaching the Earth. These positrons (particles that are antimatter equivalents of electrons) could be being produced by pulsars in our vic ... more Rome, Italy (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 Finally the site where the supernova SN 2015J exploded was found by an international team of astronomers including Vincenzo Testa from INAF (the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics). It ... more Los Angeles CA (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017 Unfazed by an official ban to launch himself in a homemade rocket over a California desert in a bid to prove that Earth is flat, Mike Hughes remains confident that he will eventually fly to the atmo ... more Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 Municipalities, enterprises, and households are switching to LED lights in order to save energy. But these savings might be lost if their neighbours install new or brighter lamps. Scientists fear th ... more |
How the Earth stops high-energy neutrinos in their tracks Changchun, China (SPX) Nov 23, 2017 With concerns over moving to a clean energy platform worldwide with electric vehicles and renewables, the energy we consume, or should we say do NOT consume, is as important as the green energy we p ... more Paris (ESA) Nov 27, 2017 GomX-4B, ESA's latest and largest technology-testing CubeSat, will be launched from China early next year, together with the near-identical GomX-4A. The pair will test intersatellite communication l ... more Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 NASA launched the Technology Educational Satellite, or TechEdSat-6, to the International Space Station on Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Nov. 12. ... more Boston MA (SPX) Nov 23, 2017 For the first time, physicists have developed a technique that can peer deep beneath the surface of a material to identify the energies and momenta of electrons there. The energy and momentum ... more |
New York NY (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017 As more private enterprises turns their gaze toward outer space, there are certain international limitations that leave many questions unanswered so that private entrepreneurship is is effectively paralyzed. When the US and the USSR engaged in a nuclear weapons race, there was a real possibility that doomsday weapons would go to outer space and, eventually, to the moon. In order to prevent ... more NASA to send critical science, instruments to Space Station New motion sensors major step towards cheaper wearable technology Can a magnetic sail slow down an interstellar probe |
Los Angeles CA (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017 Unfazed by an official ban to launch himself in a homemade rocket over a California desert in a bid to prove that Earth is flat, Mike Hughes remains confident that he will eventually fly to the atmosflat as part of his ambitious flat-Earth project. Hughes said he was postponing the flight, scheduled for Saturday, after he failed to get permission from the Bureau of Land Management to condu ... more Aerojet Rocketdyne supports ULA Delta II launch of JPSS-1 Old Rivals India, China Nurture New Rivalry in Satellite Launch Business NASA launches next-generation weather satellite |
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Paris (ESA) Nov 22, 2017 A mini-rover, tools once used on the Moon and lasers for 3D mapping are in the backpack of the explorers of tomorrow. The terrain will be hazardous and it will be dark in volcanic caves, but this equipment could one day help to scout other planets. The alien-like landscapes of Lanzarote, Spain, are almost surreal but this volcanic island is helping to bring future space missions to reality ... more Ice shapes the landslide landscape on Mars Previous evidence of water on Mars now identified as grainflows Winds Blow Dust off the Solar Panels Improving Energy Levels |
Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 China is now the world leader in remote sensing technologies for scientific purposes and is able to provide an unprecedented amount of data to support research and development for the world, officials said on Tuesday. Remote sensing refers to aerial or satellite-based technologies to detect and measure objects on Earth's surface, atmosphere and oceans. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Sci ... more China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040 China plans first sea based launch by 2018 China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020 |
New Delhi (IANS) Nov 22, 2017 To meet the sky-rocketing domestic technology and knowledge-based demands, India's space agency needs to at least double the number of operational satellites in the coming days, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar said here on Monday. While currently India has 42 operational satellites for different purposes including communication, navigation and research, ... more Space Launch plans UK industry tour Astronaut meets volcano European Space Week starts in Estonia |
Oakland, United States (AFP) Nov 22, 2017 Scores of virtual warriors faced off in a Hunger Games-style death match in a massive, real-world eSports matchup of upstart shooter game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds." The computer game's rise has been epic, with some industry trackers branding this the year of 'PUBG' even though it is technically still in trial mode with a final version yet to be released. In a colossal two-day event ... more 3rd SES bids farewell to ANGELS satellite New way to write magnetic info could pave the way for hardware neural networks Borophene shines alone as 2-D plasmonic material |
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Honolulu HI (SPX) Nov 23, 2017 In October astronomers were surprised by a visitor that came racing into our Solar System from interstellar space. Now, researchers using the Gemini Observatory have determined that the first known object to graze our Solar System from beyond is similar to, but definitely not, your average asteroid or comet. "This thing is an oddball," said Karen Meech of the University of Hawaii's Institute for ... more Lava or Not, Exoplanet 55 Cancri e Likely to have Atmosphere Images of strange solar system visitor peel away some of the mystery Familiar-Looking Messenger from Another Solar System |
Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 The gas composition of a planet's atmosphere generally determines how much heat gets trapped in the atmosphere. For the dwarf planet Pluto, however, the predicted temperature based on the composition of its atmosphere was much higher than actual measurements taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015. A new study published November 16 in Nature proposes a novel cooling mechanism contr ... more Jupiter's Stunning Southern Hemisphere Watching Jupiter's multiple pulsating X-ray Aurora Help Nickname New Horizons' Next Flyby Target |
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Swansea UK (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 Writing in the Journal Fish and Fisheries, Dr Richard Unsworth of Swansea University (together with colleagues at Cardiff University and Stockholm University) examine the global extent to which these meadows of underwater plants support fishing activity. "Wherever seagrass exists in proximity to people, our research finds that it's used as a key targeted fishing habitat" said Dr Unsworth, ... more Ocean acidification harms young mussels New research could predict La Nina drought years in US Coral transplant raises Barrier Reef survival hopes |
Paris (ESA) Nov 22, 2017 Europe's next four Galileo navigation satellites and the Ariane 5 rocket due to lift them into orbit are being readied for their 12 December launch from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Tuesday saw Galileo satellites 19-22 declared ready for flight, along with their Ariane. Combined activities are now under way, culminating in the satellites meeting their rocket in the Final As ... more China's GPS network Beidou joins global rescue data network China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System Expands Into a Global Network Harris develops fully digital navigation payload for future GPS III sats |
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Tokyo, Japan (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017 The Land of the Rising Sun hopes to be able to put its astronauts on the moon sometime during the 2020s as part of an international program to build a space station in the moon's orbit, local Iomiuri newspapers reported, citing sources in the government. Tokyo believes that contributing to the multinational mission and sharing Japanese technology in water and air purification and to protec ... more Moon's crust underwent resurfacing after forming from magma ocean Russia tests new spaceship set to deliver people, cargo to moon NASA Team Studies CubeSat Mission to Measure Water on the Moon |
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 23, 2017 When comet 45P zipped past Earth early in 2017, researchers observing from NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility, or IRTF, in Hawai'i gave the long-time trekker a thorough astronomical checkup. The results help fill in crucial details about ices in Jupiter-family comets and reveal that quirky 45P doesn't quite match any comet studied so far. Like a doctor recording vital signs, the team measu ... more Russian Astronomers Show Big Asteroid Approaching the Earth ESO observations show first interstellar asteroid is like nothing seen before First observed interstellar visitor dazzles scientists |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 23, 2017 High in the atmosphere, above weather systems, is a layer of ozone gas. Ozone is Earth's natural sunscreen, absorbing the Sun's most harmful ultraviolet radiation and protecting living things below. But ozone is vulnerable to certain gases made by humans that reach the upper atmosphere. Once there, they react in the presence of sunlight to destroy ozone molecules. Currently, several NASA a ... more Forty years of Meteosat China launches remote sensing satellites in multiple launches Groundwater depletion maybe major source of atmospheric carbon dioxide |
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 22, 2017 Using more than half a century of observations, Japanese astronomers have discovered that the microwaves coming from the Sun at the minimums of the past five solar cycles have been the same each time, despite large differences in the maximums of the cycles. In Japan, continuous four-frequency solar microwave observations (1, 2, 3.75 and 9.4 GHz) began in 1957 at the Toyokawa Branch of the ... more NASA detects solar flare pulses at Sun and Earth FIREBIRD II and NASA mission locate whistling space electrons' origins Proposed NASA mission would investigate where space weather begins |
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Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 23, 2017 A University of Geneva researcher has recently shown that the accelerating expansion of the universe and the movement of the stars in the galaxies can be explained without drawing on the concepts of dark matter and dark energy... which might not actually exist. For close on a century, researchers have hypothesised that the universe contains more matter than can be directly observed, known as "d ... more Researchers tunnel to a new light source MIT team design $100 handheld muon detector House hunting for the supernova event SN 2015J |
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 23, 2017 Interplanetary space is hardly tranquil. High-energy charged particles from the Sun, as well as from beyond our solar system, constantly whizz by. These can damage satellites and endanger astronaut health - though, luckily for life on Earth, the planet is blanketed by a protective magnetic bubble created by its magnetic field. This bubble, called the magnetosphere, deflects most of the harmful h ... more A new window into electron behavior NIST's next-generation atomic clocks may support official timekeeping Nearby pulsars shed light on the antimatter puzzle |
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