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ISRO eyes one rocket launch a month in 2018 New Delhi (IANS) Nov 30, 2017 India plans to have at least one rocket launch every month in 2018 from its spaceport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh to deploy satellites in orbit, said a top space official on Tuesday. "We are planning to have at least one launch mission a month in 2018 to deploy satellites in the earth's orbit for various applications," said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar. "For 2018-19 and 2019-20 financial years, we are looking to receive increased budgets from the country ... read more |
Traces of life on nearest exoplanets may be hidden in equatorial trap London, UK (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 New simulations show that the search for life on other planets may well be more difficult than previously assumed, in research published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Soci ... more Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 Since the dawn of the human race, mankind has looked up at the night sky and wondered 'what's out there?' The ancient Greeks and Romans saw the constellations and wove them into their myths of warri ... more Boston MA (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 MIT engineers have developed a new desktop 3-D printer that performs up to 10 times faster than existing commercial counterparts. Whereas the most common printers may fabricate a few Lego-sized bric ... more Toronto, Canada (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 When renowned University of Toronto (U of T) geophysicist J. Tuzo Wilson cemented concepts in the emerging field of plate tectonics in the 1960s, he revolutionized the study of Earth's physical char ... more |
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Space Farms: 'Mark Watney in The Martian Was Right to Add Poop to the Soil' Wageningen, Netherlands (Sputnik) Nov 30, 2017 A group of researchers from Wageningen University and Research has found that earthworms can thrive and reproduce in simulated Martian soil. Given that the creatures are a crucial factor in making s ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 A team of scientists from the Faculty of Physics of Lomonosov Moscow State University and their colleagues developed a compact spectral polarimeter for carrying outmineralogical investigations on th ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017 The 'supermoon' set for next week is expected to be the brightest of the year as the moon's orbit will be at its closest point to the earth. ... more Paris (ESA) Nov 30, 2017 While scanning the sky, ESA's Gaia mission maps not only the stellar content of our Galaxy, but also the Solar System's asteroid population. This visualisation shows the detection by Gaia of m ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 30, 2017 A NASA-led team has found evidence that the oversized exoplanet WASP-18b is wrapped in a smothering stratosphere loaded with carbon monoxide and devoid of water. The findings come from a new analysi ... more Honolulu HI (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 Since astronomers first measured the size of an extrasolar planet 17 years ago, they have struggled to answer the question: how did the largest planets get to be so large? Thanks to the recent disco ... more |
New NASA instrument continues measuring solar energy input to Earth Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 By combining data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Gaia mission, University of Groningen astronomers have been able to measure the proper motion of 15 stars in the Sculptor Galaxy, the first ... more Munich, Germany (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 Astronomers using the MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile have conducted the deepest spectroscopic survey ever. They focused on the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, measuring distances an ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 Scientists have been studying the near-Earth environment for the better part of a century, but many mysteries - like where the energetic particles that pervade the area originate and become energize ... more Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin delivered the next Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on Octo ... more |
New York NY (Sputnik) Nov 28, 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 Building for a future in space: An interview with Dava Newman and Gui Trotti NASA to send critical science, instruments to Space Station Space Farms: 'Mark Watney in The Martian Was Right to Add Poop to the Soil' |
New Delhi (IANS) Nov 30, 2017 India plans to have at least one rocket launch every month in 2018 from its spaceport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh to deploy satellites in orbit, said a top space official on Tuesday. "We are planning to have at least one launch mission a month in 2018 to deploy satellites in the earth's orbit for various applications," said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar ... more SSTL ships CARBONITE-2 and Telesat's LEO-1 for PSLV launch Russia to build launch pad for super heavy-lift carrier by 2028 Mechanisms are critical to all space vehicles |
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Washington (UPI) Nov 27, 2017 A pair of newborn earthworms in a Dutch lab suggests earthworms can reproduce in Martian soil. Researchers at Wageningen University introduced earthworms to pots of Mars-like soil featuring arugula plants and organic matter. Early results suggest the earthworms were able to successfully reproduce. If humans are to establish permanent colonies on Mars, they'll need to grow their o ... more Opportunity Greets Winter Solstice NASA builds its next Mars rover mission Scientists developed a new sensor for future missions to the Moon and Mars |
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 |
Paris (ESA) Nov 29, 2017 ESA's ground station in Western Australia routinely communicates with spacecraft at far-away places like Mars. Now, it's using sunlight to generate electricity, significantly reducing energy costs. Whether orbiting a planet, following a comet or peering deep into our Universe, spacecraft have long used solar cells to generate electricity from sunlight to power their mission. Now, ESA ... more UK space launch program receives funding boost from Westminster Need to double number of operational satellites: ISRO chief Space Launch plans UK industry tour |
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 Chemists have developed another catalyst that can selectively activate a carbon-hydrogen bond, part of an ongoing strategy to revolutionize the field of organic synthesis and open up new chemical space. The journal Nature is publishing the work by chemists at Emory University, following on their development of a similar catalyst last year. Both of the catalysts are able to selectively func ... more 3rd SES bids farewell to ANGELS satellite New 3-D printer is 10 times faster than commercial counterparts New way to write magnetic info could pave the way for hardware neural networks |
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College Park MD (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 Three new studies by University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) scientists have identified key factors that help microbes survive in harsh environments. The results, which have implications for biotechnology and understanding life in extreme conditions, were in the Proceedings of the National Academy Of Sciences (PNAS), Astrobiology, and the International Journal of Astrobiology. "O ... more Exoplanet Has Smothering Stratosphere Without Water Traces of life on nearest exoplanets may be hidden in equatorial trap Newly Discovered Twin Planets Could Solve Puffy Planet Mystery |
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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Washington (UPI) Nov 27, 2017 For American children, tap water's health benefits come with risks. New research shows children and adolescents in the United States who avoid tap water are more likely to have tooth decay. The data also shows young people who avoid tap have lower levels of lead in their blood. Most municipal water in the U.S. is fluoridated, which numerous studies have proven prevents cavities. ... more The tragedy of the seagrass commons There's a deeper fish in the sea Xi orders China's 'toilet revolution' to march on |
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 said on Thursday. Beidou will be part of the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme, a nonprofit, intergovernmental and humanitarian cooperative with 44 members, including the United States, Canad ... more DARPA digging for ideas to revolutionize subterranean mapping Galileo quartet fuelled and ready to fly China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System Expands Into a Global Network |
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Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017 The 'supermoon' set for next week is expected to be the brightest of the year as the moon's orbit will be at its closest point to the earth. Public astronomer Dr. Marek Kukula at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, Britain, told AGN News a supermoon is when"a full moon happens to occur when the moon is also at its closest point" to the earth and appears brighter and bigger than usual. ... more Japan signals growing support for Deep Space Gateway concept Moon's crust underwent resurfacing after forming from magma ocean Russia tests new spaceship set to deliver people, cargo to moon |
Paris (ESA) Nov 30, 2017 While scanning the sky, ESA's Gaia mission maps not only the stellar content of our Galaxy, but also the Solar System's asteroid population. This visualisation shows the detection by Gaia of more than 13 000 asteroids as the spacecraft (represented by the pale blue dot) scanned the sky between August 2014 and May 2016. This is a subset of the total number of asteroids seen by Gaia - the sa ... more NASA telescope studies quirky comet 45P Russian Astronomers Show Big Asteroid Approaching the Earth ESO observations show first interstellar asteroid is like nothing seen before |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 29, 2017 Anew NASA-led study shows that land in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, metropolitan area is sinking at highly uneven rates, with a few trouble spots subsiding 7 to 10 times faster than the area average. Whereas earlier estimates had suggested the area is subsiding evenly, the new study found that major differences in subsidence rates occur only a few miles apart. Hampton Roads has one of the ... more Forty years of Meteosat China launches remote sensing satellites in multiple launches Heavy nitrogen molecules reveal planetary-scale tug-of-war |
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 Scientists have been studying the near-Earth environment for the better part of a century, but many mysteries - like where the energetic particles that pervade the area originate and become energized - still remain. In a new type of collaborative study, scientists combined data from 16 separate NASA and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) spacecraft to understand how a particle phenomeno ... more New NASA instrument continues measuring solar energy input to Earth Solar minimum surprisingly constant NASA detects solar flare pulses at Sun and Earth |
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Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 By combining data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Gaia mission, University of Groningen astronomers have been able to measure the proper motion of 15 stars in the Sculptor Galaxy, the first such measurement of stars in a small galaxy outside the Milky Way. Analysis shows an unexpected preference in the direction of movement, which suggests that the standard theoretical models used to des ... more MUSE probes uncharted depths of Hubble Ultra Deep Field House hunting for the supernova event SN 2015J Icebound detector reveals how ghostly neutrinos are stopped cold |
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Nov 28, 2017 Although for five decades, the Big Bang theory has been the best known and most accepted explanation for the beginning and evolution of the Universe, it is hardly a consensus among scientists. Brazilian physicist Juliano Cesar Silva Neves part of a group of researchers who dare to imagine a different origin. In a study recently published in the journal General Relativity and Gravitation, N ... more LIGO and Virgo announce detection of black hole binary merger Nearby pulsars shed light on the antimatter puzzle Watching a quantum material lose its stripes |
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