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Wrapping up 2017 one year out from MU69 Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 New Horizons is in good health and cruising closer each day to its next encounter: a flyby of the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) 2014 MU69 (or "MU69" for short). If you follow our mission, you likely know that flyby will occur on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day 2019, which is just barely over a year from now! As I write this, New Horizons is wrapping up an active period that began when the spacecraft emerged from hibernation mode in September. But soon, on Dec. 21, we'll put the spacecraft back in hib ... read more |
Government outsourcing disrupts space as SatComm services commercialised McLean VA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 In the past couple of years, we have seen a steady reduction in the costs of manufacturing and launching communications satellites. Smaller satellites built for low-earth orbit, standard satellite d ... more McLean VA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 New technology such as high-throughput satellites (HTS) have transformed space architecture and invigorated what had been a predictable global market. Countries of all sizes want to leverage the cap ... more Dubai (AFP) Dec 6, 2017 Dubai's ruler on Wednesday launched the United Arab Emirates' first space programme aimed at sending four Emirati astronauts to the International Space Station within five years. ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 A team of scientists using a state-of-the-art UCLA instrument reports the discovery of a planetary-scale "tug-of-war" of life, deep Earth and the upper atmosphere that is expressed in atmospheric ni ... more |
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First Light for Next Generation Planet Hunter ESPRESSO Garching, Germany (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 The Echelle SPectrograph for Rocky Exoplanet and Stable Spectroscopic Observations (ESPRESSO) has successfully made its first observations. Installed on ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, ES ... more San Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 Within days of the announcement by NASA's Minor Planet Center of the discovery of the first-ever interstellar object, 'Oumuamua, B612's new Asteroid Institute began a collaborative effort that led t ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 07, 2017 NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, has just passed the shortest-daylight weeks of the long Martian year with its solar panels in encouragingly clean condition for entering a potential dust-storm ... more Denver CO (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 Lockheed Martin has completed the major assembly of Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1 and has shipped the communications satellite to its Sunnyvale, California facility to undergo critical environmental te ... more Tucson, AZ (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 Supermassive black holes lurk at the centers of many galaxies. While some supermassive black holes - like the one at the center of our own galaxy - live quiet lives, occasionally snacking on a star ... more Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 Astronomers have discovered the most distant quasar known, which is so far from us that its light has taken more than 13 billion years to reach us. We see this quasar as it was a mere 690 million ye ... more |
Rosetta details a comet's key ingredients Hilo HI (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 The discovery of an extremely distant supermassive black hole, with a mass some 800 million times that of our Sun, is causing astronomers to re-think our understanding of the early cosmos. Researche ... more Boston MA (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 A team of astronomers, including two from MIT, has detected the most distant supermassive black hole ever observed. The black hole sits in the center of an ultrabright quasar, the light of which was ... more Odense, Denmark (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 A whole lot of zig-zagging: Perhaps that is what happens when the universe's mysterious dark matter particles hit the Earth. SDU researchers can now show through simulations how it might look. ... more Charlottesville VA (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 Astronomers expect that the first galaxies, those that formed just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, would share many similarities with some of the dwarf galaxies we see in the nearby ... more |
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El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 The Aerospace Corporation's Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS) and the Air Force Association's Mitchell Institute have released the results of a wide-ranging survey highlighting the perceptions and recommendations of more than 30 experts on major areas of concern within the U.S. space enterprise. The report, Major Policy Issues in Evolving Global Space Operations, takes a multi-fa ... more UAE launches programme to send astronauts into space The Voyagers in Popular Culture NASA successfully fires Voyager 1 thrusters after 37 years |
Miami (AFP) Dec 6, 2017 SpaceX confirmed Wednesday its CEO Elon Musk plans to blast his cherry red electric car off toward the Red Planet when the company's Falcon Heavy rocket launches for the first time next month. Many wondered if Musk was joking last week when he tweeted his plans for the Falcon Heavy's inaugural payload to be his "midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing Space Oddity," the classic song by the la ... more ISRO eyes one rocket launch a month in 2018 Russia to build launch pad for super heavy-lift carrier by 2028 Flat-Earther's self-launch plan hits a snag |
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Providence RI (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 Planetary scientists from Brown University have proposed a new scenario for the formation of ancient clay minerals on Mars that, if shown to be true, could rewrite the early history of the red planet. There are thousands of ancient phyllosilicate outcrops on the Martian surface. Phyllosilicates, or clays, are formed by the interaction of water with volcanic rock, leading many scientists to ... more Mars Rover Team's Tilted Winter Strategy Works EU exempts fuel for ExoMars mission from Russian sanctions Winter wanderings put Opportunity at 28 Miles on the odometer |
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 |
El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2017 Center for Space Policy and Strategy has released a policy paper, Navigating the Space Compliance Roadmap for Small Satellites. The paper explores U.S. spaceflight regulations and how they apply to the increasingly common "nontraditional missions," which do not match the historical norm of a single large government satellite on a launch vehicle. This paper provides roadmaps to help new mission p ... more Orbital ATK purchase by Northrop Grumman approved by shareholders UK space launch program receives funding boost from Westminster Going green to the Red Planet |
London UK (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 A compound found in seaweed could protect human skin from the damaging impact of the sun without causing harm to marine ecosystems. The use of sunscreens is advocated to prevent sun damage, but most formulations contain synthetic UV radiation filters that can make their way in to water systems. Many of these are not ecocompatible and may harm fragile marine life including coral, fish and m ... more Borophene shines alone as 2-D plasmonic material New microscope sets a record for visualizing surface wetting properties ORNL-designed algorithm leverages Titan to create high-performing deep neural networks |
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 A team of scientists using a state-of-the-art UCLA instrument reports the discovery of a planetary-scale "tug-of-war" of life, deep Earth and the upper atmosphere that is expressed in atmospheric nitrogen. The Earth's atmosphere differs from the atmospheres of most other rocky planets and moons in our solar system in that it is rich in nitrogen gas, or N2; the Earth's atmosphere is 78 perc ... more First Light for Next Generation Planet Hunter ESPRESSO An Orbital Dance May Help Preserve Oceans on Icy Worlds The answer to planetary habitability is blowing in the stellar wind |
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 New Horizons is in good health and cruising closer each day to its next encounter: a flyby of the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) 2014 MU69 (or "MU69" for short). If you follow our mission, you likely know that flyby will occur on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day 2019, which is just barely over a year from now! As I write this, New Horizons is wrapping up an active period that began when the spa ... more Jupiter Blues Research bolsters possibility of plate tectonics on Europa Pluto's hydrocarbon haze keeps dwarf planet colder than expected |
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Washington (UPI) Dec 5, 2017 The land that the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians call home is sinking. Without help, the unique cultural traditions of the native people of Southern Louisiana could be washed away. The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band is one of several tribal groups affected. While another tribal group, the people of Isle de Jean Charles, is being relocated with the help of federal funds, the Grand Caillou/D ... more Take the Driver's Seat on Sea Level Science Seagrass is a key fishing ground globally Sea turtles' sad fate: from restaurant menus to plastic 'soup' |
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 06, 2017 For its 11th launch of the year, and the sixth Ariane 5 liftoff from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana during 2017, Arianespace will orbit four more satellites for the Galileo constellation. This mission is being performed on behalf of the European Commission under a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA). For the second time, an Ariane 5 ES version will be used t ... more Air Force tests Raytheon's GPS receiver aboard B-2 bomber Space technology to drive autonomous ships Lockheed Martin assembles third US Air Force GPS 3 satellite |
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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 |
San Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 Within days of the announcement by NASA's Minor Planet Center of the discovery of the first-ever interstellar object, 'Oumuamua, B612's new Asteroid Institute began a collaborative effort that led to significant analysis about the discovery. Bryce Bolin, a senior researcher at the Asteroid Institute as well as a DIRAC Institute Fellow, was the lead author on the study measuring 1I/'Oumuamu ... more Metal asteroid Psyche is all set for an early visit from NASA Rosetta details a comet's key ingredients Selected asteroids detected by GAIA between August 2014 And May 2016 |
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Paris (ESA) Dec 06, 2017 Launched on 13 October, the Sentinel-5P satellite has delivered its first images of air pollution. Even though the satellite is still being prepared for service, these first results have been hailed as exceptional and show how this latest Copernicus satellite is set to take the task of monitoring air quality into a new era. This new mission promises to image air pollutants in more detail t ... more UK-built satellite shines first light on air pollution Understanding the climate impact of natural atmospheric particles Haze pollution affects satellite cloud detection |
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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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 Just how resilient does a space telescope have to be to survive both Earth's environment and the frigid, airless environment of space? Paul Geithner, the deputy project manager - technical for James Webb Space Telescope at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, answered some questions about the design challenges of building the telescope and the gauntlet of tests it has endur ... more How does it look when Earth is bombarded with dark matter? Massive primordial galaxies found swimming in vast ocean of dark matter Chinese satellite closes in on dark matter mystery |
Tucson, AZ (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 Supermassive black holes lurk at the centers of many galaxies. While some supermassive black holes - like the one at the center of our own galaxy - live quiet lives, occasionally snacking on a star or two, others feed voraciously, consuming gas and stars and growing rapidly in mass. To understand when supermassive black holes first appeared, astronomers scan the skies for actively-feeding ... more The Most Distant Black Hole in the Cosmos Puzzling Supermassive Black Hole Observed in Infant Universe Gemini: Supermassive Black Hole Is Ahead of Its Time |
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