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June 21, 2018
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Forget Galileo - UK space sector should look to young stars instead



London, UK (SPX) Jun 19, 2018
"British security firms could be BANNED from helping EU with Galileo satellite project," the Mail Forget Galileo - UK space sector should look to young stars instead screamed. "Brexit to 'force work on Galileo sat-nav system out of UK'," said the BBC. Then Airbus offered to build a new UK system - "BREXIT REVENGE," said the Express. Scepticism followed - "Brexit Britain's space ambitions are an expensive waste of time," claimed Wired. Built as an alternative to the US GPS system, the E ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
NASA Administrator Statement on Space Policy Directive-3
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2018
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Monday's signing of Space Policy Directive-3 by President Donald Trump: "NASA strongly supports the White House's contin ... more
SPACEMART
A milestone in securing ESA's future role in the global exploration of space
Paris (ESA) Jun 19, 2018
Over the past 18 months, ESA and its Member States have gathered in a series of space exploration workshops culminating in a discussion in the ESA Council held in Paris on 13 June 2018. The Co ... more
MOON DAILY
Chinese satellite could link world to Moon's far side: space expert
Beijing (XNA) Jun 19, 2018
A satellite with a huge golden umbrella-shaped antenna is in an orbit more than 400,000 km from Earth, waiting for Chang'e-4, which is set to be the first ever probe to land softly on the Moon's far ... more
SPACEWAR
Trump wants to dominate space, Moon and Mars
Washington (AFP) June 18, 2018
President Donald Trump boasted Monday of the US commercial space industry's deep wallet and enterprising spirit, and vowed US dominance in exploration of the Moon and Mars, as well as any future space race. ... more
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GPS NEWS
Russia launches Soyuz-21b with Glonass-M navigation satellite
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 19, 2018
Russia launched a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Plesetsk space center on Sunday to orbit a Glonass-M satellite, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "On Sunday, at 00:46 Moscow time [21:46 ... more
ENERGY TECH
The first experimental discovery in the world of the propagation of plasma turbulence
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
In seeking to achieve fusion energy, research on magnetic field confinement of high-temperature plasma is being conducted around the world. In a high-temperature plasma there is a temperature gradie ... more
IRON AND ICE
NASA, federal agencies aim to be better prepared for near-Earth objects
Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2018
The federal government wants to be better prepared for a possible asteroid impact. ... more
TIME AND SPACE
UNH researcher captures best ever evidence of rare black hole
Durham NH (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
Scientists have been able to prove the existence of small black holes and those that are super-massive but the existence of an elusive type of black hole, known as intermediate-mass black holes (IMB ... more
MARSDAILY
Martian Dust Storm Grows Global; Curiosity Captures Photos of Thickening Haze
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 21, 2018
A storm of tiny dust particles has engulfed much of Mars over the last two weeks and prompted NASA's Opportunity rover to suspend science operations. But across the planet, NASA's Curiosity rover, w ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
Five NASA innovations that could change the way we live and explore
Cleveland OH (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
Our job at NASA Glenn is to advance technologies that have the potential to change the way we explore space and also change our lives on Earth. Teams of scientists have partnered with industry to pr ... more
EXO WORLDS
Study reveals simple chemical process that may have led to the origin of life on Earth
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
Research led by Kuhan Chandru and Jim Cleaves from the Earth-Life Science Institute at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, has shown that reactions of alpha-hydroxy acids, similar to the alpha-ami ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Study offers best evidence yet of an intermediate-mass black hole
Washington (UPI) Jun 18, 2018
New data discovered by astronomers at the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center offers the best evidence yet of the existence of intermediate-mass black holes, or IMBHs. ... more
EXO WORLDS
ALMA discovers trio of infant planets around newborn star
Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
Two independent teams of astronomers have used ALMA to uncover convincing evidence that three young planets are in orbit around the infant star HD 163296. Using a novel planet-finding technique, the ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Gaia confirms extra-tidal stars around globular cluster
Lacey WA (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
Andrea Kunder, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, Stephen Parker, Ph.D., associate professor of physics, Gordon Bellevue, physics instructor, and Saint Martin's students Arthur Mills, Joseph Edg ... more


Physicists solve the mystery of vanishing particles in graphene

TIME AND SPACE
When photons spice up the energy levels of quantum particles
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
Quantum particles behave in mysterious ways. They are governed by laws of physics designed to reflect what is happening at smaller scales through quantum mechanics. Quantum state properties are gene ... more
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Evidence for a new property of quantum matter revealed
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 19, 2018
A theorized but never-before detected property of quantum matter has now been spotted in the lab, a team of scientists reports. The team proved that a particular quantum material can demonstra ... more
CHIP TECH
Spintronics: Controlling magnetic spin with electric fields
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
Spintronics is a field of physics that studies the spin of electrons, an intrinsic type of magnetism that many elementary particles have. The field of spintronics has given rise to technological con ... more
TECH SPACE
Game-changing finding pushes 3D-printing to the molecular limit
Nottingham UK (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
The research, led by Dr Victor Sans Sangorrin from the Faculty of Engineering and Dr Graham Newton from the School of Chemistry, is published in the academic journal, Advanced Materials. "This ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Astronaut Sally Ride's legacy of encouraging young women to embrace science and engineering
College Station TX (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
On June 18, 1983, 35 years ago, Sally Ride became the first American woman to launch into space, riding the Space Shuttle STS-7 flight with four other crew members. Only five years earlier, in 1978, ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Space tourism not far off, rocket maker says
Beijing (XNA) Jun 20, 2018
The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology is known as a prestigious developer of carrier rockets, but in the near future, it may acquire a new tag: China's first space tourism provider. E ... more
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Astronaut Sally Ride's legacy of encouraging young women to embrace science and engineering
College Station TX (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
On June 18, 1983, 35 years ago, Sally Ride became the first American woman to launch into space, riding the Space Shuttle STS-7 flight with four other crew members. Only five years earlier, in 1978, she had been selected to the first class of 35 astronauts - including six women - who would fly on the Space Shuttle. Much has happened in the intervening years. During the span of three decade ... more
+ Space tourism not far off, rocket maker says
+ Space Station Roulette
+ Five NASA innovations that could change the way we live and explore
+ Peggy Whitson, NASA's most experienced astronaut, retires
+ NASA Administrator Statement on Space Policy Directive-3
+ ESA celebrates Unispace+50
+ NASA astronauts install high-def cameras during spacewalk
S7 space mulls restoring production of heavy rocket engines in Russia
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 20, 2018
Russia's S7 Space, part of the S7 Group, plans to build a plant in Samara to produce Soviet-designed NK-33 and NK-43 rocket engines for super heavy-lift launch vehicles and intends to purchase production capacities from the state-owned United Engine Corporation (UEC) for this purpose, S7 Space General Director Sergey Sopov said in an interview. "We would like to buy from the state the well ... more
+ ESA Council commits to Ariane 6 and transition from Ariane 5
+ Russia to deliver US new rocket engines
+ Arianegroup tests innovative technology for next generation upper stage rocket engine
+ Re-generatively cooled RL10 Thrust Chamber Assembly test validates 3D printing process
+ Sample Return Technology Successfully Tested on Xodiac Rocket
+ Japan successfully tests H-IIA launch vehicle with new research satellite
+ Girls' Rocketry Challenge team wins three awards at national model rocketry competition


Explosive volcanoes spawned mysterious Martian rock formation
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2018
Explosive volcanic eruptions that shot jets of hot ash, rock and gas skyward are the likely source of a mysterious Martian rock formation, a new study finds. The new finding could add to scientists' understanding of Mars's interior and its past potential for habitability, according to the study's authors. The Medusae Fossae Formation is a massive, unusual deposit of soft rock near Mars's e ... more
+ Unique microbe could thrive on Mars, help future manned missions
+ Martian Dust Storm Grows Global; Curiosity Captures Photos of Thickening Haze
+ NASA spacecraft studying massive Martian dust storm
+ Opportunity rover sends transmission amid Martian dust storm
+ NASA encounters the perfect storm for science on Mars
+ Martian dust storm silences NASA's rover, Opportunity
+ Opportunity hunkers down during dust storm
China confirms reception of data from Gaofen-6 satellite
Beijing (XNA) Jun 07, 2018
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) confirmed that one of its institutes Monday successfully tracked and received imaging data from the newly-launched Earth observation satellite Gaofen-6. The Aerospace Information Research Institute said the Miyun station of China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station received the first batch of observation data from the Gaofen-6 satellite. There was ... more
+ Experts Explain How China Is Opening International Space Cooperation
+ Beijing welcomes use of Chinese space station by all UN Nations
+ China upgrades spacecraft reentry and descent technology
+ China develops wireless systems for rockets
+ China's Queqiao satellite carries "large umbrella" into deep space
+ Russia May Help China Create International Cosmonauts Rehabilitation Center
+ Sunrise for China's commercial space industry?
Forget Galileo - UK space sector should look to young stars instead
London, UK (SPX) Jun 19, 2018
"British security firms could be BANNED from helping EU with Galileo satellite project," the Mail Forget Galileo - UK space sector should look to young stars instead screamed. "Brexit to 'force work on Galileo sat-nav system out of UK'," said the BBC. Then Airbus offered to build a new UK system - "BREXIT REVENGE," said the Express. Scepticism followed - "Brexit Britain's space ambit ... more
+ A milestone in securing ESA's future role in the global exploration of space
+ US FCC expands market access for SES O3b MEO constellation
+ Liftoff as Alexander Gerst returns to space
+ Lockheed Martin Announces $100 Million Venture Fund Increase
+ Iridium Continues to Attract World Class Maritime Service Providers for Iridium CertusS
+ The European Space Agency welcomes European Commission's proposal on space activities
+ Spain's first astronaut named science minister
Combining experts and automation in 3D printing
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018
Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering have developed a novel approach to optimizing soft material 3-D printing. The researchers' Expert-Guided Optimization (EGO) method combines expert judgment with an optimization algorithm that efficiently searches combinations of parameters relevant for 3-D printing, enabling high-fidelity soft material products to be printed. ... more
+ Game-changing finding pushes 3D-printing to the molecular limit
+ The right chemistry, fast: employing AI and Automation to map out and make molecules
+ Dutch software makes supercomputer from laptop
+ Cementless fly ash binder makes concrete 'green'
+ Ground-breaking discoveries could create superior alloys with many applications
+ Scientists predict a new superhard material with unique properties
+ Futuristic data storage


Study reveals simple chemical process that may have led to the origin of life on Earth
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
Research led by Kuhan Chandru and Jim Cleaves from the Earth-Life Science Institute at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, has shown that reactions of alpha-hydroxy acids, similar to the alpha-amino acids that make up modern proteins, form large polymers easily under conditions presumed prevalent on early Earth. These alpha-hydroxy acid polymers may have aided in the formation of living system ... more
+ ALMA discovers trio of infant planets around newborn star
+ Astronomers identify 121 giant planets likely to host habitable moons
+ Hawking plea 'to save planet' beamed to black hole
+ Study could help humans colonise Mars and hunt for alien life
+ Chandra Scouts Nearest Star System for Possible Hazards
+ Researchers discover a system with three Earth-sized planets
+ Researchers discover multiple alkali metals in unique exoplanet
A dark and stormy Jupiter
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
This image captures the intensity of the jets and vortices in Jupiter's North North Temperate Belt. NASA's Juno spacecraft took this color-enhanced image at 10:31 p.m. PDT on May 23, 2018 (1:31 a.m. EDT on May 24), as Juno performed its 13th close flyby of Jupiter. At the time, the spacecraft was about 4,900 miles (7,900 kilometers) from the tops of the clouds of the gas giant planet at a ... more
+ NASA shares more Pluto images from New Horizons
+ Juno Solves 39-Year Old Mystery of Jupiter Lightning
+ NASA Re-plans Juno's Jupiter Mission
+ New Horizons Wakes for Historic Kuiper Belt Flyby
+ Collective gravity, not Planet Nine, may explain the orbits of 'detached objects'
+ Scientists reveal the secrets behind Pluto's dunes
+ 'Surprising' methane dunes found on Pluto


Fueling a deep-sea ecosystem
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018
Miles beneath the ocean's surface in the dark abyss, vast communities of subseafloor microbes at deep-sea hot springs are converting chemicals into energy that allows deep-sea life to survive - and even thrive - in a world without sunlight. Until now, however, measuring the productivity of subseafloor microbe communities - or how fast they oxidize chemicals and the amount of carbon they produce ... more
+ Marine reserves are essential, but increasingly stressed
+ Australia vows to compete with China funding in Pacific
+ Metron contracted for undersea unmanned vehicle payloads
+ Deep-sea marine sponges may hold key to antibiotic drug resistance
+ Large-scale study indicates novel, abundant nitrogen-fixing microbes in surface ocean
+ US property crisis looms as sea level rises, experts warn
+ Researchers locate world's first known manta ray nursery
China's Beidou system helps livestock water supply in remote pastoral areas
Hohhot, China (XNA) Jun 19, 2018
A water supply system for livestock in remote pastoral areas has been trialled in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local researchers confirmed Sunday. The trial of the new system, based on the Beidou Navigation Satellite System, was launched in the Kubuqi desert. "The system can provide water for livestock after receiving a short message sent by users through the Beido ... more
+ Russia launches Soyuz-21b with Glonass-M navigation satellite
+ UK says shut out of EU's Galileo sat-nav contracts
+ Woman drowns in Prague drains playing GPS treasure hunt
+ What exclusion from Galileo could mean for UK
+ GMV competing to develop the Galileo Ground Control Segment in brand new premises
+ Research shows how 'navigational hazards' in metro maps confuse travelers
+ UK set to demand EU repayment in Brexit satellite row


Chinese satellite could link world to Moon's far side: space expert
Beijing (XNA) Jun 19, 2018
A satellite with a huge golden umbrella-shaped antenna is in an orbit more than 400,000 km from Earth, waiting for Chang'e-4, which is set to be the first ever probe to land softly on the Moon's far side. The relay satellite for Chang'e-4 will establish a communication link between the Earth and the far side of the Moon, and might serve probes from other countries, contributing to internat ... more
+ Micro satellite developed by Chinese university starts to work around Moon
+ Long suspected theory about the moon holds water
+ Relay satellite for Chang'e-4 lunar probe enters planned orbit
+ Thank the moon for Earth's lengthening day
+ SpaceX delays plans to send tourists around Moon: report
+ Moonwalking astronaut-artist Alan Bean dies at 86
+ Chinese relay satellite brakes near moon for entry into desired orbit
NASA, federal agencies aim to be better prepared for near-Earth objects
Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2018
The federal government wants to be better prepared for a possible asteroid impact. A new interagency report offers plans for improving the government's ability to detect, predict, plan for and respond to a near-Earth object impact. "The National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan" outlines opportunities for improvements to NASA's NEO detection, tracking, and ... more
+ Hayabusa2 and MASCOT lander nearing Ryugu
+ What prevents space companies from mining asteroids for rare minerals
+ Organics on Ceres may be more abundant than originally thought
+ What it takes to discover small rocks in space
+ Tiny asteroid first discovered Saturday disintegrates over Africa
+ NEOWISE Thermal Data Reveal Surface Properties of Over 100 Asteroids
+ Dawn mission enters new orbit ahead of new opportunities


UCI scientists find new teleconnection for early and accurate precipitation prediction
Irvine CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2018
El Nino was long considered a reliable tool for predicting future precipitation in the southwestern United States, but its forecasting power has diminished in recent cycles, possibly due to global climate change. In a study published in Nature Communications, scientists and engineers at the University of California, Irvine demonstrate a new method for projecting wet or dry weather in the winter ... more
+ Thailand to buy Airbus satellite as junta chief visits France
+ Sentinel-3 flies tandem
+ New method makes weather forecasts right as rain
+ New NASA instrument on ISS to track plant water use on Earth
+ MOF material offers selective, reversible and repeatable capture of toxic atmospheric gas
+ Ammonia distribution in Earth's upper atmosphere explained
+ Close encounters of the fishy kind
Sounding rocket takes a second look at the sun
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
Tom Woods knows about space gunk. As the principal investigator for the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment, or EVE, instrument aboard NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, he's all too familiar with the ways that exposure to the harsh space environment can lead to a spacecraft instrument's degradation. "Since its launch in 2010, EVE's sensitivity has degraded by about 70 percent at so ... more
+ Revised launch date targeted for Parker Solar Probe
+ The true power of the solar wind
+ How solar prominences vibrate
+ Expedition Measures Solar Motions Seen During Last Summer's Total Eclipse
+ As Solar Wind Blows, Our Heliosphere Balloons
+ NASA's Hi-C Launches to Study Sun's Corona
+ Study shows how Earth slows the solar wind to a gentle breeze


Mysterious IceCube event may be caused by a tau neutrino
Mainz, Germany (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
It was just eight years ago that the IceCube detector, a research center located at the South Pole to detect neutrinos emanating from the cosmos, was commissioned. Three years later, it began to register the first momentous results. The detection of high-energy neutrinos by IceCube made viable completely new options for explaining how our universe works. "These neutrinos with their conside ... more
+ Research shows short gamma-ray bursts do follow binary neutron star mergers
+ Proof of dark matter in dwarf galaxies is refuted
+ Exploring planetary plasma environments from your laptop
+ NASA awards the short wave infra-red sensor chip assembly for WFIRST
+ Gaia confirms extra-tidal stars around globular cluster
+ New experiment to aid study of dark matter
+ A new experiment to understand dark matter
Star shredded by rare breed of black hole
Paris (ESA) Jun 19, 2018
ESA's XMM-Newton observatory has discovered the best-ever candidate for a very rare and elusive type of cosmic phenomenon: a medium-weight black hole in the process of tearing apart and feasting on a nearby star. There are various types of black hole lurking throughout the Universe: massive stars create stellar-mass black holes when they die, while galaxies host supermassive black holes at ... more
+ Evidence for a new property of quantum matter revealed
+ When photons spice up the energy levels of quantum particles
+ Quantum transfer at the push of a button
+ Supercomputers provide new window into the life and death of a neutron
+ Study offers best evidence yet of an intermediate-mass black hole
+ Astronomers see distant eruption as black hole destroys star
+ UNH researcher captures best ever evidence of rare black hole
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