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July 17, 2018
OUTER PLANETS
Dozen new Jupiter moons declared



Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2018
Twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter have been found - 11 "normal" outer moons, and one that they're calling an "oddball." This brings Jupiter's total number of known moons to a whopping 79 - the most of any planet in our solar system. A team led by Carnegie's Scott S. Sheppard first spotted the moons in the spring of 2017 while they were looking for very distant solar system objects as part of the hunt for a possible massive planet far beyond Pluto. In 2014, this same team found the object wit ... read more

ROCKET SCIENCE
Focus on the future of space transportation: ESA's call for ideas
Paris (ESA) Jul 17, 2018
ESA is calling for ideas that will shape the future of space transportation services - to space, in space and returning from space. "The changing world we live in requires a space agency to an ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
NanoRacks completes external Cygnus deployment, 6 more cubesats in orbit
Dulles VA (SPX) Jul 17, 2018
esterday evening, NanoRacks successfully deployed six CubeSats from the Company's CubeSat deployer mounted on the outside of the Cygnus spacecraft. This brings the overall count to 223 small satelli ... more
SPACEMART
New satellite constellations will soon fill the sky
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2018
A new generation of space entrepreneurs is backing several satellite constellations of low-orbiting satellites that will provide broadband service to all areas of the world. In fact, billions of dol ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
GomSpace and AISTECH sign new agreement
Aalborg, Denmark (SPX) Jul 17, 2018
GomSpace A/S - a subsidiary of GomSpace Group AB and the Spanish company AISTECH have signed a contract for a total value of approx. 1.4 milion EUR. The first part of the contract, for 6 stand ... more
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INTERNET SPACE
Disruption Tolerant Networking to Demonstrate Internet in Space
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2018
NASA's Human Exploration and Operations and Science Mission Directorates are collaborating to make interplanetary internet a reality. They're about to demonstrate Delay/Disruption Tolerant Net ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Lockheed Martin to help UK Space Agency build first commercial spaceport
Farnborough UK (SPX) Jul 17, 2018
The UK Space Agency has selected Lockheed Martin to help implement its vision for the UK Spaceflight Programme, an innovative initiative to create a world-leading commercial launch market that grows ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Indian space agency IRSO tests new engine to launch bigger payloads
New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 17, 2018
On Sunday the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully conducted a ground test of its high-thrust version of the Vikas Engine that will enhance payload capability of the space agency's ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Hot firing proves solid rocket motor for Ariane 6 and Vega-C
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 17, 2018
The latest hot firing of the P120C solid-propellant motor at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana proves its flight-worthiness for use on Vega-C next year and on Ariane 6 from 2020. This marks ... more
MARSDAILY
Seasonal 'spiders' emerge on Mars' surface
Washington (UPI) Jul 16, 2018
In late winter on Mars, 'spiders' begin to emerge on the Martian surface. NASA's newest featured image, captured earlier this year by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, showcases the spindly geological formations. ... more
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IRON AND ICE
Dusk for Dawn: Mission of many firsts to gather more data in home stretch
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2018
As NASA's Dawn spacecraft prepares to wrap up its groundbreaking 11-year mission, which has included two successful extended missions at Ceres, it will continue to explore - collecting images and ot ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Theorists publish highest-precision prediction of muon magnetic anomaly
Upton NY (SPX) Jul 16, 2018
Theoretical physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Brookhaven National Laboratory and their collaborators have just released the most precise prediction of how subatomic particles cal ... more
EXO WORLDS
Astronomers find a famous exoplanet's doppelganger
Honolulu HI (SPX) Jul 17, 2018
When it comes to extrasolar planets, appearances can be deceiving. Astronomers have imaged a new planet, and it appears nearly identical to one of the best studied gas-giant planets. But this doppel ... more
CAR TECH
Elon Musk's latest outburst raises doubts on leadership
Washington (AFP) July 17, 2018
Elon Musk has had a series of angry social media dust-ups with Wall Street analysts, journalists, employees and others. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Reducing the Data Demands of Smart Machines
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 13, 2018
Machine learning (ML) systems today learn by example, ingesting tons of data that has been individually labeled by human analysts to generate a desired output. As these systems have progressed, deep ... more


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EARLY EARTH
Scientists discover Earth's youngest banded iron formation in western China
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Jul 13, 2018
The banded iron formation, located in western China, has been conclusively dated as Cambrian in age. Approximately 527 million years old, this formation is young by comparison to the majority of dis ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION
What does global climate have to do with erosion rates?
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jul 16, 2018
For the last several decades, Geoscientists have been intrigued by a potential link between erosion rates at the Earth's surface and changes in global climate. What was the cause and what the effect ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Evolution does repeat itself after all
Konstanz, Germany (SPX) Jul 13, 2018
For every two species of mammal there is one species of cichlid fish, which goes to show that biodiversity is distributed rather unevenly among animals. But why? And to what extent can evolution be ... more
ENERGY TECH
Generating electrical power from waste heat
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Jul 16, 2018
Directly converting electrical power to heat is easy. It regularly happens in your toaster, that is, if you make toast regularly. The opposite, converting heat into electrical power, isn't so easy. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Qubits as valves: Controlling quantum heat engines
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jul 16, 2018
Researchers from Aalto University are designing nano-sized quantum heat engines to explore whether they may be able to outperform classical heat engines in terms of power and efficiency. In th ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Space Launch Complex 17 demolition
Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Jul 16, 2018
With a final farewell and the push of a plunger, Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, 45th Space Wing Commander, demolished the nearly 200-foot-tall towers at 7 a.m. July 12 at Space Launch Complex 17, Cape C ... more
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Scientists Can Now Recycle Water, Air, Fuel, Making Deep Space Travel Possible
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 16, 2018
According to a new study, scientists have cracked one of most challenging obstacles to deep space travel: how to ensure that astronauts have enough fuel, air and water for the trip. Their proposed method involves "photo catalysts" that can split or recombine water molecules. The emptiness of space and the vast distances between locations pose huge and unique challenges to space travel. One ... more
+ First space tourist flights could come in 2019
+ NASA and Peanuts Worldwide to Collaborate on Deep Space Learning Activities
+ Russian cargo ship docks at ISS in record time
+ Google parent 'graduates' moonshot projects Loon, Wing
+ Testing Refines Requirements for Deep Space Habitat Design
+ Making oxygen from water may pave way for long-distance space travel
+ Space Station Shrinks Fluorescence Microscopy Tool
Hot firing proves solid rocket motor for Ariane 6 and Vega-C
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 17, 2018
The latest hot firing of the P120C solid-propellant motor at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana proves its flight-worthiness for use on Vega-C next year and on Ariane 6 from 2020. This marks an important milestone in the development schedule of Europe's new-generation launchers, designed to boost our autonomy in the space arena, and maintain Europe's global competitiveness. The test ... more
+ Focus on the future of space transportation: ESA's call for ideas
+ Lockheed Martin to help UK Space Agency build first commercial spaceport
+ Indian space agency IRSO tests new engine to launch bigger payloads
+ Space Launch Complex 17 demolition
+ Scotland chosen as site for first British space port
+ Boeing, SpaceX unlikely to make manned flights to ISS in 2019
+ Aerojet Rocketdyne demonstrates 24-Hour turnaround of AR-22 Engine


NASA May Have Destroyed Evidence for Organics on Mars 40 Years Ago
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 13, 2018
While the existence of native carbon-based organic compounds on the Red Planet was confirmed only in 2014, some suggest that the discovery could have been made a long time ago. Back in 1976, NASA's twin Viking landers touched down on Mars to find out if life could survive on Mars and whether there was organic matter in the Martian soil. Researchers were puzzled as no evidence for organic m ... more
+ Scientists Discover "Ghost Dunes" On Mars
+ Seasonal 'spiders' emerge on Mars' surface
+ Airbus wins two ESA studies for Mars Sample Return mission
+ NASA listens out for Opportunity everyday
+ UK space sector set to benefit from new European Space Agency contract
+ Mars to Pamper Gazers With Stunning Sight Amid NASA's Dust Storm Concerns
+ Top 10 Teams Selected in Virtual Model Stage of NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge
PRSS-1 Satellite in Good Condition
Jiuquan, China (SPX) Jul 16, 2018
China launched two satellites for Pakistan on a Long March-2C rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:56 a.m. Monday. The PRSS-1 is China's first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan and the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) for an overseas buyer. After entering orbit, the PRSS-1 is in good condition ... more
+ China readying for space station era: Yang Liwei
+ China launches new space science program
+ China Rising as Major Space Power
+ China launches new-tech experiment twin satellites
+ China confirms reception of data from Gaofen-6 satellite
+ Experts Explain How China Is Opening International Space Cooperation
+ Beijing welcomes use of Chinese space station by all UN Nations
New satellite constellations will soon fill the sky
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2018
A new generation of space entrepreneurs is backing several satellite constellations of low-orbiting satellites that will provide broadband service to all areas of the world. In fact, billions of dollars are being spent in order to complete these networks in the next few years. One of the technological advantages, not available in the late 1990s when Iridium and other large telephony conste ... more
+ China Mulls Creation of Joint Global Satellite System with Russia
+ Enhancing competitiveness of European space Sector with increased investments
+ Goonhilly targets business expansion in Australia and Asia-Pacific
+ EIB and ESA to cooperate on increasing investments in the European Space Sector
+ Laser-Based System is Set to Expand Space-to-Ground Communication
+ Yes we've got a space agency - but our industry needs 'Space Prize Australia'
+ GomSpace and Aerial Maritime Ltd enter MOU for delivery and operation of a global constellation
Giant Satellite Fuel Tank Sets New Record for 3-D Printed Space Parts
Denver CO (SPX) Jul 12, 2018
Lockheed Martin has embraced a 3-D printed titanium dome for satellite fuel tanks so big you can't even put your arms around it. The 46-inch- (1.16-meter-) diameter vessel completed final rounds of quality testing this month, ending a multi-year development program to create giant, high-pressure tanks that carry fuel on board satellites. The titanium tank consists of three parts welded tog ... more
+ Dutch city to unveil world's first 3D-printed housing complex
+ Chinese scientists achieve success in nitrogen metallization
+ Photonic capsules for injectable laser resonators
+ Paper-cut provides model for 3D intelligent nanofabrication
+ New insights bolster Einstein's idea about how heat moves through solids
+ Astronomer Reveals When Soviet-Era Interplanetary Station Will Crash to Earth
+ Spectral cloaking could make objects invisible under realistic conditions


Astronomers find a famous exoplanet's doppelganger
Honolulu HI (SPX) Jul 17, 2018
When it comes to extrasolar planets, appearances can be deceiving. Astronomers have imaged a new planet, and it appears nearly identical to one of the best studied gas-giant planets. But this doppelganger differs in one very important way: its origin. "We have found a gas-giant planet that is a virtual twin of a previously known planet, but it looks like the two objects formed in different ... more
+ NASA's Webb Space Telescope to Inspect Atmospheres of Gas Giant Exoplanets
+ TESS Spacecraft Continues Testing Prior to First Observations
+ Rocky planet neighbor looks familiar, but is not Earth's twin
+ NASA's Kepler Spacecraft Pauses Science Observations to Download Science Data
+ Researchers see beam of light from first confirmed neutron star merger emerge from behind sun
+ Detecting the Boiling Atmosphere of the Hottest Known Exoplanet
+ More clues that Earth-like exoplanets are indeed Earth-like
Dozen new Jupiter moons declared
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2018
Twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter have been found - 11 "normal" outer moons, and one that they're calling an "oddball." This brings Jupiter's total number of known moons to a whopping 79 - the most of any planet in our solar system. A team led by Carnegie's Scott S. Sheppard first spotted the moons in the spring of 2017 while they were looking for very distant solar system objects as part ... more
+ NASA Juno data indicate another possible volcano on Jupiter moon Io
+ First Global Maps of Pluto and Charon from New Horizons Published
+ Europa's Ocean Ascending
+ Jupiter's moons create uniquely patterned aurora on the gas giant planet
+ 'Cataclysmic' collision shaped Uranus' evolution
+ Webb Telescope to target Jupiter's Great Red Spot
+ Charon at 40: four decades of discovery on Pluto's largest moon


Expanding 'dead zone' in Arabian Sea raises climate change fears
Abu Dhabi (AFP) July 17, 2018
In the waters of the Arabian Sea, a vast "dead zone" the size of Scotland is expanding and scientists say climate change may be to blame. In his lab in Abu Dhabi, Zouhair Lachkar is labouring over a colourful computer model of the Gulf of Oman, showing changing temperatures, sea levels and oxygen concentrations. His models and new research unveiled earlier this year show a worrying trend ... more
+ Immunity could be key to addressing coral crisis
+ Tainted water exhibition roves around Beijing after initial shutdown
+ Stormwater ponds not a major source of greenhouse gas emissions
+ Study finds link between river outflow and coastal sea level
+ New Zealand to buy new Boeing maritime patrol planes
+ China eyes Pacific summit as N.Z. warns of power vacuum
+ Baltic Sea oxygen loss is unprecedented, study shows
Love navigated by Beidou
Beijing (XNA) Jul 12, 2018
They provide positioning and navigation to vehicles, ships, shared bicycles and drones, as well as tracking wild animals, and China's Beidou satellites have also guided a young couple to love. Ten years ago, Cui Bo, a designer for the Beidou power system, wrote a poem lauding those dedicated to space exploration to mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of the China Academy of Space Tec ... more
+ CTSi flight tests prototype navigation system to replace GPS in highly contested environments for US Navy
+ Europe's next Galileo satellites in place atop Ariane 5
+ Next four Galileo satellites fuelled for launch
+ NASA Tests Solar Sail for CubeSat that Will Study Near-Earth Asteroids
+ India's Domestic SatNav System Hits Major Roadblock Ahead of Commercial Release
+ Russia launches Soyuz-21b with Glonass-M navigation satellite
+ China's Beidou system helps livestock water supply in remote pastoral areas


Israel plans its first moon launch in December
Yehud, Israel (AFP) July 10, 2018
An Israeli organisation announced plans Tuesday to launch the country's first spacecraft to the moon in December, with hopes of burnishing Israel's reputation as a small nation with otherworldly high-tech ambitions. The unmanned spacecraft, shaped like a pod and weighing some 585 kilogrammes (1,300 pounds) at launch, will land on the moon on February 13, 2019 if all goes according to plan, o ... more
+ The toxic side of the Moon
+ Waystation to the Solar System
+ Queqiao satellite the bridge to China's lunar exploration
+ NASA will seek partnership with US Industry to develop lunar gateway
+ Chinese satellite could link world to Moon's far side: space expert
+ Micro satellite developed by Chinese university starts to work around Moon
+ Long suspected theory about the moon holds water
Observatories Team Up to Reveal Rare Double Asteroid
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2018
New observations by three of the world's largest radio telescopes have revealed that an asteroid discovered last year is actually two objects, each about 3,000 feet (900 meters) in size, orbiting each other. Near-Earth asteroid 2017 YE5 was discovered with observations provided by the Morocco Oukaimeden Sky Survey on Dec. 21, 2017, but no details about the asteroid's physical properties we ... more
+ ATLAS Telescope Pinpoints Meteorite Impact Prediction
+ Dusk for Dawn: Mission of many firsts to gather more data in home stretch
+ Fragment of Impacting Asteroid Recovered in Botswana
+ Tiny fine particles of global impact reveals the origin of black carbon
+ Molecular oxygen in comet's atmosphere not created on its surface
+ Successful second deep space maneuver for OSIRIS-REx confirmed
+ Dawn's latest orbit reveals dramatic new views of Occator crater


What does global climate have to do with erosion rates?
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jul 16, 2018
For the last several decades, Geoscientists have been intrigued by a potential link between erosion rates at the Earth's surface and changes in global climate. What was the cause and what the effect remained unclear. However, a new study now calls into question the link itself. A team of researchers from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, the University Potsdam, Uni ... more
+ Copernicus Sentinel-5P releases first data
+ ICESat-2 Lasers Pass Final Ground Test
+ Chinese foam industry responsible for rise in CFC-11 emissions
+ China launches two satellites for Pakistan
+ Report accuses China firms over ozone-depleting gas
+ Full steam ahead for Aeolus launch
+ Tiny cameras snap pictures of Great Lake
Plasma Jets Foretell Unequal Activity of the Sun's Two Hemispheres
Kolkata, India (SPX) Jul 13, 2018
The Sun's activity waxes and wanes periodically and holds sway over our space environment. Sunspots, strongly magnetized blotches on the solar surface, sometimes release fierce storms in space that severely impact our satellite based communication and navigational systems and occasionally, render satellites useless. However, a complete understanding of all aspects of the sunspot activity c ... more
+ This Summer's Solar Eclipses from the Ends of the Earth
+ Cutting-Edge Heat Shield Installed on NASA's Parker Solar Probe
+ Big Bear Solar Observatory' Expands View of the Sun
+ Sounding rocket takes a second look at the sun
+ Revised launch date targeted for Parker Solar Probe
+ The true power of the solar wind
+ How solar prominences vibrate


In search of dark matter
Riverside CA (SPX) Jul 16, 2018
An international team of scientists that includes University of California, Riverside, physicist Hai-Bo Yu has imposed conditions on how dark matter may interact with ordinary matter - constraints that can help identify the elusive dark matter particle and detect it on Earth. Dark matter - nonluminous material in space - is understood to constitute 85 percent of the matter in the universe. ... more
+ MeerKAT Radio Telescope Reveals Clearest View Yet of Center of Milky Way
+ Colorful celestial landscape
+ Hawaii telescopes help unravel long-standing cosmic mystery
+ Hubble and Gaia team up to fuel cosmic conundrum
+ VERITAS supplies critical piece to neutrino discovery puzzle
+ IceCube neutrinos point to long-sought cosmic ray accelerator
+ Hawaii telescopes help unravel long-standing cosmic mystery
NASA's Fermi Traces Source of Cosmic Neutrino to Monster Black Hole
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 13, 2018
For the first time ever, scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have found the source of a high-energy neutrino from outside our galaxy. This neutrino traveled 3.7 billion years at almost the speed of light before being detected on Earth. This is farther than any other neutrino whose origin scientists can identify. High-energy neutrinos are hard-to-catch particles that sci ... more
+ Theorists publish highest-precision prediction of muon magnetic anomaly
+ Two independent magnetic skyrmion phases discovered in a single material
+ Centenary of cosmological constant lambda
+ A refined magnetic sense
+ Higgs boson observed decaying into pairs of b quarks
+ Putting a quantum gas through its phases
+ Plasma-spewing quasar shines light on universe's youth, early galaxy formation
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