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May 19, 2014

High-speed solar winds increase lightning strikes on Earth
London, UK (SPX) May 19, 2014
Scientists have discovered new evidence to suggest that lightning on Earth is triggered not only by cosmic rays from space, but also by energetic particles from the Sun. University of Reading researchers found a link between increased thunderstorm activity on Earth and streams of high-energy particles accelerated by the solar wind, offering compelling evidence that particles from space help trigger lightning bolts. Publishing their study in IOP Publishing's journal Environmental Research Let ... read more

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NASA aims to land on, capture asteroids within next 15 years NASA researchers are at work developing a plan that not only hopes to physically place astronauts on an asteroid for the first time, but also to wrangle a space object and place it in the orbit of t ... more		NASA's Newest Wind Watcher Arrives at Launch Site A new NASA Earth-observing mission that will measure ocean winds from the International Space Station has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin final preparations for launch. ... more		Rounding up the BCATs on the ISS Although it may not be herding cats exactly, all the NASA-supported Binary Colloidal Alloy Tests (BCAT) studies have ended on the International Space Station, and the experimental samples are being ... more
				NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Wrapping Up Waypoint Work Portions of powdered rock collected by drilling into a sandstone target last week have been delivered to laboratory instruments inside NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, and the rover will soon drive on t ... more		Magnetar Formation Mystery Solved Magnetars are the bizarre super-dense remnants of supernova explosions. They are the strongest magnets known in the Universe - millions of times more powerful than the strongest magnets on Earth. A ... more

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Cascading dunes in a martian crater A new mosaic from ESA's Mars Express shows a swirling field of dark dunes cascading into sunken pits within a large impact crater. The mosaic was created from two images taken on 7 December 2005 and ... more		SpaceX supply capsule heads back to Earth The unmanned Dragon capsule from US firm SpaceX landed safely in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico's coast Sunday, hours after undocking from the International Space Station. ... more		Taiwan running out of time for satellite communications, space chief tells AFP US lawmaker warns of military 'misunderstanding' risk with China Venezuela accuses US of waging 'undeclared war,' urges UN probe		Geopolitical amateur hour Before we plunge ourselves into Cold War II, it would behoove us to remember what Russia under Putin means to our geopolitical calculus. ... more
				Airbus boosts communication capability for British ships X-band satellite communications capabilities have been delivered to four British Royal Navy Mine Counter Measure Vessels operating in the Arabian Gulf. ... more		Russian rocket falls back to Earth with super satellite A Russian rocket carrying its most advanced communication satellite to date fell back to Earth minutes after lift-off on Friday in the latest blow to the country's once-proud space industry. ... more

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International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

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Russian Proton rocket falls back to Earth after liftoff A carrier Proton-M rocket, launched from Baikonur together with the communications satellite Express-AM4R, has burnt up in the dense layers of the atmosphere, an official of Russia's Federal Space A ... more		Australians report flaming object falling from sky Residents of northeastern Australia have reported seeing a flaming object plummeting to Earth, police said Friday, adding that the incident remains a mystery as no evidence of a crash has been found. ... more		Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles fires 'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UN Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 years		Stability lost as supernovae explode Exploding supernovae are a phenomenon that is still not fully understood. The trouble is that the state of nuclear matter in stars cannot be reproduced on Earth. In a recent paper published in EPJ E ... more
				First 'heavy mouse' leads to first lab-grown tissue mapped from atomic life Scientists have created a 'heavy' mouse, the world's first animal enriched with heavy but non-radioactive isotopes - enabling them to capture in unprecedented detail the molecular structure of natur ... more		The shrinking of Jupiter's Great Red Spot Jupiter's trademark Great Red Spot - a swirling storm feature larger than Earth - is shrinking. This downsizing, which is changing the shape of the spot from an oval into a circle, has been known ab ... more

LRO View of Earth

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Russia to begin Moon colonization in 2030

Opportunity In Search Of Aluminum-Hydroxyl Clays

MAVEN Solar Wind Ion Analyzer Will Look at Key Player in Mars Atmosphere Loss

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A light-speed voyage to the distant future

Chris Hadfield's 'Space Oddity' video to be taken off YouTube

'Convergent' Research Solves Problems that Cross Disciplinary Boundaries

Moon rover Yutu comes closer to public

The Phantom Tiangong

New satellite launch center to conduct joint drill

	MAVEN Solar Wind Ion Analyzer Will Look at Key Player in Mars Atmosphere Loss This past November, NASA launched the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission in the hope of understanding how and why the planet has been losing its atmosphere over billions of years ... more		Rosetta's target comet is becoming active The target of ESA's Rosetta mission has started to reveal its true personality as a comet, its dusty veil clearly developing over the last six weeks. The sequence of images presented here of comet 6 ... more		A light-speed voyage to the distant future An enthusiastic group of schoolchildren sent a greeting to the future today, beaming a radio signal into space via an ESA tracking station in Spain. In January, over 200 participants around the worl ... more		Botanical Studies, Dragon Departure Preps for ISS Crew The three-person Expedition 40 crew spent its first full workday Thursday aboard the International Space Station working with a trio of botanical experiments and preparing for Sunday's departure of ... more

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Have cosmologists lost their minds in the multiverse?

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New unmanned areial system from Lockheed Martin

ScanEagle drone capabilities demonstrated in Australia

Space trio returns to Earth in Russian capsule

Three astronauts land back on Earth in Soyuz capsule

New Exomoon Hunting Technique Could Find Solar System-like Moons

Opportunity In Search Of Aluminum-Hydroxyl Clays

A Look at the Numbers as NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Enters its 25th Year

Expedition 39 Trio Wrapping Up Six Months on Station

Space junk problem discussed

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Against the current with lava flows

HADES searches for Dark Matter

Ice-loss moves the Earth 250 miles down

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