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September 27, 2015

Flu shot may unlock changes in astronauts' immune systems
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 25, 2015
It is that time of year when you are likely to start seeing reminders to get your flu vaccine and encourage your loved ones to do the same. For identical twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly, their flu shots will happen almost in tandem, but while one is orbiting the Earth at 17,500 miles per hour, and the other is Earth-bound. The vaccination is part of NASA's Twins Study, a compilation of multiple investigations that take advantage of a unique opportunity to study identical twin astronauts Scott ... read more

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New 'Snakeskin' Image and More from New Horizons The newest high-resolution images of Pluto from NASA's New Horizons are both dazzling and mystifying, revealing a multitude of previously unseen topographic and compositional details. The image belo ... more		Rare supermoon eclipse to take over night sky A rare total lunar eclipse, called a supermoon eclipse or blood moon, will be visible around the world Sunday night into Monday, the first time since 1982 and the last until 2033. ... more		Space experts swoon for 'The Martian' despite inaccuracies Surviving in space is hard and scientists say "The Martian" shows precisely what challenges astronauts will face on a pioneering mission to Mars, even though it contains some big inaccuracies right from the get-go. ... more
				NASA Selects Five New Flight Directors to Lead Mission Control NASA has selected five new flight directors to manage International Space Station (ISS) operations. Anthony Vareha, Mary Lawrence, Rick Henfling, Timothy Creamer and Vincent LaCourt join a select gr ... more		A cosmic rose with many names The nebula pictured here may have had more names bestowed upon it over the ages than any other object of its kind. Although officially known as Messier 17, its nicknames include: the Omega Nebula, t ... more

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Hot, dense material surrounds O-type star with largest magnetic field known Observations using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory revealed that the unusually large magnetosphere around an O-type star called NGC 1624-2 contains a raging storm of extreme stellar winds and dense ... more		Satellite Data Helps Migrating Birds Survive This fall, birds migrating south from the Arctic will find 7,000 acres of new, temporary wetland habitat for their stopovers in California. The wetlands - rice fields shallowly flooded for a couple ... more		Manta Ray UUV moves closer to operational readiness after successful tests Russian, Chinese defense ministers tout close bilateral ties during meeting China's new aircraft carrier conducts first sea trials: state media		Leaders of World Space Agencies To Converge for IAC 2015 in Jerusalem Heads of the world's leading space agencies will appear at a special plenary session at IAC 2015 in Jerusalem on Monday, October 12, 2015. The agency heads will discuss the latest advancements and b ... more
				Hubble zooms in on shrapnel from an exploded star NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled in stunning detail a small section of the expanding remains of a massive star that exploded about 8,000 years ago. Called the Veil Nebula, the debris ... more		11-Year Cosmic Search Leads to Black Hole Rethink One hundred years since Einstein proposed gravitational waves as part of his general theory of relativity, an 11-year search performed with CSIRO's Parkes telescope has failed to detect them, castin ... more

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Discovery of potential gravitational lenses shows citizen science value Around 37,000 citizen scientists combed through 430,000 images to help an international team of researchers to discover 29 new gravitational lens candidates through Space Warps, an online classifica ... more		Gilat to supply dual Ku/Ka-band terminals to major ISP Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has announced that it has signed a long-term agreement to develop and supply high-performance dual Ku/Ka-band terminals for in-flight connectivity (IFC) on commercial a ... more		BAE Systems to construct new atmospheric sensor for NOAA's GeoXO satellites Small aerosol particles proven critical in cloud formation Spire Global to supply AI-Enhanced Weather Predictions to Financial Sector		Too big for its boots: black hole is 30 times expected size The central supermassive black hole of a recently discovered galaxy is far larger than should be possible, according to current theories of galactic evolution. New work, carried out by astronomers a ... more
Celebrating one year of Mars Orbiter Mission in Orbit; Release of Mars Atlas Mars Orbiter spacecraft marks one year of its life around the red planet today. After successfully completing one year of the mission life around Mars, now a large data set has been acquired by all ... more		Milky Way's Black Hole Shows Signs of Increased Chatter Three orbiting X-ray space telescopes have detected an increased rate of X-ray flares from the usually quiet giant black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy after new long-term monitoring. Sc ... more		Launch of India's first black hole space observation satellite Researchers from the University of Leicester have been involved in the development of the first ever Indian satellite dedicated to astronomical observations, including of black holes, which will be ... more		New theory of stealth dark matter may explain universe's missing mass Lawrence Livermore scientists have come up with a new theory that may identify why dark matter has evaded direct detection in Earth-based experiments. A group of national particle physicists k ... more

	Forty years of European space tracking ESA celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Agency's ground station network, the indispensable link to spacecraft that are helping us to learn about our planet, our Solar System and our Universe. ... more		New sports technology provides a GPS alternative When it comes to recording accurate performance data for elite athletes, GPS technology can't keep up, a Griffith researcher claims. Instead SABEL Labs has developed SABEL Sense, an alternative to G ... more

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A new study predicts a quantum Goldilocks effect		SSPI and Korn Ferry to Partner on Second Annual Satellite Industry Workforce Study		Astronomers Identify a New Mid-size Black Hole		NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's Dance with Eclipses		Lockheed Martin, Roketsan to develop cruise missile for F-35s

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India PM heads to Silicon Valley chasing a digital dream

Physicists defy conventional wisdom to identify ferroelectric material

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Nano-trapped molecules are potential path to quantum devices

An even more versatile optical chip

Designing switchable electric and magnetic order for low-energy computing

Virtual reality stretching beyond video games

Rokot launches three Russian military satellites into orbit

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Fire in the Hole: Studying How Flames Grow in Space

Radio telescopes could spot stars hidden in the galactic center

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NASA's MAVEN Celebrates One Year at Mars

India's Mars mission to last many years: top space official

Funky light signal from colliding black holes explained

A thermal invisibility cloak actively redirects heat

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