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February 29, 2016

Is it life, or merely the illusion of life
Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 01, 2016
Research from the University of Washington-based Virtual Planetary Laboratory published Feb. 26 in Astrophysical Journal Letters will help astronomers better identify - and thus rule out - "false positives" in the search for life beyond Earth. Powerful devices such as the James Webb Space Telescope, set for launch in 2018, may help astronomers look for life on a handful of faraway worlds by searching for, among other things, evidence of oxygen - a "biosignature" - in their atmospheres. This is don ... read more

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Logistics Rule on Tiangong 2 China recently announced that the crew of Shenzhou 11, bound for the Tiangong 2 space laboratory, will only consist of two astronauts. That's a big step back from recent trends in Chinese spacefligh ... more		At last second, SpaceX delays satellite launch again In the very last second before liftoff Sunday, SpaceX scrubbed the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket to send a communications satellite into orbit, marking the third delay since last week. ... more		Hubble's Blue Bubble Sparkling at the center of this beautiful NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a Wolf-Rayet star known as WR 31a, located about 30,000 light-years away in the constellation of Carina (The Keel). ... more
				Sun's Magnetic Fields Best at Forecasting Solar Cycle Peaks Models based on the Sun's polar magnetic fields performed best in simulating the solar cycle and predicting solar behavior. Solar activity level rises and falls every 11 years. The most recent maxim ... more		Black holes banish matter into cosmic voids We live in a universe dominated by unseen matter, and on the largest scales, galaxies and everything they contain are concentrated into filaments that stretch around the edge of enormous voids. Thou ... more

NASA's Science Command Post Supports Scott Kelly's Year In Space Astronauts conduct science on the International Space Station to bring benefits home to Earth and prepare the world for space missions. Space travelers usually spend about six months on the world's ... more		NASA Tests Life-Detection Drill in Earth's Driest Place In a harsh environment with very little water and intense ultraviolet radiation, most life in the extreme Atacama Desert in Chile exists as microbial colonies underground or inside rocks. Researcher ... more		Romania says Russian drone breached its airspace MSBAI wins DoD contract to accelerate OrbitGuard for space situational awarenes Next-Gen Automotive Innovation: Smarter, Safer, More Connected		The Frozen Canyons of Pluto's North Pole This ethereal scene captured by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft tells yet another story of Pluto's diversity of geological and compositional features-this time in an enhanced color image of the north ... more
				Russian Crowdfunded Satellite Set to Become the Night Sky's Brightest Star A Russian team of aerospace engineers and enthusiasts are preparing to launch their 'Mayak' satellite into space aboard the Soyuz-2 rocket, where it will be the brightest "star" that shines above Ea ... more		NASA May Return to Moon, But Only After Cutting Off ISS In responding to criticism that NASA has lost its direction under the Obama administration, space policy expert John Logson still believes that while mistake were made, a mission to Mars during the ... more

Space Tech Expo - Design - Build - Test - Pasadena CA - May 24-26, 2016

Military Radar Summit 2016 - Washington DC - February 29

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Revisit NASA's Mars Pathfinder and Rover In 360 Viewer You can explore the landing site of NASA's Pathfinder mission with your mouse or mobile device. This 360-degree view uses images taken in 1997 displayed using present-day technology. It includes the ... more		Paragon wins NASA ISS water processor development contract NASA has awarded Paragon with a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract for the patented Ionomermembrane Water Processor (IWP) System. IWP will provide the platform for up ... more		Ash improves methane yield and fertilizer value in biogas systems Bio-oil from agricultural and forest waste could help seal abandoned oil wells and store carbon Rice researchers turn wasted data center heat into clean power		Hitching a Ride on SLS to Study Solar Particles A miniature research spacecraft called the CubeSat to study Solar Particles (CuSP) is one of the lucky projects that will have the opportunity to hitch a ride on a historic first flight of NASA's Sp ... more
Countdown To Twin Astronaut's Return When astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth on March 1, half of NASA's first-of-its-kind study of twin astronauts and long duration space flight, researchers at University of California, San Diego S ... more		NASA's IBEX observations pin down interstellar magnetic field Immediately after its 2008 launch, NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spotted a curiosity in a thin slice of space: More particles streamed in through a long, skinny swath in the sky th ... more		Asteroid scientists explore new ways to save Earth Scientists at Tomsk State University's Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics have calculated how to blow up an asteroid with a diameter of 200 meters using nuclear power, while also making ... more		After nearly a year in space, Scott Kelly craves human contact After nearly a year in space, US astronaut Scott Kelly craves the simple pleasures of human contact, a shower, and a splash in a swimming pool. ... more

	Small Asteroid to Pass Close to Earth March 8 Additional observations of asteroid 2013 TX68 have been obtained, refining its orbital path and moving the date of the asteroid's Earth flyby from March 5 to March 8. The observations, from ar ... more		Object located around a black hole 5 billion light-years from Earth has been measured A team of Spanish researchers, with the participation of the University of Granada (UGR), has accurately detected a structure in the innermost region of a quasar (small, very far objects that emit h ... more

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Russian Space Agency Declares 2016 'The Year of Yuri Gagarin'		The Frozen Canyons of Pluto's North Pole		SES and Panasonic Avionics to provide inflight Wi-Fi and TB over the Americas		Opportunity Mars Rover Goes Six-Wheeling up a Ridge		Lunar love: When science meets artistry
See the cosmos with X-ray vision		The Prolonged Death of Light from Type Ia Supernovae		Solved! First distance to a 'fast radio burst'		Subaru-HiCIAO Spots Young Stars Surreptitiously Gluttonizing Their Birth Clouds		NASA sees a different kind of El Nino

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NASA Demonstrates Airborne Water Quality Sensor

Sentinel-3 and the ocean carbon conundrum

Physicists discover new laws governing the 'developmental biology of materials'

Controlling ultrafast electrons in motion

China to launch second space lab Tiangong-2 in Q3

Imaging Technique May Help Discover Earth-Like Planets Around Other Stars

Europe speeds up launches for sat-nav system

Japan and Germany strengthen space cooperation

ATLASGAL survey of Milky Way completed

LIGO's twin black holes might have been born inside a single star

New NTU microchip shrinks radar cameras to fit into a palm

Discovered for the first time the "birthplace" of a fast radio burst

Arianespace Soyuz to launch 2 Galileo satellites in May

New Fast Radio Burst discovery finds 'missing matter' in the Universe

Tools and Talent at Michoud to Complete SLS Core Stage Welding in 2016

SES and Gogo aim to meet inflight connectivity demand over the Americas

Qantas taps ViaSat for in-flight Wi-Fi and streaming internet services

China Interfering in THAAD Deployment Decision Process Preposterous

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