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March 01, 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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Launch America: Suni Williams on Commercial Crew Suni Williams is one of four astronauts selected to train closely with Boeing and SpaceX as they develop a new generation of human-rated space systems in partnership with NASA's Commercial Crew Prog ... more		Former Marine astronaut leading flight plans for NASA's mission Though a great and many challenges tried his determination, Charles "Charlie" Bolden, the 12th and current Administrator of NASA, rose among the few and proud to become one of the most successful Ma ... more		Rover begins contact science of rock target on Knudsen Ridge Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover is up on the very steep slopes of 'Knudsen Ridge.' Opportunity has begun the in-situ (contact) invest ... more
				Orion Solar Array Wing Deployment Test is a Success An international team of engineers deployed an Orion solar array wing inside the Space Power Facility (SPF) at NASA Glenn's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio on Feb. 29. The deployment of the 24- ... more		New NIST method may find elusive flaws in medical implants and spacecraft Medical implants and spacecraft can suddenly go dead, often for the same reason: cracks in ceramic capacitors, devices that store electric charge in electronic circuits. These cracks, at first harml ... more

NASA Begins Work to Build a Quieter Supersonic Passenger Jet The return of supersonic passenger air travel is one step closer to reality with NASA's award of a contract for the preliminary design of a "low boom" flight demonstration aircraft. This is the firs ... more		Reusable Military Spaceplane Tops DARPA Wishlist For the second year in a row, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's highest funded project is a reusable military spaceplane. For 2017, DARPA requested $50 million for the XS-1 spaceplane ... 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		New fast radio burst discovery finds 'missing matter' in the universe An international team of scientists using a combination of radio and optical telescopes identified the distant location of a fast radio burst (FRB) for the first time. This discovery has allowed the ... more
				ESA helping to keep transport systems on track Operators of UK transport networks are the first who are set to benefit from Live Land, a satellite-based land monitoring system developed through ESA. Transport operators across the UK face s ... more		MAVEN Observes Mars Moon Phobos in the Mid- and Far-Ultraviolet NASA scientists are closer to solving the mystery of how Mars' moon Phobos formed. In late November and early December 2015, NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission made a seri ... more

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NASA Data Used to Track Groundwater in Pakistan The vast farmlands of Pakistan - a country with an economy based on agriculture - rely on one of the largest continuous irrigation systems in the world. Farmers were once able to depend solely on ri ... more		How Russia Can Counter the US's New 'Miracle Weapons' Last week, The Washington Post ran an op-ed entitled "The exotic new weapons the Pentagon wants to deter Russia and China." Pentagon officials, the piece explained, have begun talking openly about t ... 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		Solar Impulse plane makes first maintenance flight in Hawaii The sun-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 has made a successful test flight in Hawaii, where it has been grounded for repairs on its round-the-world trek, the Swiss-based project said Saturday. ... more
Physicists promise a copper revolution in nanophotonics Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have for the first time experimentally demonstrated that copper nanophotonic components can operate successfully in photonic de ... more		Wonder material sparks rush to develop new electronics Bendable mobile phones, quick-charge batteries and unbreakable touch screens - technology firms are racing to harness the potential of graphene, a wonder material which scientists say could transform consumer electronics. ... more		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		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

	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		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

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