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April 12, 2016

How to reach Alpha Centauri in just 20 years
New York (AFP) April 12, 2016
Billionaire Russian investor Yuri Milner and British cosmologist Stephen Hawking on Tuesday announced an ambitious new space initiative for a mission to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to Earth. Milner and Hawking are spearheading the "Breakthrough Starshot" team of scientists working on the bold research program to create a fleet of super-compact, ultra-light space vehicles or "nanocraft." The goal is to send the light-propelled mini-space vehicles - each no bigger than a cell phone - ... read more

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Artificial comet holds clues to the origin of life Researchers have for the first time shown that ribose, a sugar that is one of the building blocks of genetic material in living organisms, may have formed in cometary ices. To obtain this result, sc ... more		Kepler recovered from emergency and stable Mission operations engineers have successfully recovered the Kepler spacecraft from Emergency Mode (EM). On Sunday morning, the spacecraft reached a stable state with the communication antenna point ... more		NASA invests in 2D spacecraft, reprogrammable microorganisms NASA has selected 13 proposals through NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC), a program that invests in transformative architectures through the development of pioneering technologies. Amon ... more
				New tool refines exoplanet search Planet-hunting is an ongoing process that's resulting in the discovery of more and more planets orbiting distant stars. But as the hunters learn more about the variety among the tremendous number of ... more		Orbital ATK awarded major sounding rocket contract by NASA Orbital ATK reports it has been selected by NASA as the prime contractor for the NASA Sounding Rockets Operations Contract III (NSROC III) program. The award is a one-year base contract with four on ... more

Slovakia to send its first ever satellite into space Slovakia is gearing up to launch its first satellite into orbit with the aim of demonstrating the country's ability to carry out scientific experiments in space. The pocket-sized one-unit CubeSat, n ... more		SLS Avionics get in the ring for the Journey to Mars Ratana Meekham, a Qualis Corp. engineering technician at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, helps install approximately 5 miles of cable on a half-ring structure being used ... more		Romania says Russian drone breached its airspace MSBAI wins DoD contract to accelerate OrbitGuard for space situational awarenes AI powered SAR imagery analysis tool launched by SATIM and ICEYE		Spanish Govt backs PLD Space with $1.56M program The European launch company PLD Space has been awarded by the Spanish Government with a $1.56M propulsion project called TEPREL. TEPREL (Spanish Reusable Propulsion Technologies for Launchers) will ... more
				Cooked planets shrink due to radiation Astrophysicists at the University of Birmingham have used data from the NASA Kepler space telescope to discover a class of extrasolar planets whose atmospheres have been stripped away by their host ... more		Lunar lava tubes could help pave way for human colony Scientists have found evidence that the Moon's underground could have long tunnels of volcanic origin, which could potentially be repurposed to house human colonies. These channels (also called "lav ... more

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Twiss interferometry offers new approach for remote sensing A team from the University of Rochester has shown that fluctuations in "twisted light" could be exploited for a range of applications, from detecting rotating black holes to object detection by lida ... more		More accurately measuring distances between planetary nebulae and Earth A way of estimating more accurate distances to the thousands of so-called "planetary nebulae" dispersed across our Galaxy has just been announced by a team of three astronomers based at the Universi ... 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		Glass beads, meteorite fragments hold secret to working on asteroids The secret to planetary formation and working on asteroids lies in a handful of glass beads and meteorite fragments. These materials are the main component for the Astromaterials Research and ... more
Russia's space exploration 'reviving' despite sanctions, budget cuts The next decade will be marked by a renaissance in Russian space science, an article in Science magazine read. Moscow is working on a number of projects, including Moon exploration, a mission to Mar ... more		Stars strip away atmospheres of nearby super-Earths Even a super-Earth can fly too close to the sun, according to a new study. An international team of astronomers has found a new category of planets beyond our solar system whose atmosphere has been ... more		Tiny CubeSat tracks worldwide air traffic Since its launch six months ago, a satellite small enough to fit in an airline passenger's carry-on bag has been tracking aircraft in flight across the entire globe. Built for ESA by GomSpace in Den ... more		SwRI-led team identifies clathrate ices in comet 67P For decades, scientists have agreed that comets are mostly water ice, but what kind of ice - amorphous or crystalline - is still up for debate. Looking at data obtained by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft i ... more

	Cost-effective production of hydrogen from natural resources Owing to their unbeatable electro-optical properties and compatibility with existing silicon technology, silicon nanosheets (SiNSs) are one of most exciting recent discoveries. They have been the mo ... more		Solar storm researchers prepare for the 'big one' with new urgency The specter of a geomagnetic solar storm with the ferocity to disrupt communications satellites, knock out GPS systems, shut down air travel and quench lights, computers and telephones in millions o ... more

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