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April 25, 2016

Congress seeks partnership on major space policy legislation
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 25, 2016
Congressman Doug Lamborn has partnered with Congressman Jim Bridenstine (OK-01) as an original cosponsor on the American Space Renaissance Act. This legislation will permanently secure the United States as the world's preeminent space-faring nation. The comprehensive and bold reform bill covers national security, civil, and commercial space policies and programs. "Space is critical to the American way of life. Space-based technologies have transformed the way we communicate, navigate, conduc ... read more

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The Universe, where space-time becomes discrete Our experience of space-time is that of a continuous object, without gaps or discontinuities, just as it is described by classical physics. For some quantum gravity models however, the texture of sp ... more		Dark matter does not contain certain axion-like particles Researchers at Stockholm University are getting closer to corner light dark-matter particle models. Observations can rule out some axion-like particles in the quest for the content of dark matter. T ... more		Cosmic beacons reveal the Milky Way's ancient core An international team of astronomers led by Dr. Andrea Kunder of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) in Germany has discovered that the central 2,000 light-years within the Milky Wa ... more
				British astronaut Tim Peaks ran London Marathon from space In an out-of-this-world feat, British astronaut Tim Peake competed in his own version of the London Marathon on Sunday. ... more		Kepler spacecraft recovered and returned to the K2 Mission The Kepler spacecraft has been recovered and, as of 8:30 a.m. PDT today, it is back on the job as the K2 mission searching for exoplanets - planets beyond our solar system. The team began the ... more

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Herschel captures galactic panorama of the Milky Way This new video from ESA's Herschel space observatory reveals in stunning detail the intricate pattern of gas, dust and star-forming hubs along the plane of our Galaxy, the Milky Way. Against t ... more		150 Long March rocket launches scheduled 2016-2020 China will launch about 150 of its Long March carrier rockets over the next five years, one of its space chiefs said on Friday, days ahead of celebrations marking the launch of the country's first s ... 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		China testing own reusable rocket technologies China is working on its own reusable rocket technologies, a source close to the research told Xinhua Thursday. Chinese experts have already built a prototype model to test theories on the reus ... more
				Orbital ATK Mississippi facility builds 500th large-scale rocket structure Orbital ATK, Inc reports that the company's Iuka, Mississippi, manufacturing plant has produced its 500th large composite rocket structure for United Launch Alliance (ULA) launch vehicles. Sin ... more		Prototype Japanese stealth fighter makes maiden flight A stealth fighter by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries conducted its maiden flight Friday in Japan. ... more

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A new system for color vision The swirling skies of Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night illustrate a mystery that has eluded biologists for more than a century - why do we perceive the color blue in the dimly lit night sky? A newly ... more		Ultrathin organic material enhances e-skin display University of Tokyo researchers have developed an ultrathin, ultraflexible, protective layer and demonstrated its use by creating an air-stable, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. This tec ... 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		Fish-eyed lens cuts through the dark Combining the best features of a lobster and an African fish, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have created an artificial eye that can see in the dark. And their fishy false eyes could help ... more
Laser source for biosensors In the area of nano photonics, scientists for the first time succeeded in integrating a laser with an organic gain medium on a silicon photonic chip. This approach is of enormous potential for low-c ... more		Rice introduces Teslaphoresis to help assemble Nanotubes Scientists at Rice University have discovered that the strong force field emitted by a Tesla coil causes carbon nanotubes to self-assemble into long wires, a phenomenon they call "Teslaphoresis." Th ... more		A single-atom magnet breaks new ground for future data storage EPFL scientists have built a single-atom magnet that is the most stable to-date. The breakthrough paves the way for the scalable production of miniature magnetic storage devices. Magnetic stor ... more		China targets 2020 Mars mission launch: official China plans to send a rover to Mars to explore the Red Planet, a top space official announced on Friday, in the latest step of its ambitious space programme. ... more

	N. Korea's Kim hails 'successful' submarine missile test North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un hailed a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test as an "eye-opening success", state media said Sunday, declaring Pyongyang has the ability to strike Seoul and the US whenever it pleases. ... more		Nearby supernova ashes continue to rain on Earth Traces of 60Fe detected in space indicate that a nearby supernova occurred within the last few million years. The iron isotope 60Fe, which is very rare, is created when a massive star collapses in t ... more

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