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May 11, 2016

New technique used to verify latest Kepler data
Princeton, NJ (SPX) May 11, 2016
Scientists from Princeton University and NASA have confirmed that 1,284 objects observed outside Earth's solar system by NASA's Kepler spacecraft are indeed planets. Reported in The Astrophysical Journal on May 10, it is the largest single announcement of new planets to date and more than doubles the number of confirmed planets discovered by Kepler so far to more than 2,300. The researchers' discovery hinges on a technique developed at Princeton that allows scientists to efficiently analyze thousa ... read more

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NASA says 1,284 new planets found by Kepler telescope NASA on Tuesday announced the discovery of 1,284 new planets outside our solar system, more than doubling the number of known exoplanets found with the Kepler space telescope. ... more		Kepler space telescope finds another 1284 exo planets NASA's Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets - the single largest finding of planets to date. "This announcement more than doubles the number of confirmed planets from Kepler," said Ellen St ... more		First work platforms powered tested in VAB for Space Launch System NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida is one power step closer to processing the agency's Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, for its first flight, Exploration Mission 1 ... more
				Icy Hydra's highly reflective surface NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent home the first compositional data about Pluto's four small satellites. The new data show the surface of Hydra, Pluto's outermost small moon, is dominated by n ... more		How will people interact with technology in the future New research that discusses how people will interact with technology in the future will be presented this week at one of the world's most important conferences on human-computer interfaces, ACM CHI ... more

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Swept Up in the Solar Wind From our vantage point on the ground, the sun seems like a still ball of light, but in reality, it teems with activity. Eruptions called solar flares and coronal mass ejections explode in the sun's ... more		Natural Causes, Not Aliens, Explain Mystery Star's Behavior Sorry, E.T. lovers, but the results of a new study make it far less likely that KIC 8462852, popularly known as Tabby's star, is the home of industrious aliens who are gradually enclosing it in a va ... more		Philippine civilian convoy sails towards disputed reef US tells Ukraine 'aid on its way' as Russia claims advances N. Korea's Kim calls for 'epochal change' in war preparations		Thornton leads upgrade of ground special power for Orion When Michael Thornton was growing up in the small south Florida city of Clewiston, he never dreamed of working in America's space program. Today, he not only is helping NASA prepare for the Journey ... more
				With Perlan 2 glider, Airbus claim mantle of space pioneer The space glider Perlan 2 is helping Airbus take on Silicon Valley's brightest innovators, even while pursuing technologies that might eventually lead to passenger flights in space. ... more		Sun's magnetic field during the grand minimum is in fact at its maximum The study of the Sun's long-term variation over a millennium by means of super computer modelling showed that during a time period of the Maunder Minimum type, the magnetic field may hide at the bot ... more

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Early Earth's air weighed less than half of today's atmosphere The idea that the young Earth had a thicker atmosphere turns out to be wrong. New research from the University of Washington uses bubbles trapped in 2.7 billion-year-old rocks to show that air at th ... more		Iran touts newly tested long-range missile Iran launched a new long-range missile late last month, a general announced on Monday, trumpeting the accuracy of the latest such weapon to be test-fired in defiance of the West. ... more		AI Ethics in the Digital Afterlife: Safeguards Needed to Avoid Unwanted AI "Hauntings" Deep magma study enhances volcanic eruption predictions Flour and Oats Power Biohybrid Robot for Reforestation		Russia's New ICBM Sarmat can penetrate defense shield, wipe out Texas The best current missile defenses system may prove powerless against Sarmat, Russia's new intercontinental ballistic missile, which will be ready for field trials this summer, according to the Russi ... more
Discovery of a fundamental limit to the evolution of the genetic code Nature is constantly evolving - its limits determined only by variations that threaten the viability of species. Research into the origin and expansion of the genetic code* are fundamental to explai ... more		From the atomic to the nuclear clock Measuring time using oscillations of atomic nuclei might significantly improve precision beyond that of current atomic clocks. Physicists have now taken an important step toward this goal. Ato ... more		Machine learning accelerates the discovery of new materials Researchers recently demonstrated how an informatics-based adaptive design strategy, tightly coupled to experiments, can accelerate the discovery of new materials with targeted properties, according ... more		Stochastic resonance, chaos transfer shown in microresonator Researchers in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a novel route to encode chaos on light in an optomechanical microresonator system. ... more

	Scientists Demonstrate a Compact, Efficient Single Photon Source Quantum information science and technology has emerged as a new paradigm for dramatically faster computation and secure communication in the 21st century. At the heart of any quantum system is the m ... more		Speedy ion conduction clears road for advanced energy devices In a rechargeable battery, the electrolyte transports lithium ions from the negative to the positive electrode during discharging. The path of ionic flow reverses during recharging. The organic liqu ... more

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First global topographic model of Mercury

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Flying observatory detects atomic oxygen in Martian atmosphere

Marshall simulates the solar and space environment to further exploration

Bright dusty galaxies are hiding secret companions

Star with different internal driving force than the sun

Pluto's icy moon Hydra

Comet craters - literal melting pots for life on Earth

Airbus Defence and Space to lead TeSeR, next EU project to clean up space

NASA, FAA Demonstrate Wireless Communication with Aircraft

Russian space firm runs first tests of new 'Federation' manned spacecraft

Underground fungi detected from space

Expanding tropics pushing high altitude clouds towards poles

UCI astronomers determine precise mass of a giant black hole

Ground-breaking images of nearby star give new insight into Sun's infancy

Now 40, NASA's LAGEOS Set the Bar for Studies of Earth

Investigations on microscopic imaging camera continue

Clues about Volcanoes Under Ice on Ancient Mars

Iran equipped with Russian missile system: defence minister

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