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June 09, 2016

Universe's first life might have been born on carbon planets
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 09, 2016
Our Earth consists of silicate rocks and an iron core with a thin veneer of water and life. But the first potentially habitable worlds to form might have been very different. New research suggests that planet formation in the early universe might have created carbon planets consisting of graphite, carbides, and diamond. Astronomers might find these diamond worlds by searching a rare class of stars. "This work shows that even stars with a tiny fraction of the carbon in our solar system can host pla ... read more

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Second Starliner Begins Assembly in Florida Factory Another major hardware component for Boeing's second Starliner spacecraft recently arrived at the company's assembly facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The upper dome - basically on ... more		Air conditioning goes green The ingenuity of four space engineers has created a zero-emission air-conditioning system that doesn't pollute our atmosphere when we turn it on. Air conditioning for offices, factories, shopping ce ... more		Algorithm could construct first images of black holes Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Harvard University have developed a new algorithm that could help astronomers produce the first image of a black ho ... more
				LISA Pathfinder Exceeds Expectations The ESA satellite mission LISA Pathfinder has successfully demonstrated the technology for a gravitational wave observatory in space such as LISA. After a picture perfect start, a journey to its des ... more		Black Holes Might Not be Dead-ends After All A physical body might be able to cross a wormhole, in spite of the extreme tidal forces, suggests a new study by Rubiera-Garcia, of Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco (IA , and his team. ... more

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Abandonment of Russian rocket engines may ground Pentagon's space plans The Pentagon is becoming more and more vocal in its warning about national security and budget risks that may result from ending the use of Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines, an article in The Wall ... more		Asteroseismologists listen to the relics of the Milky Way Astrophysicists from the University of Birmingham have captured the sounds of some of the oldest stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way, according to research published in the Royal Astronomical Society ... more		Torch.AI Introduces Firefly Earth Observation Capability for Enhanced National Security Defense contractor pleads guilty to selling inferior, Turkish-made parts for U.S. weapons systems China launches communication test satellites into medium-Earth orbit		Constraining the composition of Earth's interior with elasticity of minerals The composition and temperature of the Earth's interior are fundamental for us to understand the Earth' interior and his dynamics. Because of the impossibility to access directly most areas of the E ... more
				NASA's Operation IceBridge Completes 2016 Arctic Spring Campaign Operation IceBridge, NASA's airborne survey of polar ice, ended its eighth spring Arctic campaign on May 21. During their five weeks of operations, mission scientists carried out six research flight ... more		On exoplanets, atmospheric water may be hiding behind clouds Scientists have detected water in the atmospheres of some hot Jupiters - exoplanets the size of Jupiter, but orbiting much closer to their parent stars. Others, however, appear to be without water vapor. What gives? ... more

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Dutch architect unveils 3D printer to make 'endless' house A Dutch architect Wednesday unveiled a unique 3D printer with which he aims to construct a large building "without beginning or end" shaped like an infinite loop. ... more		Dassault's nEUROn stealth drone flown in public Dassault Aviation's nEUROn stealth drone was flown in public Saturday, the first time in aeronautical history that an unmanned stealth aircraft was flown in public, the company said. ... more		Technique reveals atomic movements useful for next-generation devices Life in the nano lane is fast and just got faster in terms of knowledge of fundamental mechanisms working at the nanoscale - where processes are driven by a dance of particles such as atoms and ions ... more		Origami ninja star inspires new battery design A new disposable battery that folds like an origami ninja star could power biosensors and other small devices for use in challenging field conditions, says an engineer at Binghamton University, Stat ... more

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