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June 30, 2016

ChemCam findings hint at oxygen-rich past on Mars
Los Alamos NM (SPX) Jun 30, 2016
The discovery of manganese oxides in Martian rocks might tell us that the Red Planet was once more Earth-like than previously believed. A new paper in Geophysical Research Letters reveals that NASA's Curiosity rover observed high levels of manganese oxides in Martian rocks, which could indicate that higher levels of atmospheric oxygen once existed on our neighboring planet. This hint of more oxygen in Mars' early atmosphere adds to other Curiosity findings - such as evidence of ancient lakes - rev ... read more

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Researchers trace Mercury's origins to rare meteorite Around 4.6 billion years ago, the universe was a chaos of collapsing gas and spinning debris. Small particles of gas and dust clumped together into larger and more massive meteoroids that in turn sm ... more		Alex Parker Discovers Moon Over Makemake in the Kuiper Belt A Southwest Research Institute-led team has discovered an elusive, dark moon orbiting Makemake, one of the "big four" dwarf planets populating the Kuiper Belt region at the edge of our solar system. ... more		Clandestine Black Hole May Represent New Population Astronomers have combined data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope and the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) to conclude that a peculi ... more
				When it comes to brown dwarfs, 'how far?' is a key question Brown dwarfs are sometimes called failed stars. They're stars' dim, low-mass siblings and they fade in brightness over time. They're fascinating to astronomers for a variety of reasons, but much abo ... more		ACT Now to Track Solar Eruptions in 3D Scientists at Aberystwyth University have developed an automated method for three-dimensional tracking of massive eruptions from the Sun, called coronal mass ejections (CMEs). The Automated CME Tria ... more

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Building a smart cardiac patch Scientists and doctors in recent decades have made vast leaps in the treatment of cardiac problems - particularly with the development in recent years of so-called "cardiac patches," swaths of engin ... more		Space Team Discovers Universe Is Self-Cleaning An international team of astronomers have released a gazetteer of the hidden universe, which reveals the unseen sources of energy found over the last 12 billion years of cosmic history. Professor Ha ... more		AI powered SAR imagery analysis tool launched by SATIM and ICEYE Ghosts of the Deep: China's AJX-002 XLUUV and the Geopolitics of Undersea Power Global Invacom unveils XRJ transceiver for government and defense satcom		Google brings Earth into better focus Google's free online mapping service is bringing the world into better focus with an updated version of Earth that takes advantage of photos from a US Landsat 8 satellite. ... more
				What did Earth's ancient magnetic field look like New work from Carnegie's Peter Driscoll suggests Earth's ancient magnetic field was significantly different than the present day field, originating from several poles rather than the familiar two. I ... more		Scientists model universe with Full General Relativity Research teams on both sides of the Atlantic have shown that precise modeling of the universe and its contents will change the detailed understanding of the evolution of the universe and the growth ... more

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DigitalGlobe Awarded Sole-Source Contract to Provide Advanced Analytic Services to the DIA DigitalGlobe, Inc. (DGI), the global leader in earth imagery and information about our changing planet, announced that it has been awarded a direct contract with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency ... more		MDA to deliver broad-area maritime surveillance system using RADARSAT MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd has announced that it has signed a CA$48.5 million (including taxes) contract with the Government of Canada to deliver an advanced broad-area global maritime ... more		AI tool accelerates SAR image analysis with automated object detection Fossil energy 'significant' driver of climate-fuelled heatwaves: study Ethiopia's mega-dam ranks 15th globally		NASA reveals solar system Internet for interplanetary communication A new system deployed by NASA is expected to help the development of an interplanatery space communications system that functions much like the Internet does on Earth. ... more
Russia to spend $60M in 2016-2018 to fund space voyages to Moon, Mars The project to create a nuclear-power transport module, intended to fly to the moon and Mars, will receive 3.81 billion rubles ($60 million) in funding in 2016-2018, according to the public procurem ... more		Nepal, India agree to use satellite system for border pillars Nepal and India agreed on Saturday to use global navigation satellite system for boundary pillars between the two neighbors. Sureshman Shrestha, a senior official at the Nepal's Department of Survey ... more		Seeds of supermassive black holes could be revealed Gravitational waves captured by space-based detectors could help identify the origins of supermassive black holes, according to new computer simulations of the universe. Scientists led by Durh ... more		Volcanoes get quiet before they erupt When dormant volcanoes are about to erupt, they show some predictive characteristics--seismic activity beneath the volcano starts to increase, gas escapes through the vent, or the surrounding ground ... more

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Team of super bright galaxies in the early universe

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NASA Weighs Use of Rover to Image Potential Mars Water Sites

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Curiosity rover analysis suggests Mars has oxygen-rich history

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NASA Scientists Discover Unexpected Mineral on Mars

Pluto's Subsurface Ocean Likely Exists Today

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