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Rocket launches eight tiny NASA satellites to study hurricanes
Miami (AFP) Dec 15, 2016
A rocket on Thursday propelled into orbit eight tiny NASA satellites meant to peer deeply into hurricanes and help scientists better understand how they gain force, the US space agency said. NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System mission, or CYGNSS, was launched aboard Orbital ATK's Pegasus rocket XL. The rocket was carried on the underside of the company's Stargazer L-1011 aircraft which deploys the Pegasus XL rocket in mid-flight. "All CYGNSS satellites have been successfully d ... read more

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How on Earth does NASA choose a landing site on Mars? Getting to the surface of Mars takes years of planning, engineering and science work, a successful launch, and a months-long journey of millions of miles. You only get one opportunity to touch down ... more		Europe's own satnav Galileo goes live After 17 years, numerous setbacks and three times over budget, Europe's Galileo satnav system went live Thursday, promising to outperform rivals and guarantee regional self-reliance. ... more		Juno Captures Jupiter 'Pearl' This image, taken by the JunoCam imager on NASA's Juno spacecraft, highlights the seventh of eight features forming a 'string of pearls on Jupiter - massive counterclockwise rotating storms that app ... more
				Seven Ways Astronauts Improve Sleep May Help You Snooze Better on Earth The hazards of lost sleep can range from on-the-job errors to chronic disease. People all around the world experience disruptions in circadian rhythm, or the body's natural regulator for sleep and w ... more		A Promising Spot for Life on Mars As NASA's Curiosity rover makes its way up the central peak of Gale Crater, it has been gathering evidence from ancient lake beds and long ago groundwater environments that are promising to life. ... more

Bremen robot team successfully simulates Mars mission in Utah A major challenge in the exploration of Mars by robots is its uneven surface, which is marked by trenches and craters. Whether the systems can withstand the rough terrain on the Red Planet, they hav ... more		Where is the Ice on Ceres At first glance, Ceres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt, may not look icy. Images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft have revealed a dark, heavily cratered world whose brightest area is made of ... more		SpaceX successfully launches Maxar Intelligence next-gen satellites OneNav introduces new L5-direct GNSS receiver in response to increased GPS jamming Macron floats Ukraine troop deployment if frontline breached		Preparing for the August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse On Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, a total eclipse will cross the entire country, coast-to-coast, for the first time since 1918. Weather permitting, the entire continent will have the opportunity to view an ... more
				Newly formed stars shoot out powerful whirlwinds Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have used the ALMA telescopes to observe the early stages in the formation of a new solar system. For the first time they have seen how a powerful whirlwind ... more		A population of neutron stars can generate gravitational waves continuously Professor Sudip Bhattacharyya of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India, and Professor Deepto Chakrabarty (MIT, USA), an adjunct visiting professor at the same institute, h ... more

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Mystery of super flash solved When astronomers and astrophysicists observe flashes of light in the dark sky, they assume they have seen a supernova. Possibly a star has burnt up its supply of nuclear fuel and collapsed, throwing ... more		NASA's Improved Supersonic Cockpit Display Shows Precise Locations of Sonic Booms NASA pilots flying supersonic aircraft now have a display that tells them exactly where sonic booms are hitting the ground. A series of flights, recently flown at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Ce ... more		Largest carbon credit programme poised for quality label Kids study in overheated slum as Philippines shuts schools IncreasingAfrican tropical forest fires linked to climate change and deforestation		Revolutions in understanding the ionosphere, Earth's interface to space Scientists from NASA and three universities have presented new discoveries about the way heat and energy move and manifest in the ionosphere, a region of Earth's atmosphere that reacts to changes fr ... more
Spinning black hole swallowing star explains superluminous event In 2015, the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) detected an event, named ASASSN-15lh, that was recorded as the brightest supernova ever - and categorised as a superluminous supernova, ... more		Winds of rubies and sapphires strike the sky of giant planet Signs of powerful changing winds have been detected on a planet 16 times larger than Earth, over 1000 light years away - the first time ever that weather systems have been found on a gas giant outsi ... more		Carbonaceous chondrites shed light on the origins of life in the universe The meteorite samples analysed in this study come from NASA's Antarctic collection and derive from asteroids and, possibly, from comets. "Chondrites are non-differentiated meteorites, a legacy fossi ... more		Breakup of supercontinent Pangea cooled mantle and thinned crust The oceanic crust produced by the Earth is significantly thinner than crust made 170 million years ago during the time of the supercontinent Pangea, according to University of Texas at Austin resear ... more

	Supercomputer simulation reveals 2-D glass can go infinitely soft Scientists in Japan have revealed that if a glassy solid possesses a planar (sheet-like) structure, it can exhibit enhanced thermal vibration motion due to the same mechanism known for the planar cr ... more		UNIST engineers thermoelectric material in paintable liquid form A new study, led by Professor Jae Sung Son of Materials Science and Engineering at UNIST has succeeded in developing a new technique that can be used to turn industrial waste heat into electricity f ... more

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