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  Paris (ESA) Dec 21, 2016 We would normally associate jet streams with the weather but, thanks to ESA's magnetic field mission, scientists have discovered a jet stream deep below Earth's surface - and it's speeding up. Launched in 2013, the trio of Swarm satellites are measuring and untangling the different magnetic fields that stem from Earth's core, mantle, crust, oceans, ionosphere and magnetosphere. Together, these signals form the magnetic field that protects us from cosmic radiation and charged particles that s ... read more |
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The case of the missing diamondsIt all began innocently enough. Tyrone Daulton, a physicist with the Institute for Materials Science and Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, was studying stardust, tiny specks of heat ... more  
Space as a Driver for Socio-Economic Sustainable DevelopmentThe Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has hosted the United Nations/United Arab Emirates High Level Forum: "Space as a Driver for Socio-Economic Sustainable Development", which was organized ... more  
United Launch Alliance launches EchoStar XIX satelliteA United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the EchoStar XIX satellite lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 Dec. 18 at 2:13 p.m. EST. EchoStar XIX will dramatically increase capacity f ... more  
Stretching time to improve extreme event predictionStretching time scales to explore extreme events in nature seemed impossible, yet this feat is now conceivable thanks to a team from the Institut FEMTO-ST (CNRS/UFC/UTBM/ENSMM), which used an innova ... more |
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New Technology Could Help Track Firefighters for SafetyIn 1999, six career firefighters lost their lives responding to a five-alarm fire. They were part of a group of 73 dispatched to a smoke-filled warehouse in Worcester, Massachusetts. Lost inside the ... more 
ALPHA observes light spectrum of antimatter for first timeIn a paper published in the journal Nature, the ALPHA collaboration reports the first ever measurement on the optical spectrum of an antimatter atom. This achievement features technological developm ... more  
Fluctuations in extragalactic gamma rays reveal two source classes but no dark matterResearchers from the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics and the University of Amsterdam GRAPPA Center of Excellence just published the most precise analysis so far of the fluctuations in the gamm ... more  
Cassini offers a crash course in ring world orbital mechanicsIt may look as though Saturn's moon Mimas is crashing through the rings in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, but Mimas is actually 28,000 miles (45,000 kilometers) away from the rings. ... more 
Astronomers release largest digital survey of the visible UniverseThe world's largest digital survey of the visible Universe, mapping billions of stars and galaxies, has been publicly released. The data has been made available by the international Pan-STARRS ... more |
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 It's a cosmic winter wonderland at NGC 6357 
Pan-STARRS releases catalogue of 3 billion astronomical sourcesThe Pan-STARRS project, including astronomers at the Max Planck Institutes for Astronomy in Heidelberg and for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, is publicly releasing the world's largest digital ... more 
Betelgeuse spinning much faster than expected; may have swallowed a starAstronomer J. Craig Wheeler of The University of Texas at Austin thinks that Betelgeuse, the bright red star marking the shoulder of Orion, the hunter, may have had a past that is more interesting t ... more |
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ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will be the 11th European to perform a spacewalk when he ventures outside the International Space Station next month.
Lasting up to seven hours on 13 January, its goal is to ensure the power supply of the International Space Station from the 2500 sq m of solar panels.
The Station commander, Shane Kimbrough, will lead the spacewalk, accompanied by Thomas. ... more NASA's Exo-Brake 'Parachute' to Enable Safe Return for Small Spacecraft Trump sits down with tech execs, including criticsTrump sits down with tech execs, including critics |
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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the EchoStar XIX satellite lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 Dec. 18 at 2:13 p.m. EST. EchoStar XIX will dramatically increase capacity for HughesNet high-speed satellite Internet service to homes and businesses in North America.
Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services procured the Atlas V for this mission. This is ULA's 12th ... more NASA Engineers Test Combustion Chamber to Advance 3-D Printed Rocket Engine Design Ultra-Cold Storage - Liquid Hydrogen may be Fuel of the Future Technical glitch postpones NASA satellite launch |
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  The year 2016 has seen a rekindling of the human desire to conquer Mars, with public and private interests openly vying to take the first step on the Red Planet, possibly with a stopover on the Moon.
Space-faring nations are mostly united in viewing Mars as the next frontier with many still pooling their money and expertise to make the dream a reality, despite souring relations between them. ... more Opportunity performs several drives to ancient gully Full go-ahead for building ExoMars 2020 Skimming an alien atmosphere |
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China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, the largest missile maker in the country, is taking aim at 20 percent or more of the small-satellite launch contracts in the world by 2020, company executives said.
"We estimate that from 2017 to 2020, we will send aloft at least 10 solid-fuel carrier rockets each year, to send about 50 small satellites into orbit," said Guo Yong, president of the ... more China-made satellites in high demand Space exploration plans unveiled China launches 4th data relay satellite |
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OneWeb reports it has secured $1.2 billion in funded capital from SoftBank and existing investors, of which $1 billion will come from SoftBank. The $1.2 billion fundraising round announced will support OneWeb's revolutionary technological development and the construction of the world's first and only high volume satellite production facility.
The new facility, based in Exploration Park, Fl ... more Space as a Driver for Socio-Economic Sustainable DevelopmentSoftBank delivers first $1 bn of Trump pledge, to space firm Telecom satellite system to encircle globe |
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Water is vital to life on Earth and its importance simply can't be overstated - it's also deeply rooted within our conscience that there's something extremely special about it. Yet, from a scientific point of view, much remains unknown about water and its many solid phases, which display a plethora of unusual properties and so-called anomalies that, while central to water's chemical and biologic ... more The hidden side of sulfur Chemical trickery corrals 'hyperactive' metal-oxide cluster High Resolution Imaging of Hypervelocity Impacts |
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An international team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Chicago, has made the rare discovery of a planetary system with a host star similar to Earth's sun. Especially intriguing is the star's unusual composition, which indicates it ingested some of its planets.
"It doesn't mean that the sun will 'eat' the Earth any time soon," said Jacob Bean, assistant professor ... more Microlensing Study Suggests Most Common Outer Planets Likely Neptune-mass Are planets like those in 'Star Wars Exciting new creatures discovered on ocean floor |
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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 appear as white ovals in the gas giant's southern hemisphere. Since 1986, these white ovals have varied in number from six to nine. There are currently eight white ovals visible.
The image was ta ... more Juno Mission Prepares for December 11 Jupiter Flyby Research Offers Clues About the Timing of Jupiter's Formation New Perspective on How Pluto's "Icy Heart" Came to Be |
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Without a doubt, the seahorse belongs to Darwin's "endless forms most beautiful". Its body form is one of a kind. It has neither a tail nor pelvic fin, it swims vertically, bony plates reinforce its entire body and it has no teeth, a rare feature in fish. Another peculiarity is that male seahorses are the ones to become pregnant.
The genome project, comprising six evolutionary biologists f ... more Ocean temperatures faithfully recorded in mother-of-pearl Former city managers face criminal charges in Flint water crisis A small change with a large impact |
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  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.
Initial services, free to users worldwide, are available only on smartphones and navigation units fitted with Galileo-compatible microchips.
Some devices may need only a software update to start using the se ... more Alpha Defence Company To Make Navigation Satellites For ISRO Austrian cows swap bells from 'hell' for GPS Galileo, Europe's own satnav, to go online |
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The sonic boom created by an airplane comes from the craft's large, speeding body crashing into molecules in the air. But if you shrank the plane to the size of a molecule, would it still generate a shock wave?
Scientists such as University of Iowa physicist Jasper Halekas hope to answer that question by studying miniature shock waves on the moon. These sonic boomlets, physicists believe, ... more India Inc joins hands to bid for moon missionTeamIndus signs contract with ISRO for lunar mission Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin stable after South Pole health scare |
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It all began innocently enough. Tyrone Daulton, a physicist with the Institute for Materials Science and Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, was studying stardust, tiny specks of heat-resistant minerals thought to have condensed from the gases exhaled by dying stars. Among the minerals that make up stardust are tiny diamonds.
In 2007, Richard Kerr, a writer for the journal S ... more Ceres Offers Insight Into Prospects For Life in Early Solar System Studies refute hypothesis on what caused abrupt climate change thousands of years ago Rosetta's last words: science descending to a comet |
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We would normally associate jet streams with the weather but, thanks to ESA's magnetic field mission, scientists have discovered a jet stream deep below Earth's surface - and it's speeding up.
Launched in 2013, the trio of Swarm satellites are measuring and untangling the different magnetic fields that stem from Earth's core, mantle, crust, oceans, ionosphere and magnetosphere.
Toget ... more Space-based lidar shines new light on plankton Revolutions in understanding the ionosphere, Earth's interface to space Researchers dial in to 'thermostat' in Earth's upper atmosphere |
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The Space Science Institute was awarded a grant from the Moore Foundation that will provide 1.26 million solar viewing glasses and other resources for 1,500 public libraries across the nation. They will serve as centers for eclipse education and viewing for their communities.
The libraries will be selected through a registration process managed by the STAR Library Education Network (STAR_N ... more Preparing for the August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Giving the Sun a brake Perspectives on magnetic reconnection |
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Although there are no seasons in space, this cosmic vista invokes thoughts of a frosty winter landscape. It is, in fact, a region called NGC 6357 where radiation from hot, young stars is energizing the cooler gas in the cloud that surrounds them.
This composite image contains X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the ROSAT telescope (purple), infrared data from NASA's Spitze ... more Pan-STARRS releases catalogue of 3 billion astronomical sources Texas A and M-Led Study Helps Prove Galaxy Evolution Theory Betelgeuse spinning much faster than expected; may have swallowed a star |
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In a paper published in the journal Nature, the ALPHA collaboration reports the first ever measurement on the optical spectrum of an antimatter atom. This achievement features technological developments that open up a completely new era in high-precision antimatter research. It is the result of over 20 years of work by the CERN antimatter community.
"Using a laser to observe a transition i ... more Number of known black holes expected to double in two years with new detection method Stretching time to improve extreme event prediction New theoretical framework for improved particle accelerators |
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