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  Southampton, UK (SPX) Jan 31, 2017 A UK, Canadian and Italian study has provided what researchers believe is the first observational evidence that our universe could be a vast and complex hologram. Theoretical physicists and astrophysicists, investigating irregularities in the cosmic microwave background (the 'afterglow' of the Big Bang), have found there is substantial evidence supporting a holographic explanation of the universe - in fact, as much as there is for the traditional explanation of these irregularities using the theory of c ... read more |
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NASA studies cosmic radiation to protect high-altitude travelersNASA scientists studying high-altitude radiation recently published new results on the effects of cosmic radiation in our atmosphere. Their research will help improve real-time radiation monitoring ... more  
Russia to call tender for 2nd Phase of Vostochny Spaceport construction in FallRussia's state space corporation Roscosmos plans to call an open tender for the second stage of the Vostochny Cosmodrome construction in autumn 2017, in the light of abolition of the Federal Agency ... more 
Japan 'space junk' collector in troubleAn experimental 'space junk' collector designed to pull rubbish from the Earth's orbit has run into trouble, Japanese scientists said Tuesday, potentially a new embarrassment for Tokyo's high-tech programme. ... more  
NASA's fermi sees gamma rays from 'hidden' solar flaresAn international science team says NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has observed high-energy light from solar eruptions located on the far side of the sun, which should block direct light from ... more |
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A May Day return for Proton-M carrier rocket?The launches of the Proton-M carrier rocket will be resumed within 3.5 months, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Saturday. Rogozin's statement comes as the engines of the secon ... more 
Stars in the halo of the Milky Way travel often in groupsMany stars in the halo that surrounds the Milky Way travel in groups. This is the outcome of a recent analysis of data for millions of stars from the Gaia space mission. Astronomers report their dis ... more 
Cosmic dust that formed our planets traced to giant starsScientists have identified the origin of key stardust grains present in the dust cloud from which the planets in our Solar System formed, a study suggests. Researchers have solved a long-standing pu ... more  
New planet imager delivers first science at KeckA new device on the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii has delivered its first images, showing a ring of planet-forming dust around a star, and separately, a cool, star-like body, called a brown dwarf, ... more  
Close views show Saturn's Rings in unprecedented detailNewly released images showcase the incredible closeness with which NASA's Cassini spacecraft, now in its "Ring-Grazing" orbits phase, is observing Saturn's dazzling rings of icy debris. The vi ... more |
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Over to you, automationMany recent human factors studies of takeover time in automated vehicles have looked at how long it takes a driver to switch out of automation mode, usually in critical situations. Alexander Eriksso ... more  
Trump could reset Star Wars at full throttle toward militarization of spaceUS Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten's statement that Russia and China will soon pose a threat to American spacecraft resembles nothing so much as an attempt to justify the militarization of space by the ... more |
  
As Houston gears up for the Super Bowl, scientists and students are tackling Omics during the 2017 NASA Human Research Program (HRP) Investigators' Workshop in Galveston, Texas this week. Kicking off the week, astronaut, molecular biologist and Human Health and Performance Deputy Director Kate Rubins, Ph.D., awarded prizes to 10 art students at Mosbacher Odyssey Academy in Galveston on Tuesday f ... more Mister Trump Goes to Washington Airbus delivers propulsion test module for the Orion programme to NASA NASA to rely on Soyuz for ISS missions until 2019 |
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  NASA has successfully completed the exploration upper stage (EUS) preliminary design review for the powerful Space Launch System rocket. The detailed assessment is a big step forward in being ready for more capable human and robotic missions to deep space, including the first crewed flight of SLS and NASA's Orion spacecraft in 2021.
"To send humans and even more cargo farther away from Ear ... more Russia to call tender for 2nd Phase of Vostochny Spaceport construction in Fall A May Day return for Proton-M carrier rocket? ULA and team launches US military spy satellite |
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The spacecraft, rockets and associated systems in development for NASA's Commercial Crew Program are critical links in the agency's chain to send astronauts safely to and from the Red Planet in the future, even though the commercial vehicles won't venture to Mars themselves. The key is reliable access to the International Space Station as a test bed.
Changes to the human body during long-d ... more Similar-Looking Ridges on Mars Have Diverse Origins Opportunity marks 13 years of ground operations on Mars Bursts of methane may have warmed early Mars |
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China's plans for deep-space exploration included two Mars missions and one Jupiter probe.
China plans its first Mars probe by 2020, said Wu Yanhua, vice director of the China National Space Administration.
A second Mars probe will bring back samples and conduct research on the planet's structure, composition and environment, Wu said.
Also on the agenda are an asteroid explorat ... more China's first cargo spacecraft to leave factory China launches commercial rocket mission Kuaizhou-1A China Space Plan to Develop "Strength and Size" |
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ESA launches a new version of its Planetary Science Archive (PSA) website, the online interface to data from the agency's space science missions that have been exploring planets, moons and other small bodies in the Solar System. With a new design and enhanced search functionalities, the platform now provides a direct and simple access to the scientific data, helping scientists to discover and ex ... more Iridium-1 NEXT Launched on a Falcon 9 Shaping the Future: Aerospace Works to Ensure an Informed Space Policy Russia-China Joint Space Studies Center May Be Created in Southeastern Russia |
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An experimental 'space junk' collector designed to pull rubbish from the Earth's orbit has run into trouble, Japanese scientists said Tuesday, potentially a new embarrassment for Tokyo's high-tech programme.
Over 100 million pieces of garbage are thought to be whizzing around the planet, including cast-off equipment from old satellites and bits of rocket, which experts say pose a growing thr ... more For this metal, electricity flows, but not the heat Researchers in Kiel can control adhesive material remotely with light NASA studies cosmic radiation to protect high-altitude travelers |
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A new device on the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii has delivered its first images, showing a ring of planet-forming dust around a star, and separately, a cool, star-like body, called a brown dwarf, lying near its companion star. The device, called a vortex coronagraph, was recently installed inside NIRC2 (Near Infrared Camera 2), the workhorse infrared imaging camera at Keck. It has the potenti ... more First footage of a living stylodactylid shrimp filter-feeding at depth of 4826m SF State astronomer searches for signs of life on Wolf 1061 exoplanet Looking for life in all the right places with the right tool |
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Where should NASA's Juno spacecraft aim its camera during its next close pass of Jupiter on Feb. 2? You can now play a part in the decision. For the first time, members of the public can vote to participate in selecting all pictures to be taken of Jupiter during a Juno flyby. Voting begins Thursday, Jan. 19 at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) and concludes on Jan. 23 at 9 a.m. PST (noon EST).
"We ... more Experiment resolves mystery about wind flows on Jupiter Pluto Global Color Map Lowell Observatory to renovate Pluto discovery telescope |
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  A fishing boat glides across the shimmering surface of Europe's oldest lake, a haven of biodiversity and a UNESCO World Heritage Site - one that conservationists warn faces multiple development threats.
Lake Ohrid, which straddles the mountainous border of Macedonia and Albania, has been in existence for up to three million years and is home to more than 200 species of flora and fauna found ... more Marine microbes recycle iron from the debris of dead algae Mako shark makes 13,000-mile trek across Atlantic Ocean Invasive sedge protects dunes better than native grass |
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The service, to be developed at prototype level, will benefit safety-critical industries like aviation and maritime navigation, as well as high accuracy dependent applications such as offshore drilling and production operations, dredging, construction, agriculture and driverless cars and drones, just to name a few.
The EU-funded TREASURE project, will integrate signals from satellite navig ... more Russia to Construct Glonass Satellite Navigation Station in Nicaragua Clocks 'failed' onboard Europe's navigation satellites: ESA Russia, China Work on Joint High-Precision Satellite Navigation System |
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Google and nonprofit company X Prize announced Wednesday that out of 33 original teams, five have secured launch contracts to send spacecraft to the moon. Teams must launch their spacecraft no later than December 31, 2017, to be in the running to win the $20-million Google Lunar X Prize.
After arriving successfully on the surface of the moon, landers deployed from spacecraft sent by SpaceI ... more China schedules Chang'e-5 lunar probe launch The science behind the Lunar Hydrogen Polar Mapper mission Eugene Cernan, last man to walk on moon, dead at 82 |
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A mission to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid moon to alter its trajectory, a possible dry-run for an exercise in saving the Earth from Armageddon, has run into a cash crunch.
The proposed joint European-US mission, which sounds like it could form the plot for a sci-fi Hollywood blockbuster, has been dubbed AIDA (Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment).
In 2022, the idea is to launch ... more Micro spacecraft investigates cometary water mystery Rare meteorites challenge our understanding of the solar system Objective: To deflect asteroids, thus preventing their collision with Earth |
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When Michelle Stokes and Stacie Bender look out across the snow-capped mountains of Utah and Colorado, they see more than just a majestic landscape. They see millions of gallons of water that will eventually flow into the Colorado River. The water stored as snowpack there will make its way to some 33 million people across seven western states, irrigating acres of lettuce, fruits and nuts in Cali ... more NASA Airborne Mission Chases Air Pollution Through the Seasons How satellite data changed chimpanzee conservation efforts NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite Sends First Images to Earth |
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The dynamic space environment that surrounds Earth - the space our astronauts and spacecraft travel through - can be rattled by huge solar eruptions from the sun, which spew giant clouds of magnetic energy and plasma, a hot gas of electrically charged particles, out into space. The magnetic field of these solar eruptions are difficult to predict and can interact with Earth's magnetic fields, cau ... more Extreme space weather-induced blackouts could cost US more than $40 billion daily ALMA starts observing the sun Next-generation optics offer the widest real-time views of vast regions of the sun |
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  An international science team says NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has observed high-energy light from solar eruptions located on the far side of the sun, which should block direct light from these events. This apparent paradox is providing solar scientists with a unique tool for exploring how charged particles are accelerated to nearly the speed of light and move across the sun during so ... more Cosmic dust that formed our planets traced to giant stars Rapid gas flares discovered in white dwarf star for the first time Keck will peer deep into the cosmic web with new spectrograph |
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By using galaxies as giant gravitational lenses, an international group of astronomers including researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics have made an independent measurement of how fast the universe is expanding. The newly measured expansion rate for the local universe is consistent with earlier findings. These are, however, in intriguing disagreement with measurements of the ea ... more Scientists unveil new form of matter: Time crystals Study reveals substantial evidence of holographic universe Astronomers measure universe expansion, get hints of 'new physics' |
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