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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 10, 2017 The search for life beyond Earth starts in habitable zones, the regions around stars where conditions could potentially allow liquid water - which is essential for life as we know it - to pool on a planet's surface. New NASA research suggests some of these zones might not actually be able to support life due to frequent stellar eruptions - which spew huge amounts of stellar material and radiation out into space - from young red dwarf stars. Now, an interdisciplinary team of NASA scientists wants t ... read more |
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New high-performance computing cluster at the Albert Einstein Institute in PotsdamThe new supercomputer "Minerva" has been put into operation at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI). With 9,504 compute cores, 38 TeraByte memory and a ... more  
SpaceKnow raises $4 Million in Series A fundingSpaceKnow has announced the company has raised $4 million in Series A financing led by BlueYard Capital and previously existing investor Reflex Capital. This investment brings the company's total fu ... more  
NASA Selects Top 20 Space Robotics Challenge TeamsNASA, in partnership with Space Center Houston - the official visitor center of NASA Johnson Space Center, and NineSigma, a global innovation consultant organization, has selected the top 20 teams i ... more  
Pure iron grains are rare in the universePure iron grains in interstellar space are far rarer than previously thought, shedding new light on the evolution history of matters in the universe. Scientists are unsure what form iron takes in ou ... more |
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New laser technology from Hannover enables more sensitive gravitational-wave detectorsOne year ago, the first direct detection of gravitational waves was announced. Laser experts from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI), from the Leibni ... more  
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter plays crucial role in search for landing sitesAt an international workshop this week about where NASA's next Mars rover should land, most of the information comes from a prolific spacecraft that's been orbiting Mars since 2006. Observatio ... more  
Russian Space Agency Develops Program to Improve Carrier Rocket Assembly QualityRussia's Roscosmos has developed a special program to improve the Soyuz carrier rockets' quality amid an accident with the Progress cargo spacecraft two months ago. Russia's state space agency Rosc ... more  
Looking to the future: Russia, US mull post-ISS cooperation in spaceNASA may have to book seats for American astronauts on Russian Soyuz spaceships in 2018. Radio Sputnik discussed the issue with John Logsdon, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Internationa ... more 
ISRO saves its Mars mission spacecraft from eclipseScientists from Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) have successfully executed crucial orbital maneuvering on Mars spacecraft to give it another lease of life. The Mission was facing imm ... more  
NASA receives science report on Europa lander conceptA report on the potential science value of a lander on the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa has been delivered to NASA, and the agency is now engaging the broader science community to open a dis ... more |
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New evidence in favor of dark matterWhy do the majority of astronomers believe in dark matter: matter whose composition is unknown but which seems to make up 80% of the mass of the galaxies? The concept was invented in the 1930's by F ... more  
A middleweight black hole is hiding at the center of a giant star clusterAll known black holes fall into two categories: small, stellar-mass black holes weighing a few Suns, and supermassive black holes weighing millions or billions of Suns. Astronomers expect that inter ... more 
Stars align in test supporting 'spooky action at a distance'Quantum entanglement may appear to be closer to science fiction than anything in our physical reality. But according to the laws of quantum mechanics - a branch of physics that describes the world a ... more  
NASA seeks partnerships with US companies to advance commercial space technologiesNASA is seeking partnerships with U.S. companies focused on industry-developed space technologies that can advance the commercial space sector and benefit future NASA missions through the "Announcem ... more |
  
NASA may have to book seats for American astronauts on Russian Soyuz spaceships in 2018. Radio Sputnik discussed the issue with John Logsdon, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University.
"The relationship between NASA and the former Soviet Union goes back a long way with the highlight being the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz project. But with Russia ... more A new recruit for ESA's astronaut corps The Outer Space Treaty has been remarkably successful - but is it fit for the modern age? Full Braking at Alpha Centauri |
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Russia's Roscosmos has developed a special program to improve the Soyuz carrier rockets' quality amid an accident with the Progress cargo spacecraft two months ago.
Russia's state space agency Roscosmos chief said Friday the agency has developed a special program to improve the assembly quality of Soyuz carrier rockets in wake of an accident with the Progress cargo spacecraft two months ago. ... more Commercial Launch of Proton-M Carrier Rocket Planned For Early April - Roscosmos India to launch record 104 satellites next week ISRO tests C25 Cryogenic Upper Stage of GSLV MkIII |
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Scientists from Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) have successfully executed crucial orbital maneuvering on Mars spacecraft to give it another lease of life.
The Mission was facing imminent death as it was to face an eclipse during which dark shadows of Mars would block light to spacecraft's solar panel.
After hours long remotely controlled execution which activated onboard t ... more Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter plays crucial role in search for landing sites UAE Aims to Launch Its First Ever Mars Mission in 2020 Opportunity Takes Advantage of her Location to do a Mini Science Campaign |
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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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NASA is seeking partnerships with U.S. companies focused on industry-developed space technologies that can advance the commercial space sector and benefit future NASA missions through the "Announcement of Collaborative Opportunity (ACO)" solicitation released by NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD).
NASA centers will partner with the companies that are awarded projects under ... more An exciting year in space for Intelsat Iridium Adds Eighth Launch with SpaceX for Satellite Rideshare Space, Ukrainian-style: Through Crisis to Revival |
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The new supercomputer "Minerva" has been put into operation at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI). With 9,504 compute cores, 38 TeraByte memory and a peak performance of 302.4 TeraFlop/s it is more than six times as powerful as its predecessor. The scientists of the department "Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity" can now compute significant ... more Japan's troubled 'space junk' mission fails New material that contracts when heated holds great industrial potential Flipping the switch on ammonia production |
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The search for life beyond Earth starts in habitable zones, the regions around stars where conditions could potentially allow liquid water - which is essential for life as we know it - to pool on a planet's surface. New NASA research suggests some of these zones might not actually be able to support life due to frequent stellar eruptions - which spew huge amounts of stellar material and radiatio ... more Santa Fe Institute researchers look for life's lower limits Dedicated Planet Imager Opens Its Eyes to Other Worlds New planet imager delivers first science at Keck |
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A report on the potential science value of a lander on the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa has been delivered to NASA, and the agency is now engaging the broader science community to open a discussion about its findings.
In early 2016, in response to a congressional directive, NASA's Planetary Science Division began a pre-Phase A study to assess the science value and engineering desig ... more New Horizons Refines Course for Next Flyby It's Never 'Groundhog Day' at Jupiter Public to Choose Jupiter Picture Sites for NASA Juno |
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RE2 Robotics is to develop an inflatable Underwater Dual Manipulator system for the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research.
The award for underwater manipulator arms comes under a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research award, the company said, but no details as to its monetary value were given.
The system to be developed is for integration onto unmanned underwater vehicles for ... more Splitfin flashlight fish uses bioluminescent light to illuminate plankton NASA studies growing Louisiana deltas Scientists find huge ancient landslide on Great Barrier Reef |
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  Boeing and the U.S. Air Force signed off on extending their partnership for sustaining the navigation capabilities of Global Positioning System satellites.
Under the agreement, Boeing and the Air Force will support military and civilian uses for the GPS block IIA and IIF satellites for the next five years. Boeing has also been contracted to develop next-generation GPS platforms.
... more India's Satnav Goes Out of Whack as Orbiting Atomic Clocks Break NASA space radio could change how flights are tracked worldwide ISRO to Launch Standby Navigation Satellite to Replace IRNSS-1A |
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The Moon may be peppered with oxygen transmitted by life on Earth, according to a scientific study, opening up the possibility that the Earth's atmosphere of billions of years ago may be preserved on the present-day lunar surface.
It has long been speculated that the Moon has been intermittently sprayed with the Earth's oxygen, with some researchers suggesting the nitrogen and noble gases ... more Private Space Race Heats Up, Moon Landing Expected in Late 2017 LunaH-Map CubeSat to map the Moon's water deposits India, Israel among five teams fighting for first private Moon landing |
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A recently discovered solitary ice volcano on the dwarf planet Ceres may have some hidden older siblings, say scientists who have tested a likely way such mountains of icy rock - called cryovolcanoes - might disappear over millions of years.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft discovered Ceres's 4-kilometer (2.5-mile) tall Ahuna Mons cryovolcano in 2015. Other icy worlds in our solar system, like Pluto ... more Earth Narrowly Dodges Three Large Asteroids Objective: To deflect asteroids, thus preventing their collision with Earth Gaia turns its eyes to asteroid hunting |
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SpaceKnow has announced the company has raised $4 million in Series A financing led by BlueYard Capital and previously existing investor Reflex Capital. This investment brings the company's total funds raised to approximately $5.5 million.
Jason Whitmire, Partner at BlueYard, will join the Board of Directors. The funding will be used to further develop the SpaceKnow Artificial Intelligence ... more NASA Taking Stock of Phytoplankton Populations in the Pacific Why the Earth's magnetic poles could be about to swap places An application of astronomy to save endangered species |
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An international team led by researchers at Nagoya University, along with US and Swiss colleagues, has identified a new type of solar event and dated it to the year 5480 BC; they did this by measuring carbon-14 levels in tree rings, which reflect the effects of cosmic radiation on the atmosphere at the time. They have also proposed causes of this event, thereby extending knowledge of how the sun ... more Friday Night's Deep Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Eclipse 2017: NASA Supports a Unique Opportunity for Science in the Shadow NASA Scientist Studies Whether Solar Storms Cause Animal Beachings |
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Why do the majority of astronomers believe in dark matter: matter whose composition is unknown but which seems to make up 80% of the mass of the galaxies? The concept was invented in the 1930's by Fritz Zwicky who used it to explain why the galaxies in the Coma cluster are moving much more quickly than can be explained in terms of their known masses.
The most decisive step was taken in the ... more Pure iron grains are rare in the universe Tracing the Cosmic Web with Remote Star-Forming Galaxies Mind the Gap: Rapid Burster behaviour explained |
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All known black holes fall into two categories: small, stellar-mass black holes weighing a few Suns, and supermassive black holes weighing millions or billions of Suns. Astronomers expect that intermediate-mass black holes weighing 100 - 10,000 Suns also exist, but so far no conclusive proof of such middleweights has been found. Today, astronomers are announcing new evidence that an intermediate ... more Stars align in test supporting 'spooky action at a distance' Research pushes concept of entropy out of kilter Black Hole Meal Sets Record for Duration and Size |
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