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  Berkeley, Calif. (UPI) Feb 27, 2017 As 2013's Chelyabinsk meteor proved, an asteroid doesn't have to make direct contact with Earth's surface to do considerable damage. The Chelyabinsk meteor, which became a fireball brighter than the sun, a superbolide, as it entered Earth's atmosphere above Russia, exploded 19 miles above Russia's Chelyabinsk Oblast region with the force of 500,000 tons of TNT. The shockwave broke thousands of windows and sent hundreds of people to the hospital. Now, scientists at Lawrence Berkeley Natio ... read more |
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Mars is more Earth-like than moon-likeBaton Rouge LA (SPX) Feb 27, 2017 Mars' mantle may be more complicated than previously thought. In a new study published in the Nature-affiliated journal Scientific Reports, researchers at LSU document geochemical changes over time ... more  
Moon tourists risk rough ride, experts sayParis (AFP) March 1, 2017 /> Non-stop vomiting, a puffy face and the constant need to pee: Volunteers for a week-long loop around the Moon may be in for a rough ride even if all goes to plan. In the week that SpaceX ann ... more  
Did seaweed make us who we are today?Odense M, Denmark (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 Millions of years ago something happened, allowing early Homo sapiens to branch out from the primitive hominoid family tree. Was this crucial turn in human evolution partly driven by seaweed and its ... more  
Dust Traps: Missing Link in Planet FormationLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Planets are thought to form in the disks of dust and gas found around young stars. But astronomers have struggled to assemble a complete theory of their origin that explains how the initial dust dev ... more |
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New Questions on How Earth's Atmosphere and Oceans FormedCanberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 A new study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found seawater cycles throughout the Earth's interior down to 2,900 km (1,800 miles), much deeper than previously thought, reopening q ... more  
Scientists reach back in time to discover some of the most power-packed galaxiesClemson SC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 When the universe was young, a supermassive black hole - bloated to the bursting point with stupendous power - heaved out a jet of particle-infused energy that raced through the vastness of space at ... more  
An Epic Lunar Experience Lands at Space Center HoustonHouston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Space Center Houston is the first of four stops of a new exhibit featuring the Apollo 11 command module, which will leave the Smithsonian on a national tour for the first time since 1971. It will be ... more  
Chinese drone Wing-Loong II conducts maiden flightYinchuan, China (UPI) Feb 28, 2017 China's reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial system, the Wing-Loong II, has conducted its maiden flight, the Xinhua news agency reported. ... more 
Leonardo rotary drone demonstrator program enters phase 2London (UPI) Feb 28, 2017 The U.K. Ministry of Defense and Leonardo will move forward with phase 2 of the Rotary Wing Unmanned Air System Demonstrator program. ... more  
Neanderthal DNA contributes to human gene expressionLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 The last Neanderthal died 40,000 years ago, but much of their genome lives on, in bits and pieces, through modern humans. The impact of Neanderthals' genetic contribution has been uncertain: Do thes ... more |
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 Exploring the mysteries of supercooled water  
Existence of a new quasiparticle demonstratedVienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 How do molecules rotate in a solvent? Answering this question is a complicated task since the molecular rotation is perturbed by a very large number of surrounding atoms. For a long time, large-scal ... more 
Ancient fossil reveals first evidence of live birth in animals thought to lay eggsBristol, UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 The first ever evidence of live birth in an animal group previously thought to lay eggs exclusively has been discovered by an international team of scientists, including a palaeontologist from the U ... more 
Trilobite eggs in New YorkBoulder CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Despite a plethora of exceptionally preserved trilobites, trilobite reproduction has remained a mystery. No previously described trilobite has had unambiguous eggs or genitalia preserved. This study ... more  
Scientists forgo kiln, bake ceramics with pressureZurich, Switzerland (UPI) Feb 28, 2017 Industrial kilns, the commercial ovens used to fire bathroom tiles and tableware, operate at temperatures in excess of 1,000 degrees Celsius. Scientists at ETH Zurich have found a way to manufacture equally strong ceramic pieces at room temperature using pressure instead of heat. ... more |
  Honolulu HI (SPX) Feb 27, 2017 
Research at the University of Hawai?i at Manoa could play a major role in NASA's goal to travel to Mars in the 2030s, including what the astronauts could eat during that historic mission.
A trip to Mars and back is estimated to take about two and half years, and ideally, their diet would be healthy while requiring minimal effort and energy. UH Manoa mechanical engineering student Aleca Bor ... more Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Marshall shakes, packs, ships and tracks NASA payloads  Gabreski ANGB NY (SPX) Feb 27, 2017Guardsmen to test space capsule recovery systems  Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 28, 2017NASA and SpaceX gives ASU a competitive edge in technological innovation |
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Next year, two private citizens are expected to become the first humans in nearly 50 years to fly beyond low Earth orbit and circle the moon, aerospace company SpaceX announced Monday.
SpaceX, which has been helping the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration develop a spate of future missions, said the mission will launch in late 2018 and carry a crew of two civilians on its ... more Paris (AFP) March 1, 2017Moon tourists risk rough ride, experts say  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Flight Hardware for NASA's Space Launch System on Its Way to Cape Hawthorne CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Spacex To Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond The Moon Next Year |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 28, 2017 
On Mars, wind rules. Wind has been shaping the Red Planet's landscapes for billions of years and continues to do so today. Studies using both a NASA orbiter and a rover reveal its effects on scales grand to tiny on the strangely structured landscapes within Gale Crater.
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, on the lower slope of Mount Sharp - a layered mountain inside the crater - has begun a secon ... more Paris (ESA) Feb 28, 2017Science checkout continues for ExoMars orbiter  Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Feb 27, 2017Mars is more Earth-like than moon-like  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017NASA Explores Opportunity for Smaller Experiments to 'Hitch a Ride' to Mars |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Feb 28, 2017 
China is planning to develop the next-generation CZ-8 (Long March 8) medium-lift carrier rocket and will conduct the first test flight by the end of 2018, Li Tongyu, the head of carrier rocket development at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology said Monday.
The core-stage of CZ-8 will be based on CZ-7 and CZ-3A (Long March 3A) carrier rockets, the CZ-8 is expected to have two sol ... more Beijing (XNA) Feb 21, 2017China to launch first high-throughput communications satellite in April  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017Chinese cargo spacecraft set for liftoff in April  Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2017China looks to Mars, Jupiter exploration |
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 London, UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2017  GomSpace ApS a subsidiary of GS Sweden AB has been selected by and has entered into a procurement contract with the UK company Sky and Space Global (UK) Ltd. to develop and deliver a constellation of satellites within a 4 year period.
The first delivery of satellites will be in 2018. The revenue will be distributed over the term of the agreement. The total value of this order is depending ... more Washington (AFP) Feb 28, 2017OneWeb, Intelsat merge to advance satellite internet  Singapore (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Kacific places order with Boeing for a high throughput satellite  Paris (ESA) Feb 22, 2017ESA affirms Open Access policy for images, videos and data |
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 Hamburg, Germany (UPI) Mar 1, 2017 
Scientists at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, or DESY, the German research center, have created laser beams with record strength and precision using X-ray glasses.
The lens can successfully concentrate 75 percent of a laser beam onto a spot just 250 nanometers wide - precision approaching upon the theoretical limit.
"Only a few materials are available for making suitable X ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017When Rocket Science Meets X-ray Science  Denver CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2017York Space partners with Metropolitan State for Denver satellite facility  Zurich, Switzerland (UPI) Feb 28, 2017Scientists forgo kiln, bake ceramics with pressure |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 
Hunting for habitable exoplanets now may be easier: Cornell University astronomers report that hydrogen pouring from volcanic sources on planets throughout the universe could improve the chances of locating life in the cosmos.
Planets located great distances from stars freeze over. "On frozen planets, any potential life would be buried under layers of ice, which would make it really hard t ... more Sheffield UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2017Evidence of Star Wars-like Planetary System  Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Mar 01, 2017The missing link in how planets form London, UK (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Dust Traps: Missing Link in Planet Formation |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2017 
NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter, which has been in orbit around the gas giant since July 4, 2016, will remain in its current 53-day orbit for the remainder of the mission. This will allow Juno to accomplish its science goals, while avoiding the risk of a previously-planned engine firing that would have reduced the spacecraft's orbital period to 14 days.
"Juno is healthy, its science instrum ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017Europa Flyby Mission Moves into Design Phase  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 10, 2017NASA receives science report on Europa lander concept  Laurel MD (SPX) Feb 03, 2017New Horizons Refines Course for Next Flyby |
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 Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
A team of international researchers led by University of Freiburg hydrologist Dr. Andreas Hartmann suggests that inclusion of currently missing key hydrological processes in large-scale climate change impact models can significantly improve our estimates of water availability.
The study shows that groundwater recharge estimates for 560 million people in karst regions in Europe, the Middle ... more Miami (AFP) Feb 27, 2017New urgency in fight to restore Florida Everglades  Linkoping, Sweden (UPI) Feb 28, 2017Saab to provide support for Swedish navy underwater systems  London, UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2017First direct measurements of Pacific seabed sediments reveal strong methane source |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2017  A prefecture in China's restive Xinjiang region has ordered all vehicles to be equipped with GPS-like tracking software, police and media reports said Tuesday, as authorities step up an "anti-terrorism" campaign.
All drivers in the Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture must install a China-developed satellite navigation system called Beidou "to prevent theft, but also primarily to maintai ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017GLONASS station in India to expedite 'space centric' warfare command  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Australia and Lockheed field 2nd-Gen sat-based augmentation system  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 14, 2017UK may lose access to EU Galileo GPS system after Brexit |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 
Space Center Houston is the first of four stops of a new exhibit featuring the Apollo 11 command module, which will leave the Smithsonian on a national tour for the first time since 1971. It will be the only location where guests can see the space capsules for both the first and last lunar landings.
The awe-inspiring "Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission" exhibit, on display Oct. 14-Mar ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 17, 2017India Takes Russian Help to Analyze Chemical Composition of Lunar Surface  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2017Complete Lunar-cy: The Earth Has Sprayed the Moon With Oxygen for Billennia  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2017Private Space Race Heats Up, Moon Landing Expected in Late 2017 |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
A trip past the sun may have selectively altered the production of one form of water in a comet - an effect not seen by astronomers before, a new NASA study suggests. Astronomers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, observed the Oort cloud comet C/2014 Q2, also called Lovejoy, when it passed near Earth in early 2015. Through NASA's partnership in the W. M. Keck Observa ... more Berkeley, Calif. (UPI) Feb 27, 2017Researchers aim to measure risk of exploding asteroids  Paris, France (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Surprising Dunes on Comet Chury  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017Dawn discovers evidence for organic material on Ceres |
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 London, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
Transshipment, the transfer of goods from one boat to another, is a major pathway for illegally caught and unreported fish to enter the global seafood market. It has also been associated with drug smuggling and slave labor. Illegal in many cases, transshipment has been largely invisible and nearly impossible to manage, because it often occurs far from shore and out of sight. Until now.
Tod ... more Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 28, 2017The Long Shot: Photographing A Milk Carton 3500 Kilometres Away  San Francisco CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2017MDA to Acquire DigitalGlobe  Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Feb 27, 2017Sentinel-2B satellite ready for launch from Kourou |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
The first images from the Solar Ultraviolet Imager or SUVI instrument aboard NOAA's GOES-16 satellite have been successful, capturing a large coronal hole on Jan. 29, 2017. The sun's 11-year activity cycle is currently approaching solar minimum, and during this time powerful solar flares become scarce and coronal holes become the primary space weather phenomena - this one in particular initiated ... more Washington (UPI) Feb 25, 2017Rare 'Ring of Fire' eclipse to cross Southern Hemisphere  Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 24, 2017NSF to Fund a Nationwide Effort to Capture the Eclipse  Paris (ESA) Feb 17, 2017Setting Sun on Space Station Solar research |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 01, 2017 
There's a new record holder for brightest pulsar ever found - and astronomers are still trying to figure out how it can shine so brightly. It's now part of a small group of mysterious bright pulsars that are challenging astronomers to rethink how pulsars accumulate, or accrete, material.
A pulsar is a spinning, magnetized neutron star that sweeps regular pulses of radiation in two symmetri ... more Clemson SC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Scientists reach back in time to discover some of the most power-packed galaxies  Sudbury, Canada (SPX) Mar 01, 2017New World-Leading Limit on Dark-Matter Search from PICO Experiment  Amherst MA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Investigating Star Formation Is UMass Amherst Researcher's Mission |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
How do molecules rotate in a solvent? Answering this question is a complicated task since the molecular rotation is perturbed by a very large number of surrounding atoms. For a long time, large-scale computer simulations have been the main approach to model molecule-solvent interactions. However, they are extremely time consuming and sometimes completely infeasible.
Now, Mikhail Lemeshko f ... moreWashington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Exploring the mysteries of supercooled water  Sheffield UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2017Stars Regularly Ripped Apart by Black Holes  Hannover, Germany (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Exploring Colliding Black Holes and Neutron Stars |
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