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  Cayenne (AFP) March 7, 2017 Europe launched a fourth satellite Tuesday for its Copernicus Earth-monitoring project to track changes in forest cover and air pollution, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. The 1.1-tonne, "colour-vision" Sentinel-2B satellite blasted off on a Vega rocket from Europe's space port in Kourou, French Guiana, overnight, and was successfully placed in Earth orbit, it said. In about three days, controllers will start calibrating instruments to commission the satellite, which is to start operat ... read more |
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Space energy technology restored to make power stations more efficientOxford UK (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 Satellite-powering technology that was abandoned decades ago has been reinvented to potentially work with traditional power stations to help them convert heat to electricity more efficiently, meanin ... more  
New evidence for a water-rich history on MarsBerkeley CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 Mars may have been a wetter place than previously thought, according to research on simulated Martian meteorites conducted, in part, at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laborato ... more  
NASA examines deadly spring-like weather with GPM satelliteGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 Rainfall from spring-like downpours in the U.S. from February 25 to March 1 were analyzed at NASA using data from the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM satellite. Record breaking warm ... more  
China's 1st cargo spacecraft to make three rendezvous with Tiangong-2Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017 China's first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 is expected to dock with the orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab three times after its planned launch in April, sources said Saturday. Tianzhou-1 will be se ... more |
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Riding an asteroid: China's next space goalBeijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017 After sending a probe to Mars in 2020, China plans to explore three asteroids and land on one of them to conduct scientific research, according to a Chinese asteroid research expert. The "Chin ... more  
NASA Wants to Create the Coolest Spot in the UniversePasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2017 This summer, an ice chest-sized box will fly to the International Space Station, where it will create the coolest spot in the universe. Inside that box, lasers, a vacuum chamber and an electromagnet ... more  
Iridium Safety Voice Communications Installs Surge Past 500 AircraftMcLean, VA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 Iridium Communications Inc. reports that its Safety Voice service, which is used for air traffic communications, has been adopted by more than 500 aircraft as of February 2017. The Iridium Safety Vo ... more 
Flashy first images arrive from NOAA's GOES-16 lightning mapperGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 Detecting and predicting lightning just got a lot easier. The first images from a new instrument onboard NOAA's GOES-16 satellite are giving NOAA National Weather Service forecasters richer informat ... more  
Aireon and Thales Begin Validation of Space-Based ADS-B DataMadrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 Aireon has announced that Thales has officially begun the testing and validation of the Aireon space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) data. Initially signing a Memorandum o ... more  
Revealing the origin and nature of the outskirts of stellar megalopolisesSanta Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 Galaxies have dramatically grown in size since the early Universe, and elliptical galaxies, in particular, are the largest galaxies in both size and mass. What is the main driver behind the late gro ... more |
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 'Super-deep' diamonds may hold new information about Earth's interior  
Biochemical 'fossil' shows how life may have emerged without phosphateWashington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 One major mystery about life's origin is how phosphate became an essential building block of genetic and metabolic machinery in cells, given its poor accessibility on early Earth. In a study publish ... more  
New USGS Maps Identify Potential Ground-Shaking Hazards in 2017Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 New USGS maps identify potential ground-shaking hazards in 2017 from both human-induced and natural earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S., known as the CEUS. This is the second consecutive yea ... more  
NASA study improves forecasts of summer Arctic sea iceGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 The Arctic has been losing sea ice over the past several decades as Earth warms. However, each year, as the sea ice starts to melt in the spring following its maximum wintertime extent, scientists s ... more  
Plasmonic device offers broadband modulation to optical links at 100gbitLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Today's society is growing in population and productivity puts ever higher demands on the Internet, and without scientific developments to provide ways meeting our traffic needs, it will begin to cl ... more |
  New Delhi (XNA) Mar 03, 2017 
India has the capability to develop a space station, a top official of the state-owned space agency has said.
"We have all the capabilities to set up a space station. The day the country takes the decision, we will okay the project. Just draw a policy and provide us necessary funds and time," Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief A.S. Kiran Kumar told the media Monday.
The ... more Redmond WA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Orion spacecraft achieves key safety milestone  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 28, 2017The NASA Imager Dentists Use Daily  Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Marshall shakes, packs, ships and tracks NASA payloads |
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 Cayenne (AFP) March 7, 2017 
Europe launched a fourth satellite Tuesday for its Copernicus Earth-monitoring project to track changes in forest cover and air pollution, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced.
The 1.1-tonne, "colour-vision" Sentinel-2B satellite blasted off on a Vega rocket from Europe's space port in Kourou, French Guiana, overnight, and was successfully placed in Earth orbit, it said.
In about th ... more San Francisco (AFP) March 5, 2017Elon Musk: tech dreamer reaching for sun, moon and stars  Paris (AFP) March 1, 2017Moon tourists risk rough ride, experts say  Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017ULA launches NROL-79 payload for NRO |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
Mars may have been a wetter place than previously thought, according to research on simulated Martian meteorites conducted, in part, at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
In a study published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers found evidence that a mineral found in Martian meteorites - which had been considered as proof of an anc ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 03, 2017NASA Orbiter Steers Clear of Mars Moon Phobos  Paris (ESA) Mar 03, 2017Remnants of a mega-flood on Mars  Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Feb 27, 2017Mars is more Earth-like than moon-like |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017 
After sending a probe to Mars in 2020, China plans to explore three asteroids and land on one of them to conduct scientific research, according to a Chinese asteroid research expert.
The "China's Space Activities in 2016" white paper, issued by the Information Office of the State Council recently, also mentioned asteroid exploration in outlining the major tasks of the country's space indus ... more Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017China's 1st cargo spacecraft to make three rendezvous with Tiangong-2  Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017Thinking Big: China Hopes to Conduct 2nd Mission to Mars by 2030  Beijing (Sputnik) Feb 28, 2017China to Conduct Test Flight of CZ-8 Carrier Rocket by 2018 |
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 McLean, VA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
Iridium Communications Inc. reports that its Safety Voice service, which is used for air traffic communications, has been adopted by more than 500 aircraft as of February 2017. The Iridium Safety Voice service provides aircraft operators with an alternative to existing HF radio systems, replacing them with a secure satellite-based option for long-range communications.
In August of 2015, th ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017Turkey Moves Closer to Launching Own Space Agency  Washington (AFP) Feb 28, 2017OneWeb, Intelsat merge to advance satellite internet  London, UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2017GomSpace to supply satellites for Sky and Space Global constellation |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
Aireon has announced that Thales has officially begun the testing and validation of the Aireon space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) data. Initially signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in June of 2015, the start of data validation marks a major milestone for Aireon and Thales' efforts to ensure the successful integration of space-based ADS-B into the TopSky-ATC ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Scientists demonstrate improved particle warning to protect astronauts  Washington (UPI) Feb 27, 2017Raytheon gets $1 billion radar contract for Qatar  Espoo, Finland (SPX) Feb 28, 2017New use for paper industry's sludge and fly ash in plastics |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 
There may be a large number of undetected bright, substellar objects similar to giant exoplanets in our own solar neighborhood, according to new work from a team led by Carnegie's Jonathan Gagne and including researchers from the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) at Universite de Montreal. It is published by The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.
Similarly-aged stars moving ... more Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Faraway Planet Systems Are Shaped Like the Solar System  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Biochemical 'fossil' shows how life may have emerged without phosphate  Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Mar 01, 2017The missing link in how planets form |
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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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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
At high latitudes, such as near Antarctica and the Arctic Circle, the ocean's surface waters are cooled by frigid temperatures and become so dense that they sink a few thousand meters into the ocean's abyss.
Ocean waters are thought to flow along a sort of conveyor belt that transports them between the surface and the deep in a never-ending loop. However, it remains unclear where the deep ... more Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017More bang for the buck  Tuwayhina, Syria (AFP) March 5, 2017Syrian farmers fear IS to flood villages near Euphrates  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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017India's Moon Mission on 2018 Target, Says ISRO Chief  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 |
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 Granada, Spain (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 
Asteroids on the main belt, situated between Mars and Jupiter, move around the Sun in quasi circular orbits, so they do not undergo the temperature changes which, in comets, produce the characteristic tails. Nevertheless, some twenty cases have been documented of asteroids which, for various reasons, increase their glow and unfurl a tail of dust. Among the latter stands P/2016 J1, the youngest k ... more Berkeley, Calif. (UPI) Feb 27, 2017Researchers aim to measure risk of exploding asteroids  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 01, 2017NASA study hints at possible change in water 'fingerprint' of comet  Paris, France (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Surprising Dunes on Comet Chury |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
Rainfall from spring-like downpours in the U.S. from February 25 to March 1 were analyzed at NASA using data from the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM satellite. Record breaking warm temperatures this winter have caused plants to bloom early in the eastern United States. Unfortunately this has also resulted in the formation of spring-like severe thunderstorms and deadly tornadoes. ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Flashy first images arrive from NOAA's GOES-16 lightning mapper  Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Study shows US grasslands affected more by atmospheric dryness than precipitation  Paris (ESA) Mar 07, 2017Second 'colour vision' satellite for Copernicus launched |
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Mar 3, 2017  New research shows solar storms leave large portions of Earth's atmosphere without electrons.
Typically, when a solar storm reaches Earth, the collision with the planet's magnetosphere creates space through which a barrage of charged particles and electrons flood the ionosphere, an outer layer of Earth's atmosphere.
In other words, solar storms are most often associated with an e ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017First Solar Images from NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite  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 |
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 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
Galaxies have dramatically grown in size since the early Universe, and elliptical galaxies, in particular, are the largest galaxies in both size and mass. What is the main driver behind the late growth of their outer parts was the question that motivated this study.
With disc galaxies, like our Milky Way, it is fairly easy to identify their distinct parts: the central bulge, the disc with ... more Clemson SC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Scientists reach back in time to discover some of the most power-packed galaxies  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Probing seven worlds with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope  New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Yale-led team puts dark matter on the map |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2017 
This summer, an ice chest-sized box will fly to the International Space Station, where it will create the coolest spot in the universe. Inside that box, lasers, a vacuum chamber and an electromagnetic "knife" will be used to cancel out the energy of gas particles, slowing them until they're almost motionless. This suite of instruments is called the Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL), and was developed b ... more College Park MD (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Rapid changes point to origin of ultra-fast black hole 'burps'  Boston MA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017OLYMPUS experiment sheds light on structure of protons  Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Existence of a new quasiparticle demonstrated |
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