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A Ground-Breaking Tool to Reconstruct the History of Galaxies Porto,Portugal (SPX) May 17, 2017 FADO is a new analysis tool, developed by Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco[2] (IA) astronomers Jean Michel Gomes and Polychronis Papaderos, which uses light emitted by both stars and ionized gas in a galaxy, to reconstruct its formation history by means of genetic algorithms. This tool was presented in a recent article[3], accepted for publication in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. "Fado" derives from the Latin Fatum, which means fate or destiny, and it's a tribute to Portugal ... read more |
NASA Aims to Create First-Ever Space-Based Sodium Lidar to Study Poorly Understood Mesosphere Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 17, 2017 A team of NASA scientists and engineers now believes it can leverage recent advances in a greenhouse-detecting instrument to build the world's first space-based sodium lidar to study Earth's poorly ... more Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand (Sputnik) May 17, 2017 Rocket Lab, the aerospace company whose mission is to create rocket launch platforms that are lightweight and efficient, will begin test flights of their signature Electron small-launch vehicle on M ... more Moscow (Sputnik) May 17, 2017 US aerospace company Blue Origin suffered a setback while testing its Blue Engine 4 (BE-4), a staged-combustion rocket engine designed to replace Russian-made RD-180s, meaning that Washington still ... more Houston TX (SPX) May 17, 2017 While preparing for the 200th spacewalk on the International Space Station, the crew members in orbit performed the latest harvest of vegetables grown in space. NASA astronaut Jack Fischer collected ... more |
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ISRO to Launch GSLV Mark III, Its Heaviest Rocket Soon New Delhi (Sputnik) May 17, 2017 Following the successful launch of the South Asia Satellite, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is now focused on the launch of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 17, 2017 Heavy rain on Mars reshaped the planet's impact craters and carved out river-like channels in its surface billions of years ago, according to a new study published in Icarus. In the paper, researche ... more Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) May 17, 2017 The Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, delivered the Budget Vote of the Department of Science and Technology in Parliament on Tuesday, 16 May 2017. Students sponsored by SKA SA and s ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) May 17, 2017 NASA's Dawn spacecraft successfully observed Ceres at opposition on April 29, taking images from a position exactly between the sun and Ceres' surface. Mission specialists had carefully maneuvered D ... more Paris, France (SPX) May 17, 2017 Airbus Safran Launchers, the joint venture created at the initiative of the Airbus and Safran groups in order to reorganize the European launchers sector, is to be known as ArianeGroup. The change i ... more Moscow (Sputnik) May 16, 2017 Thirty years ago, in May 1987, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrived in the Baikonur Cosmodrome to personally order the closure of the USSR's military space program. Three decades on, Russian mili ... more |
N. Korea says 'new missile' can carry nuclear warhead Washington (AFP) May 16, 2017 Researchers from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise on Tuesday unveiled what they claimed was a breakthrough in computing with a new machine capable of handling vast amounts of data at supercomputing speeds. ... more Vienna, Austria (SPX) May 16, 2017 Two-dimensional graphene consists of single layers of carbon atoms and exhibits intriguing properties. The transparent material conducts electricity and heat extremely well. It is at the same time f ... more Nagoy, Japan (SPX) May 14, 2017 Chemists have tried to synthesize carbon nanobelts for more than 60 years, but none have succeeded until now. A team at Nagoya University reported the first organic synthesis of a carbon nanobelt in ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 15, 2017 Most human interactions with robots come from behind a screen. Whether it's fiction or a real-life interaction, rarely are we put face to face with a robot. This poses a significant barrier when we ... more |
Houston TX (SPX) May 17, 2017 While preparing for the 200th spacewalk on the International Space Station, the crew members in orbit performed the latest harvest of vegetables grown in space. NASA astronaut Jack Fischer collected the latest crop of Tokyo Bekana Chinese cabbage for the Veg-03 investigation. Some of this was consumed at meal-time, and the rest sealed for analysis back on Earth. Understanding how plants re ... more 'Awesomesauce,' proclaims US astronaut on historic spacewalk Six-legged livestock - sustainable food production External commercial ISS platform starts second mission |
Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand (Sputnik) May 17, 2017 Rocket Lab, the aerospace company whose mission is to create rocket launch platforms that are lightweight and efficient, will begin test flights of their signature Electron small-launch vehicle on May 21. The launch will occur at the company's launch site on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. "We are all incredibly excited to get to this point," said Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck ... more ISRO to Launch GSLV Mark III, Its Heaviest Rocket Soon Washington Still Has No Engine to Replace Russian-Made RD-180 N. Korea's 'new missile' has unprecedented range: experts |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) May 12, 2017 Opportunity has arrived at the top of "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The next step on Sol 4720 (May 4, 2017), was a short approach of 39 feet (12 meters) to the northern end of the "spillway" that overtops into Perseverance. From this vantage point, the rover has been engaged in multiple-sol collection of extensive Panoramic Camera (Pancam) panoramas all around the r ... more Ancient Mars impacts created tornado-like winds that scoured surface How hard did it rain on Mars Mars Rover Opportunity Begins Study of Valley's Origin |
Beijing (XNA) May 12, 2017 While it remains unclear exactly how long China's first lunar explorers will spend on the surface, the country is already planning for longer stays. Eight Chinese volunteers will live in "Yuegong-1," a simulated space "cabin" in Beijing for the next year, strengthening China's knowledge and technical know-how, and helping the country's scientists understand exactly what will be required fo ... more China tests 'Lunar Palace' as it eyes moon mission China to conduct several manned space flights around 2020 Reach for the Stars: China Plans to Ramp Up Space Flight Activity |
Boston, MA (SPX) May 08, 2017 Allied Minds reports its portfolio company BridgeSat, Inc. has completed a $6 million Series A funding round, including participation from Space Angels, an early stage investment group comprising experts in the Space 2.0 field. The fundraise was completed at a pre-money valuation of $15 million, up from the previous valuation of $7 million. BridgeSat is reinventing satellite communication ... more AIA report outlines policies needed to boost the US Space Industry competitiveness Blue Sky Network Targets Key Markets For Iridium SATCOM Solutions How Outsourcing Your Satellite Related Services Saves You Time and Money |
Washington (AFP) May 16, 2017 Researchers from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise on Tuesday unveiled what they claimed was a breakthrough in computing with a new machine capable of handling vast amounts of data at supercomputing speeds. The prototype named simple "the Machine" uses a new approach to computer architecture which the company says can be adapted for a range of Big Data applications, handling tasks at thousands of t ... more Inverse designing spontaneously self-assembling materials "Airbus Friedrichshafen: new satellite hub lays groundwork for the future" 'Hot' electrons don't mind the gap |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) May 15, 2017 A study combining observations from NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes reveals that the distant planet HAT-P-26b has a primitive atmosphere composed almost entirely of hydrogen and helium. Located about 437 light-years away, HAT-P-26b orbits a star roughly twice as old as the Sun. The analysis is one of the most detailed studies to date of a "warm Neptune," or a planet that is Nept ... more Variable Winds on Hot Giant Exoplanet Help Study of Magnetic Field Primitive Atmosphere Found Around 'Warm Neptune' New 'styrofoam' planet provides tools in search for habitable planets |
Berkeley CA (SPX) May 11, 2017 Taking advantage of a rare orbital alignment between two of Jupiter's moons, Io and Europa, researchers have obtained an exceptionally detailed map of the largest lava lake on Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system. On March 8, 2015, Europa passed in front of Io, gradually blocking out light from the volcanic moon. Because Europa's surface is coated in water ice, it reflects v ... more Not So Great Anymore: Jupiter's Red Spot Shrinks to Smallest Size Ever The PI's Perspective: No Sleeping Back on Earth! ALMA investigates 'DeeDee,' a distant, dim member of our solar system |
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East Lansing MI (SPX) May 16, 2017 As nearly 75 percent of the nation's largest dams approach the high maintenance years, safety and economics figure large in decisions to fix or replace. A recent study by Michigan State University (MSU) researchers makes a case to consider how those dams affect the streams and fish that live in them. Big dams - many approaching 50 years old - span the United States. In some areas, like the ... more Dying Guatemala lake underlines climate change threat Teleconnection between the tropical Pacific and Antarctica Large storms can flood aging sewer systems with harmful bacteria, viruses |
Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Apr 26, 2017 At 25-years old, Global Positioning System Satellite Vehicle Number 27 completed its time in orbit before the 2nd Space Operations Squadron said goodbye via final command and disposal here April 18. SVN 27 was launched in 1992, meaning it performed more than triple its design life of 7.5 years. "The most interesting thing about this process for me, was the ability to do some experimentatio ... more Researchers working toward indoor location detection Galileo's search and rescue service in the spotlight Russia inaugurates GPS-type satellite station in Nicaragua |
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Paris (ESA) May 12, 2017 If you could fly a CubeSat to the Moon, what could such a tiny satellite do there? ESA posed this question - and now four proposals will be studied in more detail for possible flight over the coming decade. These miniature missions variously involve probing lunar radiation, surveying the radio sky over the far side of the Moon, mapping minerals and frozen gases within shadowed craters, and ... more Printing bricks from moondust using the Sun's heat NASA selects ASU's ShadowCam for moon mission Russia, US Ready to Give You a Lift to Moon Orbit, ISS |
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 17, 2017 NASA's Dawn spacecraft successfully observed Ceres at opposition on April 29, taking images from a position exactly between the sun and Ceres' surface. Mission specialists had carefully maneuvered Dawn into a special orbit so that the spacecraft could view Occator Crater, which contains the brightest area of Ceres, from this new perspective. A new movie shows these opposition images, with ... more The Aerospace Corporation leads Asteroid Impact Exercise at IAA in Tokyo Twisting an Asteroid Oldest buckthorn fossilized flowers found in Argentina |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 17, 2017 A team of NASA scientists and engineers now believes it can leverage recent advances in a greenhouse-detecting instrument to build the world's first space-based sodium lidar to study Earth's poorly understood mesosphere. Scientist Diego Janches and laser experts Mike Krainak and Tony Yu, all of whom work at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are leading a research-a ... more In measuring gas exchange between water and air, size matters How satellite data led to a breakthrough for Lake Erie toxic algal blooms Researchers apply data science to better predict effect of weather and other conditions |
Durham NH (SPX) May 16, 2017 The challenge of predicting space weather, which can cause issues with telecommunications and other satellite operations on Earth, requires a detailed understanding of the solar wind (a stream of charged particles released from the sun) and sophisticated computer simulations. Research done at the University of New Hampshire has found that when choosing the right model to describe the solar ... more Space weather model simulates solar storms from nowhere RAISE Spectrograph to Help Answer Some of the Mysteries of the Sun NASA-funded sounding rocket will take 1,500 images of sun in 5 minutes |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 15, 2017 This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the unusual galaxy IRAS 06076-2139, found in the constellation Lepus (The Hare). Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) instruments observed the galaxy from a distance of 500 million light-years. This particular object stands out from the crowd by actually being composed of two separate galaxies ru ... more Research increases distance at which supernova would spark mass extinctions on Earth Mapping the Magnetic Bridge Between Our Nearest Galactic Neighbors Fermi Satellite Observes Billionth Gamma Ray with LAT Instrument |
Boston MA (SPX) May 12, 2017 Supermassive holes are generally stationary objects, sitting at the centers of most galaxies. However, using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, astronomers recently hunted down what could be a supermassive black hole that may be on the move. This possible renegade black hole, which contains about 160 million times the mass of our Sun, is located in an elliptic ... more 'Fire-streaks' are created in collisions of atomic nuclei Discovery in the Early Universe Poses Black Hole Growth Puzzle What drives the accelerating expansion of the universe |
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