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  Paris (AFP) June 28, 2017 Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been repeatedly pummelled by space rocks that have caused anything from an innocuous splash in the ocean to species annihilation. When the next big impact will be, nobody knows. But the pressure is on to predict - and intercept - its arrival. "Sooner or later we will get... a minor or major impact," Rolf Densing, who heads the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, told AFP ahead of International Asteroid Day on Fr ... read more |
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Japanese Space Agency Proposes Plan to Send Astronauts to MoonTokyo (Sputnik) Jun 29, 2017 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) proposed a plan on Wednesday to send the country's astronauts to the Moon after 2025, local media reported. According to the NHK broadcaster, the ... more  
The Niagara Falls of Mars once flowed with lavaWashington (UPI) Jun 29, 2017 Water is often the focus of NASA's many Martian scientific missions. It's true, Mars was once a surprisingly watery world. But it also once featured large amounts of magmatic activity. ... more  
NASA diligently tracks microbes inside the International Space StationWashington (UPI) Jun 28, 2017 For NASA and its astronauts, keeping tabs on microorganisms living inside the International Space Station is essential. ... more  
Magnetic memories of a metal worldCambridge UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 4.5 billion years ago in the violent, high-speed environment of the early solar system, a protoplanet roughly the size of Mars was involved in a series of fierce collisions with other large planetar ... more |
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Collapse of the European ice sheet caused chaosOslo, Norway (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 The Eurasian ice sheet was an enormous conveyor of ice that covered most of northern Europe some 23,000 years ago. Its extent was such that one could have skied 4,500 km continuously across it - fro ... more  
Extremely fine measurements of motion in orbiting supermassive black holesStanford CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 Approximately 750 million light years from Earth lies a gigantic, bulging galaxy with two supermassive black holes at its center. These are among the largest black holes ever found, with a combined ... more 
Astronomers detect orbital motion in pair of supermassive black holesCharlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 Using the supersharp radio "vision" of the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), astronomers have made the first detection of orbital motion in a pair of supermassive black ... more 
Star's birth may have triggered another star birth, astronomers sayCharlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) have found new evidence suggesting that a jet of fast-moving material ejected from one young star may have t ... more 
The First Galaxies Were Even More Violent Than ExpectedBrno, Czech Republic (SPX) Jun 30, 2017 An international team of researchers has shown that the hot diffuse gas that fills the space between the galaxies has the same concentration of iron in all galaxy clusters that were studied in suffi ... more 
Dutch astronomers discover recipe to make cosmic glycerolLeiden, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 A team of laboratory astrophysicists from Leiden University (the Netherlands) managed to make glycerol under conditions comparable to those in dark interstellar clouds. They allowed carbon monoxide ... more |
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One billion suns: World's brightest laser sparks new behavior in lightLincoln NB (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 Physicists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are seeing an everyday phenomenon in a new light. By focusing laser light to a brightness one billion times greater than the surface of the s ... more  
Lockheed receives PAC-3 anti-ballistic missile contractWashington (UPI) Jun 27, 2017 Lockheed Martin has received a $39.2 million modification to an existing contract in support of several allied countries Patriot Advanced Capability-3 anti-ballistic missile systems. ... more  
Could this strategy bring high-speed communications to the deep sea?Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 A new strategy for sending acoustic waves through water could potentially open up the world of high-speed communications activities underwater, including scuba diving, remote ocean monitoring, and d ... more  
Rafael unveils Drone Dome anti-drone systemWashington DC (UPI) Jun 24, 2017 A radar and laser beam system for detecting and destroying drones has been unveiled at the Paris Air Show by Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. ... more |
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  Novosibirsk (Sputnik) Jun 23, 2017 
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Wednesday he was not ruling out that Indian astronauts could be trained with the help of the Russia's Roscosmos space corporation in the future.
"In the future, it is possible to train Indian astronauts on the basis of Roscosmos," Rogozin said at the meeting of the Russian-Indian cooperation committee during the Fifth International Forum of ... more Paris (AFP) June 29, 2017Silicon-on-Seine: world's biggest tech incubator opens in Paris  Paris (ESA) Jun 22, 2017Return to the blue  Fort Carson CO (SPX) Jun 21, 2017NASA Selects Army Surgeon for Astronaut Training |
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 Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 
Arianespace has successfully launched the Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S EAN "condosat" - composed of two payloads for operators Hellas Sat and Inmarsat; as well as the GSAT-17 satellite for India's space agency, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization).
The launch took place on Wednesday, June 28 at 6:15 p.m. (local time), from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana ... more Luxembourg (SPX) Jun 29, 2017SES and MDA Announce First Satellite Life Extension Agreement  Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 29, 2017ArianeGroup starts production of VINCI engine combustion chamber  Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2017Amtrak to SpaceX Launch, Wifi hack, Spectacular trip, But where's my SatPhone... |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 26, 2017  NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is examining rocks at the edge of Endeavour Crater for signs that they may have been either transported by a flood or eroded in place by wind.
Those scenarios are among the possible explanations rover-team scientists are considering for features seen just outside the crater rim's crest above "Perseverance Valley," which is carved into the inner slope ... moreWashington (UPI) Jun 29, 2017The Niagara Falls of Mars once flowed with lava  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 26, 2017Laser-targeting AI Yields More Mars Science  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2017Opportunity Straightens Wheel, Resumes Driving |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 27, 2017 
China has set the window to launch its Long March-5 Y2 carrier rocket between July 2 and 5, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.
Carrying Shijian-18 communication satellite, the rocket was vertically transferred to the launch area at Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province on Monday.
Shijian-18 will test ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Jun 23, 2017With a Strong Partner Like Russia, Nothing Would Stop China's New Space Station  Beijing (XNA) Jun 21, 2017China's cargo spacecraft completes second docking with space lab  Jiuquan (XNA) Jun 19, 2017China to launch four more probes before 2021 |
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 Luxembourg (SPX) Jun 27, 2017 
SES has been able to draw on its global satellite fleet of over 50 geostationary satellites to rapidly restore customers capacity following a significant anomaly affecting the AMC-9 satellite on Saturday 17 June 2017.
SES immediately engaged with customers and was able to quickly offer a restoration capacity plan to transfer services to alternative satellites and minimise disruption. By la ... more Toulouse, France (SPX) Jun 28, 2017OneWeb inaugurates production line Assembly, Integration, and Test of OneWeb satellites  Paris, France (SPX) Jun 28, 2017HTS Capacity Lease Revenues to Reach More Than $6 Billion by 2025  McLean, VA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Second launch doubles number of Iridium NEXT satellites in orbit to 20 |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2017 
Right now, about 500,000 pieces of human-made debris are whizzing around space, orbiting our planet at speeds up to 17,500 miles per hour. This debris poses a threat to satellites, space vehicles and astronauts aboard those vehicles.
What makes tidying up especially challenging is that the debris exists in space. Suction cups don't work in a vacuum. Traditional sticky substances, like tape ... more Ames, IA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Making ferromagnets stronger by adding non-magnetic elements  Cleveland OH (SPX) Jun 27, 2017A chemical solution to shrink digital data storage Lincoln NB (SPX) Jun 28, 2017One billion suns: World's brightest laser sparks new behavior in light |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 28, 2017 
Wherever you find people, you also find bacteria and other microorganisms. The International Space Station is no exception.
That generally is not a problem. For one thing, the space station is kept cleaner than many environments on Earth. Routine cleaning activities are included on astronaut task schedules. Cargo sent to the station, and the vehicles that carry it, undergo a rigorous clean ... moreWashington (UPI) Jun 28, 2017NASA diligently tracks microbes inside the International Space Station  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2017Could a Dedicated Mission to Enceladus Detect Microbial Life There  Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2017New branch in family tree of exoplanets discovered |
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 Atlanta GA (SPX) Jun 27, 2017 
More than 30 years after Voyager 2 sped past Uranus, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are using the spacecraft's data to learn more about the icy planet. Their new study suggests that Uranus' magnetosphere, the region defined by the planet's magnetic field and the material trapped inside it, gets flipped on and off like a light switch every day as it rotates along with the planet. It' ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 23, 2017The curious case of the warped Kuiper Belt  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2017NASA Completes Study of Future 'Ice Giant' Mission Concepts  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 20, 2017King of the Gods: Jupiter Dated to Be Oldest Planet in the Solar System |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 
We normally consider liquid water as disordered with the molecules rearranging on a short time scale around some average structure. Now, however, scientists at Stockholm University have discovered two phases of the liquid with large differences in structure and density. The results are based on experimental studies using X-rays, which are now published in Proceedings of the National Academy of S ... moreBerkeley CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Could this strategy bring high-speed communications to the deep sea?  Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Jun 29, 2017Seagull carried out an autonomous end-to-end unmanned Mine Counter Measure mission  Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017Water exists in two distinct liquid phases |
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 Paris (AFP) June 22, 2017 
The European Space Agency signed a contract with a German-British consortium Thursday to build eight more satellites for its Galileo satnav system, an alternative to America's GPS, the agency said Thursday.
The deal was signed at the International Paris Air Show with German company OHB as the prime contractor, and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd in charge of navigation systems.
The ESA s ... more Denver CO (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Second Lockheed Martin GPS-3 satellite assembled as full production begins  New Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017India's Answer to GPS Runs Into Serious Technical Failures  Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017Lockheed Martin nears completion of GPS III satellite |
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 Tokyo (Sputnik) Jun 29, 2017 
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) proposed a plan on Wednesday to send the country's astronauts to the Moon after 2025, local media reported.
According to the NHK broadcaster, the JAXA proposed the plan to the panel of the country's Science Ministry responsible for discussion of Tokyo's efforts in the issues of space exploration.
The news outlet added that the JAXA's prop ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 16, 2017Russian aerospace firm to cooperate with China on Lunar exploration missions  Paris (ESA) Jun 12, 2017New NELIOTA project detects flashes from lunar impacts  Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2017Cube Quest Challenge Team Spotlight: Cislunar Explorers |
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 Paris (AFP) June 28, 2017 
Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been repeatedly pummelled by space rocks that have caused anything from an innocuous splash in the ocean to species annihilation.
When the next big impact will be, nobody knows.
But the pressure is on to predict - and intercept - its arrival.
"Sooner or later we will get... a minor or major impact," Rolf Densing, who heads the Eur ... more The Hague (AFP) June 26, 2017Dutch scientists fete rare meteorite find  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2017Impact Threat from Asteroid Apophis Cannot Be Ruled Out  Belfast, UK (SPX) Jun 27, 2017Queen's University scientist warns of asteroid danger |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 
Dating back to the first century, scientists, philosophers and reporters have noted the occasional occurrence of "bright nights," when an unexplained glow in the night sky lets observers see distant mountains, read a newspaper or check their watch.
A new study accepted for publication in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, uses satellite data to prese ... more Melbourne FL (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Harris Corporation Delivers Advanced Weather Satellite Instrument to South Korea  Leicester UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Satellite data to map endangered monkey populations on Earth  Lancaster UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Ozone recovery may be delayed by unregulated chemicals |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 24, 2017 
New analysis of plasma clouds ejected by the sun suggest solar eruptions behave like a sneeze.
Until now, astronomers looked at cloud-like structures of coronal mass ejections as single entities. The latest research - detailed in the journal Scientific Reports - suggest CMEs are more like a sneeze or dust cloud, a collection of millions of individual plasma parcels, each acting indepe ... more Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2017Eclipse Expectations Excite Escapades for Enlightenment  Washington (AFP) June 22, 2017Rare US total solar eclipse excites Americans coast-to-coast  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 23, 2017NASA Prepares for Aug. 21 Total Solar Eclipse with Live Coverage, Safety Information |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 27, 2017 
A global hunt for the universe's missing matter is underway, and this autumn everyone is invited to join in.
On and around October 31, 2017, events around the world will celebrate the hunt for the universe's unseen "dark matter." Dark Matter Day events will engage the public in discussions about dark matter, and about the many experiments that seek to solve its mysteries.
Universitie ... more Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 28, 2017'Pompom' Stars May Solve Quasar Puzzle Leiden, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Dutch astronomers discover recipe to make cosmic glycerol Brno, Czech Republic (SPX) Jun 30, 2017The First Galaxies Were Even More Violent Than Expected |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 
Approximately 750 million light years from Earth lies a gigantic, bulging galaxy with two supermassive black holes at its center. These are among the largest black holes ever found, with a combined mass 15 billion times that of the sun. New research from Stanford University, published June 27 in Astrophysical Journal, has used long-term observation to show that one of the black holes seems to be ... moreCharlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Astronomers detect orbital motion in pair of supermassive black holes Albuquerque NM (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Groundbreaking discovery confirms existence of orbiting supermassive black holes  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 26, 2017Quantum thermometer or optical refrigerator |
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