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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 03, 2017 As NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft were changing our understanding of the solar system, they also spurred a leap in spacecraft communications. The mission's impact is still visible in California's Mojave Desert. There, at NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, the arcs of antenna dishes peek out over craggy hilltops. Goldstone was the first place where the two Voyagers started to change the landscape. The farther they traveled, the bigger these dishes needed to be so they could send an ... read more |
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Five Years Ago and 154 Million Miles Away: Touchdown!Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 03, 2017 NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago this week, is examining clues on that mountain about long-ago lakes on Mars. On Aug. 5, 2012, the mission team at NASA ... more  
Perfect liquid quark-gluon plasma is the most vortical fluidUpton, NY (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 Particle collisions recreating the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) that filled the early universe reveal that droplets of this primordial soup swirl far faster than any other fluid. The new analysis ... more  
NASA-Developed Technologies Showcased on Dellingr's Debut FlightGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 Along for the ride on Dellingr's maiden journey is a suite of miniaturized NASA-developed technologies - one no larger than a fingernail - that in many cases already have proven their mettle in subo ... more  
Running out of gas: Gas loss puts breaks on stellar baby boomTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 Understanding the history of star formation in the Universe is a central theme in modern astronomy. Various observations have shown that the star formation activity has varied through the 13.8 billi ... more |
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New simulations could help in hunt for massive mergers of neutron stars, black holesBerkeley CA (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 Now that scientists can detect the wiggly distortions in space-time created by the merger of massive black holes, they are setting their sights on the dynamics and aftermath of other cosmic duos tha ... more  
Hubble detects exoplanet with glowing water atmosphereExeter UK (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 Scientists have found the strongest evidence to date for a stratosphere on an enormous planet outside our solar system, with an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron. An international team of res ... more 
Researchers detect exoplanet with glowing water atmosphereCollege Park MD (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 Scientists have found compelling evidence for a stratosphere on an enormous planet outside our solar system. The planet's stratosphere - a layer of atmosphere where temperature increases with higher ... more 
Quasars may answer how starburst galaxies were extinguishedIowa City, IA (SPX) Aug 01, 2017 Some of the biggest galaxies in the universe are full of extinguished stars. But nearly 12 billion years ago, soon after the universe first was created, these massive galaxies were hotspots that bre ... more 
Spacepath Communications and Datum Systems announce strategic partnershipLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 02, 2017 SpacePath Communications, a dedicated, European-based SATCOM amplifier manufacturer and equipment supplier, and Datum Systems Inc., an innovator in satellite modems, announce a strategic sales and s ... more  
Watch out Messi, here come the footballers at RoboCupNagoya, Japan (AFP) July 30, 2017 With steely focus, player number 3 scored a stunning opening goal in the first few minutes of the high-stakes football match between a dominant Bordeaux and their plucky Chinese opponents. ... more |
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 Scientists announce the quest for high-index materials 
Indented cement shows unique propertiesHouston TX (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 Rice University scientists have determined that no matter how large or small a piece of tobermorite is, it will respond to loading forces in precisely the same way. But poking it with a sharp point ... more  
Gravity waves detected in Sun's interior reveal rapidly rotating coreParis (ESA) Aug 02, 2017 Scientists using the ESA/NASA SOHO solar observatory have found long-sought gravity modes of seismic vibration that imply the Sun's core is rotating four times faster than its surface. Just as ... more 
NASA continues to study pulsars, 50 years after their chance discoveryGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 02, 2017 A little bit of "scruff" in scientific data 50 years ago led to the discovery of pulsars - rapidly spinning dense stellar corpses that appear to pulse at Earth. Astronomer Jocelyn Bell made th ... more  
Italian Ministry of Defense to launch military recon satelliteWashington (UPI) Jul 31, 2017 Leonardo announced Monday it will launch the OPTSAT-3000 reconnaissance satellite Wednesday from the Kourou Europe's spaceport in French Guyana on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Defense. ... more |
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  Paris (ESA) Jul 31, 2017 
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and Roscosmos commander Sergei Ryazansky were launched into space yesterday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 15:41 GMT (17:41 CEST). Their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft circled Earth four times to catch up with the International Space Station six hours later and the crew are now settling into their new home and place of work for fiv ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 01, 2017Voyager spacecraft still in communication 40 years out into the void  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017NextSTEP Partners Develop Ground Prototypes to Expand our Knowledge of Deep Space Habitats  Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) July 28, 2017Three-man crew reaches International Space Station |
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 Tehran (AFP) July 27, 2017  Iran on Thursday "successfully" tested a satellite-launch rocket, days after warning Washington of a response to new US sanctions over the Islamic republic's ballistic missile programme, state television said.
It said the launch vehicle, named Simorgh after a bird in Iranian mythology, was capable of propelling a satellite weighing 250 kilograms (550 pounds) to an altitude of 500 kilometres ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 01, 2017India looks to more launches with new facility from 2018  Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 01, 2017Sea Launch to be modernized for Russia's Soyuz-5 carrier rocket  Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017Navy completes testing fixes on electro-magnetic launch systems |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 31, 2017 
Steps forward in the search for life beyond Earth can be as simple as sending a balloon into the sky. In one of the most unique and extensive eclipse observation campaigns ever attempted, NASA is collaborating with student teams across the U.S. to do just that.
A larger initiative, NASA's Eclipse Balloon Project, led by Angela Des Jardins of Montana State University, is sending more than 5 ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017Portals to new worlds: Martian exploration near the North Pole  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 01, 2017Opportunity enters Automode during solar conjunction pause Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 03, 2017Five Years Ago and 154 Million Miles Away: Touchdown! |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017 
China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official.
Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... more Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 
Iridium Communications reports that the upcoming Iridium NEXT launch has been targeted for September 30, 2017 at 6:30 a.m. PDT. This launch will deliver another 10 Iridium NEXT satellites to orbit on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and will bring the total number of Iridium NEXT satellites deployed to 30. SpaceX selected the September 30th launch date based on rocket and Vandenberg Air Force Base range ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 02, 2017Airbus DS to expand cooperation with Russia  London, UK (SPX) Aug 01, 2017UK space companies to develop international partnerships  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 18, 2017ASTROSCALE Raises a Total of $25 Million in Series C Led by Private Companies |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 
In order to send, receive, and process electromagnetic signals, antennas are used. An antenna is a device capable of effectively transmitting, picking up, and redirecting electromagnetic radiation. Typically, one thinks of antennas as macroscopic devices operating in the radio and microwave range. However, there are similar optical devices (Fig. 1). The wavelengths of visible light amount to sev ... moreLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 02, 2017Spacepath Communications and Datum Systems announce strategic partnership Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 03, 2017NASA-Developed Technologies Showcased on Dellingr's Debut Flight  Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017Making polymer chemistry 'click' |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 1, 2017 
In the shallow, frigid waters of Nunavut's Ward Hunt Lake, something mysterious lingers at the lake floor. It's fuzzy, it's bright orange - and it's alive.
For more than 50 years, scientists from around the world have traveled to Ward Hunt Lake, the northernmost lake in the Canadian Arctic, to study the region or launch expeditions to the North Pole.
Until recently, the prevailin ... moreCollege Park MD (SPX) Aug 03, 2017Researchers detect exoplanet with glowing water atmosphere Exeter UK (SPX) Aug 03, 2017Hubble detects exoplanet with glowing water atmosphere  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 01, 2017An Earth-like atmosphere may not survive Proxima b's orbit |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2017 
In July 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sent home the first close-up pictures of Pluto and its moons - amazing imagery that inspired many to wonder what a flight over the distant worlds' icy terrain might be like.
Wonder no more. Using actual New Horizons data and digital elevation models of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, mission scientists have created flyover movies that offer s ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot  Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 13, 2017New evidence in support of the Planet Nine hypothesis  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 20, 2017NASA's New Horizons Team Strikes Gold in Argentina |
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 Melbourne, FL (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 
Occurrences of three common diseases affecting Caribbean corals spike during El Nino years, an alarming association given how climate change may boost the intensity of El Ninos.
The findings from Florida Institute of Technology research associate Carly Randall and biology professor Rob van Woesik, published earlier this month in the journal Scientific Reports, are based on an analysis of 1 ... more Manhattan, KS (SPX) Aug 03, 2017Loss of 350 miles of Great Plains streams causing changes in aquatic food web  Sydney (AFP) July 19, 2017Risky business for fish in oil-polluted reef waters  Miami (AFP) July 17, 2017Japanese seaweed is welcome invader on US coasts: study |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017 
An advance GPS anti-jam navigation system is to be jointly developed and manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries and Honeywell Aerospace, the companies announced on Monday.
The technology, covered under a recent memorandum of understanding between the two companies, will combine IAI's existing ADA GPS Anti-Jamming system together with Honeywell's embedded GPS Inertial Navigation Sys ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2017Russia, China to Set Up Pilot Zone to Test National Navigation Systems  New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017India Plans to Roll Out National GPS Next Year  Washington (UPI) Jul 7, 2017Orbital Alliance Techsystems receives contract for GPS artillery |
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 Washington (AFP) July 30, 2017 
Florida startup Moon Express is setting its sights high: ambitiously shooting to become the first private company to launch a small, unmanned craft to the moon before the year's out.
A big success could pave the way for scheduled flights to deliver scientific and exploration equipment, to exploit lunar soil resources and commercial potential.
In a recent interview with AFP, CEO and co-fo ... more Paris (AFP) July 24, 2017Moon could be wetter than thought, say scientists  Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017How Light Looks Different on the Moon and What NASA Is Doing About It  Pittsburgh, PA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017United Launch Alliance to launch Astrobotic mission to the Moon |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 31, 2017 
NASA scientists are excited about the upcoming close flyby of a small asteroid and plan to use its upcoming October close approach to Earth as an opportunity not only for science, but to test NASA's network of observatories and scientists who work with planetary defense.
The target of all this attention is asteroid 2012 TC4 - a small asteroid estimated to be between 30 and 100 feet (10 and ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Supernova-Hunting Team Finds Comet with Aid of Amateur Astronomer  Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Upcoming asteroid flyby will help Planetary Defense Network  Boston MA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017Exploring an unusual metal asteroid |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Aug 01, 2017 
The photograph was taken with the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland developed hyperspectral camera's secondary camera.
Launched on the morning of 23 June from India, the Aalto-1 satellite's first month in space has gone according to plan.
'We have run checks on the majority of the satellite's systems and found that the devices are fully functional,' Aalto University's Professo ... more Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Aug 01, 2017Vega orbits two Earth observation satellites  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 26, 2017NASA Solves a Drizzle Riddle |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 02, 2017 
Scientists using the ESA/NASA SOHO solar observatory have found long-sought gravity modes of seismic vibration that imply the Sun's core is rotating four times faster than its surface.
Just as seismology reveals Earth's interior structure by the way in which waves generated by earthquakes travel through it, solar physicists use 'helioseismology' to probe the solar interior by studying soun ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017NASA Selects Proposals to Study Sun, Space Environment  Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 31, 2017National Solar Observatory Predicts Shape Of Solar Corona For August Eclipse  Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 26, 2017SwRI team uses airborne telescopes to study Sun and Mercury during total solar eclipse |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 
Understanding the history of star formation in the Universe is a central theme in modern astronomy. Various observations have shown that the star formation activity has varied through the 13.8 billion-year history of the Universe.
The stellar birthrate peaked around 10 billion years ago, and has declined steadily since then. However, the cause of the declining stellar birthrate is still no ... more Boston MA (SPX) Aug 01, 2017Astronomers discover "Heavy Metal" supernova  Garching, Germany (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Galactic David and Goliath  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Scientists Unveil New 3D View of Galaxies |
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 Iowa City, IA (SPX) Aug 01, 2017 
Some of the biggest galaxies in the universe are full of extinguished stars. But nearly 12 billion years ago, soon after the universe first was created, these massive galaxies were hotspots that brewed up stars by the billions.
How these types of cosmic realms, called dusty starburst galaxies, became galactic dead zones is an enduring mystery.
Astronomers at the University of Iowa, i ... moreUpton, NY (SPX) Aug 03, 2017Perfect liquid quark-gluon plasma is the most vortical fluid  New York NY (SPX) Jul 27, 2017CCNY physicists master unexplored electron property  Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Physicists design ultrafocused pulses |
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