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  Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017 An estimated 220 million people will watch Monday's eclipse. For a small percentage, the phenomenon will be more than a spectacle. It will be a chance to observe and record - for science's sake. Researchers at NASA are counting on the participation of thousands of citizen scientists to document next week's solar eclipse and to gather usable data for additional research. Scientists want to find out how the brief disappearance of the sun will alter clouds, weather, plants, animals and mor ... read more |
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Ohio Supercomputer Center helps researchers map invisible universeColumbus OH (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 The Ohio Supercomputer Center played a critical role in helping researchers reach a milestone mapping the growth of the universe from its infancy to present day. The new results released Aug. ... more  
Russia could launch Spektr-RG space observatory with German telescope in 2018Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 16, 2017 Russia could launch the Spektr-RG (Spectrum Roentgen Gamma) space observatory with the German eRosita X-ray telescope in October 2018, a spokesperson of the Lavochkin Research and Production Associa ... more 
NASA, ESA spacecraft track solar storm through spaceGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 17, 2017 Our Sun is active: Not only does it release a constant stream of material, called the solar wind, but it also lets out occasional bursts of faster-moving material, known as coronal mass ejections, o ... more 
International team of researchers redefines cosmic velocity webHonolulu HI (SPX) Aug 17, 2017 The cosmic web - the distribution of matter on the largest scales in the universe - has usually been defined through the distribution of galaxies. Now, a new study by a team of astronomers from Fran ... more |
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Tracking a solar eruption through the Solar SystemParis (ESA) Aug 17, 2017 Ten spacecraft, from ESA's Venus Express to NASA's Voyager-2, felt the effect of a solar eruption as it washed through the Solar System while three other satellites watched, providing a unique persp ... more 
New 3-D simulations show how galactic centers cool their jetsBerkeley CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 Some of the most extreme outbursts observed in the universe are the mysterious jets of energy and matter beaming from the center of galaxies at nearly the speed of light. These narrow jets, which ty ... more 
Cosmic magnifying lens reveals inner jets of black holesPasadena CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2017 Astronomers using Caltech's Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) have found evidence for a bizarre lensing system in space, in which a large assemblage of stars is magnifying a much more distant ga ... more 
NASA watches the Sun put a stop to its own eruptionGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 On Sept. 30, 2014, multiple NASA observatories watched what appeared to be the beginnings of a solar eruption. A filament - a serpentine structure consisting of dense solar material and often associ ... more 
Why massive galaxies don't dance in crowdsSydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 Australian scientists have discovered why heavyweight galaxies living in a dense crowd of galaxies tend to spin more slowly than their lighter neighbours. "Contrary to earlier thinking, the sp ... more 
Galactic winds push researchers to probe galaxies at unprecedented scaleOak Ridge TN (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 When astronomers peer into the universe, what they see often exceeds the limits of human understanding. Such is the case with low-mass galaxies - galaxies a fraction of the size of our own Milky Way ... more |
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The mystery of the pulsating blue starsNuremberg, Germany (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 In the middle of the large Chilean Atacama desert, a team of Polish astronomers are patiently monitoring millions of celestial bodies night after night with the help of a modern robotic telescope. I ... more  
The Radio Frequency Spectrum plus Machine Learning = equal A New Wave in Radio TechnologyWashington DC (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 The current wave of artificial intelligence, driven by machine learning (ML) techniques, is all the rage, and for good reason. With sufficient training on digitized writing, spoken words, images, vi ... more 
Massive particles test standard quantum theoryVienna, Austria (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 Quantum mechanics describes how matter behaves on the smallest mass and length scales. However, the absence of quantum phenomena in our daily lives has triggered a search for minimal modifications o ... more  
NASA, students to study eclipse with high-altitude balloonsWashington (UPI) Aug 16, 2017 Not everyone will be watching next week's eclipse from ground level. As part of the Eclipse Ballooning Project, some 50 high-altitude balloons launched from 20 locations will offer a view of the phenomenon from the edge of space. ... more |
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  Miami (AFP) Aug 14, 2017 
SpaceX on Monday blasted off its unmanned Dragon cargo ship toward the International Space Station, carrying a host of science experiments and the most powerful computer ever sent into orbit.
"Three, two, one, and liftoff," a SpaceX commentator said as the white Falcon 9 rocket climbed into the blue sky over Cape Canaveral, Florida at 12:31 pm (1631 GMT).
Three minutes after launch, the ... more Washington (AFP) Aug 15, 2017NASA: let's say something to Voyager 1 on 40th anniversary of launch  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Disruptioneering: Streamlining the Process of Scientific Discovery  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2017NASA Offers Space Station as Catalyst for Discovery in Washington |
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A technical challenge that NASA is working to solve is how to maintain very cold liquid propellants to be used as fuel for deep space missions. Heat intercept concepts such as advanced insulation blankets, foam insulation and vapor-based cooling will be evaluated with the Structural Heat Intercept Insulation Vibration Evaluation Rig or SHIIVER, which arrived Aug. 10 at NASA's Marshall Space Flig ... more Miami (AFP) Aug 16, 2017'Dragon captured' as cargo arrives at space station  Miami (AFP) Aug 13, 2017SpaceX launches super-computer to space station  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 17, 2017New thruster design increases efficiency for future spaceflight |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2017 
This month, movements of the planets will put Mars almost directly behind the sun, from Earth's perspective, causing curtailed communications between Earth and Mars.
NASA will refrain from sending commands to America's three Mars orbiters and two Mars rovers during the period from July 22 to Aug. 1.
"Out of caution, we won't talk to our Mars assets during that period because we expec ... more Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2017Tributes to wetter times on Mars  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 14, 2017Opportunity will spend three weeks at current location due to Solar Conjunction  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017Curiosity Mars Rover Begins Study of Ridge Destination |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 14, 2017 
Chinese scientists have become the first to realize quantum key distribution from a satellite to the ground, laying the foundation for building a hack-proof global quantum communication network.
The achievement based on experiments conducted with the world' s first quantum satellite, Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), was published in the authoritative academic journal Nature on T ... more Xi'an, China (XNA) Aug 14, 2017Xian Satellite Control Center resolves over 10 major satellite faults in 50 years  Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017China develops sea launches to boost space commerce Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 
Blue Sky Network, an industry leading global provider of satellite asset tracking and fleet management solutions, announced that the company's new management team, led by President Gregoire Demory, would attend the LABACE trade show August 15th to 17th in Sao Paulo. LABACE is Latin America's largest, and the world's second largest, business aviation trade show.
"Our new management and sale ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 14, 2017India to Launch Exclusive Satellite for Afghanistan  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 18, 2017ASTROSCALE Raises a Total of $25 Million in Series C Led by Private Companies  Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2017LISA Pathfinder: bake, rattle and roll |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 
Archinaut, a NASA Technology Demonstration Mission (TDM) project developing cutting-edge technology to build and assemble complex hardware and supersized structures on demand in space, achieved an unprecedented milestone this summer.
"To our knowledge, this is the first time additive manufacturing has been successfully tested on such a large scale in the vacuum and temperature conditions o ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2017Air Force tests new radar receivers for rescue helicopters  Denver CO (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Lockheed Martin integrates first modernized A2100 satellite  Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2017Marine Corps testing mobile 3D printing lab |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 
Many exoplanets to be found by coming high-powered telescopes will probably be tidally locked - with one side permanently facing their host star - according to new research by astronomer Rory Barnes of the University of Washington.
Barnes, a UW assistant professor of astronomy and astrobiology, arrived at the finding by questioning the long-held assumption that only those stars that are mu ... more Arecibo PR (SPX) Jul 17, 2017A New Search for Extrasolar Planets from the Arecibo Observatory  Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017Gulf of Mexico tube worm is one of the longest-living animals in the world  Garching, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Molecular Outflow Launched Beyond Disk Around Young Star |
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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  Edinburgh UK (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Scientists probe Neptune's depths to reveal secrets of icy planets |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 
This past week marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of a revolutionary ocean research vessel - a space "ship." As the NASA/CNES Topex-Poseidon satellite ascended into orbit, it ushered in a new era of oceanography with the first highly accurate, global measurements of sea levels.
That mission and its three successors, all named Jason, have continuously mapped global ocean currents and ... more Cape Cod MA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017New technique offers clues to measure the deoxygenation of the ocean  Cambridge, UK (SPX) Aug 17, 2017Meadow of dancing brittle stars shows evolution at work  Tallahassee FL (SPX) Aug 17, 2017Ancient ocean deoxygenation provides an urgent warning |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 11, 2017 
Harris has delivered its third navigation package to Lockheed Martin for use on U.S. Air Force GPS III satellites expected to first launch next year.
The navigation system is mostly digital and has computers and atomic clocks shielded against radiation.
"We are now in full production and on target to deliver the fourth GPS III navigation payload to Lockheed Martin this fall," Har ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam system  Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Lockheed Martin Begins Modernizing Receivers for U.S. Air Force's GPS Signal Monitoring Stations  Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2017Russia, China to Set Up Pilot Zone to Test National Navigation Systems |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 17, 2017 
Once again, the ever-fluid deadline for the Google Lunar X-Prize (GLXP) has been extended. This award is now getting well beyond its use-by date. The GLXP was already on shaky ground before this. The latest announcement only deepens the wounds to this increasingly questionable project.
When it was announced in 2007, the GLXP was an inspiration. It gave publicity and credibility to the rapi ... more Boston MA (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Lunar dynamo's lifetime extended by at least 1 billion years  New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believed  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Astronauts to bring asteroid back into lunar orbit |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 
The huge nearly 400-meter wide asteroid Apophis is still on a list of hazardous near-Earth objects (NEOs), regarded as a potential threat to our planet. However, new calculations made by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientist, show that Apophis' odds of Earth impact are lower than previously estimated.
"We cannot yet exclude the possibility that it could impact our planet, but we ... more Paris (ESA) Aug 14, 2017Asteroid 2012 TC4 will fly past Earth in October 2017  Paris (AFP) Aug 10, 2017Asteroid to shave past Earth on Oct 12: ESA  Washington (UPI) Aug 11, 2017How to watch this weekend's Perseid meteor shower |
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 Toulouse, France (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 
MetOp-C is the third and final satellite of the first generation of MetOp polar-orbiting meteorological satellites.
The payload module of MetOp-C, developed and built by Airbus in Germany, was delivered to Toulouse after it completed a series of tests at ESTEC, the technical centre of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
The satellite, weighing in at four to ... more Washington DC (SPX) Aug 16, 2017Ozone treaty taking a bite out of US greenhouse gas emissions  Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2017NASA-led airborne mission studies storm intensification in northern hemisphere  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 17, 2017 
Ten spacecraft, from ESA's Venus Express to NASA's Voyager-2, felt the effect of a solar eruption as it washed through the Solar System while three other satellites watched, providing a unique perspective on this space weather event. Scientists working on ESA's Mars Express were looking forward to investigating the effects of the close encounter of Comet Siding Spring on the Red Planet's atmosph ... moreGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 17, 2017NASA, ESA spacecraft track solar storm through space  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 16, 2017Studying the sun's atmosphere with the total solar eclipse of 2017  Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017NASA taps citizen scientists to help study eclipse |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 
For the first time, astronomers have observed a cosmic event in great detail that they only had glimpses of before: a supernova and its explosive ejecta slamming into a nearby companion star. The discovery was made possible by a specialized survey taking advantage of recent advances in linking telescopes across the globe into a robotic network.
David Sand, an assistant professor at the Uni ... more Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017A fleeting blue glow Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017New 3-D simulations show how galactic centers cool their jets Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 16, 2017Russia could launch Spektr-RG space observatory with German telescope in 2018 |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2017 
Astronomers using Caltech's Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) have found evidence for a bizarre lensing system in space, in which a large assemblage of stars is magnifying a much more distant galaxy containing a jet-spewing supermassive black hole. The discovery provides the best view yet of blobs of hot gas that shoot out from supermassive black holes.
"We have known about the existen ... moreHonolulu HI (SPX) Aug 17, 2017International team of researchers redefines cosmic velocity web Vienna, Austria (SPX) Aug 16, 2017Massive particles test standard quantum theory  Durham NH (SPX) Aug 16, 2017Innovative way to understand nature of an entire tiny particle |
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