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  Los Angeles (AFP) Oct 9, 2017 SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday carrying 10 satellites to bolster the global data communications network for Virginia-based company, Iridium. The white rocket blasted off at 5:37 am (1237 GMT), before sunrise, from Vandenberg Air Force base in California. About seven minutes after launch, the tall portion of the Falcon 9, known as the first stage, returned to Earth for an upright landing. This part of the vehicle fired its rocket engines and made a controlled landing on a float ... read more |
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Scientists propose space shield to protect Earth from solar stormsWashington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017 If governments and their space agencies are serious about protecting Earth from solar storms, one team of researchers argues a giant space shield is the most logical solution. ... more  
Moon Once Had an AtmosphereHouston TX (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 A new study shows that an atmosphere was produced around the ancient Moon, 3 to 4 billion years ago, when intense volcanic eruptions spewed gases above the surface faster than they could escape to s ... more  
Mars Study Yields Clues to Possible Cradle of LifePasadena CA (JPL) Oct 09, 2017 The discovery of evidence for ancient sea-floor hydrothermal deposits on Mars identifies an area on the planet that may offer clues about the origin of life on Earth. A recent international re ... more 
ASU examines Mars' moon Phobos in a different lightTempe AZ (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 NASA's longest-lived mission to Mars has gained its first look at the Martian moon Phobos, pursuing a deeper understanding by examining it in infrared wavelengths. The Thermal Emission Imaging ... more |
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Are Self-Replicating Starships PracticalSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 Science fiction has frequently considered self-replicating robots that travel across space, making copies of themselves as they spread throughout the galaxy. Such devices are formally known as "von ... more  
Violent helium reaction on white dwarf surface triggers supernova explosionSan Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 An international team of researchers has found evidence a supernova explosion that was first triggered by a helium detonation, reports a new study in Nature this week. A Type Ia supernova is a ... more  
Team led by UCLA astrophysicist observes primitive comet 2 billion kilometres from the sunLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 A team of astronomers led by UCLA professor David Jewitt has identified a "special comet" 2.5 billion kilometres from the sun. No other comet heading toward our sun has ever been seen at such a grea ... more 
New telescope attachment allows ground-based observations of new worldsUniversity Park, PA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 A new, low-cost attachment to telescopes allows previously unachievable precision in ground-based observations of exoplanets - planets beyond our solar system. With the new attachment, ground-based ... more  
Satellite transmissions cease, no impact to weather missionSchriever AFB CO (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 19 ceased transmitting weather data after nearly three and a half years of operational service to Department of Defense and civilian agencies. ... more 
Astronomers use IAC instrument to probe the origins of cosmic raysLa Laguna, Spain (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 In November 1572 a supernova explosion was observed in the direction of the constellation of Cassiopeia, and its most famous observer was Tycho Brahe, one of the founders of modern observational ast ... more |
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Animals that play with objects learn how to use them as toolsYork, UK (SPX) Oct 06, 2017 Researchers have discovered that New Caledonian crows and kea parrots can learn about the usefulness of objects by playing with them - similar to human baby behaviour. The study, led by researchers ... more  
Army refines recipe for quantum-enhanced technologiesAdelphi MD (SPX) Oct 06, 2017 The U.S. Army Research Laboratory and its partners have made a breakthrough in understanding the structure of entanglement in quantum systems with long-range interactions. Entanglement, researchers ... more 
Satellites See Silicon Valley's Quick Drought RecoveryPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 06, 2017 Underground water reserves in California's Silicon Valley rebounded quickly from the state's recent severe drought, demonstrating the success of aggressive conservation measures, according to a new ... more  
A key step in synthetic fuel production from seawater patented by NRLWashington DC (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 The world's oceans cover approximately 70 percent of Earth's surface and contain roughly 93 percent of the planet's carbon dioxide (CO2). With around 38,000 gigatons (Gt) of carbon, our world's ocea ... more |
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  Washington (UPI) Oct 4, 2017 
NASA unveiled a new space communications antenna at the Alaska Satellite Facility in Fairbanks this week. The new antenna, AS-2, which sits atop the Elvey building at University of Alaska Fairbanks, will retrieve data from NASA's spacecraft.
NASA operates three space communications networks, the Deep Space Network, Space Network and Near Earth Network. AS-2 will boost the capacity of th ... more Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2017USNO Astronomers Measure New Distances To Nearby Stars  Houston TX (SPX) Oct 05, 2017NASA May Extend BEAM's Time on the International Space Station  Paris (AFP) Oct 3, 2017OECD calls for tourism to be more sustainable |
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 Lyon, France (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 
Thales Alenia Space, joint-venture between Thales and Leonardo, and Arianespace has signed a launch contract for two COSMO-SkyMed Second-Generation (CSG) satellites manufactured for the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Italian Ministry of Defense.
The signing ceremony was attended by French President Emmanuel Macron and Paolo Gentiloni, the President of the Council of Ministers of the It ... more Wellington NZ (XNA) Sep 29, 2017New Zealand opens first rocket launch site  Lyon, France (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Arianespace signs contract for 10 Vega and Vega C launchers  Bethesda, MD (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Launch Vehicle and Missile Ascent Trajectories |
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NASA's longest-lived mission to Mars has gained its first look at the Martian moon Phobos, pursuing a deeper understanding by examining it in infrared wavelengths.
The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter observed Phobos on Sept. 29, 2017. THEMIS Principal Investigator Philip Christensen and THEMIS Mission Planner, Jonathon Hill of ASU's School of ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 03, 2017Fresh Look at Old Data Yields Surprise Near Martian Equator  Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017Methane belches kept water flowing on ancient Mars  Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 05, 2017Another Chance to Put Your Name on Mars |
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 Adelaide, Australia (XNA) Oct 03, 2017 
China is an active member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and is impressive in opening its space missions to other countries, said Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).
Di Pippo made the remarks when having an interview with Xinhua on Wednesday during the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC ... more Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017China launches three satellites  Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission  Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) Oct 9, 2017 
SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday carrying 10 satellites to bolster the global data communications network for Virginia-based company, Iridium.
The white rocket blasted off at 5:37 am (1237 GMT), before sunrise, from Vandenberg Air Force base in California.
About seven minutes after launch, the tall portion of the Falcon 9, known as the first stage, returned to Earth for an u ... more Montreal, Canada (SPX) Oct 03, 2017L-Band Satellite Operators Need To Reposition  Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2017Lockheed Martin Completes First Flexible Solar Array for LM 2100 Satellite  London, UK (The Conversation) Oct 05, 2017Private companies are launching a new space race |
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Commuters, skiers, crossing guards and others who endure frozen fingers in cold weather may look forward to future relief as manufacturers are poised to take advantage of a new technique for creating electrically heated cloth developed by materials scientist Trisha Andrew and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. They have made gloves that keep fingers as warm as the palm of the ... more Houston TX (SPX) Oct 06, 2017Unexpected discovery leads to new theory of liquid streaming  Korolyov, Russia (AFP) Oct 3, 2017Sputnik, the tiny sphere that launched the space race  Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017Saab supplying radar to U.S. Coast Guard |
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A molecule once thought to be a useful marker for life as we know it has been discovered around a young star and at a comet for the first time, suggesting these ingredients are inherited during the planet-forming phase.
The discovery of methyl chloride was made by the ground-based Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, and by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft following Comet ... moreSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Are Self-Replicating Starships Practical University Park, PA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017New telescope attachment allows ground-based observations of new worlds  Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 06, 2017The Super-Earth that Came Home for Dinner |
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 Friedrichshafen, Germany (ESA) Oct 03, 2017 
A long radar boom that will probe below the surface of Jupiter's icy moons has been tested on Earth with the help of a helicopter. ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, JUICE, is scheduled for launch in 2022, arriving seven years later.
JUICE will study Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere and vast magnetic fields, as well as the planet-sized moons Ganymede, Europa and Callisto. All three moons are ... more Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Solving the Mystery of Pluto's Giant Blades of Ice  Irwindale CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Global Aerospace Corporation to present Pluto lander concept to NASA  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 11, 2017Pluto features given first official names |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 06, 2017 
Investigations to predict changes in sea levels and their impacts on coastal systems are a step closer, as a result of international collaboration between the University of Sydney and researchers from Japan, Spain, and the United States. Scientists globally are investigating just how quickly sea-level rise can occur as a result of global warming and ice sheets melting.
Recent findings sugg ... more Wellington (AFP) Oct 6, 2017Pacific's Niue creates huge marine sanctuary  Ottawa (AFP) Oct 5, 2017Shipping, fishing killed Canada right whales: autopsy  Valletta (AFP) Oct 5, 2017Prince Charles warns 'plastic on the menu' in world's fish |
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 Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 
exactEarth Ltd. reports that its exactTrax small vessel monitoring technology is now incorporated into Alltek Marine Electronic Corp's (AMEC) AIS Tracking Beacon (TB560).
The AMEC TB560 is a simplified Class B AIS device that offers an efficient and cost-effective vessel monitoring solution within AIS VHF transmission range. Now outfitted with exactTrax technology from exactEarth, which ex ... more Beijing (XNA) Sep 15, 2017BeiDou navigation to cover Belt and Road countries by 2018 Beijing (XNA) Sep 19, 2017China's BeiDou-3 satellites get new chips  Denver CO (SPX) Sep 13, 2017US Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin GPS M-Code Early Use Ground System Upgrade Contract |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 
A new study shows that an atmosphere was produced around the ancient Moon, 3 to 4 billion years ago, when intense volcanic eruptions spewed gases above the surface faster than they could escape to space. The study, supported by NASA's Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, was published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
When one looks up at the Moon, dark surfaces of vo ... more Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Chinese moon missions delayed by rocket failure: report  Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Moon village the first stop to Mars: ESA  Moscow (XNA) Sep 28, 2017Russian space agency, NASA agree to co-build lunar-orbit space station |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 06, 2017 
A postgraduate of the Faculty of Geology at Moscow State University working as a part of an international team has assessed the oxidative environment and its changes inside asteroids from the core to the surface. This gives the authors of the study a better understanding of how the planets were formed. The paper was published in Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
Asteroids were formed by a ... moreLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Team led by UCLA astrophysicist observes primitive comet 2 billion kilometres from the sun  Riga, Latvia (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Studies of 'Crater Capital' in the Baltics Show Impactful History  Paris (ESA) Oct 02, 2017Unexpected Surprise: A Final Image from Rosetta |
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 Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 19 ceased transmitting weather data after nearly three and a half years of operational service to Department of Defense and civilian agencies.
On Feb. 11, 2016, operators lost the ability to command the satellite following a power failure within the command and control system. The DMSP operations team remained in regular contact with the ... morePasadena CA (JPL) Oct 06, 2017Satellites See Silicon Valley's Quick Drought Recovery  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Public Invited to Analyze Photos Taken by International Space Station Astronauts  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Global Airborne Mission to Make Ozone Hole Detour |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017 
If governments and their space agencies are serious about protecting Earth from solar storms, one team of researchers argues a giant space shield is the most logical solution.
Much attention is paid to the threat of comets and asteroids. In the past, violent collisions have triggered mass extinctions. Solar storms - intense waves of high energy particles flung into space during coronal ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017Scientists model magnetic storm that inspired red aurora over Kyoto  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 03, 2017A RAVAN in the sun  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Parker Solar Probe Gets Its Revolutionary Heat Shield |
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 Portsmouth, UK (SPX) Oct 06, 2017 
An international research team, including astronomers from the University of Portsmouth, has revealed evidence of dynamical dark energy. The discovery, recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy, found that the nature of dark energy may not be the cosmological constant introduced by Albert Einstein 100 years ago, which is crucial for the study of dark energy.
Lead author of the stu ... more Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017The Scientific Quest to Explain Kepler's Most Enigmatic Find  Washington (UPI) Oct 4, 2017Scientists still confounded by Milky Way's most mysterious star  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 05, 2017NASA's Webb Telescope to witness galactic infancy |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 4, 2017 
The idea that all of human existence might simply be a computer simulation - most recently popularized by Elon Musk - has captivated the minds of millions of computer chair philosophers and college stoners.
But new research by a pair of theoretical physicists suggests it is simply not possible to build a computer big enough to run such a massive simulation.
Zohar Ringel and Dmi ... more Boston MA (SPX) Oct 06, 2017Open-access collider data confirm subatomic particle patterns  Tallahassee FL (SPX) Oct 05, 2017Heavy chemical elements alter theory of quantum mechanics  Rochester NY (SPX) Oct 06, 2017Generating terahertz radiation from water makes 'the impossible, possible' |
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