Space News from SpaceDaily.com
January 19, 2018
MARSDAILY
New technique for finding life on Mars



Washington DC (SPX) Jan 19, 2018
Researchers demonstrate for the first time the potential of existing technology to directly detect and characterize life on Mars and other planets. The study, published in Frontiers in Microbiology, used miniaturized scientific instruments and new microbiology techniques to identify and examine microorganisms in the Canadian high Arctic - one of the closest analogs to Mars on Earth. By avoiding delays that come with having to return samples to a laboratory for analysis, the methodology could also be use ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
Elementary, my dear machine intelligence
Paris (ESA) Jan 19, 2018
Artificial intelligence already helping astronauts on the International Space Station is also providing a promising approach for solving crimes. In an era of security concerns across Europe, the sma ... more
MERCURY RISING
NASA team studies middle-aged sun by tracking motion of Mercury
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 19, 2018
Like the waistband of a couch potato in midlife, the orbits of planets in our solar system are expanding. It happens because the Sun's gravitational grip gradually weakens as our star ages and loses ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Arianespace to launch SES-14 and Al Yah 3 for SES and Yahsat
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jan 19, 2018
For its first launch of 2018, Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana to launch the SES-14 and Al Yah 3 satellites for operators SES and Yahsat (Al Yah S ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 test advances exploration efforts
Stennis Space Center, MS (SPX) Jan 19, 2018
This week, NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne hot-fired an RS-25 engine in a test that marked another milestone toward the first crewed flight of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) while laying groundw ... more
ADVERTISEMENT



ADVERTISEMENT


Previous Issues Jan 18 Jan 17 Jan 16 Jan 15 Jan 12
Space News from SpaceDaily.com

ADVERTISEMENT



TIME AND SPACE
New record at ultracold neutron source in Mainz
Mainz, Germany (SPX) Jan 19, 2018
Some ten years ago, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) entered a new field of research by starting to generate ultracold neutrons (UCN) for use in fundamental research in physics. Now that th ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Satellites paint a detailed picture of maritime activity
Paris (ESA) Jan 19, 2018
ESA has helped coastal authorities to track up to 70% more ships and pick up nearly three times more ship positions via satellite than was possible before. Large cargo vessels and passenger sh ... more
ICE WORLD
Weather anomalies accelerate the melting of sea ice
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 17, 2018
In the winter of 2015/16, something happened that had never before been seen on this scale: at the end of December, temperatures rose above zero degrees Celsius for several days in parts of the Arct ... more
TIME AND SPACE
DARPA Program Aims to Extend Lifetime of Quantum Systems
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 19, 2018
Whether it is excited electrons emitting photons in a lightbulb or the vibrational frequency of atoms in an atomic clock, quantum phenomena are simultaneously fundamental aspects of nature and the b ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Japan forecasting breakthrough could improve weather warnings
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 17, 2018
A new project harnessing data from a Japanese satellite could improve weather forecasting and allow officials to issue life-saving warnings before natural disasters, researchers say. ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
How we created a mini 'gamma ray burst' in the lab for the first time
London, UK (The Conversation) Jan 19, 2018
Gamma ray bursts, intense explosions of light, are the brightest events ever observed in the universe - lasting no longer than seconds or minutes. Some are so luminous that they can be observed with ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Long-Term Warming Trend Continued in 2017: NASA, NOAA
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 19, 2018
Earth's global surface temperatures in 2017 ranked as the second warmest since 1880, according to an analysis by NASA. Continuing the planet's long-term warming trend, globally averaged temper ... more


US electronics innovation leaps forward via joint university microelectronics program

CHIP TECH
Mysteries of a promising spintronic material revealed
Riverside CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2018
Researchers at UC Riverside used an unconventional approach to determine the strength of the electron spin interactions with the optical phonons in antiferromagnetic nickel oxide (NiO) crystals. ... more
TECH SPACE
Russian scientists found excitons in nickel oxide for the first time
Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia (SPX) Jan 19, 2018
Russian scientists from Ural Federal University (UrFU) together with their colleagues from Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Department of Russian Academy of Sciences studied fundamental charac ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China to launch first student satellite for scientific education
Nanjing Beijing (XNA) Jan 19, 2018
China's first nano-satellite with primary and middle school students involved in the development and building process will be launched into space Friday. The satellite, named after late Premie ... more

ADVERTISEMENT

Commercial UAV Expo | Sept 3-5, 2024 | Las Vegas



Space News from SpaceDaily.com
ADVERTISEMENT

SPACE MEDICINE
Biodegradable sensor could help doctors monitor serious health conditions
Storrs CT (SPX) Jan 17, 2018
UConn engineers have created a biodegradable pressure sensor that could help doctors monitor chronic lung disease, swelling of the brain, and other medical conditions before dissolving harmlessly in ... more
SPACEMART
Europe's space agency braces for Brexit fallout
Paris (AFP) Jan 17, 2018
The European Space Agency (ESA) is drawing up contingency plans for projects, commercial deals, and staffing that may be adversely affected by Brexit, senior officials said Wednesday. ... more
IRON AND ICE
NASA, USGS confirm Michigan meteorite strike
Washington (UPI) Jan 17, 2018
Both NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey have confirmed that a meteorite entered Earth's atmosphere above southeastern Michigan on Tuesday night. ... more
MARSDAILY
Next Mars Analog mission will help improve efficiency and reduce dust exposure
Daytona Beach, FL (SPX) Jan 18, 2018
As NASA and others look to return humans to the Moon for longer durations, lunar dust remains an industry concern. Apollo mission crew members described the dust as similar to sandpaper, havin ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
'First Light' images from CERES FM6 Earth-observing instrument
Hampton VA (SPX) Jan 18, 2018
It's working! The covers on the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System Flight Model 6 (CERES FM6) opened Jan. 5, allowing it to scan Earth for the first time. The instrument was one of f ... more
TECH SPACE
Applications now open for the Space Debris Training Course
Paris (ESA) Jan 18, 2018
Space debris is a hazard to our satellites and spacecraft as well as a contributor to near-Earth space pollution. To help raise awareness of this issue, ESA's Education Office is organising the firs ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
ASU engineer showcases NASA research for Congress
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jan 18, 2018
To help NASA better explore outer space, Yuji Zhao headed to Capitol Hill with NASA's best and brightest collaborators in academia to talk space tech with U.S. Congress members. Zhao, an assis ... more


NASA picks up where it left off in 2017, tests RS-25 Flight Controller

SPACE TRAVEL
Columbus: 10 years a lab
Paris (ESA) Jan 18, 2018
In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue... In 2008 another Columbus sailed into space. Next month, Europe's Columbus laboratory achieves 10 years in orbit. Circling our planet at 28 800 km/h, t ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Himawari-8 data simulation allows 10-min updates of rain and flood predictions
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 18, 2018
Using the power of Japan's K computer, scientists from the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science and collaborators have shown that incorporating satellite data at frequent intervals - t ... more
SPACEWAR
'Alien attack' in Tokyo as Space Invaders turns 40
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 17, 2018
Block graphic aliens dropped down the window panes of a Tokyo skyscraper before being blasted into oblivion by enthusiastic gamers celebrating 40 years of the arcade sensation "Space Invaders". ... more

ADVERTISEMENT




ASU engineer showcases NASA research for Congress
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jan 18, 2018
To help NASA better explore outer space, Yuji Zhao headed to Capitol Hill with NASA's best and brightest collaborators in academia to talk space tech with U.S. Congress members. Zhao, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Arizona State University's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, was one of only three faculty members from across the country invited to join ... more
+ Elementary, my dear machine intelligence
+ NanoRacks Begins Third International Space Station External Platform Mission In Extreme Space Environment
+ Columbus: 10 years a lab
+ Top takeaways from Consumers Electronics Show
+ Gadgets for kids still big at tech show despite concerns
+ Life-saving NASA Communications System Turns 20
+ 'To boldly grow': Japan astronaut worried by space growth spurt
Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 test advances exploration efforts
Stennis Space Center, MS (SPX) Jan 19, 2018
This week, NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne hot-fired an RS-25 engine in a test that marked another milestone toward the first crewed flight of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) while laying groundwork for future production of the heavy-lift launch vehicle's main propulsion system. The 365-second test at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi qualified the controller f ... more
+ NASA picks up where it left off in 2017, tests RS-25 Flight Controller
+ Arianespace to launch SES-14 and Al Yah 3 for SES and Yahsat
+ Update from Mojave: VSS Unity successfully completes high speed glide flight
+ India launches country's 100th satellite and 30 microsats
+ Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports ULA Launch in Support of National Security
+ Blue Origin tests rocket engine as US seeks to replace Russian RD-180
+ Arianespace begins building final 10 Ariane 5s ahead of Ariane 6 operational debut


Deep, buried glaciers spotted on Mars
Miami (AFP) Jan 11, 2018
Buried glaciers have been spotted on Mars, offering new hints about how much water may be accessible on the Red Planet and where it is located, researchers said Thursday. Although ice has long been known to exist on Mars, a better understanding of its depth and location could be vital to future human explorers, said the report in the US journal Science. "Astronauts could essentially just ... more
+ Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice
+ Scientist's work may provide answer to Martian mountain mystery
+ New technique for finding life on Mars
+ Opportunity takes right at the fork and has successful battery test
+ Next Mars Analog mission will help improve efficiency and reduce dust exposure
+ Exploring alien worlds with lasers
+ Opportunity Takes Images Over the Holiday Period
China to launch first student satellite for scientific education
Nanjing Beijing (XNA) Jan 19, 2018
China's first nano-satellite with primary and middle school students involved in the development and building process will be launched into space Friday. The satellite, named after late Premier Zhou Enlai, was sent from its production base in Huai'an Youth Comprehensive Development Base in east China's Jiangsu Province to Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province ... more
+ Scientist reveals what is so special about Chines's next moon mission
+ China's Kuaizhou-11 rocket scheduled to launch in first half of 2018
+ Nation 'leads world' in remote sensing technology
+ China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040
+ China plans first sea based launch by 2018
+ China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020
+ Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronaut
Europe's space agency braces for Brexit fallout
Paris (AFP) Jan 17, 2018
The European Space Agency (ESA) is drawing up contingency plans for projects, commercial deals, and staffing that may be adversely affected by Brexit, senior officials said Wednesday. Programmes throw in flux by Britain's pending departure from the European Union (EU) include the Copernicus satellite constellation to monitor environmental damage, and the Galileo satellite navigation system. ... more
+ SES-15 Enters Commercial Service to Serve the Americas
+ Xenesis and ATLAS partner to develop global optical network
+ GomSpace signs deal for low-inclination launch on Virgin's LauncherOne
+ Aerospace Workforce Training - National Mandate for 2018
+ Intelsat signs contract with Arianespace for two launches
+ Nationwide search begins for young space entrepreneurs
+ Russia restores contact with Angolan satellite
Applications now open for the Space Debris Training Course
Paris (ESA) Jan 18, 2018
Space debris is a hazard to our satellites and spacecraft as well as a contributor to near-Earth space pollution. To help raise awareness of this issue, ESA's Education Office is organising the first ESA Academy Space Debris Training Course. The Space Debris Training Course will be hosted at the ESA Academy's Training and Learning Centre in ESEC, Redu, Belgium, from 16 to 20 April 2018. Un ... more
+ Breaking bad metals with neutrons
+ Russian scientists found excitons in nickel oxide for the first time
+ NASA team first to demonstrate x-ray navigation in space
+ Space Traffic Management
+ Ultra-thin memory storage device paves way for more powerful computing
+ Physicists succeed in measuring mechanical properties of 2-D monolayer materials
+ EU unveils supercomputer plan to rival China


Hubble finds substellar objects in the Orion Nebula
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
In an unprecedented deep survey for small, faint objects in the Orion Nebula, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (http://www.nasa.gov/hubble) have uncovered the largest known population of brown dwarfs sprinkled among newborn stars. Looking in the vicinity of the survey stars, researchers not only found several very-low-mass brown dwarf companions, but also three giant planets. They ... more
+ NASA study shows disk patterns can self-generate
+ Ingredients for life revealed in meteorites that fell to Earth
+ Citizen scientists discover five-planet system
+ Iron-Rich Stars Host Shorter-Period Planets
+ SETI project homes in on strange 'fast radio bursts'
+ Extraterrestrial Hypatia stone rattles solar system status quo
+ Planets around other stars are like peas in a pod
JUICE ground control gets green light to start development
Paris (ESA) Jan 17, 2018
ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer - JUICE - passed an important milestone, the ground segment requirements review, with flying colours, demonstrating that the teams are on track in the preparation of the spacecraft operations needed to achieve the mission's ambitious science goals. Planned to launch in 2022, JUICE will embark on a 7.5-year long journey through the Solar System before arrivi ... more
+ New Year 2019 offers new horizons at MU69 flyby
+ Study explains why Jupiter's jet stream reverses course on a predictable schedule
+ New Horizons Corrects Its Course in the Kuiper Belt
+ Does New Horizons' Next Target Have a Moon?
+ Juno probes the depths of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
+ Wrapping up 2017 one year out from MU69
+ Jupiter Blues


New application for acoustics helps estimate marine life populations
San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2018
Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego were part of an international team that for the first time used hydroacoustics as a method for comparing the abundance of fishes within and outside marine protected areas (MPAs). They found that the abundance of fishes was four times greater in Mexico's protected Cabo Pulmo National Park than in ar ... more
+ Top European chefs take electric pulse fishing off the menu
+ China lavishes cash on ally Cambodia with eyes on the Mekong
+ Scale-eating fish adopt clever parasitic methods to survive
+ Clean and green: A moss that removes lead from water
+ Sisi vows to protect Egypt's water supply
+ Drought-stricken Cape Town faces dry taps by April 21
+ Australia offers cash for Great Barrier Reef rescue ideas
China sends twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space
Xichang, China (XNA) Jan 15, 2018
China on Friday sent twin satellites into space on a single carrier rocket to help its BeiDou system provide navigation and positioning services to countries along the Belt and Road by late 2018. The Long March-3B carrier rocket took off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan at 7:18 a.m. The twin satellites are coded as the 26th and 27th satelli ... more
+ 18 satellites in exactEarth's real-time constellation now in service
+ 'Quantum radio' may aid communications and mapping indoors, underground and underwater
+ Raytheon to provide GPS-guided artillery shells
+ DARPA Subterranean Challenge Aims to Revolutionize Underground Capabilities
+ New satellite tracking of in-flight aircraft to improve safety
+ US military imagines war without GPS
+ First GPS 3 satellite receives commands from new OCX ground control segment


Possible Lava Tube Skylights Discovered Near the North Pole of the Moon
Mountain View CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
The SETI Institute and the Mars Institute have announced the discovery of small pits in a large crater near the North Pole of the Moon, which may be entrances to an underground network of lava tubes. The pits were identified through analysis of imaging data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). If water ice is present, these potential lava tube entrances or "skylights" might allow futu ... more
+ Russian company declassifies 1973 report on Lunokhod-2 lunar rover
+ Funding runs dry for Indian Google X Prize lunar team
+ Astronauts: Trump's proposed Lunar mission will take time
+ China Prepares for Breakthrough Chang'e 4 Moon Landing in 2018
+ China solicits messages to be sent to moon
+ Thales Alenia Space signs 3 contracts for NASA's deep space exploration
+ Will Trump send Americans to the Moon? Money talks: experts
NASA, USGS confirm Michigan meteorite strike
Washington (UPI) Jan 17, 2018
Both NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey have confirmed that a meteorite entered Earth's atmosphere above southeastern Michigan on Tuesday night. The meteorite created a fiery streak seen as far away as New York City, as well as a loud boom heard by many in the Detroit area. Eyewitness accounts suggest the meteor moved northwest across the suburbs of Detroit. The event was captur ... more
+ Study identifies processes of rock formed by meteors or nuclear blasts
+ NASA's newly renamed Swift mission spies a comet slowdown
+ NASA image showcases Ceres mountain named for Kwanzaa
+ Development on muon beam analysis of organic matter in samples from space
+ Arecibo radar returns with asteroid Phaethon images
+ Alien object Oumuama is a natural body transiting our solar system
+ Interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua may actually be made of ice


Satellites paint a detailed picture of maritime activity
Paris (ESA) Jan 19, 2018
ESA has helped coastal authorities to track up to 70% more ships and pick up nearly three times more ship positions via satellite than was possible before. Large cargo vessels and passenger ships are required to carry Automatic Identification System equipment. It transmits the course and speed as well as identification and position information to other vessels and shore stations. Ori ... more
+ 'First Light' images from CERES FM6 Earth-observing instrument
+ Himawari-8 data simulation allows 10-min updates of rain and flood predictions
+ Japan forecasting breakthrough could improve weather warnings
+ Earth-i launches prototype of world's first full-colour, full-motion video satellite constellation
+ NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission surpasses expectations flying to new heights in 2017
+ NASA Calculated Heavy Rainfall Leading to California Mudslides
+ GeoCarb: A New View of Carbon Over the Americas
Magnetic coil springs accelerate particles on the Sun
Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Jan 12, 2018
Why does the Sun sometimes accelerate preferentially helium-3 and iron into space? Researchers have for the first time observed helical solar flares as a source. In April and July 2014, the Sun emitted three jets of energetic particles into space, that were quite exceptional: the particle streams contained such high amounts of iron and helium-3, a rare variety of helium, as have been obser ... more
+ Sounding rockets study space x-ray emissions and create polar mesospheric cloud
+ Eclipse megamovie projects seeks public's help analyzing 50,000 photos
+ Special star is a Rosetta Stone for understanding the sun's variability and climate effect
+ August eclipse left a wake in ionosphere, researchers reveal
+ Report Highlights Social and Economic Impacts of Space Weather
+ Eclipse 2017: Science from the Moon's Shadow
+ Space weather, EarthScope, and protecting the national electrical grid


Great Observatories Team Up to Find Magnified and Stretched Image of Distant Galaxy
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 12, 2018
An intensive survey deep into the universe by NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes has yielded the proverbial needle-in-a-haystack: the farthest galaxy yet seen in an image that has been stretched and amplified by a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. The embryonic galaxy named SPT0615-JD existed when the universe was just 500 million years old. Though a few other primitive gala ... more
+ How we created a mini 'gamma ray burst' in the lab for the first time
+ What Stars Will Hatch from the Tarantula Nebula?
+ Scientists take viewers to the center of the Milky Way
+ Hubble probes the archeology of our Milky Way's ancient hub
+ China approves advanced radio telescope project
+ Space telescopes provide 3-D journey through Orion Nebula
+ GBT detection unlocks exploration of 'aromatic' interstellar chemistry
DARPA Program Aims to Extend Lifetime of Quantum Systems
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 19, 2018
Whether it is excited electrons emitting photons in a lightbulb or the vibrational frequency of atoms in an atomic clock, quantum phenomena are simultaneously fundamental aspects of nature and the basis of current state-of-the-art and future technologies. This is particularly the case as sensor and device performance continue to improve and approach their fundamental limits. It is not lost ... more
+ Black hole spin cranks-up radio volume
+ Astronomers Measure More Black Holes, Farther Away
+ Black hole research could aid understanding of how small galaxies evolve
+ New record at ultracold neutron source in Mainz
+ Watchmakers hope to make Chinese market tick
+ Astronomers detect 'whirlpool' movement in earliest galaxies
+ Researchers catch supermassive black hole burping
Daily Newsletters - Space - Military - Environment - Energy

Buy Advertising Media Advertising Kit Editorial & Other Enquiries Privacy statement
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2016 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement