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  Tampa (AFP) April 4, 2018 SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship arrived Wednesday at the International Space Station, packed with food, gear and science experiments for the astronauts living in orbit. "We have capture confirmed," a NASA commentator said as the space station's robotic arm latched onto the gum-drop shaped spacecraft at 6:40 am (1040 GMT), at a moment when the spacecraft was over the southern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The spacecraft was bolted onto the orbiting outpost at 9 am (1300 GMT). ... read more |
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Astrophysicists map the infant Universe in 3D and discover 4000 early galaxiesLiverpool UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 Astronomers have announced one of the largest 3D maps of the infant Universe, in a presentation at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science in Liverpool. A team led by Dr David Sobral of Lan ... more  
Artificial intelligence helps to predict likelihood of life on other worldsLiverpool UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 Developments in artificial intelligence may help us to predict the probability of life on other planets, according to new work by a team based at Plymouth University. The study uses artificial ... more 
Gravitational waves created by black holes in the centre of most galaxiesLiverpool UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 Gravitational waves may be forged in the heart of the galaxy, says a new study led by PhD student Joseph Fernandez at Liverpool John Moores University. He sets out the work in a presentation on 3rd ... more 
X-rays could sterilise alien planets in otherwise habitable zonesLiverpool UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 Intense radiation could strip away the ozone layer of Earth-like planets around other stars and render them uninhabitable, according to a new study led by Dr Eike Guenther of the Thueringer Observat ... more |
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Winning Exoplanet Rocket Sticker SelectedParis (ESA) Apr 05, 2018 A colourful design capturing the essence of ESA's CHEOPS mission, which will measure the size of planets as they cross in front of their parent stars, has been selected for the rocket carrying the s ... more  
Scientists Surprised by Relentless Cosmic Cold FrontWashington DC (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 This winter has brought many intense and powerful storms, with cold fronts sweeping across much of the United States. On a much grander scale, astronomers have discovered enormous "weather systems" ... more 
New study suggests tens of thousands of black holes exist in Milky Way's centerNew York NY (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 A Columbia University-led team of astrophysicists has discovered a dozen black holes gathered around Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. The f ... more 
Most distant star yet discovered by HubbleWashington DC (UPI) Apr 02, 2018 Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have observed the most distant star yet discovered. ... more 
Hubble uses cosmic lens to discover most distant star ever observedMunich, Germany (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found the most distant star ever discovered. The hot blue star existed only 4.4 billion years after the Big Bang. This discovery provides n ... more |
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 Hubble makes the first precise distance measurement to an ancient globular star cluster 
Gaia's View Of Dark Interstellar CloudsParis (ESA) Apr 05, 2018 While charting the positions of more than a billion stars, ESA's Gaia mission provides all-important information even about the dark patches of the sky where fewer stars are observed. These images, ... more  |
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NASA funds development of new astronomical imaging systemRochester NY (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 Rochester Institute of Technology researchers are developing and testing an astronomical imager inspired by an Oscar-award winning cinema projection system. RIT scientist Zoran Ninkov modified ... more 
Astronomers find 72 bright and fast explosionsLiverpool, UK (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 Gone in a (cosmological) flash: a team of astronomers found 72 very bright, but quick events in a recent survey and are still struggling to explain their origin. Miika Pursiainen of the University o ... more 
Hubble's Curious Case of a Calcium-rich SupernovaBaltimore MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 This image, captured by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the spiral galaxy NGC 5714, about 130 million light-years away in the constellation of Boo ... more  
Opportunity Completes In-Situ Work on 'Aguas Calientes'Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 03, 2018 Opportunity is continuing the exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned about halfway down the approximately 656 feet (200-meter) valley ... more  
Here, There and Everywhere: Across the Universe with the BeatlesLiverpool UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 The Beatles are one of the greatest cultural phenomena to come from the 20th Century, yet many people are unaware of their impact on science. In 'Here, There and Everywhere', inspired by the b ... more |
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 Tampa (AFP) April 4, 2018 
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship arrived Wednesday at the International Space Station, packed with food, gear and science experiments for the astronauts living in orbit.
"We have capture confirmed," a NASA commentator said as the space station's robotic arm latched onto the gum-drop shaped spacecraft at 6:40 am (1040 GMT), at a moment when the spacecraft was over the southern part of the ... more |
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 Tampa (AFP) April 2, 2018 
SpaceX blasted off a load of supplies Monday for the International Space Station aboard a rocket and a cargo ship that have both flown before, marking the second such flight for the California-based company.
"Falcon 9 is on its way," a SpaceX commentator said as the white rocket surged skyward over Cape Canaveral, Florida at 4:30 pm (2030 GMT).
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 
Opportunity is continuing the exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.
The rover is positioned about half way down the approximately 656 feet (200-meter) valley.
Opportunity is engaged in an extensive in-situ (contact) science campaign on the surface target called "Aguas Calientes," an exposed rock outcrop.
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 Paris (AFP) March 27, 2018 
An uncontrolled Chinese space station weighing at least seven tonnes is set to break up as it hurtles to Earth on or around April 1, the European Space Agency has forecast.
"It will mostly burn up due to the extreme heat generated by its high-speed passage through the atmosphere," it said in a statement.
Some debris from the Tiangong-1 - or "Heavenly Palace" - spacelab will likely fal ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 
Relativity has reported the close of its $35 million Series B financing, led by Playground Global with full participation from existing Series A investors Social Capital, Y Combinator Continuity and Mark Cuban. The funding will be used to grow the company's scalable, automated process for manufacturing and launching entire rockets from conception to production.
The company has proven itsel ... more |
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 Nottingham UK (The Conversation) Apr 03, 2018 
From surviving take off to having to rely on oxygen tanks to breathe in orbit, space travel is incredibly risky. But a huge hazard that we sometimes overlook is high energy radiation from sources both inside and outside the solar system.
A new study, published in the journal Space Weather, has shown that radiation received from outside our solar system has been increasing steadily for the ... more |
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 Liverpool UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 
Intense radiation could strip away the ozone layer of Earth-like planets around other stars and render them uninhabitable, according to a new study led by Dr Eike Guenther of the Thueringer Observatory in Germany.
Dr Guenther sets out the work in a presentation on 3rd April at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science in Liverpool.
Astronomers now know of around 4000 planets i ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 7, 2018 
Jupiter's tempestuous, gassy atmosphere stretches some 3,000 kilometres (1,860 miles) deep and comprises a hundredth of the planet's mass, studies based on observations by NASA's Juno spacecraft revealed Wednesday.
The measurements shed the first light on what goes on beneath the surface of the largest planet in the Solar System, which from a distance resembles a colourful, striped glass mar ... more |
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 Dallas TX (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 
By learning how water is collected by living organisms, including rice leaves and pitcher plants, scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas created and tested a combination of materials that can do the same thing, but faster.
The shells of certain desert-dwelling beetles can trap and direct water droplets, as can textures on rice leaves and pitcher plants. With that natural blueprint ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Apr 03, 2018 
China on Friday sent twin satellites into space with a single carrier rocket, adding two more members for its domestic BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS).
The Long March-3B carrier rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 1:56 a.m. The launch was the 269th mission for the Long March rocket family.
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2018 
The last blue moon until 2020 will peak in the sky at 8:37 a.m. EDT Saturday.
For the second time this year, a blue moon will appear. The first was in January.
Linda Lam, a Weather.com meteorologist, said people living in the South, Southwest and West Coast of the United States have the best chance of seeing the blue moon, but a cold front may block the view along much of the Eas ... more |
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 Liverpool UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 
The Beatles are one of the greatest cultural phenomena to come from the 20th Century, yet many people are unaware of their impact on science.
In 'Here, There and Everywhere', inspired by the book 'La scienza dei Beatles' ('The science of the Beatles'), Viviana Ambrosi shows how the Fab Four can bring the study of celestial objects and the exploration of the universe closer to a large publi ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 05, 2018 
China Wednesday received the first package of data from the three high-resolution Gaofen-1 satellites launched on March 31, according to the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The package of data with a total size of 166.31 gigabytes was received by the remote sensing satellite ground station in Miyun on the outskirts of Beijing.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
Measurements of the three-dimensional structure of the earth, as opposed to the one-dimensional models typically used, can help scientists more accurately determine which areas of the United States are most vulnerable to blackouts during hazardous geomagnetic storms.
Space weather events such as geomagnetic storms can disturb the earth's magnetic field, interfering with electric power grid ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have for the first time precisely measured the distance to one of the oldest objects in the universe, a collection of stars born shortly after the big bang.
This new, refined distance yardstick provides an independent estimate for the age of the universe. The new measurement also will help astronomers improve models of stellar evolution. Star ... more |
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 Liverpool UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 
Gravitational waves may be forged in the heart of the galaxy, says a new study led by PhD student Joseph Fernandez at Liverpool John Moores University. He sets out the work in a presentation on 3rd April at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science in Liverpool.
Gravitational waves (GWs) are small ripples in space-time that spread throughout the universe.
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