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  Singapore (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 Arianespace, the global reference in space transportation, has orbited 60% of commercial satellites in the Asia-Pacific region since 1981. And this dynamic is continuing apace: after four satellites orbited for customers in the region during 2017, and the successful launch of DSN-1/Superbird-8 for SKY Perfect JSAT and the Japanese Ministry of Defense on April 5, 2018, Arianespace's order book includes five other satellite launches for Asia-Pacific customers between 2018 and 2020. At CommunicAsia 2 ... read more |
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Japan space probe reaches asteroid in search for origin of lifeTokyo (AFP) June 27, 2018 A Japanese probe has reached an asteroid 300 million kilometres away to collect information about the birth of the solar system and the origin of life after a more than three-year voyage through deep space. ... more 
Is the interstellar asteroid really a comet?Manoa HI (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 The interstellar object Oumuamua was discovered back on October 19, 2017, but the puzzle of its true nature has taken months to unravel, and may never be fully solved. Meaning "scout from the ... more 
Sandbox craters reveal secrets of planetary splash marks and lost meteoritesOnna, Japan (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 Look up above you. You might see blue sky, clouds, the Moon or stars. And while it might seem calm up there, the truth is it's nearly always raining. Every day, Earth is constantly bombarded by abou ... more  
mu Space Corp issues proposal request to build a satellite covering Asia-PacificBangkok, Thailand (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 mu Space Corp, a Thailand-based satellite and space company, has approved the release of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a manufacturer to build the company's satellite with coverage spanning acros ... more |
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First known interstellar object gets unexpected speed boostWashington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 Using observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, an international team of scientists have confirmed 'Oumuamua (oh-MOO-ah-MOO-ah), the first known interstellar ob ... more 
Frankfurt physicists set limits on size of neutron starsFrankfurt, Germany (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 How large is a neutron star? Previous estimates varied from eight to sixteen kilometres. Astrophysicists at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the FIAS have now succeeded in determining the size of ... more 
NASA completes Webb Telescope review, commits to launch in early 2021Washington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 The Independent Review Board (IRB) established by NASA to assess progress on its James Webb Space Telescope has unanimously recommended that development on the world's premier science observatory sh ... more 
Planet formation starts before star reaches maturityAmsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 A European team of astronomers has discovered that dust particles around a star already coagulate before the star is fully grown. Dust particle growth is the first step in the formation of planets. ... more  
China launches new-tech experiment twin satellitesXichang, China (XNA) Jun 28, 2018 China successfully launched new-tech experiment twin satellites on the Long March-2C rocket from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center Wednesday morning. The twin satellites were l ... more |
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OMG, the water's warm! NASA study solves glacier puzzleWashington DC (SPX) Jun 25, 2018 A new NASA study explains why the Tracy and Heilprin glaciers, which flow side by side into Inglefield Gulf in northwest Greenland, are melting at radically different rates. Using ocean data f ... more  |
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Why life on Earth first got bigCambridge UK (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 Some of the earliest complex organisms on Earth - possibly some of the earliest animals to exist - got big not to compete for food, but to spread their offspring as far as possible. The resear ... more
Japan space probe reaches asteroid in search for origin of lifeTokyo (AFP) June 27, 2018 A Japanese probe has reached an asteroid 300 million kilometres away to collect information about the birth of the solar system and the origin of life after a more than three-year voyage through deep space. ... more  
Scientists developing guidebook for finding life beyond EarthRiverside CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 If you're looking for a manual on the hunt for alien life, you're in luck. Some of the leading experts in the field, including a UC Riverside team of researchers, have written a major series of revi ... more 
Earth's first mission to a binary asteroid, for planetary defenceParis (ESA) Jun 26, 2018 Planning for humankind's first mission to a binary asteroid system has entered its next engineering phase. ESA's proposed Hera mission would also be Europe's contribution to an ambitious planetary d ... more 
Citizen scientists developing expertise on galaxy imagesGothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 Two researchers from the University of Gothenburg have studied large amounts of data in a citizen science project that turns to volunteers for help classifying images of galaxies. 'We can see how in ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) June 25, 2018 
It sounds appealing given the state of politics on Earth: a plan to launch a utopian "space nation" with the aim of transcending earthly divisions.
At a lavish ceremony in Vienna's Hofburg Palace on Monday, some 200 attendees inaugurated Russian scientist and businessman Igor Ashurbeyli as the first "head of nation" of Asgardia, named after a realm in Norse mythology.
Ashurbeyli has been ... more |
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 Singapore (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 
Arianespace, the global reference in space transportation, has orbited 60% of commercial satellites in the Asia-Pacific region since 1981. And this dynamic is continuing apace: after four satellites orbited for customers in the region during 2017, and the successful launch of DSN-1/Superbird-8 for SKY Perfect JSAT and the Japanese Ministry of Defense on April 5, 2018, Arianespace's order book in ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 25, 2018 
The dust storm on Mars is now a Planet-encircling Dust Event (PEDE).
It shows no indication of receding at this time. Since the last contact with the rover on Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018), it is likely that Opportunity has experienced a low-power fault, putting herself to sleep only to wake when the skies eventually clear.
If the atmospheric opacity or the solar array dust factor has got ... more |
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 Xichang, China (XNA) Jun 28, 2018 
China successfully launched new-tech experiment twin satellites on the Long March-2C rocket from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center Wednesday morning.
The twin satellites were launched at 11:30 a.m., and entered their intended orbit.
The twin-satellites missions are to link the inter-satellite network and conduct new technology tests on satellites earth-observation. ... more |
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 Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 
SSL, a Maxar Technologies company has shipped the first of three satellites that SSL will deliver to the SpaceX launch base at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida over the next month. Driven by commercial advances, the three satellites will bring communications capability to connect people and transform lives around the globe.
Telstar 19 VANTAGE, an advanced high throughput satelli ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 
Thanks to the research of magnetic levitation in the conditions of microgravity, a new technology for 3D printing of biological tissues was developed. In the future, this technology will help to create radiation-sensitive biological constructs and repair damaged tissues and human organs. The results are published in Biofabrication. The technology is based on the results of the experimental studi ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 26, 2018 
In the last decade, we have discovered thousands of planets outside our solar system and have learned that rocky, temperate worlds are numerous in our galaxy. The next step will involve asking even bigger questions. Could some of these planets host life? And if so, will we be able to recognize life elsewhere if we see it?
A group of leading researchers in astronomy, biology and geology has ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the most ambitious and complex space observatory ever built, will use its unparalleled infrared capabilities to study Jupiter's Great Red Spot, shedding new light on the enigmatic storm and building upon data returned from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories.
Jupiter's iconic storm is on the Webb telescope's list of targets chosen by gua ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 25, 2018 
An international oceanography satellite that is tracking the ongoing rise in global sea level marks its 10th year in orbit today.
Designed for a three-to-five-year mission, the joint U.S./European Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) on the Jason-2 satellite has now made more than 47,000 trips around our home planet, measuring sea level change across the globe, observing ocean currents, ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 19, 2018 
Russia launched a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Plesetsk space center on Sunday to orbit a Glonass-M satellite, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"On Sunday, at 00:46 Moscow time [21:46 GMT]... the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces successfully launched a middle-class Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a navigation Glonass-M spacecraft," the ministry said in a statement. Hours later t ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 25, 2018 
If all goes to plan, China will soon make history as the first country to put a lander and a rover on the far side of the moon. Information gleaned from such a mission may answer questions about the universe that we have not even thought to ask yet.
It was for this reason that I found myself talking to Zheng Yongchun at Beijing Planetarium. Zheng is an animated interviewee, but that's not ... more |
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 Onna, Japan (SPX) Jun 28, 2018  Look up above you. You might see blue sky, clouds, the Moon or stars. And while it might seem calm up there, the truth is it's nearly always raining. Every day, Earth is constantly bombarded by about 100 tons of falling objects from space, mostly simple dust or sand-sized particles that are destroyed as they hit the upper atmosphere.
But very rarely, a piece large enough to survive the int ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 25, 2018 
This week marks 20 years since the manifesto was signed that gave rise to Europe's Copernicus environmental programme. With seven Sentinel satellites already in orbit delivering terabytes of data every day, Copernicus is the biggest provider of Earth observation data in the world.
To mark this 20-year milestone, reflect on the programme's achievements and to look to the future, EU commissi ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 
Tom Woods knows about space gunk. As the principal investigator for the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment, or EVE, instrument aboard NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, he's all too familiar with the ways that exposure to the harsh space environment can lead to a spacecraft instrument's degradation.
"Since its launch in 2010, EVE's sensitivity has degraded by about 70 percent at so ... more |
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 Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 
How large is a neutron star? Previous estimates varied from eight to sixteen kilometres. Astrophysicists at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the FIAS have now succeeded in determining the size of neutron stars to within 1.5 kilometres by using an elaborate statistical approach supported by data from the measurement of gravitational waves. The researchers' report appears in the current issue o ... more |
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 Portsmouth UK (SPX) Jun 25, 2018 
An international team of astronomers have made the most precise test of gravity outside our own solar system.
By combining data taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope, their results show that gravity in this galaxy behaves as predicted by Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, confirming the theory's validity on galact ... more |
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