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  Garching, Germany (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 In June 2019, the International Astronomical Union expressed concern about the negative impact that the planned mega-constellations of communication satellites may have on astronomical observations and on the pristine appearance of the night sky when observed from a dark region. We here present a summary of the current understanding of the impact of these satellite constellations. Following the statement of June 2019, IAU's Commission B7 Protection of Existing and Potential Observatory Sites and t ... read more |
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Astroscale teams with JAXA for Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration ProjectTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 Astroscale has been selected as the commercial partner for Phase I of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) first debris removal project, a groundbreaking step by Japan to commercialize sp ... more  
Scientists pick up pattern of space radio signals for 1st time, study saysWashington DC (UPI) Feb 12, 2020 For the first time in history, researchers say they picked up a radio signal from a single source in outer space that repeated at certain intervals for more than a year - and in this case, the pattern came and went roughly every two weeks. ... more  
Salt water may periodically form on the surface of MarsTucson AZ (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 Briny water may form on the surface of Mars a few days per year, research by Planetary Science Institute (PSI) Senior Scientist Norbert Schorghofer shows. Liquid water is difficult to come by ... more  
Leiden astronomers discover potential near-earth objectsAmsterdam, The Netherlands (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 Three astronomers from Leiden University (the Netherlands) have shown that some asteroids that are considered harmless for now, can collide with the Earth in the future. They did their research with ... more |
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NASA prepares for Moon and Mars with new addition to its deep space networkPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 12, 2020 Surrounded by California desert, NASA officials broke ground Tuesday, Feb. 11, on a new antenna for communicating with the agency's farthest-flung robotic spacecraft. Part of the Deep Space Network ... more  
Hyper-Kamiokande Project is officially approvedTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 Hyper-Kamiokande (HK or Hyper-K) project is the world-leading international scientific research project hosted by Japan aiming to elucidate the origin of matter and the Grand Unified Theory of eleme ... more 
Citizen scientists discover rare cosmic pairing via Backyard Worlds projectNew York NY (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 Citizen scientists have uncovered a bizarre pairing of two brown dwarfs, objects much smaller than the Sun that lack enough mass for nuclear fusion. The discovery, reported in The Astrophysical Jour ... more  
US accuses Iran of building missiles through satellite bidWashington (AFP) Feb 11, 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday accused Iran of honing its ballistic missile skills through a satellite launch and vowed to exert more pressure. ... more  
Phase One Industrial and AI-Survey GmbH Sign Partner Integrator AgreementCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 Phase One Industrial, a world-leading provider of medium format metric cameras and imaging solutions for aerial applications, has announced that it has signed an agreement with AI-Survey GmbH, a dev ... more |
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 Researchers develop smaller, lighter radiation shielding  
Aerosols have an outsized impact on extreme weatherPasadena CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 Scientists at Caltech and JPL have tied a shift in winter weather patterns in Europe and northern Eurasia to a reduction in air pollution. Over the past 50 years, the occurrence of extremely c ... more  |
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Using sound and light to generate ultra-fast data transferLeeds UK (SPX) Feb 12, 2020 Researchers have made a breakthrough in the control of terahertz quantum cascade lasers, which could lead to the transmission of data at the rate of 100 gigabits per second - around one thousand tim ... more 
Making 3-D printing smarter with machine learningLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2020 3-D printing is often touted as the future of manufacturing. It allows us to directly build objects from computer-generated designs, meaning industry can manufacture customized products in-house, wi ... more  
NASA to hire more Artemis generation astronautsHouston TX (SPX) Feb 12, 2020 As NASA prepares to launch American astronauts this year on American rockets from American soil to the International Space Station - with an eye toward the Moon and Mars - the agency is announcing i ... more  
Economical and environmentally friendly solutions on the commercial satellites marketWarsaw, Poland (SPX) Feb 12, 2020 We are observing a considerable increase in the demand for satellite systems around the world. Various independent sources forecast that the nano- and microsatellite market will grow from $1.5 billi ... more  
KBR wins $400M recompete to provide NASA Intelligent Systems ResearchHouston TX (SPX) Feb 12, 2020 KBR has been awarded a $400 million contract by NASA to provide intelligent systems research and development support services at the agency's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. KBR will p ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 10, 2020 
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station plan to install a high-speed radio link to enable almost real-time connections with Earth.
The upgrade to the ESA Columbus laboratory will relay data from experiments on the Station back to Earth almost instantaneously.
The fridge-sized device will fly to the Station aboard Northrop Grumman's 12th Cygnus supply ship on 9 February.
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 Gold Coast, Australia (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 
Research that could cut space travel cost by 25 per cent has received a $3 million boost from the Australian Government.
A Gilmour Space Technologies, University of Southern Queensland (USQ) and Teakle Composites project to create lightweight rocket fuel tanks was included in the latest round of the Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) grants.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 10, 2020 
NASA is sending a new laser-toting robot to Mars. But unlike the lasers of science fiction, this one is used for studying mineralogy and chemistry from up to about 20 feet (7 meters) away. It might help scientists find signs of fossilized microbial life on the Red Planet, too.
One of seven instruments aboard the Mars 2020 rover that launches this summer, SuperCam was built by a team of hun ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 07, 2020 
China's Long March-5B carrier rocket arrived at the launch site in southern China's Hainan Province Wednesday after a week of ocean and rail transport, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The rocket will take part in a joint rehearsal with the prototype of the Chinese space station's core module at the Wenchang Space Launch Center. It is scheduled to make i ... more |
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 Garching, Germany (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 
In June 2019, the International Astronomical Union expressed concern about the negative impact that the planned mega-constellations of communication satellites may have on astronomical observations and on the pristine appearance of the night sky when observed from a dark region. We here present a summary of the current understanding of the impact of these satellite constellations.
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for shielding electronics in military and space exploration technology from ionizing radiation. The new approach is more cost effective than existing techniques, and the secret ingredient is...rust.
"Our approach can be used to maintain the same level of radiation shielding and reduce the weight by 30% or more, o ... more |
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 Waimea, HI (SPX) Feb 11, 2020  Maunakea, Hawaii - A team of astronomers led by Brendan Bowler of The University of Texas at Austin has probed the formation process of giant exoplanets and brown dwarfs, a class of objects that are more massive than giant planets, but not massive enough to ignite nuclear fusion in their cores to shine like true stars.
Using direct imaging with ground-based telescopes in Hawaii - W. M. Kec ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 
A "beating heart" of frozen nitrogen controls Pluto's winds and may give rise to features on its surface, according to a new study.
Pluto's famous heart-shaped structure, named Tombaugh Regio, quickly became famous after NASA's New Horizons mission captured footage of the dwarf planet in 2015 and revealed it isn't the barren world scientists thought it was.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 12, 2020 
White sharks have been living in the waters of the Mediterranean for much longer than previously estimated.
According to a study published this week in the Journal of Biogeography, the apex predators have been living in the Mediterranean for 3.2 million years.
To trace their evolutionary origins, researchers at the University of Bologna used mathematical models to analyze the DNA ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 11, 2020 
Honeywell Inc. was awarded a contract potentially worth $3.5 billion for development of GPS navigation system modernization, the Pentagon announced.
The indefinite delivery/indefinite-quantity contract calls for production, sustainment and engineering technical services for Embedded GPS Internal Navigation System Modernization, or EGI/EGI-M, the Defense Department said in a statement on Fr ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 11, 2020 
"President Donald Trump's Fiscal Year 2021 budget for NASA is worthy of 21st century exploration and discovery. The President's budget invests more than $25 billion in NASA to fortify our innovative human space exploration program while maintaining strong support for our agency's full suite of science, aeronautics, and technology work.
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 Warwick UK (SPX) Feb 11, 2020 
The majority of stars in the universe will become luminous enough to blast surrounding asteroids into successively smaller fragments using their light alone, according to a University of Warwick astronomer.
Electromagnetic radiation from stars at the end of their 'giant branch' phase - lasting just a few million years before they collapse into white dwarfs - would be strong enough to spin ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 
Scientists at Caltech and JPL have tied a shift in winter weather patterns in Europe and northern Eurasia to a reduction in air pollution.
Over the past 50 years, the occurrence of extremely cold days has decreased throughout Europe and northern Eurasia, which includes Russia. Combining long-term observations with a state-of-the-art climate model revealed what researchers describe as an "u ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 11, 2020 
After Solar Orbiter, ESA's next mission observing the Sun will not be one spacecraft but two: the double satellites making up Proba-3 will fly in formation to cast an artificial solar eclipse, opening up the clearest view yet of the Sun's faint atmosphere - probing the mysteries of its million degree heat and magnetic eruptions.
Aiming for launch in mid-2022, Proba-3 comprises two small me ... more |
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 Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 10, 2020 
For the first time, researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Strasbourg have simulated the formation of galaxies in a universe without dark matter. To replicate this process on the computer, they have instead modified Newton's laws of gravity. The galaxies that were created in the computer calculations are similar to those we actually see today. According to the scientists, their assumption ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Feb 07, 2020 
A new Artificial Intelligence (AI) has allowed AI researchers, for the first time, to demonstrate a useful and reliable way of sifting through masses of correlating data to spot when correlation means causation. By fusing old, overlapping and incomplete datasets this new method, inspired by quantum cryptography, paves the way for researchers to glean the results of medical trials that would othe ... more |
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