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  Lowell MA (SPX) Apr 02, 2020 A discovery by a team of researchers led by UMass Lowell nuclear physicists could change how atoms are understood by scientists and help explain extreme phenomena in outer space. The breakthrough by the researchers revealed that a symmetry that exists within the core of the atom is not as fundamental as scientists have believed. The discovery sheds light on the forces at work within the atoms' nucleus, opening the door to a greater understanding of the universe. The findings were published in Natu ... read more |
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The man who wanted to fly on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 02, 2020 Even before this interviewer can finish the question, "Did anyone ever tell you this was a crazy idea?" Bob Balaram jumps in: "Everyone. All the time." This "crazy idea" is the Mars Helicopter ... more  
Using augmented reality to prepare Orion hardwareKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 02, 2020 Augmented reality, also known as AR, is a powerful tool that engineers are using to enable NASA to send humans to the Moon under the agency's Artemis program. Lockheed Martin, lead contractor for NA ... more 
China's lunar rover travels over 424 meters on moon's far sideBeijing (XNA) Apr 02, 2020 China's lunar rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, has driven 424.455 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory. Both the lander and the rover of ... more  
Energy-harvesting design aims to turn Wi-Fi signals into usable powerBoston MA (SPX) Mar 31, 2020 Any device that sends out a Wi-Fi signal also emits terahertz waves -electromagnetic waves with a frequency somewhere between microwaves and infrared light. These high-frequency radiation waves, kno ... more |
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NASA Awards Contract for Aerospace Research, Development, Engineering SupportHuntsville AL (SPX) Apr 01, 2020 NASA has awarded the Aerospace, Research, Development, and Engineering Support Services (ARDES) II contract to Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, to execu ... more  
China to launch communication satellite for IndonesiaBeijing (XNA) Apr 02, 2020 China is preparing to launch a communication satellite, Palapa-N1, for Indonesia at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The satellite was developed under ... more  
US deploys Patriot air defence system to IraqBaghdad (AFP) March 30, 2020 The United States has deployed Patriot air defence batteries to Iraqi bases to protect American troops recently targeted by Iranian missiles, US and Iraqi military sources told AFP Monday. ... more  
Satellite data lays scale of methane leaks bareParis (AFP) March 31, 2020 Methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, is leaking from industry sites at rates equivalent to the annual carbon emissions of France and Germany combined, a new analysis using satellite data showed Tuesday. ... more  
DLR retrofits 3D printer to produce medical protective equipmentBraunschweig, Germany (SPX) Mar 31, 2020 The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has successfully tested the conversion of its 3D printers. Where models for aerospace research are usually produced, medi ... more |
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 A Martian mash up: Meteorites tell story of Mars' water history 
Astronaut urine to build moon basesMadrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 30, 2020 The modules that the major space agencies plan to erect on the Moon could incorporate an element contributed by the human colonizers themselves: the urea in their pee. European researchers have foun ... more  |
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Full Mirror Deployment a SuccessGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 01, 2020 In a recent test, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its primary mirror into the same configuration it will have when in space. As Webb progresses towards liftoff in 2021, techni ... more  
NASA, SpaceX Simulate Upcoming Crew Mission with AstronautsKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 01, 2020 Joint teams from NASA and SpaceX continue making progress on the first flight test with astronauts to the International Space Station by completing a series of mission simulations from launch to lan ... more 
NASA Adds Shannon Walker to First Operational Crewed SpaceX MissionKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 01, 2020 NASA has assigned astronaut Shannon Walker to the first operational crewed flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station. Walker will join NASA as ... more  
Astronomers reveal source of 'red sign' in ancient Japanese literatureWashington DC (UPI) Mar 31, 2020 In the early 7th century Japan, a fan of bright red feathers flamed across the night sky. Onlookers likened the cosmic phenomenon to the tail of a pheasant. ... more  
North Korea slams Pompeo and says will 'walk our way'Seoul (AFP) March 30, 2020 Nuclear-armed North Korea on Monday warned it could cut off dialogue with the United States, but Washington's top diplomat said the US still looked forward to talks, even after the North called his insistence on sanctions "ludicrous". ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 26, 2020 
Eight and a half years into its grand tour of the solar system, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft was ready for another encounter. It was Jan. 24, 1986, and soon it would meet the mysterious seventh planet, icy-cold Uranus.
Over the next few hours, Voyager 2 flew within 50,600 miles (81,433 kilometers) of Uranus' cloud tops, collecting data that revealed two new rings, 11 new moons and temperatu ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 26, 2020  SpaceX and Boeing are in a race to develop the next manned capsule to take US astronauts to the International Space Station. At the moment, NASA and other Western space agencies depend on Russian Soyuz rockets to take crews to the station.
A SpaceX test of parachute systems for its new Crew Dragon manned capsule was aborted Tuesday, with a helicopter dropping the test article from an unknown height, CNBC has reported , citing a company statement. ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 31, 2020 
The Mars 2020 mission involving NASA's newly named rover - Perseverance - received a significant boost following the completion of important testing at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Activities to measure mass properties of the Cruise Stage vehicle were performed on the spin table inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. Successful testing also was performed on NASA' ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 25, 2020 
A trial version of China's new-generation manned spaceship is being tested at the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the coast of south China's island province of Hainan, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
The experimental spacecraft is scheduled to launch with no crew in mid to late April on the maiden flight of the Long March-5B carrier rocket, a variant of the Long March-5, ... more |
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 Darmstadt, Germany (ESA) Mar 25, 2020 
In response to the escalating coronavirus pandemic, ESA has decided to further reduce on-site personnel at its mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
The new adjustments require temporarily stopping instrument operation and data gathering on four Solar System science missions, which are part of the wider fleet of 21 spacecraft currently flown by the Agency from the European Space Op ... more |
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 Braunschweig, Germany (SPX) Mar 31, 2020 
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has successfully tested the conversion of its 3D printers. Where models for aerospace research are usually produced, medical protective equipment can be manufactured during the Coronavirus crisis.
The review was prompted by a request from the European Commission for assistance in the production of urgently needed ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 26, 2020  Scientists have discovered an unusual species of parasite hiding the muscles of salmon. The tiny species, comprised of just ten cells, is unlike all other animals known to science. The species, Henneguya salminicola, doesn't breathe oxygen.
Over the course of its evolution, the parasite abandoned breathing and consuming oxygen in order to produce more energy.
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 Paris, France (SPX) Mar 17, 2020 
Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, is mainly made up of liquids and gases. Its clouds are shaped by jet streams, winds and vortices into numerous parallel bands, as well as coloured patches, one of which clearly stands out: the Great Red Spot. This is an Earth-sized anticyclone that has been observed for over 350 years, but has suddenly decreased in size in recent years.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 01, 2020 
NASA researchers have developed new satellite-based, weekly global maps of soil moisture and groundwater wetness conditions and one to three-month U.S. forecasts of each product. While maps of current dry/wet conditions for the United States have been available since 2012, this is the first time they have been available globally.
"The global products are important because there are so few ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 02, 2020 
China's BeiDou navigation system is helping farmers apply fertilizers and pesticides more precisely, according to a report by Science and Technology Daily.
An intelligent fertilizer-pesticide distributor, assisted by the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System and big data technology, has been working in the wheat field in Hancun village in Jiangdu county, east China's Jiangsu Province.
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 02, 2020 
China's lunar rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, has driven 424.455 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory.
Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have ended their work for the 16th lunar day, and switched to dormant mode for the lunar night due to the lack of solar power, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 31, 2020 
In the early 7th century Japan, a fan of bright red feathers flamed across the night sky. Onlookers likened the cosmic phenomenon to the tail of a pheasant.
In written accounts, witnesses speculated about the cosmic origins of the "red sign," but until now, the phenomenon's true identity was a mystery.
In a new study, published this week in journal Sokendai Review of Culture and ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 22, 2020 
Air quality is improving in countries under coronavirus quarantines, experts say, but it is far too early to speak of long-term change.
Images by the US space agency NASA are clear, in February the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) fell dramatically in Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, passing from an indicator that was red/orange to blue.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 31, 2020 
NASA has selected a new mission to study how the Sun generates and releases giant space weather storms - known as solar particle storms - into planetary space. Not only will such information improve understanding of how our solar system works, but it ultimately can help protect astronauts traveling to the Moon and Mars by providing better information on how the Sun's radiation affects the space ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Mar 25, 2020 
Almost 35 years ago, scientists made the then-radical proposal that colossal hydrogen bombs called novae go through a very long-term life cycle after erupting, fading to obscurity for hundreds of thousands of years and then building back up to become full-fledged novae once more. A new study is the first to fully model the work and incorporate all of the feedback factors now known to control the ... more |
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 Lowell MA (SPX) Apr 02, 2020 
A discovery by a team of researchers led by UMass Lowell nuclear physicists could change how atoms are understood by scientists and help explain extreme phenomena in outer space.
The breakthrough by the researchers revealed that a symmetry that exists within the core of the atom is not as fundamental as scientists have believed. The discovery sheds light on the forces at work within the at ... more |
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