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  Providence RI (SPX) May 01, 2020 Researchers have discovered a system of ridges spread across the nearside of the Moon topped with freshly exposed boulders. The ridges could be evidence of active lunar tectonic processes, the researchers say, possibly the echo of a long-ago impact that nearly tore the Moon apart. "There's this assumption that the Moon is long dead, but we keep finding that that's not the case," said Peter Schultz, a professor in Brown University's Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences and co-a ... read more |
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Sun is less active than similar starsKatlenburg-Lindau, Germany (SPX) May 01, 2020 The extent to which solar activity (and thus the number of sunspots and the solar brightness) varies can be reconstructed using various methods - at least for a certain period of time. Since 1 ... more  
UCF researchers develop groundbreaking new rocket-propulsion systemOrlando FL (SPX) May 01, 2020 A University of Central Florida researcher and his team have developed an advanced new rocket-propulsion system once thought to be impossible. The system, known as a rotating detonation rocket ... more 
NASA names companies to develop human landers for Artemis Moon MissionsWashington DC (SPX) May 01, 2020 NASA has selected three U.S. companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency's Artemis program, one of which will land the first woman and next man on the surface of the M ... more 
China's lunar rover travels about 448 meters on moon's far sideBeijing (XNA) May 01, 2020 China's lunar rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, has driven 447.68 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory. Both the lander and the rover of t ... more |
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NASA scientists tapped to mature more rugged seismometer system to measure moonquakesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 NASA hasn't measured moonquakes since Apollo astronauts deployed a handful of measuring stations at various locations on the lunar surface and discovered unexpectedly that Earth's only natural satel ... more  
Astronomers capture rare images of planet-forming disks around starsLeuven, Belgium (SPX) May 01, 2020 An international team of astronomers has captured fifteen images of the inner rims of planet-forming disks located hundreds of light years away. These disks of dust and gas, similar in shape to a mu ... more  
Earth flyby opens new science opportunities for BepiColomboParis (ESA) May 01, 2020 Science instruments aboard the European-Japanese Mercury explorer BepiColombo are in excellent condition to gather high-quality data during the spacecraft's long cruise to the innermost planet of th ... more  
New high-energy-density physics research provides insights about the universeRochester NY (SPX) Apr 28, 2020 Atoms and molecules behave very differently at extreme temperatures and pressures. Although such extreme matter doesn't exist naturally on the earth, it exists in abundance in the universe, especial ... more 
Astronomers could spot life signs orbiting long-dead starsIthaca NY (SPX) May 01, 2020 The next generation of powerful Earth- and space-based telescopes will be able to hunt distant solar systems for evidence of life on Earth-like exoplanets - particularly those that chaperone burned- ... more |
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NASA's Swift Satellite Celebrates 15 Years of Multiwavelength ScienceGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 29, 2020 On Nov. 20, 2004, NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory took to the skies aboard a Delta 7320 rocket and entered orbit around Earth. The satellite was on the hunt to uncover the mystery of gamma-ray ... more  |
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Hubble's impactful life alongside space debrisParis (ESA) May 01, 2020 During its 30 years in orbit around Earth, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has witnessed the changing nature of spaceflight as the skies have filled with greater numbers of satellites, the Inter ... more 
Switchbacks and spikes: Parker Solar Probe data consistent with 20-year-old theoryAnn Arbor MI (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 Continued analysis of Parker Solar Probe data is starting to create a clearer picture of the sun's magnetic activity, which may bolster our ability to predict dangerous solar events. And the m ... more 
Department of the Air Force commissioned RAND Space Launch Market Report releasedLos Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 Last summer, the Department of the Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center Launch Enterprise requested a RAND Corp. study of the heavy lift launch market. The RAND study confirms the heav ... more  
L3Harris Technologies awarded third LRIP order on US Army's HMS Manpack IDIQ contractRochester NY (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 L3Harris Technologies has received a third low-rate initial production (LRIP) order valued at $95 million by the U.S. Army under the HMS (Handheld, Manpack and Small Form-Fit) IDIQ contract to bring ... more  
ESA's Tenerife telescope resumes watching the skyParis (ESA) May 01, 2020 Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, ESA has resumed its watch on the skies around our planet. The Agency's Optical Ground Station observatory, 2 400 m above the shores of Tenerife, tracks orbital space debr ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 28, 2020 
A six-month commercial Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS) is planned for 2022-2023, according to files obtained by Sputnik.
According to the documents, the launch of a Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft with a Russian cosmonaut as crew commander and two unknown crew members is planned for October 2022, while a return to Earth is planned for April 2023. No details are provided on the ... more |
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 Orlando FL (SPX) May 01, 2020 
A University of Central Florida researcher and his team have developed an advanced new rocket-propulsion system once thought to be impossible.
The system, known as a rotating detonation rocket engine, will allow upper stage rockets for space missions to become lighter, travel farther, and burn more cleanly.
The result were published this month in the journal Combustion and Flame.
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 Abu Dhabi UAE (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 
The UAE Space Agency and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center announced the safe transfer of the Mars Hope spacecraft to its launch site at Tanegashima Space Centre. The transfer was conducted in an 83-hour operation brought forward from its scheduled May shipment date because of the travel and movement restrictions imposed by international efforts to contain the impact of Covid-19. The Emirates ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2020 
China is constructing the largest steerable radio telescope in Asia with a 70-meter-diameter antenna to receive data from its first Mars exploration mission which is expected to be launched this year.
China aims to complete orbiting, landing and roving on the red planet in one mission, which has been named Tianwen-1.
The telescope, with an antenna the size of nine basketball courts, ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 
Infostellar, a highly innovative ground-segment-as-a-service (GSaaS) provider, has raised a total of USD 3.5 million in convertible bonds with existing investors Airbus Ventures and Sony Innovation Fund, while welcoming new investors Daiwa Energy Infrastructure, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, and Mitsubishi UFJ Lease and Finance. As a result, the cumulative amount of funds raised now reaches USD 11.5 m ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 01, 2020 
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, ESA has resumed its watch on the skies around our planet. The Agency's Optical Ground Station observatory, 2 400 m above the shores of Tenerife, tracks orbital space debris and near-Earth asteroids.
The Optical Ground Station (OGS) is located high on the slopes of the volcanic island, to take advantage of Tenerife's clear weather conditions. It was originally bu ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) May 01, 2020 
The weather forecast for the giant, super-hot, Jupiter-size planet WASP-79b is steamy humidity, scattered clouds, iron rain and yellow skies.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope teamed up with the Magellan Consortium's Magellan II Telescope in Chile to analyze the atmosphere of this planet, which orbits a star that is hotter and brighter than our Sun, and is located at a distance of 780 light-ye ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 
The ice giant Uranus' unusual attributes have long puzzled scientists. All of the planets in our Solar System revolve around the Sun in the same direction and in the same plane, which astronomers believe is a vestige of how our Solar System formed from a spinning disc of gas and dust. Most of the planets in our Solar System also rotate in the same direction, with their poles orientated perpendic ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 22, 2020 
Weakened wind patterns likely spurred the wave of extreme ocean heat that swept the North Pacific last summer, according to new research led by the University of Colorado Boulder and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. The marine heat wave, named the "Blob 2.0" after 2013's "Blob," likely damaged marine ecosystems and hurt coastal fisheries. Waters ... more |
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 Prague, Czechia (SPX) Apr 28, 2020 
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is working together with the European Commission (EC) on an app to facilitate the movement of goods and freight within the EU in support of the COVID-19 pandemic response. The "Galileo Green Lane" app will ease the flow of freight through borders and enable the efficient transit of critical goods.
The COVID-19 outbreak represents a serious threat not only to ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2020 
NASA has selected three U.S. companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency's Artemis program, one of which will land the first woman and next man on the surface of the Moon by 2024. NASA is on track for sustainable human exploration of the Moon for the first time in history.
The human landing system awards under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partn ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 01, 2020 
A reasonably small 4-8 m asteroid recently flew by Earth, passing close to satellites orbiting in the geostationary ring at a distance of about 42 735 km from Earth's centre and only about 1200 km from the nearest satellite.
After the initial discovery, observers around the world rapidly set their eyes on the 'new' space rock, determining it would safely pass our planet in one of the close ... more |
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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Apr 23, 2020 
When John Romero, president of Owyhee Air Research (OAR), got into the business of wildlife research, he did so for the love of wildlife. Now, he says, "it's more a love of the work and the services we can provide."
The Nampa, Idaho-based company is on the forefront of wildlife study, wildfire containment and natural resource surveying using L3Harris aerial infrared technology.
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 Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Apr 30, 2020 
Continued analysis of Parker Solar Probe data is starting to create a clearer picture of the sun's magnetic activity, which may bolster our ability to predict dangerous solar events.
And the more information that comes in, the more it all fits with theories posited at the turn of the millennium by researchers at the University of Michigan. Justin Kasper, professor of climate and space scie ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 01, 2020 
During its 30 years in orbit around Earth, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has witnessed the changing nature of spaceflight as the skies have filled with greater numbers of satellites, the International Space Station was born and in-space crashes and explosions have created clouds of fast-moving space debris.
Hubble itself has felt the impact of this debris, accumulating tiny impact cr ... more |
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 Bochum, Germany (SPX) Apr 29, 2020 
Results from physicists in Bochum have challenged the Standard Model of Cosmology. Infrared data, which have recently been included in the analysis, could be decisive.
Bochum cosmologists headed by Professor Hendrik Hildebrandt have gained new insights into the density and structure of matter in the Universe. Several years ago, Hildebrandt had already been involved in a research consortium ... more |
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