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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 20, 2020 By studying the chemical elements on Mars today - including carbon and oxygen - scientists can work backwards to piece together the history of a planet that once had the conditions necessary to support life. Weaving this story, element by element, from roughly 140 million miles (225 million kilometers) away is a painstaking process. But scientists aren't the type to be easily deterred. Orbiters and rovers at Mars have confirmed that the planet once had liquid water, thanks to clues that include dr ... read more |
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Indian space sector reforms: Will it be a big bang approach?Chennai, India (IANS) May 20, 2020 Space industry experts are divided over whether big-bang changes/reforms proposed in the Indian space sector are going to be incremental. "This time, the approach is expected to be big-bang, i ... more  
Ultra-thin sail could speed journey to other star systemsParis (ESA) May 20, 2020 A tiny sail made of the thinnest material known - one carbon-atom-thick graphene - has passed initial tests designed to show that it could be a viable material to make solar sails for spacecraft. Li ... more 
Strings of pearls in the night sky - the Starlink satellite projectWessling, Germany (SPX) May 18, 2020 Every two weeks, late in the evening, people are able to see a swarm of strikingly bright points of light crossing the night sky. An array of images and spectacular videos of such sightings circulat ... more 
The little tires that could go to MarsCleveland OH (SPX) May 20, 2020 It's rocky. It's sandy. It's flat. It's cratered. It's cold. The surface of Mars is a challenging and inhospitable place, especially for rovers. As future missions t ... more |
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Galileo in high latitudes and harsh environmentsPrague, Czech Republic (SPX) May 18, 2020 Access to the Galileo signal in a multi-constellation environment is providing benefits and opportunities for businesses, thanks to the enhanced performance and increased accuracy on offer. Here we ... more  
Surveying the gamma-ray sky continuouslyParis, France (SPX) May 19, 2020 Fermi is a NASA satellite launched in June 2008, which carries the LAT (Large Area Telescope), a wide field telescope collecting gamma rays from 30 MeV to 1 TeV. It surveys the sky every three hours ... more  
AFRL satellite duo probing Earth's radiation beltsKirtland AFB NM (SPX) May 18, 2020 The Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft continues its scientific investigations despite the COVID-19 pandemic that has impacted every aspect ... more  
Statistical analysis reveals odds of life evolving on alien worldsWashington DC (UPI) May 19, 2020 Scientists have used a statistical method known as Bayesian inference to determine the odds of complex extraterrestrial life evolving on alien planets, according to new research published this week. ... more 
Galactic cosmic rays now available for study on Earth, thanks to NASAWashington DC (SPX) May 20, 2020 To better understand and mitigate the health risks faced by astronauts from exposure to space radiation, we ideally need to be able to test the effects of Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCRs) here on Earth u ... more |
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NASA simulates realistic galactic cosmic rays to study effects on astronaut healthWashington DC (UPI) May 19, 2020 Galactic cosmic rays are everywhere, but they're also elusive. They're hard to block and come in a variety of forms, making them quite difficult to study. ... more  |
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Probing materials at deep-Earth conditions to decipher Earth's evolutionary taleStanford CA (SPX) May 19, 2020 Far below the Earth's surface, about 1,800 miles deep, lies a roiling magmatic region sandwiched between the solid silicate-based mantle and molten iron-rich core: The core-mantle boundary. It's a r ... more  
Cold War nuke tests changed rainfallReading UK (SPX) May 14, 2020 Nuclear bomb tests during the Cold War may have changed rainfall patterns thousands of miles from the detonation sites, new research has revealed. Scientists at the University of Reading have ... more  
Czech Republic drought visible from spaceParis (ESA) May 19, 2020 The prolonged period of dry weather in the Czech Republic has resulted in what experts are calling the 'worst drought in 500 years.' Scientists are using ESA satellite data to monitor the drought th ... more 
No evidence of an influence of dark matter on the force between nucleiDuesseldorf, Germany (SPX) May 19, 2020 The universe mainly consists of a novel substance and an energy form that are not yet understood. This 'dark matter' and 'dark energy' are not directly visible to the naked eye or through telescopes ... more 
India allows private firms, start-ups a sneak peek into ISRO dataNew Delhi (Sputnik) May 19, 2020 The government of India has eased policies, permitting the nation's start-ups and private firms to be part of deep space missions that would be undertaken by the country's apex space body ISRO. Acce ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) May 19, 2020 
When the Japanese HTV-9 Kounotori cargo ship lifts off to deliver supplies and science equipment to the International Space Station, a landmark chapter in the station's story will draw to a close - and a new chapter, helping to chart a course for Artemis-generation voyages into the solar system, will begin.
Among the manifested cargo aboard the spacecraft will be the final NASA "EXpedite t ... more |
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 Washington (Sputnik) May 19, 2020 
On Friday, President Donald Trump announced that the US is developing a state-of-the-art hypersonic missile that he stressed should be superior to those currently created by Russia and China.
US Defence Department press secretary Jonathan Hoffman has confirmed that the Pentagon is developing a sophisticated hypersonic missile that was earlier touted by President Donald Trump.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 19, 2020 
While auto manufacturers built over 92 million motor vehicles for this world in 2019, NASA built just one for Mars. The Perseverance Mars rover is one of a kind, and the testing required to get it ready to roll on the mean (and unpaved) streets of the Red Planet is one of a kind as well.
Because hardware cannot be repaired once the rover is on Mars, the team has to build a vehicle that can ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 19, 2020 
After the successful maiden flight of the Long March-5B large rocket and the testing of China's new-generation manned spaceship, more details of China's space station have been unveiled.
The space station, expected to be completed around 2022, will operate in the low-Earth orbit at an altitude from 340 km to 450 km for more than 10 years, supporting large-scale scientific, technological an ... more |
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 Wessling, Germany (SPX) May 18, 2020 
Every two weeks, late in the evening, people are able to see a swarm of strikingly bright points of light crossing the night sky. An array of images and spectacular videos of such sightings circulate on social media. Word soon gets around that these glowing strings of light are not, in fact, an alien fleet. Rather, they are the Starlink satellites from SpaceX, the US space company run by Elon Mu ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) May 18, 2020 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft continues its scientific investigations despite the COVID-19 pandemic that has impacted every aspect of life around the world.
DSX launched into a 6000 km by 12000 km orbit on June 25, 2019 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy as part of the STP-2 mission sponsored by the DoD Space Test Program, with ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 19, 2020 
Scientists have used a statistical method known as Bayesian inference to determine the odds of complex extraterrestrial life evolving on alien planets, according to new research published this week.
"The rapid emergence of life and the late evolution of humanity, in the context of the timeline of evolution, are certainly suggestive," David Kipping, an assistant professor of astronomy at ... more |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 14, 2020 
When the New Horizons spacecraft passed by Pluto in 2015, one of the many fascinating features its images revealed was that this small, frigid world in the distant solar system has a hazy atmosphere. Now, new data helps explain how Pluto's haze is formed from the faint light of the Sun 3.7 billion miles away as it moves through an unusual orbit.
Remote observations of Pluto by NASA's teles ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 19, 2020 
Using a new method for analyzing seismic data, Florida State University researcher Wenyuan Fan has identified 85 previously unknown underwater landslides.
The hidden landslides - discovered between 2008 and 2015 and described this week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters - could pose a risk to oil rigs, pipelines and other underwater oil and gas infrastructure.
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 Prague, Czech Republic (SPX) May 18, 2020 
Access to the Galileo signal in a multi-constellation environment is providing benefits and opportunities for businesses, thanks to the enhanced performance and increased accuracy on offer. Here we look at the experience of one GIS technology company in northern Europe that has been leveraging Galileo to increase the positioning accuracy of its solutions.
Use of a Galileo-enabled receiver ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 15, 2020 
A laser light shone through the dark could power robotic exploration of the most tantalising locations in our Solar System: the permanently-shadowed craters around the Moon's poles, believed to be rich in water ice and other valuable materials.
ESA's Discovery and Preparation programme funded the design of a laser system to keep a rover supplied with power from up to 15 km away while it ex ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 20, 2020 
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, was not designed to find comets - its original goal was to study the Sun from its deep core to the outer layers of its atmosphere. But building new observatories can thankfully bring in discoveries that are entirely unexpected. Nearly 25 years since its launch, data from this space-based solar obs ... more |
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 Reading UK (SPX) May 14, 2020 
Nuclear bomb tests during the Cold War may have changed rainfall patterns thousands of miles from the detonation sites, new research has revealed.
Scientists at the University of Reading have researched how the electric charge released by radiation from the test detonations, carried out predominantly by the US and Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s, affected rainclouds at the time.
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 Katlenburg-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 1610, for example, there have been reliable records of sunspots covering the Sun; the distribution of radioactive varieties of carbon and beryllium in tree rings and ice cores allows us to draw conclus ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 20, 2020 
To better understand and mitigate the health risks faced by astronauts from exposure to space radiation, we ideally need to be able to test the effects of Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCRs) here on Earth under laboratory conditions.
An article publishing on May 19, 2020 in the open access journal PLOS Biology from Lisa Simonsen and colleagues at the NASA Langley Research Center, USA, describes ho ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 15, 2020 
Once you leave the majestic skies of Earth, the word "cloud" no longer means a white fluffy-looking structure that produces rain. Instead, clouds in the greater universe are clumpy areas of greater density than their surroundings.
Space telescopes have observed these cosmic clouds in the vicinity of supermassive black holes, those mysterious dense objects from which no light can escape, wi ... more |
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