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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 18, 2020 NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is just over a month from its July 20 targeted launch date. The rover's astrobiology mission will seek signs of past microscopic life on Mars, explore the geology of the Jezero Crater landing site, and demonstrate key technologies to help prepare for future robotic and human exploration. And the rover will do all that while collecting the first samples of Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust) for return to Earth by a set of future missions. "Fifty-one year ... read more |
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NASA's new Mars mission will take at least a decade to confirm lifeWashington DC (UPI) Jun 17, 2020 NASA's new microbe-hunting Mars rover, scheduled for launch July 20, is the most sophisticated rover yet, but it will take at least a decade to determine whether samples the machine collects exhibit signs of life, agency officials said Wednesday. ... more  
SpaceX wants to build offshore spaceports for hypersonic flights around EarthWashington DC (Sputnik) Jun 18, 2020 Elon Musk's SpaceX announced in a Tuesday tweet that the American space manufacturer is planning to construct floating spaceports at sea, which will be used to launch rockets into space and hyperson ... more 
New US-UK agreement boosts UK's Spaceport plansSwindon UK (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 The UK and US governments have signed a new agreement paving the way for US companies to operate from UK spaceports and export space launch technology. UK Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce and U.S. ... more  
A busy signal from outer spaceNew Haven CT (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 It beats like a busy signal - one scientists were excited to get. A new study in Nature reports the discovery of a fast radio burst (FRB) that pulses at regular intervals - every 16.35 days - from a ... more |
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Quasar jets are particle accelerators thousands of light-years longParis. France (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 An international collaboration bringing together over 200 scientists from 13 countries has shown that the very high-energy gamma-ray emission from quasars, galaxies with a highly energetic nucleus, ... more  
University of Melbourne to build and launch innovative satelliteMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 Science and engineering researchers at the University of Melbourne have been awarded a $3.95 million Australian Government grant to help develop cutting edge space capabilities in Australia. T ... more  
As many as six billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy, according to new estimatesVancouver, Canada (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 To be considered Earth-like, a planet must be rocky, roughly Earth-sized and orbiting Sun-like (G-type) stars. It also has to orbit in the habitable zones of its star - the range of distances from a ... more  
Evidence for Volcanic Craters on Saturn's Moon TitanTucson AZ (SPX) Jun 16, 2020 Volcano-like features seen in polar regions of Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft could be evidence of explosive eruptions that may continue today, according to a new paper by Planetar ... more 
Newly observed phenomenon could lead to new quantum devicesBoston MA (SPX) Jun 15, 2020 An exotic physical phenomenon known as a Kohn anomaly has been found for the first time in an unexpected type of material by researchers at MIT and elsewhere. They say the finding could provide new ... more |
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Maxar to Build Four 1300-class Geostationary Communications Satellites for IntelsatWestminster CO (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 Maxar Technologies will build four geostationary communications satellites for satellite operator Intelsat. The contract was previously disclosed with Maxar's 2020 first quarter results. Intel ... more  |
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Army researchers find new ways to test swarming dronesAberdeen Proving Ground MD (SPX) Jun 15, 2020 he U.S. Army has implemented a one-of-a-kind outdoor system to test swarming drones--with a capacity of more than 1,500 times the volume of a typical testing facility. Future Soldiers will ope ... more  
China's polar-observing satellite starts Arctic missionBeijing (XNA) Jun 17, 2020 China's first polar-observing satellite has started its Arctic observation mission after orbiting Earth for nine months, sources in its operations team said Tuesday. The mission will test the ... more  
Scientists detect unexpected widespread structures near Earth's coreCollege Park MA (SPX) Jun 15, 2020 University of Maryland geophysicists analyzed thousands of recordings of seismic waves, sound waves traveling through the Earth, to identify echoes from the boundary between Earth's molten core and ... more  
Amyloid formation in the International Space StationTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 Amyloids, abnormal fibrillar aggregates of proteins, are associated with various disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms of amyloid formation is ... more 
XMM-Newton spies youngest baby pulsar ever discoveredParis (ESA) Jun 18, 2020 An observation campaign led by ESA's XMM-Newton space observatory reveals the youngest pulsar ever seen - the remnant of a once-massive star - that is also a 'magnetar', sporting a magnetic field so ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 
The saying "more hands make light work" is rarely more apt than when those hands are 250 miles up on the International Space Station, overseeing research to extend humanity's reach into the solar system and offer new scientific breakthroughs on Earth.
With the arrival on station of two new sets of hands - NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, whose May 30 launch from U.S. soil ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Jun 18, 2020 
Elon Musk's SpaceX announced in a Tuesday tweet that the American space manufacturer is planning to construct floating spaceports at sea, which will be used to launch rockets into space and hypersonic flights around the globe.
"SpaceX is building floating, superheavy-class spaceports for Mars, moon and hypersonic travel around Earth," Musk tweeted.
Musk linked to another tweet regard ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 18, 2020 
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is just over a month from its July 20 targeted launch date. The rover's astrobiology mission will seek signs of past microscopic life on Mars, explore the geology of the Jezero Crater landing site, and demonstrate key technologies to help prepare for future robotic and human exploration. And the rover will do all that while collecting the first samples of Martian r ... more |
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 Wenchang, China (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 
Homestay and catering industries related to aerospace are expected to be developed in Wenchang township, the location of China's fourth satellite launch center in tropical Hainan province, according to a local official.
"I believe the two new industries will further contribute to our economy and employment, even though we have just put forward the idea and are still studied specific measur ... more |
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 Westminster CO (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 
Maxar Technologies will build four geostationary communications satellites for satellite operator Intelsat. The contract was previously disclosed with Maxar's 2020 first quarter results.
Intelsat ordered the satellites to transition its existing media distribution and contribution services-uninterrupted-from the 3.7 to 4.0 gigahertz portion of the C-band, to the 4.0 to 4.2 gigahertz portio ... more |
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 Harwell UK (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 
The UK's space industry has received a major piece of new equipment to help get larger, more complex satellites ready for launch. A 16m long space test chamber, amongst the giants of Europe, has been installed in the UK's National Satellite Test Facility in Oxfordshire.
The enormous chamber will be used by the space industry to test spacecraft up to 7 tonnes for the harsh conditions of spa ... more |
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 Nottingham UK (SPX) Jun 16, 2020 
One of the biggest and longest-standing questions in the history of human thought is whether there are other intelligent life forms within our Universe. Obtaining good estimates of the number of possible extraterrestrial civilizations has however been very challenging.
A new study led by the University of Nottingham and published in The Astrophysical Journal has taken a new approach to thi ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 17, 2020 
When NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Neptune's strange moon Triton three decades ago, it wrote a planetary science cliffhanger. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft ever to have flown past Neptune, and it left a lot of unanswered questions. The views were as stunning as they were puzzling, revealing massive, dark plumes of icy material spraying out from Triton's surface. But how? Images showed t ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 15, 2020 
The ESAIL microsatellite for tracking ships worldwide - developed under an ESA Partnership Project - has completed its accommodation on Vega's new dispenser for small satellites and is ready for launch.
The Vega launch campaign at Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, resumed three weeks ago, following an interruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
ESAIL is due to be deli ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2020 
The launch mission for the final satellite in the third-generation network of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System has been postponed due to technical issues, according to the mission command.
The command said in a statement on Tuesday morning that "technical problems on products" of the Long March 3B carrier rocket were spotted during pre-launch checks, leading to postponement.
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 16, 2020 
NASA is inviting additional teams to compete in the Cube Quest Challenge. You can still participate in the in-space phase of the challenge and be eligible to win part of a $4.5 million prize purse.
The Cube Quest Challenge, NASA's first in-space competition, incentivizes teams to design, build and deliver small satellites capable of advanced operations near and beyond the Moon. To compete, ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 
On June 15, 2020, a citizen scientist spotted a never-before-seen comet in data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO - the 4,000th comet discovery in the spacecraft's 25-year history.
The comet is nicknamed SOHO-4000, pending its official designation from the Minor Planet Center. Like most other SOHO-discovered comets, SOHO-4000 is part of the Kreutz family of sungrazers. T ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 17, 2020 
China's first polar-observing satellite has started its Arctic observation mission after orbiting Earth for nine months, sources in its operations team said Tuesday.
The mission will test the observation capabilities of the satellite, which is expected to achieve full coverage of the Arctic in seven days, said the operations team leader, Chen Zhuoqi, who is also an associate professor at t ... more |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 
Xplore Inc., a commercial space exploration company providing Space as a Service reports they have been awarded a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) study for a solar observatory at the Earth-Sun L1 Lagrange point to monitor the Sun and provide early detection of solar events that can disrupt power grids and telecommunications on Earth.
Xplore Founder and Chief Operatin ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 
A team of astronomers, including researchers at MIT, has picked up on a curious, repeating rhythm of fast radio bursts emanating from an unknown source outside our galaxy, 500 million light years away.
Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are short, intense flashes of radio waves that are thought to be the product of small, distant, extremely dense objects, though exactly what those objects might b ... more |
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 Paris. France (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 
An international collaboration bringing together over 200 scientists from 13 countries has shown that the very high-energy gamma-ray emission from quasars, galaxies with a highly energetic nucleus, is not concentrated in the region close to their central black hole but in fact extends over several thousand light-years along jets of plasma.
This discovery shakes up current scenarios for the ... more |
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