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  Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 Often described as cosmic lighthouses, quasars are luminous beacons that can be observed at the outskirts of the universe, providing a rich topic of study for astronomers and cosmologists. Now scientists have announced the discovery of the second-most distant quasar ever found, at more than 13 billion light-years from Earth. UC Santa Barbara's Joe Hennawi, a professor in the Department of Physics, and former UCSB postdoctoral scholars Frederick Davies and Feige Wang, provided crucial modeling and ... read more |
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ThinKom demonstrates IFC antenna interoperability with LEO, MEO and GEO satellitesHawthorne CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 ThinKom Solutions, Inc., has announced its Ku3030 aero satellite antennas have been installed on more than 1,550 commercial aircraft of 16 major airlines. The antennas have accrued over 17 million f ... more  
SpaceX scrubs Starlink launch with two BlackSky satellitesOrlando FL (UPI) Jun 26, 2020 SpaceX scrubbed Friday's plan to launch additional Starlink satellites in a mission that had another paying customer on board - what SpaceX calls its ride-share program. The change in plans wa ... more  
USSF Commercial SATCOM Office announces development of new security programPeterson AFB CO (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 The U.S. Space Force Commercial Satellite Communications Office recently announced the development of its Infrastructure Asset Pre-Assessment Program. The objective of the IA-PRE Program is to ... more  
Mud downpours might have formed some of Mars's ancient highlandsTucson AZ (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 Muddy rains produced by giant impacts into a primordial glaciated Mars may have played a crucial role in the emplacement of kilometers-thick mudstones on Mars, according to a new paper by a team led ... more |
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Space Team Theorizes Rare Exomoon DiscoveryLondon, Canada (SPX) Jun 25, 2020 Western University astronomers may have spotted six new moons orbiting planets in solar systems far from our own - an otherworldly discovery so rare it must wait on future technologies to confirm. U ... more  
X-ray scattering enables closer scrutiny of the interior of planets and starsDresden, Germany (SPX) Jun 25, 2020 Recreating extreme conditions in the lab, like those in the interior of planets and stars, is very complex and can only be achieved for fractions of a second. An international research team led by t ... more 
Mapping the Early Universe with NASA's Webb TelescopeBaltimore MD (SPX) Jun 25, 2020 Astronomers and engineers have designed telescopes, in part, to be "time travelers." The farther away an object is, the longer its light takes to reach Earth. Peering back in time is one reason why ... more 
NASA's TESS, Spitzer Missions Discover a World Orbiting a Unique Young StarGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 25, 2020 For more than a decade, astronomers have searched for planets orbiting AU Microscopii, a nearby star still surrounded by a disk of debris left over from its formation. Now scientists using data from ... more 
ESA listens in on black hole missionParis (ESA) Jun 25, 2020 European and Russian specialists recently worked together to catch signals from an astrophysical observatory mission, now mapping X-ray sources in our galaxy and beyond, discovering previously unkno ... more |
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Name Approved for Target of Asteroid Deflection MissionsMontevideo, Uruguay (SPX) Jun 24, 2020 The International Astronomical Union has just approved an official name for a tiny asteroid satellite set to become the first-ever target of an asteroid deflection mission. The satellite is the smal ... more  |
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Scientists find cosmic object that may reshape our understanding of the biggest stars in the UniverseSwindon UK (SPX) Jun 24, 2020 Scientists working on an international experiment, part-funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), have discovered a massive object in space that may change our understanding of ... more  
Motions in the Sun reveal inner workings of sunspot cycleKatlenburg-Lindau, Germany (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 The Sun's magnetic activity follows an eleven-year cycle. Over the course of a solar cycle, the Sun's magnetic activity comes and goes. During solar maximum, large sunspots and active regions appear ... more 
NASA takes first step to allow computers to decide what to tell us in search for life on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 26, 2020 NASA has stepped closer to allowing remote onboard computers to direct the search for life on other planets. Scientists from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre have announced first results from ne ... more  
Astronauts complete spacewalk outside space stationWashington DC (UPI) Jun 26, 2020 Two NASA astronauts conducted a spacewalk to replace lithium ion batteries outside of the International Space Station on Friday with only a minor snafu - the loss of a mirror. Astronauts Chris ... more  
Beidou system's applications spread around globeBeijing (XNA) Jun 24, 2020 China's domestically developed Beidou Navigation Satellite System has been widely used in many public sectors and business fields at home and abroad, according to the China Satellite Navigation Offi ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 26, 2020 
Roscosmos and Space Adventures have been cooperating in space tourism since 2001, when the first space tourist, Dennis Tito, went into orbit. Since then, a total of seven people have been in space under the space tourism programme.
The first-ever contract for a tourist walk in outer space has been signed, the Russian space corporation Energia said. The venture is set for 2023.
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 Las Cruces NM (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. has reported the successful completion of the second SpaceShipTwo test flight from Spaceport America. This flight follows the completion of the first test flight from the Company's commercial headquarters in New Mexico on May 1, 2020, and marks another important milestone as the team progresses toward the launch of Virgin Galactic's commercial service.
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 
Muddy rains produced by giant impacts into a primordial glaciated Mars may have played a crucial role in the emplacement of kilometers-thick mudstones on Mars, according to a new paper by a team led by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Alexis Rodriguez.
These mudstones comprise the solar system's oldest known sedimentary rocks, according a paper published in Nature Scientific Re ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 24, 2020 
The final satellite to complete the third-generation network of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System was launched on Tuesday morning, marking a milestone in the nation's space endeavor.
As the countdown ticked down to zero at 9:43 am at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, eight engines on the first stage and four boosters of a Long March 3B carrier rocket spat or ... more |
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 Louisville CO (SPX) Jun 25, 2020 
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates (ASTRA), LLC a six-month contract to design a constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) CubeSats able to meet the agency's future global weather data requirements.
Part of NOAA's initiative to advance the capability of its Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R satelli ... more |
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 Hawthorne CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 
ThinKom Solutions, Inc., has announced its Ku3030 aero satellite antennas have been installed on more than 1,550 commercial aircraft of 16 major airlines. The antennas have accrued over 17 million flight hours and have achieved in excess of 100,000 hours mean-time-before-failure (MTBF) while supporting industry-leading 98 percent end-to-end system availability.
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 London, Canada (SPX) Jun 25, 2020 
Western University astronomers may have spotted six new moons orbiting planets in solar systems far from our own - an otherworldly discovery so rare it must wait on future technologies to confirm. Until then, however, the mere possibility of the find sparks excitement over our biggest questions about the universe.
"Our own solar system contains hundreds of moons. If moons are prolific arou ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 25, 2020 
A new model from NASA scientists supports the theory that the interior ocean in Jupiter's moon Europa would be able to sustain life. In addition they have calculated that this water, believed to be an ocean under the surface ice shell, could have been formed by breakdown of water-containing minerals due to either tidal forces or radioactive decay. This work, which is not yet peer-reviewed, is pr ... more |
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 Honolulu HI (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 
Two new genera and four new species of giant, single-celled xenophyophores (protozoans belonging to a group called the foraminifera) were discovered in the deep Pacific Ocean during a joint project between scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, UK (NOC), the University of Hawai'i, and the University of Geneva. 'Moana' has inspired the name Moanammina for one of the new genera, while the ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 24, 2020 
China's domestically developed Beidou Navigation Satellite System has been widely used in many public sectors and business fields at home and abroad, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office.
By the end of 2019, more than 100 million Beidou-based navigation chips, modules and other products had been sold.
The system had by then been applied to nearly 6.6 million taxis, buse ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 26, 2020 
Everyone poops.
Including astronauts, who have since the early space era found ways to do their business in near-zero gravity - from the Apollo missions when waste management was, in NASA's words, "a plastic bag which was taped to the buttocks to capture feces," to the more advanced toilets of the International Space Station that use fan-driven suction systems.
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 Montevideo, Uruguay (SPX) Jun 24, 2020 
The International Astronomical Union has just approved an official name for a tiny asteroid satellite set to become the first-ever target of an asteroid deflection mission. The satellite is the smaller of two bodies in the near-Earth asteroid system Didymos, and will now be distinguished from its primary object by the name Dimorphos.
In July 2021, just over a year from now, NASA will launc ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 
Heading to the lake this summer? While harmful algal blooms can cause health problems for lake visitors, satellite data can provide early detection of harmful algae, resulting in socioeconomic benefits worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from one harmful algal bloom event, a new study finds. A Resources for the Future (RFF) and NASA VALUABLES Consortium study published in GeoHealth examines t ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 25, 2020 
As of June 2020, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory - SDO - has now been watching the Sun non-stop for over a full decade. From its orbit in space around Earth, SDO has gathered 425 million high-resolution images of the Sun, amassing 20 million gigabytes of data over the past 10 years.
This information has enabled countless new discoveries about the workings of our closest star and how it i ... more |
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 Swindon UK (SPX) Jun 24, 2020 
Scientists working on an international experiment, part-funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), have discovered a massive object in space that may change our understanding of the largest stars in the Universe.
When the biggest stars die, they collapse under their own gravity and leave behind black holes; when stars with less mass die, they explode in a supernova and ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 25, 2020 
European and Russian specialists recently worked together to catch signals from an astrophysical observatory mission, now mapping X-ray sources in our galaxy and beyond, discovering previously unknown supermassive black holes.
In a joint technology demonstration conducted in April and May, ESA, Roscosmos, and the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI RAN) in coop ... more |
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