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  Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 New Horizons is healthy and continuing to send data back from the flyby of the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) Arrokoth back in late 2018 and early 2019, even as it speeds deeper into the Kuiper Belt and farther from the Earth and the Sun. By next spring, New Horizons will be 50 times as far from the Sun as the Earth is - only the fifth operating spacecraft to reach that distance. But as far as we've come, there's much more ahead! We plan to upgrade the spacecraft system and instrument software aboard Ne ... read more |
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Orion is 'Fairing' Well and Moving Ahead Toward Artemis IKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 05, 2020 Three spacecraft adapter jettison fairing panels have now been fitted onto Orion's European Service Module as production accelerates inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NAS ... more  
Air leaking crack in ISS Russian module might get repaired in DecemberMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2020 A supply of nitrogen and repair materials will be delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) in December that can be used to fully fix the crack in the shell of the Zvezda module, ISS Russia ... more  
Clay subsoil at Earth's driest place may signal life on MarsIthaca NY (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 Earth's most arid desert may hold a key to finding life on Mars. Diverse microbes discovered in the clay-rich, shallow soil layers in Chile's dry Atacama Desert suggest that similar deposits below t ... more 
NASA seeks new partners to help put all eyes on Artemis Moon missionsWashington DC (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 NASA is seeking new partners to help the agency tell the story of human exploration at the Moon with the Artemis program in ways that engage, excite, and inspire a worldwide audience. Through the en ... more |
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New research on imposter stars may improve astronomical dataChapel Hill NC (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 Quick flashes of light in the night sky have been linked to the growing mass of satellites and debris zipping around Earth's orbit. The orbital flashes, often mistaken for stars, occur 1,000 t ... more  
Northrop Grumman, US Army install improved missile early warning system in SKoreaSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Nov 03, 2020 The US Army and Northrop Grumman have deployed enhanced Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) capabilities in South Korea, advancing battlespace awareness and missile defense in the region. Th ... more  
A new world of warcraftBoston MA (SPX) Nov 04, 2020 In the past decade, high tech tools have proliferated in the world's fighting forces. At least 80 nations can now deploy remote-controlled drones. Will the widespread use of digitally enhanced ars ... more 
AFRL's newest lab to boost nation's space capabilitiesKirtland AFB NM (AFNS) Nov 04, 2020 The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 29 to usher in its newest construction project, the Deployable Structures Laboratory, or DeSel, for s ... more  
Model of multicellular evolution overturns classic theoryCambridge UK (SPX) Nov 04, 2020 Cells can evolve specialised functions under a much broader range of conditions than previously thought, according to a study published in eLife. The findings, originally posted on bioRxiv*, p ... more |
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Large, deep Antarctic Ozone Hole persisting into NovemberWashington DC (SPX) Nov 02, 2020 Persistent cold temperatures and strong circumpolar winds, also known as the polar vortex, supported the formation of a large and deep Antarctic ozone hole that should persist into November, NOAA an ... more  |
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Night of the living algaeRiverside CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2020 Tiny, seemingly harmless ocean plants survived the darkness of the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs by learning a ghoulish behavior - eating other living creatures. Vast amounts of de ... more  
Rice finds path to nanodiamond from grapheneHouston TX (SPX) Nov 02, 2020 Marrying two layers of graphene is an easy route to the blissful formation of nanoscale diamond, but sometimes thicker is better. While it may only take a bit of heat to turn a treated bilayer ... more  
A new spin on atoms gives scientists a closer look at quantum weirdnessPrinceton NJ (SPX) Nov 02, 2020 When atoms get extremely close, they develop intriguing interactions that could be harnessed to create new generations of computing and other technologies. These interactions in the realm of quantum ... more  
A distant quasar as a cosmic clockWashington DC (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 Hungry supermassive black holes in the distant cosmos can help us understand what happened shortly after our universe lit up with its first stars and galaxies. New work now probes the most distant s ... more 
Measuring the expansion of the universe: Researchers focus on velocityCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 Ever since the astronomer Edwin Hubble demonstrated that the further apart two galaxies are, the faster they move away from each other, researchers have measured the expansion rate of the Universe ( ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 04, 2020 
Throughout its 20 years of continuous habitation, the International Space Station has enabled great strides in scientific research. But in addition to this knowledge gained, technologies developed for and aboard the orbiting platform have benefited people on the ground, from improving workouts to helping us get a good night's sleep. Here are a few examples:
b>Staying Fit in Orbit or at Ho ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2020 
This past week Rocket Lab demonstrated an advanced capability of its Kick Stage acting as a space tug during the company's 15th launch, the 'In Focus' mission that launched satellites for Planet and Canon on October 28th UTC.
Shortly after deploying ten customer satellites to orbit, the Kick Stage's Curie engine reignited to maneuver the stage to a new inclination. While Rocket Lab has pre ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 
Earth's most arid desert may hold a key to finding life on Mars. Diverse microbes discovered in the clay-rich, shallow soil layers in Chile's dry Atacama Desert suggest that similar deposits below the Martian surface may contain microorganisms, which could be easily found by future rover missions or landing craft.
Led by Cornell University and Spain's Centro de Astrobiologia, scientists no ... more |
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 Wuhan, China (XNA) Oct 23, 2020 
China's manned space program has entered the mission preparation stage with the selection of a new group of 18 reserve astronauts. According to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), the reserve astronauts, including one female, have been selected recently from 2,500 candidates. Among them are seven spacecraft pilots, seven space flight engineers and four payload experts.
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 05, 2020 
Hungary celebrates its fifth anniversary in ESA after becoming ESA's 22nd and most recent Member State on 4 November 2015. Hungary was the first central European State to sign a Cooperation Agreement with ESA in 1991. But by the time this cooperation began, Hungary could already look back on an extended tradition in space activities. With its participation in the Interkosmos programme, Hungary s ... more |
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 Fino Mornasco Italy (SPX) Oct 29, 2020 
D-Orbit, the in-orbit transportation company, announced the successful completion of the deployment phase of ORIGIN mission, the first of ION Satellite Carrier. ION, D-Orbit's satellite platform, successfully released 12 SuperDove satellites for Earth-imaging company Planet, in the precise orbital slots requested by the client.
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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Nov 04, 2020  Among the most extreme planets discovered beyond the edges of our solar system are lava planets: fiery hot worlds that circle so close to their host star that some regions are likely oceans of molten lava. According to scientists from McGill University, York University, and the Indian Institute of Science Education, the atmosphere and weather cycle of at least one such exoplanet is even stranger ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 
New Horizons is healthy and continuing to send data back from the flyby of the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) Arrokoth back in late 2018 and early 2019, even as it speeds deeper into the Kuiper Belt and farther from the Earth and the Sun.
By next spring, New Horizons will be 50 times as far from the Sun as the Earth is - only the fifth operating spacecraft to reach that distance. But as far as w ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 
It was a sight you don't normally see: a jellyfish lying dead in the middle of a parking lot partly submerged in water. But this was no ordinary parking lot. This particular section of asphalt in downtown Annapolis, Maryland, is among a growing number of areas prone to frequent flooding in the seaside town. The jellyfish had slipped in from the Chesapeake Bay through an opening in the seawall. ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Nov 05, 2020 
The fourth Lockheed Martin-built Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite is now headed to orbit under its own propulsion. Following a successful launch earlier this evening, GPS III Space Vehicle 04 (GPS III SV04) separated from its rocket and is now using onboard power to climb to its operational orbit, approximately 12,550 miles above the Earth.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 
NASA is seeking new partners to help the agency tell the story of human exploration at the Moon with the Artemis program in ways that engage, excite, and inspire a worldwide audience. Through the end of this decade, NASA will explore more of the lunar surface than ever before and will establish a sustainable human presence with Artemis in preparation for future human missions to Mars.
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 Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Nov 04, 2020 
Prof. Dr. Thomas Kenkmann, geologist from the University of Freiburg's Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, together with mineralogist Prof. Dr. Wolf Uwe Reimold from the University of Brasilia, Brazil, and Dr. Manfred Gottwald from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) published an atlas providing a comprehensive overview of all known impact craters on every continent.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 02, 2020 
Persistent cold temperatures and strong circumpolar winds, also known as the polar vortex, supported the formation of a large and deep Antarctic ozone hole that should persist into November, NOAA and NASA scientists reported Friday.
The annual Antarctic ozone hole reached its peak size at about 9.6 million square miles (24.8 million square kilometers), roughly three times the area of the c ... more |
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 Taoyuan City, Taiwan (SPX) Nov 05, 2020 
The majority of the visible matter in the Universe consist of charged particles or plasmas which may develop the magnetic field reconnection (MR) at the places where the magnetic field direction exhibits abrupt change.
Through the MR the magnetic field energy may effectively be transferred into the kinetic and thermal energies of plasmas, resulting in many explosive plasma phenomena occurr ... more |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 27, 2020 
A new method for verifying a widely held but unproven theoretical explanation of the formation of stars and planets has been proposed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). The method grows from simulation of the Princeton Magnetorotational Instability (MRI) Experiment, a unique laboratory device that aims to demonstrate the MRI proces ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 
Even if a black hole can be described with a mathematical model, it doesn't mean it exists in reality. Some theoretical models are unstable: though they can be used to run mathematical calculations, from the point of view of physics they make no sense. A physicist from RUDN University developed an approach to finding such instability regions. The work was published in the Physics of the Dark Uni ... more |
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