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  Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 About 70,000 years ago, when the human species was already on Earth, a small reddish star approached our solar system and gravitationally disturbed comets and asteroids. Astronomers from the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Cambridge have verified that the movement of some of these objects is still marked by that stellar encounter. At a time when modern humans were beginning to leave Africa and the Neanderthals were living on our planet, Scholz's star - named after the German ... read more |
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TRAPPIST-1 planets provide clues to the nature of habitable worldsTempe AZ (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 TRAPPIST-1 is an ultra-cool red dwarf star that is slightly larger, but much more massive, than the planet Jupiter, located about 40 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Aquarius. Amo ... more 
ESA's next science mission to focus on nature of exoplanetsParis (ESA) Mar 21, 2018 The nature of planets orbiting stars in other systems will be the focus for ESA's fourth medium-class science mission, to be launched in mid 2028. ARIEL, the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrare ... more 
'Oumuamua likely came from a binary star systemLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 New research finds that 'Oumuamua, the rocky object identified as the first confirmed interstellar asteroid, very likely came from a binary star system. "It's remarkable that we've now seen fo ... more 
UK team to lead European mission to study new planetsLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 The ARIEL (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey) mission was selected as the next European Space Agency (ESA) science mission, putting UK leadership at the heart of research in ... more |
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NASA powers on new instrument staring at the SunGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 16, 2018 NASA has powered on its latest space payload to continue long-term measurements of the Sun's incoming energy. Total and Spectral solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS-1), installed on the International Spac ... more  
'Red and dead' NGC 1277 offers insights on the early universeWashington (UPI) Mar 13, 2018 New analysis of a "relic galaxy" promises insights into the nature of the early universe. ... more 
New 3-D measurements improve understanding of geomagnetic storm hazardsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 Measurements of the three-dimensional structure of the earth, as opposed to the one-dimensional models typically used, can help scientists more accurately determine which areas of the United States ... more 
Arrested development: Hubble finds relic galaxy close to homeWashington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 Astronomers have put NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on an Indiana Jones-type quest to uncover an ancient "relic galaxy" in our own cosmic backyard. The very rare and odd assemblage of stars has ... more 
UH scientists investigating mysterious dark matterHouston TX (SPX) Mar 16, 2018 University of Houston scientists are helping to develop a technology that could hold the key to unraveling one of the great mysteries of science: what constitutes dark matter? Scientists believe dar ... more |
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 NASA Dawn Reveals Recent Changes in Ceres' Surface 
Team discovers that wind moves microinvertebrates across desertEl Paso TX (SPX) Mar 19, 2018 The work of faculty and students from The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has yielded the first evidence of how waterborne microinvertebrates move across vast expanses of arid desert. An ... more  |
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Simulation opens prospects for obtaining ultra-dense electron-positron plasmasNizhny Novgorod, Russia (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 To achieve breakthrough research results in various fields of modern science, it is vital to develop successful interdisciplinary collaborations. Long-term interaction of physicists from the Institu ... more 
Stephen Hawking: a brief history of geniusLondon (AFP) March 14, 2018 Stephen Hawking, who has died aged 76, was Britain's most famous modern day scientist, a genius who dedicated his life to unlocking the secrets of the Universe. ... more  
ORNL researchers design novel method for energy-efficient deep neural networksOak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 16, 2018 An Oak Ridge National Laboratory method to improve the energy efficiency of scientific artificial intelligence is showing early promise in efforts to parse insights from volumes of cancer data. ... more 
Mysterious Signals Comes from Very Old Stars at Centre of Our GalaxyCanberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 13, 2018 A team of astronomers involving The Australian National University (ANU) has discovered that a mysterious gamma-ray signal from the centre of the Milky Way comes from 10 billion-year-old stars, rath ... more 
Mystery of purple lights in sky solved with help from citizen scientistsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 15, 2018 Notanee Bourassa knew that what he was seeing in the night sky was not normal. Bourassa, an IT technician in Regina, Canada, trekked outside of his home on July 25, 2016, around midnight with his tw ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 7, 2018 
Jupiter's tempestuous, gassy atmosphere stretches some 3,000 kilometres (1,860 miles) deep and comprises a hundredth of the planet's mass, studies based on observations by NASA's Juno spacecraft revealed Wednesday.
The measurements shed the first light on what goes on beneath the surface of the largest planet in the Solar System, which from a distance resembles a colourful, striped glass mar ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 
The ARIEL (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey) mission was selected as the next European Space Agency (ESA) science mission, putting UK leadership at the heart of research into planets that lie outside our solar system - exoplanets.
Thousands of exoplanets have now been discovered with a huge diversity of masses, sizes and orbits, but very little is known about thei ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 20, 2018 
Opportunity is continuing the exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.
The rover is positioned about halfway down the approximately 656 feet (200 meter) valley. Opportunity is continuing the imaging survey at each rover location within the valley. In addition to both Navigation Camera (Navcam) and Panoramic Camera (Pancam) panoramas, targeted Pancam multi-s ... more |
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 
Wanting to make their job a little easier, researchers at the University of Toronto developed a new artificial intelligence algorithm that helped them identify 6,000 previously unseen craters on Earth's moon.
Researchers first trained the neural network on 90,000 images that covered two-thirds of the moon's surface before testing its ability to detect craters on the remaining third portion ... more |
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 Guiyang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2018 
Chinese scientists are considering setting up smaller radio telescopes surrounding FAST to increase array resolution, authorities said.
According to the FAST observation station with the National Astronomical Observatories, two to 10 radio telescopes measuring 30 meters in diameter may be set up around FAST, the world's largest single-dish radio telescope.
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 21, 2018 
The traditional way of mapping Earth's geology and mineral resources is a costly and time-consuming undertaking. While satellites cannot entirely replace the expert in the field, they can certainly help - as a recent effort in Africa shows.
Geological maps identify different types of rock, faults, groundwater and deposits. They are not only essential for building infrastructure and assessi ... more |
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 Livermore CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2018 
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists are part of a national planetary defense team that designed a conceptual spacecraft to deflect Earth-bound asteroids and evaluated whether it would be able to nudge a massive asteroid - which has a remote chance to hitting Earth in 2135 - off course. The design and case study are outlined in a paper published recently in Acta Astronautica ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
Measurements of the three-dimensional structure of the earth, as opposed to the one-dimensional models typically used, can help scientists more accurately determine which areas of the United States are most vulnerable to blackouts during hazardous geomagnetic storms.
Space weather events such as geomagnetic storms can disturb the earth's magnetic field, interfering with electric power grid ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 21, 2018 
China will launch the Long March-5B carrier rocket around June 2019, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CAST) Monday.
The new generation of carrier rocket, the Long March-5B, has entered the model testing phase in preparation for space station missions.
Developed by the CAST, the rocket will have a total length of 53.7 meters, with a core-level diame ... more |
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Guiyang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2018
Chinese scientists are considering setting up smaller radio telescopes surrounding FAST to increase array resolution, authorities said.
According to the FAST observation station with the National Astronomical Observatories, two to 10 radio telescopes measuring 30 meters in diameter may be set up around FAST, the world's largest single-dish radio telescope.
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 Lund, Sweden (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 
New research at Lund University in Sweden can now show what Stone Age people actually ate in southern Scandinavia 10 000 years ago. The importance of fish in the diet has proven to be greater than expected. So, if you want to follow a Paleo diet - you should quite simply eat a lot of fish.
Osteologists Adam Boethius and Torbjorn Ahlstrom have studied the importance of various protein sourc ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Mar 18, 2018 
A Dragon spacecraft scheduled to launch into orbit no earlier than April 2, carries the 14th SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. Lifted into orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Dragon takes supplies, equipment and scientific research to crew members living and working aboard the station.
This flight deli ... more |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 
Targeted geoengineering to preserve continental ice sheets deserves serious research and investment, argues an international team of researchers in a Comment published March 14 in the journal Nature. Without intervention, by 2100 most large coastal cities will face sea levels that are more than three feet higher than they are currently.
Previous discussions of geoengineering have looked at ... more |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 
The 2015 Paris climate agreement sought to stabilize global temperatures by limiting warming to well below 2.0 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue limiting warming even further, to 1.5 C.
To quantify what that would mean for people living in coastal areas, a group of researchers employed a global network of tide gauges and a local sea level projection framework to exp ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
Astronomers have discovered that all galaxies rotate once every billion years, no matter how big they are.
The Earth spinning around on its axis once gives us the length of a day, and a complete orbit of the Earth around the Sun gives us a year.
"It's not Swiss watch precision," said Professor Gerhardt Meurer from the UWA node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research ... more |
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