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  Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 09, 2018 A station was unsuccessfully launched as a part of the USSR's space exploration program and has been orbiting the Earth ever since, but the station's deterioration is bringing its "homecoming" closer with each passing year. The Kosmos 482 interplanetary station, which was unsuccessfully sent towards Venus in 1972 by the USSR, may crash land on Earth between 2023 and 2025, astronomer and cosmonautics historian Pavel Shubin told Sputnik. He couldn't pinpoint the exact location of the future crash si ... read more |
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Einstein's Theory of Gravity Still Passes the TestAmsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jul 05, 2018 Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity, predicts that all objects fall in the same way, regardless of their mass or composition. But does this principle also hold for objects with extreme ... more  
Fragment of Impacting Asteroid Recovered in BotswanaMountain View, CA (SPX) Jul 09, 2018 A meteorite was found in Botswana's Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) that is a fragment of asteroid 2018 LA. This small asteroid was discovered in space by the University of Arizona's Catalina S ... more  
Groundbreaking Study Sheds New Light on Galaxy EvolutionPorto, Portugal (SPX) Jul 09, 2018 Using integral field spectroscopy[1] (IFS) and advanced modeling tools, Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco[2] (IA) researchers Iris Breda and Polychronis Papaderos have achieved an import ... more  
This Summer's Solar Eclipses from the Ends of the EarthWilliamstown MA (SPX) Jul 09, 2018 Solar eclipses will occur at opposite ends of the Earth this summer, 2018. Both will be merely partial solar eclipses as seen from the Earth's surface, not as dramatic as last summer's total solar e ... more |
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Even dense neutron stars fall like feathersCharlottesville VA (SPX) Jul 05, 2018 Einstein's understanding of gravity, as outlined in his general theory of relativity, predicts that all objects fall at the same rate, regardless of their mass or composition. This theory has passed ... more 
Major Collision Changed the Milky Way GalaxyNew York NY (SPX) Jul 05, 2018 An international team of astronomers has discovered an ancient and dramatic head-on collision between the Milky Way and a smaller object, dubbed the "Sausage" galaxy. The cosmic crash was a defining ... more  
Study provides insight into the physics of the Higgs particleBonn, Germany (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 Physicists at the University of Bonn have succeeded in putting a superconducting gas into an exotic state. Their experiments allow new insights into the properties of the Higgs particle, but also in ... more 
Molecular oxygen in comet's atmosphere not created on its surfaceLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 Scientists have found that molecular oxygen around comet 67P is not produced on its surface, as some suggested, but may be from its body. The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft escorte ... more 
Successful second deep space maneuver for OSIRIS-REx confirmedGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 New tracking data confirms that NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully completed its second Deep Space Maneuver (DSM-2) on June 28. The thruster burn put the spacecraft on course for a series of ... more |
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 NASA's NuSTAR mission proves superstar Eta Carinae shoots cosmic rays 
Milky Way type dust particles discovered in a galaxy 11 billion light years from EarthCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 An international research team, with participation from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, has found the same type of interstellar dust that we know from the Milky Way in a di ... more  |
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Airbus completes the integration of CHEOPS satelliteMadrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 Airbus has completed the integration of Cheops (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite), the European Space Agency's (ESA) first small mission satellite that will carry out an exciting scientific missio ... more  
Waystation to the Solar SystemBethesda, MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 It seems like everyone wants to go someplace in the Solar System. President Trump wants to go to the Moon. Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Others want to go to an asteroid. Others just want to go som ... more 
Dawn's latest orbit reveals dramatic new views of Occator craterPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2018 NASA's Dawn spacecraft reached its lowest-ever and final orbit around dwarf planet Ceres on June 6 and has been returning thousands of stunning images and other data. The flight team maneuvere ... more 
Study reveals secret origins of asteroids and meteoritesGainesville FL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 Most asteroids and meteorites originate from the splintering of a handful of minor planets formed during the infancy of our solar system, a new study shows. A study appearing online in Nature ... more 
New Infrared Instrument Searches for Habitable PlanetsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 A new instrument to search for potentially habitable/inhabited planets has started operation at the Subaru Telescope. This instrument, IRD (InfraRed Doppler), will look for habitable planets around ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 06, 2018 
This animation demonstrates how deformation in the icy surface of Europa could transport subsurface ocean water to the moon's surface.
This is just one of several simulated behaviors reported in a new study performed by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The study focused on linear features called "bands" and "groove lanes" found on Jupiter's moons Europa and Ganymede. Scienti ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
A new instrument to search for potentially habitable/inhabited planets has started operation at the Subaru Telescope. This instrument, IRD (InfraRed Doppler), will look for habitable planets around red dwarf stars. Astronomers are hoping that investigating these small but numerous stars will uncover a plethora of new planets.
Red dwarfs are smaller than the Sun and emit most of their energ ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Jul 06, 2018 
On July 27 and several days afterwards, the Red Planet will become especially visible due to a so-called "opposition," with Earth coming equally close both to Mars and the sun, international media reported.
Although it generally occurs nearly every two years, this year is unique, as in light of a Martian year being almost twice as long and both planets orbiting more elliptically than circu ... more |
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 Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
It seems like everyone wants to go someplace in the Solar System. President Trump wants to go to the Moon. Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Others want to go to an asteroid. Others just want to go someplace.
So, what is the easiest way to go anywhere in the Solar System? Well, most people don't know this, but the answer is to do it in stages. One smart way is to first go from the Earth's sur ... more |
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 Porto, Portugal (SPX) Jul 09, 2018 
Using integral field spectroscopy[1] (IFS) and advanced modeling tools, Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco[2] (IA) researchers Iris Breda and Polychronis Papaderos have achieved an important milestone towards solving a long standing enigma in extragalactic astronomy - the nature and formation of the central spherical component in spiral galaxies like the Milky Way.
The bulge is ... more |
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 Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 09, 2018 
Having set sail from France on 15 June - Global Wind Day, ESA's Aeolus wind satellite has arrived safe and sound at the launch site in French Guiana.
While almost all satellites travel by aircraft, Aeolus' journey was rather different - it travelled all the way across the Atlantic from Saint Nazare, western France to the Port of Cayenne, French Guiana by ship.
Aeolus carries one of t ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2018 
NASA's Dawn spacecraft reached its lowest-ever and final orbit around dwarf planet Ceres on June 6 and has been returning thousands of stunning images and other data.
The flight team maneuvered the spacecraft into an orbit that dives 22 miles (35 kilometers) above the surface of Ceres and viewed Occator Crater, site of the famous bright deposits, and other intriguing regions. In more than ... more |
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 Williamstown MA (SPX) Jul 09, 2018 
Solar eclipses will occur at opposite ends of the Earth this summer, 2018. Both will be merely partial solar eclipses as seen from the Earth's surface, not as dramatic as last summer's total solar eclipse whose path of totality crossed the United States, with partial eclipses being seen from as far north as Canada and as far south as northern South America.
Prof. Jay Pasachoff, Chair of th ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 06, 2018 
China Wednesday launched a new space science program focusing on the origin and evolution of the universe, black holes, gravitational waves and relationship between the solar system and human.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced to develop a group of four satellites in the program.
The program includes a satellite named "Einstein-Probe (EP)", which is tasked with discover ... more |
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Porto, Portugal (SPX) Jul 09, 2018
Using integral field spectroscopy[1] (IFS) and advanced modeling tools, Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco[2] (IA) researchers Iris Breda and Polychronis Papaderos have achieved an important milestone towards solving a long standing enigma in extragalactic astronomy - the nature and formation of the central spherical component in spiral galaxies like the Milky Way.
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 6, 2018 
After analyzing ancient DNA samples, scientists now have a bit more clarity on how early humans first arrived in Southeast Asia.
For decades, scientists have disagreed on how Southeast Asia was first populated. Some researchers believed an indigenous group of hunter-gatherers, called the Hòabìnhian, developed agricultural practices on their own, some 44,000 years ago. Others argued th ... more |
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 New Delhi (SPX) Jul 06, 2018 
ISRO carried out a major technology demonstration July 05, 2018, the first in a series of tests to qualify a Crew Escape System, which is a critical technology relevant for human spaceflight.
The Crew Escape System is an emergency escape measure designed to quickly pull the crew module along with the astronauts to a safe distance from the launch vehicle in the event of a launch abort.
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
In August 2016, the first large cruise ship traveled through the Northwest Passage, the northern waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The following year, the first ship without an icebreaker plied the Northern Sea Route, a path along Russia's Arctic coast that was, until recently, impassable by unescorted commercial vessels.
In recent decades parts of the Arctic seas have beco ... more |
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 Wellington (AFP) July 9, 2018 
New Zealand announced plans Monday to spend NZ$2.35 billion ($1.6 billion) on four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft from the US government to better monitor vast swathes of the Pacific.
The planes, a modified version of the Boeing 737 commercial airliner, will replace an ageing fleet of six P-3 Orions which have been in service since the 1960s, Defence Minister Ron Mark said. ... more |
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 Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jul 05, 2018 
Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity, predicts that all objects fall in the same way, regardless of their mass or composition. But does this principle also hold for objects with extreme gravity? An international team of astronomers have tested this using three stars orbiting each other: a neutron star and two white dwarfs. Their findings, published in Nature on 5 July 2018, prove tha ... more |
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