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July 07, 2016

Lush Venus? Searing Earth? It could have happened
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 07, 2016
If conditions had been just a little different an eon ago, there might be plentiful life on Venus and none on Earth. The idea isn't so far-fetched, according to a hypothesis by Rice University scientists and their colleagues who published their thoughts on life-sustaining planets, the planets' histories and the possibility of finding more in Astrobiology this month. The researchers maintain that minor evolutionary changes could have altered the fates of both Earth and Venus in ways that scientists ... read more

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Chaotic Orbit of Comet Halley Explained A team of Dutch and Scottish researchers led by Simon Portegies Zwart (Leiden University) has found an explanation for the chaotic behavior of the orbit of Halley's Comet. The findings are accepted ... more		Researchers find human development's first gear Oxford University researchers are closer to solving a decade-old mystery after discovering that a set of genes they are studying play a key role in early human development. Evolutionary biolog ... more		Large Hadron Collider finds three new particles, confirms fourth Europe's largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, is back in action. According to two newly published studies, its latest round of experiments yielded three new "exotic" particles and confirmed the existence of a fourth. ... more
				The switch that could double USB memory Scientists at Hokkaido University have developed a device that employs both magnetic and electronic signals, which could provide twice the storage capacity of conventional memory devices, such as US ... more		Triple external quantum efficiencies - a new material TADF was developed An international joint research group succeeded in developing a novel thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) material which displays emission of light in colors from green to deep-red throu ... more

Transition from Operations to Decommissioning by Preparing a Safe, Cost-Effective Shut Down and Waste Management Strategy

What is the goal of Juno's mission to Jupiter? NASA's Juno spacecraft on Tuesday began circling Jupiter on a 20-month mission to learn more about the origin of the solar system's most massive planet. ... more		NASA's Juno spacecraft orbits Jupiter, 'king of solar system' NASA celebrated a key triumph on Tuesday as its $1.1 billion Juno spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Jupiter on a mission to probe the origin of the solar system. ... more		U.S. defense in free fall Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact Brazil, Chile sign defense agreement		Jupiter on a bench In less than a week, the spacecraft Juno will arrive at Jupiter, the culmination of a five-year, billion-dollar journey. It's mission: to peer deep inside the gas giant and unravel its origin and ev ... more
				Chance Microlensing Events Probe Galaxy Cores Some galaxies pump out vast amounts of energy from a very small volume of space, typically not much bigger than our own solar system. The cores of these galaxies, so called active galactic nuclei or ... more		Elite Team to Consider New Approaches to Asteroid Danger A six-week-long research accelerator, championed by NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist and hosted at the SETI Institute, is engaging young researchers from around the world to take on one of th ... more

2nd Integrated Air and Missile Defense - Securing the Complex Air Domain: Requirements for Sustainable, Global, and Reliable Solutions to Next Generation Air & Missile Threats - 28-30 September, 2016 | Washington D.C.

The World's Largest Commercial Drone Conference and Expo - Sept 7-9 - Las Vegas

Rosetta Finale Set for 30 September Rosetta is set to complete its mission in a controlled descent to the surface of its comet on 30 September. The mission is coming to an end as a result of the spacecraft's ever-increasing distance f ... more		Zooming In on Why Some Quasars Turn Down the Radio Mini-jets of material ejected from a central supermassive black hole appear to be the culprits behind faint radio wave emissions in 'radio-quiet' quasars. A study of gravitationally-lensed images of ... more		GUARDIAN Tsunami Detection Tech Catches Wave in Real Time Galileo daughter mission named Celeste to strengthen navigation resilience How quantum computers can be validated when solving unsolvable problems		Teenagers at Keele University Discover Possible New Exoplanet Twenty four students in years 10, 11 and 12, boys and girls aged 15 to 17, from local schools and colleges came together for the week in the Lennard-Jones building at Keele to work on a research pro ... more
The energy spectrum of particles will help make out black holes Scientists from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, and the National Research University Higher School of Economics have devise ... more		OrbitOutlook integrates diverse network to help avoid collisions in space More than 500,000 pieces of manmade space debris-including spent rocket stages, defunct satellites, and fragments as small as flecks of paint-currently hurtle around the Earth at roughly 17,000 mile ... more		Juno probe succeeds in mission to orbit Jupiter: NASA A $1.1 billion NASA spacecraft called Juno is now in orbit of the planet Jupiter on a high-stakes mission to probe the solar system's origin. ... more		Mercury's Surface Arose from Deep Inside the Planet NASA researchers have found that several volcanic deposits on Mercury's surface require mantle melting to have started close to the planet's core-mantle boundary, which lies only 400 km below the pl ... more

	NASA's Juno Peers Inside a Giant NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its long anticipated arrival at Jupiter on July 4. Coming face-to-face with the gas giant, Juno will begin to unravel some of the greatest mysteries surrounding our ... more		How much water is inside Jupiter NASA's Juno spacecraft is just a few days shy of its arrival at the solar system's biggest planet. The highly-anticipated mission, is about to take a peek into the real nature of Jupiter, hopefully ... more

Ohio State scientists advance focus on nuclear propulsion

Mixing neutrinos of colliding neutron stars changes how merger unfolds

China launches experimental satellites to enhance mobile space internet

Ring of Complex Organic Molecules Discovered Around Newborn Star		Meteorites Recovered in Arizona from June 2 Fireball		What Happens When You Steam a Planet		Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks in 'Skyrocket Galaxy'		Method for Identifying Black Holes Connects Einstein's Equations with Observations
Space Team Discovers Universe Is Self-Cleaning		How Planetary Age Reveals Water Content		Juno Spacecraft Enters Jupiter's Magnetic Field		Universe becoming cleaner as cosmic dust gets mopped up by stars, astronomers reveal		For Galaxies, It's Not Easy Being Green

European Involvement in the Juno Mission to Jupiter

No need in supercomputers

NASA spaceship barrels toward Jupiter, 'planet on steroids'

Recent Hydrothermal Activity May Explain Ceres' Brightest Area

Rosetta finale set for 30 September

Hubble Captures Vivid Auroras in Jupiter's Atmosphere

Researchers trace Mercury's origins to rare meteorite

Clandestine Black Hole May Represent New Population

When it comes to brown dwarfs, 'how far?' is a key question

ACT Now to Track Solar Eruptions in 3D

Seeds of supermassive black holes could be revealed

Gravitational waves could reveal black hole seeds

Simulations foresee hordes of colliding black holes and gravitational waves

Seeds of black holes could be revealed by gravitational waves detected in space

NRL astrophysicist probes theory of black-hole accretion

RIT professor predicts a universe crowded with black holes

X-ray echoes of a shredded star provide close-up of killer black hole

Russia to spend $60M in 2016-2018 to fund space voyages to Moon, Mars

New images show Jupiter ahead of Juno's arrival

Rosetta, Philae to reunite on comet for Sept 30 mission end

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