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  East Lansing MI (SPX) Feb 01, 2017 Trillions of neutrinos, or ghost particles, are passing through us every second. While scientists know this fact, they don't know what role neutrinos play in the universe because they are devilishly hard to measure. New measurements of neutrino oscillations, observed at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, have shed light on outstanding questions regarding fundamental properties of neutrinos. These new measurements of neutrinos as they change from one type to another while they trav ... read more |
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Private Space Race Heats Up, Moon Landing Expected in Late 2017Moon Express, the first private company to receive government approval for a space mission, has announced an additional $20 million raised for a lunar voyage in late 2017. A front-runner to wi ... more  
NASA's fermi discovers the most extreme blazars yetNASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has identified the farthest gamma-ray blazars, a type of galaxy whose intense emissions are powered by supersized black holes. Light from the most distant obje ... more  
Earth Narrowly Dodges Three Large AsteroidsA car-sized asteroid narrowly missed the Earth on Monday, January 30, six days after another asteroid the size of a house had a similar near-miss, and ten days after a third passed by that was about ... more  
Meteorite reveals 2 billion years of volcanic activity on MarsMars may be home to some of the oldest volcanoes in the solar system. New evidence suggests the Red Planet has been home to volcanic activity for at least 2 billion years. ... more |
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Both push and pull drive our galaxy's race through spaceAlthough we can't feel it, we're in constant motion: the earth spins on its axis at about 1,600 km/h; it orbits around the sun at about 100,000 km/h; the sun orbits our Milky Way galaxy at about 850 ... more 
LunaH-Map CubeSat to map the Moon's water depositsArizona State University (ASU) is developing a small satellite that will search hydrogen in lunar craters with the ultimate goal of creating the most detailed map of the moon's water deposits. The s ... more 
Study reveals substantial evidence of holographic universeA UK, Canadian and Italian study has provided what researchers believe is the first observational evidence that our universe could be a vast and complex hologram. Theoretical physicists and astrophy ... more  
Japan 'space junk' collector in troubleAn experimental 'space junk' collector designed to pull rubbish from the Earth's orbit has run into trouble, Japanese scientists said Tuesday, potentially a new embarrassment for Tokyo's high-tech programme. ... more 
NASA's fermi sees gamma rays from 'hidden' solar flaresAn international science team says NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has observed high-energy light from solar eruptions located on the far side of the sun, which should block direct light from ... more 
Stars in the halo of the Milky Way travel often in groupsMany stars in the halo that surrounds the Milky Way travel in groups. This is the outcome of a recent analysis of data for millions of stars from the Gaia space mission. Astronomers report their dis ... more |
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New planet imager delivers first science at KeckA new device on the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii has delivered its first images, showing a ring of planet-forming dust around a star, and separately, a cool, star-like body, called a brown dwarf, ... more  
Close views show Saturn's Rings in unprecedented detailNewly released images showcase the incredible closeness with which NASA's Cassini spacecraft, now in its "Ring-Grazing" orbits phase, is observing Saturn's dazzling rings of icy debris. The vi ... more 
Scientists unveil new form of matter: Time crystalsTo most people, crystals mean diamond bling, semiprecious gems or perhaps the jagged amethyst or quartz crystals beloved by collectors. To Norman Yao, these inert crystals are the tip of the iceberg ... more 
India, Israel among five teams fighting for first private Moon landingGoogle and nonprofit company X Prize announced Wednesday that out of 33 original teams, five have secured launch contracts to send spacecraft to the moon. Teams must launch their spacecraft no later ... more |
  
Where should NASA's Juno spacecraft aim its camera during its next close pass of Jupiter on Feb. 2? You can now play a part in the decision. For the first time, members of the public can vote to participate in selecting all pictures to be taken of Jupiter during a Juno flyby. Voting begins Thursday, Jan. 19 at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) and concludes on Jan. 23 at 9 a.m. PST (noon EST).
"We ... more Experiment resolves mystery about wind flows on Jupiter Pluto Global Color Map Lowell Observatory to renovate Pluto discovery telescope |
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Breakthrough Listen, the 10-year, $100-million astronomical search for intelligent life beyond Earth launched in 2015 by Internet entrepreneur Yuri Milner and Stephen Hawking, has announced its first observations using the Parkes Radio Telescope in New South Wales, Australia.
Parkes joins the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, USA, and the Automated Planet Finder (APF) at Lick Ob ... more Search for ET underway with Parkes Radio Telescope Breakthrough Listen to Search for Intelligent Life Around Tabby's Star New bacteria groups, and stunning diversity, discovered underground |
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A new device on the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii has delivered its first images, showing a ring of planet-forming dust around a star, and separately, a cool, star-like body, called a brown dwarf, lying near its companion star. The device, called a vortex coronagraph, was recently installed inside NIRC2 (Near Infrared Camera 2), the workhorse infrared imaging camera at Keck. It has the potenti ... more First footage of a living stylodactylid shrimp filter-feeding at depth of 4826m SF State astronomer searches for signs of life on Wolf 1061 exoplanet Looking for life in all the right places with the right tool |
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Thin, blade-like walls, some as tall as a 16-story building, dominate a previously undocumented network of intersecting ridges on Mars, found in images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The simplest explanation for these impressive ridges is that lava flowed into pre-existing fractures in the ground and later resisted erosion better than material around them.
A new survey of polygon ... more Meteorite reveals 2 billion years of volcanic activity on Mars Opportunity marks 13 years of ground operations on Mars Commercial Crew's Role in Path to Mars |
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Moon Express, the first private company to receive government approval for a space mission, has announced an additional $20 million raised for a lunar voyage in late 2017.
A front-runner to win Google's Lunar XPrize, the $20-million grant for the first "privately funded team" to "successfully place a spacecraft on the moon's surface," "travel 500 meters,"and "transmit high-definition video ... more LunaH-Map CubeSat to map the Moon's water deposits India, Israel among five teams fighting for first private Moon landing China schedules Chang'e-5 lunar probe launch |
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  An international science team says NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has observed high-energy light from solar eruptions located on the far side of the sun, which should block direct light from these events. This apparent paradox is providing solar scientists with a unique tool for exploring how charged particles are accelerated to nearly the speed of light and move across the sun during so ... more NASA's fermi discovers the most extreme blazars yetCosmic dust that formed our planets traced to giant stars Both push and pull drive our galaxy's race through space |
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Earth is a planet that breathes with the seasons. In winter months atmospheric gases and air pollution accumulate, waiting dormant until spring and summer bring sunshine and plant-life, sparking transformations that change the make-up of gases in the atmosphere. A NASA airborne mission will take a world-wide survey of these seasonal transformations by flying from the heart of winter in the North ... more Wind satellite heads for final testing How satellite data changed chimpanzee conservation efforts NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite Sends First Images to Earth |
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An international project, led by Spain's National Research Council, (CSIC) provides information on the effects a projectile impact would have on an asteroid. The aim of the project is to work out how an asteroid might be deflected so as not to collide with the Earth. The research, published in The Astrophysical Journal, focuses on the study of the asteroid Chelyabinsk, which exploded over Russia ... more An urban collection of modern-day micrometeorites Earth Narrowly Dodges Three Large Asteroids Gaia turns its eyes to asteroid hunting |
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The dynamic space environment that surrounds Earth - the space our astronauts and spacecraft travel through - can be rattled by huge solar eruptions from the sun, which spew giant clouds of magnetic energy and plasma, a hot gas of electrically charged particles, out into space. The magnetic field of these solar eruptions are difficult to predict and can interact with Earth's magnetic fields, cau ... more Extreme space weather-induced blackouts could cost US more than $40 billion daily ALMA starts observing the sun Next-generation optics offer the widest real-time views of vast regions of the sun |
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China's plans for deep-space exploration included two Mars missions and one Jupiter probe.
China plans its first Mars probe by 2020, said Wu Yanhua, vice director of the China National Space Administration.
A second Mars probe will bring back samples and conduct research on the planet's structure, composition and environment, Wu said.
Also on the agenda are an asteroid explorat ... more China's first cargo spacecraft to leave factory China launches commercial rocket mission Kuaizhou-1A China Space Plan to Develop "Strength and Size" |
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An international science team says NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has observed high-energy light from solar eruptions located on the far side of the sun, which should block direct light from these events. This apparent paradox is providing solar scientists with a unique tool for exploring how charged particles are accelerated to nearly the speed of light and move across the sun during so ... moreNASA's fermi discovers the most extreme blazars yetCosmic dust that formed our planets traced to giant starsBoth push and pull drive our galaxy's race through space |
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A brain-computer interface that can decipher the thoughts of people who are unable to communicate could revolutionize the lives of those living with complete locked-in syndrome according to a new paper published in PLOS Biology. Counter to expectations, the participants in the study reported being "happy" despite their condition.
In the trial, people with complete locked-in syndrome, who w ... more Study finds genetic continuity between modern East Asia people and their Stone Age relatives Girls less likely to associate 'brilliance' with their own gender Scientists find link between brain shape and personality |
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Houston-based Axiom Space is seeking to establish a privately-owned, international commercial space station. The launch of the first module is expected in 2020
The company, led by Mike Suffredini who managed NASA's International Space Station program for ten years, announced that the low-Earth orbit station will be a successor to the ISS.
The new orbital platform will host a variety ... more Progress MS-03 cargo spacecraft to reenter January 31 Scientists and students tackle omics at NASA workshop Mister Trump Goes to Washington |
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An international team of researchers has discovered why fresh water, melted from Antarctic ice sheets, is often detected below the surface of the ocean, rather than rising to the top above denser seawater.
The research, led by the University of Southampton, is published this week in the journal Nature in association with colleagues at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Universi ... more The making of Antarctica Coal mine dust accelerates snow melt in the Arctic Earth's orbital variations and sea ice synch glacial periods |
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  A fishing boat glides across the shimmering surface of Europe's oldest lake, a haven of biodiversity and a UNESCO World Heritage Site - one that conservationists warn faces multiple development threats.
Lake Ohrid, which straddles the mountainous border of Macedonia and Albania, has been in existence for up to three million years and is home to more than 200 species of flora and fauna found ... more Marine microbes recycle iron from the debris of dead algae Mako shark makes 13,000-mile trek across Atlantic Ocean Invasive sedge protects dunes better than native grass |
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Cosmologists trying to understand how to unite the two pillars of modern science - quantum physics and gravity - have found a new way to make robust predictions about the effect of quantum fluctuations on primordial density waves, ripples in the fabric of space and time.
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth have revealed quantum imprints left on cosmological structures in the very ... more China to set up gravitational wave telescopes in Tibet MIT researchers reveal new technique for measuring gravity A population of neutron stars can generate gravitational waves continuously |
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