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  Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 Unlocking humanity's future as an interplanetary species is no simple feat. But students at Arizona State University and the Central University of Tamil Nadu in India are up for the challenge. The international collaboration is vying for a chance to induce photosynthesis on the moon. "Photosynthesis is the basis of all life," said Jonathon Barkl, a physics and economics major in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. "If it can happen on another planet, we're one step closer to proving humanity ... read more |
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Bevy of quasars boosts understanding of galaxies' originsSan Francisco CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 Late last year, an international team including researchers from the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (KIAA) at Peking University announced the discovery of more than 60 extremely dist ... more  
Light From An Ultra-Cool NeighborWashington DC (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 This animation shows the amount of light detected by each pixel in a small section of the camera onboard NASA's Kepler space telescope. ... more 
Iota Orionis: Pulsating beacon of a constellationMontreal, Canada (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 Astronomers from the BRITE (BRight Target Explorer) Constellation project and Ritter Observatory have discovered a repeating one-per-cent spike in the light of a very massive star which could change ... more 
'Peter Pan' radio galaxies that may never grow upToronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 A team of astronomers has doubled the number of known young, compact radio galaxies - galaxies powered by newly energized black holes. The improved tally will help astronomers understand the relatio ... more |
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Studying magnetic space explosions with NASA missionsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 Every day, invisible magnetic explosions are happening around Earth, on the surface of the sun and across the universe. These explosions, known as magnetic reconnection, occur when magnetic field li ... more  
Hubble dates black hole's last big mealGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 For the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, it's been a long time between dinners. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found that the black hole ate its last big meal about ... more 
Dark Matter Detection Receives 10-Ton UpgradeMadison WI (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 In an abandoned gold mine one mile beneath Lead, South Dakota, the cosmos quiets down enough to potentially hear the faint whispers of the universe's most elusive material - dark matter. Shielded fr ... more  
NASA Mission Named 'Europa Clipper'Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017 NASA's upcoming mission to investigate the habitability of Jupiter's icy moon Europa now has a formal name: Europa Clipper. The moniker harkens back to the clipper ships that sailed across the ... more 
Under Trump, the Moon regains interest as possible destinationWashington (AFP) March 12, 2017 Dismissed by former US president Barack Obama as a place explorers had already seen, the Moon has once again gained interest as a potential destination under Donald Trump's presidency. ... more 
NASA finds missing LRO, Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbitersWashington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said it has located its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft after disappearing for years. ... more |
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Solar storms trigger surprising phenomena close to EarthCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 Eruptions on the Sun's surface send clouds of electrically charged particles towards Earth, producing solar storms that - among other things - can trigger the beautiful Northern Lights over the Arct ... more 
Star clusters discovery could upset the astronomical applecartPerth, Australia (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 The discovery of young stars in old star clusters could send scientists back to the drawing board for one of the Universe's most common objects. Dr Bi-Qing For, from the International Centre for Rad ... more 
Juno Captures Jupiter Cloudscape in High ResolutionPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2017 This close-up view of Jupiter captures the turbulent region just west of the Great Red Spot in the South Equatorial Belt, with resolution better than any previous pictures from Earth or other spacec ... more  
Mechanism underlying size-sorting of rubble on asteroid Itokawa revealedOnna, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 In 2005, the Hayabusa spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) landed on Itokawa, a small near-Earth asteroid named after the famous Japanese rocket scientist Hideo Itok ... more |
  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2017 
This close-up view of Jupiter captures the turbulent region just west of the Great Red Spot in the South Equatorial Belt, with resolution better than any previous pictures from Earth or other spacecraft.
NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this image with its JunoCam citizen science instrument when the spacecraft was a mere 5,400 miles (8,700 kilometers) above Jupiter's cloudtops on Dec. 11, 2 ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017NASA Mission Named 'Europa Clipper'  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2017Juno to remain in current orbit at Jupiter  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017Europa Flyby Mission Moves into Design Phase |
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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 Parkes, Australia (SPX) Nov 09, 2016Search for ET underway with Parkes Radio Telescope  Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2016Breakthrough Listen to Search for Intelligent Life Around Tabby's Star  Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 25, 2016New bacteria groups, and stunning diversity, discovered underground |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 13, 2017  This animation shows the amount of light detected by each pixel in a small section of the camera onboard NASA's Kepler space telescope. The light collected from TRAPPIST-1, an ultra-cool dwarf star approximately 40 light-years from Earth, is at the center of the image. Not directly visible in the movie are the seven Earth-size planets that orbit TRAPPIST-1. ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 09, 2017Kepler Provides Another Peek at Ultra-cool Neighbor  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Hunting for giant planet analogs in our own backyard  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Faraway Planet Systems Are Shaped Like the Solar System |
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Opportunity is located just outside the rim of Endeavour Crater, less than half a mile (700 meters) away from the next big science objective, a gully.
The rover completed the last in-situ science measurements inside Endeavour Crater on Sol 4657 (Feb. 28, 2017).
Because of constrained data volume, Sol 4658 (March 1, 2017), was a dedicated 'atmospheres' day, a sol of just low-data volu ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Paleolake deposits on Mars might look like sediments in Indonesia  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017NASA Mars Orbiter Tracks Back-to-Back Regional Storms  Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017New evidence for a water-rich history on Mars |
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said it has located its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft after disappearing for years.
JPL said scientists found the spacecrafts orbiting the moon by using a new technological application found on ground-based interplanetary radar.
"Finding LRO was relatively easy, as we were working with the mission's navigators a ... more Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Sun Devils working for a chance to induce photosynthesis on our lunar neighbor  Washington (AFP) March 12, 2017Under Trump, the Moon regains interest as possible destination  Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017India's Moon Mission on 2018 Target, Says ISRO Chief |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
In an abandoned gold mine one mile beneath Lead, South Dakota, the cosmos quiets down enough to potentially hear the faint whispers of the universe's most elusive material - dark matter. Shielded from the deluge of cosmic rays constantly showering the Earth's surface, and scrubbed of noisy radioactive metals and gasses, the mine, scientists think, will be the ideal setting for the most sensitive ... more San Francisco CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Bevy of quasars boosts understanding of galaxies' origins  Montreal, Canada (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Iota Orionis: Pulsating beacon of a constellation Riverside CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Cosmic environments and their influence in star formation |
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 Cape Cod MA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 
The temperature of Earth's interior affects everything from the movement of tectonic plates to the formation of the planet. A new study led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) suggests the mantle - the mostly solid, rocky part of Earth's interior that lies between its super-heated core and its outer crustal layer - may be hotter than previously believed. The new finding, published Mar ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017How Arctic weather can improve mid-latitude forecasts  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Additional Arctic weather data raises forecast accuracy of Japan cold waves  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017NASA examines deadly spring-like weather with GPM satellite |
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 Onna, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 
In 2005, the Hayabusa spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) landed on Itokawa, a small near-Earth asteroid named after the famous Japanese rocket scientist Hideo Itokawa. The aim of the unmanned mission was to study the asteroid and collect a sample of material to be returned to Earth for analysis.
Contrary to scientific predictions that small asteroids are ... more Mountain View CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Warped Meteor Showers Hit Earth at All Angles  Zurich (UPI) Mar 7, 2017Earth is bombarded at random, crater study shows  Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Long-Lasting Cryovolcanism on Dwarf Planet Ceres |
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
Eruptions on the Sun's surface send clouds of electrically charged particles towards Earth, producing solar storms that - among other things - can trigger the beautiful Northern Lights over the Arctic regions. But the storms may also have a strong impact on the efficiency of communication and navigation systems at high latitudes. It is therefore important to study the phenomena.
New resear ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Studying magnetic space explosions with NASA missions  Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Mar 3, 2017Solar storms remove electrons from large portions of Earth's atmosphere  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017First Solar Images from NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 
Chinese state media is reporting that the country's space program has developed a craft capable of both landing on the moon and flying in low-Earth orbit.
The new spacecraft is claimed to be able to accommodate multiple astronauts, according to spaceship engineer Zhang Bainian, who Science and Technology Daily cited as comparing the forthcoming ship to the Orion craft currently in developm ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes  Beijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2017China to launch 6-8 latest navigation satellites in 2017  Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft |
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Madison WI (SPX) Mar 13, 2017
In an abandoned gold mine one mile beneath Lead, South Dakota, the cosmos quiets down enough to potentially hear the faint whispers of the universe's most elusive material - dark matter. Shielded from the deluge of cosmic rays constantly showering the Earth's surface, and scrubbed of noisy radioactive metals and gasses, the mine, scientists think, will be the ideal setting for the most sensitive ... moreSan Francisco CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Bevy of quasars boosts understanding of galaxies' origins Montreal, Canada (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Iota Orionis: Pulsating beacon of a constellation Riverside CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Cosmic environments and their influence in star formation |
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 Paris (AFP) March 9, 2017 
The number and proportion of people in China over 80 are growing, but their mental and physical fitness appear to be declining, scientists reported Friday.
Comparing medical data and surveys from 1998 and 2008 of nearly 20,000 people aged 80 to 105, researchers found that the ranks of China's 'oldest old' had expanded since the turn of the century.
For octogenarians and nonagenarians, mo ... more Columbia SC (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Widespread platinum may help solve Clovis people mystery  Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Aboriginal hair shows 50,000 years connection to country  Hanover NH (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Dartmouth study finds modern hunter-gathers relocate to maximize foraging efficiency |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
When you're in the business of unlocking the secrets of the universe, making plans 40 years in advance doesn't seem like a stretch. That's why hundreds of visionaries from planetary science, astrophysics, engineering, and other disciplines came together last week at NASA headquarters to break conceptual ground on humanity's future in space.
Now is an especially important time to be having ... more Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Campaign Tests Parachutes Designed to Provide Astronauts a Soft Landing  Houston TX (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Keeping Liquids Off the Wall  Washington DC (VOA) Mar 09, 2017Space Tourism and Business Looking Up |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
For the past eight years, Operation IceBridge, a NASA mission that conducts aerial surveys of polar ice, has produced unprecedented three-dimensional views of Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets, providing scientists with valuable data on how polar ice is changing in a warming world. Now, for the first time, the campaign will expand its reach to explore the Arctic's Eurasian Basin through two resear ... more Paris (AFP) March 13, 2017Humans to blame for bulk of Arctic sea ice loss: study  Pr�manon, France (AFP) March 11, 2017World's first museum of polar lands opens in France  Paris (AFP) March 6, 2017Is Arctic sea ice doomed to disappear? |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 09, 2017  The Asian inland plateau (AIP) is located in the East Asian monsoon marginal areas and mainly includes Mongolia and part of northern China. Covering arid and semi-arid regions, the climate variability of the AIP is complex and can have profound impacts on economic and social activities.
Recently, scientists from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics worked with Korean and Russian scientists ... more Hobart, Australia (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Boaty McBoatface prepares for first Antarctic mission  Sydney (AFP) March 10, 2017Australia sees second year of Barrier Reef bleaching  Maiduguri, Nigeria (AFP) March 13, 2017Nigeria water shortages hit Boko Haram displaced |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
Mammalian cells are optimally adapted to gravity. But what happens in the microgravity environment of space if the earth's pull disappears? Previously, many experiments exhibited cell changes - after hours or even days in zero gravity. Astronauts, however, returned to Earth without any severe health problems after long missions in space, which begs the question as to how capable cells are of ada ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining distant sources  Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Increasing the sensitivity of next-generation gravitational wave detectors |
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