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  Littleton CO (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 NASA has awarded ExoTerra Corporation a $2.5M contract to demonstrate a novel solar electric propulsion system for CubeSats that will enable the shoebox-sized spacecraft to triple their available power and produce over 2.5 km/s of propulsion. Under the "Utilizing Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Tipping Point Technologies" award, ExoTerra will use the mission-enabling capability to fly a CubeSat past an asteroid and become the first privately owned company to fly beyond the Moon. The m ... read more |
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The electric sands of TitanAtlanta GA (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 Experiments led by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology suggest the particles that cover the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, are "electrically charged." When the wind blows ha ... more  
Planetary waves, first found on Earth, are discovered on sunBoulder CO (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 The same kind of large-scale planetary waves that meander through the atmosphere high above Earth's surface may also exist on the Sun, according to a new study led by a scientist at the National Cen ... more 
Sunrise 2: A Second Look At The SunGottingen, Germany (SPX) Mar 28, 2017 During its two flights in 2009 and 2013, the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise experienced a unique view of our Sun: from a height of more than 35 kilometers and equipped with the largest sola ... more  
Andromeda Galaxy's Bright X-ray Mystery Solved by NuSTARPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 28, 2017 The Milky Way's closest neighbor [of comparable size], [the] Andromeda [galaxy], features a dominant source of high-energy X-ray emission, but its identity was mysterious until now. As reported in a ... more |
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New portal to unveil the dark sector of the universeSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Mar 28, 2017 Once upon a time, the Universe was just a hot soup of particles. In those days, together with visible particles, other particles to us hidden or dark might have formed. Billions of years later ... more 
Astronomers find unexpected, dust-obscured star formation in distant galaxyAmherst MA (SPX) Mar 28, 2017 Pushing the limits of the largest single-aperture millimeter telescope in the world, and coupling it with gravitational lensing, University of Massachusetts Amherst astronomer Alexandra Pope and col ... more 
GUSTO Explorer Will Study Churning Chaos in Milky WayGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 28, 2017 NASA has selected a science mission that will measure emissions from the interstellar medium, which is the cosmic material found between stars. This data will help scientists determine the life cycl ... more  
Gravitational wave kicks monster black hole out of galactic coreGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 28, 2017 Astronomers have uncovered a supermassive black hole that has been propelled out of the center of a distant galaxy by what could be the awesome power of gravitational waves. Though there have been s ... more 
Milky Way-like galaxies in early universe embedded in 'super halos'Charlottesville VA (SPX) Mar 28, 2017 By harnessing the extreme sensitivity of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have directly observed a pair of Milky Way-like galaxies seen when the universe was only ... more  
Astronomers identify purest, most massive brown dwarfLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 28, 2017 An international team of astronomers has identified a record breaking brown dwarf (a star too small for nuclear fusion) with the 'purest' composition and the highest mass yet known. The object, know ... more |
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Titan is covered by electrically charged sand grains, experiments suggestWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2017 New research suggests the sand grains on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, behave similar to the packing peanuts used in shipping boxes. ... more 
Large-scale planetary waves found on the sunWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2017 Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research have discovered Rossby waves on the sun. The large-scale planetary waves were first discovered on Earth. ... more  
Surviving the long dark night of the MoonParis (ESA) Mar 27, 2017 Designers of future Moon missions and bases have to contend with a chilling challenge: how might their creations endure the fortnight-long lunar night? ESA has arrived at a low-cost way of surviving ... more  
Juno Spacecraft Set for Fifth Jupiter FlybyPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 27, 2017 NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its fifth flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops on Monday, March 27, at 1:52 a.m. PDT (4:52 a.m. EDT, 8:52 UTC). At the time of closest approach (called p ... more |
  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 27, 2017  The Australian National University (ANU) is launching a search for a new major planet within our solar system, inviting anyone around the world with access to the Internet to help make the historic discovery.
Anyone who helps find the so-called Planet X will work with ANU astronomers to validate the discovery through the International Astronomical Union.
ANU astrophysicist Dr. Brad T ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 27, 2017Juno Spacecraft Set for Fifth Jupiter Flyby  Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Scientists make the case to restore Pluto's planet status  Paris (ESA) Mar 17, 2017ESA's Jupiter mission moves off the drawing board |
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 New York NY (SPX) Nov 09, 2016 
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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An international team of astronomers has identified a record breaking brown dwarf (a star too small for nuclear fusion) with the 'purest' composition and the highest mass yet known. The object, known as SDSS J0104+1535, is a member of the so-called halo - the outermost reaches - of our Galaxy, made up of the most ancient stars. The scientists report the discovery in Monthly Notices of the Royal ... more London, UK (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Fledgling stars try to prevent their neighbors from birthing planets  Tallahassee FL (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Fossil or inorganic structure? Scientists dig into early life forms  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Gigantic Jupiter-type planet reveals insights into how planets evolve |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 27, 2017 
Opportunity is just outside the rim of Endeavour Crater, heading to the gully, named 'Perseverance Valley.' The large regional dust storm to the west of the rover's site has started to abate, although there is still a lot of dust in the atmosphere and rover energy levels are affected.
On Sol 4672 (March 16, 2017), Opportunity drove over 141 feet (43 meters) to the south. Owning to the elev ... more Paris (ESA) Mar 29, 2017Final two ExoMars landing sites chosen  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2017Breaks observed in Curiosity rover wheel treads  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2017Mars Volcano, Earth's Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time |
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Designers of future Moon missions and bases have to contend with a chilling challenge: how might their creations endure the fortnight-long lunar night? ESA has arrived at a low-cost way of surviving.
During prolonged night, when the surface is lit only by blue Earthlight, temperatures dip below -170+ C. Some locations at higher latitudes have shorter nights, though others have much longer ... more Bengaluru, India (IANS) Mar 17, 2017Team Indus To Send Seven Experiments To The Moon Including Three From India  Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Sun Devils working for a chance to induce photosynthesis on our lunar neighbor  Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017NASA finds missing LRO, Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiters |
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Pushing the limits of the largest single-aperture millimeter telescope in the world, and coupling it with gravitational lensing, University of Massachusetts Amherst astronomer Alexandra Pope and colleagues report that they have detected a surprising rate of star formation, four times higher than previously detected, in a dust-obscured galaxy behind a Frontier Fields cluster.
As Pope explai ... more Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Mar 28, 2017New portal to unveil the dark sector of the universe Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Mar 28, 2017Astronomers Observe Early Stages of Milky Way-like Galaxies  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 28, 2017Andromeda Galaxy's Bright X-ray Mystery Solved by NuSTAR |
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 Leicester, UK (SPX) Mar 27, 2017 
A team of academics led by the University of Leicester has responded to criticisms of the proposal to formalise a new geological epoch - the Anthropocene.
Geological critics of a formalised Anthropocene have alleged that the idea did not arise from geology; that there is simply not enough physical evidence for it as strata; that it is based more on the future than on the past; that it is m ... more Beijing (XNA) Mar 27, 2017China to launch new weather satellite in second half of 2017  Paris (AFP) March 27, 2017Climate-addled jet streams boost drought, flood: study  Durham NC (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Satellites reveal bird habitat loss in California |
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During an almost two-week search, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission team activated the spacecraft's MapCam imager and scanned part of the surrounding space for elusive Earth-Trojan asteroids - objects that scientists believe may exist in one of the stable regions that co-orbits the sun with Earth. Although no Earth-Trojans were discovered, the spacecraft's camera operated flawlessly and demonstrated tha ... more Littleton CO (SPX) Mar 29, 2017ExoTerra to become first privately owned space company to fly to an asteroid  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2017Ice in Ceres' shadowed craters linked to tilt history  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2017The many faces of Rosetta's comet 67P |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2017 
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research have discovered Rossby waves on the sun. The large-scale planetary waves were first discovered on Earth.
On Earth, Rossby waves are correlated with local weather events. On the sun, scientists suggest the waves could influence solar activity and related phenomena, like sunspots and solar flares.
"The discovery of magnetiz ... more Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Mar 28, 2017Sunrise 2: A Second Look At The Sun  Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Planetary waves, first found on Earth, are discovered on sun  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 23, 2017NASA's SDO sees a stretch of spotless Sun |
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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 Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft  Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes  Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017Riding an asteroid: China's next space goal |
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Amherst MA (SPX) Mar 28, 2017
Pushing the limits of the largest single-aperture millimeter telescope in the world, and coupling it with gravitational lensing, University of Massachusetts Amherst astronomer Alexandra Pope and colleagues report that they have detected a surprising rate of star formation, four times higher than previously detected, in a dust-obscured galaxy behind a Frontier Fields cluster.
As Pope explai ... moreSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Mar 28, 2017New portal to unveil the dark sector of the universe Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Mar 28, 2017Astronomers Observe Early Stages of Milky Way-like Galaxies Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 28, 2017Andromeda Galaxy's Bright X-ray Mystery Solved by NuSTAR |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2017 
New research suggests bigger brains help primates in larger social groups manage their aggression and cope with conflict.
Scientists have previously pointed to increasing competition for resource and life among growing social groups as reasons for differing brain sizes among different primates. New research suggests conflict resolution plays a role, too.
Researchers at the Univer ... more Austin TX (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Human skull evolved along with two-legged walking, study confirms  University Park PA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Nose form was shaped by climate Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017Human skull and bipedalism evolved side-by-side |
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 Miami (AFP) March 24, 2017 
A French and an American astronaut floated outside the International Space Station Friday for a spacewalk to upgrade the orbiting outpost for the arrival of future space crews.
The spacewalk by France's Thomas Pesquet, 39, and American Shane Kimbrough, 49, officially began at 7:24 am (1124 GMT) when the duo switched their spacesuits to internal battery power.
Pesquet and Kimbrough worked ... more Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 29, 2017X-Hab working seventh season of academic-aided innovation  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Deep space gateway to open opportunities for distant destinations  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 23, 2017NASA's hybrid computer enables Raven's autonomous rendezvous capability |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2017 
Around 250 million measurements taken by ESA's CryoSat over the last six years have been used to create a unique 3D view of Antarctica, offering a snapshot of the undulating surface of this vast ice sheet. CryoSat's radar altimeter detects tiny variations in the height of the ice across the entire continent, including on the steeper continental margins where the vast majority of ice losses occur ... more Chicago (AFP) March 25, 2017Photographer captures world's glacier melt over decade  Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017Researchers ponder conundrum of disappearing Arctic caribou  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Sea ice extent sinks to record lows at both poles |
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 Exeter, UK (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 
Important microscopic creatures which produce half of the oxygen in the atmosphere can rapidly adapt to global warming, new research suggests. Phytoplankton, which also act as an essential food supply for fish, can increase the rate at which they take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen while in warmer water temperatures, a long-running experiment shows.
Monitoring of one species, a green ... more Brussels (AFP) March 26, 2017Brexit plunges EU fishing into troubled waters  Cape Cod MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Corals die as global warming collides with local weather in the South China Sea  London, UK (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Chance find has big implications for water treatment's costs |
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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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