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  Miami (AFP) March 30, 2017 A space blanket floated away from American astronaut Peggy Whitson on Thursday as she made a historic spacewalk outside the International Space Station, setting a new record for the most spacewalks by a woman. The crew was not in danger due to the mishap, which occurred when Whitson was trying to fold up a bulky cloth cover, known as an axial shield, and put it in a bag. The incident briefly raised concern at mission control in Houston that the shield might come back and hit the orbiting laborat ... read more |
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Mysterious cosmic explosion surprises astronomers studying the distant x-ray universeUniversity Park PA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 A mysterious flash of X-rays has been discovered by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in the deepest X-ray image ever obtained. This source likely comes from some sort of destructive event, but it ma ... more 
Explaining the accelerating expansion of the universe without dark energyLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 Enigmatic dark energy, thought to make up 68% of the universe, may not exist at all, according to a Hungarian-American team. The researchers believe that standard models of the universe fail to take ... more  
A Trojan in RetreatTucson AZ (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 For at least a million years, an asteroid orbiting the "wrong" way around the Sun has been playing a cosmic game of chicken with giant Jupiter and about 6,000 other asteroids sharing the giant plane ... more  
Checking in on BleriotPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 30, 2017 What appears as a pair of bright dashes at the center of this image is one of the features rings scientists have dubbed "propellers." This particular propeller, named Bleriot, marks the presen ... more |
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How a young-looking lunar volcano hides its true ageProvidence RI (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 While orbiting the Moon in 1971, the crew of Apollo 15 photographed a strange geological feature - a bumpy, D-shaped depression about two miles long and a mile wide - that has fascinated planetary s ... more  
NIST physicists show ion pairs perform enhanced 'spooky action'Washington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 Adding to strong recent demonstrations that particles of light perform what Einstein called "spooky action at a distance," in which two separated objects can have a connection that exceeds everyday ... more 
Scientists recreate space particle collisions inside Large Hadron ColliderWashington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017 Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider in Italy are aiding the study of dark matter. ... more 
New, highly accurate positions and motions available for millions of starsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 The United States Naval Observatory (USNO) has released a new catalog of over 107 million stars, the 5th USNO CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC5). This catalog of about 5.5 gigabytes of binary data is cu ... more 
ExoTerra to become first privately owned space company to fly to an asteroidLittleton 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 po ... more 
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 |
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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 
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 
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  
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 |
  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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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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 Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 
Solar wind and radiation are responsible for stripping the Martian atmosphere, transforming Mars from a planet that could have supported life billions of years ago into a frigid desert world, according to new results from NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission) spacecraft led by the University of Colorado Boulder.
"We've determined that most of the gas ever present in ... more Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Potential Mars Airplane Resumes Flight  Paris (ESA) Mar 29, 2017Final two ExoMars landing sites chosen  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 27, 2017Mars dust storm west of Opportunity starting to abate |
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While orbiting the Moon in 1971, the crew of Apollo 15 photographed a strange geological feature - a bumpy, D-shaped depression about two miles long and a mile wide - that has fascinated planetary scientists ever since. Some have suggested that the feature, known as Ina, is evidence of a volcanic eruption Moon within the past 100 million years - a billion years or so after most volcanic activity ... more Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2017Surviving the long dark night of the Moon  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 |
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Enigmatic dark energy, thought to make up 68% of the universe, may not exist at all, according to a Hungarian-American team. The researchers believe that standard models of the universe fail to take account of its changing structure, but that once this is done the need for dark energy disappears. The team publish their results in a paper in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
... more University Park PA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Mysterious cosmic explosion surprises astronomers studying the distant x-ray universe  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 30, 2017New, highly accurate positions and motions available for millions of stars  Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Mar 28, 2017New portal to unveil the dark sector of the universe |
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Drought and reduced seasonal flooding of wetlands and farm fields threaten a globally important stopover site for tens of thousands of migratory shorebirds in California's Sacramento Valley, a new Duke University-led study shows.
The researchers' analysis of historical biweekly NASA Landsat satellite images of the valley reveals that flooded habitat near the peak time of spring migration h ... more Oslo, Norway (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Northern oceans pumped CO2 into the atmosphere  Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Humans likely influence giant airstreams  Boston MA (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Night lights, big data |
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For at least a million years, an asteroid orbiting the "wrong" way around the Sun has been playing a cosmic game of chicken with giant Jupiter and about 6,000 other asteroids sharing the giant planet's space, says a report published in the latest issue of Nature.
The asteroid is the only one in the solar system known to have an opposite, or retrograde, orbit around the Sun while at the sam ... more Littleton CO (SPX) Mar 29, 2017ExoTerra to become first privately owned space company to fly to an asteroid  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 27, 2017OSIRIS-REx asteroid search tests instruments, science team  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2017Ice in Ceres' shadowed craters linked to tilt history |
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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 solar telescope that had ever left Earth, Sunrise was able to resolve structures with a size of 50 kilometers in the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) light. The journal Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series now d ... moreBoulder CO (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Planetary waves, first found on Earth, are discovered on sun  Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2017Large-scale planetary waves found on the sun  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 23, 2017NASA's SDO sees a stretch of spotless Sun |
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Yuanwang space tracking ships, which follows the progress of satellites and other space-bound craft, will carry out 19 maritime space monitoring missions in 2017, according to the maritime satellite measurement and control authority on Wednesday.
Yuanwang-5 left port Wednesday and Yuanwang-6 started its journey Monday.
Yuanwang-7 and the rocket transporting fleet will set sail in Apr ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017China Develops Spaceship Capable of Moon Landing  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 |
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London, UK (SPX) Mar 31, 2017
Enigmatic dark energy, thought to make up 68% of the universe, may not exist at all, according to a Hungarian-American team. The researchers believe that standard models of the universe fail to take account of its changing structure, but that once this is done the need for dark energy disappears. The team publish their results in a paper in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
... moreUniversity Park PA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Mysterious cosmic explosion surprises astronomers studying the distant x-ray universe Washington DC (SPX) Mar 30, 2017New, highly accurate positions and motions available for millions of stars Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Mar 28, 2017New portal to unveil the dark sector of the universe |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017 
DNA can predict a person's reading ability. Scientists at King's College London found DNA variants account for 5 percent of reading ability disparities among children.
Researchers identified gene variations associated with academic achievement. Next, scientists tallied a genetic score for each of the 5,825 individuals who participated in the Twins Early Development Study.
After c ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2017Bigger brains help primates cope with conflict  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 |
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Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA concluded their spacewalk at 2:33 p.m. EDT. During the spacewalk, which lasted just over seven hours, the two astronauts successfully reconnected cables and electrical connections on the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3.
PMA-3 will provide the pressurized interface between the station and the second of two intern ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2017The long legacy pf space-farming leading us to Mars  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 |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017  On – and under – the surface, Arctic zooplankton aren't much to look at. For starters, many species are microscopic. Closer examination often reveals spindly legs, bulging black eyes or bodies as translucent as the sea ice near which they feed. But while charismatic polar bears may be umbrella species of the Arctic, zooplankton, scientists say, are the keystone.
These lipid-rich lit ... more Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Poor outlook for biodiversity in Antarctica  Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2017CryoSat reveals Antarctica in 3D  Chicago (AFP) March 25, 2017Photographer captures world's glacier melt over decade |
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When spring arrives in the Arctic, both snow and sea ice melt, forming melt ponds on the surface of the sea ice. Every year, as global warming increases, there are more and larger melt ponds. Melt ponds provide more light and heat for the ice and the underlying water, but now it turns out that they may also have a more direct and potentially important influence on life in the Arctic waters.
... more Granada, Spain (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Wastewater cleaned thanks to a new adsorbent material made from fruit peels  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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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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