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  Menlo Park CA (SPX) May 03, 2017 A mysterious gamma-ray glow at the center of the Milky Way is most likely caused by pulsars - the incredibly dense, rapidly spinning cores of collapsed ancient stars that were up to 30 times more massive than the Sun. That's the conclusion of a new analysis by an international team of astrophysicists, including researchers from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The findings cast doubt on previous interpretations of the signal as a potential sign of dark matter - a form of ... read more |
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Why space dust emits radio waves upon crashing into a spacecraftWashington DC (SPX) May 03, 2017 When spacecraft and satellites travel through space they encounter tiny, fast moving particles of space dust and debris. If the particle travels fast enough, its impact appears to create electromagn ... more  
Scientists Find Giant Wave Rolling Through the Perseus Galaxy ClusterHuntsville AL (SPX) May 03, 2017 Combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory with radio observations and computer simulations, an international team of scientists has discovered a vast wave of hot gas in the nearby Perseus ... more 
The Day Space Stood StillBethesda, MD (SPX) May 03, 2017 Most people take space flight for granted. This October will mark the 60th anniversary of the Sputnik launch. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite and the Spa ... more  
Cassini Finds 'The Big Empty' Close to SaturnPasadena CA (JPL) May 02, 2017 As NASA's Cassini spacecraft prepares to shoot the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings for the second time in its Grand Finale, Cassini engineers are delighted, while ring scientists are puzzled ... more |
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Is Dark Matter "Fuzzy"Boston MA (SPX) May 03, 2017 Astronomers have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to study the properties of dark matter, the mysterious, invisible substance that makes up a majority of matter in the universe. The s ... more  
Nearby Star Confirmed as Good Model of Our Early Solar SystemAmes IA (SPX) May 03, 2017 NASA's SOFIA aircraft, a 747 loaded with a 2.5-meter telescope in the back and stripped of most creature comforts in the front, took a big U-turn over the Pacific west of Mexico. The Stratosph ... more 
Hubble's bright shining lizard starGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 03, 2017 In space, being outshone is an occupational hazard. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a galaxy named NGC 7250. Despite being remarkable in its own right - it has bright burst ... more  
NASA selects ASU's ShadowCam for moon missionTempe AZ (SPX) May 02, 2017 NASA has selected an instrument developed by Mark Robinson of ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) and Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) to map the terrain and search for evidence of ... more  
Mapping the edge of realityMelbourne, Australia (SPX) May 02, 2017 Australian and German researchers have collaborated to develop a genetic algorithm to confirm the rejection of classical notions of causality. Dr Alberto Peruzzo from RMIT University in Melbou ... more 
Astrophysicists discovered a star polluted by calciumMoscow (SPX) May 02, 2017 An international team of astrophysicists led by a scientist from the Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Lomonosov Moscow State University reported the discovery of a binary solar-type star insi ... more |
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Research Center A Hub For Origins of Life StudiesMoffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2017 Research into the origin of life on Earth is notoriously difficult. The field has produced many new insights into how specific chemical building blocks form and the way an organism's basic architect ... more 
Detector delivery marks another Euclid milestoneParis (ESA) Apr 27, 2017 ESA's Euclid mission has passed another important milestone with the delivery of the first three state-of-the art detectors for the Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer instrument. Euclid ... more 
NASA Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its RingsPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 28, 2017 NASA's Cassini spacecraft is back in contact with Earth after its successful first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings on April 26, 2017. The spacecraft is in th ... more 
Saturn spacecraft toting CU Boulder instrument starts swan songBoulder CO (SPX) Apr 27, 2017 Toting a $12 million instrument built by the University of Colorado Boulder, NASA's Cassini spacecraft made the first of 22 dives between the rings of Saturn and the gaseous planet today, the beginn ... more |
  Boulder CO (SPX) May 02, 2017 
Three weeks ago we put our New Horizons spacecraft into hibernation mode, the first time we'd done that since late 2014, before the Pluto flyby. By coincidence, that same day - April 7-was also the exact halfway mark on the calendar between our Pluto and Kuiper Belt object (KBO) flybys!
The hibernation period we're in will last through mid-September. Every Monday between now and then, the ... more Charlottesville VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017ALMA investigates 'DeeDee,' a distant, dim member of our solar system  Laurel MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Nap Time for New Horizons  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Hubble spots auroras on Uranus |
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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 |
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Building on the ability to sequence DNA in space and previous investigations, Genes in Space-3 is a collaboration to prepare, sequence and identify unknown organisms, entirely from space. When NASA astronaut Kate Rubins sequenced DNA aboard the International Space Station in 2016, it was a game changer. That first-ever sequencing of DNA in space was part of the Biomolecule Sequencer investigatio ... moreMoffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2017Research Center A Hub For Origins of Life Studies Ames IA (SPX) May 03, 2017Nearby Star Confirmed as Good Model of Our Early Solar System  Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 02, 2017Next Breakthroughs in Exoplanet Discovery |
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 Tokyo, Japan (The Conversation) May 03, 2017 
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced a mission to visit the two moons of Mars and return a rock sample to Earth. It's a plan to uncover both the mystery of the moons' creation and, perhaps, how life began in our Solar System.
The Solar System's planets take their names from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. Mars is the god of war, while the red planet's two moons ar ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) May 02, 2017Several drives put opportunity closer to 'Perseverance Valley'  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 27, 2017How Old are Martian Gullies  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 27, 2017Opportunity Nears 'Perseverance Valley' |
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NASA has selected an instrument developed by Mark Robinson of ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) and Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) to map the terrain and search for evidence of frost or ice deposits in the moon's permanently shadowed regions (PSRs).
The instrument, named ShadowCam, will be a U.S. contribution to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute's (KARI) first lun ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 27, 2017Russia, US Ready to Give You a Lift to Moon Orbit, ISS  Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Apr 23, 2017Swedish Institute of Space Physics goes back to the Moon  New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017India dreams of harvesting lunar dust to power fusion rectors |
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As galaxies age, some of their basic chemical elements can also show signs of aging. This aging process can be seen as certain atoms "put on a little weight," meaning they change into heavier isotopes - atoms with additional neutrons in their nuclei.
Surprisingly, new surveys of the Milky Way with the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, found no ... moreBoston MA (SPX) May 03, 2017Is Dark Matter "Fuzzy"  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Astrophysicists studied the 'rejuvenating' pulsar in a neighboring galaxy Moscow (SPX) May 02, 2017Astrophysicists discovered a star polluted by calcium |
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In May, a team of Goddard scientists will begin measuring greenhouse gases over the Mid-Atlantic region - an area chosen in part because it encompasses a range of vegetation, climate, and soil types that would influence the exchange of carbon dioxide and methane between the Earth and the atmosphere.
The airborne campaign, called the Carbon Airborne Flux Experiment, or CARAFE, could help sc ... more Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) May 03, 2017GRACE-FO satellites get an earful  Missoula MT (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Heavy precipitation speeds carbon exchange in tropics  New Delhi (Sputnik) May 01, 2017India's Space Agency Saves Over US$ 2 Billion per Year for the Country |
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft is preparing to observe Ceres on April 29 from an "opposition" position, directly between the dwarf planet's mysterious Occator Crater and the sun. This unique geometry may yield new insights about the bright material in the center of the crater.
While preparing for this observation, one of Dawn's two remaining reaction wheels stopped functioning on April 23. By elec ... more Paris (AFP) April 19, 2017Close call: When asteroids whisk past Earth  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2017Landslides on Ceres Reflect Ice Content  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2017New study ranks hazardous asteroid effects from least to most destructive |
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 Durham, UK (SPX) Apr 27, 2017  Large and small scale solar eruptions might all be triggered by a single process, according to new research that leads to better understanding of the Sun's activity. Researchers at Durham University, UK, and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, USA, used 3D computer simulations to show a theoretical link between large- and small-scale eruptions that were previously thought to be driven by differe ... more Beijing CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2017Interdisciplinary studies reveal relationship between solar activity and climate change  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 20, 2017NASA and Partners Survey Space Weather Science  Honolulu HI (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Hawaii-built Infrared Instrument for World's Largest Solar Telescope Catches its First Rays |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2017 
China's Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft and Tiangong-2 space lab completed their first in-orbit refueling at 7:07 p.m. Thursday, another success of the Tianzhou-1 mission.
Mastering the technique of refueling in space will help the country to build a permanent space station.
China is the third country, besides Russia and the United States, to master refueling in space.
The in-orbit ... more Beijing (Sputnik) May 01, 2017Reach for the Stars: China Plans to Ramp Up Space Flight Activity  Beijing (XNA) May 01, 2017China to conduct several manned space flights around 2020  Xi'an (XNA) Apr 26, 2017China courts international coalition set up to promote space cooperation |
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Green Bank WV (SPX) Apr 27, 2017
As galaxies age, some of their basic chemical elements can also show signs of aging. This aging process can be seen as certain atoms "put on a little weight," meaning they change into heavier isotopes - atoms with additional neutrons in their nuclei.
Surprisingly, new surveys of the Milky Way with the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, found no ... moreBoston MA (SPX) May 03, 2017Is Dark Matter "Fuzzy" Moscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Astrophysicists studied the 'rejuvenating' pulsar in a neighboring galaxy Moscow (SPX) May 02, 2017Astrophysicists discovered a star polluted by calcium |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) May 01, 2017  The sediments forming the layers or strata at archaeological sites can be very rich in bone remains, but until now their possible fossil DNA content had not attracted the attention of paleoanthropologists. Now, a new technique developed by an international team, in which the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has participated, allows the remains of groups of hominids in these sediments to ... more Bras�lia (AFP) May 2, 2017Brazil's indigenous leader Raoni: youths losing their culture  Washington DC (SPX) May 03, 2017Early evidence of Middle Stone Age projectiles found in South Africa's Sibudu Cave  Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2017Bonobos may be better representation of last common ancestor with humans |
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 Daytona Beach, FL (SPX) May 01, 2017 
12 new Scientist-Astronaut Candidates have graduated at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, as part of PoSSUM Class 1701 through Project PoSSUM, a non-profit research program devoted to the study of Earth's upper atmosphere.
PoSSUM, an acronym for Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere, uses research aircraft, high-altitude balloons, and commercial sub ... more Vancouver (AFP) April 30, 2017Elon Musk teases future plans at TED  Phoenix AZ (SPX) May 03, 2017Honeywell And Paragon To Create Life Support Technology For Future NASA Space Missions  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2017AGU journal commentaries highlight importance of Earth and space science research |
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 Montreal (AFP) May 2, 2017 
Both Atlantic walrus and eastern migratory caribou are at risk of extinction in Canada's Arctic, a panel of experts has warned.
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), which met in Whitehorse, said Monday that the number of Canadian northern wildlife species at risk now stands at 62.
"Over the past few decades, the areas inhabited by the few thousand High ... more London, UK (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Warm winds: New insight into what weakens Antarctic ice shelves  London, UK (SPX) Apr 27, 2017New atlas provides highest-resolution imagery of the Polar Regions seafloor  Fairbanks AK (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Researchers solve the century-old mystery of Blood Falls |
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 Houston TX (SPX) May 01, 2017 
By precisely controlling the quantum behavior of an ultracold atomic gas, Rice University physicists have created a model system for studying the wave phenomenon that may bring about rogue waves in Earth's oceans.
The research appears this week in Science. The researchers said their experimental system could provide clues about the underlying physics of rogue waves - 100-foot walls of wate ... more Oslo (AFP) May 2, 2017Norway billionaire reveals plan to give away his fortune  Vancouver, Canada (SPX) May 03, 2017New coral bleaching database to help predict fate of global reefs  Kiel, Germany (SPX) May 03, 2017Cold-water corals: Acidification harms, warming promotes growth |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) May 03, 2017 
Combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory with radio observations and computer simulations, an international team of scientists has discovered a vast wave of hot gas in the nearby Perseus galaxy cluster. Spanning some 200,000 light-years, the wave is about twice the size of our own Milky Way galaxy.
The researchers say the wave formed billions of years ago, after a small galaxy ... more Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 21, 2017Rare Brightening of Supernova's Light Found by Caltech's Palomar Observatory  Orlando FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2017ZERO-G Research aims to advance deep-space mission technology  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Cells adapt ultra-rapidly to zero gravity |
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