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  Laurel, MD (SPX) May 19, 2017 NASA's MESSENGER mission to Mercury has released an updated ACT-QuickMap tool with new 3D navigation capabilities as illustrated by this "fly around" view of the Caloris impact basin. This update was among the new and improved products released by the agency's Planetary Data System (PDS), an organization that archives and distributes all U.S. planetary mission data. With this 16th data release, the MESSENGER mission has shared more than 10 terabytes of Mercury science data, including nearly 300,00 ... read more |
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First Result from XENON1T Dark Matter DetectorWashington DC (SPX) May 19, 2017 This is how scientists behind XENON1T, now the most sensitive dark matter experiment world-wide, hosted in the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy (http://www.lngs.infn.it), commented on ... more  
ALMA eyes icy ring around young planetary systemCharlottesville VA (SPX) May 19, 2017 An international team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has made the first complete millimeter-wavelength image of the ring of dusty debris surrounding the ... more  
History of Titan's Landscape Resembles Mars's, not Earth'sBoston MA (SPX) May 19, 2017 The environment on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, may seem surprisingly familiar: Clouds condense and rain down on the surface, feeding rivers that flow into oceans and lakes. Outside of Earth, Titan ... more 
Radio Detection of Lonely Planet Disk Shows Similarity with StarsHeidelberg, Germany (SPX) May 19, 2017 A new study of the lonely, planet-like object OTS44 has provided evidence that this object has formed in a similar way as ordinary stars and brown dwarfs - a surprising result that challenges curren ... more |
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UV Spectropolarimetry Opens a New Window for Solar Physics ResearchTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 19, 2017 For the first time in the world, scientists have explored the magnetic field in the upper solar atmosphere by observing the polarization of ultraviolet light from the Sun. They accomplished this by ... more 
Scientists describe origins of topographic relief on TitanNew York NY (SPX) May 19, 2017 Fluid erosion has carved river networks in at least three bodies in our solar system in the form of water on Earth and Mars and liquid hydrocarbons on Titan. A new report in Science examines the glo ... more  
NASA asks science community for Europa Lander Instruments ideasWashington DC (SPX) May 18, 2017 NASA is asking scientists to consider what would be the best instruments to include on a mission to land on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa. NASA Wednesday informed the science community to prepare ... more 
First direct exploration of magnetic fields in the upper solar atmosphereTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 18, 2017 For the first time in the world, scientists have explored the magnetic field in the upper solar atmosphere by observing the polarization of ultraviolet light from the Sun. They accomplished this by ... more 
Sandra Faber Receives $500,000 Gruber Cosmology PrizeNew Haven CT (SPX) May 18, 2017 The 2017 Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize recognizes Sandra M. Faber for a body of work that has helped establish many of the foundational principles underlying the modern understanding of the univ ... more 
Punching Above Its Weight, Brown Dwarf Launches Parsec-Scale JetTucson AZ (SPX) May 18, 2017 Astronomers using the SOAR telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory report the discovery of a spectacular extended jet from a young brown dwarf. With masses too low to sustain hydrog ... more |
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Movie Shows Ceres at Opposition from SunPasadena CA (JPL) May 17, 2017 NASA's Dawn spacecraft successfully observed Ceres at opposition on April 29, taking images from a position exactly between the sun and Ceres' surface. Mission specialists had carefully maneuvered D ... more 
New 'styrofoam' planet provides tools in search for habitable planetsBethlehem PA (SPX) May 16, 2017 Fifth-graders making styrofoam solar system models may have the right idea. Researchers at Lehigh University have discovered a new planet orbiting a star 320 light years from Earth that has the dens ... more  
What drives the accelerating expansion of the universeVancouver, Canada (SPX) May 16, 2017 UBC physicists may have solved one of nature's great puzzles: what causes the accelerating expansion of our universe? PhD student Qingdi Wang has tackled this question in a new study that trie ... more 
Variable Winds on Hot Giant Exoplanet Help Study of Magnetic FieldTucson AZ (SPX) May 16, 2017 Senior Scientist Tamara M. Rogers of the Planetary Science Institute has discovered that substantial variability in the winds on the hot giant exoplanet HAT-P-7b are due to magnetism, and used those ... more |
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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 19, 2017 
The combined power of three space observatories, including NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, has helped astronomers uncover a moon orbiting the third largest dwarf planet, catalogued as 2007 OR10. The pair resides in the frigid outskirts of our solar system called the Kuiper Belt, a realm of icy debris left over from our solar system's formation 4.6 billion years ago.
With this discovery, mos ... moreWashington DC (SPX) May 18, 2017NASA asks science community for Europa Lander Instruments ideas  Berkeley CA (SPX) May 11, 2017Waves of lava seen in Io's largest volcanic crater  Washington DC (Sputnik) May 08, 2017Not So Great Anymore: Jupiter's Red Spot Shrinks to Smallest Size Ever |
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A new study of the lonely, planet-like object OTS44 has provided evidence that this object has formed in a similar way as ordinary stars and brown dwarfs - a surprising result that challenges current models of star and planet formation. The study by a group of astronomers, led by Amelia Bayo of the University of Valparaiso and involving several astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astro ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) May 15, 2017'Warm Neptune' Has Unexpectedly Primitive Atmosphere Tucson AZ (SPX) May 16, 2017Variable Winds on Hot Giant Exoplanet Help Study of Magnetic Field Charlottesville VA (SPX) May 19, 2017ALMA eyes icy ring around young planetary system |
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Heavy rain on Mars reshaped the planet's impact craters and carved out river-like channels in its surface billions of years ago, according to a new study published in Icarus. In the paper, researchers from the Smithsonian Institution and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory show that changes in the atmosphere on Mars made it rain harder and harder, which had a similar effect o ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 19, 2017Deciphering the fluid floorplan of a planet  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 16, 2017Mars Rover Opportunity Begins Study of Valley's Origin  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 12, 2017Opportunity Reaches 'Perseverance Valley' |
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If you could fly a CubeSat to the Moon, what could such a tiny satellite do there? ESA posed this question - and now four proposals will be studied in more detail for possible flight over the coming decade.
These miniature missions variously involve probing lunar radiation, surveying the radio sky over the far side of the Moon, mapping minerals and frozen gases within shadowed craters, and ... more Paris (ESA) May 04, 2017Printing bricks from moondust using the Sun's heat  Tempe AZ (SPX) May 02, 2017NASA selects ASU's ShadowCam for moon mission  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 27, 2017Russia, US Ready to Give You a Lift to Moon Orbit, ISS |
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Astronomers using the SOAR telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory report the discovery of a spectacular extended jet from a young brown dwarf. With masses too low to sustain hydrogen fusion in their interiors, brown dwarfs occupy the mass range between stars and giant planets. While young stars are commonly found to launch jets that extend over a light-year or more, this is the ... moreWashington DC (SPX) May 19, 2017First Result from XENON1T Dark Matter Detector  Toronto, Canada (SPX) May 15, 2017Mapping the Magnetic Bridge Between Our Nearest Galactic Neighbors  Menlo Park, CA (SPX) May 15, 2017Fermi Satellite Observes Billionth Gamma Ray with LAT Instrument |
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A team of NASA scientists and engineers now believes it can leverage recent advances in a greenhouse-detecting instrument to build the world's first space-based sodium lidar to study Earth's poorly understood mesosphere.
Scientist Diego Janches and laser experts Mike Krainak and Tony Yu, all of whom work at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are leading a research-a ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) May 19, 2017NASA's CPEX Tackles a Weather Fundamental  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 19, 2017NASA Mission Uncovers Dance of Electrons in Space  Washington DC (SPX) May 16, 2017How satellite data led to a breakthrough for Lake Erie toxic algal blooms |
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft successfully observed Ceres at opposition on April 29, taking images from a position exactly between the sun and Ceres' surface. Mission specialists had carefully maneuvered Dawn into a special orbit so that the spacecraft could view Occator Crater, which contains the brightest area of Ceres, from this new perspective.
A new movie shows these opposition images, with ... more El Segundo CA (SPX) May 16, 2017The Aerospace Corporation leads Asteroid Impact Exercise at IAA in Tokyo  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 16, 2017Twisting an Asteroid  Ithaca NY (SPX) May 15, 2017Oldest buckthorn fossilized flowers found in Argentina |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 19, 2017 
For the first time in the world, scientists have explored the magnetic field in the upper solar atmosphere by observing the polarization of ultraviolet light from the Sun. They accomplished this by analyzing data taken by the CLASP sounding rocket experiment during its 5-minute flight in space on September 3, 2015.
The data show that the structures of the solar chromosphere and transition ... more Durham NH (SPX) May 16, 2017UNH researcher identifies key differences in solar wind models Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 18, 2017First direct exploration of magnetic fields in the upper solar atmosphere  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 18, 2017Space weather events linked to human activity |
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While it remains unclear exactly how long China's first lunar explorers will spend on the surface, the country is already planning for longer stays.
Eight Chinese volunteers will live in "Yuegong-1," a simulated space "cabin" in Beijing for the next year, strengthening China's knowledge and technical know-how, and helping the country's scientists understand exactly what will be required fo ... more Beijing (AFP) May 11, 2017China tests 'Lunar Palace' as it eyes moon mission  Beijing (XNA) May 01, 2017China to conduct several manned space flights around 2020  Beijing (Sputnik) May 01, 2017Reach for the Stars: China Plans to Ramp Up Space Flight Activity |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) May 18, 2017
Astronomers using the SOAR telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory report the discovery of a spectacular extended jet from a young brown dwarf. With masses too low to sustain hydrogen fusion in their interiors, brown dwarfs occupy the mass range between stars and giant planets. While young stars are commonly found to launch jets that extend over a light-year or more, this is the ... moreWashington DC (SPX) May 19, 2017First Result from XENON1T Dark Matter Detector Toronto, Canada (SPX) May 15, 2017Mapping the Magnetic Bridge Between Our Nearest Galactic Neighbors Menlo Park, CA (SPX) May 15, 2017Fermi Satellite Observes Billionth Gamma Ray with LAT Instrument |
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Maturing orangutan breastfeed for longer than any other mammal. New research suggests juvenile orangutan continue weaning for as many as eight or nine years.
Scientists previously estimated orangutans breastfeed for seven years, but tracking nursing behavior in the wild is difficult.
Biologists arrived at the new estimate - shared in the journal Science Advances - through a nov ... more Washington DC (UPI) May 16, 2017Research suggests the ideal leader resembles his or her subordinates  Tempe AZ (SPX) May 18, 2017Grassy beginning for earliest Homo  Washington (UPI) May 17, 2017Study shows southern Mediterranean shares genetic heritage |
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While preparing for the 200th spacewalk on the International Space Station, the crew members in orbit performed the latest harvest of vegetables grown in space. NASA astronaut Jack Fischer collected the latest crop of Tokyo Bekana Chinese cabbage for the Veg-03 investigation.
Some of this was consumed at meal-time, and the rest sealed for analysis back on Earth. Understanding how plants re ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 19, 2017Joint Statement: The Fourth Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Comprehensive Dialogue on Space  Moscow (AFP) May 17, 2017One of first Soviet cosmonauts Gorbatko dies  Washington DC (SPX) May 17, 2017Dem Senators call on Trump Admin to not cut NASA Education Progran funding |
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NASA's annual survey of changes in Arctic ice cover greatly expanded its reach this year in a series of flights that wrapped up on May 12. It was the most ambitious spring campaign in the region for NASA's Operation IceBridge, an airborne mission to monitor ice changes at Earth's poles, which also included a rapid-response flight over a new crack in Petermann Glacier, one of the largest and fast ... more Beijing, China (SPX) May 18, 2017Arctic warming to increase Eurasian extreme cold events  Paris (ESA) May 17, 2017Negribreen on the move  Washington (UPI) May 18, 2017Antarctica's high elevations explains the continent's slower rate of warming |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) May 18, 2017 
The same technology that adds fizz to soda can now be used to remove particles from dirty water. Researchers at Princeton University have found a technique for using carbon dioxide in a low-cost water treatment system that eliminates the need for costly and complex filters.
The system injects CO2 gas into a stream of water as a method of filtering out particles. The gas, which mixes with t ... more Baltimore MD (SPX) May 19, 2017Scientists begin to unlock secrets of deep ocean color from organic ma  Davis CA (SPX) May 18, 2017Refining the ocean's thermometer  Paris (AFP) May 18, 2017Rising seas set to double coastal flooding by 2050: study |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 11, 2017 
Einstein's theory of gravity, also referred to as General Relativity, predicts that a rotating body such as the Earth partially drags inertial frames along with its rotation. In a study recently published in EPJ Plus, a group of scientists based in Italy suggests a novel approach to measuring what is referred to as frame dragging.
Angela Di Virgilio of the National Institute of Nuclear Phy ... more Huntsville AL (SPX) May 03, 2017Scientists Find Giant Wave Rolling Through the Perseus Galaxy Cluster  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 |
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