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  Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 A ripe apple falling from a tree has inspired Sir Isaac Newton to formulate a theory that describes the motion of objects subject to a force. Newton's equations of motion tell us that a moving body keeps on moving on a straight line unless any disturbing force may change its path. The impact of Newton's laws is ubiquitous in our everyday experience, ranging from a skydiver falling in the earth's gravitational field, over the inertia one feels in an accelerating airplane, to the earth orbiting around the ... read more |
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Inspiration Links The Beatles, a Fossil and a NASA MissionGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 Fifty years ago, The Beatles released their album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,' which included the iconic song "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds." The popular song was critically acclaimed f ... more 
Are dense star clusters the origin of the gravitational waves discovered by LIGO?San Francisco CA (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 Astrophysicists everywhere are thrilled about yesterday's news that the LIGO experiment has detected its third set of gravitational waves. Predicted more than a century ago by Albert Einstein, and f ... more  
Citizen scientists uncover a cold new world near sunNew York NY (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 A new citizen-science tool released earlier this year to help astronomers pinpoint new worlds lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system has already led to a discovery: a brown dwarf a little ... more  
Hubble 'traps' a vermin galaxyGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is famous for its jaw-dropping snapshots of the cosmos. At first glance this Picture of the Week appears to be quite the opposite, showing just a blur of jagged s ... more |
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Computer scientists simplify deep learningWashington (UPI) Jun 1, 2017 Computer scientists at Rice University have developed a new technique for minimizing the amount of computations required for deep learning. ... more  
In a Cosmic Hit-and-Run, Icy Saturn Moon May Have FlippedIthaca NY (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 Enceladus - a large icy, oceanic moon of Saturn - may have flipped, the possible victim of an out-of-this-world wallop. While combing through data collected by NASA's Cassini mission during fl ... more 
NRL Astronomers Inspire Youth to Gaze at StarsWashington DC (SPX) Jun 02, 2017 U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) astronomers will point their telescopes toward the stars during the annual Astronomy Night on the National Mall (ANOM) June 2. The event will take place from 6 ... more 
New Collaboration with Jodrell Bank Observatory for SETILondon, UK (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 Breakthrough Initiatives and the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester announced a new partnership to search for evidence of intelligent life beyond Earth. Break ... more 
First 24-hour Global Broadcast About Asteroid Impact HazardLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 02, 2017 On June 30, asteroids will make history as the focus of a conversation shared around the world on the first ever global 24-hour broadcast about space and the role of asteroids in our solar system. ... more  
Do stars fall quietly into black holes, or crash into something utterly unknown?Austin TX (SPX) May 31, 2017 Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin and Harvard University have put a basic principle of black holes to the test, showing that matter completely vanishes when pulled in. Their results c ... more |
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Early Black Holes May Have Grown in Fits and SpurtsBoston MA (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 A long-standing question in astrophysics is: how and when did supermassive black holes appear and grow in the early universe? New research using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Sloan Digita ... more 
RIT scientists measure black hole's tilt and spin for clues to how massive stars dieRochester NY (SPX) Jun 02, 2017 Rochester Institute of Technology researchers continue to make significant contributions to gravitational wave astronomy, with the third detection of gravitational waves and a new black hole 49 time ... more
Gravitational Waves Detected for Third TimePasadena CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2017 The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) has made a third detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space and time, demonstrating that a new window in astronomy has been fir ... more  
NASA renames Solar mission to honor Eugene ParkerWashington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 NASA has renamed the Solar Probe Plus spacecraft - humanity's first mission to a star, which will launch in 2018 - as the Parker Solar Probe in honor of astrophysicist Eugene Parker. The announcemen ... more |
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  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017 
arly science results from NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter portray the largest planet in our solar system as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world, with Earth-sized polar cyclones, plunging storm systems that travel deep into the heart of the gas giant, and a mammoth, lumpy magnetic field that may indicate it was generated closer to the planet's surface than previously thought.
"We are excite ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 26, 2017First results from Juno show cyclones and massive magnetism  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 26, 2017Jupiters complex transient auroras  Miami (AFP) May 25, 2017NASA's Juno probe forces 'rethink' on Jupiter |
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A new citizen-science tool released earlier this year to help astronomers pinpoint new worlds lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system has already led to a discovery: a brown dwarf a little more than 100 light years away from the Sun.
Just six days after the launch of the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 website in February, four different users alerted the science team to the curious obj ... moreLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 01, 2017New Collaboration with Jodrell Bank Observatory for SETI  Moscow (Sputnik) May 30, 2017Viable Spores, DNA Fragments Discovery at ISS Justifies Biosphere's Expansion  Coventry UK (SPX) Jun 01, 2017Giant Ringed Planet Likely Cause of Mysterious Eclipses |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 02, 2017 
A long-lasting lake on ancient Mars provided stable environmental conditions that differed significantly from one part of the lake to another, according to a comprehensive look at findings from the first three-and-a-half years of NASA's Curiosity rover mission.
Different conditions favorable for different types of microbes existed simultaneously in the same lake.
Previous work had re ... more Hampton VA (SPX) May 28, 2017Student-Made Mars Rover Concepts Lift Off  Rockford IL (VOA) May 29, 2017Illinois Company Among Hundreds Supporting NASA Mission to Mars  Los Alamos NM (SPX) May 31, 2017Halos discovered on Mars widen time frame for potential life |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2017 
Tenacity and drive are hallmarks of Cornell University's Cislunar Explorers Team. But there is another key factor in building and testing their spacecraft: Just add water.
"The core concept behind our work is using water as rocket fuel," said project manager Kyle Patrick Doyle. "It's something that we've been looking at for a long time, and it's exciting to have a chance to test our techno ... more Paris (ESA) May 12, 2017Winning plans for CubeSats to the Moon  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 |
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is famous for its jaw-dropping snapshots of the cosmos. At first glance this Picture of the Week appears to be quite the opposite, showing just a blur of jagged spikes, speckled noise, and weird, clashing colors - but once you know what you are looking at, images like this one are no less breathtaking.
This shows a distant galaxy - visible as the smudge ... moreWashington DC (SPX) Jun 02, 2017NRL Astronomers Inspire Youth to Gaze at Stars  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 31, 2017NASA Team Takes on a New Optical Challenge - the Lyman Alpha Limit  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 29, 2017New NASA Mission to Study Mysterious Neutron Stars, Aid in Deep Space Navigation |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 02, 2017 
While the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite is in orbit delivering a wealth of information about our home planet, engineers are putting its twin, Sentinel-3B, through a series of vigorous tests before it is shipped to the launch site next year.
The Sentinel-3 mission is designed as a two-satellite constellation to give optimum global coverage and data delivery for Europe's environmental mon ... more Cambridge, Canada (SPX) May 31, 2017exactEarth Launches Revolutionary Global Real-Time Maritime Tracking and Information Service  Paris (AFP) May 30, 2017Earth is a jewel, says astronaut after six months away  Luxembourg (SPX) May 30, 2017SES-14 integrates NASA ultraviolet space spectrograph |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 
Fifty years ago, The Beatles released their album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,' which included the iconic song "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds." The popular song was critically acclaimed for evoking a surreal dreamscape, along the lines of Lewis Carroll's classic "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" fantasy. John Lennon said it was inspired by a drawing his son Julian - then age 3 - had ... moreLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 02, 2017First 24-hour Global Broadcast About Asteroid Impact Hazard  London, Canada (SPX) May 29, 2017'Tiny clocks' crystallize understanding of meteorite crashes  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 25, 2017NASA Moves Up Launch of Psyche Mission to a Metal Asteroid |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 
NASA has renamed the Solar Probe Plus spacecraft - humanity's first mission to a star, which will launch in 2018 - as the Parker Solar Probe in honor of astrophysicist Eugene Parker. The announcement was made at a ceremony at the University of Chicago, where Parker serves as the S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
In 1958, Pa ... more Miami (AFP) May 31, 2017A real scorcher: NASA probe to fly into sun's atmosphere  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2017NASA's SDO sees partial eclipse in space  Huntsville AL (SPX) May 24, 2017CLASP Sounding Rocket Mission Opens New Research Window in Solar Physics |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) May 24, 2017 
A woman in the US state of California was arrested Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to smuggle space communications technology to China, the US Department of Justice said in a press release.
"A Pomona woman was arrested this morning on federal charges that accuse her of conspiring to procure and illegally export sensitive space communications technology to her native China," the release st ... more Beijing (XNA) May 12, 2017A cabin on the moon? China hones the lunar lifestyle  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 |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 05, 2017
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is famous for its jaw-dropping snapshots of the cosmos. At first glance this Picture of the Week appears to be quite the opposite, showing just a blur of jagged spikes, speckled noise, and weird, clashing colors - but once you know what you are looking at, images like this one are no less breathtaking.
This shows a distant galaxy - visible as the smudge ... moreWashington DC (SPX) Jun 02, 2017NRL Astronomers Inspire Youth to Gaze at Stars Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 31, 2017NASA Team Takes on a New Optical Challenge - the Lyman Alpha Limit Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 29, 2017New NASA Mission to Study Mysterious Neutron Stars, Aid in Deep Space Navigation |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 1, 2017 
New research suggests humans aren't all that great at reading the facial cues of monkeys. Misinterpreting the emotional state of monkeys, researchers argue, increases the risk of being bitten.
In many places around the world, monkey-human interactions are unavoidable. Many tourists visit places for the express purpose of interacting with monkeys. But intimate encounters can sometimes en ... more New Haven CT (SPX) May 31, 2017Fossil skeleton confirms earliest primates were tree dwellers  New Brunswick NJ (SPX) May 31, 2017Springs were critical water sources for early humans in East Africa, Rutgers study finds  Washington DC (SPX) May 26, 2017Researchers Identify Conductor of Brain's Neural Orchestra and Begin to Decode the Score |
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 St. Petersburg (Sputnik) Jun 05, 2017 
The federal program for the development of Russian space launch centers for the period of 2017-2025 may be adopted as early as by September, the head of Roscosmos State Space Corporation Igor Komarov said Friday.
Komarov said in May that the program had been submitted to the government, and it was expected to keep within the budget not exceeding 340 billion rubles (some $6 billion).
... more Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP) June 2, 2017Astronauts return after marathon ISS mission  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2017From 2D to 3D, Space Station Microscope Gets an Upgrade  Cleveland OH (SPX) May 31, 2017Studying Flame Behavior in Microgravity with a Solid "High-Five" |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017 
A new NASA study finds that during Greenland's hottest summers on record, 2010 and 2012, the ice in Rink Glacier on the island's west coast didn't just melt faster than usual, it slid through the glacier's interior in a gigantic wave, like a warmed freezer pop sliding out of its plastic casing. The wave persisted for four months, with ice from upstream continuing to move down to replace the miss ... more Kyoto, Japan (SPX) May 31, 2017Previously, on Arctic warming  Fairbanks, United States (AFP) June 2, 2017Arctic peoples' climate pleas fell on deaf ears  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 01, 2017New Light on the Future of a Key Antarctic Glacier |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 
Wastewater treatment plants have a PR problem: People don't like to think about what happens to the waste they flush down their toilets. But for many engineers and microbiologists, these plants are a hotbed of scientific advances, prompting their trade organization to propose a name change to "water resource recovery facility."
That's because wastewater from our sinks, toilets, showers and ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 05, 2017Where Ocean Meets Sky: New NASA Radar Gets a Tryout  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2017A 3-D look at the 2015 El Nino  Tangier, United States (AFP) June 2, 2017Off US coast, Tangier Island disappearing under water |
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 Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 
A ripe apple falling from a tree has inspired Sir Isaac Newton to formulate a theory that describes the motion of objects subject to a force. Newton's equations of motion tell us that a moving body keeps on moving on a straight line unless any disturbing force may change its path. The impact of Newton's laws is ubiquitous in our everyday experience, ranging from a skydiver falling in the earth's ... moreSan Francisco CA (SPX) Jun 05, 2017Are dense star clusters the origin of the gravitational waves discovered by LIGO? Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2017Gravitational Waves Detected for Third Time  Melbourne, Australia (SPX) May 22, 2017Monash researchers uncover new gravitational wave characteristics |
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