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  Champaign IL (SPX) Jun 15, 2017 "Seeing the Beginning of Time" takes viewers on a visually compelling journey through deep space and time. The 50-minute, 4K science documentary was co-produced by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Thomas Lucas Productions as part of a National Science Foundation supported project called CADENS (Centrality of Advanced Digitally Enabled Science). Donna Cox, director of NCSA's Advanced Visualization Laboratory (AVL), lead ... read more |
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Russian Spektr-RG mission to identify 3 billin black holes after 2018 launchMoscow (Sputnik) Jun 15, 2017 The Spektr-RG (Spectrum Roentgen Gamma) space mission, slated to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome net year, will help to draw up a map of the universe including three million black holes, project ... more 
Chaotically magnetized cloud is no place to build a star, or is itCharlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 15, 2017 For decades, scientists thought that the magnetic field lines coursing around newly forming stars were both powerful and unyielding, working like jail bars to corral star-forming material. More rece ... more 
Scientists make waves with black hole researchNottingham UK (SPX) Jun 15, 2017 Scientists at the University of Nottingham have made a significant leap forward in understanding the workings of one of the mysteries of the universe. They have successfully simulated the conditions ... more 
Galaxy alignments traced back 10 billion yearsHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 15, 2017 A new study led by Michael West of Lowell Observatory and Roberto De Propris of the University of Turku, Finland, reveals that the most massive galaxies in the universe have been aligned with their ... more |
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VLA gives new insight into galaxy cluster's spectacular 'mini-halo'Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 15, 2017 Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) have discovered new details that are helping them decipher the mystery of how giant radio-emitting structure ... more 
New evidence that all stars are born in pairsBerkeley CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2017 Did our sun have a twin when it was born 4.5 billion years ago? Almost certainly yes - though not an identical twin. And so did every other sunlike star in the universe, according to a new ana ... more 
Auriga Project Helps Uncover the History of GalaxiesHeidelberg, Germany (SPX) Jun 15, 2017 Thousands of processors, terabytes of data, and months of computing time have helped a group of researchers in Germany create some of the largest and highest resolution simulations ever made of gala ... more 
The future of the Orion constellationParis (ESA) Jun 15, 2017 A new video, based on measurements by ESA's Gaia and Hipparcos satellites, shows how our view of the Orion constellation will evolve over the next 450 000 years. Stars are not motionless in the sky: ... more 
ALMA hears birth cry of a massive baby starTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 15, 2017 Stars form from gas and dust floating in interstellar space. But, astronomers do not yet fully understand how it is possible to form the massive stars seen in space. One key issue is gas rotation. ... more 
Galaxy Alignments Traced Back 10 Billion YearsFlagstaff, AZ (SPX) Jun 15, 2017 A new study led by Michael West of Lowell Observatory reveals that the most massive galaxies in the universe have been aligned with their surroundings for the past ten billion years. It is the furth ... more |
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 Astronomers Explain Formation of Seven Exoplanets Around TRAPPIST-1 
The largest virtual Universe ever simulatedZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 13, 2017 Researchers from the University of Zurich have simulated the formation of our entire Universe with a large supercomputer. A gigantic catalogue of about 25 billion virtual galaxies has been generated ... more  
OU astrophysicist identifies composition of Earth-size planets in TRAPPIST-1 systemNorman OK (SPX) Jun 13, 2017 A University of Oklahoma post-doctoral astrophysics researcher, Billy Quarles, has identified the possible compositions of the seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. Using thousands of numerical si ... more 
Failed Star Orbits a Dead Star Every 71 MinutesSherbrooke, Canada (SPX) Jun 13, 2017 An international team of astronomers using data from the rejuvenated Kepler space telescope have discovered a rare gem: A binary system consisting of a failed star, also known as a brown dwarf, and ... more 
Organic compound found in early stages of star formationLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 13, 2017 Scientists seeking to understand the origins of life have found a new organic compound in the material from which a star like the Sun is forming. Researchers from Queen Mary University of Lond ... 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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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 09, 2017 
The moon hanging in the night sky sent Robert Hurt's mind into deep space - to a region some 40 light years away, in fact, where seven Earth-sized planets crowded close to a dim, red sun.
Hurt, a visualization scientist at Caltech's IPAC center, was walking outside his home in Mar Vista, California, shortly after he learned of the discovery of these rocky worlds around a star called TRAPPI ... moreNorman OK (SPX) Jun 13, 2017OU astrophysicist identifies composition of Earth-size planets in TRAPPIST-1 system  Garching, Germany (SPX) Jun 08, 2017ALMA Finds Ingredient of Life Around Infant Sun-like Stars  Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 13, 2017Astronomers Explain Formation of Seven Exoplanets Around TRAPPIST-1 |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 12, 2017 
Opportunity is at the top of "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The plan before proceeding down the valley is to perform a walk-about survey above the valley.
To start the walkabout, on Sol 4746 (May 31, 2017) Opportunity drove about 82 feet (24.9 meters) mostly south toward a chosen waypoint. Images for extensive panoramas were collected with the Navigation Camera (Navc ... more Paris (ESA) Jun 09, 2017Window to a watery past on Mars  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 12, 2017NASA Finds Evidence of Diverse Environments in Curiosity Samples  Providence RI (SPX) Jun 14, 2017Hot rocks, not warm atmosphere, led to relatively recent water-carved valleys on Mars |
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Using a system developed under an ESA contract, the Greek NELIOTA project has begun to detect flashes of light caused by small pieces of rock striking the Moon's surface. NELIOTA is the first system that can determine the temperature of these impact flashes.
Studies such as NELIOTA are important because Earth and its Moon are constantly bombarded by natural space debris. Most of this mater ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2017Cube Quest Challenge Team Spotlight: Cislunar Explorers  Paris (ESA) May 12, 2017Winning plans for CubeSats to the Moon  Paris (ESA) May 04, 2017Printing bricks from moondust using the Sun's heat |
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A new study led by Michael West of Lowell Observatory reveals that the most massive galaxies in the universe have been aligned with their surroundings for the past ten billion years. It is the furthest back in time that this phenomenon has ever been seen.
While most galaxies are randomly oriented in space, astronomers have long known that the biggest ones often point towards their neighbor ... moreParis (ESA) Jun 15, 2017The future of the Orion constellation Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2017New evidence that all stars are born in pairs  Socorro, NM (SPX) Jun 15, 2017NRAO: Making Powerful Data-Visualization Tools Easier to Use |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017 
New satellite images from the Global Precipitation Measurement mission offers a visualization of the extreme rainfall that has accumulated in Florida over the past week.
GPM is a joint mission between NASA and Japan's space agency JAXA. It consists of a GPM core observatory satellite and a constellation of cooperating probes.
As the GPM core observatory satellite passed above Sou ... more Paris (ESA) Jun 02, 2017The heat is on for Sentinel-3B  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 |
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The challenging detection, by ESA's Rosetta mission, of several isotopes of the noble gas xenon at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has established the first quantitative link between comets and the atmosphere of Earth. The blend of xenon found at the comet closely resembles U-xenon, the primordial mixture that scientists believe was brought to Earth during the early stages of Solar System format ... more Silicon Valley CA (SPX) Jun 14, 2017B612 Creates Asteroid Institute  Washington (UPI) Jun 7, 2017Scientists solve meteorite mystery with high-pressure X-ray experiments  Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Jun 08, 2017High-pressure experiments solve meteorite mystery |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2017 
On May 25, 2017, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, saw a partial solar eclipse in space when it caught the moon passing in front of the sun. The lunar transit lasted almost an hour, between 2:24 and 3:17 p.m. EDT, with the moon covering about 89 percent of the sun at the peak of its journey across the sun's face. The moon's crisp horizon can be seen from this view because the moon has n ... more Miami (AFP) May 31, 2017A real scorcher: NASA probe to fly into sun's atmosphere  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2017NASA renames Solar mission to honor Eugene Parker  Huntsville AL (SPX) May 24, 2017CLASP Sounding Rocket Mission Opens New Research Window in Solar Physics |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 13, 2017 
Experts told Sputnik they believe China's space ambitions are driven not only by the goal of space exploration itself but also by politics. Tommy Yang - China's commitment to its space exploration programs is driven by the same sense of national pride that fueled the "space race" between the Soviet Union and the United States in the 1960s, experts told Sputnik.
China's space programs toppe ... more Beijing (XNA) Jun 12, 2017China to open space station to scientists worldwide  Beijing (XNA) Jun 12, 2017China achieves key breakthrough in multiple launch vehicles Beijing (XNA) Jun 08, 2017China's space station to help maintain co-orbital telescope |
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Flagstaff, AZ (SPX) Jun 15, 2017
A new study led by Michael West of Lowell Observatory reveals that the most massive galaxies in the universe have been aligned with their surroundings for the past ten billion years. It is the furthest back in time that this phenomenon has ever been seen.
While most galaxies are randomly oriented in space, astronomers have long known that the biggest ones often point towards their neighbor ... moreParis (ESA) Jun 15, 2017The future of the Orion constellation Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2017New evidence that all stars are born in pairs Socorro, NM (SPX) Jun 15, 2017NRAO: Making Powerful Data-Visualization Tools Easier to Use |
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 La Jolla CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2017 
If you think self-driving cars can't get here soon enough, you're not alone. But programming computers to recognize objects is very technically challenging, especially since scientists don't fully understand how our own brains do it.
Now, Salk Institute researchers have analyzed how neurons in a critical part of the brain, called V2, respond to natural scenes, providing a better understand ... more Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Jun 14, 2017Removal of aging cells could extend human life  New York (AFP) June 15, 2017In tense times, top conductor creates UN of orchestras (UPI) Jun 12, 2017Hand-washing is like hitting a reset button in the brain |
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 Moscow (AFP) June 14, 2017 
Russia on Wednesday launched an unmanned Progress cargo ship carrying supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
"The Soyuz-2.1A booster rocket with the Progress MS-06 cargo ship launched successfully from Baikonur cosmodrome at 12:20 Moscow time (0920 GMT)," Russian space agency Roscosmos said in a statement on its website.
The cargo sh ... more Miami (AFP) June 7, 2017Pence hails new NASA astronauts as 'best of us'  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 14, 2017Bread Me Up, Scotty: Crumb-Free Pastries Coming to the ISS  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 14, 2017NASA Prepares for Future Space Exploration with International Undersea Crew |
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 Cape Cod MA (SPX) Jun 12, 2017 
If projections for melting Antarctic sea ice through 2100 are correct, the vanishing landscape will strip Emperor penguins of their breeding and feeding grounds and put populations at risk. But like other species that migrate to escape the wrath of climate change, can these iconic animals be spared simply by moving to new locations?
According to new research led by the Woods Hole Oceanogra ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017Blight or blessing? How the wolverine embodies Arctic diversity  Oslo, Norway (SPX) Jun 07, 2017Domes of frozen methane may be warning signs for new blow-outs  Bremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Jun 05, 2017Geoscientific evidence for subglacial lakes |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 15, 2017 
A new study suggests that most global climate models may underestimate the amount of rain that will fall in Earth's tropical regions as our planet continues to warm. That's because these models underestimate decreases in high clouds over the tropics seen in recent NASA observations, according to research led by scientist Hui Su of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
W ... more Istanbul (AFP) June 14, 2017'Plankton explosion' turns Istanbul's Bosphorus turquoise  Hanover NH (SPX) Jun 12, 2017New-generation material removes iodine from water  New York NY (SPX) Jun 15, 2017Seeing inside coral |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 08, 2017 
Astronomers have used the sharp vision of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to repeat a century-old test of Einstein's general theory of relativity. The Hubble team measured the mass of a white dwarf, the burned-out remnant of a normal star, by seeing how much it deflects the light from a background star.
This observation represents the first time Hubble has witnessed this type of effect creat ... more Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Jun 05, 2017Breaking Newton's Law  San 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 |
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