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  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 23, 2017 For the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse will occur across the entire continental United States, and NASA is preparing to share this experience of a lifetime on Aug. 21. Viewers around the world will be provided a wealth of images captured before, during, and after the eclipse by 11 spacecraft, at least three NASA aircraft, more than 50 high-altitude balloons, and the astronauts aboard the International Space Station - each offering a unique vantage point for the celestial event. ... read more |
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Europe okays project to seek alien lifeParis (AFP) June 21, 2017 Europe has approved the launch of a deep-space observatory to sniff out habitable planets in other star systems, along with any life forms they may host. ... more 
Finding new Earths: PLATO spacecraft to be builtGottingen, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 The planet-hunting and asteroseismology space mission PLATO has reached an important milestone: Today, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced the official adoption of the mission. After a t ... more 
NASA discovers 10 new Earth-size exoplanetsWashington (AFP) June 19, 2017 NASA revealed Monday 10 new rocky, Earth-sized planets that could potentially have liquid water and support life. ... more 
Megamovie Project debuts simulator for August 21 total Solar EclipseBerkeley CA (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 Are you wondering what the total solar eclipse in late summer will look like from your patio? Or where to travel to get the best view of the eclipse? You can enter the ZIP code or name of your ... more |
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New branch in family tree of exoplanets discoveredPasadena CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2017 Since the mid-1990s, when the first planet around another sun-like star was discovered, astronomers have been amassing what is now a large collection of exoplanets - nearly 3,500 have been confirmed ... more 
NASA releases Kepler Survey Catalog with 100s of new exoplanet candidatesWashington DC (SPX) Jun 20, 2017 NASA's Kepler space telescope team has released a mission catalog of planet candidates that introduces 219 new planet candidates, 10 of which are near-Earth size and orbiting in their star's habitab ... more 
New Hunt for Earth-like PlanetsLondon UK (SPX) Jun 20, 2017 The astronomers who discovered the nearest potentially habitable planet to our solar system are inviting the public to take part in their search for more Earth-like planets. Last year an inter ... more  
Astronomers see mysterious nitrogen area in a butterfly-shaped star formation diskAmsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 20, 2017 An international team of astronomers, led by Dutch scientists, has discovered a region in our Milky Way that contains many nitrogen compounds in the southeast of a butterfly-shaped star formation di ... more 
Radio astronomers peer deep into the stellar nursery of the Orion NebulaToronto, Canada (SPX) Jun 20, 2017 Astronomers have released an image of a vast filament of star-forming gas, 1200 light-years away, in the stellar nursery of the Orion Nebula. The image shows ammonia molecules within a 50-ligh ... more 
Hubble applauds waltzing dwarfsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 20, 2017 This seemingly unspectacular series of dots with varying distances between them actually shows the slow waltz of two brown dwarfs. The image is a stack of 12 images made over the course of three yea ... more |
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New computing system takes its cues from human brainAtlanta GA (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 Some problems are so challenging to solve that even the most advanced computers need weeks, not seconds, to process them. Now a team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and Unive ... more  
Russian aerospace firm to cooperate with China on Lunar exploration missionsMoscow (Sputnik) Jun 16, 2017 Russia's Lavochkin Research and Production Association is ready to work with China on designing lunar exploration missions, including orbital and return ones, Sergei Lemeshevsky, the Russian company ... more  
Shining light on low-energy electronsWashington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 The scientific community has known about the existence of electrons for over a hundred years, but there are important facets of their interaction with matter that remain shrouded in mystery. O ... more 
No Universe without Big BangPotsdam, Germany (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam and the Perimeter Institute in Canada disprove the theory of the "smooth beginning" According to Einstein's theor ... more |
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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2017 
A NASA-led and NASA-sponsored study of potential future missions to the mysterious "ice giant" planets Uranus and Neptune has been released - the first in a series of mission studies NASA will conduct in support of the next Planetary Science Decadal Survey.
The results of this and future studies will be used as the Decadal Survey deliberates on NASA's planetary science priorities from 2022 ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 23, 2017The curious case of the warped Kuiper Belt  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 20, 2017King of the Gods: Jupiter Dated to Be Oldest Planet in the Solar System  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2017New Horizons Team Digs into New Data on Next Flyby Target |
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The astronomers who discovered the nearest potentially habitable planet to our solar system are inviting the public to take part in their search for more Earth-like planets.
Last year an international team of astronomers led by Dr. Guillem Anglada-Escude, of Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), discovered a planet around the closest star to our Sun, Proxima Centauri. Details of the obse ... moreWashington (AFP) June 19, 2017NASA discovers 10 new Earth-size exoplanets Washington DC (SPX) Jun 20, 2017NASA releases Kepler Survey Catalog with 100s of new exoplanet candidates Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2017New branch in family tree of exoplanets discovered |
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 Le Bourget, France (SPX) Jun 20, 2017 
France and the United States have a long history of cooperation in space, combining their talents over the years to advance science and launch exploration missions whose results have been instrumental in creating entirely new fields of research.
The leaders of the two space agencies, Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, and CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall, reaffirmed the agencies' ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2017No One Under 20 Has Experienced a Day Without NASA at Mars  Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2017Mars Orbiter spots rover ascending Mount Sharp  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2017Opportunity Straightens Wheel, Resumes Driving |
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Russia's Lavochkin Research and Production Association is ready to work with China on designing lunar exploration missions, including orbital and return ones, Sergei Lemeshevsky, the Russian company's director general, told Sputnik on Thursday.
Xu Yansong, the head of the International Cooperation Department of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), said on Wednesday that China an ... more Paris (ESA) Jun 12, 2017New NELIOTA project detects flashes from lunar impacts  Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2017Cube Quest Challenge Team Spotlight: Cislunar Explorers  Paris (ESA) May 12, 2017Winning plans for CubeSats to the Moon |
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An international team of astronomers, led by Dutch scientists, has discovered a region in our Milky Way that contains many nitrogen compounds in the southeast of a butterfly-shaped star formation disk and very little in the north-west.
The astronomers suspect that multiple stars-to-be share the same star formation disk, but the precise process is still a puzzle. The article with their find ... more Green Bank WV (SPX) Jun 20, 2017GBT Captures Orion Blazing Bright in Radio Light Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Hubble applauds waltzing dwarfs Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Radio astronomers peer deep into the stellar nursery of the Orion Nebula |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 23, 2017 
ESA's Proba-V minisatellite has captured the forest fire raging in central Portugal, revealing blackened scars and columns of smoke as well as pinpointing active fire hotspots.
More than a thousand firefighters are tackling the forest fire in the Pedrogao Grande region, north east of Lisbon, which has been aflame since Saturday. Some 64 people have been reported dead and more than 130 inju ... more Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 22, 2017A smokestack to the Northern Hemisphere stratosphere  Cotonou (AFP) June 18, 2017Free mapping: plotting development in Africa  Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Watching cities grow |
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Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are comets and asteroids in heliocentric orbits that have been influenced by planetary flybys causing them to approach Earth. Comets are composed mostly of water ice and dust particles that were formed in the cold outer planet system.
Most of the rocky asteroids were formed in the warmer inner solar system between the orbits of Mars and Earth. There is a great dea ... more Le Bourget, France (AFP) June 20, 2017ESA boss urges action on 'ticking timebombs' in Earth orbit  Silicon Valley CA (SPX) Jun 14, 2017B612 Creates Asteroid Institute  Paris (ESA) Jun 12, 2017Rosetta finds comet connection to Earth's atmosphere |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 23, 2017 
For the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse will occur across the entire continental United States, and NASA is preparing to share this experience of a lifetime on Aug. 21.
Viewers around the world will be provided a wealth of images captured before, during, and after the eclipse by 11 spacecraft, at least three NASA aircraft, more than 50 high-altitude balloons, and the astronau ... moreBerkeley CA (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Megamovie Project debuts simulator for August 21 total Solar Eclipse  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2017NASA's SDO sees partial eclipse in space  Miami (AFP) May 31, 2017A real scorcher: NASA probe to fly into sun's atmosphere |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Jun 23, 2017 
China has invited Russia to participate in the construction of a Chinese space station, but Moscow has yet to make an official decision, Roscosmos head Igor Komarov has told reporters. Russian space experts explain why Russian-Chinese cooperation on a new space station would undoubtedly benefit both sides.
Speaking to journalists Monday on the sidelines of the international aviation show i ... more Beijing (XNA) Jun 21, 2017China's cargo spacecraft completes second docking with space lab  Jiuquan (XNA) Jun 19, 2017China to launch four more probes before 2021  Xichang (XNA) Jun 20, 2017New broadcasting satellite fails to enter preset orbit |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
An international team of astronomers, led by Dutch scientists, has discovered a region in our Milky Way that contains many nitrogen compounds in the southeast of a butterfly-shaped star formation disk and very little in the north-west.
The astronomers suspect that multiple stars-to-be share the same star formation disk, but the precise process is still a puzzle. The article with their find ... moreGreen Bank WV (SPX) Jun 20, 2017GBT Captures Orion Blazing Bright in Radio Light Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Hubble applauds waltzing dwarfs Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Radio astronomers peer deep into the stellar nursery of the Orion Nebula |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 
For most people, it is a stretch of the imagination to understand the world in four dimensions but a new study has discovered structures in the brain with up to eleven dimensions - ground-breaking work that is beginning to reveal the brain's deepest architectural secrets.
Using algebraic topology in a way that it has never been used before in neuroscience, a team from the Blue Brain Projec ... more United Nations, United States (AFP) June 21, 2017World population to reach 9.8 bln in 2050, UN says Shanghai (AFP) June 17, 2017Chinese gays hear wedding bells as Taiwan move fuels hope  Washington (UPI) Jun 15, 2017Too much brain activity may contribute to memory, attention impairments |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 22, 2017 
How do you prepare for space missions on Earth? One way is to simulate an expedition into space underwater. Yesterday, six aquanauts dived almost 20 m to the sea floor where they will spend 10 days living and working below the waves.
The team taking part in NEEMO 22, the 22nd NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations mission, consists of astronauts, technicians and scientists who are now ... more Novosibirsk (Sputnik) Jun 23, 2017Russia's Roscosmos May Provide Indian Astronauts With Training in Future  Fort Carson CO (SPX) Jun 21, 2017NASA Selects Army Surgeon for Astronaut Training  Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 19, 2017Teachers doubt most students interested in subjects that promote space careers |
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 Cardiff, UK (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 
Scientists believe they have discovered the reason behind mysterious changes to the climate that saw temperatures fluctuate by up to 15C within just a few decades during the ice age periods. In a new study, the researchers show that rising levels of CO2 could have reached a tipping point during these glacial periods, triggering a series of chain events that caused temperatures to rise abruptly. ... more Columbus OH (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Widespread snowmelt in West Antarctica during unusually warm summer  Sydney (AFP) June 21, 2017Antarctic researchers take icy plunge to mark solstice  Nashville TN (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Wet and stormy weather lashed California coast... 8,200 years ago |
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 Palo Alto, CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2017 
Algae dominate the oceans that cover nearly three-quarters of our planet, and produce half of the oxygen that we breathe. And yet fewer than 10 percent of the algae have been formally described in the scientific literature, as noted in a new review co-authored by Carnegie's Arthur Grossman in Trends in Plant Science.
Algae are everywhere. They are part of crusts on desert surfaces and form ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Amazonia's future will be jeopardized by dams  Los Angeles (AFP) June 18, 2017Hawaiian canoe comes home after epic round-the-world odyssey  Washington (AFP) June 20, 2017Global coral bleaching may be ending, US agency says |
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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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