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  La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Jul 17, 2017 According to Einstein's theory of General Relativity when a ray of light passes close to a very massive object, the gravity of the object attracts the photons and deviates them from their intial path. This phenomenon, known as gravitational lensing, is comparable to that produced by lenses on light rays, and acts as a sort of magnifier, changing the size and intensity of the apparent image of the original object. Using this effect, a team of scientists from the Instituto de Astrofisica de Ca ... read more |
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A New Search for Extrasolar Planets from the Arecibo ObservatoryArecibo PR (SPX) Jul 17, 2017 The National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory and the Planetary Habitability Laboratory of the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo joined the Red Dots project using the ESO's exoplanet-hunt ... more  
Simulating splash at the microscopic levelWashington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2017 Spray cooling is one of the most promising methods for cooling high heat flow electronics. Two-phase spray cooling, in particular, has been shown to cool heat fluxes that are orders of magnitude hig ... more 
The wave nature of light in super-slow motionNuremberg, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2017 Physicists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU) and Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU) have accomplished a quantum leap in light research. They have managed to capture th ... more 
Smart atomic cloud solves Heisenberg's observation problemCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Jul 14, 2017 Quantum physics: Scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute by University of Copenhagen have been instrumental in developing a 'hands-on' answer to a challenge intricately linked to a very fundamental p ... more |
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Vast new super cluster of galaxies named SaraswatiPune, India (SPX) Jul 14, 2017 A team of astronomers from the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), both in Pune, India, and members of two ... more 
Shedding light on galaxies' rotation secretsTrieste, Italy (SPX) Jul 14, 2017 The dichotomy concerns the so-called angular momentum (per unit mass), that in physics is a measure of size and rotation velocity. Spiral galaxies are found to be strongly rotating, with an angular ... more 
Molecular Outflow Launched Beyond Disk Around Young StarGarching, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2017 For the first time, an international team of astronomers led by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) has observed a molecular outflow being launched from beyond the disk surro ... more  
Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red SpotPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017 Images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot reveal a tangle of dark, veinous clouds weaving their way through a massive crimson oval. The JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno mission snapped pics of the most ic ... more  
The BepiColombo spacecraft is ready to solve the many mysteries of MercuryLondon, UK (The Conversation) Jul 13, 2017 The 1.65 billion euro BepiColombo spacecraft is now being unstacked for final tests after being displayed in its launch configuration to the world's press at the European Space Agency's Space Techno ... more  
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory sees sunspot turn toward EarthWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, a space probe dedicated to the study of the sun, has captured footage of a sunspot rotating towards Earth. ... more |
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Juno Completes Flyby over Jupiter's Great Red SpotPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 12, 2017 NASA's Juno mission completed a close flyby of Jupiter and its Great Red Spot on July 10, during its sixth science orbit. All of Juno's science instruments and the spacecraft's JunoCam were operatin ... more 
Astronomers Track the Birth of a 'Super-Earth'Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 12, 2017 A new model giving rise to young planetary systems offers a fresh solution to a puzzle that has vexed astronomers ever since new detection technologies and planet-hunting missions such as NASA's Kep ... more 
Hidden Stars May Make Planets Appear SmallerPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 12, 2017 In the search for planets similar to our own, an important point of comparison is the planet's density. A low density tells scientists a planet is more likely to be gaseous like Jupiter, and a high ... more 
Odd planetary system around fast-spinning star doesn't quite fit existing models of planet formationHeidelberg, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Astronomers have discovered a rare, warm, massive Jupiter-like planet orbiting a star that is rotating extremely quickly. The discovery raises puzzling questions about planet formation - neither the ... more |
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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 12, 2017 
NASA's Juno mission completed a close flyby of Jupiter and its Great Red Spot on July 10, during its sixth science orbit. All of Juno's science instruments and the spacecraft's JunoCam were operating during the flyby, collecting data that are now being returned to Earth. Juno's next close flyby of Jupiter will occur on Sept. 1.
Raw images from the spacecraft's latest flyby will be posted i ... morePasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot  Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2017New Horizons Video Soars over Pluto's Majestic Mountains and Icy Plains  Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 13, 2017New evidence in support of the Planet Nine hypothesis |
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For the first time, an international team of astronomers led by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) has observed a molecular outflow being launched from beyond the disk surrounding a young stellar object.
Outflows carry away excess angular momentum and it has been proposed that these disk winds should be launched from a wide region in the protoplanetary disk. The re ... morePasadena CA (JPL) Jul 12, 2017Hidden Stars May Make Planets Appear Smaller Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Astronomers Track the Birth of a 'Super-Earth'  Cambridge UK (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Big, shape-shifting animals from the dawn of time |
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The car-size NASA rover on a Martian mountain, Curiosity, has begun its long-anticipated study of an iron-bearing ridge forming a distinctive layer on the mountain's slope.
Since before Curiosity's landing five years ago next month, this feature has been recognized as one of four unique terrains on lower Mount Sharp and therefore a key mission destination. Curiosity's science team informal ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2017For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the Sun  Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2017Tributes to wetter times on Mars  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 14, 2017Opportunity will spend three weeks at current location due to Solar Conjunction |
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During a simulated space mission underwater last week, ESA tested an ingenious concept to bring astronauts safely back to base if they are incapacitated during lunar exploration.
Four 'aquanauts', including ESA astronaut Pedro Duque and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, took part in NASA's 22nd Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO-22) mission, spending 10 days in the Aquarius habitat ... more Tokyo (Sputnik) Jun 29, 2017Japanese Space Agency Proposes Plan to Send Astronauts to Moon Tokyo (AFP) June 30, 2017Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by 2030  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 16, 2017Russian aerospace firm to cooperate with China on Lunar exploration missions |
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The smallest star yet measured has been discovered by a team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge. With a size just a sliver larger than that of Saturn, the gravitational pull at its stellar surface is about 300 times stronger than what humans feel on Earth.
The star is likely as small as stars can possibly become, as it has just enough mass to enable the fusion of hydrogen nu ... more Garching, Germany (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Australia Enters Strategic Partnership with European Southern Observatory  Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jul 11, 2017Heart of an exploded star observed in 3-D  La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Jul 17, 2017Scientists discovered one of the brightest galaxies known |
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Without a magnetic field life on Earth would be rather uncomfortable: Cosmic particles would pass through our atmosphere in large quantities and damage the cells of all living beings. Technical systems would malfunction frequently and electronic components could be destroyed completely in some cases.
Despite its huge significance for life on our planet, it is still not fully known what cre ... more Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017SSL To Provide Next-Generation Imaging Satellite Constellation To Digitalglobe  Boston MA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Computer vision techniques shed light on urban change  Kiel, Germany (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Extreme low-oxygen eddies in the Atlantic produce greenhouse gases |
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Pitted terrains inside fresh complex craters on Ceres are similar to terrains seen Mars and Vesta, and are likely formed through the rapid evaporation of subsurface H2O, a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Research Scientist Hanna G. Sizemore says.
"Pitted terrains may be common morphological markers of volatile-rich near-surface material in the asteroid belt," Sizemore said.
... more Orlando FL (SPX) Jul 06, 2017Bizarro comet challenging researchers  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2017NASA'S First Asteroid Deflection Mission Enters Next Design Phase  Paris (AFP) June 28, 2017Are asteroids humanity's 'greatest challenge'? |
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, a space probe dedicated to the study of the sun, has captured footage of a sunspot rotating towards Earth.
Sunsports are patches on the surface of the sun that appear darker than their surroundings due to the loss of surface tension caused by magnetic flux, an intense concentration of complex magnetic fields.
Sunspots are relatively common, but ... more Kiel, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Improved representation of solar variability in climate models  Hull UK (SPX) Jul 06, 2017Musical Sun Reduces Range of Magnetic Activity  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 06, 2017Scientists uncover origins of the Sun's swirling spicules |
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China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official.
Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... more Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold |
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Cambridge, UK (SPX) Jul 12, 2017
The smallest star yet measured has been discovered by a team of astronomers led by the University of Cambridge. With a size just a sliver larger than that of Saturn, the gravitational pull at its stellar surface is about 300 times stronger than what humans feel on Earth.
The star is likely as small as stars can possibly become, as it has just enough mass to enable the fusion of hydrogen nu ... moreGarching, Germany (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Australia Enters Strategic Partnership with European Southern Observatory Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jul 11, 2017Heart of an exploded star observed in 3-D La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Jul 17, 2017Scientists discovered one of the brightest galaxies known |
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DARPA has awarded contracts to five research organizations and one company that will support the Neural Engineering System Design (NESD) program: Brown University; Columbia University; Fondation Voir et Entendre (The Seeing and Hearing Foundation); John B. Pierce Laboratory; Paradromics, Inc.; and the University of California, Berkeley.
These organizations have formed teams to develop the ... more Jena, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2017DNA of early Neanderthal gives timeline for new modern human-related dispersal from Africa  Laramie WY (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Researchers document early, permanent human settlement in Andes  Lawrence KS (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Analysis of Neanderthal teeth grooves uncovers evidence of prehistoric dentistry |
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 Paris (ESA) Jul 10, 2017 
Rockets and spacecraft may get us to Mars, but food must nourish us on the journey. Now researchers are using the International Space Station to look at how much food will be needed on a spacecraft heading to the Moon, Mars or beyond. By tracking the energy used by astronauts, we can count the number of calories humans will need for long flights.
Calculating total energy expenditure involv ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2017NASA Offers Space Station as Catalyst for Discovery in Washington  Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jul 11, 2017As the world embraces space, the 50 year old Outer Space Treaty needs adaptation  The Hague (AFP) July 11, 2017Dutch project tests floating cities to seek more space |
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Over the last few months, a chunk of Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf has been hanging on precariously as a deep crack cut across the ice. Witnessed by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, a lump of ice more than twice the size of Luxembourg has now broken off, spawning one of the largest icebergs on record and changing the outline of the Antarctic Peninsula forever.
The fissure first appeare ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 13, 2017Massive iceberg  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Warm Winter Events in Arctic Becoming More Frequent, Lasting Longer  Corvallis OR (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Krill hotspot fuels incredible biodiversity in Antarctic region |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) July 13, 2017 
US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace envoy said Thursday Israel would supply the Palestinians with millions of cubic metres of water annually, as Washington seeks to build confidence for fresh negotiations.
Jason Greenblatt hailed an "important step forward" in a wider regional water deal, as Israel announced it would provide more than 32 million cubic metres of water to the Palesti ... more Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Strengthening of West African Monsoon during Green Sahara period may have affected ENSO  Columbus OH (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Scientists make 'squarest' ice crystals ever  Washington (UPI) Jul 14, 2017Report: High seas in high danger as ecological tipping point nears |
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 Hull UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Swirling motions in clouds of cold, dense gas have given, for the first time, an active insight into how gravity creates the compact cores from which stars form in the interstellar medium. The results will be presented, Thursday 6 July, by Gwen Williams at the National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Hull.
Williams, of Cardiff University, explains: "We've known for some time that du ... more Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Telescope for detecting optical signals from gravitational waves launched  Hannover, Germany (SPX) Jun 28, 2017LISA Gravitational-Wave Observatory Selected as ESA L3 Mission  Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jun 29, 2017Hints of Extra Dimensions in Gravitational Waves |
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