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  New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 The moon's magnetic field lasted 1 billion to 2.5 billion years longer than once thought - a finding with important implications for habitability on other moons and planets throughout the universe, a Rutgers University-New Brunswick professor says. "The Earth's magnetic field is a shield that protects us from dangerous solar wind particles and ionizing radiation, so magnetic fields play a key role in the habitability of planets and, possibly, moons," said Sonia Tikoo, lead author of a study publis ... read more |
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Lunar dynamo's lifetime extended by at least 1 billion yearsBoston MA (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 New evidence from ancient lunar rocks suggests that an active dynamo once churned within the molten metallic core of the moon, generating a magnetic field that lasted at least 1 billion years longer ... more  
Asteroid 2012 TC4 will fly past Earth in October 2017Paris (ESA) Aug 14, 2017 A small asteroid flying past Earth on 12 October will provide scientists with a valuable opportunity to learn more about its orbit and composition. The campaign will exercise the international netwo ... more  
Cassini Prepares to Say Goodbye to a True TitanPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 Mere weeks away from its dramatic, mission-ending plunge into Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has a hectic schedule, orbiting the planet every week in its Grand Finale. On a few orbits, Saturn's l ... more 
Cassini to begin final five orbits around SaturnPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 NASA's Cassini spacecraft will enter new territory in its final mission phase, the Grand Finale, as it prepares to embark on a set of ultra-close passes through Saturn's upper atmosphere with its fi ... more |
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How to watch this weekend's Perseid meteor showerWashington (UPI) Aug 11, 2017 Skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere will be treated to a show of shooting stars on Friday and Saturday night as the Perseid meteor shower peaks over the weekend. ... more 
Asteroid to shave past Earth on Oct 12: ESAParis (AFP) Aug 10, 2017 A house-sized asteroid will shave past our planet on October 12, far inside the Moon's orbit but without posing any threat, astronomers said Thursday. ... more  
TRAPPIST-1 twice as old as our solar systemWashington (UPI) Aug 11, 2017 Astronomers have narrowed in on a more precise estimate of the TRAPPIST-1 system. ... more  
Researchers set record for fastest light pulseOrlando FL (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 A research team at the University of Central Florida has demonstrated the fastest light pulse ever developed, a 53-attosecond X-ray flash. The group led by Professor Zenghu Chang beat its own ... more  
An NJIT researcher throws a global ham radio 'party' to study the eclipseNewark NJ (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 When a solar eclipse plunges the country into darkness Aug. 21, Nathaniel Frissell will be stationed directly along the shadow's path, leading one of the largest ionospheric experiments in the histo ... more  
Scientists probe the conditions of stellar interiors to measure nuclear reactionsLivermore CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 Most of the nuclear reactions that drive the nucleosynthesis of the elements in our universe occur in very extreme stellar plasma conditions. This intense environment found in the deep interiors of ... more |
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 The sun's core makes a complete rotation in one week 
Polish astronomers attempt to solve pulsating blue stars puzzleWashington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017 A team of astronomers is trying to account for a mysterious new class of rapidly pulsating blue stars. ... more 
Scientists find four Earth-like exoplanets orbiting closest sun-like starWashington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017 Scientists have found four Earth-like exoplanets orbiting a star system just 12 light-years away. ... more 
UCI celestial census indicates that black holes pervade the universeIrvine CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 After conducting a cosmic inventory of sorts to calculate and categorize stellar-remnant black holes, astronomers from the University of California, Irvine have concluded that there are probably ten ... more 
NASA studies tethered CubeSat mission to study Lunar swirlsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 A novel mission concept involving two CubeSats connected by a thin, miles-long tether could help scientists understand how the Moon got its mysterious "tattoos" - swirling patterns of light and dark ... more |
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  Edinburgh UK (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 
Scientists have helped solve the mystery of what lies beneath the surface of Neptune - the most distant planet in our solar system.
A new study sheds light on the chemical make-up of the planet, which lies around 4.5 billion kilometres from the sun.
Extremely low temperatures on planets like Neptune - called ice giants - mean that chemicals on these distant worlds exist in a frozen s ... more Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2017New Horizons Video Soars over Pluto's Majestic Mountains and Icy Plains  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot  Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 13, 2017New evidence in support of the Planet Nine hypothesis |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017  Scientists have found four Earth-like exoplanets orbiting a star system just 12 light-years away.
The four planets are the closest Earth-like worlds yet discovered. And at just 1.7 Earth masses, they're also the smallest nearby Earth-like planets.
Astronomers detected the presence of the four exoplanets by analyzing slight wobbles in the movement of tau Ceti, the closest known su ... moreWashington (UPI) Aug 11, 2017TRAPPIST-1 twice as old as our solar system  Arecibo PR (SPX) Jul 17, 2017A New Search for Extrasolar Planets from the Arecibo Observatory  Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017Gulf of Mexico tube worm is one of the longest-living animals in the world |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 
Wispy, early-season clouds resembling Earth's ice-crystal cirrus clouds move across the Martian sky in some new image sequences from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.
These clouds are the most clearly visible so far from Curiosity, which landed five years ago this month about five degrees south of Mars' equator. Clouds moving in the Martian sky have been observed previously by Curiosity and oth ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017Opportunity takes in the panoramic view while crossing some rocky terrain  Xining, China (XNA) Aug 09, 2017China to build first Mars simulation base  Paris (ESA) Aug 14, 2017Preserving the stress of volcanic uprise on Mars |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 
New evidence from ancient lunar rocks suggests that an active dynamo once churned within the molten metallic core of the moon, generating a magnetic field that lasted at least 1 billion years longer than previously thought. Dynamos are natural generators of magnetic fields around terrestrial bodies, and are powered by the churning of conducting fluids within many stars and planets.
In a pa ... more New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believed  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Astronauts to bring asteroid back into lunar orbit Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 09, 2017NASA studies tethered CubeSat mission to study Lunar swirls |
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 Livermore CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 
Most of the nuclear reactions that drive the nucleosynthesis of the elements in our universe occur in very extreme stellar plasma conditions. This intense environment found in the deep interiors of stars has made it nearly impossible for scientists to perform nuclear measurements in these conditions - until now.
In a unique cross-disciplinary collaboration between the fields of plasma phys ... moreWashington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Polish astronomers attempt to solve pulsating blue stars puzzle  Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Sunshield layers fully integrated on James Webb Space Telescope  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 04, 2017NRL brightens perspective of mysterious mini-halos |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 04, 2017 
The U.S. and Brazil are teaming up to study scintillation in the ionosphere, a phenomena that affects radio signals, disrupting communications and GPS navigation. Aerospace is providing a sensor for this international CubeSat mission, dubbed SPORT, that will be deployed off the International Space Station. The ionosphere is a portion of Earth's atmosphere where radiation from the sun creates a l ... more Washington DC (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Teledyne Brown Engineering and Oakman Aerospace, Inc. to partner on MUSES Platform  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 14, 2017NASA airborne mission returns to Africa to study smoke, clouds  Palo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Lockheed Martin Will Build New Space Instrument Focused on Vegetation Health and Carbon Monitoring |
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 Paris (AFP) Aug 10, 2017 
A house-sized asteroid will shave past our planet on October 12, far inside the Moon's orbit but without posing any threat, astronomers said Thursday.
The space rock will zoom by harmlessly at a distance of about 44,000 kilometres (27,300 miles) - an eighth of the distance from the Earth to the Moon, according to the European Space Agency,
This is just far enough to miss our geostationa ... moreWashington (UPI) Aug 11, 2017How to watch this weekend's Perseid meteor shower Paris (ESA) Aug 14, 2017Asteroid 2012 TC4 will fly past Earth in October 2017  Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 04, 2017SwRI part of international team identifying primordial asteroids |
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 Paris (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 
The rotation rate of the Sun's core has been accurately measured for the first time. The Sun, which has been remarkably stable for the past 4.6 billion years, is held together by the almost perfect equilibrium between the force of gravity, which tends to cause it to collapse, and the pressure of the thermonuclear reactions in its core.
Now, researchers working together with a team at the L ... moreNewark NJ (SPX) Aug 14, 2017An NJIT researcher throws a global ham radio 'party' to study the eclipse  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 04, 2017Our solar system's 'shocking' origin story  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 09, 2017NASA instrument key to understanding solar powered planet arrives at Kennedy Space Center |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 14, 2017 
Chinese scientists have become the first to realize quantum key distribution from a satellite to the ground, laying the foundation for building a hack-proof global quantum communication network.
The achievement based on experiments conducted with the world' s first quantum satellite, Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), was published in the authoritative academic journal Nature on T ... more Xi'an, China (XNA) Aug 14, 2017Xian Satellite Control Center resolves over 10 major satellite faults in 50 years  Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017China develops sea launches to boost space commerce Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit |
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Livermore CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2017
Most of the nuclear reactions that drive the nucleosynthesis of the elements in our universe occur in very extreme stellar plasma conditions. This intense environment found in the deep interiors of stars has made it nearly impossible for scientists to perform nuclear measurements in these conditions - until now.
In a unique cross-disciplinary collaboration between the fields of plasma phys ... moreWashington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Polish astronomers attempt to solve pulsating blue stars puzzle Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Sunshield layers fully integrated on James Webb Space Telescope Washington DC (SPX) Aug 04, 2017NRL brightens perspective of mysterious mini-halos |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017 
Researchers believe a 13-million-year-old skull recovered in Kenya belongs to the earliest common ancestor of humans and all living apes.
Paleontologists have made great strides in detailing the evolution of humans since they first diverged from apes some 7 million years ago. Less is known about human and ape ancestors living before 10 million years ago.
The newly discovered skul ... more Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Aug 09, 2017New look at archaic DNA rewrites human evolution story  Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Paleolithic bones reveal evidence of ritualistic cannibalism  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Origin of human genus may have occurred by chance |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 03, 2017 
As NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft were changing our understanding of the solar system, they also spurred a leap in spacecraft communications.
The mission's impact is still visible in California's Mojave Desert. There, at NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, the arcs of antenna dishes peek out over craggy hilltops. Goldstone was the first place where the two Voyagers started ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2017NASA Offers Space Station as Catalyst for Discovery in Washington  Houston TX (SPX) Aug 04, 2017A look inside the Space Station's experimental BEAM module  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 01, 2017Voyager spacecraft still in communication 40 years out into the void |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 
A new study by scientists at Portland State University and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder has found that the effects of climate change, which are apparent in other parts of the Antarctic continent, are not yet observed for glaciers in the western Ross Sea coast.
Published online ahead of print for the journal Geology, the study found tha ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Extreme melt season leads to decade-long ecosystem changes in Antarctic polar desert  Newcastle UK (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Researchers crack the 'Karakoram anomaly'  Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Alaska's North Slope snow-free season is lengthening |
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 Hagatna, Guam (AFP) Aug 9, 2017 
The Pacific island of Guam remained outwardly calm Wednesday in the face of a threatened North Korean attack, and a senior official in the US territory urged people to "relax and enjoy paradise".
After US President Donald Trump threatened North Korea with "fire and fury" over its nuclear ambitions Tuesday, Pyongyang raised the stakes just hours later - saying it was considering missile stri ... more Alexandria VA (SPX) Aug 09, 2017No longer water under the bridge, statistics yields new data on sea levels  Hagatna, Guam (AFP) Aug 11, 2017Guam tourism sees silver lining in North Korean threats  Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Invasion of glowing tropical jellyfish baffles U.S. scientists |
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 Bozeman MT (SPX) Jul 26, 2017 
A Montana State University gravitational physicist has received funding for a research project that aims to answer fundamental questions about the universe.
NASA awarded $750,000 to Nicolas Yunes for his project "Exploring Extreme Gravity: Neutron Stars, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves." Yunes is a founding member of the MSU eXtreme Gravity Institute, known as XGI, and an associate pro ... more Hull UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017First look at gravitational dance that drives stellar formation  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 |
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