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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 paper published in Science Advances, researchers from MIT and Rutgers University report that a lunar rock collec ... read more |
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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 
Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believedNew 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, ... 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 |
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New mission going to the space station to explore mysteries of 'cosmic rain'Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 A new experiment set for an Aug. 14 launch to the International Space Station will provide an unprecedented look at a rain of particles from deep space, called cosmic rays, that constantly showers o ... more  
High resolution without particle acceleratorJena, Germany (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 A visit to the optometrist often involves optical coherence tomography. This imaging process uses infrared radiation to penetrate the layers of the retina and examine it more closely in three dimens ... more 
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 |
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 An NJIT researcher throws a global ham radio 'party' to study the eclipse 
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  
The sun's core makes a complete rotation in one weekParis (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 ... more 
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 |
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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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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 ... moreNew 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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 14, 2017New mission going to the space station to explore mysteries of 'cosmic rain' |
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centered on the Multi-User System for Earth Sensing (MUSES) which was launched on June 3, 2017 and is currently operating aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
This platform was developed as part of a cooperative agreement with Teledyne Brown Engineering and NASA and will provide opportunities for imaging, technology demonstration, and space qualification payloads supporting commer ... more Toulouse, France (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Airbus completes MetOp-C platform/payload coupling  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 14, 2017NASA airborne mission returns to Africa to study smoke, clouds  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Successful filming of fastest aurora flickering |
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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 ... more Newark NJ (SPX) Aug 14, 2017An NJIT researcher throws a global ham radio 'party' to study the eclipse  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 09, 2017NASA instrument key to understanding solar powered planet arrives at Kennedy Space Center  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Two weeks in the life of a sunspot |
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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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017China develops sea launches to boost space commerce  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 |
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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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 14, 2017New mission going to the space station to explore mysteries of 'cosmic rain' |
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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 Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Paleolithic bones reveal evidence of ritualistic cannibalism  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Aug 09, 2017New look at archaic DNA rewrites human evolution story  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Origin of human genus may have occurred by chance |
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 Miami (AFP) Aug 14, 2017 
SpaceX on Monday blasted off its unmanned Dragon cargo ship toward the International Space Station, carrying a host of science experiments and the most powerful computer ever sent into orbit.
"Three, two, one, and liftoff," a SpaceX commentator said as the white Falcon 9 rocket climbed into the blue sky over Cape Canaveral, Florida at 12:31 pm (1631 GMT).
Three minutes after launch, the ... more Washington DC (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Disruptioneering: Streamlining the Process of Scientific Discovery  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2017NASA Offers Space Station as Catalyst for Discovery in Washington  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 03, 2017Two Voyagers Taught Us How to Listen to Space |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 
An abnormal season of intense glacial melt in 2002 triggered multiple distinct changes in the physical and biological characteristics of Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys over the ensuing decade, new research led by the University of Colorado Boulder shows.
The findings suggest that even abrupt, short-lived climate events can cause long-term alterations in polar regions that unfold over the ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Not all glaciers in Antarctica have been affected by climate change  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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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 
This past week marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of a revolutionary ocean research vessel - a space "ship." As the NASA/CNES Topex-Poseidon satellite ascended into orbit, it ushered in a new era of oceanography with the first highly accurate, global measurements of sea levels.
That mission and its three successors, all named Jason, have continuously mapped global ocean currents and ... more Hagatna, Guam (AFP) Aug 14, 2017Guam leader backs 'punch in the nose' for Pyongyang  Hagatna, Guam (AFP) Aug 13, 2017Guam residents pray for peace as North Korea deadline looms  Hagatna, Guam (AFP) Aug 11, 2017Guam tourism sees silver lining in North Korean threats |
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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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