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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 28, 2017 On Sept. 15, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will complete its remarkable story of exploration with an intentional plunge into Saturn's atmosphere, ending its mission after nearly 20 years in space. News briefings, photo opportunities and other media events will be held at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website. NASA also will hold a media teleconference Tuesday, Aug. 29 to preview activities for Cassini during its final tw ... read more |
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NASA's asteroid sample return mission successfully adjusts courseTucson AZ (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired its thrusters to position itself on the correct course for its upcoming Earth flyby. The spacecraft, which is on a two-year outbound journey to asteroid Bennu, suc ... more  
45th Space Wing supports successful Minotaur IV ORS-5 launchCape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Aug 26, 2017 The 45th Space Wing supported Orbital ATK's successful Minotaur IV rocket launch carrying the United States Air Force's Operationally Responsive Space 5 satellite Aug. 26, 2017, at 2:04 a.m. from Sp ... more 
Phoenicid meteor shower from dead comet arises again after 58 yearsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 The Phoenicid meteor shower (named after the constellation Phoenix) was discovered by the first Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition on December 5, 1956, during their voyage in the Indian Ocean. H ... more  
Charleston C-17 flies on "dark side of the moon"Joint Base Charleston SC (AFNS) Aug 28, 2017 An aircrew of reserve Airmen from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina had the opportunity Aug. 21, 2017 to fly a routine C-17 Globemaster III training mission under not so routine conditions-flyin ... more |
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Can 'large stars' anti-aging research' help future memory devicesSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Aug 23, 2017 Inevitably, large stars at the end of their life collapse under the gigantic force of gravity, turning into black holes. We could cunningly ask if there is a way to delay this process; postpone the ... more  
Best ever image of a star's surface and atmosphereMunich, Germany (ESO) Aug 24, 2017 To the unaided eye the famous, bright star Antares shines with a strong red tint in the heart of the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion. It is a huge and comparatively cool red supergiant star ... more 
UChicago scientists detect first X-rays from mystery supernovasChicago IL (SPX) Aug 24, 2017 Exploding stars lit the way for our understanding of the universe, but researchers are still in the dark about many of their features. A team of scientists, including scholars from the Univers ... more  
Scientists 'excited' by observations suggesting formation scenariosBirmingham UK (SPX) Aug 24, 2017 Physicists have described how observations of gravitational waves limit the possible explanations for the formation of black holes outside of our galaxy; either they are spinning more slowly than bl ... more 
3 Billion Times and Man Just GuesesSt. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 3 billion times and man still does not have a clue. The weathermen were astonished the clouds dissipated during the loss of temperature of the eclipse. NASA is all google eyes about the data sets th ... more 
A silent search for dark matterTroy NY (SPX) Aug 23, 2017 Results from its first run indicate that XENON1T is the most sensitive dark matter detector on Earth. The sensitivity of the detector - an underground sentinel awaiting a collision that would confir ... more |
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 Scientists take first snapshots of a molecular propeller that runs at 100 degrees Celsius 
Major leap towards data storage at the molecular levelManchester UK (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 From smartphones to supercomputers, the growing need for smaller and more energy efficient devices has made higher density data storage one of the most important technological quests. Now scie ... more  
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 
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 
Gulf of Mexico tube worm is one of the longest-living animals in the worldWashington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017 Scientists believe a rare tube worm species found in the Gulf of Mexico is the longest-living animal on Earth. According to their latest research, the species, Escarpia laminata, can live for more than 300 years. ... more |
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  Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2017 
In July 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sent home the first close-up pictures of Pluto and its moons - amazing imagery that inspired many to wonder what a flight over the distant worlds' icy terrain might be like.
Wonder no more. Using actual New Horizons data and digital elevation models of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, mission scientists have created flyover movies that offer s ... more 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  Edinburgh UK (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Scientists probe Neptune's depths to reveal secrets of icy planets |
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Scientists have made a crucial new discovery into how a group of ancient microbes that can survive in some of the world's harshest environments, propel themselves forward.
An international team of experts, led by Dr Bertram Daum of the University of Exeter's Living System Institute, have revealed the structure of the unique whip-like appendage found on archaea, which rotates like a propell ... moreArecibo 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  Garching, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Molecular Outflow Launched Beyond Disk Around Young Star |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 28, 2017  Opportunity is located in "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.
The rover has been staying in place collecting extensive Panoramic Camera (Pancam) stereo panoramas.
Now that we are in the valley, the objective is to extensively document the local morphology (how things look) at each location so that a 3D digital elevation model of the entire valley can be constru ... more Paris (ESA) Aug 23, 2017The Moving Martian Bow Shock  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 |
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The European Space Agency (ESA) invites members of the science community in Europe to propose ideas for research that could be performed on the Deep Space Gateway, a crewed spaceship in lunar vicinity.
The Deep Space Gateway is a strategic platform that is being prepared by the International Space Station partner agencies to be humanity's next step beyond Low-Earth Orbit and out into the S ... more San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2017Analysis of a 'rusty' lunar rock suggests the moon's interior is dry  Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 21, 2017Roscosmos Approves Luna-25 Space Station Model in Moon Exploration Project  New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believed |
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Exploding stars lit the way for our understanding of the universe, but researchers are still in the dark about many of their features.
A team of scientists, including scholars from the University of Chicago, appear to have found the first X-rays coming from type Ia supernovae. Their findings are published online Aug. 23 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Astron ... moreMunich, Germany (ESO) Aug 24, 2017Best ever image of a star's surface and atmosphere Troy NY (SPX) Aug 23, 2017A silent search for dark matter Pune, India (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Vast new super cluster of galaxies named Saraswati |
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Wallops Island, VA (SPX) Aug 24, 2017
A NASA rocket mission to study disturbances in the upper atmosphere that interfere with communication and technology systems will form night-time white artificial clouds visible by residents of the Republic of the Marshall Islands during two rocket flights to occur between August 29 and September 9.
The Waves and Instabilities from a Neutral Dynamo, o ... more Rochester NY (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Man-made fossil methane emission levels larger than previously believed  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows  Boston MA (SPX) Aug 21, 2017How future volcanic eruptions will impact Earth's ozone layer |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired its thrusters to position itself on the correct course for its upcoming Earth flyby. The spacecraft, which is on a two-year outbound journey to asteroid Bennu, successfully performed a precision course adjustment on Wednesday to prepare for the gravity slingshot on Sept. 22.
This trajectory correction maneuver was the first to use the spacecraft's Attitud ... moreTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Phoenicid meteor shower from dead comet arises again after 58 years  Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 22, 2017Dino-killing asteroid could have thrust Earth into 2 years of darkness  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 21, 2017Large asteroid to safely pass Earth on September 1 |
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3 billion times and man still does not have a clue. The weathermen were astonished the clouds dissipated during the loss of temperature of the eclipse. NASA is all google eyes about the data sets that they will process. I will continue to study images and look for shadow bands and the shadow race.
Thanks to Tom, Steve and the great teams of Schlafly Beer and Dew Drop Inn. Special planning ... moreJoint Base Charleston SC (AFNS) Aug 28, 2017Charleston C-17 flies on "dark side of the moon"  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 17, 2017NASA, ESA spacecraft track solar storm through space  Paris (ESA) Aug 21, 2017ESA's Proba-3 will create artificial solar eclipses |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 28, 2017 
Space is the final frontier for private firms as they muscle into an area dominated by State-owned companies
A satellite the size of a teakettle will be launched into space by the end of this year.
Once the cubesat starts circling the earth at tens of thousands of kilometers an hour, it will be used to teach astronomy to Chinese high school students.
Backed by space startup Com ... more Beijing (XNA) Aug 14, 2017China's satellite sends unbreakable cipher from space  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 |
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Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 24, 2017
Exploding stars lit the way for our understanding of the universe, but researchers are still in the dark about many of their features.
A team of scientists, including scholars from the University of Chicago, appear to have found the first X-rays coming from type Ia supernovae. Their findings are published online Aug. 23 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Astron ... moreMunich, Germany (ESO) Aug 24, 2017Best ever image of a star's surface and atmosphere Troy NY (SPX) Aug 23, 2017A silent search for dark matter Pune, India (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Vast new super cluster of galaxies named Saraswati |
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 Davis CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 
The advent of farming, especially dairy products, had a small but significant effect on the shape of human skulls, according to a recently published study from anthropologists at UC Davis.
Humans who live by hunting and foraging wild foods have to put more effort into chewing than people living from farming, who eat a softer diet. Although previous studies have linked skull shape to agricu ... more Lund, Sweden (SPX) Aug 22, 2017Both chimpanzees and humans spontaneously imitate each other's actions  Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017Research reveals how neurons communicate  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 16, 2017New 13-million-year-old infant skull sheds light on ape ancestry |
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 Hampton VA (SPX) Aug 24, 2017 
Fly frequently, travel safely, land on (most) runways, and operate economically: such are the guiding principles for 21st century spaceplanes, cargo-carrying aerospace workhorses routinely launching to low-Earth orbit for space station resupply and crew transfers. Fans disconsolate after retirement of NASA's shuttle fleet can take heart: The next generation in reusable space vehicles is set to d ... more Denver CA (SPX) Aug 24, 2017Lockheed Martin Powers-up Next Orion Spacecraft for First Time  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Turning human waste into plastic, nutrients could aid long-distance space travel  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017NASA should continue large strategic missions to maintain leadership in space |
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 Oslo, Norway (SPX) Aug 23, 2017 
Clathrate (hydrate) gun hypothesis stirred quite the controversy when it was posed in 2003. It stated that methane hydrates - frozen water cages containing methane gas found below the ocean floor - can melt due to increasing ocean temperatures.
According to the hypothesis this melt can happen in a time span of a human life, dissociating vast amounts of hydrate and releasing methane into th ... more Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Satellite photos reveal gigantic outburst floods  Houston TX (SPX) Aug 22, 2017Hidden river once flowed beneath Antarctic ice  Indianapolis IN (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Study validates East Antarctic ice sheet to remain stable even if western ice sheet melts |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 25, 2017 
The Environmental Protection Agency announced today it is taking its first steps to rewrite the Waters of the United States regulation under the Trump Administration.
The EPA announced today, in a notice to be published Monday in the Federal Register, that 10 teleconference meetings will be held to gather information on its plans to change the rule, which is intended to reduce water pol ... more Manila (AFP) Aug 23, 2017Dora no Explorer: TV network axes Philippine resort plan after outcry  Hanover NH (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Severity of North Pacific storms at highest point in over 1,200 years  Washington (UPI) Aug 25, 2017Global food markets further threaten endangered sharks, rays |
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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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