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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2017 Radar images of asteroid 3122 Florence obtained at the 70-meter antenna at NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex between August 29 and September 1 have revealed that the asteroid has two small moons, and also confirmed that main asteroid Florence is about 4.5 km (2.8 miles) in size. Florence is only the third triple asteroid known in the near-Earth population out of more than 16,400 that have been discovered to date. All three near-Earth asteroid triples have been discovered with rada ... read more |
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Europe's Science Highlights With CassiniParis (ESA) Sep 11, 2017 The international Cassini-Huygens mission has explored Saturn and its rings and moons for 13 years, and will conclude by plunging into the planet's atmosphere next week. This article highlights some ... more 
Sling-shot show for NASA spacecraft over AustraliaPerth, Australia (SPX) Sep 11, 2017 Using Earth's gravity to give it an orbital boost, OSIRIS-REx will rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu in 2018. The Earth flyby will give astronomers and those with high-end cameras a chance to view ... more 
Pondering the Saturn Mission's Legacy After CassiniPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 11, 2017 As the Cassini spacecraft nears the end of a long journey rich with scientific and technical accomplishments, it is already having a powerful influence on future exploration. In revealing that Satur ... more  
LOFAR Radio Telescope Discovers Record-Breaking PulsarDwingeloo, Netherlands (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 Astronomers have discovered two rapidly rotating radio pulsars with the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope in the Netherlands by investigating unknown gamma-ray sources uncovered by NASA's ... more |
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Jupiter's Auroras Present a Powerful MysteryPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2017 Scientists on NASA's Juno mission have observed massive amounts of energy swirling over Jupiter's polar regions that contribute to the giant planet's powerful auroras - only not in ways the research ... more  
NASA captures images of strong solar flaresWashington (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 Two high-intensity solar flares were emitted Wednesday, the second of which was the most intense recorded since the start of this sun cycle in December 2008, NASA said. ... more  
Could TRAPPIST-1's Seven Earth-size Planets Have Gas Giant SiblingsWashington DC (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 New work from a team of Carnegie scientists (and one Carnegie alumnus) asked whether any gas giant planets could potentially orbit TRAPPIST-1 at distances greater than that of the star's seven known ... more 
X-Rays Reveal Temperament of Possible Planet-Hosting StarsBoston MA (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 A new X-ray study has revealed that stars like the Sun and their less massive cousins calm down surprisingly quickly after a turbulent youth. This result has positive implications for the long-term ... more 
'Extreme' Telescopes Find the 2nd-Fastest-Spinning PulsarGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 By following up on mysterious high-energy sources mapped out by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (http://www.nasa.gov/fermi), the Netherlands-based Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope ... more  
UCLA physicists propose new theories of black holes from the very early universeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 UCLA physicists have proposed new theories for how the universe's first black holes might have formed and the role they might play in the production of heavy elements such as gold, platinum and uran ... more |
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Stellar Corpse Sheds Light on Origin of Cosmic RaysTucson AZ (SPX) Sep 05, 2017 The origin of cosmic rays, high-energy particles from outer space constantly impacting on Earth, is among the most challenging open questions in astrophysics. Now new research published in the journ ... more  
'Star Trek' actor Shatner sends message to VoyagerMiami (AFP) Sept 5, 2017 NASA announced the winner Tuesday of a contest to send a message to the Voyager spacecraft which launched 40 years ago on a historic mission to explore the outer planets. ... more 
Juno Scientists Prepare for Seventh Science Pass of JupiterWashington DC (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its seventh science flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops on Friday, Sept. 1, at 2:49 p.m. PDT (5:49 p.m. EDT and 21:49 UTC). At the time of perijove (defined a ... more 
Cassini's 21st dive is overPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 05, 2017 The heavens often seem vast and unchanging as seen from Earth, but movement in the skies is the norm. The relative motions of both Cassini and Enceladus over a 15-minute period create the movement s ... more |
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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2017 
Scientists on NASA's Juno mission have observed massive amounts of energy swirling over Jupiter's polar regions that contribute to the giant planet's powerful auroras - only not in ways the researchers expected.
Examining data collected by the ultraviolet spectrograph and energetic-particle detector instruments aboard the Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft, a team led by Barry Mauk of the Jo ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 11, 2017Pluto features given first official names Washington DC (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Juno Scientists Prepare for Seventh Science Pass of Jupiter  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 06, 2017New Horizons Files Flight Plan for 2019 Flyby |
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A new X-ray study has revealed that stars like the Sun and their less massive cousins calm down surprisingly quickly after a turbulent youth. This result has positive implications for the long-term habitability of planets orbiting such stars.
A team of researchers used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton to see how the X-ray brightness of stars similar to the Su ... moreWashington DC (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Could TRAPPIST-1's Seven Earth-size Planets Have Gas Giant Siblings  Boston MA (SPX) Sep 01, 2017Ultraviolet Light May Be Ultra Important in Search for Life  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 05, 2017FINESSE Mission to Investigate Atmospheres of Hundreds of Alien Worlds |
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 Los Alamos NM (SPX) Sep 07, 2017  The discovery of boron on Mars gives scientists more clues about whether life could have ever existed on the planet, according to a paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
"Because borates may play an important role in making RNA - one of the building blocks of life - finding boron on Mars further opens the possibility that life could have once arisen on the planet," s ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 05, 2017Life on Mars: Let's Try Oman Desert First for Space Mission  Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 01, 2017Opportunity seeks energy-favorable locations to recharge during winter  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2017For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the Sun |
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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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Astronomers have discovered two rapidly rotating radio pulsars with the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope in the Netherlands by investigating unknown gamma-ray sources uncovered by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The first pulsar (PSR J1552+5437) rotates 412 times per second. The second pulsar (PSR J0952-0607) rotates 707 times per second, making it the fastest-spinning pulsar ... moreGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 07, 2017'Extreme' Telescopes Find the 2nd-Fastest-Spinning Pulsar  Toronto, Canada (SPX) Sep 11, 2017Canadian ingenuity crafts game-changing technology for CHIME telescope Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 05, 2017Stellar Corpse Sheds Light on Origin of Cosmic Rays |
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In a first for the industry, six satellites, built in California, to be launched in California, for a California company have arrived at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, where they are scheduled to be launched on a Minotaur rocket in October.
Space Systems Loral (SSL), a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, built the six high-resolution small satellites for Plane ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows  Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Pinpointing the sources of trans-Pacific dust  Essex, UK (SPX) Sep 01, 2017Teledyne e2v sensors will play a vital role in ESA's FLEX satellite mission to study plant health and stress from space |
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Using Earth's gravity to give it an orbital boost, OSIRIS-REx will rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu in 2018. The Earth flyby will give astronomers and those with high-end cameras a chance to view this rare encounter.
OSIRIS-REx is on an extraordinary journey to bring back to Earth a sample from the surface of the carbonaceous asteroid Bennu that could potentially record the early history ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2017Radar Reveals Two Moons Orbiting Asteroid Florence  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 04, 2017NASA's Asteroid-Bound Spacecraft to Slingshot Past Earth  Paris (ESA) Sep 01, 2017Close encounters of the stellar kind |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 7, 2017  Two high-intensity solar flares were emitted Wednesday, the second of which was the most intense recorded since the start of this sun cycle in December 2008, NASA said.
These radiation flares, which can disrupt communications satellites, GPS and power grids by reaching the upper Earth atmosphere, were detected and captured by the US Space Agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
According to ... more Paris (ESA) Sep 01, 2017Space-inspired Star Storm to premiere next month  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2017NASA's Lunar mission captures solar eclipse as seen from the moon  Joint Base Charleston SC (AFNS) Aug 28, 2017Charleston C-17 flies on "dark side of the moon" |
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China and Russia plan to sign an agreement in October on joint space exploration from 2018 and 2022, which would benefit both nations particularly in manned and future missions to the moon, CGTN reported on Monday.
The bilateral agreement will cover five areas including lunar to deep space exploration, special materials development, collaborations in the area of satellite systems, Earth re ... more Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2017Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space  Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 29, 2017Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration  Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017ESA and Chinese astronauts train together |
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Dwingeloo, Netherlands (SPX) Sep 07, 2017
Astronomers have discovered two rapidly rotating radio pulsars with the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope in the Netherlands by investigating unknown gamma-ray sources uncovered by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The first pulsar (PSR J1552+5437) rotates 412 times per second. The second pulsar (PSR J0952-0607) rotates 707 times per second, making it the fastest-spinning pulsar ... moreGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 07, 2017'Extreme' Telescopes Find the 2nd-Fastest-Spinning Pulsar Toronto, Canada (SPX) Sep 11, 2017Canadian ingenuity crafts game-changing technology for CHIME telescope Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 05, 2017Stellar Corpse Sheds Light on Origin of Cosmic Rays |
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In a study analyzing the genomes of 210,000 people in the United States and Britain, researchers at Columbia University find that the genetic variants linked to Alzheimer's disease and heavy smoking are less frequent in people with longer lifespans, suggesting that natural selection is weeding out these unfavorable variants in both populations.
Researchers further find that sets of genetic ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017Groups are more likely to lie than individuals, new study shows  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2017Human settlement in the Americas may have occurred in the late Pleistocene  Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017Humans are still evolving, study suggests |
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 Berlin (AFP) Sept 5, 2017  Berlin's IFA technology fair, Europe's largest and a bellwether for the Christmas season, draws to a close Wednesday. Here is a quick overview of what's hot and what's not in the aisles.
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- Tablets: the fever that greeted Apple's launch of the iPad in 2010 has long dissipated. Smartphones boast increasingly large screens and high performance in a handier package than the no ... moreMiami (AFP) Sept 5, 2017'Star Trek' actor Shatner sends message to Voyager  Paris (ESA) Sep 05, 2017ESA retrieves NASA astronauts with new procedure in wake of hurricane  Washington (AFP) Sept 3, 2017Record-breaking NASA astronaut comes back to Earth |
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 Birmingham, UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 
Researchers have warned of an 'urgent worldwide need' to address a broad spectrum of cascading impacts of glacier mass loss on downstream systems. In their paper, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the authors synthesised currently available evidence and documented the profound impact on freshwater and near-shore marine systems.
Although the impact of melting gla ... more Reno NV (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Massive Antarctic volcanic eruptions linked to abrupt Southern hemisphere climate changes  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 04, 2017What changes when you warm the Antarctic Ocean just 1 degree  Seattle WA (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Record-low 2016 Antarctic sea ice due to 'perfect storm' of tropical, polar conditions |
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 London, UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 
A new study of the marine invertebrates living in the seas around Antarctica reveals there will be more 'losers' than 'winners' over the next century as the Antarctic seafloor warms. The results are published in the journal Nature Climate Change this week (Monday 4 September).
A team at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) examined the potential distribution of over 900 species of shelf-dwelling ... more Paris (AFP) Sept 6, 2017Your tap water may contain plastic, researchers warn  Paris (AFP) Sept 6, 2017Pacific corals in 'worrying' state: researchers  Paris (AFP) Sept 7, 2017Your tap water may contain plastic, researchers warn |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 
ESA this week helped to provide children with disabilities the opportunity to experience weightlessness and lunar gravity on aircraft flights.
Eight children from five ESA member states - UK, France, Germany, Belgium, and Italy -boarded the converted Airbus A310 in Bordeaux, France on 24 August as part of the Kid's Weightless Dreams campaign organised by Novespace and Reves de Gosse.
... more Bozeman MT (SPX) Jul 26, 2017MSU gravitational physicist receives NASA award to explore extreme gravity and the universe  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 |
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