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  Paris, France (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 The MATISSE instrument is ready to be sent to Chile, where in the next few weeks it will be installed on the Very Large Telescope (VLT), the world's most powerful astronomical observatory. This achievement is the outcome of 15 years of development, including a final year of testing at the Laboratoire J.-L. Lagrange (Observatoire Cote d'Azur/CNRS/Universite de Nice Sophia-Antipolis). The instrument, for which France is responsible under the auspices of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), is in ... read more |
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Glenn Tests Thruster Bound for Metal WorldCleveland OH (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 As NASA looks to explore deeper into our solar system, one of the key areas of interest is studying worlds that can help researchers better understand our solar system and the universe around us. On ... more  
Small collisions make big impact on Mercury's thin atmosphereWashington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 Mercury, our smallest planetary neighbor, has very little to call an atmosphere, but it does have a strange weather pattern: morning micro-meteor showers. Recent modeling along with previously publi ... more  
Unexpected Surprise: A Final Image from RosettaParis (ESA) Oct 02, 2017 After more than 12 years in space, and two years following Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as they orbited the Sun, Rosetta's historic mission concluded on 30 September 2016 with the spacecraft desc ... more  
New supernova analysis reframes dark energy debateLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 The accelerating expansion of the Universe may not be real, but could just be an apparent effect, according to new research published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ... more |
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Ravenous Black Holes Define Type I Active GalaxiesCollege Park MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 For decades, astronomers have tried to pin down why two of the most common types of active galaxies, known as Type I and Type II galaxies, appear different when observed from Earth. Although both ga ... more 
Hubble Observes the Farthest Active Inbound Comet Yet SeenBaltimore MD (SPX) Sep 29, 2017 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the farthest active inbound comet ever seen, at a whopping distance of 1.5 billion miles from the Sun (beyond Saturn's orbit). Slightly warmed by the r ... more 
Molecular motors: Slowing the clockworkMunich, Germany (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 Progress on the way to smart nanomachines: Chemists of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have modified the synthesis of a molecular motor so as to reduce the speed of its light-driven ... more  
Chinese moon missions delayed by rocket failure: reportBeijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 Two Chinese lunar missions will be delayed by the failed launch of a powerful rocket in July, a state-run newspaper said, in a setback for the country's ambitious space programme. ... more 
Moon village the first stop to Mars: ESAAdelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 Setting up a permanent village on the moon is the first step towards exploring Mars, the European Space Agency said Thursday as plans to reach and colonise the Red Planet gathered pace. ... more 
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid CubeSat Goes Full SailHuntsville AL (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite the size of a shoebox, designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a full-scale solar sail deployment test at ManTech NeXolve's facility ... more |
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 Searching for Distant Worlds With a Flying Telescope 
Russian space agency, NASA agree to co-build lunar-orbit space stationMoscow (XNA) Sep 28, 2017 Russia's Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States said Wednesday that they have agreed to cooperate on build ... more  
Gravitational twists help theoretical physicists shed light on quantum complexityOxford UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 Are we are living in a computer simulation? Intriguingly, the crux of this question may be hiding in an exotic quantum phenomenon which shows up in metals as a response to twists of space-time geome ... more  
Parker Solar Probe Gets Its Revolutionary Heat ShieldGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 On Sept. 25, 2017, media were invited to see NASA's Parker Solar Probe in its flight configuration at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, where it is being built. The ... more 
NASA, Roscosmos Sign Joint Statement on Researching, Exploring Deep SpaceWashington DC (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 Building a strategic capability for advancing and sustaining human space exploration in the vicinity of the Moon will require the best from NASA, interested international partners, and U.S. industry ... more |
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  Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 
NASA's New Horizons mission revolutionized our knowledge of Pluto when it flew past that distant world in July 2015. Among its many discoveries were images of strange formations resembling giant knife blades of ice, whose origin had remained a mystery.
Now, scientists have turned up a fascinating explanation for this "bladed terrain": the structures are made almost entirely of methane ice, ... more Irwindale CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Global Aerospace Corporation to present Pluto lander concept to NASA  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 11, 2017Pluto features given first official names  Laurel MD (SPX) Sep 14, 2017Hibernation Over, New Horizons Continues Kuiper Belt Cruise |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 
The MATISSE instrument is ready to be sent to Chile, where in the next few weeks it will be installed on the Very Large Telescope (VLT), the world's most powerful astronomical observatory. This achievement is the outcome of 15 years of development, including a final year of testing at the Laboratoire J.-L. Lagrange (Observatoire Cote d'Azur/CNRS/Universite de Nice Sophia-Antipolis).
The in ... moreCleveland OH (SPX) Oct 02, 2017Glenn Tests Thruster Bound for Metal World  Bern, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 28, 2017Searching for Distant Worlds With a Flying Telescope  Hong Kong (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Scientists propose new concept of terrestrial planet formation |
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 Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 
A reusable, water-powered Mars lander that will allow humans to explore the Red Planet from an orbiting 'base camp' as early as the 2030s was unveiled Friday by US defence giant Lockheed Martin.
Governments and private firms are collaborating on projects to send humans to new frontiers, with NASA planning missions next decade into the space between Earth and the Moon to prepare for trips to ... more Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017SpaceX's Musk unveils plan to reach Mars by 2022  Bristol UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017Research sheds new light on how Earth and Mars were created  Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Sep 26, 2017The Mars 2020 Rover features new spectral abilities with its new SuperCam |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 
Two Chinese lunar missions will be delayed by the failed launch of a powerful rocket in July, a state-run newspaper said, in a setback for the country's ambitious space programme.
Beijing sees its multi-billion-dollar forays into space as a symbol of China's rise and the success of the Communist Party in turning around the fortunes of the once poverty-stricken nation.
Officials are still ... moreMoscow (XNA) Sep 28, 2017Russian space agency, NASA agree to co-build lunar-orbit space station Washington DC (SPX) Sep 28, 2017NASA, Roscosmos Sign Joint Statement on Researching, Exploring Deep Space Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Moon village the first stop to Mars: ESA |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 
A team of researchers from the UK and Russia have successfully demonstrated that a type of 'magic dust' which combines light and matter can be used to solve complex problems and could eventually surpass the capabilities of even the most powerful supercomputers.
The researchers, from Cambridge, Southampton and Cardiff Universities in the UK and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technolo ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2017NASA pushes back launch date for James Webb Space Telescope  Houghton MI (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Detecting cosmic rays from a galaxy far, far away Munich, Germany (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Molecular motors: Slowing the clockwork |
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 Buffalo NY (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 
Scientists have used satellite data to monitor underground water reserves in California's Silicon Valley, discovering that water levels rebounded quickly after a severe drought that lasted from 2012-15.
The research points to the success of aggressive conservation measures. It also helps to lay the groundwork for low-cost monitoring of subterranean water reserves in California and elsewher ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017OSIRIS-REx views Pacifica on Earth Flyby  Hanover NH (SPX) Sep 26, 2017How aerial thermal imagery is revolutionizing archaeology  Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 25, 2017A Box of 'Black Magic' to Study Earth from Space |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Sep 29, 2017 
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the farthest active inbound comet ever seen, at a whopping distance of 1.5 billion miles from the Sun (beyond Saturn's orbit). Slightly warmed by the remote Sun, it has already begun to develop an 80,000-mile-wide fuzzy cloud of dust, called a coma, enveloping a tiny, solid nucleus of frozen gas and dust. These observations represent the earliest si ... moreParis (ESA) Oct 02, 2017Unexpected Surprise: A Final Image from Rosetta Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 27, 2017NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid CubeSat Goes Full Sail  Riga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Nanosat Fleet Proposed for Voyage to 300 Asteroids |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 
On Sept. 25, 2017, media were invited to see NASA's Parker Solar Probe in its flight configuration at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, where it is being built.
The revolutionary heat shield that will protect the first spacecraft to fly directly into the Sun's atmosphere was installed for the first time on Sept. 21.
This is the only time the spacecraft wil ... more Paris (ESA) Sep 21, 2017Solar antics  Daytona Beach FL (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Solar wind impacts on giant 'space hurricanes' may affect satellite safety  Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017NASA captures significant solar flare |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017  China's Mars probe will carry 13 types of payload, including six rovers, in its first mission to the planet, scheduled for 2020.
"The Mars exploration program is well underway," said Zhang Rongqiao, chief architect of the Mars mission, at the Beijing International Forum on Lunar and Deep-space Exploration, which opened Wednesday. "The payloads will be used to co ... more Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017China launches three satellites  Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab  Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway' |
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Cambridge UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2017
A team of researchers from the UK and Russia have successfully demonstrated that a type of 'magic dust' which combines light and matter can be used to solve complex problems and could eventually surpass the capabilities of even the most powerful supercomputers.
The researchers, from Cambridge, Southampton and Cardiff Universities in the UK and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technolo ... moreWashington (UPI) Sep 29, 2017NASA pushes back launch date for James Webb Space Telescope Houghton MI (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Detecting cosmic rays from a galaxy far, far away Munich, Germany (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Molecular motors: Slowing the clockwork |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 
The human population carries around more deadly genetic diseases than would be expected based on a simple comparison of mutation rates and deaths of affected individuals. Carlos Eduardo Guerra Amorim of Stony Brook University and colleagues, explore potential explanations in a paper published September 28th, 2017 in PLOS Genetics.
There are many lethal, recessive diseases that plague the h ... more Birmingham UK (SPX) Oct 02, 2017Chimpanzees can learn how to use tools without observing others  Boston MA (SPX) Sep 25, 2017Ancient human DNA in sub-Saharan Africa lifts veil on prehistory Grand-Lahou, Ivory Coast (AFP) Sept 24, 2017Helping Ponso, sole survivor of 'Chimpanzee Island' in I. Coast |
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 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Sep 29, 2017 
It's an exciting time to be working in the space sector - particularly with Australia's recently-announced commitment to developing a space agency.
But with advances come new challenges. Similar to technologies such as digital communications and robotics, advances in space science bring ethical dilemmas. What rights do space tourists have? How can we prevent space terrorism? Who should reg ... more Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017NASA's New Hubble E-Book Series Dives into the Solar System and Beyond  Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 24, 2017Space Cooperation Between China, Russia Needs Long-Term Mechanism  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Mapping NASA's Space Missions |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2017 
When the strong winds that circle the Arctic slacken, cold polar air can escape and cause extreme winter chills in parts of the Northern hemisphere. A new study finds that these weak states have become more persistent over the past four decades and can be linked to cold winters in Russia and Europe.
It is the first to show that changes in winds high up in the stratosphere substantially con ... more Sydney (AFP) Sept 27, 2017Shipping risks rise as Antarctic ice hits record low  Fairbanks AK (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Researchers take on atmospheric effects of Arctic snowmelt  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 21, 2017End-of-summer Arctic sea ice extent is eighth lowest on record |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017  Lockheed Martin is investing in Ocean Aero alongside Teledyne Technologies for the development of the Submaran unmanned maritime vehicle.
The Submaran S10 is an autonomous unmanned submarine that is powered by solar and wind energy, giving it virtually unlimited endurance and letting it operate for months at a time. It can raise a small sail that can propel it at over 5 knots to conserv ... more Cambridge UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2017Getting the measure of mud  Southampton, UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2017Scientists call for more research on how human activities affect the seabed  Onna, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2017A sustainable future powered by sea |
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 Oxford UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 
Are we are living in a computer simulation? Intriguingly, the crux of this question may be hiding in an exotic quantum phenomenon which shows up in metals as a response to twists of space-time geometry.
A recurring theme in science fiction, most famously popularised by the "Matrix' film trilogy, is whether our physical reality is a computer simulation. While this seems to be a rather philo ... more London, UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017British Technology at Heart of Gravitational Wave Discovery  Hannover, Germany (SPX) Sep 28, 2017Three Ears Listen Even More Accurately Than Two  Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Gravity waves influence weather and climate |
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