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Studies of 'Crater Capital' in the Baltics Show Impactful History![]() Riga, Latvia (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 Studies of craters in the Baltics (Estonia) are giving insights into the many impacts that have peppered the Earth over its long history. In southeastern Estonia, scientists have dated charcoal from trees destroyed in an impact to prove a common origin for two small craters, named Illumetsa. A third submarine crater located on the seabed in the Gulf of Finland has been measured and dated with new precision. Results will be presented by two teams of researchers at the European Planetary Science Congress ... read more |
Helicopter test for Jupiter icy moons radarFriedrichshafen, Germany (ESA) Oct 03, 2017 A long radar boom that will probe below the surface of Jupiter's icy moons has been tested on Earth with the help of a helicopter. ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, JUICE, is scheduled for launch in ... more
The material that obscures supermassive black holesCanary Islands, Spain (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 Black holes appear to play a fundamental role in how galaxies evolve throughout their life during a phase in which they are active and consume material from the galaxy itself. During this phase, the ... more
Team led by graduate student at PPPL produces unique simulation of magnetic reconnectionPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 Jonathan Ng, a Princeton University graduate student at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), has for the first time applied a fluid simulation to the spa ... more
Supersonic gas streams from Big Bang drive massive black hole formationSan Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 An international team of researchers has successfully used a super-computer simulation to recreate the formation of a massive black hole from supersonic gas streams left over from the Big Bang. Thei ... more |
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Progenitor for Tycho's Supernova Was Not Hot and LuminousGarching, Germany (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 An international team of scientists from the Monash University (Melbourne, Australia), the Towson and Pittsburgh Universities (USA) and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, has shed new light ... more
HEIC 1716 is bursting with starbirthParis (ESA) Oct 03, 2017 This oddly-shaped galactic spectacle is bursting with brand new stars. The pink fireworks in this image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope are regions of intense star formation, triggere ... more
A RAVAN in the sunGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 While people across the nation gazed at August's total solar eclipse from Earth, a bread loaf-sized NASA satellite had a front row seat for the astronomical event. The Radiometer Assessment using Ve ... more
Astronomers detect Freon-40 around infant stars, cometWashington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017 With the help of a powerful telescope and space probe, astronomers have detected traces of methyl chloride, or Freon-40, surrounding infant stars and the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ... more
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 |
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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
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
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 |
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Friedrichshafen, Germany (ESA) Oct 03, 2017
A long radar boom that will probe below the surface of Jupiter's icy moons has been tested on Earth with the help of a helicopter. ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, JUICE, is scheduled for launch in 2022, arriving seven years later.
JUICE will study Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere and vast magnetic fields, as well as the planet-sized moons Ganymede, Europa and Callisto. All three moons are ... more Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Solving the Mystery of Pluto's Giant Blades of Ice 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 |
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Cleveland 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. One of the next destinations in this knowledge-gathering campaign is a rare world called Psyche, located in the asteroid belt.
Psyche is different from millions of other asteroids because it appea ... more Bern, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 28, 2017Searching for Distant Worlds With a Flying Telescope Paris, France (SPX) Oct 02, 2017MATISSE to Shed Light on the Formation of Earth and Planets Miami (AFP) Oct 2, 2017Meteors splashing into warm ponds sparked life on Earth |
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Oct 03, 2017
This week at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia, Lockheed Martin engineers are revealing new details of its Mars Base Camp concept including how it aligns with NASA's lunar Deep Space Gateway and a Mars surface lander.
Mars Base Camp is a vision of how to send humans to Mars in about a decade. It's a sound, safe and compelling mission architecture centere ... more Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017Lockheed Martin unveils reusable water-powered Mars lander Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017Methane belches kept water flowing on ancient Mars Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017SpaceX's Musk unveils plan to reach Mars by 2022 |
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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 ... more Moscow (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 |
Garching, Germany (SPX) Oct 03, 2017
An international team of scientists from the Monash University (Melbourne, Australia), the Towson and Pittsburgh Universities (USA) and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, has shed new light on the origins of the famous Tycho's supernova. The research, published in Nature Astronomy, debunks the common view that Tycho's supernova originated from a white dwarf, which had been slowly accreti ... more Paris (ESA) Oct 03, 2017HEIC 1716 is bursting with starbirth Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2017NASA pushes back launch date for James Webb Space Telescope Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017Astronomers detect Freon-40 around infant stars, comet |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 03, 2017
Atmospheric researchers depart this month on NASA's DC-8 research aircraft on their third survey of the global atmosphere. Taking place for the first time in Northern Hemisphere fall, the season gives them the unique opportunity to make a detour from their previous flight paths to fly underneath the Antarctic ozone hole.
The flight is part of NASA's Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission, a ... more Washington DC (SPX) Oct 03, 2017New Radar Sensor Provides Clear Vision in Any Weather Washington DC (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Public Invited to Analyze Photos Taken by International Space Station Astronauts Scientists monitor Silicon Valley's underground water reserves - from space |
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 ... more Paris (ESA) Oct 02, 2017Unexpected Surprise: A Final Image from Rosetta Riga, Latvia (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Studies of 'Crater Capital' in the Baltics Show Impactful History Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 27, 2017NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid CubeSat Goes Full Sail |
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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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 03, 2017A RAVAN in the sun Paris (ESA) Sep 21, 2017Solar antics Daytona Beach FL (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Solar wind impacts on giant 'space hurricanes' may affect satellite safety |
Adelaide, Australia (XNA) Oct 03, 2017
China is an active member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and is impressive in opening its space missions to other countries, said Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).
Di Pippo made the remarks when having an interview with Xinhua on Wednesday during the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC ... more Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission 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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Garching, Germany (SPX) Oct 03, 2017
An international team of scientists from the Monash University (Melbourne, Australia), the Towson and Pittsburgh Universities (USA) and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, has shed new light on the origins of the famous Tycho's supernova. The research, published in Nature Astronomy, debunks the common view that Tycho's supernova originated from a white dwarf, which had been slowly accreti ... more Paris (ESA) Oct 03, 2017HEIC 1716 is bursting with starbirth Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2017NASA pushes back launch date for James Webb Space Telescope Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017Astronomers detect Freon-40 around infant stars, comet |
Birmingham UK (SPX) Oct 02, 2017
New observations have lead researchers to believe that chimpanzees can use tools spontaneously to solve a task, without needing to watch others first. The evidence of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) spontaneously using sticks to scoop food from water surfaces is published in the open-access journal PeerJ.
Researchers from the University of Birmingham, UK, and University of Tubingen, Germany, ... more Washington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2017Researchers explore why humans don't purge lethal genetic disorders from the population Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Stone Age child reveals that modern humans emerged more than 300,000 years ago Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017Sleep helps the brain reorganize, new study shows |
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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 Paris (AFP) Oct 3, 2017OECD calls for tourism to be more sustainable Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 24, 2017Space Cooperation Between China, Russia Needs Long-Term Mechanism Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017NASA's New Hubble E-Book Series Dives into the Solar System and Beyond |
Kiel, Germany (SPX) Oct 03, 2017
Currently, winter has still a firm grip on Antarctica. At this time of the year, the Weddell Sea usually is covered with a thick layer of sea ice. In spite of the icy temperatures in the region, satellite images depict a large ice-free area in the middle of the ice cover. The area of the hole in the ice is larger than The Netherlands and it fascinates climate and polar researchers worldwide.
... more Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2017Winter cold extremes linked to high-altitude polar vortex weakening 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 |
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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 Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017El Nino events can be triggered by major volcanic eruptions in the tropics Guatemala City (AFP) Oct 3, 2017Big rainy season leaves dozens dead in Central America Onna, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2017A sustainable future powered by sea |
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 University Park, PA (SPX) Oct 03, 2017New gravitational wave hits Earth 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 |
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