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October 04, 2017
IRON AND ICE
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

OUTER PLANETS
Helicopter test for Jupiter icy moons radar
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 ... more
TIME AND SPACE
The material that obscures supermassive black holes
Canary 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
TIME AND SPACE
Team led by graduate student at PPPL produces unique simulation of magnetic reconnection
Plainsboro 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
TIME AND SPACE
Supersonic gas streams from Big Bang drive massive black hole formation
San 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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STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Progenitor for Tycho's Supernova Was Not Hot and Luminous
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 ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
HEIC 1716 is bursting with starbirth
Paris (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
SOLAR SCIENCE
A RAVAN in the sun
Greenbelt 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
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Astronomers detect Freon-40 around infant stars, comet
Washington (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
EXO WORLDS
Glenn Tests Thruster Bound for Metal World
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. On ... more
MERCURY RISING
Small collisions make big impact on Mercury's thin atmosphere
Washington 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 Rosetta

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
New supernova analysis reframes dark energy debate
London, 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
TIME AND SPACE
Ravenous Black Holes Define Type I Active Galaxies
College 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
IRON AND ICE
Hubble Observes the Farthest Active Inbound Comet Yet Seen
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 r ... more
MOON DAILY
Chinese moon missions delayed by rocket failure: report
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. ... more





Helicopter test for Jupiter icy moons radar
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, 2017
Solving the Mystery of Pluto's Giant Blades of Ice
Irwindale CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2017
Global Aerospace Corporation to present Pluto lander concept to NASA
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 11, 2017
Pluto features given first official names


Glenn Tests Thruster Bound for Metal World
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, 2017
Searching for Distant Worlds With a Flying Telescope
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 02, 2017
MATISSE to Shed Light on the Formation of Earth and Planets
Miami (AFP) Oct 2, 2017
Meteors splashing into warm ponds sparked life on Earth
Lockheed Martin Reveals New Details to its Mars Base Camp Vision
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, 2017
Lockheed Martin unveils reusable water-powered Mars lander
Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017
Methane belches kept water flowing on ancient Mars
Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017
SpaceX's Musk unveils plan to reach Mars by 2022
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Chinese moon missions delayed by rocket failure: report
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, 2017
Russian space agency, NASA agree to co-build lunar-orbit space station
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 28, 2017
NASA, Roscosmos Sign Joint Statement on Researching, Exploring Deep Space
Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 28, 2017
Moon village the first stop to Mars: ESA
Progenitor for Tycho's Supernova Was Not Hot and Luminous
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, 2017
HEIC 1716 is bursting with starbirth
Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2017
NASA pushes back launch date for James Webb Space Telescope
Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017
Astronomers detect Freon-40 around infant stars, comet


Global Airborne Mission to Make Ozone Hole Detour
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, 2017
New Radar Sensor Provides Clear Vision in Any Weather
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 03, 2017
Public Invited to Analyze Photos Taken by International Space Station Astronauts
Buffalo NY (SPX) Sep 26, 2017
Scientists monitor Silicon Valley's underground water reserves - from space
Hubble Observes the Farthest Active Inbound Comet Yet Seen
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, 2017
Unexpected Surprise: A Final Image from Rosetta
Riga, Latvia (SPX) Oct 03, 2017
Studies of 'Crater Capital' in the Baltics Show Impactful History
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 27, 2017
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid CubeSat Goes Full Sail
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Parker Solar Probe Gets Its Revolutionary Heat Shield
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, 2017
A RAVAN in the sun
Paris (ESA) Sep 21, 2017
Solar antics
Daytona Beach FL (SPX) Sep 22, 2017
Solar wind impacts on giant 'space hurricanes' may affect satellite safety
UN official commends China's role in space cooperation
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, 2017
Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission
Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017
China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab
Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2017
Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway'


Progenitor for Tycho's Supernova Was Not Hot and Luminous
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, 2017
HEIC 1716 is bursting with starbirth
Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2017
NASA pushes back launch date for James Webb Space Telescope
Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017
Astronomers detect Freon-40 around infant stars, comet
Chimpanzees can learn how to use tools without observing others
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, 2017
Researchers explore why humans don't purge lethal genetic disorders from the population
Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Oct 03, 2017
Stone Age child reveals that modern humans emerged more than 300,000 years ago
Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017
Sleep helps the brain reorganize, new study shows
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Fast-moving space industries create new ethical challenges
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, 2017
OECD calls for tourism to be more sustainable
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 24, 2017
Space Cooperation Between China, Russia Needs Long-Term Mechanism
Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017
NASA's New Hubble E-Book Series Dives into the Solar System and Beyond
Return of the Weddell polynya supports Kiel climate model
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, 2017
Winter cold extremes linked to high-altitude polar vortex weakening
Sydney (AFP) Sept 27, 2017
Shipping risks rise as Antarctic ice hits record low
Fairbanks AK (SPX) Sep 21, 2017
Researchers take on atmospheric effects of Arctic snowmelt


Lockheed Martin to invest in Submaran S10 submersible drone
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, 2017
El Nino events can be triggered by major volcanic eruptions in the tropics
Guatemala City (AFP) Oct 3, 2017
Big rainy season leaves dozens dead in Central America
Onna, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2017
A sustainable future powered by sea
Gravitational twists help theoretical physicists shed light on quantum complexity
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, 2017
New gravitational wave hits Earth
London, UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017
British Technology at Heart of Gravitational Wave Discovery
Hannover, Germany (SPX) Sep 28, 2017
Three Ears Listen Even More Accurately Than Two


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