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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 27, 2017 Minerals containing water are widespread on Ceres, suggesting the dwarf planet may have had a global ocean in the past. What became of that ocean? Could Ceres still have liquid today? Two new studies from NASA's Dawn mission shed light on these questions. The Dawn team found that Ceres' crust is a mixture of ice, salts and hydrated materials that were subjected to past and possibly recent geologic activity, and that this crust represents most of that ancient ocean. The second study builds off the ... read more |
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Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar SystemPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 27, 2017 A small, recently discovered asteroid - or perhaps a comet - appears to have originated from outside the solar system, coming from somewhere else in our galaxy. If so, it would be the first "interst ... more  
Comet mission reveals 'missing link' in our understanding of planet formationLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 span class="NL"> a href="http://www.ras.org.uk/ras" class="highlight">Royal Astronomical Society /a> br> /span> in our understanding of planet formation has been revealed by the first ever spacecra ... more  
Revealing Galactic SecretsMunich, Germany (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 Countless galaxies vie for attention in this monster image of the Fornax Galaxy Cluster, some appearing only as pinpricks of light while others dominate the foreground. One of these is the lenticula ... more  
Acoustic gravity waves pinpoint where and when objects hit ocean surfaceWashington (UPI) Oct 24, 2017 Scientists at the University of Cardiff in Wales have developed a method for tracing acoustic gravity waves to their point of origin. ... more |
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Using optical chaos to control the momentum of lightBoston MA (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 Integrated photonic circuits, which rely on light rather than electrons to move information, promise to revolutionize communications, sensing and data processing. But controlling and moving light po ... more  
Chaos reigns even in simple electronicsCracow, Poland (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 It's really surprising: it turns out that among simple electronic circuits, built of just a few components, many of them behave chaotically, in an extremely complicated, practically unpredictable ma ... more 
Gamma rays will reach beyond the limits of lightGothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Oct 23, 2017 Researchers have discovered a new way to produce high energy photon beams. The new method makes it possible to produce these gamma rays in a highly efficient way, compared with today's technique. Th ... more 
Artificial Intelligence Finds 56 New Gravitational Lens CandidatesAmsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 A group of astronomers from the universities of Groningen, Naples and Bonn has developed a method that finds gravitational lenses in enormous piles of observations. The method is based on the same a ... more 
Space Station Unit to Study Genetics of Model OrganismsKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 Scientists and engineers are developing new hardware destined for the International Space Station to support experiments demonstrating how different organisms, such as plants, microbes or worms, dev ... more 
Stronger Tests of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity with Binary Neutron StarsPotsdam, Germany (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 Einstein's theory of general relativity has withstood 100 years of experimental scrutiny. However, these tests do not constrain how well the very strong gravitational fields produced by merging neut ... more |
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To keep Saturn's A ring contained, its moons stand unitedIthaca NY (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 For three decades, astronomers thought that only Saturn's moon Janus confined the planet's A ring - the largest and farthest of the visible rings. But after poring over NASA's Cassini mission data, ... more  
On the generation of solar spicules and Alfvenic wavesLa Laguna, Spain (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 At any given moment, as many as 10 million wild snakes of solar material leap from the sun's surface. These are spicules, and despite their abundance, scientists didn't understand how these jets of ... more 
How scientists used NASA data to predict the corona of the Aug. 21 Total Solar EclipseGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 When the total solar eclipse swept across the United States on Aug. 21, 2017, NASA satellites captured a diverse set of images from space. But days before the eclipse, some NASA satellites also enab ... more 
NASA sounding rocket instrument spots signatures of long-sought small solar flaresGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 Like most solar sounding rockets, the second flight of the FOXSI instrument - short for Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager - lasted 15 minutes, with just six minutes of data collection. But in that ... more |
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  Granada, Spain (SPX) Oct 17, 2017 
At the ends of the Solar System, beyond the orbit of Neptune, there is a belt of objects composed of ice and rocks, among which four dwarf planets stand out: Pluto, Eris, Makemake and Haumea. The latter is the least well known of the four and was recently the object of an international observation campaign which was able to establish its main physical characteristics. The study, led by astronome ... more Garching, Germany (SPX) Oct 16, 2017Ring around a dwarf planet detected  Friedrichshafen, Germany (ESA) Oct 03, 2017Helicopter test for Jupiter icy moons radar  Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Solving the Mystery of Pluto's Giant Blades of Ice |
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 London, UK (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 
span class="NL"> a href="http://www.ras.org.uk/ras" class="highlight">Royal Astronomical Society /a> br> /span> in our understanding of planet formation has been revealed by the first ever spacecraft to orbit and land on a comet, say German scientists. The study is published in a recent edition of the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
A research team led by Jurgen ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 20, 2017New NASA study improves search for habitable worlds  Laurel MD (SPX) Oct 20, 2017From Comets Come Planets  New York NY (SPX) Oct 17, 2017A star that devoured its own planets |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 24, 2017 
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity team is working to restore Curiosity's sample-drilling capability using new techniques. The latest development is a preparatory test on Mars.
The five-year-old mission is still several months from the soonest possible resumption of drilling into Martian rocks. Managers are enthusiastic about successful Earth-based tests of techniques to work around a mechanical ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 19, 2017Solar eruptions could electrify Martian moons  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 20, 2017MAVEN finds Mars has a twisted tail  Paris (ESA) Oct 23, 2017Mine craft for Mars |
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 Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 
Aerojet Rocketdyne has test-fired its RS-25 engine, E2063, for 500 seconds at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. This is the second RS-25 engine Aerojet Rocketdyne has tested for NASA's second Exploration Mission (EM-2).
EM-2 will be the first mission to launch astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft with the Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) on top of the Space Launch System (SLS). ... more Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 20, 2017NASA research suggests significant atmosphere in lunar past and possible source of water on Moon  Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017Lunar lava tube could be used as a moon mission base  West Lafayette IN (SPX) Oct 20, 2017Potential human habitat located on Moon |
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Integrated photonic circuits, which rely on light rather than electrons to move information, promise to revolutionize communications, sensing and data processing. But controlling and moving light poses serious challenges. One major hurdle is that light travels at different speeds and in different phases in different components of an integrated circuit. For light to couple between optical compone ... moreGothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Oct 23, 2017Gamma rays will reach beyond the limits of light Munich, Germany (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Revealing Galactic Secrets Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 25, 2017Artificial Intelligence Finds 56 New Gravitational Lens Candidates |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 
The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has approved the Discrete Global Grid System (DGGS) as OGC Abstract Specification - Topic 21 [OGC 15-104r5].
The goal of DGGS is to enable rapid assembly of spatial data without the difficulties of working with projected coordinate reference systems. The OGC DGGS Abstract Specification standard defines the conceptual model and a set of ... more Paris (ESA) Oct 26, 2017Sentinel-1 sees through hurricanes  Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017Google Earth helps researchers identify 400 ancient stone gates in Saudi Arabia  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 24, 2017GOES-T Satellite "Brains" and "Body" Come Together |
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Minerals containing water are widespread on Ceres, suggesting the dwarf planet may have had a global ocean in the past. What became of that ocean? Could Ceres still have liquid today? Two new studies from NASA's Dawn mission shed light on these questions.
The Dawn team found that Ceres' crust is a mixture of ice, salts and hydrated materials that were subjected to past and possibly recent ... morePasadena CA (JPL) Oct 27, 2017Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System  Paris (ESA) Oct 24, 2017Asteroid Luca  Armagh UK (SPX) Oct 19, 2017A solar-powered asteroid nursery at the orbit of Mars |
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 La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 
At any given moment, as many as 10 million wild snakes of solar material leap from the sun's surface. These are spicules, and despite their abundance, scientists didn't understand how these jets of plasma form nor did they influence the heating of the outer layers of the sun's atmosphere or the solar wind. Now, for the first time, in a study partly funded by NASA, scientists have modeled spicule ... moreGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2017NASA sounding rocket instrument spots signatures of long-sought small solar flares Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2017How scientists used NASA data to predict the corona of the Aug. 21 Total Solar Eclipse  Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017Scientists propose space shield to protect Earth from solar storms |
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Jing Haipeng, the first Chinese astronaut to go into space three times, has voiced his desire to go into space again as a further demonstration of his loyalty to the Communist Party of China (CPC).
"I'm eager to go to space again, be a pioneer in the battle one more time," said the 51-year-old major general and delegate to the ongoing 19th National Congress of the CPC.
"Let the vastn ... more Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017China launches three satellites  Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission  Adelaide, Australia (XNA) Oct 03, 2017UN official commends China's role in space cooperation |
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Boston MA (SPX) Oct 20, 2017
Integrated photonic circuits, which rely on light rather than electrons to move information, promise to revolutionize communications, sensing and data processing. But controlling and moving light poses serious challenges. One major hurdle is that light travels at different speeds and in different phases in different components of an integrated circuit. For light to couple between optical compone ... moreGothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Oct 23, 2017Gamma rays will reach beyond the limits of light Munich, Germany (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Revealing Galactic Secrets Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 25, 2017Artificial Intelligence Finds 56 New Gravitational Lens Candidates |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017 
Researchers in Germany have recovered an unusual set of teeth estimated to be 9.7 million years old. The teeth are unlike any found in Europe or Asia, but closely resemble the teeth of Lucy, the famed female specimen of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis.
Scientists found the teeth while sifting through sediment in the Rhine river near Eppelsheim, a small city in southwester ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017Primate study offers insights into relationship between of jealousy and monogamy  Washington (UPI) Oct 16, 2017Genome of a 40,000-year-old man in China reveals region's complex human history  New York NY (SPX) Oct 16, 2017New study suggests that last common ancestor of humans and apes was smaller than thought |
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 Gainesville FL (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 
Where people will go in the cosmos, plants will go. That's the message of a paper entitled "Gardening for Therapeutic People-Plant Interactions during Long-Duration Space Missions" written by Raymond Odeh, and Charles L. Guy of the University of Florida (Gainesville) and published in the De Gruyter journal, Open Agriculture.
In the beginning of the space age, researchers sought to see if ... more Miami (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Spacewalkers fix robotic arm in time to grab next cargo ship  Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 23, 2017NASA develops and tests new housing for in-orbit science payloads  Moscow (AFP) Oct 18, 2017Russia's space agency says glitch in manned Soyuz landing |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 
Groundwater may play an unrecognized role in thawing Arctic permafrost following wildfires, according to new research.
The new study reveals that, after wildfire burns off a portion of organic rich soil that normally insulates permafrost, summer warmth penetrates deeper into the frozen soils, allowing groundwater to flow downgradient and potentially contributing to greater release of green ... more Paris (ESA) Oct 24, 2017New crew and new research in Antarctica  Washington (UPI) Oct 24, 2017Study links rapid ice sheet melting with distant volcanic eruptions  Washington (UPI) Oct 24, 2017Scientists surprised to find jellyfish under Arctic sea ice |
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 Beer-Sheva, Israel (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has developed Israel's first autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The robotic "HydroCamel II" will be commercially available for use in the military, security, and oil and gas sectors, as well as in environmental applications and marine research.
BGN Technologies Ltd., BGU's technology-transfer company, also announced the formation of a new company, BG Ro ... more Hong Kong (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Among 'green' energy, hydropower is the most dangerous  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Scientists warn that saline lakes in dire situation worldwide  Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2017Cool roofs have water saving benefits too |
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 Los Alamos NM (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 
Astrophysicist Chris Fryer was enjoying an evening with friends on August 25, 2017, when he got the news of a gravitational-wave detection by LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory. The event appeared to be a merger of two neutron stars - a specialty for the Los Alamos National Laboratory team of astrophysicists that Fryer leads. As the distant cosmic cataclysm unfolded, f ... moreKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Oct 25, 2017Space Station Unit to Study Genetics of Model Organisms Washington (UPI) Oct 24, 2017Acoustic gravity waves pinpoint where and when objects hit ocean surface  Cleveland OH (SPX) Oct 24, 2017NASA Challenges Students to Design Microgravity Experiments |
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