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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 03, 2017 NASA scientists and engineers have conceived and plan to build an ambitious submillimeter-wave or radio instrument to study the composition of geysers spewing water vapor and icy particles from the south pole of Saturn's small moon, Enceladus. The team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, recently received support to advance technologies needed for the Submillimeter Enceladus Life Fundamentals Instrument, or SELFI. This remote-sensing instrument represents a significant im ... read more |
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Juno Aces 8th Science Pass of Jupiter, Names New Project ManagerPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 03, 2017 Data returned Tuesday, Oct. 31, indicate that NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully completed its eighth science flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops on Tuesday, Oct. 24. The confirmation was de ... more  
Hubble Sees Nearby Asteroids Photobombing Distant GalaxiesBaltimore MD (SPX) Nov 03, 2017 Like rude relatives who jump in front of your vacation snapshots of landscapes, some of our solar system's asteroids have photobombed deep images of the universe taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telesco ... more  
Quantum dots visualize tiny vibrational resonancesWashington DC (SPX) Nov 01, 2017 In the late 18th century, Ernst Chladni, a scientist and musician, discovered that the vibrations of a rigid plate could be visualized by covering it with a thin layer of sand and drawing a bow acro ... more  
Atmospheric beacons guide NASA scientists in search for lifeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 03, 2017 Some exoplanets shine brighter than others in the search for life beyond the solar system. New NASA research proposes a novel approach to sniffing out exoplanet atmospheres. It takes advantage of fr ... more |
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Premature Death of Star is Confirmed by AstronomersSao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Nov 03, 2017 A group of Brazilian astronomers observed a pair of celestial objects rarely seen in the Milky Way: a very low-mass white dwarf and a brown dwarf. A white dwarf is the endpoint of the evolution of a ... more 
Physicists describe new dark matter detection strategyProvidence RI (SPX) Nov 03, 2017 Physicists from Brown University have devised a new strategy for directly detecting dark matter, the elusive material thought to account for the majority of matter in the universe. The new str ... more 
GPS satellite atomic clocks on the caseto define dark matterReno NV (SPX) Nov 03, 2017 One professor who studies the earth and one who studies space came together in the pursuit to detect and define dark matter. They are one step closer. Using 16 years of archival data from GPS satell ... more 
Evolutionary theory suggests aliens might not look all that alienWashington (UPI) Nov 1, 2017 On TV and in the movies, aliens have been imagined a variety of strange forms - slimy, green, reptilian, insect-like, big-headed. ... more 
Overlooked Treasure: The First Evidence of ExoplanetsPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 02, 2017 Beneath an elegant office building with a Spanish-style red tiled roof in Pasadena, California, three timeworn storerooms safeguard more than a century of astronomy. Down the stairs and to the right ... more  
NASA Investigates Invisible Magnetic Bubbles in Outer Solar SystemGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 02, 2017 Space may seem empty, but it's actually a dynamic place populated with near-invisible matter, and dominated by forces, in particular those created by magnetic fields. Magnetospheres - the magnetic f ... more |
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'Monster' planet discovery challenges formation theoryLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 01, 2017 A giant planet, which should not exist according to planet formation theory, has been discovered around a distant star. The new research is presented in a paper recently accepted for publication in ... more 
Scientists penetrate mystery of raging black hole beamsSouthampton UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2017 They are nature's very own Death Star beams - ultra-powerful jets of energy that shoot out from the vicinity of black holes like deadly rays from the Star Wars super-weapon. Now a team of scie ... more 
Newest dark matter map hints at where astrophysics must go for breakthroughsSan Francisco CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2017 The unveiling this summer of the most accurate cosmic picture ever taken of the distribution of dark matter has left astrophysicists feeling both delighted and frustrated. On the one hand, the ... more 
New Insight into Nature's Own "Death Star" BeamsSheffield UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2017 Scientists from the University of Sheffield have moved a step closer to understanding nature's own Star Wars Death Star beams - ultra powerful jets of energy that shoot out from the vicinity of blac ... more |
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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 03, 2017 
Data returned Tuesday, Oct. 31, indicate that NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully completed its eighth science flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops on Tuesday, Oct. 24. The confirmation was delayed by several days due to solar conjunction at Jupiter, which affected communications during the days prior to and after the flyby.
Solar conjunction is the period when the path of communicat ... more London UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2017Jupiter's X-ray auroras pulse independently  Granada, Spain (SPX) Oct 17, 2017Haumea, the most peculiar of Pluto companions, has a ring around it  Garching, Germany (SPX) Oct 16, 2017Ring around a dwarf planet detected |
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On TV and in the movies, aliens have been imagined a variety of strange forms - slimy, green, reptilian, insect-like, big-headed.
But new research suggests alien life forms wouldn't necessarily be exotic or especially strange. Aliens might, in fact, look familiar. Some might even look like us.
Of course, artists and directors have to use their imagination. If there is alien life ... moreLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 01, 2017'Monster' planet discovery challenges formation theory Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 03, 2017Atmospheric beacons guide NASA scientists in search for life Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 02, 2017Overlooked Treasure: The First Evidence of Exoplanets |
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Color-discerning capabilities that NASA's Curiosity rover has been using on Mars since 2012 are proving particularly helpful on a mountainside ridge the rover is now climbing.
These capabilities go beyond the thousands of full-color images Curiosity takes every year: The rover can look at Mars with special filters helpful for identifying some minerals, and also with a spectrometer that sor ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 01, 2017Next Mars Rover Will Have 23 'Eyes'  Dhofar, Oman (AFP) Oct 30, 2017In desert of Oman, a gateway to life on Mars  Washington (UPI) Oct 27, 2017Winters leave marks on Mars' sand dunes |
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A European clock accurate to a trillionth of a second is set to be used on satellites and missions to the Moon.
The ultra-precise time-keeper was conceived by a small company in Latvia, and ESA has recognised its potential for space.
"We are the Ferrari of timers with the components of a tractor," says Nikolai Adamovitch of Eventech.
"We provide extreme timing accuracy using re ... more Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Oct 20, 2017Human presence in Lunar orbit one step closer with successful RS-25 engine test  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 |
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One professor who studies the earth and one who studies space came together in the pursuit to detect and define dark matter. They are one step closer. Using 16 years of archival data from GPS satellites that that orbit the earth, the University of Nevada, Reno team, Andrei Derevianko and Geoff Blewitt in the College of Science, looked for dark matter clumps in the shape of walls or bubbles and w ... moreProvidence RI (SPX) Nov 03, 2017Physicists describe new dark matter detection strategy Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Nov 03, 2017Premature Death of Star is Confirmed by Astronomers San Francisco CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2017Newest dark matter map hints at where astrophysics must go for breakthroughs |
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With liftoff on the horizon, ESA's Aeolus satellite is going through its last round of tests to make sure that this complex mission will work in orbit. Over the next month, it is sitting in a large chamber that has had all the air sucked out to simulate the vacuum of space.
Aeolus carries one of the most sophisticated instruments ever to be put into orbit: Aladin, which includes two powerf ... more Palo Alto, CA (SPX) Nov 03, 2017Initial Signals Received From Six Small Satellites Built by SSL for Planet Dulles VA (SPX) Nov 02, 2017Orbital ATK Successfully Launches Minotaur C Rocket Carrying 10 Spacecraft to Orbit for Planet  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 03, 2017Warm Air Helped Make 2017 Ozone Hole Smallest Since 1988 |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Nov 03, 2017 
Like rude relatives who jump in front of your vacation snapshots of landscapes, some of our solar system's asteroids have photobombed deep images of the universe taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
These asteroids reside, on average, only about 160 million miles from Earth - right around the corner in astronomical terms. Yet they've horned their way into this picture of thousands of ga ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 31, 2017NASA Evaluates Use of a Coin-Sized Thermometer to Characterize Comets and Earthbound Asteroids  Paris (ESA) Oct 31, 2017ROSINA Spectral Measurements Bring Comet's Chemistry to Life  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 01, 2017Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact cooled Earth's climate more than previously thought |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 02, 2017 
Space may seem empty, but it's actually a dynamic place populated with near-invisible matter, and dominated by forces, in particular those created by magnetic fields. Magnetospheres - the magnetic fields around most planets - exist throughout our solar system. They deflect high-energy, charged particles called cosmic rays that are spewed out by the Sun or come from interstellar space. Along with ... more La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Oct 25, 2017On the generation of solar spicules and Alfvenic waves  Greenbelt 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 |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017 
China plans to launch its reusable spacecraft in 2020, according to a statement from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Tuesday.
Unlike traditional one-off spacecraft, the new spacecraft will fly into the sky like an aircraft, said Chen Hongbo, a researcher from the corporation.
The spacecraft can transport people or payload into the orbit and return to Earth.
C ... more Beijing (XNA) Oct 23, 2017Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronaut  Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017China launches three satellites  Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission |
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Reno NV (SPX) Nov 03, 2017
One professor who studies the earth and one who studies space came together in the pursuit to detect and define dark matter. They are one step closer. Using 16 years of archival data from GPS satellites that that orbit the earth, the University of Nevada, Reno team, Andrei Derevianko and Geoff Blewitt in the College of Science, looked for dark matter clumps in the shape of walls or bubbles and w ... moreProvidence RI (SPX) Nov 03, 2017Physicists describe new dark matter detection strategy Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Nov 03, 2017Premature Death of Star is Confirmed by Astronomers San Francisco CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2017Newest dark matter map hints at where astrophysics must go for breakthroughs |
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 Jakarta (AFP) Nov 2, 2017 
A new species of orangutan has been discovered in the remote jungles of Indonesia, immediately becoming the world's most endangered great ape, researchers said Thursday.
"It's the first declaration of a new great ape species in about 100 years," Ian Singleton, co-author of the study and director of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme, told AFP.
The species, called 'Tapanuli or ... more London UK (SPX) Nov 02, 2017The relentless rise of migration in Europe over last 10,000 years  West Lafayette IN (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Researchers demonstrate 'mind-reading' brain-decoding tech  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 02, 2017Study shows how memories ripple through the brain |
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 Riyadh (AFP) Oct 26, 2017 
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund on Thursday announced a $1 billion investment in British billionaire Richard Branson's space tourism company Virgin Galactic.
The announcement on the sidelines of an investment summit in Riyadh comes nearly a month after the Virgin Group founder said he would invest in the kingdom's Red Sea project that aims to turn 50 Saudi islands into luxury tourism ... more Paris (AFP) Nov 2, 2017Mice, fish and flies: the animals still being sent into space  Moscow (AFP) Nov 2, 2017Dog star: Scientist recalls training Laika for space  Paris, France (AFP) Nov 2, 2017The Noah's Ark of animals sent in to space |
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 Ottawa (AFP) Oct 31, 2017 
Canada has failed boreal caribou herds that are at risk of disappearing, a government report concluded Tuesday.
Their habitat stretches across nine provinces and territories, on mostly government lands.
Governments in each of these regions were mandated in 2012 to come up with recovery strategies for the animals.
But the Environment Canada report found that none of them met an Octobe ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 03, 2017IceBridge Launches Two Sets of Antarctic Flights  Paris (ESA) Nov 03, 2017Wanted: a medical doctor for a cold adventure  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 03, 2017New Greenland Maps Show More Glaciers at Risk |
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 (UPI) Nov 2, 2017 
Scientists have identified coastal communities where poverty, poor infrastructure and exposure to the elements combine to create a unique level of vulnerability to natural disasters.
These varying levels of risk are showcased on a new map of the Caribbean and South America published this week in the journal PLOS ONE.
"We found that more than 500,000 people in Latin America and th ... more Abidjan (AFP) Nov 2, 2017Ivory Coast inaugurates huge China-funded dam  Washington (UPI) Nov 1, 2017Climate change could transform key bacterial interactions in the ocean by 2100  Durham NC (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Taste, not appearance, drives corals to eat plastics |
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 Yekaterinburg, Russia (SPX) Oct 27, 2017 
Taking black holes (as a real object) as a test material, scientists from the Ural Federal university (UrFU, Yekaterinburg) found out that a popular theory of gravity which had seemed to work perfectly at the cosmological level (a subclass of Horndeski theory) is hardly applicable to the real world. They presented their study in the Classical and Quantum Gravity journal.
At the moment, acc ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 30, 2017Prolific Earth Gravity Satellites End Science Mission  Los Alamos NM (SPX) Oct 25, 2017Supercomputers help Los Alamos team interpret LIGO findings  Cleveland OH (SPX) Oct 24, 2017NASA Challenges Students to Design Microgravity Experiments |
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