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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 07, 2017 Heat from friction could power hydrothermal activity on Saturn's moon Enceladus for billions of years if the moon has a highly porous core, according to a new modeling study by European and U.S. researchers working on NASA's Cassini mission. The study, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, helps resolve a question scientists have grappled with for a decade:Where does the energy to power the extraordinary geologic activity on Enceladus come from? Cassini found that Enceladus sprays tower ... read more |
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UK space science mission SMILE gets first round of fundingLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 06, 2017 UK teams will lead an international solar-terrestrial and space weather mission, taking on the development of a major science instrument thanks to funding from the UK Space Agency. The 3 milli ... more  
Powerful new telescope observes one of the oldest objects in the universeAmherst MA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017 Astronomers using the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT), which is operated jointly by the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica, rep ... more  
Cheyenne Mountain sees better satellite pictureHanscom AFB MA (SPX) Nov 06, 2017 Upgraded Early Warning Radars now provide data on man-made space-based objects without delay, thanks to efforts of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center personnel at Peterson Air Force Base, Colora ... more  
Forest of molecular signals in star forming galaxyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 07, 2017 Ryo Ando, a graduate student of the University of Tokyo, and his colleagues observed the galaxy NGC 253 and for the first time, they resolved the locations of star formation in this galaxy down to t ... more |
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Watching Jupiter's multiple pulsating X-ray AuroraBoston MA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017 Jupiter's intense northern and southern lights, or auroras, behave independently of each other according to a new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray and ESA's XMM-Newton observatories. Using XMM-Newto ... more  
18-Month Twinkle in a Forming Star Suggests a Very Young PlanetOttawa, Canada (SPX) Nov 07, 2017 An international team of researchers have found an infrequent variation in the brightness of a forming star. This 18-month recurring twinkle is not only an unexpected phenomenon for scientists, but ... more 
Scientists find potential 'missing link' in chemistry that led to life on earthLa Jolla CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017 Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a compound that may have been a crucial factor in the origins of life on Earth. Origins-of-life researchers have hypothesized that ... more 
Lens trick doubles odds for quantum interactionSingapore (SPX) Nov 03, 2017 It's not easy to bounce a single particle of light off a single atom that is less than a billionth of a metre wide. However, researchers at the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National Univer ... more 
Physicists show how lifeless particles can become 'life-like' by switching behaviorsAtlanta GA (SPX) Nov 06, 2017 Physicists at Emory University have shown how a system of lifeless particles can become "life-like" by collectively switching back and forth between crystalline and fluid states - even when the envi ... more  
Astronomers Complete First International Asteroid Tracking ExercisePasadena CA (JPL) Nov 06, 2017 An international team of astronomers led by NASA scientists successfully completed the first global exercise using a real asteroid to test global response capabilities. Planning for the so-cal ... more |
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Return of the Comet: 96P Spotted by ESA, NASA SatellitesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 06, 2017 The ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA mission SOHO - short for Solar and Heliospheric Observatory - got a visit from an old friend this week when comet 96P entered its field of view on Oct. 25, 2 ... more 
ASA Advances Instrument to Study the Plumes of EnceladusGreenbelt 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 ... more 
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 |
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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 ... moreBoston MA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017Watching Jupiter's multiple pulsating X-ray Aurora  Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017Help Nickname New Horizons' Next Flyby Target  London UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2017Jupiter's X-ray auroras pulse independently |
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An international team of researchers have found an infrequent variation in the brightness of a forming star. This 18-month recurring twinkle is not only an unexpected phenomenon for scientists, but its repeated behavior suggests the presence of a hidden planet.
This discovery is an early win for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) Transient Survey, just one-and-a-half years into its t ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 1, 2017Evolutionary theory suggests aliens might not look all that alien La Jolla CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017Scientists find potential 'missing link' in chemistry that led to life on earth  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 03, 2017Atmospheric beacons guide NASA scientists in search for life |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 02, 2017 
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 06, 2017Insight will carry over two million names to Mars  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 06, 2017Opportunity Does a Wheelie and is Back on Solid Footing  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 01, 2017Next Mars Rover Will Have 23 'Eyes' |
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 Paris (ESA) Oct 27, 2017 
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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 Boston MA (SPX) Nov 06, 2017 
There's nothing new thing under the sun - except maybe light itself. Over the last decade, applied physicists have developed nanostructured materials that can produce completely new states of light exhibiting strange behavior, such as bending in a spiral, corkscrewing and dividing like a fork.
These so-called structured beams not only can tell scientists a lot about the physics of light, t ... more Reno NV (SPX) Nov 03, 2017GPS satellite atomic clocks on the caseto define dark matter  Providence 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 |
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Measurements from satellites this year showed the hole in Earth's ozone layer that forms over Antarctica each September was the smallest observed since 1988, scientists from NASA and NOAA announced this week.
According to NASA, the ozone hole reached its peak extent on Sept. 11, covering an area about two and a half times the size of the United States - 7.6 million square miles in extent - ... more Paris (ESA) Nov 03, 2017Wind satellite vacuum packed  Palo Alto, CA (SPX) Nov 03, 2017Initial Signals Received From Six Small Satellites Built by SSL for Planet  Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 03, 2017JPSS-1 to Provide More Accurate Environmental Forecasts |
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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 ... morePasadena CA (JPL) Nov 06, 2017Astronomers Complete First International Asteroid Tracking Exercise  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 01, 2017Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact cooled Earth's climate more than previously thought Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 06, 2017Return of the Comet: 96P Spotted by ESA, NASA Satellites |
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UK teams will lead an international solar-terrestrial and space weather mission, taking on the development of a major science instrument thanks to funding from the UK Space Agency.
The 3 million pounds will support academics working on SMILE (the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer), a European Space Agency (ESA) science mission, being delivered jointly with the Chinese Acade ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 02, 2017NASA Investigates Invisible Magnetic Bubbles in Outer Solar System  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 |
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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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Boston MA (SPX) Nov 06, 2017
There's nothing new thing under the sun - except maybe light itself. Over the last decade, applied physicists have developed nanostructured materials that can produce completely new states of light exhibiting strange behavior, such as bending in a spiral, corkscrewing and dividing like a fork.
These so-called structured beams not only can tell scientists a lot about the physics of light, t ... moreReno NV (SPX) Nov 03, 2017GPS satellite atomic clocks on the caseto define dark matter Providence 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 |
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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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 02, 2017Study shows how memories ripple through the brain  London UK (SPX) Nov 02, 2017The relentless rise of migration in Europe over last 10,000 years  Sydney (AFP) Nov 1, 2017Climbing Australia's giant red rock Uluru banned |
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 2, 2017 
Sixty years after Laika the dog became the first living creature to go into orbit, animals are still being sent into space - though these days much smaller creatures are going up.
Julie Robinson, chief scientist for the International Space Station programme, explains what we are still learning from animals in orbit.
- Why no more dogs, cats or monkeys? -
When those animals were sent ... more 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  Houston TX (SPX) Nov 06, 2017Orbital ATK's to deliver supplies to International Space Station |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 03, 2017 
New maps of Greenland's coastal seafloor and bedrock beneath its massive ice sheet show that two to four times as many coastal glaciers are at risk of accelerated melting as previously thought.
Researchers at the University of California at Irvine (UCI), NASA and 30 other institutions have published the most comprehensive, accurate and high-resolution relief maps ever made of Greenland's b ... more Moscow (AFP) Nov 3, 2017Russian military to boost Arctic presence: commander  Austin TX (SPX) Nov 06, 2017Intensifying winds could increase east Antarctica's contribution to sea level rise  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 03, 2017IceBridge Launches Two Sets of Antarctic Flights |
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 Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Nov 06, 2017 
Canadian and US Department of Energy researchers have released 50 years' worth of data chronicling the deoxygenating cycles of a fjord off Canada's west coast, and detailing the response of the microbial communities inhabiting the fjord.
The mass of data, collected in two new Nature family papers, could help scientists better predict the impact of human activities and ocean deoxygenation o ... more (UPI) Nov 2, 2017Scientists map coastal communities most vulnerable to natural disasters  Abidjan (AFP) Nov 2, 2017Ivory Coast inaugurates huge China-funded dam  Suva, Fiji (AFP) Nov 5, 2017Tiny Fiji looks for global impact at Bonn climate talks |
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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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