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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2017 As a young scientist, Tony del Genio of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City met Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto. "I thought, 'Wow, this is a one-time opportunity,'" del Genio said. "I'll never meet anyone else who found a planet." That prediction was spectacularly wrong. In 1992, two scientists discovered the first planet around another star, or exoplanet, and since then more people have found planets than throughout all of Earth's preceding history. As ... read more |
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Closest temperate world orbiting quiet star discoveredParis (ESA) Nov 15, 2017 A temperate Earth-sized planet has been discovered only 11 light-years from the Solar System by a team using ESO's unique planet-hunting HARPS instrument. The new world has the designation Ross 128 ... more  
Neutron star with strong magnetic field may still launch jetsAmsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 An international team of astronomers led by the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) suspects that neutron stars with a strong magnetic field can still launch so-called jets. Since the 1980s, i ... more 
How physicists turned Antarctica into particle detectorMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017 Alexander Novikov, senior researcher at the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, explained to RIA Novosti why Russian researchers and their colleagues at NASA travel to Antarctica every year ... more  
Russia tests new spaceship set to deliver people, cargo to moonMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 15, 2017 Russia has successfully tested a simulator of the spaceship, with the objective of reaching the moon. The experiment's goal was to create conditions similar to those encountered by a mixed crew duri ... more |
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NASA plans mission to study why planets lose their atmospheresGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 A team of NASA scientists want to use Earth as a laboratory to understand how planets lose their atmospheres and has proposed a mission that the agency recently selected as one of five for further c ... more 
Contracting white dwarf observed for the first timeMoscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 Astrophysicists from MSU (Russia) and his colleagues from Italy and Russian Academy of Sciences have found the first observational evidence for a contracting white dwarf. Constant high spin-up rate ... more 
Hitomi mission glimpses cosmic 'recipe' for the nearby universeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 Thanks to an in-depth look into the composition of gas in the Perseus galaxy cluster, Japan's Hitomi mission has given scientists new insights into the stellar explosions that formed its chemical el ... more  
Proposed NASA mission would investigate where space weather beginsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 A NASA team is advancing a mission to reveal unprecedented details about solar flares, powerful eruptions that explode with enough energy that each one could power all of Earth for 16,000 years, and ... more 
Clash of "Titan" Galaxies - 13 Billion Years AgoIthaca NY (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 A pair of massive, hyper-luminous galaxies are merging in front of astronomer's eyes for the first time and revealing secrets of cosmic creation. "Discovering a hyper-luminous starburst galaxy ... more  
Listening for gravitational waves using pulsarsPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2017 One of the most spectacular achievements in physics so far this century has been the observation of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time that result from masses accelerating in space. So ... more |
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Gravity waves from merging supermassive black holes will be found soonNew York NY (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 Astronomers won't have to wait much longer for their first glimpse of one of the biggest types of unions in the cosmos. New research published November 13 in Nature Astronomy predicts that gravitati ... more 
ALMA captures duo of titanic galaxies in extreme starbursting mergerCharlottesville VA (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 New observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have uncovered the never-before-seen close encounter between two astoundingly bright and spectacularly massive galaxies ... more  
Jupiter's Stunning Southern HemisphereWashington DC (SPX) Nov 13, 2017 See Jupiter's southern hemisphere in beautiful detail in this new image taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft. The color-enhanced view captures one of the white ovals in the "String of Pearls," one of eig ... more 
Parker Solar Probe Comes to NASA Goddard for TestingGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2017 On Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft arrived at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for environmental tests. During the spacecraft's stay at Goddard, ... more |
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  Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 
The gas composition of a planet's atmosphere generally determines how much heat gets trapped in the atmosphere. For the dwarf planet Pluto, however, the predicted temperature based on the composition of its atmosphere was much higher than actual measurements taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.
A new study published November 16 in Nature proposes a novel cooling mechanism contr ... moreWashington DC (SPX) Nov 13, 2017Jupiter's Stunning Southern Hemisphere  Boston 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 |
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 Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 10, 2017 
A team of mainly Dutch astronomers has observed moving shadows on a dust disk around a star. On multiple days they took a 'photo' of the star and its disk. They used the SPHERE instrument, partially built in the Netherlands, on the Very Large Telescope in Chile. Probably, processes in the inner disk cast their shadows at the outer disk. The astronomers publish their findings in The Astrophysical ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2017Our Living Planet Shapes the Search for Life Beyond Earth Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017NASA plans mission to study why planets lose their atmospheres Paris (ESA) Nov 15, 2017Closest temperate world orbiting quiet star discovered |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 16, 2017 
ESA's Mars Express has imaged striking features on Mars were caused by the planet's crust stretching apart in response to ancient volcanic activity.
The fractures in the Sirenum Fossae region in the southern hemisphere were imaged by ESA's Mars Express in March. They extend for thousands of kilometres in length, far beyond the boundaries of this image.
The fractures divide the crust ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2017Mars 2020 Mission performs first supersonic parachute test  Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2017New partnership on Mars drone applications research  Dubai (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017Russia's Roscosmos may take part in creation of 'Martian Town' in Dubai |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 15, 2017 
Russia has successfully tested a simulator of the spaceship, with the objective of reaching the moon. The experiment's goal was to create conditions similar to those encountered by a mixed crew during a long autonomous interplanetary flight.
Three of the six crew members of the SIRIUS project (an experiment simulating a flight to the moon) successfully carried out the first tests of the si ... more Bristol UK (The Conversation) Nov 10, 2017China and the US are both shooting for the moon  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2017NASA Team Studies CubeSat Mission to Measure Water on the Moon  Moscow (AFP) Nov 7, 2017Russia locks up six for Moon flight simulation |
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 Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 
An international team of astronomers led by the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) suspects that neutron stars with a strong magnetic field can still launch so-called jets. Since the 1980s, it was thought that strong magnetic fields inhibit the formation of these plasma streams. But observations with more advanced telescopes indicate jet-like radiation. The astronomers publish their findi ... moreGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Hitomi mission glimpses cosmic 'recipe' for the nearby universe Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017How physicists turned Antarctica into particle detector  Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2017Winds blowing off a dying star |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 16, 2017 
Climate scientists studying three decades of ozone measurements from seven satellites see a positive trend in global recovery thanks to international efforts to curb ozone-depleting substances.
The part of Earth's atmosphere with high concentrations of ozone gas protects life on Earth from the Sun's ultraviolet radiation. However, pollutants can break down ozone, thinning this ozone layer ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 14, 2017NASA readies for another JPSS-1 launch attempt  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2017NASA CubeSat to Test Miniaturized Weather Satellite Technology  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Nov 14, 2017How ice in clouds is born |
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 Sendai, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2017 
An asteroid, also known as the Chicxulub Impactor, hit Earth some 66 million years ago, causing a crater 180 km wide. The impact of the asteroid heated organic matter in rocks and ejected it into the atmosphere, forming soot in the stratosphere.
Soot is a strong, light-absorbing aerosol that caused global climate changes that triggered the mass extinction of dinosaurs, ammonites, and other ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2017Unlucky dinosaurs: Scientists say asteroid had 13 percent chance of triggering extinction  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 10, 2017Dawn Explores Ceres' Interior Evolution  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 06, 2017Return of the Comet: 96P Spotted by ESA, NASA Satellites |
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On Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft arrived at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for environmental tests. During the spacecraft's stay at Goddard, engineers and technicians will simulate extreme temperatures and other physical stresses that the spacecraft will be subjected to during its historic mission to the Sun.
Before arriving at Godda ... moreGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Proposed NASA mission would investigate where space weather begins  Garching, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2017View the 2019 solar eclipse from La Silla Observatory  London, UK (SPX) Nov 06, 2017UK space science mission SMILE gets first round of funding |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017 
China is expected to complete its first sea launch for commercial payloads in 2018, said Yang Baohua, vice general manager of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC).
Yang made the remarks at an annual academic conference on space science held from November 1 to 2 in Beijing.
The service will also be provided in other regions in addition to its four major sites in Jiuqu ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020  Beijing (XNA) Oct 23, 2017Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronaut  Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017China launches three satellites |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 16, 2017
An international team of astronomers led by the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) suspects that neutron stars with a strong magnetic field can still launch so-called jets. Since the 1980s, it was thought that strong magnetic fields inhibit the formation of these plasma streams. But observations with more advanced telescopes indicate jet-like radiation. The astronomers publish their findi ... moreGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Hitomi mission glimpses cosmic 'recipe' for the nearby universe Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017How physicists turned Antarctica into particle detector Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2017Winds blowing off a dying star |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 
The moon landing and global warming are hoaxes. The U.S. government had advance knowledge of the 9/11 attacks. A UFO crashed in Roswell, New Mexico.
Is skepticism toward these kinds of unfounded beliefs just a matter of cognitive ability? Not according to new research by a University of Illinois at Chicago social psychologist.
In an article published online and in the February 2018 i ... more Dekalb IL (SPX) Nov 14, 2017Finger and toe fossils belonged to tiny primates 45 million years ago  Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Nov 08, 2017Japanese scientists estimate the mutation rate from chimpanzee parents to their offspring  Durham NC (SPX) Nov 08, 2017Bonobos help strangers without being asked |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 13, 2017 
NASA's Orion spacecraft is scheduled to undergo a design test in April 2019 of the capsule's launch abort system (LAS), which is a rocket-powered tower on top of the crew module built to very quickly get astronauts safely away from their launch vehicle if there is a problem during ascent.
This full-stress test of the LAS, called Ascent Abort Test 2 (AA-2), will see a booster, provided by O ... more Wallops Island, VA (SPX) Nov 14, 2017NanoRacks launches Full External Cygnus Deployer on OA-8 to ISS  Houston TX (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Robotic arm reaches out and grapples Cygnus  San Francisco (AFP) Nov 12, 2017Colossal SoftBank fund could shake up tech world |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 
Much of western Canada was ice-free as early as 14,000 years ago, a new study reports.
The results suggest that the Cordilleran Ice Sheet (CIS) retreated more than a millennium sooner than previous estimates and hold important implications for understanding climate patterns and human migration.
Previous estimates suggested that the CIS covered large portions of westernmost Canada as ... more West Lafayette IN (SPX) Nov 14, 2017Research shows ice sheets as large as Greenland's melted fast in a warming climate  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 08, 2017Hot News from the Antarctic Underground  Beijing (AFP) Nov 8, 2017Chinese icebreaker steams for Antarctica in polar power play |
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 Kathmandu Nov 14, 2017 
Nepal has cancelled an agreement with a Chinese company to build the largest hydroelectric plant in the impoverished landlocked country, which suffers from chronic energy shortages.
The project, agreed in June, would have nearly have doubled Nepal's current hydropower production and cost an estimated $2.5 billion.
But the finance ministry recommended it be scrapped, saying it had been aw ... more Dhaka (AFP) Nov 14, 2017New islands could solve Bangladesh land crisis: experts  Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Nov 14, 2017How a 'shadow zone' traps the world's oldest ocean water  Washington (UPI) Nov 6, 2017Researchers use forensic science to track turtles |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2017 
One of the most spectacular achievements in physics so far this century has been the observation of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time that result from masses accelerating in space.
So far, there have been five detections of gravitational waves, thanks to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and, more recently, the European Virgo gravitational-wave detecto ... moreNew York NY (SPX) Nov 14, 2017Gravity waves from merging supermassive black holes will be found soon  Yekaterinburg, Russia (SPX) Oct 27, 2017Russian scientists have found flaws in popular theories of gravity  Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 30, 2017Prolific Earth Gravity Satellites End Science Mission |
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