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  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 20, 2017 Can a close look at the universe give us solutions to problems too difficult for a computer - even if we built a computer larger than a planet? Physicist Stephen Jordan reflects on this question in a new video by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), along with a new scientific paper that considers one particular tough problem the universe might answer. In The Computational Power of the Universe, Jordan does not imagine what we could learn if humanity somehow converted the ent ... read more |
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Lava or Not, Exoplanet 55 Cancri e Likely to have AtmospherePasadena CA (JPL) Nov 20, 2017 Twice as big as Earth, the super-Earth 55 Cancri e was thought to have lava flows on its surface. The planet is so close to its star, the same side of the planet always faces the star, such that the ... more  
Hunt for dark matter is narrowed by new University of Sussex researchSussex UK (SPX) Nov 20, 2017 Scientists at the University of Sussex have disproved the existence of a specific type of axion - an important candidate 'dark matter' particle - across a wide range of its possible masses. Th ... more 
The anatomy of a cosmic snake reveals the structure of distant galaxiesGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 20, 2017 We have a fair understanding of the fundamental mechanisms that regulate star formation in galaxies, from the interstellar matter to the diffuse clouds distributed in space, whose gravitational cont ... more  
NASA detects solar flare pulses at Sun and EarthGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 20, 2017 When our Sun erupts with giant explosions - such as bursts of radiation called solar flares - we know they can affect space throughout the solar system as well as near Earth. But monitoring their ef ... more |
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UW researchers ready for era of "big data" astronomySeattle WA (SPX) Nov 20, 2017 The first astronomers had a limited toolkit: their eyes. They could only observe those stars, planets and celestial events bright enough to pick up unassisted. But today's astronomers use increasing ... more 
Images of strange solar system visitor peel away some of the mysteryMadison WI (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 A strange visitor, either asteroid or comet, zipping through our solar system at a high rate of speed is giving astronomers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to examine up close an object from some ... more 
HAWC collaboration sheds light on origin of anti-matterWashington DC (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 A mountaintop observatory about four hours east of Mexico City, built and operated by an international team of scientists, has captured the first wide-angle view of gamma rays emanating from two rap ... more 
FIREBIRD II and NASA mission locate whistling space electrons' originsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 Scientists have long known that solar-energized particles trapped around the planet are sometimes scattered into Earth's upper atmosphere where they can contribute to beautiful auroral displays. ... more 
Our Living Planet Shapes the Search for Life Beyond EarthPasadena 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 opportunit ... more 
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 |
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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 
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 |
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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 ... more Washington 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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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 exopla ... moreMadison WI (SPX) Nov 17, 2017Images of strange solar system visitor peel away some of the mystery Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017NASA plans mission to study why planets lose their atmospheres Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 20, 2017Lava or Not, Exoplanet 55 Cancri e Likely to have Atmosphere |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 
NASA has selected a science instrument for an upcoming Japan-led sample return mission to the moons of Mars planned for launch in 2024. The instrument, a sophisticated neutron and gamma-ray spectrograph, will help scientists resolve one of the most enduring mysteries of the Red Planet - when and how the small moons formed.
The Mars Moons eXploration (MMX) mission is in development by the J ... more Paris (ESA) Nov 16, 2017Fracture swarms on Mars driven by ancient tectonics  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 |
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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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2017NASA Team Studies CubeSat Mission to Measure Water on the Moon  Bristol UK (The Conversation) Nov 10, 2017China and the US are both shooting for 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 ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Hitomi mission glimpses cosmic 'recipe' for the nearby universe  Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2017Next Generation Astronomical Survey To Map The Entire Sky Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017How physicists turned Antarctica into particle detector |
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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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 16, 2017Mapping functional diversity of forests with remote sensing  Guildford UK (SPX) Nov 17, 2017SSTL to build UrtheDaily Constellation for UrtheCast  Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Nov 17, 2017How storms will veer in a warmer world |
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When an asteroid came barreling into Earth some 66 million years ago, it wasn't necessarily a guarantee that life on planet Earth would be drastically altered - that 75 percent of all plant and animal species, including the dinosaurs, would disappear.
According to a new study published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports, there was just a 13 percent chance such a collision would ... more Sendai, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2017Site of asteroid impact changed the history of life  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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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 
Scientists have long known that solar-energized particles trapped around the planet are sometimes scattered into Earth's upper atmosphere where they can contribute to beautiful auroral displays.
Yet for decades, no one has known exactly what is responsible for hurling these energetic electrons on their way. Recently, two spacecraft found themselves at just the right places at the right tim ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Proposed NASA mission would investigate where space weather begins Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 20, 2017NASA detects solar flare pulses at Sun and Earth  Garching, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2017View the 2019 solar eclipse from La Silla Observatory |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017 
China is expected to achieve a "major breakthrough" in nuclear-powered space shuttles around 2040, according to a report issued by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation on Thursday.
The achievement will be able to support large-scale exploration and development of space resources, and make mining on asteroids and space solar power plants possible, said the report, which outlin ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017China plans first sea based launch by 2018  Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020  Beijing (XNA) Oct 23, 2017Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronaut |
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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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2017Next Generation Astronomical Survey To Map The Entire Sky Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017How physicists turned Antarctica into particle detector |
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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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Nov 17, 2017Chimp study reveals how brain's structure shaped our evolution  Miami (AFP) Nov 16, 2017Study shows video games could cut dementia risk in seniors  Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 17, 2017Put your head inside a brain |
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 Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Nov 20, 2017 
With a miniaturised space probe capable of being accelerated to a quarter of the speed of light, we could reach Alpha Centauri, our nearest star, in 20 to 50 years.
However, without a mechanism to slow it down, the space probe could only collect data from the star and its planets as it zoomed past. A theoretical physicist at Goethe University Frankfurt has now examined whether interstellar ... more Houston TX (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Robotic arm reaches out and grapples Cygnus  Palo Alto CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2017SSL Selected to Conduct Power and Propulsion Study for NASA's Deep Space Gateway Concept  New York NY (SPX) Nov 16, 2017MDA Selects AdaCore's GNAT Pro Assurance Development Platform for ISS Software |
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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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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 20, 2017 
The researchers, who have recently published the findings in Physical Review Letters, have confirmed how this phenomenon occurs in granular fluids, that is, those composed of particles that are very small and interact among those that lose part of their kinetic energy.
Thanks to this theoretical characterization, "we can simulate on a computer and make analytical calculations to know how a ... more Eugene OR (SPX) Nov 20, 2017Colorado River's connection with the ocean was a punctuated affair  Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Nov 20, 2017Neutrons probe oxygen-generating enzyme for a greener approach to clean water  Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Nov 20, 2017New physical model explains the origin of Earth's water |
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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 ... more New 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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