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  Stirling UK (SPX) Dec 04, 2017 Three times further away from the sun than the Earth lies an enormous lump of metal. Around 252km in diameter, the metallic "M-class" asteroid 16 Psyche is the target of NASA's next mission to the belt of giant rocks that encircles the inner solar system. And the space agency now plans to visit it much sooner than originally planned. Not only has the launch has been brought forward one year to the summer of 2022, but NASA's scientists have also found a way to get to Psyche (pronounced SYKe-ee) muc ... read more |
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Chinese satellite closes in on dark matter mysteryBeijing (AFP) Nov 30, 2017 Scientists have detected cosmic ray energy readings that could bring them closer to proving the existence of dark matter, a mysterious substance believed to comprise a quarter of our universe, a study said Thursday. ... more  
Gravitational waves could shed light on the origin of black holesProvidence RI (SPX) Dec 04, 2017 A new study published in Physical Review Letters outlines how scientists could use gravitational wave experiments to test the existence of primordial black holes, gravity wells formed just moments a ... more  
The answer to planetary habitability is blowing in the stellar windPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Dec 04, 2017 Is there life beyond Earth in the cosmos? Astronomers looking for signs have found that our Milky Way galaxy teems with exoplanets, some with conditions that could be right for extraterrestrial life ... more 
Key component for quantum computing inventedSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 01, 2017 A team at the University of Sydney and Microsoft, in collaboration with Stanford University in the US, has miniaturised a component that is essential for the scale-up of quantum computing. The work ... more |
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NASA successfully fires Voyager 1 thrusters after 37 yearsWashington (AFP) Dec 2, 2017 NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft - cruising interstellar space billions of miles from Earth - was back on the right track Friday thanks to thrusters that were fired up for the first time in 37 years. ... more  
Jupiter BluesPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 04, 2017 The Juno spacecraft captured this image when the spacecraft was only 11,747 miles (18,906 kilometers) from the tops of Jupiter's clouds - that's roughly as far as the distance between New York City ... more 
Study sheds light on turbulence in astrophysical plasmasBoston MA (SPX) Dec 04, 2017 Plasmas, gas-like collections of ions and electrons, make up an estimated 99 percent of the visible matter in the universe, including the Sun, the stars, and the gaseous medium that permeates the sp ... more 
The WHT measures the size of a stellar-mass black hole jetLa Palma, Canary Islands (SPX) Dec 04, 2017 Nothing can emerge from a black hole. Yet, in nature, we find ultra-powerful jets of energy that shoot out from the immediate vicinities of growing black holes. How these jets form remains a puzzle ... more 
ALMA discovers infant stars surprisingly near galaxy's supermassive black holeCharlottesville VA (SPX) Dec 04, 2017 At the center of our galaxy, in the immediate vicinity of its supermassive black hole, is a region wracked by powerful tidal forces and bathed in intense ultraviolet light and X-ray radiation. These ... more 
Stellar motions in nearby galaxy hint at underlying dark matterParis (ESA) Nov 04, 2017 By pinning down, for the first time, the three-dimensional motions of individual stars in the nearby Sculptor dwarf galaxy, astronomers have shed new light on the distribution of invisible dark matt ... more |
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First finding of China's DAMPE may shed light on dark matter researchBeijing, China (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE, also known as Wukong) mission published its first scientific results on Nov. 30 in Nature, presenting the precise measurement of cosmic ray electron flux, e ... more 
What's slowing the universe's star formation rate?Washington (UPI) Nov 29, 2017 According to a new study, magnetic fields may explain why the universe's star formation rate is so much slower than those predicted by cosmic models. ... more 
Scientists study Earth's earliest life forms in Nevada hot springWashington (UPI) Nov 29, 2017 Scientists are looking to a Nevada hot spring for insights into what life was like on early Earth. ... more 
Traces of life on nearest exoplanets may be hidden in equatorial trapLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 New simulations show that the search for life on other planets may well be more difficult than previously assumed, in research published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Soci ... more |
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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 04, 2017 
The Juno spacecraft captured this image when the spacecraft was only 11,747 miles (18,906 kilometers) from the tops of Jupiter's clouds - that's roughly as far as the distance between New York City and Perth, Australia.
The color-enhanced image, which captures a cloud system in Jupiter's northern hemisphere, was taken on Oct. 24, 2017 at 10:24 a.m. PDT (1:24 p.m. EDT) when Juno was at a la ... more Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Nov 16, 2017Pluto's hydrocarbon haze keeps dwarf planet colder than expected  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 13, 2017Jupiter's Stunning Southern Hemisphere  Boston MA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017Watching Jupiter's multiple pulsating X-ray Aurora |
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Three new studies by University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) scientists have identified key factors that help microbes survive in harsh environments. The results, which have implications for biotechnology and understanding life in extreme conditions, were in the Proceedings of the National Academy Of Sciences (PNAS), Astrobiology, and the International Journal of Astrobiology.
"O ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 30, 2017Exoplanet Has Smothering Stratosphere Without Water Washington (UPI) Nov 29, 2017Scientists study Earth's earliest life forms in Nevada hot spring Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Dec 04, 2017The answer to planetary habitability is blowing in the stellar wind |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 04, 2017 
The ExoMars 2020 mission is the first joint program between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia's Roscosmos space corporation.
"On November 30, 2017, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2017/2214 in order to permit certain operations concerning hydrazine (CAS 302-01-2) in concentrations of 70 % or more, which is included in the Common Military List of the European Union," the Counci ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 04, 2017Winter wanderings put Opportunity at 28 Miles on the odometer  Washington (UPI) Nov 27, 2017Earthworms can reproduce in Mars-like soil  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 29, 2017Opportunity Greets Winter Solstice |
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The 'supermoon' set for next week is expected to be the brightest of the year as the moon's orbit will be at its closest point to the earth.
Public astronomer Dr. Marek Kukula at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, Britain, told AGN News a supermoon is when"a full moon happens to occur when the moon is also at its closest point" to the earth and appears brighter and bigger than usual.
... more Tokyo, Japan (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017Japan signals growing support for Deep Space Gateway concept  Austin TX (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Moon's crust underwent resurfacing after forming from magma ocean  Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 15, 2017Russia tests new spaceship set to deliver people, cargo to moon |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 
The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE, also known as Wukong) mission published its first scientific results on Nov. 30 in Nature, presenting the precise measurement of cosmic ray electron flux, especially a spectral break at ~0.9 TeV. The data may shed light on the annihilation or decay of particle dark matter.
DAMPE is a collaboration of more than a hundred scientists, technicians and ... moreBeijing (AFP) Nov 30, 2017Chinese satellite closes in on dark matter mystery  Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 30, 2017First proper motions measured of stars in a small galaxy outside the Milky Way  Houston TX (SPX) Dec 04, 2017Webb Telescope emerges from Chamber A at JSC |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 
The "Multi-Spectral Imagery" extension defines how to encode and store reflected electromagnetic radiation from the infrared wavelengths into a CDB data store. This extension is limited to only adding this new data type and does not change any existing requirements or structure defined in the CDB standard. This extension also attempts to harmonize with the existing component selectors used in th ... more Paris (AFP) Nov 30, 2017French NGO helps African mums shake off AIDS stigma  Paris (ESA) Nov 29, 2017Forty years of Meteosat  Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017China launches remote sensing satellites in multiple launches |
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While scanning the sky, ESA's Gaia mission maps not only the stellar content of our Galaxy, but also the Solar System's asteroid population.
This visualisation shows the detection by Gaia of more than 13 000 asteroids as the spacecraft (represented by the pale blue dot) scanned the sky between August 2014 and May 2016. This is a subset of the total number of asteroids seen by Gaia - the sa ... more Stirling UK (SPX) Dec 04, 2017Metal asteroid Psyche is all set for an early visit from NASA  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 23, 2017NASA telescope studies quirky comet 45P  Kaliningrad (Sputnik) Nov 20, 2017Russian Astronomers Show Big Asteroid Approaching the Earth |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 
Scientists have been studying the near-Earth environment for the better part of a century, but many mysteries - like where the energetic particles that pervade the area originate and become energized - still remain.
In a new type of collaborative study, scientists combined data from 16 separate NASA and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) spacecraft to understand how a particle phenomeno ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 30, 2017New NASA instrument continues measuring solar energy input to Earth  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Solar minimum surprisingly constant  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 20, 2017NASA detects solar flare pulses at Sun and Earth |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 
China is now the world leader in remote sensing technologies for scientific purposes and is able to provide an unprecedented amount of data to support research and development for the world, officials said on Tuesday.
Remote sensing refers to aerial or satellite-based technologies to detect and measure objects on Earth's surface, atmosphere and oceans.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Sci ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040  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 |
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Beijing, China (SPX) Nov 30, 2017
The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE, also known as Wukong) mission published its first scientific results on Nov. 30 in Nature, presenting the precise measurement of cosmic ray electron flux, especially a spectral break at ~0.9 TeV. The data may shed light on the annihilation or decay of particle dark matter.
DAMPE is a collaboration of more than a hundred scientists, technicians and ... moreBeijing (AFP) Nov 30, 2017Chinese satellite closes in on dark matter mystery Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 30, 2017First proper motions measured of stars in a small galaxy outside the Milky Way Houston TX (SPX) Dec 04, 2017Webb Telescope emerges from Chamber A at JSC |
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 Durham NC (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 
New moms need social support, and mother chimpanzees are no exception. So much so that female chimps that lack supportive friends and family wait longer to start having babies, according to researchers who have combed through the records of Jane Goodall's famous Gombe chimpanzees.
Wild chimpanzee females in western Tanzania who leave home or are orphaned take roughly three years longer to ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 29, 2017Long-term logging study demonstrates impacts on chimpanzees and gorillas  Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Nov 27, 2017What grosses out a chimpanzee?  London, UK (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Human evolution was uneven and punctuated, suggests new research |
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 Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 
Since the dawn of the human race, mankind has looked up at the night sky and wondered 'what's out there?' The ancient Greeks and Romans saw the constellations and wove them into their myths of warring gods. The native Americans' creation story is based on the movements of the sky. The past few hundred years brought with them the birth of a new age, an age of science and deeper understanding of t ... more Wageningen, Netherlands (Sputnik) Nov 30, 2017Space Farms: 'Mark Watney in The Martian Was Right to Add Poop to the Soil' Washington (AFP) Dec 2, 2017NASA successfully fires Voyager 1 thrusters after 37 years  New York NY (Sputnik) Nov 28, 2017Does the Outer Space Treaty at 50 need a rethink |
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 Ottawa (AFP) Dec 1, 2017 
Arctic and major fishing nations, including China, announced Friday that they have agreed to a moratorium on commercial fishing in Arctic waters before a fishery in the icy region is even feasible.
The far north is warming at nearly twice the global average rate, causing changes in the size and distribution of fish stocks that may become more attractive to fishers in the medium to long term. ... more Washington DC (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Antarctic Selfie's Journey to Space via Disruption Tolerant Networking  Edinburgh UK (SPX) Nov 29, 2017Antarctic landscape insights keep ice loss forecasts on the radar  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 27, 2017Operation IceBridge 2017: The Beauty of Ice |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Dec 01, 2017 
The ocean's deepest fish doesn't look like it could survive in harsh conditions thousands of feet below the surface. Instead of giant teeth and a menacing frame, the fishes that roam in the deepest parts of the ocean are small, translucent, bereft of scales - and highly adept at living where few other organisms can.
Meet the deepest fish in the ocean, a new species named the Mariana snailf ... more Gainesville FL (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Why are there no sea snakes in the Atlantic?  Oxford UK (SPX) Nov 30, 2017The world needs to rethink the value of water  Miami (AFP) Nov 28, 2017Scientists discover resilient 'heart' of Great Barrier Reef |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 28, 2017 
An international collaboration of scientists from RIKEN's Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory (FSL), Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg and GSI Darmstadt, have used high-precision techniques to make the most precise measurement to date of the magnetic moment of the proton, finding it to be 2.79284734462 plus or minus 0.00000000082 nucle ... more Mainz, Germany (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Researchers measure magnetic moment with greatest possible precision  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2017Listening for gravitational waves using pulsars  New York NY (SPX) Nov 14, 2017Gravity waves from merging supermassive black holes will be found soon |
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