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  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 15, 2017 Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light years from Earth. The planet was discovered in data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. The newly-discovered Kepler-90i - a sizzling hot, rocky planet that orbits its star once every 14.4 days - was found using machine learning from Google. Machine learning is an approach to artificial intelligence in which computers "learn." In ... read more |
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Will Trump send Americans to the Moon? Money talks: expertsMiami (AFP) Dec 14, 2017 US President Donald Trump's decision this week to return Americans to the Moon makes sense as a way to develop technology to one day reach Mars, but only if Congress allocates the money, experts say. ... more  
Ceres' bright spots suggest the dwarf planet is geologically activeWashington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017 New observations and analysis of the hundreds of bright pots on Ceres surface suggest the dwarf planet is a dynamic, geologically active place. ... more 
Research shows why meteroids explode before they reach EarthWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 Our atmosphere is a better shield from meteoroids than researchers thought, according to a new paper published in Meteoritics and Planetary Science. When a meteor comes hurtling toward Earth, ... more  
Electrical and Chemical Coupling Between Saturn and Its RingUppsala, Sweden (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 A Langmuir probe, developed in Sweden and flown to Saturn on the Cassini spacecraft, has made exciting discoveries in the atmosphere of the planet. Jan-Erik Wahlund at the Swedish Institute of Space ... more |
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Space weather, EarthScope, and protecting the national electrical gridNew Orleans LA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 It's not often geology and national security wind up in the same sentence. Most people don't think about electrical power in connection to either the ground under their feet or solar flares overhe ... more 
Life's building blocks observed in spacelike environmentCollege Park, Maryland (SPX) Dec 13, 2017 Where do the molecules required for life originate? It may be that small organic molecules first appeared on Earth and were later combined into larger molecules, such as proteins and carbohydrates. ... more 
NASA Hosts Media Teleconference to Announce Latest Kepler DiscoveryWashington DC (SPX) Dec 13, 2017 NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Thursday, Dec. 14, to announce the latest discovery made by its planet-hunting Kepler space telescope. The discovery was made by researchers ... more 
OSIRIS-REx cruising towards rendezvous with Asteroid BennuGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 13, 2017 OSIRIS-REx is continuing outbound cruise operations, en route to arrival in August of 2018 at the asteroid Bennu. The spacecraft is currently 29.6 million miles (47.6 million kilometers) from Earth ... more  
Juno probes the depths of Jupiter's Great Red SpotPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2017 Data collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft during its first pass over Jupiter's Great Red Spot in July 2017 indicate that this iconic feature penetrates well below the clouds. Other revelations from t ... more 
Bright Areas on Ceres Suggest Geologic ActivityPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2017 If you could fly aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft, the surface of dwarf planet Ceres would generally look quite dark, but with notable exceptions. These exceptions are the hundreds of bright areas that ... more |
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 Researchers analyze thousands of hours of Apollo mission audio 
Trump tells NASA to send Americans to MoonWashington DC (AFP) Dec 12, 2017 US President Donald Trump directed NASA on Monday to send Americans to the Moon for the first time in decades, a move he said would help prepare for a future Mars trip. "This time we will not ... more 
The Second Moon RaceGerroa, Australia (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 The US and China are in an undeclared race back to the Moon. At first glance it's easy to dismiss China's efforts as being little more than what the US and Russia achieved decades ago. And whi ... more 
Robot Moon Base: Beijing's New Lunar Landing ProgramBeijing (XNA) Dec 12, 2017 Scientists are mulling a robot moon station, Chinese space experts said on Tuesday. The base can conduct bigger, more complicated research and experiments, according to space officials who ann ... more 
Impressive Geminid meteors to peak December 13-14Boston MA (SPX) Dec 12, 2017 If it's clear Wednesday night and Thursday before dawn, keep a lookout high overhead for the "shooting stars" of the Geminid meteor shower. That's the peak night for this annual display. Sky a ... more |
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  Laurel MD (SPX) Dec 13, 2017 
Scientists were already excited to learn this summer that New Horizons' next flyby target - a Kuiper Belt object a billion miles past Pluto - might be either peanut-shaped or even two objects orbiting one another. Now new data hints that 2014 MU69 might have company: a small moon.
That's the latest theory coming from NASA's New Horizons team, as it continues to analyze telescope data on th ... morePasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2017Juno probes the depths of Jupiter's Great Red Spot  Laurel MD (SPX) Dec 11, 2017New Horizons Corrects Its Course in the Kuiper Belt  Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Wrapping up 2017 one year out from MU69 |
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 College Park, Maryland (SPX) Dec 13, 2017  Where do the molecules required for life originate? It may be that small organic molecules first appeared on Earth and were later combined into larger molecules, such as proteins and carbohydrates. But a second possibility is that they originated in space, possibly within our solar system. A new study, published this week in The Journal of Chemical Physics, from AIP Publishing, shows that a numb ... more Washington DC (SPX) Dec 15, 2017NASA uses AI to uncover eighth planet circling distant star Washington DC (SPX) Dec 13, 2017NASA Hosts Media Teleconference to Announce Latest Kepler Discovery  Toronto, Canada (SPX) Dec 08, 2017Two Super-Earths around red dwarf K2-18 |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2017 
On the lava fields of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, a team of NASA researchers and partners have been busy doing science in a most unusual way. They were studying the biology and geology of this remarkable terrain while simulating a realistic mission to the surface of Mars.
The conditions were so real that many of the expected challenges of otherworldly exploration were recreated, including a ... more New Rochelle, NY (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Space program should focus on Mars, says editor of New Space  Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 04, 2017EU exempts fuel for ExoMars mission from Russian sanctions  Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2017NASA's oldest Mars rover survives another harsh winter |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 12, 2017 
Scientists are mulling a robot moon station, Chinese space experts said on Tuesday.
The base can conduct bigger, more complicated research and experiments, according to space officials who announced the plan at an international symposium in Shanghai at the end of November.
Such a station could slash the costs of returning rock samples to Earth, Jiao Weixin, a Peking University space ... more Dallas TX (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Researchers analyze thousands of hours of Apollo mission audio Miami (AFP) Dec 14, 2017Will Trump send Americans to the Moon? Money talks: experts Washington DC (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Trump tells NASA to send Americans to Moon |
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 Honolulu HI (SPX) Dec 08, 2017 
A team of astronomers from Maryland, Hawaii, Israel, and France has produced the most detailed map ever of the orbits of galaxies in our extended local neighborhood, showing the past motions of almost 1,400 galaxies within 100 million light-years of the Milky Way.
The team reconstructed the galaxies' motions from 13 billion years in the past to the present day. The main gravitational attra ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 06, 2017How hardy is the Webb Telescope  Odense, Denmark (SPX) Dec 07, 2017How does it look when Earth is bombarded with dark matter?  Charlottesville VA (SPX) Dec 06, 2017Massive primordial galaxies found swimming in vast ocean of dark matter |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
A 60-year-old mystery regarding the source of some energetic and potentially damaging particles in Earth's radiation belts is now solved using data from a shoebox-sized satellite built and operated by University of Colorado Boulder students.
The results from the new study indicate energetic electrons in Earth's inner radiation belt - primarily near its inner edge - are created by cosmic ra ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 12, 2017NASA's CATS concludes successful mission on Space Station  Denver CO (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Lockheed Martin strengthens weather forecasting with second next-generation weather satellite  Liverpool UK (SPX) Dec 14, 2017'Smoke rings' in the ocean spotted from space |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2017 
If you could fly aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft, the surface of dwarf planet Ceres would generally look quite dark, but with notable exceptions. These exceptions are the hundreds of bright areas that stand out in images Dawn has returned. Now, scientists have a better sense of how these reflective areas formed and changed over time - processes indicative of an active, evolving world.
"The m ... moreGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 13, 2017OSIRIS-REx cruising towards rendezvous with Asteroid Bennu West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Research shows why meteroids explode before they reach Earth Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017Ceres' bright spots suggest the dwarf planet is geologically active |
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 New Orleans LA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
It's not often geology and national security wind up in the same sentence. Most people don't think about electrical power in connection to either the ground under their feet or solar flares overhead, but Dr. Adam Schultz of Oregon State University, and EarthScope Magnetotelluric Program Lead Scientist, says that connection presents a clear and present risk that power utilities need to consider ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 11, 2017CU Boulder solar instruments, experiments headed for space  New York NY (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Mount Sinai researchers use breakthrough technology to understand eclipse eye damage Washington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Massive Primordial Galaxies Found in 'Halo' of Dark Matter |
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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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Honolulu HI (SPX) Dec 08, 2017
A team of astronomers from Maryland, Hawaii, Israel, and France has produced the most detailed map ever of the orbits of galaxies in our extended local neighborhood, showing the past motions of almost 1,400 galaxies within 100 million light-years of the Milky Way.
The team reconstructed the galaxies' motions from 13 billion years in the past to the present day. The main gravitational attra ... moreGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 06, 2017How hardy is the Webb Telescope Odense, Denmark (SPX) Dec 07, 2017How does it look when Earth is bombarded with dark matter? Charlottesville VA (SPX) Dec 06, 2017Massive primordial galaxies found swimming in vast ocean of dark matter |
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 London UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2017 
The Indus or Harappan Civilisation was a Bronze Age society that developed mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia from 5300 to 3300 years ago, at about the same time as urban civilisations developed in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Archaeological evidence shows that many of the settlements in the Indus Civilisation developed along the banks of a river called the Ghaggar-Hakra in northwest Ind ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 8, 2017Scientists revamp 'Out of Africa' model of early human migration  Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Archaeologists revise chronology of the last hunter-gatherers in the Near East  Birmingham UK (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Research suggests gorillas can develop food cleaning behavior spontaneously |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 13, 2017 
NASA has established a new advisory group on behalf of the National Space Council that will represent the expertise, interests and perspectives of non-federal aerospace organizations to the National Space Council.
The official charter for the Users' Advisory Group (UAG) was signed by acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot on Dec. 6, and subsequently announced in the Federal Register. I ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 11, 2017Spaceships and Politics: Sputnik Talks to Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev  Washington (AFP) Nov 12, 2017Orbital ATK launches eighth cargo mission to space  Palo Alto, CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017PARC to Partner with Commercial Space Leader to Accelerate Space R and D |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
A thinning of small areas of floating ice at Antarctica's coast can accelerate the movement of ice grounded on rocks hundreds of kilometers away, a new study shows. It is known that the ice shelves surrounding the continent regulate the ice flow from the land into the ocean.
So far it was assumed that the ice flow is most vulnerable to melting at the base near the grounding line where the ... more Hobart, Australia (SPX) Dec 14, 2017World-first uses satellites and ocean models to explain Antarctic seafloor biodiversity  Miami (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Warming Arctic is 'new normal,' will affect us all: report  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Extreme fieldwork, climate modeling yields new insight into predicting Greenland's melt |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Dec 13, 2017 
Industrial and agricultural activities produce large amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. Many bacteria also produce methane as a byproduct of their metabolism. Some of this naturally released methane comes from the ocean, a phenomenon that has long puzzled scientists because there are no known methane-producing organisms living near the ocean's surface.
... more Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017Sea levels will rise, but scientists not sure how high  Tempe AZ (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Hydropower dams can be managed without an all-or-nothing choice between energy and food  Qerret, Albanie (AFP) Dec 13, 2017The vengeful sea devouring Albania's coast |
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 Mainz, Germany (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 
The magnetic moment of an individual proton is inconceivably small, but can still be quantified. The basis for undertaking this measurement was laid over ten years ago, and physicists of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, GSI Darmstadt, and the RIKEN research institute in Japan are still performing experiments to measure this force with a sin ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 28, 2017Physicists make most precise measurement ever of a proton's magnetic moment  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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