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January 17, 2018
TECH SPACE
Space Traffic Management



Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jan 17, 2018
Those familiar with air traffic management architectures understand the constraints of aircraft flying in the atmosphere, vehicle dynamics and command and control techniques. Unfortunately, space traffic has many more degrees of freedom and much less control capability. Add to this the completely uncontrolled nature of space debris and the reality that most debris objects cannot be tracked and motion cannot be accurately measured or simulated. In fact, orbiting debris is a product of negligence. ... read more

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Redshift space distortions measured by quasars in scientific first
Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 17, 2018
The Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS), the world's largest galaxy survey, is part of Phase IV of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), a major multi-spectral imaging and spectr ... more
OUTER PLANETS
JUICE ground control gets green light to start development
Paris (ESA) Jan 17, 2018
ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer - JUICE - passed an important milestone, the ground segment requirements review, with flying colours, demonstrating that the teams are on track in the preparation of ... more
IRON AND ICE
Study identifies processes of rock formed by meteors or nuclear blasts
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jan 17, 2018
Coesite is a polymorph of silica that only forms under extremely high pressure - 10,000 times more on average than normal atmospheric pressure. The presence of this rock at a site indicates either t ... more
MOON DAILY
Russian company declassifies 1973 report on Lunokhod-2 lunar rover
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 17, 2018
Space equipment manufacturer Russian Space Systems declassified on Tuesday a report on unmanned lunar rover Lunokhod-2 and its 1973 Moon landing mission. The document describes all aspects of ... more


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TIME AND SPACE
Astronomers Measure More Black Holes, Farther Away
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 17, 2018
Today, astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) announced new measurements of the masses of a large sample of supermassive black holes far beyond the local universe. The results, b ... more
EXO WORLDS
NASA study shows disk patterns can self-generate
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 17, 2018
When exoplanet scientists first spotted patterns in disks of dust and gas around young stars, they thought newly formed planets might be the cause. But a recent NASA study cautions that there may be ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Black hole spin cranks-up radio volume
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 17, 2018
Statistical analysis of supermassive black holes suggests that the spin of the black hole may play a role in the generation of powerful high-speed jets blasting radio waves and other radiation acros ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Hubble weighs in on mass of three million billion suns
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 17, 2018
In 2014, astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope found that this enormous galaxy cluster contains the mass of a staggering three million billion suns - so it's little wonder that it ha ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
How massive can neutron stars be
Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Jan 17, 2018
Since their discovery in the 1960s, scientists have sought to answer an important question: How massive can neutron stars actually become? By contrast to black holes, these stars cannot gain in mass ... more
EXO WORLDS
Hubble finds substellar objects in the Orion Nebula
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
In an unprecedented deep survey for small, faint objects in the Orion Nebula, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (http://www.nasa.gov/hubble) have uncovered the largest known population ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Black hole research could aid understanding of how small galaxies evolve
Portsmouth UK (SPX) Jan 10, 2018
Scientists have solved a cosmic mystery by finding evidence that supermassive black holes prevent stars forming in some smaller galaxies. These giant black holes are over a million times more ... more


What Stars Will Hatch from the Tarantula Nebula?

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Great Observatories Team Up to Find Magnified and Stretched Image of Distant Galaxy
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 12, 2018
An intensive survey deep into the universe by NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes has yielded the proverbial needle-in-a-haystack: the farthest galaxy yet seen in an image that has been stret ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Hubble probes the archeology of our Milky Way's ancient hub
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
For many years, astronomers had a simple view of our Milky Way's central hub, or bulge, as a quiescent place composed of old stars, the earliest homesteaders of our galaxy. However, because th ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
GBT detection unlocks exploration of 'aromatic' interstellar chemistry
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
Astronomers had a mystery on their hands. No matter where they looked, from inside the Milky Way to distant galaxies, they observed a puzzling glow of infrared light. This faint cosmic light, which ... more





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MOON DAILY
Possible Lava Tube Skylights Discovered Near the North Pole of the Moon
Mountain View CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
The SETI Institute and the Mars Institute have announced the discovery of small pits in a large crater near the North Pole of the Moon, which may be entrances to an underground network of lava tubes ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Scientists take viewers to the center of the Milky Way
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 12, 2018
A new visualization provides an exceptional virtual trip - complete with a 360-degree view - to the center of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. This project, made using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Space telescopes provide 3-D journey through Orion Nebula
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 12, 2018
Astronomers and visualization specialists from NASA's Universe of Learning program have combined visible and infrared vision of the Hubble (http://www.nasa.gov/hubble) and Spitzer (http://www.spitze ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Organic molecule benzonitrile detected in space
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 12, 2018
Scientists studying a cold molecular cloud of the Taurus region with radio telescopes have detected the presence of a particular organic molecule called benzonitrile. The finding marks the first tim ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Researchers catch supermassive black hole burping
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 12, 2018
A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has caught a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy snacking on gas and then "burping" - not once, but twice. CU Boulder Assistant Profess ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Magnetic coil springs accelerate particles on the Sun
Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Jan 12, 2018
Why does the Sun sometimes accelerate preferentially helium-3 and iron into space? Researchers have for the first time observed helical solar flares as a source. In April and July 2014, the Su ... more
EXO WORLDS
Citizen scientists discover five-planet system
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 12, 2018
In its search for exoplanets - planets outside of our solar system - NASA's Kepler telescope trails behind Earth, measuring the brightness of stars that may potentially host planets. The instrument ... more


Dark energy survey publicly releases first three years of data

TIME AND SPACE
Astronomers detect 'whirlpool' movement in earliest galaxies
Cambridge UK (SPX) Jan 12, 2018
Astronomers have looked back to a time soon after the Big Bang, and have discovered swirling gas in some of the earliest galaxies to have formed in the universe. These 'newborns' - observed as they ... more
IRON AND ICE
NASA's newly renamed Swift mission spies a comet slowdown
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 12, 2018
Observations by NASA's Swift spacecraft, now renamed the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after the mission's late principal investigator, have captured an unprecedented change in the rotation of a co ... more
PHYSICS NEWS
Students design and build augmented-reality 'sandbox' to show how gravity works
Iowa City IA (SPX) Jan 12, 2018
A University of Iowa undergraduate student will give a talk on Thursday at the American Astronomical Society annual meeting in Washington, D.C. about a sandbox created by students to show how gravit ... more





JUICE ground control gets green light to start development
Paris (ESA) Jan 17, 2018
ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer - JUICE - passed an important milestone, the ground segment requirements review, with flying colours, demonstrating that the teams are on track in the preparation of the spacecraft operations needed to achieve the mission's ambitious science goals. Planned to launch in 2022, JUICE will embark on a 7.5-year long journey through the Solar System before arrivi ... more
+ New Year 2019 offers new horizons at MU69 flyby
+ Study explains why Jupiter's jet stream reverses course on a predictable schedule
+ New Horizons Corrects Its Course in the Kuiper Belt
+ Does New Horizons' Next Target Have a Moon?
+ Juno probes the depths of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
+ Wrapping up 2017 one year out from MU69
+ Jupiter Blues


Hubble finds substellar objects in the Orion Nebula
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
In an unprecedented deep survey for small, faint objects in the Orion Nebula, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (http://www.nasa.gov/hubble) have uncovered the largest known population of brown dwarfs sprinkled among newborn stars. Looking in the vicinity of the survey stars, researchers not only found several very-low-mass brown dwarf companions, but also three giant planets. They ... more
+ NASA study shows disk patterns can self-generate
+ Citizen scientists discover five-planet system
+ Ingredients for life revealed in meteorites that fell to Earth
+ Iron-Rich Stars Host Shorter-Period Planets
+ SETI project homes in on strange 'fast radio bursts'
+ Extraterrestrial Hypatia stone rattles solar system status quo
+ Planets around other stars are like peas in a pod
Deep, buried glaciers spotted on Mars
Miami (AFP) Jan 11, 2018
Buried glaciers have been spotted on Mars, offering new hints about how much water may be accessible on the Red Planet and where it is located, researchers said Thursday. Although ice has long been known to exist on Mars, a better understanding of its depth and location could be vital to future human explorers, said the report in the US journal Science. "Astronauts could essentially just ... more
+ Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice
+ Scientist's work may provide answer to Martian mountain mystery
+ Opportunity takes right at the fork and has successful battery test
+ Exploring alien worlds with lasers
+ Opportunity Takes Images Over the Holiday Period
+ Our rover could discover life on Mars - here's what it would take to prove it
+ Opportunity takes extensive imagery to decide where to go next
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Possible Lava Tube Skylights Discovered Near the North Pole of the Moon
Mountain View CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
The SETI Institute and the Mars Institute have announced the discovery of small pits in a large crater near the North Pole of the Moon, which may be entrances to an underground network of lava tubes. The pits were identified through analysis of imaging data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). If water ice is present, these potential lava tube entrances or "skylights" might allow futu ... more
+ Funding runs dry for Indian Google X Prize lunar team
+ Russian company declassifies 1973 report on Lunokhod-2 lunar rover
+ Astronauts: Trump's proposed Lunar mission will take time
+ China Prepares for Breakthrough Chang'e 4 Moon Landing in 2018
+ China solicits messages to be sent to moon
+ Thales Alenia Space signs 3 contracts for NASA's deep space exploration
+ Will Trump send Americans to the Moon? Money talks: experts
Great Observatories Team Up to Find Magnified and Stretched Image of Distant Galaxy
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 12, 2018
An intensive survey deep into the universe by NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes has yielded the proverbial needle-in-a-haystack: the farthest galaxy yet seen in an image that has been stretched and amplified by a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. The embryonic galaxy named SPT0615-JD existed when the universe was just 500 million years old. Though a few other primitive gala ... more
+ ASU astronomers to build space telescope to explore nearby stars
+ Dark energy survey publicly releases first three years of data
+ Swarm of hydrogen clouds flying away from center of our galaxy
+ What Stars Will Hatch from the Tarantula Nebula?
+ Organic molecule benzonitrile detected in space
+ Scientists take viewers to the center of the Milky Way
+ Hubble probes the archeology of our Milky Way's ancient hub


Jet stream changes since 1960s linked to more extreme weather
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
Increased fluctuations in the path of the North Atlantic jet stream since the 1960s coincide with more extreme weather events in Europe such as heat waves, droughts, wildfires and flooding, reports a University of Arizona-led team. The research is the first reconstruction of historical changes in the North Atlantic jet stream prior to the 20th century. By studying tree rings from trees in ... more
+ Scientists examine how aerosol types influence cloud formation
+ Earth-i launches prototype of world's first full-colour, full-motion video satellite constellation
+ Frequent growth events and fast growth rates of fine aerosol particles in Beijing
+ NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission surpasses expectations flying to new heights in 2017
+ NASA Calculated Heavy Rainfall Leading to California Mudslides
+ GeoCarb: A New View of Carbon Over the Americas
+ Unexpected environmental source of methane discovered
NASA's newly renamed Swift mission spies a comet slowdown
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 12, 2018
Observations by NASA's Swift spacecraft, now renamed the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after the mission's late principal investigator, have captured an unprecedented change in the rotation of a comet. Images taken in May 2017 reveal that comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak - 41P for short - was spinning three times slower than it was in March, when it was observed by the Discovery Channel Telesc ... more
+ Study identifies processes of rock formed by meteors or nuclear blasts
+ NASA image showcases Ceres mountain named for Kwanzaa
+ Development on muon beam analysis of organic matter in samples from space
+ Arecibo radar returns with asteroid Phaethon images
+ Alien object Oumuama is a natural body transiting our solar system
+ Interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua may actually be made of ice
+ Skye high impact reveals 60-million-year-old meteorite strike in Scotland
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Magnetic coil springs accelerate particles on the Sun
Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Jan 12, 2018
Why does the Sun sometimes accelerate preferentially helium-3 and iron into space? Researchers have for the first time observed helical solar flares as a source. In April and July 2014, the Sun emitted three jets of energetic particles into space, that were quite exceptional: the particle streams contained such high amounts of iron and helium-3, a rare variety of helium, as have been obser ... more
+ Sounding rockets study space x-ray emissions and create polar mesospheric cloud
+ Eclipse megamovie projects seeks public's help analyzing 50,000 photos
+ Special star is a Rosetta Stone for understanding the sun's variability and climate effect
+ August eclipse left a wake in ionosphere, researchers reveal
+ Report Highlights Social and Economic Impacts of Space Weather
+ Eclipse 2017: Science from the Moon's Shadow
+ Space weather, EarthScope, and protecting the national electrical grid
Scientist reveals what is so special about Chines's next moon mission
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 08, 2018
China is poised to begin a comprehensive lunar exploration program which is expected to kick off with the launch of the Long March 5 rocket in June. Professor Heino Falcke, an astrophysicist at Radboud University in the Netherlands, explained during an interview with Radio Sputnik why this mission is so important. Radio Sputnik: Please tell us about your radio telescope, which you are plan ... more
+ China's Kuaizhou-11 rocket scheduled to launch in first half of 2018
+ Nation 'leads world' in remote sensing technology
+ China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040
+ China plans first sea based launch by 2018
+ China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020
+ Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronaut
+ China launches three satellites


Great Observatories Team Up to Find Magnified and Stretched Image of Distant Galaxy
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 12, 2018
An intensive survey deep into the universe by NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes has yielded the proverbial needle-in-a-haystack: the farthest galaxy yet seen in an image that has been stretched and amplified by a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. The embryonic galaxy named SPT0615-JD existed when the universe was just 500 million years old. Though a few other primitive gala ... more
+ ASU astronomers to build space telescope to explore nearby stars
+ Dark energy survey publicly releases first three years of data
+ Swarm of hydrogen clouds flying away from center of our galaxy
+ What Stars Will Hatch from the Tarantula Nebula?
+ Organic molecule benzonitrile detected in space
+ Scientists take viewers to the center of the Milky Way
+ Hubble probes the archeology of our Milky Way's ancient hub
Bonobos prefer jerks
Durham NC (SPX) Jan 09, 2018
Never trust anyone who is rude to a waiter, advice columnists say. For most people, acting nasty is a big turnoff. But while humans generally prefer individuals who are nice to others, a Duke University study finds bonobos are more attracted to jerks. The researchers were surprised by the findings because these African apes - our closest relatives in the animal kingdom along with chi ... more
+ Unlike people, bonobos don't 'look for the helpers'
+ Study: When the going gets tough, women are more resilient than men
+ Study redefines understanding of old age throughout human history
+ Bonobos show a preference for jerks
+ DNA offers evidence of new population of native Alaskans
+ Primordial mutation helps explain origin of some organs in vertebrates
+ Scientists show how Himalayan rivers influenced ancient Indus civilization settlements
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NanoRacks Begins Third International Space Station External Platform Mission In Extreme Space Environment
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
This morning, the NanoRacks External Platform (NREP) was reinstalled on the outside of the International Space Station, initiating the commercial platform's third customer mission. The External Platform, self-funded by NanoRacks, is the leading commercial gateway to the extreme environment of space. Customers can experience the microgravity, atomic oxygen, radiation and other harsh elements nati ... more
+ Life-saving NASA Communications System Turns 20
+ Top takeaways from Consumers Electronics Show
+ Gadgets for kids still big at tech show despite concerns
+ 'To boldly grow': Japan astronaut worried by space growth spurt
+ Tech a new religion at consumer gadget extravaganza
+ NASA Deep Space Exploration Systems looks ahead to action-packed 2018
+ Tech faithful gather to worship at mecca of innovation
Machine learning predicts new details of geothermal heat flux beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
Lawrence KS (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
A paper appearing in Geophysical Research Letters uses machine learning to craft an improved model for understanding geothermal heat flux - heat emanating from the Earth's interior - below the Greenland Ice Sheet. It's a research approach new to glaciology that could lead to more accurate predictions for ice-mass loss and global sea-level rise. Among the key findings: Greenland has a ... more
+ Shedding some light on life in the Arctic
+ Methane hydrate dissociation off Spitsbergen not caused by climate change
+ New study reveals strong El Nino events cause large changes in Antarctic ice shelves
+ Scientists find surprising evidence of rapid changes in the Arctic
+ In Antarctic dry valleys, early signs of climate change-induced shifts in soil
+ NASA satellite spots shattered iceberg beneath the Arctic's midnight sun
+ Warming seas double snowfall around North America's tallest peaks


The ocean is losing its breath - here's the global scope
San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2018
In the past 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean with zero oxygen has gone up more than fourfold. In coastal water bodies, including estuaries and seas, low-oxygen sites have increased more than 10-fold since 1950. Scientists expect oxygen to continue dropping even outside these zones as Earth warms. To halt the decline, the world needs to rein in both climate change and nutrien ... more
+ Sea levels off Dutch coast highest ever recorded in 2017
+ China lavishes cash on ally Cambodia with eyes on the Mekong
+ Sisi vows to protect Egypt's water supply
+ China lodges protest against Australian 'white elephant' remarks
+ Power stacked against SE Asia's poor as China dams Mekong
+ New depth limit for deep-sea marine burrows
+ Poisonous and running out: Pakistan's water crisis
Students design and build augmented-reality 'sandbox' to show how gravity works
Iowa City IA (SPX) Jan 12, 2018
A University of Iowa undergraduate student will give a talk on Thursday at the American Astronomical Society annual meeting in Washington, D.C. about a sandbox created by students to show how gravity works in the universe. The student, Jacob Isbell, will explain how he and other students conceived an augmented-reality sandbox, the first interactive system of its kind to be used for astroph ... more
+ Next-Generation GRACE Satellites Arrive at Launch Site
+ A New Window on the Universe
+ Sierras lost water weight, grew taller during drought
+ Researchers measure magnetic moment with greatest possible precision
+ Physicists make most precise measurement ever of a proton's magnetic moment
+ Listening for gravitational waves using pulsars
+ Gravity waves from merging supermassive black holes will be found soon
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