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  Trieste, Italy (SPX) Mar 12, 2018 A new kind of star comes up from a study by SISSA's postdoctoral researcher Raul Carballo-Rubio. In a piece of research recently published in Physical Review Letters, Carballo-Rubio has developed a novel mathematical model that combines general relativity with the repulsive effect of quantum vacuum polarization. The inclusion of this repulsive force allows describing ultracompact configurations of stars, which were previously considered by scientists not to exist in equilibrium. "As a consequence ... read more |
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Can Space Junk Help Us Find Aliens?Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 12, 2018 Astrophysicists came up with an unusual idea to detect sentient life-forms in the distant parts of the universe, with the possibility to become a major breakthrough. Humanity has left signific ... more  
BepiColombo gets green light for launch siteWashington DC (SPX) Mar 12, 2018 Europe's first mission to Mercury will soon be ready for shipping to the spaceport to begin final preparations for launch. The mission passed a major review yesterday, meaning that the three B ... more 
Scientists observe a new quantum particle with properties of ball lightningHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Scientists at Amherst College and Aalto University have created, for the first time a three-dimensional skyrmion in a quantum gas. The skyrmion was predicted theoretically over 40 years ago, but onl ... more  
Jupiter's turmoil more than skin deep: researchersParis (AFP) March 7, 2018 Jupiter's tempestuous, gassy atmosphere stretches some 3,000 kilometres (1,860 miles) deep and comprises a hundredth of the planet's mass, studies based on observations by NASA's Juno spacecraft revealed Wednesday. ... more |
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ALMA reveals inner web of stellar nurseryMunich, Germany (SPX) Mar 08, 2018 This spectacular and unusual image shows part of the famous Orion Nebula, a star formation region lying about 1350 light-years from Earth. It combines a mosaic of millimetre-wavelength images from t ... more 
Controlled coupling of light and matterWurzburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Publishing in a journal like Science Advances usually heralds a particularly exciting innovation. Now, physicists from the Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg (JMU) in Germany and Imperial Colle ... more  
Comet Chury formed by a catastrophic collisionParis, France (SPX) Mar 07, 2018 Comets made up of two lobes, such as Chury, visited by the Rosetta spacecraft, are produced when the debris resulting from a destructive collision between two comets clumps together again. Such coll ... more 
Physicists lay groundwork to better understand the birth of the universeBaltimore MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2018 Sebastian Deffner at UMBC and Anthony Bartolotta at Caltech have developed the first techniques for describing the thermodynamics of very small systems with very high energy - like the universe at t ... more 
Hubble finds huge system of dusty material enveloping the young star HR 4796AGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2018 Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to uncover a vast, complex dust structure, about 150 billion miles across, enveloping the young star HR 4796A. A bright, narrow, inner ring of dus ... more |
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Dressing atoms in an ultracold soupHouston TX (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Using lasers, U.S. and Austrian physicists have coaxed ultracold strontium atoms into complex structures unlike any previously seen in nature. "I am amazed that we've discovered a new way that ... more  |
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JILA team invents new way to 'see' the quantum worldWashington DC (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 JILA scientists have invented a new imaging technique that produces rapid, precise measurements of quantum behavior in an atomic clock in the form of near-instant visual art. The technique com ... more 
Hubble observes exoplanet atmosphere in more detail than ever beforeMunich, Germany (SPX) Mar 02, 2018 An international team of scientists has used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study the atmosphere of the hot exoplanet WASP-39b. By combining this new data with older data they created the mo ... more 
Rare mineral discovered in plants for first timeCambridge, UK (SPX) Mar 07, 2018 Scientists at Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University have found that the mineral vaterite, a form (polymorph) of calcium carbonate, is a dominant component of the protective silvery-white crust t ... more 
Roton quasiparticles observed in quantum gasInnsbruck, Austria (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Discovered in liquid helium about 80 years ago, superfluidity is a counterintuitive phenomenon, in which quantum physics and particle-wave duality manifest at the macroscopic level. Since then, it h ... more  
Research details mineralogy of potential lunar exploration siteProvidence RI (SPX) Mar 02, 2018 A detailed study of a giant impact crater on the Moon's far side could provide a roadmap for future lunar explorers. The study, by planetary scientists from Brown University, maps the mineralo ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 08, 2018 
Data collected by NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter indicate that the atmospheric winds of the gas-giant planet run deep into its atmosphere and last longer than similar atmospheric processes found here on Earth. The findings will improve understanding of Jupiter's interior structure, core mass and, eventually, its origin.
Other Juno science results released this week include that the massive ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 12, 2018 
Astrophysicists came up with an unusual idea to detect sentient life-forms in the distant parts of the universe, with the possibility to become a major breakthrough.
Humanity has left significant amounts of junk floating in Earth's orbit since it began to explore space. However, astrophysicists from the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics have found something positive about it - it is ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 12, 2018 
NASA's InSight lander looks a bit like an oversized crane game: when it lands on Mars this November, its robotic arm will be used to grasp and move objects on another planet for the first time.
And like any crane game, practice makes it easier to capture the prize.
Engineers and scientists have a replica of InSight at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. They use ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 08, 2018 
NASA is looking at how the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway can create value for both robotic and human exploration in deep space. In late 2017, the agency asked the global science community to submit ideas leveraging the gateway in lunar orbit to advance scientific discoveries in a wide range of fields. NASA received more than 190 abstracts covering topics human health and performance, Earth obse ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 8, 2018  The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan has released the HSC Viewer to help the public access observations of the universe made by the Subaru Telescope and its Hyper Suprime-Cam.
"I developed this viewer so the general public can become familiar with the latest, extensive HSC data," astronomer Michitaro Koike said in a Thursday news release. "I hope you enjoy exploring the univer ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 12, 2018 
Two recent expeditions that took scientists 26 000 km across the Atlantic Ocean have returned critical information to make sure that the Copernicus Sentinel satellites are delivering accurate data about the state of our oceans.
Information from the Sentinels is used in a myriad of ways to make lives easier and businesses more efficient.
For example, ocean forecasting is important for ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Mar 07, 2018 
Comets made up of two lobes, such as Chury, visited by the Rosetta spacecraft, are produced when the debris resulting from a destructive collision between two comets clumps together again. Such collisions could also explain some of the enigmatic structures observed on Chury. This discovery, made by an international team coordinated by Patrick Michel, CNRS researcher at the laboratoire Lagrange ( ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 07, 2018 
Want to get the hottest ticket this summer without standing in line? NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names online to be placed on a microchip aboard NASA's historic Parker Solar Probe mission launching in summer 2018. The mission will travel through the Sun's atmosphere, facing brutal heat and radiation conditions - and your name will go along for the ride.
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 8, 2018 
China is getting closer to a finalized design for its next-generation X-ray observatory.
As reported by Science this week, scientists at China's National Space Science Center are honing in on the final iteration of their design for the X-Ray Timing and Polarimetry, eXTP, satellite.
The eXTP mission team plans to complete a prototype by 2022, with a goal to launch the satellite in ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Mar 8, 2018 The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan has released the HSC Viewer to help the public access observations of the universe made by the Subaru Telescope and its Hyper Suprime-Cam.
"I developed this viewer so the general public can become familiar with the latest, extensive HSC data," astronomer Michitaro Koike said in a Thursday news release. "I hope you enjoy exploring the univer ... more |
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 Turku, Finland (SPX) Mar 08, 2018 
A new study shows that when participants are taught an effective strategy for a working memory training task, they quickly improve their performance in the same way as those who have undergone typical working memory training without strategy instructions for a month or longer.
The significance of strategies was evident also in the controls who did not receive any strategy advice: use of se ... more |
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 Daytona Beach FL (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 
At first, inflatable habitats in orbit around Earth may sound like a dangerous idea, given that the vacuum of space is littered with, as NASA says, "millions of pieces of human-made debris or space junk consisting mainly of fragmented rocket bodies and spacecraft parts created by 50 years of exploration."
Most space debris is tiny - almost microscopic - but there are also millions of natur ... more |
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 Minneapolis MN (SPX) Mar 08, 2018 
For nearly two decades, scientists have noted dramatic changes in arctic tundra habitat. Ankle-high grasses and sedges have given way to a sea of woody shrubs growing to waist- or neck-deep heights. This shrubification of the tundra challenges animals like caribou that are adapted to low-stature arctic vegetation.
Pinpointing a cause has been difficult. However, new UMN research published ... more |
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 Urbana IL (SPX) Mar 12, 2018 
The Mekong River, one of the world's largest, traverses six Southeast Asian countries and supports the livelihoods of millions of people. New efforts to provide hydroelectric power to a growing and modernizing population include more than eight proposed main-stem dams and 60 or more existing tributary dams in the lower Mekong basin. A new article from University of Illinois and Iowa State Univer ... more |
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 Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 
In a new article, published in Nature Materials, researchers from Beijing, Uppsala and Julich have made significant progress allowing very high resolution magnetic measurements. With their method it is possible to measure magnetism of individual atomic planes.
Magnetic nanostructures are used in a wide range of applications. Most notably, to store bits of data in hard drives. These structu ... more |
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