|
|
|
  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 Humans have long tried to explain how stars came to light up the night sky. The wide array of theories throughout history have one common (and correct) governing principle that astrophysicists still use to this day: by understanding the stars and their origins, we learn more about where we come from. However, the vastness of our galaxy - let alone our entire universe - means experiments to understand our origins are expensive, difficult, and time consuming. In fact, experiments are impossible for ... read more |
 |
 
Scientists detect radio echoes of a black hole feeding on a starBoston MA (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 On Nov. 11, 2014, a global network of telescopes picked up signals from 300 million light years away that were created by a tidal disruption flare - an explosion of electromagnetic energy that occur ... more  
New AI mapping algorithm discovers 6,000 new craters on the MoonToronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 Wanting to make their job a little easier, researchers at the University of Toronto developed a new artificial intelligence algorithm that helped them identify 6,000 previously unseen craters on Ear ... more  
NASA powers on new instrument staring at the SunGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 16, 2018 NASA has powered on its latest space payload to continue long-term measurements of the Sun's incoming energy. Total and Spectral solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS-1), installed on the International Spac ... more 
'Red and dead' NGC 1277 offers insights on the early universeWashington (UPI) Mar 13, 2018 New analysis of a "relic galaxy" promises insights into the nature of the early universe. ... more |
|
|
|
| Previous Issues | Mar 19 | Mar 16 | Mar 15 | Mar 14 | Mar 13 |
|
|
|
 
Yale's Expres Instrument ready to find the next Earth AnalogNew Haven, CT (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 A new, ground-based spectrometer designed and built at Yale represents the most powerful step yet in the effort to identify Earth-sized planets in neighboring solar systems. The new instrument ... more 
NASA's Kepler Spacecraft Nearing the End as Fuel Runs LowWashington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2018 Trailing Earth's orbit at 94 million miles away, the Kepler space telescope has survived many potential knock-outs during its nine years in flight, from mechanical failures to being blasted by cosmi ... more  
Astronomers discover galaxies spin like clockworkPerth, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 Astronomers have discovered that all galaxies rotate once every billion years, no matter how big they are. The Earth spinning around on its axis once gives us the length of a day, and a comple ... more 
Team discovers that wind moves microinvertebrates across desertEl Paso TX (SPX) Mar 19, 2018 The work of faculty and students from The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has yielded the first evidence of how waterborne microinvertebrates move across vast expanses of arid desert. An ... more 
Scientists invented method of catching bacteria with 'photonic hook'Saint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 An international research team discovered a new type of curved light beams, dubbed a "photonic hook". Photonic hooks are unique, as their radius of curvature is two times smaller than their waveleng ... more |
|
 Stephen Hawking: a brief history of genius  
ORNL researchers design novel method for energy-efficient deep neural networksOak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 16, 2018 An Oak Ridge National Laboratory method to improve the energy efficiency of scientific artificial intelligence is showing early promise in efforts to parse insights from volumes of cancer data. ... more  |
|
|
|
Mysterious Signals Comes from Very Old Stars at Centre of Our GalaxyCanberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 13, 2018 A team of astronomers involving The Australian National University (ANU) has discovered that a mysterious gamma-ray signal from the centre of the Milky Way comes from 10 billion-year-old stars, rath ... more 
Heat shock system helps bug come back to life after drying upTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 12, 2018 The larva of the sleeping chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki - a mosquito-like insect that inhabits semi-arid areas of Africa - is well known for being able to come back to life after being nearly ... more 
Quantum vacuum may allow stars to exist in unconventional configurationsTrieste, 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 ... 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 
Hubble offers new image of dramatic galactic collisionMunich, Germany (ESA) Mar 09, 2018 Galaxies are not static islands of stars - they are dynamic and ever-changing, constantly on the move through the darkness of the universe. Sometimes, as seen in this spectacular Hubble image of Arp 256, galaxies can collide in a crash of cosmic proportions. ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Paris (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.
The measurements shed the first light on what goes on beneath the surface of the largest planet in the Solar System, which from a distance resembles a colourful, striped glass mar ... more |
|
 |
|
|
 New Haven, CT (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
A new, ground-based spectrometer designed and built at Yale represents the most powerful step yet in the effort to identify Earth-sized planets in neighboring solar systems.
The new instrument, the Extreme Precision Spectrometer (EXPRES), is now operational and collecting data at the Lowell Observatory Discovery Channel Telescope in Arizona. EXPRES will improve measurement precision by a f ... more |
|
 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 20, 2018 
Opportunity is continuing the exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.
The rover is positioned about halfway down the approximately 656 feet (200 meter) valley. Opportunity is continuing the imaging survey at each rover location within the valley. In addition to both Navigation Camera (Navcam) and Panoramic Camera (Pancam) panoramas, targeted Pancam multi-s ... more |
|
|
 Toronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 
Wanting to make their job a little easier, researchers at the University of Toronto developed a new artificial intelligence algorithm that helped them identify 6,000 previously unseen craters on Earth's moon.
Researchers first trained the neural network on 90,000 images that covered two-thirds of the moon's surface before testing its ability to detect craters on the remaining third portion ... more |
|
 Guiyang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2018 
Chinese scientists are considering setting up smaller radio telescopes surrounding FAST to increase array resolution, authorities said.
According to the FAST observation station with the National Astronomical Observatories, two to 10 radio telescopes measuring 30 meters in diameter may be set up around FAST, the world's largest single-dish radio telescope.
The resolution of the array ... more |
|
|
 Paris (ESA) Mar 20, 2018 
The millions of tonnes of plastic ending up in the oceans every year are a global challenge. ESA is responding by looking at the detection of marine plastic litter from space, potentially charting its highest concentrations and understanding the gigantic scale of the problem.
We dump around 10 million tonnes of plastic in the oceans annually. Though most conspicuous along coastlines, plast ... more |
|
 Livermore CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2018 
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists are part of a national planetary defense team that designed a conceptual spacecraft to deflect Earth-bound asteroids and evaluated whether it would be able to nudge a massive asteroid - which has a remote chance to hitting Earth in 2135 - off course. The design and case study are outlined in a paper published recently in Acta Astronautica ... more |
|
|
 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
Measurements of the three-dimensional structure of the earth, as opposed to the one-dimensional models typically used, can help scientists more accurately determine which areas of the United States are most vulnerable to blackouts during hazardous geomagnetic storms.
Space weather events such as geomagnetic storms can disturb the earth's magnetic field, interfering with electric power grid ... more |
|
 Beijing (XNA) Mar 18, 2018 
China is developing its homegrown reusable space plane, which observers said could be used to attack foreign aircraft, space stations and even intercept missiles if used for military purposes.
The reusable spacecraft can transport people or payloads in orbit from any airport and return to earth, CCTV reported.
Unlike rockets which have to be recycled, the space plane will revolutioni ... more |
|
|
|
Guiyang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2018
Chinese scientists are considering setting up smaller radio telescopes surrounding FAST to increase array resolution, authorities said.
According to the FAST observation station with the National Astronomical Observatories, two to 10 radio telescopes measuring 30 meters in diameter may be set up around FAST, the world's largest single-dish radio telescope.
The resolution of the array ... more |
|
 Washington (UPI) Mar 15, 2018 
Move over Silicon Valley, newly unearthed artifacts suggest early humans were innovating some 320,000 years ago.
For a million years, bulky stone axes, often called Acheulean hand axes, were the tool of choice for primitive hominins in Africa's Rift Valley. Now, researchers have found evidence that early humans adopted a new technology during the Middle Stone Age, opting for smaller, sm ... more |
|
|
 Houston TX (SPX) Mar 18, 2018 
A Dragon spacecraft scheduled to launch into orbit no earlier than April 2, carries the 14th SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. Lifted into orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Dragon takes supplies, equipment and scientific research to crew members living and working aboard the station.
This flight deli ... more |
|
 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 
More Arctic sea ice is entering the North Atlantic Ocean than before, making it increasingly dangerous for ships to navigate those waters in late spring, according to new research.
The new research finds ocean passages typically plugged with ice in the winter and spring are opening up. Sea ice normally locked in the Arctic then can flow freely through these passages southward to routes use ... more |
|
|
 Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2018 
When British naturalist Charles Darwin traveled to the Galapagos Islands in 1835, he took notice of the giant kelp forests ringing the islands. He believed that if those forests were destroyed, a significant number of species would be lost. These underwater ecosystems, Darwin believed, could be even more important than forests on land.
Since then, much scientific research has focused on th ... more |
|
 Perth, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
Astronomers have discovered that all galaxies rotate once every billion years, no matter how big they are.
The Earth spinning around on its axis once gives us the length of a day, and a complete orbit of the Earth around the Sun gives us a year.
"It's not Swiss watch precision," said Professor Gerhardt Meurer from the UWA node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research ... more |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2018 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
