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  Liverpool UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 Astronomers have announced one of the largest 3D maps of the infant Universe, in a presentation at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science in Liverpool. A team led by Dr David Sobral of Lancaster University made the chart using the Subaru telescope in Hawaii and the Isaac Newton telescope in the Canary Islands. Looking back in time to 16 different epochs between 11 and 13 billion years ago, the researchers discovered almost 4000 early galaxies, many of which will have evolved into galaxie ... read more |
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Artificial intelligence helps to predict likelihood of life on other worldsLiverpool UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 Developments in artificial intelligence may help us to predict the probability of life on other planets, according to new work by a team based at Plymouth University. The study uses artificial ... more 
Gravitational waves created by black holes in the centre of most galaxiesLiverpool UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 Gravitational waves may be forged in the heart of the galaxy, says a new study led by PhD student Joseph Fernandez at Liverpool John Moores University. He sets out the work in a presentation on 3rd ... more 
X-rays could sterilise alien planets in otherwise habitable zonesLiverpool UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 Intense radiation could strip away the ozone layer of Earth-like planets around other stars and render them uninhabitable, according to a new study led by Dr Eike Guenther of the Thueringer Observat ... more 
A telescope larger than the Earth makes a sharp image of the formation of black hole jetsHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 An international team of researchers has imaged newly forming jets of plasma from a massive black hole with unprecedented accuracy. Radio images made with a combination of telescopes in space and on ... more |
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Scientists Surprised by Relentless Cosmic Cold FrontWashington DC (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 This winter has brought many intense and powerful storms, with cold fronts sweeping across much of the United States. On a much grander scale, astronomers have discovered enormous "weather systems" ... more 
New study suggests tens of thousands of black holes exist in Milky Way's centerNew York NY (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 A Columbia University-led team of astrophysicists has discovered a dozen black holes gathered around Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. The f ... more 
Most distant star yet discovered by HubbleWashington DC (UPI) Apr 02, 2018 Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have observed the most distant star yet discovered. ... more 
Hubble uses cosmic lens to discover most distant star ever observedMunich, Germany (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found the most distant star ever discovered. The hot blue star existed only 4.4 billion years after the Big Bang. This discovery provides n ... more 
Hubble makes the first precise distance measurement to an ancient globular star clusterGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have for the first time precisely measured the distance to one of the oldest objects in the universe, a collection of stars born shortly after the big ... more |
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Astronomers find 72 bright and fast explosionsLiverpool, UK (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 Gone in a (cosmological) flash: a team of astronomers found 72 very bright, but quick events in a recent survey and are still struggling to explain their origin. Miika Pursiainen of the University o ... more  |
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Hubble's Curious Case of a Calcium-rich SupernovaBaltimore MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 This image, captured by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the spiral galaxy NGC 5714, about 130 million light-years away in the constellation of Boo ... more  
Here, There and Everywhere: Across the Universe with the BeatlesLiverpool UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 The Beatles are one of the greatest cultural phenomena to come from the 20th Century, yet many people are unaware of their impact on science. In 'Here, There and Everywhere', inspired by the b ... more 
First age-map of the heart of the Milky WayLiverpool UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 The first large-scale age-map of the Milky Way shows that a period of star formation lasting around 4 billion years created the complex structure at the heart of our galaxy. The results will be pres ... more 
Is there life adrift in the clouds of Venus?Madison WI (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 In the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists have turned over all sorts of rocks. Mars, for example, has geological features that suggest it once had - and still has - subsurface liquid ... more 
Diffractionless Beamed Propulsion for Breakthrough Interstellar MissionsCollege Station, TX (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 We propose a new and innovative beamed propulsion architecture that enables an interstellar mission to Proxima Centauri with a 42-year cruise duration at 10% the speed of light. This architect ... more |
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 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 |
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 Liverpool UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 
Intense radiation could strip away the ozone layer of Earth-like planets around other stars and render them uninhabitable, according to a new study led by Dr Eike Guenther of the Thueringer Observatory in Germany.
Dr Guenther sets out the work in a presentation on 3rd April at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science in Liverpool.
Astronomers now know of around 4000 planets i ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 
Opportunity is continuing the exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.
The rover is positioned about half way down the approximately 656 feet (200-meter) valley.
Opportunity is engaged in an extensive in-situ (contact) science campaign on the surface target called "Aguas Calientes," an exposed rock outcrop.
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2018 
The last blue moon until 2020 will peak in the sky at 8:37 a.m. EDT Saturday.
For the second time this year, a blue moon will appear. The first was in January.
Linda Lam, a Weather.com meteorologist, said people living in the South, Southwest and West Coast of the United States have the best chance of seeing the blue moon, but a cold front may block the view along much of the Eas ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have for the first time precisely measured the distance to one of the oldest objects in the universe, a collection of stars born shortly after the big bang.
This new, refined distance yardstick provides an independent estimate for the age of the universe. The new measurement also will help astronomers improve models of stellar evolution. Star ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 05, 2018 
China Wednesday received the first package of data from the three high-resolution Gaofen-1 satellites launched on March 31, according to the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The package of data with a total size of 166.31 gigabytes was received by the remote sensing satellite ground station in Miyun on the outskirts of Beijing.
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 Liverpool UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 
The Beatles are one of the greatest cultural phenomena to come from the 20th Century, yet many people are unaware of their impact on science.
In 'Here, There and Everywhere', inspired by the book 'La scienza dei Beatles' ('The science of the Beatles'), Viviana Ambrosi shows how the Fab Four can bring the study of celestial objects and the exploration of the universe closer to a large publi ... more |
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 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 |
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 Paris (AFP) March 27, 2018 
An uncontrolled Chinese space station weighing at least seven tonnes is set to break up as it hurtles to Earth on or around April 1, the European Space Agency has forecast.
"It will mostly burn up due to the extreme heat generated by its high-speed passage through the atmosphere," it said in a statement.
Some debris from the Tiangong-1 - or "Heavenly Palace" - spacelab will likely fal ... more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2018
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have for the first time precisely measured the distance to one of the oldest objects in the universe, a collection of stars born shortly after the big bang.
This new, refined distance yardstick provides an independent estimate for the age of the universe. The new measurement also will help astronomers improve models of stellar evolution. Star ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2018 
Why did Neanderthals have large, long, arching faces accented with big, broad noses and heavy brows?
New research - including the first full reconstructions of Neanderthal skulls using 3D computer modeling - suggests the Neanderthal's facial structure was designed to facilitate an extremely active lifestyle.
Models suggest the Neanderthal's large nose and wide naval passage all ... more |
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 Tampa (AFP) April 4, 2018 
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship arrived Wednesday at the International Space Station, packed with food, gear and science experiments for the astronauts living in orbit.
"We have capture confirmed," a NASA commentator said as the space station's robotic arm latched onto the gum-drop shaped spacecraft at 6:40 am (1040 GMT), at a moment when the spacecraft was over the southern part of the ... more |
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 Boulder BO (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 
A range of less than one degree Fahrenheit (or half a degree Celsius) of climate warming over the next century could make all the difference when it comes to the probability of future ice-free summers in the Arctic, new University of Colorado Boulder research shows.
The findings, which were published in the journal Nature Climate Change, show that limiting warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit ... more |
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 Dallas TX (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 
By learning how water is collected by living organisms, including rice leaves and pitcher plants, scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas created and tested a combination of materials that can do the same thing, but faster.
The shells of certain desert-dwelling beetles can trap and direct water droplets, as can textures on rice leaves and pitcher plants. With that natural blueprint ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 23, 2018 
When a gravitational wave reaches Earth, every second counts. The data processing speed will have a crucial impact on how much astronomers can learn from these space-time ripples, says computer scientist Cao Junwei.
"In an era of multi-messenger astronomy, we have to shorten the time as much as possible so as to trigger the alert quickly enough for follow-up observations," says Cao, who le ... more |
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