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  Boston MA (SPX) Apr 10, 2018 Around 4 billion years ago, Earth was an inhospitable place, devoid of oxygen, bursting with volcanic eruptions, and bombarded by asteroids, with no signs of life in even the simplest forms. But somewhere amid this chaotic period, the chemistry of the Earth turned in life's favor, giving rise, however improbably, to the planet's very first organisms. What prompted this critical turning point? How did living organisms rally in such a volatile world? And what were the chemical reactions that brewed ... read more |
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Tiny distortions in universe's oldest light reveal strands in cosmic webBerkeley CA (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 Scientists have decoded faint distortions in the patterns of the universe's earliest light to map huge tubelike structures invisible to our eyes - known as filaments - that serve as superhighways fo ... more  
Largest catalog ever published of major gamma ray sources in the galaxyParis, France (SPX) Apr 10, 2018 The HESS international collaboration, to which CNRS and CEA contribute, has published the results of fifteen years of gamma ray observations of the Milky Way. Its telescopes installed in Namibia hav ... more 
Dark matter might not be interactive after allLiverpool UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2018 Astronomers are back in the dark about what dark matter might be, after new observations showed the mysterious substance may not be interacting with forces other than gravity after all. Dr Andrew Ro ... more 
A Cosmic Gorilla Effect Could Blind the Detection of AliensMadrid, Spain (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 One of the problems that have long intrigued experts in cosmology is how to detect possible extraterrestrial signals. Are we really looking in the right direction? Maybe not, according to the study ... 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 
Hunting for dark matter in the smallest galaxies in the universeSurrey UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2018 Astrophysicists from the University of Surrey and the University of Edinburgh have created a new method to measure the amount of dark matter at the centre of tiny "dwarf" galaxies. Dark matter ... more  
Giant solar tornadoes put researchers in a spinLiverpool UK (SPX) Apr 09, 2018 Despite their appearance solar tornadoes are not rotating after all, according to a European team of scientists. A new analysis of these gigantic structures, each one several times the size of the E ... more 
ALPHA test records most precise direct measurement of antimatterWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 Physicists have achieved the most precise measurement of antimatter yet. ... more 
Planet hunter TESS will also help astronomers study starsAmes IA (SPX) Apr 09, 2018 Steve Kawaler is heading back to Florida to witness the launch of another NASA spacecraft that will search for planets beyond our solar system. There will be much for Kawaler to see at the lau ... more |
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Trail of glassy beads helps scientists track down missing craterWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 After years of searching, scientists are confident they're finally closing in on the location of the crater left by a meteorite that struck Australasia 800,000 years ago. ... more  |
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Space Maid: Robot Harpoon and Net System to Attempt Space CleanupMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 05, 2018 Humanity has grown accustomed to autonomous cleaning robots since the Roomba's debut in 2002. Now, we might have an upgrade: scientists have sent a prototype satellite equipped with a net and harpoo ... more 
First Interdisciplinary Conference on Habitability in early solar systemGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 09, 2018 Media are invited to tune into a livecast from astrobiology experts at the first Goddard international interdisciplinary conference on habitability in the early solar system. The "Environments ... more 
Chemical analysis technique gets major upgrade from Russian scientistsMoscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 Researchers from Skoltech and MIPT have developed a device for upgrading mass spectrometers, which are used to analyze the chemical makeup of unknown substances. The new device analyzes one substanc ... more 
Researchers propose a blockchain data network to boost manufacturingRaleigh NC (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 Researchers at North Carolina State University are proposing the creation of a public, open-source network that uses blockchains - the technology behind cryptocurrencies - to share verifiable manufa ... more 
Researchers inaugurate a new era of precision antimatter studiesSwansea UK (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 The ALPHA experiment at CERN, led by Swansea University scientists, has carried out the most precise and accurate measurement ever done on antimatter. The ALPHA collaboration team of scientist ... more |
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 Palo Alto CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 
SSL has been selected by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design and build critical equipment for a spacecraft that will explore Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. The award reflects SSL's leadership role in the space industry as a valued contractor supporting NASA mission needs and long-term commitment to accelerating innovation for the new space economy.
The Europa Clipper spacecraft, se ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 
One of the problems that have long intrigued experts in cosmology is how to detect possible extraterrestrial signals. Are we really looking in the right direction? Maybe not, according to the study that the neuropsychologists Gabriel de la Torre and Manuel Garcia, from the University of Cadiz, publish in the journal Acta Astronautica.
"When we think of other intelligent beings, we tend to ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2018 
After a year of aerobraking, the Trace Gas Orbiter has finally reached a stable orbit around Mars and will soon commence with its science mission.
The Trace Gas Orbiter is the European Space Agency's newest Martian probe. It's goal is to survey the Red Planet's atmosphere in search of gases that could offer insights into geological or biological activity happening on Mars' surface.
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 Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 
NAU assistant professor of planetary science Christopher Edwards co-authored a paper recently published in Nature Geoscience that has generated interest among scientists in the field as well as in mainstream science news, such as Science Daily and Outer Places.
The researchers analyzed remote-sensing data from two lunar missions and concluded that water appears to be evenly spread across t ... more |
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 Tubingen, Germany (SPX) Apr 10, 2018 
The H.E.S.S. telescopes have surveyed the Milky Way for the past 15 years searching for sources of gamma radiation. The H.E.S.S. collaboration includes scientists of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of Tubingen led by Professor Andrea Santangelo and Dr. Gerd Puhlhofer.
They are interested in sources of very high energy gamma radiation in the TeV energy range, i ... more |
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 Jiuquan, China (XNA) Apr 11, 2018 
The first group of China's Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites were sent into space on Tuesday at 12:25 p.m. Beijing time from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China.
The satellites were carried by a Long March-4C rocket, the 271st mission for the Long March rocket family.
The mission also sent a micro nano technology experiment satellite into orbit.
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 
After years of searching, scientists are confident they're finally closing in on the location of the crater left by a meteorite that struck Australasia 800,000 years ago.
When the 12-mile-wide meteor struck Earth, debris was exploded in the sky and deposited across the region. The fragments have not been hard to come by, and yet, scientists have failed to locate the crater.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2018 
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has arrived in Florida to begin final preparations for its launch to the Sun, scheduled for July 31, 2018.
In the middle of the night on April 2, the spacecraft was driven from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, to nearby Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. From there, it was flown by the United States Air Force's 436th Airlift Wing to Space Co ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 2, 2018 
The plunge back to Earth of a defunct Chinese space laboratory will not slow down Beijing's ambitious plans to send humans to the moon.
The Tiangong-1 space module, which crashed Monday, was intended to serve as a stepping stone to a manned station, but its problems highlight the difficulties of exploring outer space.
But China has come a long way in its race to catch up with the United ... more |
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Tubingen, Germany (SPX) Apr 10, 2018
The H.E.S.S. telescopes have surveyed the Milky Way for the past 15 years searching for sources of gamma radiation. The H.E.S.S. collaboration includes scientists of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of Tubingen led by Professor Andrea Santangelo and Dr. Gerd Puhlhofer.
They are interested in sources of very high energy gamma radiation in the TeV energy range, i ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 09, 2018 
Bonobos are willing to share meat with animals outside their own family groups. This behaviour was observed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is documented in a new study in Springer's journal Human Nature. Even though bonobo apes have been studied for years, animal behaviourists have only realised in the past 25 years that these primates do not only eat plants, but similar to the comm ... more |
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 Melbourne, Australia (The Conversation) Apr 11, 2018 
Elon Musk's SpaceX reportedly has two people signed up for a trip around the Moon (although these plans have been delayed slightly), and Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has advanced plans to launch space tourists from 2018 for a mere US$250,000 each - hundreds of people have already registered.
Is there anyone reading this who didn't want to be an astronaut when they were a child? I was ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 
Glaciers in Alaska's Denali National Park are melting faster than at any time in the past four centuries because of rising summer temperatures, a new study finds.
New ice cores taken from the summit of Mt. Hunter in Denali National Park show summers there are least 1.2-2 degrees Celsius (2.2-3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than summers were during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. T ... more |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 
Beginning in 2013, a mysterious disease crippled sea star populations up and down the U.S. west coast. Over a matter of months, many sea star species died in record-breaking numbers, though Pisaster ochraceus - a keystone species known as the ochre sea star - was among the hardest hit. Now, researchers at UC Santa Cruz have analyzed just how much the populations of this species have declined, bu ... 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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