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  Bethesda, MD (SPX) May 23, 2018 Space station astronauts are "high-risk-taking" individuals. They volunteer to fly from the Earth to the International Space Station (ISS) on board a Russian launch vehicle that has a less-than-stellar safety record. Once on board the ISS they are exposed to high radiation levels, weightlessness and the vacuum of space. In fact, they are at the mercy of the elements for the duration of the flight without the possibility of a rescue in case of a severe emergency. In some extreme situations, i ... read more |
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OPERA Collaboration Presents Its Final Results on Neutrino OscillationsGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) May 23, 2018 he OPERA experiment, located at the Gran Sasso Laboratory of the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), was designed to conclusively prove that muon-neutrinos can convert to tau-neut ... more  
Discovery of the first body in the Solar System with an extrasolar originParis, France (SPX) May 23, 2018 Asteroid 2015 BZ509 is the very first object in the Solar System shown to have an extrasolar origin. This remarkable discovery was made by CNRS researcher Fathi Namouni and her Brazilian colleague H ... more 
Study confirms link between gamma rays, lightning strikesWashington DC (UPI) May 17, 2018 A new survey of downward terrestrial gamma ray flashes suggests the rare electromagnetic phenomena is linked with cloud-to-ground lightning. ... more  
Can a quantum drum vibrate and stand still at the same time?London, UK (SPX) May 22, 2018 Researchers have studied how a 'drumstick' made of light could make a microscopic 'drum' vibrate and stand still at the same time. A team of researchers from the UK and Australia have made a k ... more |
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China satellite heralds first mission to dark side of MoonBeijing (AFP) May 21, 2018 China launched on Monday a relay satellite that will allow a rover to communicate with the Earth from the far side of the Moon during an unprecedented mission later this year. ... more  
Planet hunter snaps test image on Lunar flyby on route to final orbitGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 21, 2018 NASA's next planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), is one step closer to searching for new worlds after successfully completing a lunar flyby on May 17. The spacecraft pass ... more 
A new map for a birthplace of starsNew Haven CT (SPX) May 21, 2018 A Yale-led research group has created the most detailed maps yet of a vast seedbed of stars similar to Earth's Sun. The maps provide unprecedented detail of the structure of the Orion A molecu ... more
Dutch Radio Antenna To Depart For The Moon On Chinese MissionDwingeloo, Netherlands (SPX) May 18, 2018 On 21 May 2018, the Chinese space agency will launch the relay satellite Chang'e 4 to an orbit behind the Moon. On board will be a Dutch radio antenna, the Netherlands Chinese Low-Frequency Explorer ... more 
Hubble shows the local universe in ultravioletMunich, Germany (SPX) May 18, 2018 Using the unparalleled sharpness and ultraviolet observational capabilities of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers has created the most comprehensive high-resol ... more |
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 Study co-authored by UCLA scientists shows evidence of water vapor plumes on Jupiter moon 
Amateur astronomer's data helps scientists discover a new exoplanetYekaterinburg, Russia (SPX) May 18, 2018 One of the candidates previously found by the Kourovka Planet Search (KPS) project turned out to be the so-called hot Jupiter. The exoplanet, known as KPS-1b, orbits a star similar to the Sun with a ... more  |
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Astronomers Release Most Complete Ultraviolet-Light Survey of Nearby GalaxiesBaltimore MD (SPX) May 18, 2018 Capitalizing on the unparalleled sharpness and spectral range of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers is releasing the most comprehensive, high-resolution ultraviolet- ... more 
ALMA finds most-distant oxygen in the universeCharlottesville VA (SPX) May 17, 2018 Not long after the Big Bang, the first generations of stars began altering the chemical make-up of primitive galaxies, slowly enriching the interstellar medium with basic elements such as oxygen, ca ... more  
Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter set to soar highGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 17, 2018 As we develop more and more powerful tools to peer beyond our solar system, we learn more about the seemingly endless sea of faraway stars and their curious casts of orbiting planets. But there's on ... more 
A new map for a birthplace of starsNew Haven CT (SPX) May 17, 2018 A Yale-led research group has created the most detailed maps yet of a vast seedbed of stars similar to Earth's Sun. The maps provide unprecedented detail of the structure of the Orion A molecu ... more 
A laser from a space antManchester UK (SPX) May 17, 2018 An international team of astronomers have discovered an unusual laser emission that suggests the presence of a double star system hidden at the heart of the "spectacular" Ant Nebula. The extre ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 18, 2018 
Using new modeling techniques to analyze data gathered in 1997 by the NASA Galileo spacecraft, astronomers have discovered surprising new details about one of Jupiter's moons.
A paper published in Nature Astronomy offers the clearest evidence to date that there are "plumes" - eruptions of water vapor - venting from the surface of on an icy moon called Europa. Two UCLA scientists are co-aut ... more |
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 Yekaterinburg, Russia (SPX) May 18, 2018 
One of the candidates previously found by the Kourovka Planet Search (KPS) project turned out to be the so-called hot Jupiter. The exoplanet, known as KPS-1b, orbits a star similar to the Sun with a period of 40 hours.
The mass and size of the exoplanet KPS-1b are close to the characteristics of Jupiter, but it is located very close to its parent star. Due to such proximity to the star, th ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 18, 2018 
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are preparing to add percussion to an improvised drill technique already being used by the Curiosity rover on Mars.
Curiosity and its drill haven't had a full range of motion since 2016 when one of the drill's motors short circuited. Over the last year, engineers have developed a workaround drilling technique called Feed Extended Drilling, o ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 21, 2018 
China launched on Monday a relay satellite that will allow a rover to communicate with the Earth from the far side of the Moon during an unprecedented mission later this year.
The Queqiao ("Magpie Bridge") satellite was blasted into space from the southwestern Xichang launch centre in the pre-dawn hours, according to the China National Space Administration.
The satellite split from its c ... more |
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 Manchester UK (SPX) May 17, 2018 
An international team of astronomers have discovered an unusual laser emission that suggests the presence of a double star system hidden at the heart of the "spectacular" Ant Nebula.
The extremely rare phenomenon is connected to the death of a star and was discovered in observations made by European Space Agency's (ESA) Herschel space observatory.
When low- to middleweight stars like ... more |
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 Harpenden UK (SPX) May 22, 2018 
The first official account of the electronic Rothamsted Archive and what it offers highlights how this unique historical repository of agricultural and meteorological data, which date back to 1843, is the result of some remarkable forward thinking.
"But if our knowledge of the chemistry of soils should progress as rapidly as it has during the last twenty years, the analysis of a soil will ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) May 23, 2018 
Asteroid 2015 BZ509 is the very first object in the Solar System shown to have an extrasolar origin. This remarkable discovery was made by CNRS researcher Fathi Namouni and her Brazilian colleague Helena Morais, and is published on 21 May 2018 in MNRAS.
Could some bodies in our Solar System come from the vicinity of other stars? Astronomers are in disagreement about comets, with some argui ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 17, 2018 
As we develop more and more powerful tools to peer beyond our solar system, we learn more about the seemingly endless sea of faraway stars and their curious casts of orbiting planets. But there's only one star we can travel to directly and observe up close - and that's our own: the Sun.
Two upcoming missions will soon take us closer to the Sun than we've ever been before, providing our bes ... more |
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 Xichang, China (XNA) May 22, 2018
The relay satellite, launched Monday for China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, is carrying the largest communication antenna ever used in deep space exploration, according to Chinese experts.
The launch of the satellite Queqiao, or Magpie Bridge, is a key step for China to realize its goal of sending the Chang'e-4 lunar probe to soft-land on the far side of the Moon.
Queqiao, developed by C ... more |
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Manchester UK (SPX) May 17, 2018
An international team of astronomers have discovered an unusual laser emission that suggests the presence of a double star system hidden at the heart of the "spectacular" Ant Nebula.
The extremely rare phenomenon is connected to the death of a star and was discovered in observations made by European Space Agency's (ESA) Herschel space observatory.
When low- to middleweight stars like ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 14, 2018 
Some 30,000 years ago, in the midst of the Ice Age, cartoonish caricatures of animals gave way to more realistic art. New research suggests the shift in aesthetic could be explained by "detail focus," a trait linked to autism.
Seemingly all at once, detailed depictions of bears, bison, horses and lions began to appear in significant numbers in Ice Age caves. Scientists have struggled to ... more |
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 Tampa (AFP) May 16, 2018 
A pair of American astronauts completed a successful spacewalk outside the International Space Station Wednesday to swap and check on two external cooling boxes, nicknamed "Leaky" and "Frosty," NASA said.
The boxes, each about the size of a mini-refrigerator or window AC unit, are crucial to keeping the batteries cool aboard the orbiting lab.
Since they operate using highly toxic ammonia ... more |
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 Portland OR (SPX) May 23, 2018 
An international research team has developed a simple method for using a network of autonomous time-lapse cameras to track the breeding and population dynamics of Antarctic penguins, providing a new, low-cost window into the health and productivity of the Antarctic ecosystem.
The team of scientists from NOAA Fisheries and several other nations published in the journal Methods in Ecology an ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 22, 2018 
The reason we know today just how much ice is melting in Greenland and Antarctica is because of a pair of satellites, launched in 2002 by NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). Now, they are set to be replaced by a more modern duo.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to blast off at 3:47 pm (1947 GMT) Tuesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, hoisting into o ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 21, 2018 
Scheduled to launch no earlier than May 22, the twin satellites of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission, a collaboration between NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), will continue the work of monitoring changes in the world's water cycle and surface mass, which was so well performed by the original GRACE mission. There are far more than f ... more |
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