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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 07, 2018 NASA has approved an update to Juno's science operations until July 2021. This provides for an additional 41 months in orbit around Jupiter and will enable Juno to achieve its primary science objectives.Juno is in 53-day orbits rather than 14-day orbits as initially planned because of a concern about valves on the spacecraft's fuel system. This longer orbit means that it will take more time to collect the needed science data. An independent panel of experts confirmed in April that Juno is on track ... read more |
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Data discrepancies may affect understanding of the universeDallas TX (SPX) Jun 07, 2018 One of the unsolved mysteries in modern science is why the expansion of the universe appears to be accelerating. Some scientists argue it is due to a theoretical dark energy that counteracts the pul ... more  
How do you weigh a galaxy? Especially the one you're in?Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 07, 2018 A new technique for estimating the mass of galaxies promises more reliable results, especially when applied to large datasets generated by current and future surveys, according to a research team le ... more  
As Solar Wind Blows, Our Heliosphere BalloonsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 07, 2018 What happens when the solar wind suddenly starts to blow significantly harder? According to two recent studies, the boundaries of our entire solar system balloon outward - and an analysis of particl ... more 
Spooky quantum particle pairs fly like weird curveballsAtlanta GA (SPX) Jun 05, 2018 Curvy baseball pitches have surprising things in common with quantum particles described in a new physics study, though the latter fly much more weirdly. In fact, ultracold paired particles ca ... more |
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Searching for Potential Life-Hosting Planets Beyond EarthCharlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 05, 2018 In recent years, astronomers have discovered more than 4,000 exoplanets (and counting) - planets outside our solar system. The majority of those planets are Earth-sized, to about 2.5 times the size ... more 
Planets Can Easily Exist in Triple Star SystemsJohannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Jun 05, 2018 Researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa (Wits) and the University of Grenoble Alpes in France have mapped out regions where exoplanets can exist within triple star syste ... more  
SpaceX delays plans to send tourists around Moon: reportWashington (AFP) June 4, 2018 SpaceX will not send tourists around the Moon this year as previously announced, and will delay the project until the middle of next year, US media reported on Monday. ... more  
NEOWISE Thermal Data Reveal Surface Properties of Over 100 AsteroidsPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 05, 2018 Nearly all asteroids are so far away and so small that the astronomical community only knows them as moving points of light. The rare exceptions are asteroids that have been visited by spacecraft, a ... more 
Hubble Spots a Green Cosmic ArcBaltimore MD (SPX) Jun 04, 2018 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a cluster of hundreds of galaxies located about 7.5 billion light-years from Earth. The brightest galaxy within this cluster, named SDSS J1156+1911, ... more |
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 Spinning rugby balls: The rotation of the most massive galaxies 
Cosmic collision lights up the darknessMunich, Germany (SPX) Jun 05, 2018 Though it resembles a peaceful rose swirling in the darkness of the cosmos, NGC 3256 is actually the site of a violent clash. This distorted galaxy is the relic of a collision between two spiral gal ... more  |
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Supercomputer Astronomy: The Next GenerationTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 05, 2018 The supercomputer Cray XC50, nicknamed NS-05 "ATERUI II," started operation on June 1, 2018. With a theoretical peak performance of 3.087 petaflops, ATERUI II is the world's fastest supercomputer fo ... more 
Tiny asteroid first discovered Saturday disintegrates over AfricaPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 04, 2018 A boulder-sized asteroid designated 2018 LA was discovered Saturday morning, June 2, and was determined to be on a collision course with Earth, with impact just hours away. Because it was very faint ... more 
NASA Selects Mission to Study Solar Wind Boundary of Outer Solar SystemWashington DC (SPX) Jun 04, 2018 NASA has selected a science mission planned for launch in 2024 that will sample, analyze, and map particles streaming to Earth from the edges of interstellar space. The Interstellar Mapping an ... more 
Space Traffic Management - Oversight, Licensing And EnforcementBethesda, MD (SPX) Jun 01, 2018 Soon, another 10,000 new satellites will be launched into the most congested space in the universe. There are already an estimated 100 trillion objects in low-earth orbits, most of these things are ... more 
Magnetic crystal that behaves like quantum light validates theoryOnna, Japan (SPX) Jun 07, 2018 What is light? It sounds like a simple question, but it is one that has occupied some of the best scientific minds for centuries. Now, a collaborative study with scientists at the Okinawa Inst ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 07, 2018 
NASA has approved an update to Juno's science operations until July 2021. This provides for an additional 41 months in orbit around Jupiter and will enable Juno to achieve its primary science objectives.Juno is in 53-day orbits rather than 14-day orbits as initially planned because of a concern about valves on the spacecraft's fuel system. This longer orbit means that it will take more time to c ... more |
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 Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 05, 2018 
In recent years, astronomers have discovered more than 4,000 exoplanets (and counting) - planets outside our solar system. The majority of those planets are Earth-sized, to about 2.5 times the size of Earth, and therefore considered to have the potential for facilitating the development of life.
But which ones, specifically, could harbor organisms?
One way to narrow the search for ha ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 07, 2018 
Opportunity is halfway down in "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.
The science team is pursuing several hypotheses as to the origin of the valley. The rover is still positioned near some tabular rocks that are the subject of an in-situ (contact) investigation. Over several days (sols), the Panoramic Camera (Pancam) has been employed to collect extensive imagery of va ... more |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Jun 06, 2018 
For anyone who has ever wished there were more hours in the day, geoscientists have some good news: Days on Earth are getting longer.
A new study that reconstructs the deep history of our planet's relationship to the moon shows that 1.4 billion years ago, a day on Earth lasted just over 18 hours. This is at least in part because the moon was closer and changed the way the Earth spun around ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 07, 2018 
A new technique for estimating the mass of galaxies promises more reliable results, especially when applied to large datasets generated by current and future surveys, according to a research team led by Ekta Patel at the University of Arizona. Published in the Astrophysical Journal, the study is the first to combine the observed full three-dimensional motions of several of the Milky Way's satell ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 07, 2018 
Before ESA's Aeolus satellite is packed up and shipped to French Guiana for liftoff in August, media representatives had the chance to see this wind measuring Earth Explorer satellite standing proud in the cleanroom.
Like all of the Earth Explorers, Aeolus was built to show how cutting-edge space technology can shed new light on the intricate workings of our planet.
This pioneering sate ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 04, 2018  A boulder-sized asteroid designated 2018 LA was discovered Saturday morning, June 2, and was determined to be on a collision course with Earth, with impact just hours away. Because it was very faint, the asteroid was estimated to be only about 6 feet (2 meters) across, which is small enough that it was expected to safely disintegrate in Earth's atmosphere. Saturday's asteroid was first discovere ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 07, 2018 
What happens when the solar wind suddenly starts to blow significantly harder? According to two recent studies, the boundaries of our entire solar system balloon outward - and an analysis of particles rebounding off of its edges will reveal its new shape.
In late 2014, NASA spacecraft detected a substantial change in the solar wind. For the first time in nearly a decade, the solar wind pre ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 07, 2018 
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) confirmed that one of its institutes Monday successfully tracked and received imaging data from the newly-launched Earth observation satellite Gaofen-6.
The Aerospace Information Research Institute said the Miyun station of China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station received the first batch of observation data from the Gaofen-6 satellite. There was ... more |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 07, 2018
A new technique for estimating the mass of galaxies promises more reliable results, especially when applied to large datasets generated by current and future surveys, according to a research team led by Ekta Patel at the University of Arizona. Published in the Astrophysical Journal, the study is the first to combine the observed full three-dimensional motions of several of the Milky Way's satell ... more |
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 Champaign IL (SPX) Jun 05, 2018 
A new genetic study of ancient individuals in the Americas and their contemporary descendants finds that two populations that diverged from one another 18,000 to 15,000 years ago remained apart for millennia before mixing again. This historic "reconvergence" occurred before or during their expansion to the southern continent.
The study, reported in the journal Science, challenges previous ... more |
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 Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) June 6, 2018 
A relatively inexperienced crew of two astronauts and a cosmonaut blasted off Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.
German Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, NASA's Serena Aunon-Chancellor and Russian Sergei Prokopyev of Roscosmos shot into the sky in warm, dry conditions at 1112 GMT.
They should dock ... more |
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 Evanston IL (SPX) Jun 05, 2018 
A tiny clue found in ancient sediment has unlocked big secrets about Greenland's past and future climate.
Just beyond the northwest edge of the vast Greenland Ice Sheet, Northwestern University researchers have discovered lake mud that beat tough odds by surviving the last ice age. The mud, and remains of common flies nestled within it, record two interglacial periods in northwest Greenlan ... more |
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 Corvallis OR (SPX) Jun 05, 2018 
Oregon State University scientists have created a tool that can predict the flow rate of Arctic rivers with a surprising degree of accuracy based on the makeup and abundance of bacteria in the water.
Their successful "genohydrology" approach is important because many Arctic rivers are remote and quite rugged, making deployment of flow meters to measure the water dangerous and expensive. Th ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 01, 2018 
The spectacular merger of two neutron stars that generated gravitational waves announced last fall likely did something else: birthed a black hole. This newly spawned black hole would be the lowest mass black hole ever found.
A new study analyzed data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory taken in the days, weeks, and months after the detection of gravitational waves by the Laser Interfero ... more |
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