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  Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 08, 2018 Once every month, on average, somewhere on Earth a fireball appears out of nowhere and for mere seconds, casts a blinding flash across the sky before it blows up in a thunderous explosion. It happened last Saturday over southern Africa, where a small space rock disintegrated in the night sky and - possibly - scattered debris on the ground, awaiting discovery by meteorite hunters. Despite their relative frequency, of all the small space rocks that have impacted Earth, only three have been spotted b ... read more |
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The Clarke exobelt, a method to search for possible extraterrestrial civilizationsLa Laguna, Spain (SPX) Jun 08, 2018 Finding life in other parts of the universe has been one of humanity's constant dreams. For the first time in history the scientific community has hopes based on some degree of possibility that this ... more  
Collisions Spray Heavy Elements Throughout Small GalaxiesPasadena CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2018 Caltech scientists have found, for the first time, that merging pairs of neutron stars - the burnt-out cores of stars that have exploded - create the majority of heavy elements in small "dwarf" gala ... more 
Researchers discover multiple alkali metals in unique exoplanetLa Laguna, Spain (SPX) Jun 08, 2018 The extrasolar planet WASP-127b is one of the least dense exoplanets ever found. It has a radius 1.4 times greater than Jupiter, but only 20% of its mass. Such a planet has no analogue in the solar ... more  
How solar prominences vibrateLa Laguna, Spain (SPX) Jun 08, 2018 When we look at the surface of the Sun the solar prominences are seen as dark filaments that populate the disk or as a blaze of plasma above it. Solar prominences are very dense plasma structures th ... 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  
Thank the moon for Earth's lengthening dayMadison 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 plan ... more |
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 Chemical traces from star formation cast light on cosmic history 
Globular clusters 4 billion years younger than previously thoughtWarwick UK (SPX) Jun 06, 2018 Globular clusters could be up to 4 billion years younger than previously thought, new research led by the University of Warwick has found. Comprised of hundreds of thousands of stars densely p ... more  |
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NASA's Hi-C Launches to Study Sun's CoronaWhite Sands NM (SPX) Jun 06, 2018 NASA and its partners launched a rocket-borne camera to the edge of space at 2:54 p.m. EST May 29, 2018, on its third flight to study the Sun. The clarity of images returned is unprecedented and the ... more 
Sorry ET, Got Here First: Russian Scientist Suggests Humans Would Destroy AliensMoscow (Sputnik) Jun 04, 2018 The good news is that a prominent physicist has given a new solution to the question why no extraterrestrial life has yet been detected in the observable universe despite its high probability. The b ... more 
Direct coupling of the Higgs boson to the top quark observedZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 05, 2018 On 4 July 2012, two of the experiments at the CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) and CMS (Compact-Muon-Solenoid), reported independently the discovery of the Higgs ... more 
CERN scientists find link between Higgs boson, two top quarksWashington (UPI) Jun 4, 2018 Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider have offered fresh insights into the relationship between Higgs boson and top quarks. ... more 
Transferring quantum information using soundVienna, Austria (SPX) Jun 07, 2018 Quantum physics is on the brink of a technological breakthrough: new types of sensors, secure data transmission methods and maybe even computers could be made possible thanks to quantum technologies ... 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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 La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Jun 08, 2018 
The extrasolar planet WASP-127b is one of the least dense exoplanets ever found. It has a radius 1.4 times greater than Jupiter, but only 20% of its mass. Such a planet has no analogue in the solar system and is rare even within the exoplanet diversity. It takes just over four days to complete an orbit around its parent star and its surface temperature is around 1400 K (1127 C).
The obse ... 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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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2018 
Caltech scientists have found, for the first time, that merging pairs of neutron stars - the burnt-out cores of stars that have exploded - create the majority of heavy elements in small "dwarf" galaxies. Heavy elements, such as silver and gold, are key for planet formation and even life itself. By studying these dwarf galaxies, the researchers hope to learn more about the primary sources of heav ... more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 04, 2018
Data from the first NASA satellite mission dedicated to measuring the water content of soils is now being used operationally by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to monitor global croplands and make commodity forecasts.
The Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, launched in 2015 and has helped map the amount of water in soils worldwide. Now, with to ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 08, 2018 
Once every month, on average, somewhere on Earth a fireball appears out of nowhere and for mere seconds, casts a blinding flash across the sky before it blows up in a thunderous explosion. It happened last Saturday over southern Africa, where a small space rock disintegrated in the night sky and - possibly - scattered debris on the ground, awaiting discovery by meteorite hunters.
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 La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Jun 08, 2018 
When we look at the surface of the Sun the solar prominences are seen as dark filaments that populate the disk or as a blaze of plasma above it. Solar prominences are very dense plasma structures that levitate in the solar atmosphere.
It is generally believed that the star's magnetic field supports them so that they do not fall on the surface due to their own weight. These magnetic structu ... 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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Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2018
Caltech scientists have found, for the first time, that merging pairs of neutron stars - the burnt-out cores of stars that have exploded - create the majority of heavy elements in small "dwarf" galaxies. Heavy elements, such as silver and gold, are key for planet formation and even life itself. By studying these dwarf galaxies, the researchers hope to learn more about the primary sources of heav ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 4, 2018 
Bonobos won't eat dirty food. In experiments, the great apes refused fruit that had been contaminated by feces.
Scientists wanted to better understand the evolutionary origins of disgust. The reaction helps humans avoid exposure to pathogens, and the latest research suggests the reaction offers apes' similar benefits.
Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan offered bonobos sever ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Jun 08, 2018 
The world is at the beginning of a new era in commercial space exploration that one speaker at the Dawn of Private Space Science 2018 (DPSS18), a symposium held at Columbia University June 2-3, described as the Internet of tomorrow.
Among the key points made by some 26 speakers from the United Nations, private industry and other organizations at the symposium: this new era could not only l ... 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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 New Delhi (AFP) June 8, 2018 
When the water truck finally chugged into the Delhi slum, there was a stampede. It is a scene repeated daily across India as temperatures rise and the vital resource gets ever scarcer.
Young men clambered onto the roof and jammed a tangle of multicoloured hosepipes inside, passing the other ends to friends waiting with containers in the shouting crowd below.
All 10,000 litres were gone i ... 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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