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  Beijing (XNA) Jun 19, 2018 A satellite with a huge golden umbrella-shaped antenna is in an orbit more than 400,000 km from Earth, waiting for Chang'e-4, which is set to be the first ever probe to land softly on the Moon's far side. The relay satellite for Chang'e-4 will establish a communication link between the Earth and the far side of the Moon, and might serve probes from other countries, contributing to international scientific exploration, said Ye Peijian, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and one of Ch ... read more |
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Hayabusa2 and MASCOT lander nearing RyuguBonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 Hayabusa2, JAXA's asteroid explorer, and the MASCOT lander, developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the French space agency (CNES) have been travelling through space since December 2013. ... more  
Star shredded by rare breed of black holeParis (ESA) Jun 19, 2018 ESA's XMM-Newton observatory has discovered the best-ever candidate for a very rare and elusive type of cosmic phenomenon: a medium-weight black hole in the process of tearing apart and feasting on ... more 
Micro satellite developed by Chinese university starts to work around MoonBeijing (XNA) Jun 18, 2018 A micro satellite, developed by the Harbin Institute of Technology in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and sent into an orbit around the Moon, has started to transmit data back to Earth. ... more  
Study could help humans colonise Mars and hunt for alien lifeCanberra, Australia (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have contributed to an international study that will potentially help humans to colonise Mars and find life on other planets. The study o ... more |
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Astronomers identify 121 giant planets likely to host habitable moonsWashington (UPI) Jun 14, 2018 Astronomers have identified 121 giant planets that potentially host habitable moons. Scientists believe the next generation of telescopes will be able to target alien moons in search of signs of life. ... more 
Long suspected theory about the moon holds waterSendai, Japan (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 A team of Japanese scientists led by Masahiro Kayama of Tohoku University's Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, has discovered a mineral known as moganite in a lunar meteorit ... more 
Relay satellite for Chang'e-4 lunar probe enters planned orbitBeijing (XNA) Jun 15, 2018 The relay satellite for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe, which is expected to land on the far side of the Moon at the end of the year, has entered the planned orbit, the China National Space Administratio ... more  
New GAIA data reveals mergers in Milky WayGroningen, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 University of Groningen astronomers have discovered relics of merger events in the Milky Way halo. Five small groups of stars appear to represent mergers with smaller galaxies, while a big 'blob' co ... more 
Dust clouds can explain puzzling features of active galactic nucleiSanta Cruz CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 Many large galaxies have a bright central region called an active galactic nucleus (AGN), powered by matter spiraling into a supermassive black hole. Gas clouds in an area around the AGN known as th ... more |
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 A New Experiment to Understand Dark Matter  
The true power of the solar windVienna, Austria (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 The planets and moons of our solar system are continuously being bombarded by particles hurled away from the sun. On Earth this has hardly any effect, apart from the fascinating northern lights, bec ... more  |
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Organics on Ceres may be more abundant than originally thoughtProvidence RI (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 Last year, scientists with NASA's Dawn mission announced the detection of organic material - carbon-based compounds that are necessary components for life - exposed in patches on the surface of the ... more 
Magnetic fields could hold the key to star formationPreston, UK (SPX) Jun 08, 2018 Astronomers have discovered new magnetic fields in space which could shed light on how stars are formed and uncover the mysteries behind one of the most famous celestial images. For the first time, ... more 
SwRI: Technology Selected for NASA Mission to Map Solar System BoundarySan Antonio TX (SPX) Jun 13, 2018 Southwest Research Institute will manage the payload and payload systems engineering for a new NASA mission that will sample, analyze and map particles streaming to Earth from the edge of interstell ... more 
Nanodiamonds explain mysterious source of Milky Way microwavesWashington (UPI) Jun 11, 2018 Astronomers have discovered microscopic gemstones surrounding three infant star systems in the Milky Way. Researchers believe tiny diamonds account for the shimmer of cosmic microwave light that has puzzled astronomers for 20 years. ... more  
Job Openings - Space Traffic ControllersBethesda MD (SPX) Jun 13, 2018 In the not-too-distant future an international regulatory and enforcement agency may be looking for Space Traffic Controllers to fill hundreds of positions for well-trained professionals. It is like ... more |
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 Boulder, Colo. (UPI) Sep 11, 2018 
After a few weeks of silence, the Pluto photo parade is back in action. On Friday, NASA released a new roll of images beamed back by the intrepid probe, New Horizons.
The new images include additional close-ups of Pluto's rugged beauty - the sphere's surface features revealed in new range and detail.
"Pluto is showing us a diversity of landforms and complexity of processes that ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2018 
Astronomers have identified 121 giant planets that potentially host habitable moons. Scientists believe the next generation of telescopes will be able to target alien moons in search of signs of life.
Scientists identified the candidates among exoplanet data collected by NASA's Kepler telescope. Kepler's main goal is to help astronomers locate habitable planets outside the solar system. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2018 
A record dust storm has been swirling on Mars for nearly two weeks. While the weather has forced the Opportunity rover to bunker down and suspend all scientific activities, several other spacecraft are taking the opportunity to study the storm.
"This is the ideal storm for Mars science," Jim Watzin, director of the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters, said in a news release. " ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 18, 2018 
A micro satellite, developed by the Harbin Institute of Technology in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and sent into an orbit around the Moon, has started to transmit data back to Earth.
Two micro satellites, Longjiang-1 and Longjiang-2, were sent into space on May 21 together with the Chang'e-4 lunar probe's relay satellite from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center. ... more |
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 Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 
Is dark matter a source of a yet unknown force in addition to gravity? The mysterious dark matter is little understood and trying to understand its properties is an important challenge in modern physics and astrophysics. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, have proposed a new experiment that makes use of super-dense stars to learn more about the interact ... more |
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 Ames IA (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 
A new study co-led by University of Iowa researchers explains how ammonia is distributed in Earth's upper atmosphere.
The study authors used computer modeling to determine that ammonia is eventually released as a gas into the upper atmosphere. The modeling explains a mystery - data gathered by satellites that shows plumes of ammonia in the upper atmosphere, especially over parts of Asia du ... more |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 
Last year, scientists with NASA's Dawn mission announced the detection of organic material - carbon-based compounds that are necessary components for life - exposed in patches on the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres. Now, a new analysis of the Dawn data by Brown University researchers suggests those patches may contain a much higher abundance of organics than originally thought.
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 
The planets and moons of our solar system are continuously being bombarded by particles hurled away from the sun. On Earth this has hardly any effect, apart from the fascinating northern lights, because the dense atmosphere and the magnetic field of the Earth protect us from these solar wind particles. But on the Moon or on Mercury things are different: There, the uppermost layer of rock is grad ... 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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Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 15, 2018
Is dark matter a source of a yet unknown force in addition to gravity? The mysterious dark matter is little understood and trying to understand its properties is an important challenge in modern physics and astrophysics. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, have proposed a new experiment that makes use of super-dense stars to learn more about the interact ... more |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Jun 12, 2018 
New, higher-quality assemblies of great ape genomes have now been generated without the guidance of the human reference genome. The effort to reduce "humanizing" discovery bias in great ape genomes provides a clearer view of the genetic differences that arose as humans diverged from other primates.
In the June 8 issue of Science, researchers report on improved orangutan and chimpanzee geno ... more |
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 Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 
Space station astronauts have to be "high-risk-taking" individuals. They volunteer to fly from the Earth to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard 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 hard vacuum of space. In fact, they are at the mercy of the elements for the duration o ... more |
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 West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 
The largest ice sheet on Earth was stable throughout the last warm period in geologic time, indicating it should hold up as temperatures continue to rise. The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the world's largest potential contributor to sea level rise (175 feet, if the whole thing melted). Unlike the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets, though, it's been resistant to melt as conditions warm.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 
Three-dimensional measurements of the central Brazilian Amazon rainforest have given NASA researchers a detailed window into the high number of branch falls and tree mortality that occur in response to drought conditions. They found that 65 percent more trees and large branches died due to an El Nino-driven drought in 2015-2016 than compared to an average year. Understanding the effects of prolo ... more |
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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 
The UK, through the work of the University of Glasgow's Institute for Gravitational Research and the Science and Technology Facilities Council's UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) in Edinburgh, will develop the optical benches for the European Space Agency's LISA mission (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna). These optical benches are at the core of the laser interferometry measurement syste ... more |
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