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  Pasadena, CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2018 Last autumn, the world was excited by the discovery of an exoplanet called Ross 128 b, which is just 11 light years away from Earth. New work from a team led by Diogo Souto of Brazil's Observatorio Nacional and including Carnegie's Johanna Teske has for the first time determined detailed chemical abundances of the planet's host star, Ross 128. Understanding which elements are present in a star in what abundances can help researchers estimate the makeup of the exoplanets that orbit them, which can ... read more |
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Israel plans its first moon launch in DecemberYehud, Israel (AFP) July 10, 2018 An Israeli organisation announced plans Tuesday to launch the country's first spacecraft to the moon in December, with hopes of burnishing Israel's reputation as a small nation with otherworldly high-tech ambitions. ... more  
Kirigami-inspired technique manipulates light at the nanoscaleCambridge UK (SPX) Jul 10, 2018 Nanokirigami has taken off as a field of research in the last few years; the approach is based on the ancient arts of origami (making 3-D shapes by folding paper) and kirigami (which allows cutting ... more  
A refined magnetic senseZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 06, 2018 The field of quantum science and technology experiences an ever-intensifying flurry of activity. The A refined magnetic senses are currently dominated by reports on progress towards building quantum ... more 
Plasma-spewing quasar shines light on universe's youth, early galaxy formationPasadena CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2018 Carnegie's Eduardo Banados led a team that found a quasar with the brightest radio emission ever observed in the early universe, due to it spewing out a jet of extremely fast-moving material. ... more |
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Fragment of Impacting Asteroid Recovered in BotswanaMountain View, CA (SPX) Jul 09, 2018 A meteorite was found in Botswana's Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) that is a fragment of asteroid 2018 LA. This small asteroid was discovered in space by the University of Arizona's Catalina S ... more 
Groundbreaking Study Sheds New Light on Galaxy EvolutionPorto, Portugal (SPX) Jul 09, 2018 Using integral field spectroscopy[1] (IFS) and advanced modeling tools, Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco[2] (IA) researchers Iris Breda and Polychronis Papaderos have achieved an import ... more  
This Summer's Solar Eclipses from the Ends of the EarthWilliamstown MA (SPX) Jul 09, 2018 Solar eclipses will occur at opposite ends of the Earth this summer, 2018. Both will be merely partial solar eclipses as seen from the Earth's surface, not as dramatic as last summer's total solar e ... more 
Cutting-Edge Heat Shield Installed on NASA's Parker Solar ProbeLaurel MD (SPX) Jul 06, 2018 The launch of Parker Solar Probe, the mission that will get closer to the Sun than any human-made object has ever gone, is quickly approaching, and on June 27, 2018, Parker Solar Probe's heat shield ... more  
Jupiter's moons create uniquely patterned aurora on the gas giant planetWashington DC (SPX) Jul 06, 2018 New images from the Juno spacecraft show an unusual "footprint" of Jupiter's moons on their parent planet's aurorae. The data reveal that, rather than casting one "shadow" in Jupiter's aurorae, the ... more |
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The toxic side of the MoonParis (ESA) Jul 05, 2018 When the Apollo astronauts returned from the Moon, the dust that clung to their spacesuits made their throats sore and their eyes water. Lunar dust is made of sharp, abrasive and nasty particles, bu ... more  |
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Putting a quantum gas through its phasesZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 11, 2018 As a physical system undergoes a phase transition, it typically becomes more - or, less - ordered. For instance, when a piece of iron is heated to above the Curie temperature, the strong ferromagnet ... more 
Higgs boson observed decaying into pairs of b quarksWashington (UPI) Jul 10, 2018 Physicists have observed the Higgs boson decaying into a pair of b quarks, confirming the predictions of the Standard Model of particle physics. ... more 
Guiding sound waves through a mazeVienna, Austria (SPX) Jul 06, 2018 We are constantly dealing with waves that are deflected in complex ways: this could be a light beam passing through a glass of milk and being dispersed in all directions, or electromagnetic waves fr ... more 
Magnetic skyrmions: Not the only ones of their classJulich, Germany (SPX) Jul 06, 2018 These objects, which are referred to as "chiral magnetic bobbers", are three-dimensional magnetic structures that appear near the surfaces of certain alloys. "For a long time, the unique objec ... more 
Researchers see beam of light from first confirmed neutron star merger emerge from behind sunWarwick UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 A research team led by astronomers at the University of Warwick had to wait over 100 days for the sight of the first of confirmed neutron star merger to remerge from behind the glare of the sun. ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 06, 2018 
This animation demonstrates how deformation in the icy surface of Europa could transport subsurface ocean water to the moon's surface.
This is just one of several simulated behaviors reported in a new study performed by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The study focused on linear features called "bands" and "groove lanes" found on Jupiter's moons Europa and Ganymede. Scienti ... more |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2018 
Earlier this week, NASA's Kepler team received an indication that the spacecraft fuel tank is running very low. NASA has placed the spacecraft in a hibernation-like state in preparation to download the science data collected in its latest observation campaign. Once the data has been downloaded, the expectation is to start observations for the next campaign with any remaining fuel.
Since Ma ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Jul 06, 2018 
On July 27 and several days afterwards, the Red Planet will become especially visible due to a so-called "opposition," with Earth coming equally close both to Mars and the sun, international media reported.
Although it generally occurs nearly every two years, this year is unique, as in light of a Martian year being almost twice as long and both planets orbiting more elliptically than circu ... more |
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 Yehud, Israel (AFP) July 10, 2018 
An Israeli organisation announced plans Tuesday to launch the country's first spacecraft to the moon in December, with hopes of burnishing Israel's reputation as a small nation with otherworldly high-tech ambitions.
The unmanned spacecraft, shaped like a pod and weighing some 585 kilogrammes (1,300 pounds) at launch, will land on the moon on February 13, 2019 if all goes according to plan, o ... more |
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 Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jul 10, 2018 
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have made an image revealing tantalizing details of a quasar nearly 13 billion light-years from Earth - an object that may provide important clues about the physical processes at work in the Universe's first galaxies.
The scientists studied a quasar called PSO J352.4034-15.3373 (P352-15), an unusually brigh ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 9, 2018 
An environmental pressure group claimed Monday that Chinese factories are illegally using ozone-depleting CFCs, which have recently seen a spike in emissions that has baffled scientists.
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) campaign group said 18 factories in 10 Chinese provinces they looked into admitted to using banned chlorofluorocarbons.
Producers and traders told EIA researc ... more |
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 Mountain View, CA (SPX) Jul 09, 2018 
A meteorite was found in Botswana's Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) that is a fragment of asteroid 2018 LA. This small asteroid was discovered in space by the University of Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey on June 2, 2018, eight hours before hitting Earth. The asteroid burst through the upper atmosphere and resulted in a meteor fireball. The asteroid detonated a few seconds after entry and the ... more |
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 Williamstown MA (SPX) Jul 09, 2018 
Solar eclipses will occur at opposite ends of the Earth this summer, 2018. Both will be merely partial solar eclipses as seen from the Earth's surface, not as dramatic as last summer's total solar eclipse whose path of totality crossed the United States, with partial eclipses being seen from as far north as Canada and as far south as northern South America.
Prof. Jay Pasachoff, Chair of th ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 06, 2018 
China Wednesday launched a new space science program focusing on the origin and evolution of the universe, black holes, gravitational waves and relationship between the solar system and human.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced to develop a group of four satellites in the program.
The program includes a satellite named "Einstein-Probe (EP)", which is tasked with discover ... more |
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Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jul 10, 2018
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have made an image revealing tantalizing details of a quasar nearly 13 billion light-years from Earth - an object that may provide important clues about the physical processes at work in the Universe's first galaxies.
The scientists studied a quasar called PSO J352.4034-15.3373 (P352-15), an unusually brigh ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) July 11, 2018 
The remains of crudely fashioned stone tools unearthed in China advances the presence of human ancestors in Asia by around 200 millennia to 2.1 million years ago, scientists said Wednesday.
If correctly dated, the find means that hominins - the group of humans and our extinct forefather species - left Africa earlier than archaeologists have been able to demonstrate thus far, a team reporte ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) July 10, 2018 
A Russian cargo vessel took just three hours and 40 minutes to reach the International Space Station on Tuesday, Roscosmos space agency said, smashing the record flight time by two hours.
The "Progress" launched at 2151 GMT on Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and arrived at the space station in the early hours of Tuesday, the agency said.
"The length of the flight, be ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) July 10, 2018 
Five major krill fishing firms Tuesday agreed to halt operations across huge swathes of the Antarctic to help protect wildlife in a move hailed as "bold and progressive" by conservationists.
The vast frozen continent is home to penguins, seals, whales and other marine life with krill a staple food for many species.
But a combination of climate change and industrial-scale fishing has been ... more |
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 Wellington (AFP) July 10, 2018  China is planning a summit of Pacific island leaders in November, Papua New Guinea has revealed, as New Zealand warned Tuesday Beijing was attempting to fill a "vacuum" in the long-neglected region.
President Xi Jinping wants to hold the meeting ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Port Moresby from November 12-18.
"(I) invite you to attend a Pacific Island lead ... more |
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 Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jul 05, 2018 
Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity, predicts that all objects fall in the same way, regardless of their mass or composition. But does this principle also hold for objects with extreme gravity? An international team of astronomers have tested this using three stars orbiting each other: a neutron star and two white dwarfs. Their findings, published in Nature on 5 July 2018, prove tha ... more |
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