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  Honolulu HI (SPX) Jul 16, 2018 A multinational team of scientists has just found the first fragments of the small asteroid 2018 LA, which exploded harmlessly high above Africa on June 2. The University of Hawaii's Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope took the final images of 2018 LA before it entered Earth's atmosphere and exploded. Although 2018 LA was discovered by a different telescope in Arizona, ATLAS played a crucial role in determining the asteroid's final destination. Prior to the ATLAS measur ... read more |
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NASA Juno data indicate another possible volcano on Jupiter moon IoPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 16, 2018 Data collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft using its Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument point to a new heat source close to the south pole of Io that could indicate a previously undisco ... more  
Hawaii telescopes help unravel long-standing cosmic mysteryManoa HI (SPX) Jul 16, 2018 Astronomers and physicists around the world, including in Hawaii, have begun to unravel a long-standing cosmic mystery. Using a vast array of telescopes in space and on Earth, they have identified a ... more 
In search of dark matterRiverside CA (SPX) Jul 16, 2018 An international team of scientists that includes University of California, Riverside, physicist Hai-Bo Yu has imposed conditions on how dark matter may interact with ordinary matter - constraints t ... more 
Observatories Team Up to Reveal Rare Double AsteroidPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2018 New observations by three of the world's largest radio telescopes have revealed that an asteroid discovered last year is actually two objects, each about 3,000 feet (900 meters) in size, orbiting ea ... more |
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Hubble and Gaia team up to fuel cosmic conundrumGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 13, 2018 Using the power and synergy of two space telescopes, astronomers have made the most precise measurement to date of the universe's expansion rate. The results further fuel the mismatch between ... more  
Plasma Jets Foretell Unequal Activity of the Sun's Two HemispheresKolkata, India (SPX) Jul 13, 2018 The Sun's activity waxes and wanes periodically and holds sway over our space environment. Sunspots, strongly magnetized blotches on the solar surface, sometimes release fierce storms in space that ... more  
NASA's Webb Space Telescope to Inspect Atmospheres of Gas Giant ExoplanetsBaltimore MD (SPX) Jul 12, 2018 In April 2018, NASA launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Its main goal is to locate Earth-sized planets and larger "super-Earths" orbiting nearby stars for further study. One o ... more 
TESS Spacecraft Continues Testing Prior to First ObservationsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 12, 2018 After a successful launch on April 18, 2018, NASA's newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is currently undergoing a series of commissioning tests before it begins searchin ... more  
Centenary of cosmological constant lambdaWashington DC (SPX) Jul 12, 2018 Physicists are now celebrating the 100th anniversary of the cosmological constant. On this occasion, two papers recently published in EPJ H highlight its role in modern physics and cosmology. ... more |
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 Could Gravitational Waves Reveal How Fast Our Universe Is Expanding? 
Rocky planet neighbor looks familiar, but is not Earth's twinPasadena, 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 ... 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 
Theorists publish highest-precision prediction of muon magnetic anomalyUpton NY (SPX) Jul 16, 2018 Theoretical physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Brookhaven National Laboratory and their collaborators have just released the most precise prediction of how subatomic particles cal ... 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 
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 
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 |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Jul 11, 2018 
Until 2015, it was not known whether icy Pluto or its largest moon, Charon, had mountains, valleys or even impact craters. After the spectacular success of New Horizons in July 2015, scientists were amazed at the towering peaks and deep valleys that were revealed in the returned data.
Now, thanks to the efforts of the New Horizons team, the first official validated global map and topograph ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Jul 12, 2018 
In April 2018, NASA launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Its main goal is to locate Earth-sized planets and larger "super-Earths" orbiting nearby stars for further study. One of the most powerful tools that will examine the atmospheres of some planets that TESS discovers will be NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Since observing small exoplanets with thin atmospheres like E ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 13, 2018 
While the existence of native carbon-based organic compounds on the Red Planet was confirmed only in 2014, some suggest that the discovery could have been made a long time ago.
Back in 1976, NASA's twin Viking landers touched down on Mars to find out if life could survive on Mars and whether there was organic matter in the Martian soil. Researchers were puzzled as no evidence for organic m ... 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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 Riverside CA (SPX) Jul 16, 2018 
An international team of scientists that includes University of California, Riverside, physicist Hai-Bo Yu has imposed conditions on how dark matter may interact with ordinary matter - constraints that can help identify the elusive dark matter particle and detect it on Earth.
Dark matter - nonluminous material in space - is understood to constitute 85 percent of the matter in the universe. ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Jul 16, 2018 
Image of high resolution from the Russian satellite "Aist-2D" (in Russian it means bird "a stork") was received by the Laboratory complex for satellite monitoring "LoReTT" (LoReTT - Local Real Time Tool). The spacecraft "Aist-2D" transmitted data of the territory of Perth city (Australia) on June 15, 2018.
It was the first time when such detailed image (spatial resolution of 2 m) of the Ea ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2018 
New observations by three of the world's largest radio telescopes have revealed that an asteroid discovered last year is actually two objects, each about 3,000 feet (900 meters) in size, orbiting each other.
Near-Earth asteroid 2017 YE5 was discovered with observations provided by the Morocco Oukaimeden Sky Survey on Dec. 21, 2017, but no details about the asteroid's physical properties we ... more |
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 Kolkata, India (SPX) Jul 13, 2018 
The Sun's activity waxes and wanes periodically and holds sway over our space environment. Sunspots, strongly magnetized blotches on the solar surface, sometimes release fierce storms in space that severely impact our satellite based communication and navigational systems and occasionally, render satellites useless.
However, a complete understanding of all aspects of the sunspot activity c ... more |
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 Jiuquan, China (SPX) Jul 16, 2018 
China launched two satellites for Pakistan on a Long March-2C rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:56 a.m. Monday.
The PRSS-1 is China's first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan and the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) for an overseas buyer.
After entering orbit, the PRSS-1 is in good condition ... more |
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Riverside CA (SPX) Jul 16, 2018
An international team of scientists that includes University of California, Riverside, physicist Hai-Bo Yu has imposed conditions on how dark matter may interact with ordinary matter - constraints that can help identify the elusive dark matter particle and detect it on Earth.
Dark matter - nonluminous material in space - is understood to constitute 85 percent of the matter in the universe. ... more |
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 Kent UK (SPX) Jul 13, 2018 
The strength required to access the high calorie content of bone marrow may have played a key role in the evolution of the human hand and explain why primates hands are not like ours, research at the University of Kent has found.
In an article in The Journal of Human Evolution, a team lead by Professor Tracy Kivell of Kent's School of Anthropology and Conservation concludes that although s ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 16, 2018 
According to a new study, scientists have cracked one of most challenging obstacles to deep space travel: how to ensure that astronauts have enough fuel, air and water for the trip. Their proposed method involves "photo catalysts" that can split or recombine water molecules.
The emptiness of space and the vast distances between locations pose huge and unique challenges to space travel. One ... 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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 Cape Cod MA (SPX) Jul 10, 2018 
Sea levels in coastal areas can be affected by a number of factors: tides, winds, waves, and even barometric pressure all play a role in the ebb and flow of the ocean. For the first time, however, a new study led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has shown that river outflow could play a role in sea level change as well.
The study, published July 9 in the journal Proceedin ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 12, 2018 
ince it first exploded into existence 13.8 billion years ago, the universe has been expanding, dragging along with it hundreds of billions of galaxies and stars, much like raisins in a rapidly rising dough.
Astronomers have pointed telescopes to certain stars and other cosmic sources to measure their distance from Earth and how fast they are moving away from us - two parameters that are es ... more |
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