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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 23, 2018 Early on an August morning, the sky near Cape Canaveral, Florida, will light up with the launch of Parker Solar Probe. No earlier than Aug. 6, 2018, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy will thunder to space carrying the car-sized spacecraft, which will study the Sun closer than any human-made object ever has. On July 20, 2018, Nicky Fox, Parker Solar Probe's project scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryland, and Alex Young, associate director for science ... read more |
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CALET makes direct measurements of cosmic-ray electron spectrumTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 23, 2018 An international team of researchers succeeded in extending their result from a previous study and directly measured the cosmic-ray all-electron (electron + positron) spectrum in an energy range fro ... more  
Cassini data yields super sharp infrared images of TitanWashington (UPI) Jul 19, 2018 Cassini disappeared into Saturn's atmosphere late last year. But the spacecraft continues to yield impressive images. ... more 
Discovering Structure in the Outer CoronaGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 In 1610, Galileo redesigned the telescope and discovered Jupiter's four largest moons. Nearly 400 years later, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope used its powerful optics to look deep into space - enabli ... more 
High-Fidelity Images of Sun's Atmosphere Show Structured, Dynamic CoronaSan Antonio TX (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 A Southwest Research Institute-led team discovered never-before-detected, fine-grained structures in the Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona. The team imaged this critical region in detail using sophi ... more |
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft focused on Ceres as it nears end of missionWashington (UPI) Jul 17, 2018 Even as NASA's Dawn spacecraft approaches the end of its mission, the probe continues to collect valuable data. ... more 
UK Delivers Super-Cool Kit to USA for Dark Matter ExperimentLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 18, 2018 A huge UK-built titanium chamber designed to keep its contents at a cool -100C and weighing as much as an SUV has been shipped to the United States, where it will soon become part of a next-generati ... more  
Final Planck Data Strongly Supports Standard Cosmological ModelParis, France (SPX) Jul 18, 2018 In 2013, ESA's Planck mission unveiled a new image of the cosmos: an all-sky survey of the microwave radiation produced at the beginning of the universe. This first light emitted by the universe pro ... more 
From an almost perfect Universe to the best of both worldsParis (ESA) Jul 18, 2018 The world's scientific press had either gathered in ESA's Paris headquarters or logged in online, along with a multitude of scientists around the globe, to witness the moment when ESA's Planck missi ... more  
Origami-inspired device helps marine biologists study aliensNew York NY (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 Scientists have tried to find the safest and most effective ways to explore marine life in the oceanic water, the largest and least explored environment on Earth, for years. Each time, they were fac ... more |
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Fastest manmade spinning object to aid quantum mechanics researchWashington (UPI) Jul 20, 2018 The creators of the world's fastest manmade rotor believe their invention will boost the study of quantum mechanism, the branch of physic devoted to the behavior of subatomic particles. ... more  |
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World's fastest man-made spinning object could help study quantum mechanicsWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Jul 23, 2018 Researchers have created the fastest man-made rotor in the world, which they believe will help them study quantum mechanics. At more than 60 billion revolutions per minute, this machine is mor ... more
Scientists discover heaviest known calcium atom, other rare isotopesWashington (UPI) Jul 12, 2018 Scientists have discovered eight new isotopes - all of them the heaviest-known forms of their respective elements. ... more 
Glowing bacteria on deep-sea fish shed light on evolution, 'third type' of symbiosisIthaca NY (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 You may recognize the anglerfish from its dramatic appearance in the hit animated film Finding Nemo, as it was very nearly the demise of clownfish Marlin and blue-tang fish Dory. It lives most of it ... more 
Finding a Planet with a 10-Year Orbit in a Few MonthsGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 18, 2018 To discover and confirm the presence of a planet around stars other than the Sun, astronomers wait until it has completed three orbits. However, this very effective technique has its drawbacks since ... 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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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2018 
Twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter have been found - 11 "normal" outer moons, and one that they're calling an "oddball." This brings Jupiter's total number of known moons to a whopping 79 - the most of any planet in our solar system.
A team led by Carnegie's Scott S. Sheppard first spotted the moons in the spring of 2017 while they were looking for very distant solar system objects as part ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 
For nearly a century, astronomers have puzzled over the curious variability of young stars residing in the Taurus-Auriga constellation some 450 light-years from Earth. One star in particular has drawn astronomers' attention. Every few decades, the star's light has faded briefly before brightening again.
In recent years, astronomers have observed the star dimming more frequently, and for lo ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 23, 2018 
In June, one of these dust events rapidly engulfed the planet. Scientists first observed a smaller-scale dust storm on May 30. By June 20, it had gone global.
For the Opportunity rover, that meant a sudden drop in visibility from a clear, sunny day to that of an overcast one. Because Opportunity runs on solar energy, scientists had to suspend science activities to preserve the rover's batt ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2018 
Russia may decide to stop the construction of its segment of the International Space Station (ISS) and to use the ordered modules for the Lunar Orbital Platform - Gateway (LOP-G) project, a source in Russia's rocket and space industry told Sputnik on Wednesday.
"Due to the fact that the ISS operation is planned to be terminated in 2024, and the Russian segment is still not completed, there ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jul 18, 2018 
A huge UK-built titanium chamber designed to keep its contents at a cool -100C and weighing as much as an SUV has been shipped to the United States, where it will soon become part of a next-generation dark matter detector to hunt for the long-theorised elusive dark matter particle called a WIMP (weakly interacting massive particle).
This hunt is important because the nature of dark matter, ... more |
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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Jul 20, 2018 
A sample of ancient oxygen, teased out of a 1.4 billion-year-old evaporative lake deposit in Ontario, provides fresh evidence of what the Earth's atmosphere and biosphere were like during the interval leading up to the emergence of animal life.
The findings, published in the journal Nature, represent the oldest measurement of atmospheric oxygen isotopes by nearly a billion years. The resul ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2018 
Even as NASA's Dawn spacecraft approaches the end of its mission, the probe continues to collect valuable data.
According to NASA, Dawn's instruments continue to observe Ceres and its unique geological features in gamma ray, infrared and visible spectra. The spacecraft also continues to beam back gravity data to Earth.
Most of the probe's recent observations have focused on Ceres ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 
In 1610, Galileo redesigned the telescope and discovered Jupiter's four largest moons. Nearly 400 years later, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope used its powerful optics to look deep into space - enabling scientists to pin down the age of the universe.
Suffice it to say that getting a better look at things produces major scientific advances.
In a paper published on July 18 in The Astroph ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 23, 2018 
China is developing a space vehicle to help transport orbiting satellites that have run out of fuel, Science and Technology Daily reported Thursday.
Fuel is a key factor limiting the life of satellites. Most satellites function for years after entering orbit, but eventually, they have to end their missions and burn up into the atmosphere due to fuel exhaustion.
The vehicle is being d ... more |
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London, UK (SPX) Jul 18, 2018
A huge UK-built titanium chamber designed to keep its contents at a cool -100C and weighing as much as an SUV has been shipped to the United States, where it will soon become part of a next-generation dark matter detector to hunt for the long-theorised elusive dark matter particle called a WIMP (weakly interacting massive particle).
This hunt is important because the nature of dark matter, ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 16, 2018 
New research suggests the role of indigenous people in land management and conservation is under appreciated.
According to the new survey, indigenous groups own, use or have management rights over more than a quarter of Earth's land surface. Indigenous groups control approximately 14.6 million square miles.
Roughly 40 percent of Earth's protected terrestrial land consists of acre ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Jul 23, 2018 
The team of engineers outfitting the Orion test article for Ascent Abort-2 have had a busy summer. Since the arrival of the empty capsule in March, the team at Johnson Space Center in Houston has outfitted the mock crew module with all the components it needs for flight and powered it on for the first time the week of July 8.
Powering on the vehicle is a big milestone toward the flight tes ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 19, 2018 
Scientists have calculated the rise in seas that would result from the collapse of two of Antarctica's most vulnerable ice shelves.
Much attention has been paid to the Larsen C ice shelf, as its breakdown has been most visible - and well documented. But the latest research, published this week in the journal The Cryosphere, suggests the collapse of Larsen C would contribute just a few ... more |
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 Tallahassee FL (SPX) Jul 19, 2018 
Deep in the ocean's twilight zone, swarms of ravenous single-celled organisms may be altering Earth's carbon cycle in ways scientists never expected, according to a new study from Florida State University researchers.
In the area 100 to 1,000 meters below the ocean's surface - dubbed the twilight zone because of its largely impenetrable darkness - scientists found that tiny organisms calle ... 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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