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  Paris (ESA) Aug 21, 2018 Lunar masonry starts on Earth. European researchers are working with Moon dust simulants that could one day allow astronauts to build habitats on our natural satellite and pave the way for human space exploration. The surface of the Moon is covered in grey, fine, rough dust. This powdery soil is everywhere - an indigenous source that could become the ideal material for brickwork. You can crush it, burn it and compress it. "Moon bricks will be made of dust," says Aidan Cowley, ESA's science a ... read more |
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Scientists confirm ice exists at Moon's polesTampa (AFP) Aug 21, 2018 Scientists said Tuesday they have confirmed the existence of ice on the Moon's surface for the first time, a discovery that could one day help humans survive there. ... more  
Why Asteroid Bennu? 10 ReasonsWashington DC (SPX) Aug 22, 2018 After traveling for two years and billions of kilometers from Earth, the OSIRIS-REx probe is only a few months away from its destination: the intriguing asteroid Bennu. When it arrives in December, ... more  
Light has momentum, new research confirmsWashington (UPI) Aug 21, 2018 Scientists have solved a 150-year-old mystery about the nature of light-matter interactions. Researchers were able to measure the force light exerts on matter. ... more 
There's definitely ice on the lunar polesWashington (UPI) Aug 21, 2018 Scientists have confirmed the presence of water ice on the surface of the moon's poles. ... more |
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Magnetized Inflow Accreting to Center of Milky WayHilo HI (SPX) Aug 20, 2018 Is magnetic field an important guiding force for gas accreting to supermassive black hole (SMBH) - for example, the one that our Milky Way Galaxy hosts? The role of magnetic field in this subject is ... more 
Study of material surrounding distant stars shows Earth's ingredients 'pretty normal'Washington DC (SPX) Aug 20, 2018 The Earth's building blocks seem to be built from 'pretty normal' ingredients, according to researchers working with the world's most powerful telescopes. Scientists have measured the compositions o ... more 
NASA's NICER Does the Space Station TwistGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 20, 2018 This time-lapse video, obtained June 8, 2018, shows the precise choreography of NASA's Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) as it studies pulsars and other X-ray sources from its perch ... more  
Discovery of a structurally 'inside-out' planetary nebulaHong Kong (SPX) Aug 20, 2018 The Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (IAA-CSIC) in Spain, the Laboratory for Space Research (LSR) of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), and an International team comprising scientists from Arge ... more  
Parker Solar Probe marks first mission milestones on voyage to SunLaurel MD (SPX) Aug 20, 2018 Just two days after launch on Aug. 11, 2018, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA's Parker Solar Probe achieved several planned milestones toward full commissioning and operations, ... more |
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Astronomers identify some of the oldest galaxies in the universeDurham UK (SPX) Aug 20, 2018 Astronomers have identified some of the earliest galaxies in the Universe. The team from the Institute for Computational Cosmology at Durham University and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astroph ... more  |
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Under pressure, hydrogen offers a reflection of giant planet interiorsWashington DC (SPX) Aug 20, 2018 Lab-based mimicry allowed an international team of physicists including Carnegie's Alexander Goncharov to probe hydrogen under the conditions found in the interiors of giant planets - where experts ... more 
Hubble Paints Picture of the Evolving UniverseBaltimore MD (SPX) Aug 20, 2018 Astronomers using the ultraviolet vision of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have captured one of the largest panoramic views of the fire and fury of star birth in the distant universe. The field featu ... more 
Astronomers find far fewer galaxies than they expectedLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2018 University of California astronomers, including three from UCLA, have resolved a mystery about the early universe and its first galaxies. Astronomers have known that more than 12 billion years ago, ... more
Early opaque universe linked to galaxy scarcityRiverside CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2018 A team of astronomers led by George Becker at the University of California, Riverside, has made a surprising discovery: 12.5 billion years ago, the most opaque place in the universe contained relati ... more 
Unraveling the nature of 'whistlers' from space in the labWashington DC (SPX) Aug 16, 2018 Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles present new research on a curious cosmic phenomenon known as "whistlers" - very low frequency packets of radio waves that race along magnetic ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 10, 2018 
Scientists from Australia and the United States have helped to solve the mystery underlying Jupiter's coloured bands in a new study on the interaction between atmospheres and magnetic fields.
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Unlike Earth, Jupiter has no solid surface - it is a gaseous planet, consisting mostly of hydrogen and helium.
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 Hong Kong (SPX) Aug 20, 2018 
The Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (IAA-CSIC) in Spain, the Laboratory for Space Research (LSR) of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), and an International team comprising scientists from Argentina, Mexico and Germany have discovered the unusual evolution of the central star of a planetary nebula in our Milky Way. This extraordinary discovery sheds light on the future evolution, and more i ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 21, 2018 
NASA's InSight spacecraft, en route to a Nov. 26 landing on Mars, passed the halfway mark on Aug. 6. All of its instruments have been tested and are working well.
As of Aug. 20, the spacecraft had covered 172 million miles (277 million kilometers) since its launch 107 days ago. In another 98 days, it will travel another 129 million miles (208 million kilometers) and touch down in Mars' Ely ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 21, 2018 
Lunar masonry starts on Earth. European researchers are working with Moon dust simulants that could one day allow astronauts to build habitats on our natural satellite and pave the way for human space exploration.
The surface of the Moon is covered in grey, fine, rough dust. This powdery soil is everywhere - an indigenous source that could become the ideal material for brickwork. You can c ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2018 
Scientists have solved a 150-year-old mystery about the nature of light-matter interactions. Researchers were able to measure the force light exerts on matter.
The breakthrough confirmed light possesses momentum, an idea first proposed by the great German astronomer Johannes Kepler in 1619. Kepler surmised the pressure of the solar rays caused comets' tails to always point away from the ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 22, 2018 
A study on past reversals of Earth's magnetic field has found that a rapid shift occurred within two centuries - such an event in future would increase our exposure to the Sun's radiation that may cause trillions of dollars in power and communications systems damage.
The international research team found that magnetic field reversals - whereby the magnetic south pole became the magnetic no ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 22, 2018 
After traveling for two years and billions of kilometers from Earth, the OSIRIS-REx probe is only a few months away from its destination: the intriguing asteroid Bennu. When it arrives in December, OSIRIS-REx will embark on a nearly two-year investigation of this clump of rock, mapping its terrain and finding a safe and fruitful site from which to collect a sample.
The spacecraft will brie ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Aug 20, 2018 
Just two days after launch on Aug. 11, 2018, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA's Parker Solar Probe achieved several planned milestones toward full commissioning and operations, announced mission controllers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, or APL, in Laurel, Maryland.
On Aug. 13, the high-gain antenna, which Parker Solar Probe uses to communicate high- ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 17, 2018 
China's moon lander and rover for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe, which is expected to land on the far side of the moon this year, was unveiled Wednesday.
Images displayed at Wednesday's press conference showed the rover was a rectangular box with two foldable solar panels and six wheels. It is 1.5 meters long, 1 meter wide and 1.1 meters high.
Wu Weiren, the chief designer of China's lun ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2018
Scientists have solved a 150-year-old mystery about the nature of light-matter interactions. Researchers were able to measure the force light exerts on matter.
The breakthrough confirmed light possesses momentum, an idea first proposed by the great German astronomer Johannes Kepler in 1619. Kepler surmised the pressure of the solar rays caused comets' tails to always point away from the ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Aug 21, 2018 
Continued growth in global demand for palm oil is expected to mean an expansion in oil palm plantations in Africa. The continent offers the low-lying tropical ecosystems oil palm prefers, hence an opportunity for States, businesses and local farmers to generate income. However, the lessons learned from Southeast Asia, where most oil palm plantations are located, prompted the international team t ... more |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2018 
Dealing with trash is a challenge wherever people work and live, and space is no exception. Astronauts produce a couple of pounds of trash per crew member per day. To better manage this, NASA is developing a new trash processing system to demonstrate on the International Space Station.
This work is critical for potential future missions traveling farther from Earth, to the Moon and Mars, a ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2018 
Thanks to new satellite data and improved modeling, scientists have a better understanding of how the Arctic's vegetation responds - and will respond - to warming trends.
As global temperatures continue to rise, especially in the Arctic, the polar region's ecosystems are getting greener. But until now, scientists hadn't studied the greening phenomena in detail.
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 Kaust, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Aug 22, 2018 
Scientists have discovered the first molecular evidence that when exposed to environmental stress corals and anemones can optimize their gene expression enabling them to acclimatize to extreme conditions such as those experienced during climate change.
"In a nutshell, we could train toughened corals in nurseries to improve their thermal resilience, helping them to better cope with rising s ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 
An everyday occurrence spotted when we turn on the tap to brush our teeth has baffled engineers for centuries - why does the water splay when it hits the sink before it heads down the plughole?
Famous inventor and painter Leonardo da Vinci documented the phenomenon, now known as a hydraulic jump, back in the 1500s. Hydraulic jumps are harmless in our household sinks but they can cause viol ... more |
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