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  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 29, 2018 With an equator diameter of around 143,000 kilometers, Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and has 300 times the mass of the Earth. The formation mechanism of giant planets like Jupiter has been a hotly debated topic for several decades. Now, astrophysicists of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS of the Universities of Bern and Zurich and ETH Zurich have joined forces to explain previous puzzles about how Jupiter was formed and new measurements. The research ... read more |
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Excited atoms throw light on anti-hydrogen researchSwansea UK (SPX) Aug 27, 2018 Swansea University scientists working at CERN have published a study detailing a breakthrough in antihydrogen research. The scientists were working as part of the ALPHA collaboration which is ... more  
How scientists predicted corona's appearance during total solar eclipseGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 29, 2018 It was Aug. 14, 2017, just one week before the Moon would cross paths with the Sun and Earth, casting its shadow across the United States. The entire country buzzed with anticipation for the fleetin ... more  
Shape-shifting material can morph, reverse itself using heat, lightBoulder CO (SPX) Aug 27, 2018 A new material developed by University of Colorado Boulder engineers can transform into complex, pre-programmed shapes via light and temperature stimuli, allowing a literal square peg to morph and f ... more 
Artificial intelligence helps scientists track particlesWashington (UPI) Aug 23, 2018 Researchers at the University of North Carolina have deployed machine learning to boost particle-tracking software. ... more |
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Discovering trailing components of a coronal mass ejectionTucson AZ (SPX) Aug 28, 2018 Using Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, PSI Associate Research Scientist Elizabeth A. Jensen's team observed radio signals from the MESSENGER spacecraft and discovered that solar eruptions kn ... more 
Bowtie-funnel combo best for conducting lightNashville TN (SPX) Aug 27, 2018 Running computers on virtually invisible beams of light rather than microelectronics would make them faster, lighter and more energy efficient. A version of that technology already exists in fiber o ... more  
NASA's OSIRIS-REx Begins Asteroid Operations CampaignGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 27, 2018 After an almost two-year journey, NASA's asteroid sampling spacecraft, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), caught its first glimps ... more 
New kind of aurora is not an aurora at allWashington DC (SPX) Aug 24, 2018 Thin ribbons of purple and white light that sometimes appear in the night sky were dubbed a new type of aurora when brought to scientists' attention in 2016. But new research suggests these mysterio ... more 
Light from ancient quasars helps confirm quantum entanglementBoston MA (SPX) Aug 24, 2018 Last year, physicists at MIT, the University of Vienna, and elsewhere provided strong support for quantum entanglement, the seemingly far-out idea that two particles, no matter how distant from each ... more |
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Infant exoplanet weighed by Hipparcos and GaiaParis (ESA) Aug 24, 2018 The mass of a very young exoplanet has been revealed for the first time using data from ESA's star mapping spacecraft Gaia and its predecessor, the quarter-century retired Hipparcos satellite. ... more  |
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Precise records of baby stars' growth caught at millimeter wavelengthsTaipei, Taiwan (SPX) Aug 24, 2018 Babies grow up fast in the blink of an eye and thus their parents wish to record their growth without missing any moment. This is true not only for human babies but also for baby stars, called proto ... more 
Stars memorize rebirth of our home galaxySendai, Japan (SPX) Aug 24, 2018 The Milky Way galaxy has died once before and we are now in what is considered its second life. Calculations by Masafumi Noguchi (Tohoku University) have revealed previously unknown details about th ... more 
Russia Restores Defunct Soviet Network to Monitor Near-Earth ObjectsMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 27, 2018 Russia has restored a global network of mothballed Soviet observatories to monitor near-Earth objects, according to a report by a state research institute. The document, obtained by Sputnik fr ... more 
Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Powers OSIRIS-REx's Approach of Asteroid BennuRedmond WA (SPX) Aug 27, 2018 Powered by Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion, OSIRIS-REx's long-awaited approach of Asteroid Bennu has officially begun. With the asteroid now in sight, the spacecraft's onboard thrusters will begin to ... more 
Scientists observe decay of Higgs boson particle into two bottom quarksWashington (UPI) Aug 28, 2018 Particle physicists have finally witnessed the decay of a Higgs boson particle into two bottom quarks. ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 29, 2018 
With an equator diameter of around 143,000 kilometers, Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and has 300 times the mass of the Earth. The formation mechanism of giant planets like Jupiter has been a hotly debated topic for several decades. Now, astrophysicists of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS of the Universities of Bern and Zurich and ETH Zurich h ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 24, 2018 
The mass of a very young exoplanet has been revealed for the first time using data from ESA's star mapping spacecraft Gaia and its predecessor, the quarter-century retired Hipparcos satellite.
Astronomers Ignas Snellen and Anthony Brown from Leiden University, the Netherlands, deduced the mass of the planet Beta Pictoris b from the motion of its host star over a long period of time as capt ... 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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 Manoa HI (SPX) Aug 24, 2018 
A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) found the first direct evidence of surface-exposed water ice in permanently shaded regions (PSRs) on the Moon.
"We found that the distribution of ice on the lunar surface is very patchy, which is very different from other planetary bodies such as Mercury a ... more |
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 Taipei, Taiwan (SPX) Aug 24, 2018 
Babies grow up fast in the blink of an eye and thus their parents wish to record their growth without missing any moment. This is true not only for human babies but also for baby stars, called protostars, although the recorders are not parents but astronomers in this case.
Protostars' ages, or evolutionary stages, have been determined from observations at near- and mid-infrared wavelengths ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 23, 2018 
Next month, NASA will launch into space the most advanced laser instrument of its kind, beginning a mission to measure - in unprecedented detail - changes in the heights of Earth's polar ice.
NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) will measure the average annual elevation change of land ice covering Greenland and Antarctica to within the width of a pencil, capturing 60 ... more |
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 Andalusia, Spain (SPX) Aug 28, 2018 
There is just over two months to go until asteroid 2015 TB145 approaches Earth once again, just as it did in 2015 around the night of Halloween, an occasion which astronomers did not pass up to study its characteristics. This dark object measures between 625 and 700 metres, its rotation period is around three hours and, in certain lighting conditions, it resembles a human skull.
An asteroi ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 29, 2018 
It was Aug. 14, 2017, just one week before the Moon would cross paths with the Sun and Earth, casting its shadow across the United States. The entire country buzzed with anticipation for the fleeting chance to see the corona, the Sun's tenuous outer atmosphere.
But the wait was uniquely nerve-wracking for a group of scientists at Predictive Science Inc., a private research company in San D ... 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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Taipei, Taiwan (SPX) Aug 24, 2018
Babies grow up fast in the blink of an eye and thus their parents wish to record their growth without missing any moment. This is true not only for human babies but also for baby stars, called protostars, although the recorders are not parents but astronomers in this case.
Protostars' ages, or evolutionary stages, have been determined from observations at near- and mid-infrared wavelengths ... more |
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 Kent UK (SPX) Aug 29, 2018 
This research is the first to link a stone tool production technique known as 'platform preparation' to the biology of human hands. Demonstrating that without the ability to perform highly forceful precision grips, our ancestors would not have been able to produce advanced types of stone tool like spear points.
The technique involves preparing a striking area on a tool to remove specific s ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 
For the first time in five decades, a NASA astronaut candidate has resigned from training, the US space agency said Tuesday.
Robb Kulin resigned from NASA effective August 31 for personal reasons, spokeswoman Brandi Dean said, declining to provide further details.
It's not an easy gig to get - some 18,000 people routinely seek the 12 spots that open each year.
Kulin, who joined his ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 29, 2018 
In recent decades, scientists have noted a surge in Arctic plant growth as a symptom of climate change. But without observations showing exactly when and where vegetation has bloomed as the world's coldest areas warm, it's difficult to predict how vegetation will respond to future warming.
Now, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley L ... more |
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 Bago, Myanmar (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 
Monsoon rains caused a central Myanmar dam to overflow early Wednesday, inundating about 100 villages and blocking the country's biggest highway, a government official said.
No casualties have been reported but thousands were displaced and took shelter in temporary camps.
Swar Chaung dam's spillway structure, which regulates the release of water from the levee, broke due to heavy seaso ... 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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