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  Washington DC (Sputnik) Sep 05, 2018 The US Geological Survey is looking to expand its scope beyond the United States and into the cosmos, applying its understanding of geology to the search for ? and collection of ? valuable mineral resources from moons, asteroids, comets and planets in outer space. The Colorado School of Mines, which offers one of the coolest sounding university degree tracks ever - the Space Resources Program - hosted a Space Resources Roundtable in June, and several USGS officials were present. "The space-r ... read more |
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Little star sheds light on young planetsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 05, 2018 Astronomers from the Department of Physics at the University of Tokyo discovered a dense disk of material around a young star, which may be a precursor to a planetary system. Their research could va ... more  
The potential harbingers of new physics just don't want to disappearWarsaw, Poland (SPX) Sep 04, 2018 For some time now, in the data coming in from the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, several anomalies have been seen in the decays of beauty mesons. Are they more than just statistical f ... more 
What actually is nothingCambridge UK (The Conversation) Aug 30, 2018 Philosophers have debated the nature of "nothing" for thousands of years, but what has modern science got to say about it? In an interview with The Conversation, Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and Em ... more  
Reigniting a dead starCharleston SC (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 Occasionally a star or other celestial object may have the misfortune of passing too close to a neighboring black hole, resulting in the object being ripped apart by the black hole's extreme tidal f ... more |
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Hubble observes energetic light show at Saturn's north poleWashington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 Astronomers using the Hubble Space telescope have taken a series of images featuring the fluttering auroras at the north pole of Saturn. The observations were taken in ultraviolet light and the resu ... more  
Solar eruptions may not have slinky-like shapes after allDurham NH (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 As the saying goes, everything old is new again. While the common phrase often refers to fashion, design, or technology, scientists at the University of New Hampshire have found there is some truth ... more 
Rutgers scientists identify protein that may have existed when life beganNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) Sep 04, 2018 How did life arise on Earth? Rutgers researchers have found among the first and perhaps only hard evidence that simple protein catalysts - essential for cells, the building blocks of life, to functi ... more 
Ultracold atoms used to verify 1963 prediction about 1D electronsHouston TX (SPX) Sep 05, 2018 Rice University atomic physicists have verified a key prediction from a 55-year-old theory about one-dimensional electronics that is increasingly relevant thanks to Silicon Valley's inexorable quest ... more  
Deep inside the Great Red Spot hints at water on JupiterGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 For centuries, scientists have worked to understand the makeup of Jupiter. It's no wonder: this mysterious planet is the biggest one in our solar system by far, and chemically, the closest relative ... more |
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 Scientist develops database for stellar-exoplanet "exploration" 
Stellar 'swarms' help astronomers understand the evolution of starsWashington DC (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 New work from Carnegie's Jonathan Gagne and the American Museum of Natural History's Jacqueline Faherty identified nearly a thousand potential members and 31 confirmed members of stellar association ... more  |
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European researchers develop a new technique to forecast geomagnetic stormsWashington DC (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 The Earth's magnetic field extends from pole to pole and is strongly affected by solar wind from the sun. This "wind" is a stream of charged particles constantly ejected from the sun's surface. Occa ... more 
JPL roles in NASA's Parker Solar ProbePasadena CA (JPL) Aug 28, 2018 The navigation for NASA's Parker Solar Probe is led by the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, which also has a role in two of the spacecraft's four onboard instrument suites ... 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 
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 
Infant exoplanet weighed by Hipparcos and GaiaParis (ESA) Aug 23, 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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 Clemson SC (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
On Dec. 7, 1995, NASA's historic Galileo probe plunged into Jupiter's atmosphere at 106,000 mph, relaying 58 minutes of data back to Earth before it was pulverized in the depths of the enormous planet's crushing interior.
In terms of atmospheric composition, some of what the probe measured met expectations. But there were also some surprises, one of the most baffling being that the region ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 05, 2018 
Astronomers from the Department of Physics at the University of Tokyo discovered a dense disk of material around a young star, which may be a precursor to a planetary system. Their research could vastly improve models of how solar systems form, which would tell us more about our own place in the cosmos.
Early in 2017, Assistant Professor Yoko Oya gave graduate student Yuki Okoda some recen ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 03, 2018 
No signal from Opportunity has been heard since Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018). The dust storm on Mars continues its decay with atmospheric opacity (tau) over the rover site decreasing.
It is expected that Opportunity has experienced a low-power fault and perhaps, a mission clock fault and then, an up-loss timer fault.
The project is continuing to listen for the rover either during the exp ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Sep 05, 2018 
The US Geological Survey is looking to expand its scope beyond the United States and into the cosmos, applying its understanding of geology to the search for ? and collection of ? valuable mineral resources from moons, asteroids, comets and planets in outer space.
The Colorado School of Mines, which offers one of the coolest sounding university degree tracks ever - the Space Resources Prog ... more |
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 Garching, Germany (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
The Carina Nebula, one of the largest and brightest nebulae in the night sky, has been beautifully imaged by ESO's VISTA telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. By observing in infrared light, VISTA has peered through the hot gas and dark dust enshrouding the nebula to show us myriad stars, both newborn and in their death throes.
About 7500 light-years away, in the constellation of ... more |
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 Buffalo NY (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
As the Sept. 15 launch date for NASA's new ice-monitoring satellite approaches, University at Buffalo scientists are among many worldwide who are counting down the days.
They're excited, but nervous, too. That's what happens when your future research is reliant on equipment that's going to be hurled, atop a flaming rocket, into the harsh environs of outer space. Or when - as in the case of ... 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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 Durham NH (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
As the saying goes, everything old is new again. While the common phrase often refers to fashion, design, or technology, scientists at the University of New Hampshire have found there is some truth to this mantra even when it comes to research.
Revisiting some older data, the researchers discovered new information about the shape of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - large-scale eruptions of ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Engineers have successfully tested the propulsion system of China's planned space station lab capsules, a key step in its space station program.
Weighing 66 tonnes, the space station will comprise a core module and two lab capsules. The propulsion system will determine whether lab capsules can move in space.
Engineers designed 36 engines for the propulsion system with four to adjust ... more |
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Garching, Germany (SPX) Aug 31, 2018
The Carina Nebula, one of the largest and brightest nebulae in the night sky, has been beautifully imaged by ESO's VISTA telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. By observing in infrared light, VISTA has peered through the hot gas and dark dust enshrouding the nebula to show us myriad stars, both newborn and in their death throes.
About 7500 light-years away, in the constellation of ... more |
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
Together with their sister group the Neandertals, Denisovans are the closest extinct relatives of currently living humans. "We knew from previous studies that Neandertals and Denisovans must have occasionally had children together", says Viviane Slon, researcher at the MPI-EVA and one of three first authors of the study. "But I never thought we would be so lucky as to find an actual offspring of ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Sept 4, 2018 
A Japanese team working to develop a "space elevator" will conduct a first trial this month, blasting off a miniature version on satellites to test the technology.
The test equipment, produced by researchers at Shizuoka University, will hitch a ride on an H-2B rocket being launched by Japan's space agency from southern island of Tanegashima next week.
The test involves a miniature elevat ... more |
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 New Haven CT (SPX) Sep 04, 2018 
Arctic sea ice isn't just threatened by the melting of ice around its edges, a new study has found: Warmer water that originated hundreds of miles away has penetrated deep into the interior of the Arctic.
That "archived" heat, currently trapped below the surface, has the potential to melt the region's entire sea-ice pack if it reaches the surface, researchers say.
The study appears o ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2018 
Keeping an eye on our waters is more important than ever, as widespread drought continues to sweep Europe this summer.
Earth's changing sea levels are crucial indicators of how our environment is fairing, but monitoring it manually can be a labour-intensive, expensive, and at times even dangerous task.
Coastal areas provide additional complications, as shifting seabeds and currents m ... 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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