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  Washington (UPI) Sep 13, 2018 Magnetic waves are the main force in star formation in space, according to new research. This birth process leads to the formation of planets orbiting the sun and, ultimately, life on those planets, according Stella Offner, an assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Texas Austin. The new findings, which included using a supercomputer for models of the multitude of processes happening inside a cloud where stars are forming, was published this week in the journal Nature Astronomy. / ... read more |
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A trick of the lightLemont, IL (SPX) Sep 13, 2018 Particle physicists are on the hunt for light. Not just any light, but a characteristic signal produced by the interaction of certain particles - like ghostly neutrinos, which are neutral fundamenta ... more  
Princeton scientists discover a 'tuneable' novel quantum state of matterPrinceton NJ (SPX) Sep 13, 2018 Quantum particles can be difficult to characterize, and almost impossible to control if they strongly interact with each other - until now. An international team of researchers led by Princeto ... more  
Landslides, avalanches may be key to long-term comet activityTucson AZ (SPX) Sep 13, 2018 The release of gases through sublimation is the defining process of comets, but a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Research Scientist Jordan K. Steckloff and Senior Scientist Nalin H. Samara ... more 
Magnetic waves create chaos in star-forming cloudsAustin TX (SPX) Sep 13, 2018 New research by Stella Offner, assistant professor of astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin, finds that magnetic waves are an important factor driving the process of star formation within t ... more |
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Physicists control molecule for a millionth of a billionth of a secondWashington (UPI) Sep 7, 2018 Using a microscope and its electrical current, physicists have found a way to manipulate and control a single molecule. The breakthrough happened by accident. ... more 
Chilean scientists discover crucial event right before the death of a starSantiago, Chile (SPX) Sep 10, 2018 A new paper in the journal Nature Astronomy, The delay of shock breakout due to circumstellar material evident in most Type II Supernovae, written by a group of researchers from the Center for Mathe ... more  
New Exoplanet Discovered by Team Led by Canadian StudentMontreal, Canada (SPX) Sep 10, 2018 Wolf 503b, an exoplanet twice the size of Earth, has been discovered by an international team of Canadian, American and German researchers using data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. The find is ... more  
Mysterious 'lunar swirls' point to moon's volcanic, magnetic pastNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) Sep 07, 2018 The mystery behind lunar swirls, one of the solar system's most beautiful optical anomalies, may finally be solved thanks to a joint Rutgers University and University of California Berkeley study. ... more 
Single molecule control for a millionth of a billionth of a secondBath UK (SPX) Sep 10, 2018 Physicists at the University of Bath have discovered how to manipulate and control individual molecules for a millionth of a billionth of a second, after being intrigued by some seemingly odd result ... more |
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 Boosting gravitational wave detectors with quantum tricks 
Telescope maps cosmic rays in large and small magellanic cloudsperth, Australia (SPX) Sep 10, 2018 A radio telescope in outback Western Australia has been used to observe radiation from cosmic rays in two neighbouring galaxies, showing areas of star formation and echoes of past supernovae. ... more  |
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Algorithm accurately predicts how electromagnetic waves and magnetic materials interactLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 10, 2018 UCLA Samueli engineers have developed a new tool to model how magnetic materials, which are used in smartphones and other communications devices, interact with incoming radio signals that carry data ... more 
Asteroid-Deflection Mission Passes Key Development MilestoneLaurel MD (SPX) Sep 06, 2018 The first-ever mission to demonstrate an asteroid deflection technique for planetary defense has moved into the final design and assembly phase, following NASA's approval on Aug. 16. The Doubl ... more 
Veiled supernovae provide clue to stellar evolutionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 10, 2018 At the end of its life, a red supergiant star explodes in a hydrogen-rich supernova. By comparing observation results to simulation models, an international research team found that in many cases th ... more 
Black Hole Disks May Be Hiding in the Centers of GalaxiesBudapest, Hungary (SPX) Sep 10, 2018 Galactic nuclei are teeming with black holes. Earlier this year, 12 X-ray binaries were discovered at the Milky Way's center which suggested that thousands of black holes may be hiding in that regio ... more 
Prime numbers, crystals share similar structural patternsWashington (UPI) Sep 6, 2018 According to a new study, the distribution of prime numbers is similar to the positioning of atoms inside some crystalline materials. ... more |
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 Orlando FL (SPX) Sep 11, 2018 
The reason Pluto lost its planet status is not valid, according to new research from the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union, a global group of astronomy experts, established a definition of a planet that required it to "clear" its orbit, or in other words, be the largest gravitational force in its orbit.
Since Neptune's gravity inf ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Sep 11, 2018 
Scientists at Southwest Research Institute studied an unusual pair of asteroids and discovered that their existence points to an early planetary rearrangement in our solar system.
These bodies, called Patroclus and Menoetius, are targets of NASA's upcoming Lucy mission. They are around 70 miles wide and orbit around each other as they collectively circle the Sun. They are the only large bi ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 12, 2018 
No signal from Opportunity has been heard since Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018), though NASA has approved a strategy for listening for the rover through January of 2019.
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 science team continues to listen for the rover either during the expected fault communicati ... more |
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 New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Sep 07, 2018 
The mystery behind lunar swirls, one of the solar system's most beautiful optical anomalies, may finally be solved thanks to a joint Rutgers University and University of California Berkeley study.
The solution hints at the dynamism of the moon's ancient past as a place with volcanic activity and an internally generated magnetic field. It also challenges our picture of the moon's existing g ... more |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Sep 13, 2018 
New research by Stella Offner, assistant professor of astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin, finds that magnetic waves are an important factor driving the process of star formation within the enormous clouds that birth stars.
Her research sheds light on the processes that are responsible for setting the properties of stars, which in turn affects the formation of planets orbiting t ... more |
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 Mainz, Germany (SPX) Sep 13, 2018 
Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences have managed to make a breakthrough when it comes to dealing with the extremely ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbon Freon 11. Their findings could make a major contribution to protecting the endangered ozone layer.
Freon 11 is a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC). These substances were previously ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2018 
A new mosaic image shared Friday by NASA showcases one of Ceres' bright spots.
The dwarf planet's bright spots were first discovered and photographed in 2015. In the time since, high resolution images have offered scientists clearer and clearer views of the bright spots.
Ceres' brightest spot is located on a feature called Cerealia Facula, found in the Occator Crater. The latest ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 07, 2018 
Without special instrumentation, the Sun looks calm and inert. But beneath that placid facade are countless miniature explosions called nanoflares.
These small but intense eruptions are born when magnetic field lines in the Sun's atmosphere tangle up and stretch until they break like a rubber band. The energy they release accelerates particles to near lightspeed and according to some scien ... 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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Austin TX (SPX) Sep 13, 2018
New research by Stella Offner, assistant professor of astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin, finds that magnetic waves are an important factor driving the process of star formation within the enormous clouds that birth stars.
Her research sheds light on the processes that are responsible for setting the properties of stars, which in turn affects the formation of planets orbiting t ... more |
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Sep 13, 2018 
"Chimpanzee hunting success increased when more chimpanzees participated in the hunt or in joint prey searches prior to the start of a hunt", says Liran Samuni of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and first author of the study.
"The sharing of meat following successful hunts encouraged hunt participation, as prey catchers shared more frequently with hunters than non-hu ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 12, 2018 
Future space tourists may be able to toast the view from orbit with fine champagne, after designers came up with a high-tech bottle made for knocking back bubbly in zero gravity.
The Mumm champagne house teamed up with designer Octave de Gaulle, who has specialised in conceiving of everyday objects for the final frontier, to develop the space-age bottles.
Journalists from several countri ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 
Visualize the following: The Earth's climate swings between cold glacial and warm interglacial periods; the last glacial interval was about 20,000 years ago; sea level was about 126 meters (413 feet) below modern sea level at that time; and the Holocene, which represents the last 12,000 years of climatic change, is an interglacial period.
The last interglacial period about 127,000 to 116,0 ... more |
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 Astoria OR (SPX) Sep 11, 2018 
A recent expedition led by Dr. Blair Thornton, holding Associate Professorships at both the University of Southampton and the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, demonstrated how the use of autonomous robotics and artificial intelligence at sea can dramatically accelerate the exploration and study of hard to reach deep sea ecosystems, like intermittently active methane seep ... more |
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Sep 07, 2018 
A group of scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) at the University of Copenhagen will soon start developing a new line of technical equipment in order to dramatically improve gravitational wave detectors.
Gravitational wave detectors are extremely sensitive and can e.g. register colliding neutron stars in space. Yet even higher sensitivity is sought for in order to expand our know ... more |
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