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  Socorro NM (SPX) Sep 17, 2018 In an unusual observation, astronomers used the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) to study the effects on radio waves coming from a distant radio galaxy when an asteroid in our solar system passed in front of the galaxy. The observation allowed them to measure the size of the asteroid, gain new information about its shape, and greatly improve the accuracy with which its orbital path can be calculated. When the asteroid passed in front of the galaxy, radio waves coming f ... read more |
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Uncovering the birthplaces of stars in the Milky WayPotsdam, Germany (SPX) Sep 17, 2018 An international team of scientists led by Ivan Minchev of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) has found a way to recover the birthplaces of stars in our galaxy. This is one of the ... more 
BUFFALO charges towards the earliest galaxiesMunich, Germany (SPX) Sep 17, 2018 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has started a new mission to shed light on the evolution of the earliest galaxies in the Universe. The BUFFALO survey will observe six massive galaxy clusters and ... more  
Cassini's final view of Titan's northern lakes and seasPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 17, 2018 During NASA's Cassini mission's final distant encounter with Saturn's giant moon Titan, the spacecraft captured the enigmatic moon's north polar landscape of lakes and seas, which are filled with li ... more  
GRACE-FO Satellite Switching to Backup Instrument Processing UnitPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 17, 2018 The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission team plans to switch to a backup system in the Microwave Instrument (MWI) on one of the twin spacecraft this month. Following ... more |
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Legacy of NASA's Dawn, Near the End of Its MissionPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 10, 2018 NASA's Dawn mission is drawing to a close after 11 years of breaking new ground in planetary science, gathering breathtaking imagery, and performing unprecedented feats of spacecraft engineering. ... more  
Russian and German physicists developed a mathematical model of trapped atoms and ionsMoscow, Russia (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 It is difficult to study processes at the level of individual atoms and ions at room temperature due to their thermal motion. It causes disturbance that is the reason for considerable inaccuracy of ... more 
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 |
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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  |
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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 
Boosting gravitational wave detectors with quantum tricksCopenhagen, 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 ... more 
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
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 |
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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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 Washington (UPI) Sep 14, 2018 
Mars was once home to a giant ocean, new research suggests.
New analysis of the recently discovered river basin Hypanis Valles, the largest on Mars, suggests the presence a giant alluvial plain.
The evidence that significant amounts of water once flowed on Mars is now overwhelming, but scientists can't yet confirm the presence a massive ocean. However, the latest research sedimen ... 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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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Sep 17, 2018 
An international team of scientists led by Ivan Minchev of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) has found a way to recover the birthplaces of stars in our galaxy. This is one of the major goals in the field of galactic archaeology, whose aim is to reconstruct the formation history of the Milky Way.
Stars in galactic discs have long been known to wander away from their birth ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 14, 2018 
For climate scientists, the poles are ground zero. Around the North and South poles, climate change is happening faster and more dramatically.
To better understand how the entirety of Earth's climate will change as the planet warms, scientists need to resolve the many mysteries of polar climate change. NASA's newest ICE mission satellite, ICESat-2 - scheduled to launch into space on Sa ... 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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Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Sep 17, 2018
An international team of scientists led by Ivan Minchev of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) has found a way to recover the birthplaces of stars in our galaxy. This is one of the major goals in the field of galactic archaeology, whose aim is to reconstruct the formation history of the Milky Way.
Stars in galactic discs have long been known to wander away from their birth ... more |
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 Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Sep 17, 2018 
The earliest evidence of a drawing made by humans has been found in Blombos Cave in the southern Cape in South Africa. The drawing, which consists of three red lines cross-hatched with six separate lines, was intentionally drawn on a smooth silcrete flake about 73 000 years ago. This predates previous drawing from Africa, Europe and Southeast Asia by at least 30 000 years.
The drawing on t ... 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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 Kiel, Germany (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 
The evaluation of very large amounts of data is becoming increasingly relevant in ocean research. Diving robots or autonomous underwater vehicles, which carry out measurements independently in the deep sea, can now record large quantities of high-resolution images. To evaluate these images scientifically in a sustainable manner, a number of prerequisites have to be fulfilled in data acquisition, ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 17, 2018 
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission team plans to switch to a backup system in the Microwave Instrument (MWI) on one of the twin spacecraft this month. Following the switch-over, GRACE-FO is expected to quickly resume science data collection.
A month after launching this past May, GRACE-FO produced its first preliminary gravity field map. The mission ha ... more |
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