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  Abu Dhabi (SPX) Sep 28, 2018 Sun-like stars rotate up to two and a half times faster at the equator than at higher latitudes, a finding by researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi that challenges current science on how stars rotate. Until now, little was known about the precise rotational patterns of Sun-like stars, only that the equator spins faster than at higher latitudes, similar to the Sun. Scientists at the NYU Abu Dhabi Center for Space Science used observations from NASA's Kepler mission and asteroseismology - the study of ... read more |
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JAXA's asteroid landers share photos from Ryugu's surfaceWashington (UPI) Sep 27, 2018 JAXA released new photos of the asteroid Ryugu's rugged landscape. ... more 
Neutron star jets shoot down theoryPerth, Australia (SPX) Sep 28, 2018 Astronomers have detected radio jets belonging to a neutron star with a strong magnetic field - something not predicted by current theory, according to a new study published in Nature. The tea ... more 
Asteroid Landing: To Know an Asteroid is to Know Our Solar System - Yuichi TsudaTokyo, Japan (Sputnik) Sep 27, 2018 Japan's space agency has successfully landed two rovers on an asteroid for the first time in history. The robotic explorers were dispatched to the Ryugu asteroid from the Hayabusa-2 spacecraft on Fr ... more 
ESA choosing CubeSat companions for Hera asteroid missionParis (ESA) Sep 26, 2018 As the world marvels at the hopping mini-rovers deployed on asteroid Ryugu by Japan's Hayabusa2, ESA is due to decide on the CubeSats planned for delivery to a binary asteroid system by its proposed ... more |
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China aims to explore polar regions of Moon by 2030Beijing (XNA) Sep 26, 2018 China plans to land on and explore the southern and northern polar regions of the Moon by 2030, according to an official of the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Li Guoping, director ... more  
Gaia finds candidates for interstellar 'Oumuamua's homeParis (ESA) Sep 26, 2018 Using data from ESA's Gaia stellar surveyor, astronomers have identified four stars that are possible places of origin of 'Oumuamua, an interstellar object spotted during a brief visit to our Solar ... more  
Dust storms on Titan spotted by Cassini for the first timeParis (ESA) Sep 25, 2018 Data from the international Cassini spacecraft that explored Saturn and its moons between 2004 and 2017 has revealed what appear to be giant dust storms in equatorial regions of Titan. The dis ... more 
India Aims to Establish Firmest Conclusion of Water, Minerals on Moon's SurfaceNew Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 25, 2018 India's second moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, will begin its lunar studies in January-February 2019 with an orbiter that carries a wider range spectrometer that goes up to 5 microns to clearly provide ... more 
Gaia detects a shake in the Milky WayBarcelona, Spain (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 "We have observed shapes with different morphologies, such as a spiral similar to a snail's shell. The existence of these substructures has been observed for the first time thanks to the unprecedent ... more |
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 Japan space robots start asteroid survey
Japanese robot Hayabusa2 lands on Asteroid RyuguTokyo, Japan (Sputnik) Sep 24, 2018 After patiently waiting for their target asteroid to complete its rotation scientists monitoring the progress of a Japanese spacecraft confirmed that two small robots have successfully reached the s ... more  |
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Russia's Roscosmos Says to Remain Participant of 1st Moon Orbit Station ProjectMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 24, 2018 Russian space agency Roscosmos told Sputnik on Friday that the corporation will continue participating in the international Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway project. Russia was offered to build ... more  
Small satellite demonstrates possible solution for 'space junk'Washington DC (SPX) Sep 21, 2018 The International Space Station serves as humanity's orbital research platform, conducting a variety of experiments and research projects while in orbit around the planet. On June 20, 2018, th ... more 
Astronomers use Earth's natural history as guide to spot vegetation on new worldsIthaca NY (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 By looking at Earth's full natural history and evolution, astronomers may have found a template for vegetation fingerprints - borrowing from epochs of changing flora - to determine the age of habita ... more  
New observations to understand the phase transition in quantum chromodynamicsMunster, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 The building blocks of matter in our universe were formed in the first 10 microseconds of its existence, according to the currently accepted scientific picture. After the Big Bang about 13.7 billion ... more 
New understanding of light allows researchers to see around cornersOrlando FL (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 Covert sensing of objects around a corner may soon become a reality. Aristide Dogariu, a University of Central Florida Pegasus Professor of Optics and Photonics, and his colleagues published a paper ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 19, 2018 
Jupiter's "brown barge" feature is the subject of a new photograph snapped by Juno's camera.
Like Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the brown barge is shaped by cyclone-like weather patterns in the gas giant's atmosphere. But unlike the red spot, which is round, the barge is longer and boxier.
The brown barge isn't always easy to pick out. Its colors often blend relatively seamlessly wit ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 26, 2018 
Using data from ESA's Gaia stellar surveyor, astronomers have identified four stars that are possible places of origin of 'Oumuamua, an interstellar object spotted during a brief visit to our Solar System in 2017.
The discovery last year sparked a large observational campaign: originally identified as the first known interstellar asteroid, the small body was later revealed to be a comet, a ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 26, 2018 
The weird shapes and colors of the tiny Martian moons Phobos and Deimos have inspired a long-standing debate about their origins.
The dark faces of the moons resemble the primitive asteroids of the outer solar system, suggesting the moons might be asteroids caught long ago in Mars' gravitational pull. But the shapes and angles of the moons' orbits do not fit this capture scenario.
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 25, 2018 
India's second moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, will begin its lunar studies in January-February 2019 with an orbiter that carries a wider range spectrometer that goes up to 5 microns to clearly provide a water signature.
In its second moon mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has chosen as landing site above 70-degrees latitude, a location no other country has gone before. T ... more |
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 Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 
"We have observed shapes with different morphologies, such as a spiral similar to a snail's shell. The existence of these substructures has been observed for the first time thanks to the unprecedented precision of the data brought by Gaia satellite, from the European Space Agency (ESA)", says Teresa Antoja, researcher at ICCUB (IEEC-UB) and first signer of the article.
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 24, 2018 
As part of ESA's continuing commitment to realise cutting-edge satellite missions to advance scientific understanding of our planet and to show how new technologies can be used in space, three new ideas have been chosen to compete as the tenth Earth Explorer mission.
The decision follows the release of a call for ideas in September 2017. Out of the 21 proposals submitted, ESA's Advisory Co ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2018 
The interstellar object 'Oumuamua came from somewhere outside the solar system, but where has remained a mystery.
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, however, have identified four stellar candidates from which the object may have originated.
Astronomers first spotted 'Oumuamua in 2017. Unfortunately, by the time scientists noticed the oblong visitor, it was alre ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 20, 2018 
Just over a month into its mission, Parker Solar Probe has returned first-light data from each of its four instrument suites. These early observations - while not yet examples of the key science observations Parker Solar Probe will take closer to the Sun - show that each of the instruments is working well. The instruments work in tandem to measure the Sun's electric and magnetic fields, particle ... 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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Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Sep 25, 2018
"We have observed shapes with different morphologies, such as a spiral similar to a snail's shell. The existence of these substructures has been observed for the first time thanks to the unprecedented precision of the data brought by Gaia satellite, from the European Space Agency (ESA)", says Teresa Antoja, researcher at ICCUB (IEEC-UB) and first signer of the article.
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 Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 27, 2018 
How is it possible that so many different and highly specific neurons arise in the brain? A mathematic model developed by researchers from the University of Basel's Biozentrum demonstrates that different variants of genes enable such a random diversity. The scientists describe in Cell Reports that despite countless numbers of newly formed neurons, the genetic variants equip neurons individually ... more |
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 Tanegashima, Japan (SPX) Sep 22, 2018 
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s H-IIB rocket launched at 1:52 p.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 22 (2:52 a.m. Sept. 23 Japan standard time) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. At the time of launch, the space station was 254 miles over the southwest Pacific, west of Chile.
A little more than 15 minutes after launch, the unpiloted H-II Transfer Vehicle-7 (HTV-7) car ... more |
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 Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Sep 26, 2018 
More than 26,000 years ago, sea level was much lower than it is today partly because the ice sheets that jut out from the continent of Antarctica were enormous and covered by grounded ice - ice that was fully attached to the seafloor. The ice sheets were as large as they could get and at the time, sea level was much lower because a lot of ice was sequestered on the continent.
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 26, 2018 
Scientists are gathering in the Azores this week to share findings on how satellite has revealed changes in the height of the sea, ice, inland bodies of water and more. Of concern to all is the fact that global sea level has not only been rising steadily over the last 25 years, but recently it is rising at a much faster rate.
The 25 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry Symposium gives part ... 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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