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  Tampa (AFP) Nov 6, 2018 A scientific paper led by two researchers at Harvard University made a splash this week by claiming that a cigar-shaped rock zooming through our solar system may have been sent by aliens. The researchers noted in a pre-print of the article that it was an "exotic scenario," but that "Oumuamua may be a fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth vicinity by an alien civilization." Oumuamua, the first interstellar object known to enter our solar system, accelerated faster away from the Sun ... read more |
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Aboard the first spacecraft to the Trojan asteroidsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 07, 2018 Ralph, one of NASA's most well-traveled space explorers, has voyaged far and accomplished much: on the New Horizons mission, Ralph obtained stunning flyby images of Jupiter and its moons; this was f ... more  
Physicists create new, simpler-than-ever quantum 'hard drive for light'Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 Physicists at the University of Alberta in Canada have developed a new way to build quantum memories, a method for storing delicate quantum information encoded into pulses of light. "We've dev ... more  
European-built Service Module arrives in US for first Orion lunar missionKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 07, 2018 The powerhouse that will help NASA's Orion spacecraft venture beyond the Moon is stateside. The European-built service module that will propel, power and cool during Orion flight to the Moon on Expl ... more 
Ultra-hot gas around remnants of sun-like starsLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 07, 2018 Solving a decades-old mystery, an international team of astronomers have discovered an extremely hot magnetosphere around a white dwarf, a remnant of a star like our Sun. The work was led by Dr. Nic ... more |
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Cosmic fountain offers clues to how galaxies evolveCardiff UK (SPX) Nov 07, 2018 Galaxy evolution can be chaotic and messy, but it seems that streams of cold gas spraying out from the region around supermassive black holes may act to calm the storm. This is according to an ... more  
Turbulence in space might solve astrophysical mysteryPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 Contrary to what many people believe, outer space is not empty. In addition to an electrically charged soup of ions and electrons known as plasma, space is permeated by magnetic fields with a wide r ... more 
Roscosmos to Study Possibility to 3D Print Lunar Soil Details for Space RepairsMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 06, 2018 Russian space agency Roscosmos is planning to explore the possibility to 3D print details made of lunar soil in order to use them for space hardware repairs on the Moon, Dmitry Rogozin, Roscosmos ch ... more 
First moon walk's commemorative plaque sold for $468,500New York (AFP) Nov 4, 2018 A commemorative plaque brought to the moon on the Apollo 11 mission went under the hammer for $468,500 in Texas, as part of a huge collection that once belonged to late astronaut Neil Armstrong, auctioneers said. ... more  
Laboratory experiments probe the formation of stars and planetsPortland OR (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 The cosmos is a void dotted with stars and an ever-increasing number of newly-observed planets beyond our solar system. Yet, how these stars and planets formed out of clouds of interstellar dust and ... more |
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ESA rocks space weatherParis (ESA) Nov 06, 2018 This week, to coincide with the fifteenth annual European Space Weather Week, ESA is celebrating the dynamic phenomenon of space weather. It's difficult to comprehend the size and sheer power ... more  |
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Griffith precision measurement takes it to the limitNathan, Australia (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 Griffith University researchers have demonstrated a procedure for making precise measurements of speed, acceleration, material properties and even gravity waves possible, approaching the ultimate se ... more 
Magnetic pumping pushes plasma particles to high energiesPortland OR (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 As you walk away from a campfire on a cool autumn night, you quickly feel colder. The same thing happens in outer space. As it spins, the sun continuously flings hot material into space, out to the ... more 
Borexino sheds light on solar neutrinosMainz, Germany (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 For more than ten years, the Borexino detector located 1,400 meters below surface of the Italian Gran Sasso massif has been exploring the interior of our Sun. During this time, the project has provi ... more 
NASA'S OSIRIS-REx zooms in on BennuGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 05, 2018 This set of 16 images shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's steady approach toward the asteroid Bennu during the last half of October 2018. From Oct. 12 to Oct. 29, the long-range PolyCam camera took on ... more 
One step closer to complex quantum teleportationVienna, Austria (SPX) Nov 05, 2018 For future technologies such as quantum computers and quantum encryption, the experimental mastery of complex quantum systems is inevitable. Scientists from the University of Vienna and the Austrian ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 25, 2018 
A Southwest Research Institute team using internal research funds has made several discoveries that expand the range and value of a future Pluto orbiter mission. The breakthroughs define a fuel-saving orbital tour and demonstrate that an orbiter can continue exploration in the Kuiper Belt after surveying Pluto. These and other results from the study will be reported this week at a workshop on fu ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 
If extraterrestrial intelligence exists somewhere in our galaxy, a new MIT study proposes that laser technology on Earth could, in principle, be fashioned into something of a planetary porch light - a beacon strong enough to attract attention from as far as 20,000 light years away.
The research, which author James Clark calls a "feasibility study," appears in The Astrophysical Journal. The ... more |
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 Jackson MS (SPX) Nov 06, 2018  The presence of water on Mars has been theorized for centuries. Early telescopes revealed ice caps, and early astronomers noted channels that were hypothesized to be natural rivers or creature-created canals. Over the past two decades, rovers Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity have sent back invaluable data to scientists who are trying to interpret the planet's surface and uncover evidence of past or present water. Since its landing on the "Red Planet" in August of 2012, Curiosity Rover has traveled about 20 kilometers within Gale Crater. ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 07, 2018 
The powerhouse that will help NASA's Orion spacecraft venture beyond the Moon is stateside. The European-built service module that will propel, power and cool during Orion flight to the Moon on Exploration Mission-1 arrived from Germany at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday to begin final outfitting, integration and testing with the crew module and other Orion elements.
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 Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 
Physicists at the University of Alberta in Canada have developed a new way to build quantum memories, a method for storing delicate quantum information encoded into pulses of light.
"We've developed a new way to store pulses of light - down to the single-photon level - in clouds of ultracold rubidium atoms, and to later retrieve them, on-demand, by shining a 'control' pulse of light," said ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 07, 2018 
Orbit Logic reports they have delivered their STK Scheduler software and Collection Planning and Analysis Workstation (CPAW) software to General Dynamics Mission Systems for mission planning and scheduling for the Landsat Mission Operations Center (LMOC) for Landsat 8 and 9. Orbit Logic is now in the process of integrating the software into the Landsat ground system.
The U.S. Geological Su ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 07, 2018 
Ralph, one of NASA's most well-traveled space explorers, has voyaged far and accomplished much: on the New Horizons mission, Ralph obtained stunning flyby images of Jupiter and its moons; this was followed by a visit to Pluto where Ralph took the first high-definition pictures of the iconic minor planet. And, in 2021, Ralph journeys with the Lucy mission to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.
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 Portland OR (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 
As you walk away from a campfire on a cool autumn night, you quickly feel colder. The same thing happens in outer space. As it spins, the sun continuously flings hot material into space, out to the furthest reaches of our solar system. This material, called the solar wind, is very hot close to the sun, and we expect it to cool quickly as it streams away.
Satellite observations, however, sh ... more |
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 Zhuhai, China (AFP) Nov 6, 2018  China unveiled on Tuesday a replica of its first permanently crewed space station, which would replace the international community's orbiting laboratory and symbolises the country's major ambitions beyond Earth.
The 17-metre (55-foot) core module was a star attraction at the biennial Airshow China in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai, the country's main aerospace industry exhibition.
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Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Nov 06, 2018
Physicists at the University of Alberta in Canada have developed a new way to build quantum memories, a method for storing delicate quantum information encoded into pulses of light.
"We've developed a new way to store pulses of light - down to the single-photon level - in clouds of ultracold rubidium atoms, and to later retrieve them, on-demand, by shining a 'control' pulse of light," said ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 06, 2018 
Anthropologist Erik Trinkaus has discovered an unusually large number of physical deformities among the earliest humans.
According to a new study, the multitude of deformities could be explained by inbreeding among early human populations.
Trinkaus, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, identified evidence of 75 skeletal or dental defects among 66 early humans, inclu ... more |
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 Portland OR (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 
Imagine looking under your couch and instead of finding fluffy dust bunnies, you see the dust is arranged in straight lines - you might wonder what caused this order. Scientists are experiencing that same feeling, not with dust under a couch, but with electrically charged dust in the microgravity of space.
The dust the scientists are studying is made up of tiny spheres 10 times smaller tha ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 06, 2018 
As the Northern hemisphere starts to feel the cold winter approaching, research stations in Antarctica are emerging from their long dark winter and awaiting the arrival of fresh supplies after living months in isolation.
A truly unique experience, ESA is calling medical research doctors to spend a year on the ice conducting researching into how humans adapt to living in extreme environment ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2018 
Some coral reefs have a stronger genetic makeup to fight off bleaching, a recent study said.
Researchers recently discovered that so-called "robust" coral, which includes certain brain corals and mushroom corals, are capable of producing special amino acids that prevent bleaching.
Other coral, like "complex" coral, have a special relationship with microalgae called Symbiodinium, ... more |
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 Nathan, Australia (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 
Griffith University researchers have demonstrated a procedure for making precise measurements of speed, acceleration, material properties and even gravity waves possible, approaching the ultimate sensitivity allowed by laws of quantum physics.
Published in Nature Communications, the work saw the Griffith team, led by Professor Geoff Pryde, working with photons (single particles of light) a ... more |
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