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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 26, 2018 A little over 4 billion years ago, the planets in our solar system coexisted with vast numbers of small rocky or icy objects orbiting the Sun. These were the last remnants of the planetesimals - the primitive building blocks that formed the planets. Most of these leftover objects were then lost, as shifts in the orbits of the giant planets scattered them to the distant outer reaches of the solar system or beyond. But some were captured in two less-distant regions, near points where the gravitation ... read more |
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Electric blue thrusters propelling BepiColombo to MercuryParis (ESA) Nov 26, 2018 In mid-December, twin discs will begin glowing blue on the underside of a minibus-sized spacecraft in deep space. At that moment Europe and Japan's BepiColombo mission will have just come a crucial ... more  
Exoplanet mission launch slot announcedParis (ESA) Nov 26, 2018 The Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, will target 15 October to 14 November 2019 for launch. Cheops will lift off on a Soyuz rocket operated by Arianespace from Europe's spaceport in ... more 
Quantum artificial life created on the cloudBilbao, Spain (SPX) Nov 23, 2018 A scenario of artificial intelligence could see the emergence of circumstances in which models of simple organisms could be capable of experiencing the various phases of life in a controlled virtual ... more  
Searching for the weakest detectable magnetic fields in white dwarfsLa Palma, Spain (SPX) Nov 26, 2018 Magnetic fields are present in a large variety of stars across the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, during all evolutionary stages from pre-main sequence stars, to main sequence stars and evolved stars, ... more |
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Researchers have created a virtual reality simulation of a supermassive black holeWashington DC (SPX) Nov 26, 2018 The black hole at the centre of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*, has been visualised in virtual reality for the first time. The details are described in an article published in the open access journal Co ... more 
Visualizations of the Universe form heart of new "deep field" filmBaltimore MD (SPX) Nov 26, 2018 On Friday, November 16, a unique film and musical experience, inspired by the Hubble Space Telescope's iconic Deep Field image, premieres at the Kennedy Space Center. The film, titled "Deep Fi ... more  
Auroras help scientists study energy instabilities in spaceWashington (UPI) Nov 26, 2018 Scientists are using auroras to better understand the physics of explosive energy instabilities in space. ... more 
Odd bodies, rapid spins keep cosmic rings closeIthaca NY (SPX) Nov 23, 2018 Forget those shepherding moons. Gravity and the odd shapes of asteroid Chariklo and dwarf planet Haumea - small objects deep in our solar system - can be credited for forming and maintaining their o ... more 
Jumping genes shed light on how advanced life may have emergedUrbana IL (SPX) Nov 20, 2018 A previously unappreciated interaction in the genome turns out to have possibly been one of the driving forces in the emergence of advanced life, billions of years ago.? This discovery began w ... more |
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 NASA retires prolific solar observatory after 16 years 
Exploding stars make key ingredient in sand, glassPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 19, 2018 We are all, quite literally, made of stardust. Many of the chemicals that compose our planet and our bodies were formed directly by stars. Now, a new study using observations by NASA's Spitzer Space ... more  |
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Researchers Are Perfecting Technology to Look for Signs of Alien LifeKamuela HI (SPX) Nov 21, 2018 Astronomers have gleaned some of the best data yet on the composition of a planet known as HR 8799c - a young giant gas planet about 7 times the mass of Jupiter that orbits its star every 200 years. ... more  
Roscosmos, NASA to work together on concept of Lunar orbital stationMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 20, 2018 Russia's Roscosmos state space corporation and NASA will work on the concept of a lunar orbital station that may be built with the fully-fledged participation of Russia, Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozi ... more 
Study reveals one of universe's secret ingredients for lifeCanberra, Australia (SPX) Nov 23, 2018 A new study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has investigated the nature of a cosmic phenomenon that slows down star formation, which helps to ensure the universe is a place where lif ... more 
What magnetic fields can tell us about life on other planetsBerkeley CA (SPX) Nov 23, 2018 Every school kid knows that Earth has a magnetic field - it's what makes compasses align north-south and lets us navigate the oceans. It also protects the atmosphere, and thus life, from the Sun's p ... more 
Researchers defy 19th-century law of physics in 21st century boost for energy efficiencySussex UL (SPX) Nov 23, 2018 Research led by a University of Sussex scientist has turned a 156-year-old law of physics on its head in a development which could lead to more efficient recharging of batteries in cars and mobile p ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 26, 2018 
Astrophysicists of the University of Zurich, ETH Zurich and the Swiss NCCR PlanetS show how the icy moons of Uranus were born. Their result suggests that such potentially habitable worlds are much more abundant in the universe than previously thought. The unprecedentedly complex computer simulations were performed at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano.
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Nov 26, 2018 
Not all stars are like the Sun, so not all planetary systems can be studied with the same expectations. New research from a University of Washington-led team of astronomers gives updated climate models for the seven planets around the star TRAPPIST-1.
The work also could help astronomers more effectively study planets around stars unlike our Sun, and better use the limited, expensive resou ... more |
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 Providence, RI (SPX) Nov 21, 2018 
A new study bolsters the idea that strange grooves crisscrossing the surface of the Martian moon Phobos were made by rolling boulders blasted free from an ancient asteroid impact.
The research, published in Planetary and Space Science, uses computer models to simulate the movement of debris from Stickney crater, a huge gash on one end of Phobos' oblong body. The models show that boulders r ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 20, 2018 
Russia's Roscosmos state space corporation and NASA will work on the concept of a lunar orbital station that may be built with the fully-fledged participation of Russia, Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said on Monday.
"Today NASA is highly interested in the full-fledged Russian participation [in development of a lunar station], and I hope that together we will shape the full architecture of ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 26, 2018 
In order to observe billions of faint galaxies and investigate the nature of the dark Universe, ESA's pioneering Euclid mission will require state-of-the-art optics. The first optical element to be delivered, the telescope's primary mirror (M1), has arrived at the premises of Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse.
Euclid's optical design is based on a Korsch-type telescope with an aperture ... more |
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 Guildford, UK (SPX) Nov 26, 2018 
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has released the first Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images taken from orbit by NovaSAR-1, a technology demonstration mission launched into a 580km sun-synchronous orbit on 16 September 2018.
The S-Band SAR images released have been acquired using the satellite's stripmap mode at 6 metre resolution and are 20km wide by 87km long. They were taken over ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 23, 2018 
Forget those shepherding moons. Gravity and the odd shapes of asteroid Chariklo and dwarf planet Haumea - small objects deep in our solar system - can be credited for forming and maintaining their own rings, according new research in Nature Astronomy.
"Rings appear around Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus, but scientists found rings around Chariklo and Haumea within the last few years. C ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 26, 2018 
Scientists are using auroras to better understand the physics of explosive energy instabilities in space.
"An instability is a physical process whereby the energy output can essentially grow very quickly without limits," Colin Forsyth, physicist at the University College London's, told UPI in an email.
When a clean swell breaks and crashes on the beach, or when a pile of sand sud ... more |
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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Nov 23, 2018  According to Euroconsult's latest report, China Space Industry 2018, the China space value chain had an estimated size of more than $16 billion in 2017, with the downstream market accounting for just over 85%. Satellite Navigation, one of the key satellite applications in China, was the main revenue generator in 2017, ahead of Satellite Communications and Earth Observation.
This premier ed ... more |
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Paris (ESA) Nov 26, 2018
In order to observe billions of faint galaxies and investigate the nature of the dark Universe, ESA's pioneering Euclid mission will require state-of-the-art optics. The first optical element to be delivered, the telescope's primary mirror (M1), has arrived at the premises of Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse.
Euclid's optical design is based on a Korsch-type telescope with an aperture ... more |
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 Mountain View, United States (AFP) Nov 21, 2018 
With the embers still raining from blackened skies choked by California's massive wildfires, the effort turns to rebuilding Paradise - a town of almost 30,000 that was wiped off the map.
But experts warn that with megafires the new normal in a warming global climate, housing in the western United States is going to need a revolutionary rethink along the lines of villages dotting Europe's wo ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Nov 20, 2018 
UK science will be launched into space to help tackle the effects of ageing, thanks to funding from the UK Space Agency, the Science Minister Sam Gyimah has announced.
The minister unveiled close to 3 million pounds of new funding for the experiments, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday 20 November.
Due to launch in 2021, two of the exper ... more |
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 Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Nov 26, 2018 
Long-term observations of surface temperatures show an intensified surface warming in Canada, Siberia, Alaska and in the Arctic Ocean relative to global mean temperature rise. This warming pattern, commonly referred to as Arctic amplification, is consistent with computer models, simulating the response to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. However, the underlying physical processes for th ... more |
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 Varanasi, India (AFP) Nov 23, 2018 
Boats loaded with wood arrive almost constantly at the ghats of Varanasi for around 200 cremations per day on the banks of India's holy Ganges river.
Each pyre needs between 200 and 400 kilogrammes (440 and 880 pounds) of wood, meaning the sacred city in northern India burns through as much as 80 tonnes every day.
To reduce the volume used, as well as air and water pollution, authorities ... more |
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 Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Nov 19, 2018 
Everybody is familiar with granular clusters - while making a cake in the kitchen, you see that the flour forms clumps. Porous dust agglomerates - clumps of clumps of dust grains - are considered to be building materials in the formation of planets. But to reveal how planets are formed, the physical behaviour of these dust clumps has to be properly understood.
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