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  Sydney, Australia (The Conversation) Jan 24, 2019 The world is still celebrating the historic landing of China's Chang'e-4 on the far side of the moon on January 3. This week, China announced its plans to follow up with three more lunar missions, laying the groundwork for a lunar base. Colonising the Moon, and beyond, has always being a human aspiration. Technological advancements, and the discovery of a considerable source of water close to the lunar poles, has made this idea even more appealing. But how close is China to actually achievin ... read more |
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Planetary collision that formed the Moon made life possible on EarthHouston TX (SPX) Jan 24, 2019 Most of Earth's essential elements for life - including most of the carbon and nitrogen in you - probably came from another planet. Earth most likely received the bulk of its carbon, nitrogen ... more  
Scientist sheds light on Titan's mysterious nitrogen atmosphereSan Antonio TX (SPX) Jan 24, 2019 A new Southwest Research Institute study tackles one of the greatest mysteries about Titan, one of Saturn's moons: the origin of its thick, nitrogen-rich atmosphere. The study posits that one key to ... more 
Where Is Earth's Submoon?Washington DC (SPX) Jan 24, 2019 "Can moons have moons?" This simple question - asked by the four-year-old son of Carnegie's Juna Kollmeier - started it all. Not long after this initial bedtime query, Kollmeier was coordinating a p ... more 
Astronomers find star material could be building block of lifeLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 24, 2019 An organic molecule detected in the material from which a star forms could shed light on how life emerged on Earth, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London. The resear ... more |
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Seeing double could help resolve dispute about how fast the universe is expandingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2019 The question of how quickly the universe is expanding has been bugging astronomers for almost a century. Different studies keep coming up with different answers - which has some researchers wonderin ... more  
Last Breath of a Dying StarGarching, Germany (SPX) Jan 23, 2019 The faint, ephemeral glow emanating from the planetary nebula ESO 577-24 persists for only a short time - around 10,000 years, a blink of an eye in astronomical terms. ESO's Very Large Telesco ... more 
How Hot Are Atoms in the Shock Wave of an Exploding Star?University Park PA (SPX) Jan 22, 2019 A new method to measure the temperature of atoms during the explosive death of a star will help scientists understand the shock wave that occurs as a result of this supernova explosion. An internati ... more 
Lifting the Veil on the Black Hole at the Heart of Our GalaxyAmsterdam, The Netherlands (SPX) Jan 22, 2019 Including the powerful ALMA into an array of telescopes for the first time, astronomers have found that the emission from the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) at the center of our gal ... more 
Russia talks up backup manned vehicle for Moon without NASA fundingMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 21, 2019 Russia's State Space Corporation Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin has said that NASA had asked Roscosmos to create a lunar version of the Soyuz spacecraft as a backup manned space transport system for ... more |
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 NASA and China collaborate on Moon exploration 
Scientists study Moon craters to understand Earth's impact historySan Antonio TX (SPX) Jan 18, 2019 Using images and thermal data collected by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Southwest Research Institute scientists and their collaborators have calculated the ages of large lunar craters ... more  |
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NASA cooperates with China on moon explorationWashington DC (XNA) Jan 21, 2019 The United States space agency said Friday that its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is expected to image the landing site of China's lunar lander Chang'e-4 on Jan. 31. NASA said it discusse ... more 
Compete in a lunar economyParis (ESA) Jan 21, 2019 Sign up to the Metalysis-ESA Grand Challenge worth euro 500 000 rewarding innovation that helps us to explore space. As ESA and other agencies prepare to send humans back to the Moon - this t ... more  
ESA says there are 'big beasts' among 20,000 pieces of space junkMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 23, 2019 Since the 1950s, humanity has been firing rockets and satellites into orbit around the Earth, but most of this is now "space junk". Dr Holger Krag, the head of the European Space Agency's space debr ... more 
Taking magnetism for a spin: Exploring the mysteries of skyrmionsAmes IA (SPX) Jan 24, 2019 Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have discovered the relaxation dynamics of a zero-field state in skyrmions, a spinning magnetic phenomenon that has potential applicatio ... more 
'The new oil': Dublin strikes it rich as Europe's data hubDublin (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 A new industrial revolution is under way on the outskirts of Dublin. ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 21, 2019 
This image of Jupiter's turbulent southern hemisphere was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it performed its most recent close flyby of the gas giant planet on Dec. 21, 2018.
This new perspective captures the notable Great Red Spot, as well as a massive storm called Oval BA. The storm reached its current size when three smaller spots collided and merged in the year 2000. The Great Red ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 24, 2019 
"Can moons have moons?" This simple question - asked by the four-year-old son of Carnegie's Juna Kollmeier - started it all. Not long after this initial bedtime query, Kollmeier was coordinating a program at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) on the Milky Way while her one-time college classmate Sean Raymond of Universite de Bordeaux was attending a parallel KITP program on the d ... more |
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 Noordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Jan 18, 2019 
Navigation software destined for the ExoMars 2020 mission to the Red Planet has passed a rover-based driving test at ESA's 'Mars Yard'.
ESA's ExoMars rover will drive to multiple locations and drill down to two metres below the surface of Mars in search of clues for past life preserved underground.
A half-scale version of the ExoMars rover, called ExoMars Testing Rover (ExoTeR), mano ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (The Conversation) Jan 24, 2019 
The world is still celebrating the historic landing of China's Chang'e-4 on the far side of the moon on January 3. This week, China announced its plans to follow up with three more lunar missions, laying the groundwork for a lunar base.
Colonising the Moon, and beyond, has always being a human aspiration. Technological advancements, and the discovery of a considerable source of water close ... more |
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 Sao Paulo, brazil (SPX) Jan 24, 2019 
Almost 20 years ago, the DAMA/LIBRA experiment operated at Italy's Gran Sasso National Laboratory - LNGS began publishing data showing that it had detected a signal modulation produced by an interaction with the Milky Way's dark matter halo.
Dark matter is believed to constitute approximately 27% of the known universe, with ordinary matter accounting for only 4%. The remaining 69% is thoug ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 21, 2019 
The first Russian satellite for weather forecasting and monitoring climate and environment in the Arctic region, Arktika-M, is planned to be sent to near-earth orbit in June 2019, a source in the Russian space industry told Sputnik on Sunday.
"The launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle from the Baikonur cosmodrome with Fregat booster and the first hydrometeorological satellite Arktika-M i ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 23, 2019 
Sunday marked T-1000 days to the launch of NASA's Lucy Spacecraft, the first spacecraft to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. These asteroids, which lead and follow Jupiter in its orbit by roughly 60 degrees, hold vital clues to the history of the Solar System.
Over its 4156 day mission, Lucy will study six of these fascinating worlds. Lucy's launch period opens on October 16, 2021 - 10 ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jan 18, 2019 
Next Monday morning (21 January), skywatchers across the UK will be able to see a total eclipse of the Moon. This spectacular event is easy to see and is the last chance for UK observers to see a total lunar eclipse in its entirety until 2029.
A total lunar eclipse occurs when Earth passes exactly between the Sun and the Moon. The Sun is behind Earth, and the Moon moves into Earth's shadow ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 14, 2019 
As the Chang'e-4 probe made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, a senior Chinese space expert said China will deepen its lunar exploration and venture further into the unknown.
China's current lunar program includes three phases: orbiting, landing, and returning. The first two phases have been accomplished, and the next step is to launch the Chang'e-5 probe to collect ... more |
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Sao Paulo, brazil (SPX) Jan 24, 2019
Almost 20 years ago, the DAMA/LIBRA experiment operated at Italy's Gran Sasso National Laboratory - LNGS began publishing data showing that it had detected a signal modulation produced by an interaction with the Milky Way's dark matter halo.
Dark matter is believed to constitute approximately 27% of the known universe, with ordinary matter accounting for only 4%. The remaining 69% is thoug ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 21, 2019 
China's population grew at a slower rate last year despite the abolition of the one-child policy, official data showed Monday, raising fears an ageing society will pile further pressure on an already slowing economy.
China's government raised the limit to two children in 2016 to rejuvenate the world's most populous country, which has nearly 1.4 billion people, and experts say it may remove t ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 23, 2019 
First UAE astronaut's length of stay on board the International Space Station has been reduced from 10 to eight days, a Russian space industry source told Sputnik.
"According to the new schedule, the launch of the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft has been moved to September 25, which means that the duration of the Arab astronaut's mission, with the landing date for the Soyuz MS-12 remaining unchange ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jan 23, 2019 
The population of Antarctic krill, the favourite food of many whales, penguins, fish and seals, shifted southward during a recent period of warming in their key habitat, new research shows.
Antarctic krill are shrimp-like crustaceans which occur in enormous numbers in the cold Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. They have a major role in the food web and play a significant role in the t ... more |
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 Oxford UK (SPX) Jan 23, 2019 
The Draupner wave was one of the first confirmed observations of a freak wave in the ocean; it was observed on the 1st of January 1995 in the North Sea by measurements made on the Draupner Oil Platform.
Freak waves are unexpectedly large in comparison to surrounding waves. They are difficult to predict, often appearing suddenly without warning, and are commonly attributed as probable cause ... more |
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 Hannover, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2018 
The detection of Einstein's gravitational waves relies on highly precise laser measurements of small length changes. The kilometer-size detectors of the international network (GEO600, LIGO, Virgo) are so sensitive that they are fundamentally limited by tiny quantum mechanical effects.
These cause a background noise which overlaps with gravitational-wave signals. This noise is always presen ... more |
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