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  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2019 Humans are probably the most well-adapted species on the planet; they can survive in and call home any of Earth's biomes. Our adaptation is a result of our intellect as well as favourable physical attributes. We can build machines and systems that help us cope with and master natural conditions better than any other species that ever lived. While this has been great for the human species, it also means we are one of the least physically adapted animals to walk the planet. Adaptat ... read more |
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Is Space Mining a Viable Future?Montreal, Canada (SPX) Apr 01, 2019 Space is the final frontier for resource exploitation. Asteroids orbiting near earth are masses of potential riches such as platinum, fresh water, and other resources scarce on earth. However, with ... more  
URI researcher calculates temperature inside moon to help reveal its inner structureKingston RI (SPX) Apr 01, 2019 Little is known about the inner structure of the Moon, but a major step forward was made by a University of Rhode Island scientist who conducted experiments that enabled her to determine the tempera ... more 
ESA and NASA to team up on lunar scienceParis (ESA) Apr 01, 2019 ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration, David Parker, and Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, signed a Statement of Intent to coordinate joint sc ... more 
Fossil 'mother lode' records Earth-shaking asteroid's impact: studyWashington (AFP) March 30, 2019 Scientists in the US say they have discovered the fossilized remains of a mass of creatures that died minutes after a huge asteroid slammed into the Earth 66 million years ago, sealing the fate of the dinosaurs. ... more |
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Europa Clipper High-Gain Antenna Undergoes TestingHampton, VA (SPX) Apr 01, 2019 It probably goes without saying, but this isn't your everyday satellite dish. In fact, it's not a satellite dish at all. It's a high-gain antenna (HGA), and a future version of it will send an ... more  
Astronomers Propose New Expression of the Activity-Rotation RelationshipBeijing, China (SPX) Apr 01, 2019 The study of stellar activity associates many aspects of stellar physics. In the past 40 years, the understanding of stellar activity and its relation with stellar structure and evolution has obtain ... more 
Exoplanet satellite readyParis (ESA) Mar 30, 2019 ESA's Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, was recently declared ready to fly after completing a series of final spacecraft tests. Cheops will lift off as a secondary passenger on a Soy ... more 
Bennu in StereoWashington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2019 This set of stereoscopic images provides a 3D view of the large, 170-foot (52-meter) boulder that juts from asteroid Bennu's southern hemisphere and the rocky slopes that surround it. The ster ... more  
Indian satellite destruction creates debris field of 'space junk'Washington (AFP) March 28, 2019 India's destruction of a satellite with a missile created hundreds of pieces of "space junk," a potentially dangerous situation that established space powers have tried to avoid for years. ... more |
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Astronomers Discover Two New Planets Using Artificial IntelligenceAustin TX (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin, in partnership with Google, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to uncover two more hidden planets in the Kepler space telescope archive. The tec ... more  |
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Exoplanet Under the Looking GlassHeidelberg, Germany (SPX) Mar 28, 2019 For the first time, astronomers have succeeded in investigating an exoplanet using optical interferometry. The new method allowed astronomers to measure the position of the exoplanet HR 8799e with u ... more 
Data flows from NASA's TESS Mission, leads to discovery of Saturn-sized planetAmes IA (SPX) Mar 28, 2019 Astronomers who study stars are providing a valuable assist to the planet-hunting astronomers pursuing the primary objective of NASA's new TESS Mission. In fact, asteroseismologists - stellar ... more 
Gravity instrument breaks new ground in exoplanet imagingMunich, Germany (SPX) Mar 28, 2019 The GRAVITY instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has made the first direct observation of an exoplanet using optical interferometry. This method revealed a complex exoplane ... more  
What Happened Before the Big BangBoston MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 A team of scientists has proposed a powerful new test for inflation, the theory that the universe dramatically expanded in size in a fleeting fraction of a second right after the Big Bang. Their goa ... more  
The Voyage to Interstellar SpaceGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 28, 2019 By all means, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 shouldn't even be here. Now in interstellar space, they are pushing the limits of spacecraft and exploration, journeying through the cosmic neighborhood, giving ... more |
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 Hampton, VA (SPX) Apr 01, 2019 
It probably goes without saying, but this isn't your everyday satellite dish.
In fact, it's not a satellite dish at all. It's a high-gain antenna (HGA), and a future version of it will send and receive signals to and from Earth from a looping orbit around Jupiter.
The antenna will take that long journey aboard NASA's Europa Clipper, a spacecraft that will conduct detailed reconnaissa ... more |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin, in partnership with Google, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to uncover two more hidden planets in the Kepler space telescope archive. The technique shows promise for identifying many additional planets that traditional methods could not catch.
The planets discovered this time were from Kepler's extended mission, called K2.
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 01, 2019 
Earth is a very special planet. It is the only celestial body in the solar system on which we know life exists. Could there be life on other planets or moons? Mars is always the first to be mentioned in this context; it has many properties in common with Earth, and in its geological past water also flowed over its surface.
Today, however, conditions on Mars are so extreme that it is hard t ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 30, 2019 
For the past 15 years, America has sought to put its astronauts back on the Moon, but NASA did not think it could be done before 2028.
On Tuesday, the government of President Donald Trump set a new deadline: 2024.
But that timeframe is anything but ironclad, and would force the US space agency to upend its usual work practices and take serious risks.
Just a few weeks ago, NASA chief ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 01, 2019 
The study of stellar activity associates many aspects of stellar physics. In the past 40 years, the understanding of stellar activity and its relation with stellar structure and evolution has obtained great progress. One landmark is the discovery of the activity-rotation relation, which indicates the connection between stellar activity and stellar evolution.
However, there are still some f ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
An international team led by Japanese scientists has generated significant findings that highlight the impact of high-latitude dusts on the conversion of clouds' water droplets to ice - or glaciation - within low-level clouds in the Arctic region. These results contribute to a better understanding of factors at the land surface and how they affect cloud formations.
The research findings al ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 30, 2019 
Scientists in the US say they have discovered the fossilized remains of a mass of creatures that died minutes after a huge asteroid slammed into the Earth 66 million years ago, sealing the fate of the dinosaurs.
In a paper to be published Monday, a team of paleontologists headquartered at the University of Kansas say they found a "mother lode of exquisitely preserved animal and fish fossils" ... more |
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 Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
Ions move faster than atoms in the gas streams of a solar prominence. Scientists at the University of Gottingen, the Institut d'Astrophysique in Paris and the Istituto Ricerche Solari Locarno have observed this. The results of the study were published in The Astrophysical Journal.
In astrophysics, the "fourth state" of matter plays a crucial role. Apart from solid, liquid and gaseous state ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2019 
China sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province late Sunday night.
The Tianlian II-01 satellite was launched at 11:51 p.m. Beijing Time by a Long March-3B carrier rocket.
As the first satellite to constitute China's second-generation data relay satellite network, the Tianlian II-01 will provide data relay ... more |
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Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 01, 2019
The study of stellar activity associates many aspects of stellar physics. In the past 40 years, the understanding of stellar activity and its relation with stellar structure and evolution has obtained great progress. One landmark is the discovery of the activity-rotation relation, which indicates the connection between stellar activity and stellar evolution.
However, there are still some f ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
Computers, like those that power self-driving cars, can be tricked into mistaking random scribbles for trains, fences and even school busses. People aren't supposed to be able to see how those images trip up computers but in a new study, Johns Hopkins University researchers show most people actually can.
The findings suggest modern computers may not be as different from humans as we think, ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 27, 2019 
NASA responded to accusations of sexism Wednesday over its decision to cancel a planned historic spacewalk by two women astronauts due to a lack of well-fitting spacesuits.
On Monday, the US space agency announced that Christina Koch will perform tasks in space Friday with fellow American Nick Hague - rather than with Anne McClain as originally planned.
Had Koch and McClain done their s ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) March 29, 2019  Alaska residents accustomed to subzero temperatures are experiencing a heat wave of sorts that is shattering records, with the thermometer jumping to more than 30 degrees Fahrenheit (16.7 Celsius) above normal in some regions.
"Both February and March have been exceptionally warm," Rick Thoman, a climate specialist with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, told AFP. "Many pla ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 26, 2019 
Today is World Water Day, but with millions of people in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe struggling to cope in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, the notion of water shortages may not be at the forefront of our minds right now. Even so, floods, like we see here, lead to real problems accessing clean water. Whether the problem is inundation or water scarcity, satellites can help monitor this precious ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
UK astrophysicists are gearing up to resume the search for gravitational waves, the ripples in spacetime caused by some of the universe's most spectacular events, after substantial upgrades to the three global detectors mean that they will be able to survey an even larger volume of space than ever before for powerful, wave-making events, such as the collisions of black holes.
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