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  Colorado Springs, C0 (SPX) Apr 04, 2019 The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and a consortium of tech firms led by Raytheon are modernizing and simplifying the legacy Space Defense Operations Center, a 1990s-era system that tracks and monitors space debris. Dave Fuino, program director for Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, said: "Within just a few months we brought together a team, developed the technology to modernize it, got it on contract and held a series of demos to prove it worked. We went from concept to ... read more |
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Israeli spacecraft starts orbiting moon on maiden voyageJerusalem (AFP) April 4, 2019 An Israeli spacecraft on the country's first lunar mission began orbiting the Moon on Thursday, completing a key manoeuvre ahead of a planned touchdown next week, mission chiefs said. ... more  
Japan probe sends 'impactor' to blast asteroidTokyo (AFP) April 5, 2019 A Japanese probe on Friday launched an explosive device at an asteroid, aiming to blast a crater in the surface and scoop up material that could shed light on how the solar system evolved. ... more 
SpaceIL lunar lander in orbit around moon ahead of touchdownWashington (UPI) Apr 4, 2019 Next week's record-setting lunar landing was dependent on the success of this week's entry into orbit. ... more  
Low-loss, all-fiber system for strong and efficient coupling between distant atomsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 02, 2019 A team of scientists from Waseda University, the Japan Science and Technology Agency, and the University of Auckland developed an integrated, all-fiber coupled-cavities quantum electrodynamics (QED) ... more |
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And the Blobs Just Keep on ComingGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2019 When Simone Di Matteo first saw the patterns in his data, it seemed too good to be true. "It's too perfect!" Di Matteo, a space physics Ph.D. student at the University of L'Aquila in Italy, recalled ... more 
'Featherweight oxygen' discovery opens window on nuclear symmetrySt. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered and characterized a new form of oxygen dubbed "featherweight oxygen" - the lightest-ever version of the familiar chemical element ox ... more 
Behavior of 'trapped' electrons in a one-dimensional world observed in the labCologne, Germany (SPX) Apr 02, 2019 A team of physicists at the University of Cologne has, for the first time, seen a particularly exotic behaviour of electrons on an atomic scale. Electrons normally move almost freely through three-d ... more  
Scientists trace origins of photons emitted by gamma ray burstsWashington (UPI) Apr 3, 2019 Scientists in Japan have traced the origins of photons emitted by long duration gamma-ray bursts, the brightest electromagnetic events in the universe, to the visible portion of the relativistic jet produced by supernovae. ... more 
Group teams up to combat growing space debris threat, protect satellites in orbitLondon, UK (SPX) Apr 02, 2019 A strategic cooperation between ExoAnalytic Solutions of Foothill Ranch, California and NorthStar Earth and Space of Montreal, Quebec was announced at the 2019 Space Situational Awareness Conference ... more |
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Indian satellite destruction created 400 pieces of debris, endangering ISS: NASAWashington (AFP) April 1, 2019 The head of NASA on Monday branded India's destruction of one of its satellites a "terrible thing" that had created 400 pieces of orbital debris and led to new dangers for astronauts aboard the International Space Station. ... more  |
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"Space Butterfly" Is Home to Hundreds of Baby StarsPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 01, 2019 What looks like a red butterfly in space is in reality a nursery for hundreds of baby stars, revealed in this infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Officially named Westerhout 40 (W40) ... 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  
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 
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  
Building blocks of DNA and RNA could have appeared together before life began on EarthLa Jolla CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 Scientists for the first time have found strong evidence that RNA and DNA could have arisen from the same set of precursor molecules even before life evolved on Earth about four billion years ago. ... 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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 Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2019  Scientists have discovered the world's first organism that can produce chlorophyll but does not perform photosynthesis.
The unprecedented animal is called a corallicolid because it is found in 70 percent of the planet's corals.
"This is the second most abundant cohabitant of coral on the planet and it hasn't been seen until now," Patrick Keeling, a botanist at the University of B ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 05, 2019 
According to NASA, scientists are in agreement that there is no life on Mars. However, they continue to assess whether Mars ever had an environment capable of supporting microbial life.
Now, researchers from Hungary have discovered embedded organic material in a Martian meteorite found in the late 1970s. The scientists were able to determine the presence of organic matter in mineralised fo ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2019  Next week's record-setting lunar landing was dependent on the success of this week's entry into orbit.
On Thursday, the first privately funded lunar lander, a small Israeli spacecraft named Beresheet, successfully inserted itself into orbit around the moon.
Engineers on the first-of-its-kind mission watched the spacecraft's vitals with anticipation as Beresheet executed six-minut ... more |
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 Coventry, UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2019 
Astronomers from University of Warwick detected the small body orbiting a white dwarf 'closer than we would expect to find anything still alive'; Planetesimal orbits with a 'comet-like tail' of gas, creating a ring within the debris disc; Offers a hint as to the future of our solar system, 6 billion years from now; Artist's impression available, see below. **
A fragment of a planet that ha ... more |
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 Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 
A new study, published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, shows that the recent intensification of the equatorial Pacific wind system, known as Walker Circulation, is unrelated to human influences and can be explained by natural processes. This result ends a long-standing debate on the drivers of an unprecedented atmospheric trend, which contributed to a three-fold acceleration of s ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2019 
This three-dimensional view of asteroid Bennu was created by the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA), contributed by the Canadian Space Agency, on NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.
From Feb. 12 through 17, OLA made more than 11 million measurements of the distance between OSIRIS-REx and Bennu's surface as the spacecraft flew less than 1.2 miles (2 km) above the surface - the closest orbit ever ac ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2019 
When Simone Di Matteo first saw the patterns in his data, it seemed too good to be true. "It's too perfect!" Di Matteo, a space physics Ph.D. student at the University of L'Aquila in Italy, recalled thinking. "It can't be real." And it wasn't, he'd soon find out.
Di Matteo was looking for long trains of massive blobs - like a lava lamp's otherworldly bubbles, but anywhere from 50 to 500 ti ... 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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Coventry, UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2019
Astronomers from University of Warwick detected the small body orbiting a white dwarf 'closer than we would expect to find anything still alive'; Planetesimal orbits with a 'comet-like tail' of gas, creating a ring within the debris disc; Offers a hint as to the future of our solar system, 6 billion years from now; Artist's impression available, see below. **
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 28, 2019 
With arrays of new galaxies and their stars being discovered every day, it still remains unresolved if there is anyone, or anything, super-intelligent in control, and though the probability of the existence of extra-terrestrial civilizations is considered to be incredibly high, the evidence is a far cry from sufficient.
Members of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence), a San Franc ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (VOA) Apr 05, 2019 
Boeing's new space capsule for astronauts faces more launch delays. The Starliner capsule was supposed to make its debut this month, after a series of postponements. But the first test flight is now off until August. And the second test flight, with astronauts, won't occur until late in the year.
NASA announced the revised lineup Wednesday. At the same time, officials said the first Starli ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 03, 2019 
In Alaska, 5 percent of the land is covered by glaciers that are losing a lot of ice and contributing to sea level rise. To monitor these changes, a small team of NASA-funded researchers has been flying scientific instruments on a bright red, single-engine plane since spring 2009.
In almost a decade of operations, the Operation IceBridge Alaska team has more than doubled the number of moun ... more |
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 Freetown (AFP) April 1, 2019 
Sierra Leone has banned industrial fishing in its territorial waters for a month from Monday in a move to try to shore up stocks that was applauded by environmental activists.
The government also decreed an April 1-30 halt to exports by major fishing companies "to protect our fish stock from depletion", said a statement from the fisheries ministry.
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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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