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  Columbus OH (The Conversation) Apr 29, 2019 Looking up at the silvery orb of the Moon, you might recognize familiar shadows and shapes on its face from one night to the next. You see the same view of the Moon our early ancestors did as it lighted their way after sundown. Only one side of the spherical Moon is ever visible from Earth - it wasn't until 1959 when the Soviet Spacecraft Luna 3 orbited the Moon and sent pictures home that human beings were able to see the "far side" of the Moon for the first time. A phenomenon called tidal ... read more |
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Asteroid HS2 swings past EarthMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 29, 2019 HS2 has been described as a new Near-Earth Object, with NEOs known to zip in Earth's direction, coming "close" to the planetary surface - at least speaking astronomical terms. An asteroid code ... more 
The day the asteroid might hitParis (ESA) Apr 29, 2019 For the first time, ESA will cover a major international asteroid impact exercise live via social media, highlighting the the actions that might be taken by scientists, space agencies and civil prot ... more 
Hayabusa2's Small Carry-on Impactor Made a Crater on RyuguTokyo (Sputnik) Apr 29, 2019 The Japanese space agency (JAXA) has confirmed that its probe Hayabusa-2 successfully created an artificial crater on the surface of a distant asteroid, Ryugu, in early April. The operation to creat ... more 
China Plans to Build Base Near South Pole Outdoing US Apollo MissionsBeijing (Sputnik) Apr 29, 2019 China has set an ambitious goal of building a scientific research centre on the moon in "about 10 years" in the area of its South Pole, the state agency Xinhua reported citing the head of the China ... more |
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Rapid destruction of Earth-like atmospheres by young starsVienna, Austria (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 The discoveries of thousands of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system has made questions about the potential for life to form on these planets fundamentally important in modern science. ... more  
Mystery of the universe's expansion rate widens with new Hubble dataGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope say they have crossed an important threshold in revealing a discrepancy between the two key techniques for measuring the universe's expansion rate. Th ... more  
IAS researchers detect evidence of 6 new binary black hole mergers within LVC dataWashington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 Scholars at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) recently submitted a paper announcing the discovery of six new binary black hole mergers that exceed the detection thresholds defined by the LIGO-V ... more 
Astrophysicists Simulate Sounds of Stars to Reveal Their SecretsMadison WI (SPX) Apr 29, 2019 Sound may not be able to travel through the vacuum of space. But that doesn't stop stars from unleashing a symphony of subsonic notes as their nuclear furnaces power complex vibrations. Telescopes c ... more 
Slime mold memorizes foreign substances by absorbing themWashington (UPI) Apr 22, 2019 The slime mold Physarum polycephalum doesn't have a nervous system, yet the single-celled organism is capable of learning and communicating. ... more |
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Dark matter detector observes rarest event ever recordedTroy NY (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 How do you observe a process that takes more than one trillion times longer than the age of the universe? The XENON Collaboration research team did it with an instrument built to find the most elusi ... more  |
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Scientists discover what powers celestial phenomenon STEVEWashington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 The celestial phenomenon known as STEVE is likely caused by a combination of heating of charged particles in the atmosphere and energetic electrons like those that power the aurora, according to new ... more 
NASA, FEMA, International Partners Plan Asteroid Impact ExercisePasadena CA (JPL) Apr 26, 2019 While NASA, FEMA, International Partners Plan Asteroid Impact Exercises routinely report on "close shaves" and "near-misses" when near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids or comets pass relativel ... more 
Hubble measurements suggest disparity in Hubble constant calculations is not a flukeMunich, Germany (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 Hubble's measurements of today's expansion rate do not match the rate that was expected based on how the Universe appeared shortly after the Big Bang over 13 billion years ago. Using new data from t ... more  
Debris of Satellite Destroyed by India May Threaten ISS - Russian MoDMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 23, 2019 When India tested its anti-satellite weapons, more than 100 fragments of destroyed spacecraft were created; in the future, these fragments could pose a threat to the ISS, the Russian Defence Ministr ... more 
Dark matter detector records extremely rare decay of xenon-124Washington (UPI) Apr 24, 2019 The half-life of the isotope xenon-124 is a trillion times longer than the age of the universe. Observing such a slow decay would seem impossible, but scientists working on the XENON Collaboration, a dark matter detection effort, have done exactly that. ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 
Much has changed technologically since NASA's Galileo mission dropped a probe into Jupiter's atmosphere to investigate, among other things, the heat engine driving the gas giant's atmospheric circulation.
A NASA scientist and his team at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are taking advantage of those advances to mature a smaller, more capable net flux radiometer.
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 
The discoveries of thousands of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system has made questions about the potential for life to form on these planets fundamentally important in modern science.
Fundamentally important for the habitability of a planet is whether or not it can hold onto an atmosphere, which requires that the atmosphere is not completely lost early in the lifetime of the pl ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Apr 26, 2019 
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia's Roscosmos should not consider postponing the launch of the ExoMars mission as its rescheduling will lead to the loss of support from European member countries, Director-General Jan Woerner told Sputnik.
"I don't accept a discussion about rescheduling because we already postponed the launch for two years, from 2018 to 2020, and I believe industry ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Apr 29, 2019 
China has set an ambitious goal of building a scientific research centre on the moon in "about 10 years" in the area of its South Pole, the state agency Xinhua reported citing the head of the China National Space Administration (CSNA), Zhang Kejian.
The aim is quite a departure from what NASA attained as a result of its six successful Apollo missions that landed in close proximity to the M ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope say they have crossed an important threshold in revealing a discrepancy between the two key techniques for measuring the universe's expansion rate. The recent study strengthens the case that new theories may be needed to explain the forces that have shaped the cosmos.
A brief recap: The universe is getting bigger every second. The space betwe ... more |
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 Lesbos Island, Greece (AFP) April 22, 2019 
Knee-deep in water on a picture-postcard Lesbos island beach, a team of Greek university students gently deposits a wall-sized PVC frame on the surface before divers moor it at sea.
Holding in plastic bags and bottles, four of the 5 metre-by-5-metre (16 foot-by-16-foot) frames are part of an experiment to determine if seaborne litter can be detected with EU satellites and drones.
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 29, 2019 
For the first time, ESA will cover a major international asteroid impact exercise live via social media, highlighting the the actions that might be taken by scientists, space agencies and civil protection organisations.
Every two years, asteroid experts from across the globe come together to simulate a fictional but plausible imminent asteroid impact on Earth. During the week-long scenario ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 
The celestial phenomenon known as STEVE is likely caused by a combination of heating of charged particles in the atmosphere and energetic electrons like those that power the aurora, according to new research. In a new study, scientists found STEVE's source region in space and identified two mechanisms that cause it.
Last year, the obscure atmospheric lights became an internet sensation. Ty ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 24, 2019 
Beijing plans to send a manned mission to the moon and to build a research station there within the next decade, state media reported Wednesday, citing a top space official.
China aims to achieve space superpower status and took a major step towards that goal when it became the first nation to land a rover on the far side of the moon in January.
It now plans to build a scientific researc ... more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 26, 2019
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope say they have crossed an important threshold in revealing a discrepancy between the two key techniques for measuring the universe's expansion rate. The recent study strengthens the case that new theories may be needed to explain the forces that have shaped the cosmos.
A brief recap: The universe is getting bigger every second. The space betwe ... more |
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 Altamira, Brazil (AFP) April 25, 2019  As the diesel generator rumbles to life in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, teenagers scramble to charge their phones and watch music videos - an ordinary pastime in an extraordinary setting.
The teens are members of the Arara indigenous group - and they had to travel eight hours round-trip by boat to the nearest city, Altamira, to download those video clips.
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 Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Apr 29, 2019 
Airbus is bringing another experimental system to the International Space Station (ISS) in the form of the photobioreactor (PBR). The PBR, developed by the University of Stuttgart and built by Airbus on behalf of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), is designed to convert part of the CO2 extracted by the 'LSR' Life Support Rack on board the ISS into oxyge ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 22, 2019 
Measuring melting ice is a fairly precise business in 2019 - thanks to satellites, weather stations and sophisticated climate models.
By the 1990s and 2000s, scientists were able to make pretty good estimates, although work from previous decades was unreliable due to less advanced technology.
Now, researchers have recalculated the amount of ice lost in Greenland since 1972, the year the ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 25, 2019 
Hydroid was awarded a $23.1 million contract for production support of the MK 18 family of unmanned submersibles for the U.S. Navy.
With four option years, the cumulative contract could be worth up to $47.9 million, the Defense Department announced Wednesday.
Work will be performed at Hydroid's plant in Pocasset, Mass., with an expected completion date by April 2020 and with opti ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
On March 17, 2002, the German-US satellite duo GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) were launched to map the global gravitational field with unprecedented precision. After all, the mission lasted a good 15 years - more than three times as long as expected. When the two satellites burnt up in the Earth's atmosphere at the end of 2017 and beginning of 2018, respectively, they had record ... more |
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