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  Washington (UPI) Apr 29, 2019 NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has called for more global participation in efforts to deflect asteroids that could collide with Earth. Bridenstine spoke to the 2019 Planetary Defense Conference in Washington, D.C., on Monday morning in an event that was streamed live online. The conference was organized by the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety. "We have to use our systems our capabilities to ultimately get more data and we have to do it faster," Bridenstin ... read more |
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Hermes to Bring Asteroid Research to the ISSHouston TX (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 Asteroid researchers on Earth will soon gain a powerful new way to remotely conduct experiments aboard the International Space Station. The device, called the Hermes Facility, is an experiment ... more  
New Hubble measurements confirm universe is expanding faster than expectedBaltimore MD (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 New measurements from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope confirm that the Universe is expanding about 9% faster than expected based on its trajectory seen shortly after the big bang, astronomers say. ... more  
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 
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 |
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Scientists Planning Now for Asteroid Flyby a Decade AwayCollege Park MD (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 On April 13, 2029, a speck of light will streak across the sky, getting brighter and faster. At one point it will travel more than the width of the full Moon within a minute and it will get as brigh ... more  
Magma is the key to the moon's makeupNew Haven CT (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 For more than a century, scientists have squabbled over how the Earth's moon formed. But researchers at Yale and in Japan say they may have the answer. Many theorists believe a Mars-sized obje ... more 
Cosmic dust reveals new insights on the formation of solar systemToronto, Canada (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 The study of a tiny grain of stardust - older than our solar system - is shining new light on how planetary systems are formed. The microbe-sized extraterrestrial particle, which originated fr ... more  
Deep learning takes Saturn by stormLondon, UK (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 A 'deep learning' approach to detecting storms on Saturn is set to transform our understanding of planetary atmospheres, according to UCL and University of Arizona researchers. The new techniq ... more 
Spinning black hole sprays light-speed plasma clouds into spacePerth, Australia (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 Astronomers have discovered rapidly swinging jets coming from a black hole almost 8000 light-years from Earth. Published in the journal Nature, the research shows jets from V404 Cygni's black ... more |
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 Observations that question dark matter disproved 
What's on the far side of the Moon?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 lig ... 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  
Elemental old-timer makes the universe look like a toddlerHouston TX (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 In terms of longevity, the universe has nothing on xenon 124. Theory predicts the isotope's radioactive decay has a half-life that surpasses the age of the universe "by many orders of magnitude," bu ... 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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 Trieste, Italy (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 
As fascinating as it is mysterious, dark matter is one of the greatest enigmas of astrophysics and cosmology. It is thought to account for 90% of the matter in the Universe, but its existence has been demonstrated only indirectly and recently called into question.
New research conducted by SISSA removes the recent doubts on the presence of dark matter within the galaxies, disproving the em ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
Whether they're idyllic floating cotton balls on an otherwise blue sky or ominous grey swirls that block the sun, clouds all begin as an invisible dot of water vapor. This elusive gas has been tricky to measure and track - until now.
Research scientists at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have created a new airborne instrument that can directly measure water vapor and f ... more |
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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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Trieste, Italy (SPX) Apr 30, 2019
As fascinating as it is mysterious, dark matter is one of the greatest enigmas of astrophysics and cosmology. It is thought to account for 90% of the matter in the Universe, but its existence has been demonstrated only indirectly and recently called into question.
New research conducted by SISSA removes the recent doubts on the presence of dark matter within the galaxies, disproving the em ... 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.
They live with about 20 ... more |
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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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 London, UK (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 
Emperor penguins at the Halley Bay colony in the Weddell Sea have failed to raise chicks for the last three years, scientists have discovered.
Researchers from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) studied very high resolution satellite imagery to reveal the unusual findings, published in the journal Antarctic Science.
Until recently, the Halley Bay colony was the second largest in the worl ... 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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