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  Washington (AFP) May 23, 2019 NASA on Thursday unveiled the calendar for the "Artemis" program that will return astronauts to the Moon for the first time in half a century, including eight scheduled launches and a mini-station in lunar orbit by 2024. The original lunar missions were named for Apollo - Artemis was his twin sister in Greek mythology, and the goddess of hunting, wilderness and the Moon. Administrator Jim Bridenstine confirmed that Artemis 1 will be an uncrewed mission around the Moon planned for 2020. Nex ... read more |
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Detecting bacteria in spaceMontreal, Canada (SPX) May 23, 2019 Scientists at Universite de Montreal and McGill University have pioneered and tested a new genomic methodology which reveals a complex bacterial ecosystem at work on the International Space Station. ... more  
U.S. Air Force's Space Fence Detects Debris from India Anti-Satellite TestKwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands (SPX) May 23, 2019 The U.S. Air Force Space Fence system detected the breakup field from an anti-satellite test conducted by India during a scheduled endurance exercise of the new space surveillance radar. As MI ... more 
NASA Taps 11 American Companies to Advance Human Lunar LandersWashington DC (SPX) May 20, 2019 NASA has selected 11 companies to conduct studies and produce prototypes of human landers for its Artemis lunar exploration program. This effort will help put American astronauts - the first woman a ... more  
NASA Invites Public to Help Asteroid Mission Choose Sample SiteTucson AZ (SPX) May 23, 2019 Citizen scientists assemble! NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu needs extra pairs of eyes to help choose its sample collection site on the asteroid - and to look for anything else that ... more |
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Astrobotic Signs Lunar Payload Agreement with Canadensys AerospacePittsburgh, PA (SPX) May 22, 2019 Astrobotic has been selected by Toronto-based Canadensys Aerospace to fly a lunar science and technology payload that promotes Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) on Astrobotic's first ... more 
Collision that formed the moon also brought Earth waterWashington (UPI) May 21, 2019 Without the moon and water, life on Earth wouldn't be possible. New research out of Germany suggests both were delivered by Theia, which collided with Earth 4.4 billion years ago. ... more 
New insights about carbon and ice could clarify inner workings of Earth, other planetsLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 23, 2019 Most people behave differently when under extreme pressure. Carbon and ice are no different. Two new studies show how these key planetary ingredients take on exotic forms that could help researchers ... more 
Three exocomets discovered around the star Beta PictorisInnsbruck, Austria (SPX) May 23, 2019 Just about a year after the launch of the NASA mission TESS, the first three comets orbiting the nearby star Beta Pictoris outside our solar system were discovered in data from the space telescope. ... more 
New method to find small exoplanetsKatlenburg-Lindau, Germany (SPX) May 23, 2019 Somewhat more than 4000 planets orbiting stars outside our solar system are known so far. Of these so-called exoplanets, about 96 percent are significantly larger than our Earth, most of them more c ... more |
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Stellar waltz with dramatic endingBonn, Germany (SPX) May 22, 2019 Astronomers at the University of Bonn and their colleagues from Moscow have identified an unusual celestial object. It is most likely the product of the fusion of two stars that died a long time ago ... more  |
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Strong Magnetic Storm May Cause Satellites to Deorbit - Russian AcademyMoscow (Sputnik) May 15, 2019 One of the strongest magnetic storms in recent years, which began earlier on 14 May and is forecast to continue through the evening, may increase the possibility of spacecraft deorbiting and cause p ... more 
Ammonium fertilized early life on earthSyracuse NY (SPX) May 22, 2019 A team of international scientists--including researchers at the University of St. Andrews, Syracuse University and Royal Holloway, University of London--have demonstrated a new source of food for e ... more  
Physicists discover new type of spin wavesHalle-Wittenberg, Germany (SPX) May 23, 2019 Current technologies for information transfer and processing are challenged by fundamental physical limits. The more powerful they become, the more energy they need and more heat is released to the ... more  
Development of a displacement sensor to measure gravity of smallest source mass everSendai, Japan (SPX) May 23, 2019 One of the most unknown phenomena in modern physics is gravity. Its measurement and laws remain somewhat of an enigma. Researchers at Tohoku University have revealed important information about a ne ... more 
Astronomers find white dwarf merger that may spawn future fiery explosionWashington (UPI) May 21, 2019 Astronomers have discovered a rare celestial object. Scientists suggest the fiery orb was created when two dead white dwarfs merged and become reanimated. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 23, 2019 
Astronomers using the Gemini Observatory explore Neptune's largest moon Triton and observe, for the first time beyond the lab, an extraordinary union between carbon monoxide and nitrogen ices. The discovery offers insights into how this volatile mixture can transport material across the moon's surface via geysers, trigger seasonal atmospheric changes, and provide a context for conditions on othe ... more |
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 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany (SPX) May 23, 2019 
Somewhat more than 4000 planets orbiting stars outside our solar system are known so far. Of these so-called exoplanets, about 96 percent are significantly larger than our Earth, most of them more comparable with the dimensions of the gas giants Neptune or Jupiter. This percentage likely does not reflect the real conditions in space, however, since small planets are much harder to track down tha ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 22, 2019 
NASA is a step closer to eventually discovering what lies up to 32 feet or 10 meters beneath the surfaces of Mars, the Moon or any airless body in the solar system - a region roughly the length of a three-story building.
Rafael Rincon, an engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and University of Arizona scientist Lynn Carter are using NASA technology-developm ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 20, 2019  NASA has selected 11 companies to conduct studies and produce prototypes of human landers for its Artemis lunar exploration program. This effort will help put American astronauts - the first woman and next man - on the Moon's south pole by 2024 and establish sustainable missions by 2028.
"To accelerate our return to the Moon, we are challenging our traditional ways of doing business. We wi ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) May 22, 2019 
Curtin University researchers are part of an international project that will use a huge underwater neutrino telescope at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea to help explain some of the most powerful and mysterious events in the universe.
Located at two sites at depths of up to 3,500 meters, the KM3NeT telescope will occupy more than a cubic kilometre of water, and will comprise of hundreds ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 22, 2019 
Industries in northeastern China have spewed large quantities of an ozone-depleting gas into the atmosphere in violation of an international treaty, scientists said Wednesday.
Since 2013, annual emissions from northeastern China of the banned chemical CFC-11 have increased by about 7,000 tonnes, they reported in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.
"CFCs are the main culprit in depletion of ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) May 21, 2019 
A Curtin University researcher has solved a nearly 100-year-old riddle by discovering that glass found in the Egyptian desert was created by a meteorite impact, rather than atmospheric airburst, in findings that have implications for understanding the threat posed by asteroids.
Published in leading journal Geology, the research examined tiny grains of the mineral zircon in samples of Libya ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) May 15, 2019 
One of the strongest magnetic storms in recent years, which began earlier on 14 May and is forecast to continue through the evening, may increase the possibility of spacecraft deorbiting and cause problems in satellite navigation and communication, the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LPI RAS) said.
"In accordance with the developed scale of magnetic storms, l ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 17, 2019 
China has developed a number of new-generation carrier rockets to take the country's space industry to the next level.
b>The Long March-7 br> /b>
The Long March-7 is a medium-sized carrier rocket with high reliability and safety. It is designed to launch cargo vehicles during the construction of China's manned space station project and meet the long-term demand for upgrading manned carri ... more |
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Perth, Australia (SPX) May 22, 2019
Curtin University researchers are part of an international project that will use a huge underwater neutrino telescope at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea to help explain some of the most powerful and mysterious events in the universe.
Located at two sites at depths of up to 3,500 meters, the KM3NeT telescope will occupy more than a cubic kilometre of water, and will comprise of hundreds ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) May 21, 2019 
Washington on Tuesday became the first US state to legalize human composting after its eco-friendly governor signed a bill to that effect in a bid to cut carbon emissions from burials and cremations.
Under the new law that will go into effect in May of next year, people who die in the state will have the option to have their bodies transformed into soil suitable for use in gardening in a pro ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 23, 2019 
NASA will join an international crew on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean this summer to prepare for future deep space missions during the 10-day NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) 23 expedition slated to begin June 10.
NEEMO 23 will focus on both exploration spacewalks and objectives related to space missions such as the International Space Station and future deep space mis ... more |
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 Skolkovo, Russia (SPX) May 22, 2019 
Russian scientists have discovered a previously unknown mechanism of influence of salts migration on the degradation of gigantic intra permafrost gas (methane) hydrate reserves in the Arctic Shelf. The results of their study were published in Geosciences journal.
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and one of the major global climate change drivers. Following many years of observation in ... more |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 24, 2019 
The mystery of why Earth has so much water, allowing our "blue marble" to support an astounding array of life, is clearer with new research into comets. Comets are like snowballs of rock, dust, ice, and other frozen chemicals that vaporize as they get closer to the Sun, producing the tails seen in images.
A new study reveals that the water in many comets may share a common origin with Eart ... more |
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 Sendai, Japan (SPX) May 23, 2019 
One of the most unknown phenomena in modern physics is gravity. Its measurement and laws remain somewhat of an enigma. Researchers at Tohoku University have revealed important information about a new aspect of the nature of gravity by probing the smallest mass-scale.
Professor Nobuyuki Matsumoto has led a team of researchers to develop a gravity sensor based on monitoring the displacement ... more |
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