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  Wurzburg, Germany (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 On the Moon flashes and other enigmatic light phenomena can be observed again and again. With a new telescope, a professor at the University of Wurzburg wants to get to the bottom of these phenomena. It happens several times a week. Sometimes it is only short flashes of light that appear on the surface of the Moon. Other light phenomena on the Earth's satellite can last longer. And sometimes there are also places that darken temporarily. Science does not know exactly how these phenomena occu ... read more |
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VLT Observes Passing Double Asteroid Hurtling by EarthGarching, Germany (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 The unique capabilities of the SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope have enabled it to obtain the sharpest images of a double asteroid as it flew by Earth on 25 May. While this double ast ... more 
Five ethical questions for how we choose to use the MoonMelbourne, Australia (The Conversation) Jun 04, 2019 he Moon has always served as an inspiration for humanity, and there are many potential benefits for further exploration of our planet's rocky satellite. But we need to establish guidelines to ... more  
Pair of Fledgling Planets Seen Growing Around Young StarBaltimore MD (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 Astronomers have directly imaged two exoplanets that are gravitationally carving out a wide gap within a planet-forming disk surrounding a young star. While over a dozen exoplanets have been directl ... more 
ExoMars orbiter prepares for Rosalind FranklinParis (ESA) May 31, 2019 On 15 June, the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) will follow a different path. An 'Inclination Change Manoeuvre' will put the spacecraft in an altered orbit, e ... more |
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The sun follows the rhythm of the planetsDresden, Germany (SPX) May 30, 2019 One of the big questions in solar physics is why the Sun's activity follows a regular cycle of 11 years. Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), an independent German resea ... more  
Astronomers spot coronal mass ejection on distant starWashington (UPI) Jun 3, 2019 Scientists have for the first time observed a coronal mass ejection, CME, on the surface of a distant star. ... more 
Astrobotic awarded contract to deliver 14 NASA payloads to the moonPittsburgh PA (SPX) May 31, 2019 Astrobotic was selected by NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program to deliver 14 payloads to the Moon on its Peregrine lunar lander in July 2021. With this $79.5 million CLPS award, ... more 
NASA selects first commercial moon landing services for Artemis ProgramWashington DC (SPX) May 31, 2019 NASA has selected three commercial Moon landing service providers that will deliver science and technology payloads under Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) as part of the Artemis program. Eac ... more 
China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for sixth lunar dayBeijing (XNA) May 30, 2019 The lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the sixth lunar day on the far side of the moon after "sleeping" during the extremely cold night. The lander woke up at 6 ... more |
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 The 'forbidden' planet has been found in the 'Neptunian Desert' 
US and Japan partner on future moon missionWashington DC (VOA) May 30, 2019 At a May meeting in Washington, U.S. and Japanese officials affirmed the desire for continued scientific cooperation between the two countries. They collaborate on space exploration, space and earth ... more  |
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Bacteria's protein quality control agent offers insight into origins of lifeJupiter FL (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Our cells' process for transforming genes into useful proteins works much like an automobile factory's assembly line; there are schematics, parts, workers, motors, quality control systems and even r ... more  
The geometry of an electron determined for the first timeBasel, Switzerland (SPX(SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Physicists at the University of Basel are able to show for the first time how a single electron looks in an artificial atom. A newly developed method enables them to show the probability of an elect ... more 
Physicists create stable, strongly magnetized plasma jet in laboratoryPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 When you peer into the night sky, much of what you see is plasma, a soupy amalgam of ultra-hot atomic particles. Studying plasma in the stars and various forms in outer space requires a telescope, b ... more  
Accurate probing of magnetism with lightBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 Probing magnetic materials with extreme ultraviolet radiation allows to obtain a detailed microscopic picture of how magnetic systems interact with light - the fastest way to manipulate a magnetic m ... more 
Chemistry of stars sheds new light on the Gaia SausageBirmingham UK (SPX) May 24, 2019 Chemical traces in the atmospheres of stars are being used to uncover new information about a galaxy, known as the Gaia Sausage, which was involved in a major collision with the Milky Way billions o ... more |
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 Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) May 21, 2019 
With less than a fifth of the Moon's mass, Pluto can still retain an atmosphere, though a tenuous envelope of gas produced by the periodical sublimation of nitrogen ices. A study that followed the evolution of Pluto's atmosphere for fourteen years shows its seasonal nature, and predicts that it will now start to condensate as frost.
This study1 was published in the journal Astronomy and As ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 
Astronomers have directly imaged two exoplanets that are gravitationally carving out a wide gap within a planet-forming disk surrounding a young star. While over a dozen exoplanets have been directly imaged, this is only the second multi-planet system to be photographed. (The first was a four-planet system orbiting the star HR 8799.) Unlike HR 8799, though, the planets in this system are still g ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 31, 2019 
The ExoMars rover has a brand new control centre in one of Europe's largest Mars yards. The Rover Operations Control Centre (ROCC) was inaugurated in Turin, Italy, ahead of the rover's exploration adventure on the Red Planet in 2021.
The control centre will be the operational hub that orchestrates the roaming of the European-built laboratory on wheels, named after Rosalind Franklin, upon a ... more |
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 Pittsburgh PA (SPX) May 31, 2019 
Astrobotic was selected by NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program to deliver 14 payloads to the Moon on its Peregrine lunar lander in July 2021. With this $79.5 million CLPS award, Astrobotic has now secured 28 payloads for lunar delivery as part of its first mission. Fifty years after Apollo 11, Pittsburgh's Astrobotic is returning America back to the Moon in partnership with N ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) May 30, 2019 
While we now know of thousands of exoplanets - planets around other stars - the vast majority of our knowledge is indirect. That is, scientists have not actually taken many pictures of exoplanets, and because of the limits of current technology, we can only see these worlds as points of light. However, the number of exoplanets that have been directly imaged is growing over time. When NASA's Jame ... more |
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 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 
Harmful algal blooms in the Red Sea could be detected from satellite images using a method developed at KAUST. This remote sensing technique may eventually lead to a real-time monitoring system to help maintain the vital economic and ecological resources of the Red Sea.
Monitoring harmful blooms using traditional in-situ methods is not only costly and labor intensive but often requires col ... more |
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 Garching, Germany (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 
The unique capabilities of the SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope have enabled it to obtain the sharpest images of a double asteroid as it flew by Earth on 25 May. While this double asteroid was not itself a threatening object, scientists used the opportunity to rehearse the response to a hazardous Near-Earth Object (NEO), proving that ESO's front-line technology could be critical i ... more |
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 Dresden, Germany (SPX) May 30, 2019 
One of the big questions in solar physics is why the Sun's activity follows a regular cycle of 11 years. Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), an independent German research institute, now present new findings, indicating that the tidal forces of Venus, Earth and Jupiter influence the solar magnetic field, thus governing the solar cycle.
In principle, it is not ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with Land Space Technology Corporation Ltd. ("Land Space"). The two parties will work together and take advantage of respective strength on commercial space cooperation with satellite remote sensing data applications as the main target market.
They will jointly develop domestic and foreign markets of products and services which ... more |
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Baltimore MD (SPX) May 30, 2019
While we now know of thousands of exoplanets - planets around other stars - the vast majority of our knowledge is indirect. That is, scientists have not actually taken many pictures of exoplanets, and because of the limits of current technology, we can only see these worlds as points of light. However, the number of exoplanets that have been directly imaged is growing over time. When NASA's Jame ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 23, 2019 
DARPA has awarded funding to six organizations to support the Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3) program, first announced in March 2018. Battelle Memorial Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Rice University, and Teledyne Scientific are leading multidisciplinary teams to develop high-resolution ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) May 31, 2019 
A towel, taken from the surface of the ISS is being examined for microorganisms that could have inhabited the cloth, lead researcher for the Institute of Medical and Biological Issues of the Russian Academy of Sciences Svetlana Poddubko told RIA Novosti.
It was earlier reported that Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Alexei Ovchinin had removed a towel from the surface of the Internatio ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
A new study to assess the contribution that Asia's high mountain glaciers make to relieving water stress in the region is published this week (29 May 2019) in the journal Nature. The study has important economic and social implications for a region that is vulnerable to drought. Climate change is causing most of the region's glaciers to shrink.
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) glaciologist D ... more |
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 Honiara (AFP) June 3, 2019 
Australia is to fund a $250 million (US$173 million) grants programme for the Solomon Islands, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Monday, as Canberra confronts growing Chinese influence in the region.
Morrison, in his first overseas trip since re-election two weeks ago, unveiled the package amid talks with Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare.
It came in a three-pronged Canberr ... 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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