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  Waco TX (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 A mysterious large mass of material has been discovered beneath the largest crater in our solar system - the Moon's South Pole-Aitken basin - and may contain metal from the asteroid that crashed into the Moon and formed the crater, according to a Baylor University study. "Imagine taking a pile of metal five times larger than the Big Island of Hawaii and burying it underground. That's roughly how much unexpected mass we detected," said lead author Peter B. James, Ph.D., assistant professor of plane ... read more |
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Starshade Would Take Formation Flying to ExtremesPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 12, 2019 Anyone who's ever seen aircraft engaged in formation flying can appreciate the feat of staying highly synchronized while airborne. In work sponsored by NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP), e ... more 
Study Dramatically Narrows Search for Advanced Life in the UniverseRiverside CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 Scientists may need to rethink their estimates for how many planets outside our solar system could host a rich diversity of life. In a new study, a UC Riverside-led team discovered that a buil ... more 
Alien worlds are less hospitable to complex life than scientists thoughtWashington (UPI) Jun 10, 2019 New research suggests the conditions necessary for complex life forms may be even rarer than planetary scientists previously thought. Researchers determined the buildup of toxic gases in the atmosphere makes most exoplanets uninhabitable. ... more  
Hera asteroid mission's brain to be radiation-hard and failure-proofParis (ESA) Jun 12, 2019 At the heart of ESA's Hera mission to the double Didymos asteroids will be an onboard computer intended to be failure-proof. Designed to operate up to 490 million km away from Earth and withst ... more |
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The Second Moon RaceGerroa, Australia (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 The US and China are in an undeclared race back to the Moon. At first glance it's easy to dismiss China's efforts as being little more than what the US and Russia achieved decades ago. And whi ... more  
Detection of powerful winds driven by a supermassive black holeWashington DC (SPX) Jun 10, 2019 The supermassive black holes in the centres of many galaxies seem to have a basic influence on their evolution. This happens during a phase in which the black hole is consuming the material of the g ... more 
'Best ever' simulation solves 40-year black hole mysteryParis (AFP) June 6, 2019 Scientists on Thursday unveiled the most detailed simulation of a black hole yet, solving a mystery dating back more than four decades over how the star-devouring monsters consume matter. ... more 
Planck Finds No New Evidence for Cosmic AnomaliesParis (ESA) Jun 10, 2019 ESA's Planck satellite has found no new evidence for the puzzling cosmic anomalies that appeared in its temperature map of the universe. The latest study does not rule out the potential relevance of ... 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 |
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 How acids behave in ultracold interstellar space 
Trump says NASA should stop talking about going back to the MoonWashington (AFP) June 7, 2019 US President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that NASA should stop talking about going back to the Moon, which caused confusion since his administration aims to restart Moon landings by 2024. ... more  |
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Keep the orbital neighborhood cleanWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 More than 22,000 objects floating in space are currently being tracked by the U.S. Air Force. That number is expected to double within five years, due in large part to increased global demand for sa ... more  
A new method for 3D reconstructions of eruptive events on sunMoscow, Russia (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 An international team of scientists led by Skoltech professor Tatiana Podladchikova developed a new 3D method for reconstructing space weather phenomena, in particular, shock waves produced by the S ... more 
TESS first light on stellar physicsLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 Among the 32 thousand stars observed in short cadence in the first 2 months of science operations, asteroseismic data from the TESS space mission revealed 5 rare roAp stars, including the fastest pu ... more 
Exomoons may be home to extra-terrestrial lifeLincoln UK (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 Moons orbiting planets outside our solar system could offer another clue about the pool of worlds that may be home to extra-terrestrial life, according to an astrophysicist at the University of Linc ... more 
Cool, Nebulous Ring Around Milky Way's Supermassive Black HoleCharlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 Through decades of study, astronomers have developed a clearer picture of the chaotic and crowded neighborhood surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Our galactic ce ... 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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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 10, 2019 
Within the framework of its 100th anniversary commemorations, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) is organising the IAU100 NameExoWorlds global campaign that allows any country in the world to give a popular name to a selected exoplanet and its host star.
Nearly 100 countries have already signed up to organise national campaigns that will provide the public with an opportunity to vo ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 11, 2019 
There is a new plan to support the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Mars 'Mole' that is part of NASA's InSight mission. The Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) Mole is a self-driving penetrator that has hammered itself into the Martian subsurface to a depth of approximately 30 centimetres. Since 28 February 2019, it has no longer been able to m ... more |
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 Waco TX (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 
A mysterious large mass of material has been discovered beneath the largest crater in our solar system - the Moon's South Pole-Aitken basin - and may contain metal from the asteroid that crashed into the Moon and formed the crater, according to a Baylor University study.
"Imagine taking a pile of metal five times larger than the Big Island of Hawaii and burying it underground. That's rough ... more |
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 Berlin, 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 material.
A team of researchers led by the Max Born Institute has now provided the experimental and theoretical groundwork to interpret such spectroscopic signals. The results were published in P ... more |
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 Munster, Germany (SPX) Jun 10, 2019 
The huge magnetic field which surrounds the Earth, protecting it from radiation and charged particles from space - and which many animals even use for orientation purposes - is changing constantly, which is why geoscientists keep it constantly under surveillance.
The old well-known sources of the Earth's magnetic field are the Earth's core - down to 6,000 kilometres deep down inside the Ea ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 10, 2019 
Researchers have located the epicenter of an ancient meteorite impact along the Scottish coast, the largest impact in the British Isles.
Scientists first identified evidence of the impact in 2008, but they were unable to pin down the exact location of the crater. Over the last decade, researchers conducted field studies and analyzed rock samples in the lab. Their findings allowed them t ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 
An international team of scientists led by Skoltech professor Tatiana Podladchikova developed a new 3D method for reconstructing space weather phenomena, in particular, shock waves produced by the Sun's energy outbursts. Their findings can help better understand and predict extreme space weather occurrences that affect the operation of engineering systems in space and on Earth. The results of th ... 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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Berlin, 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 material.
A team of researchers led by the Max Born Institute has now provided the experimental and theoretical groundwork to interpret such spectroscopic signals. The results were published in P ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 11, 2019  The human brain is uniquely tuned to appreciate music, according to a new study.
"We found that a certain region of our brains has a stronger preference for sounds with pitch than macaque monkey brains," neuroscientist Bevil Conway, an investigator at the National Institutes of Health's Intramural Research Program, said in a news release. "The results raise the possibility that these so ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 08, 2019 
NASA is opening the International Space Station for commercial business so U.S. industry innovation and ingenuity can accelerate a thriving commercial economy in low-Earth orbit.
This move comes as NASA focuses full speed ahead on its goal of landing the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024, where American companies also will play an essential role in establishing a sustainable pre ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 5, 2019  Scientists have discovered a link between seafloor vents and massive phytoplankton blooms on the surface of the Southern Ocean.
According to a study published this week in the journal Nature Communications, powerful hydrothermal vents are propelling streams of warm, mineral-rich water to the ocean's surface off the coast of Antarctica, encouraging the proliferation of phytoplankton popu ... more |
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 Eilat, Israel (AFP) June 11, 2019 
A dozen feet deep in the azure waters of the Red Sea, Israeli marine ecologist Assaf Zvuloni firmly grasped a bright red coral fastened to a metal jetty piling.
The coral and others close by would most likely perish in planned maintenance works at the site, degrading all the benefits they bring to underwater life.
So to save them, Zvuloni and his colleague Assaf Habary have donned scuba ... 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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