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  Bangalore, India (AFP) June 12, 2019 India on Wednesday unveiled a spacecraft which is expected to take off for the moon next month, making the country only the fourth to achieve the feat. The mission is India's second to the moon, and if successful it will put the nation in the league of the US, the former Soviet Union and China. Named Chandrayaan-2, the craft is made up of an orbiter, a lander and a rover developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It will be launched from Sriharikota space centre on July 15 a ... read more |
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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 
Mission Control secures CSA grant to develop software for lunar exploration missionsOttawa, Canada (SPX) Jun 13, 2019 Mission Control is excited to announce the support of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for their ongoing development of Mission Control Software for the next generation of commercial space exploratio ... more  
Table salt compound spotted on EuropaPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 13, 2019 A familiar ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Using a visible-light spectral analysis, planetary scientists at Caltech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Labor ... more  
Spectral Clues to Puzzling Paradox of Distant PlanetHouston TX (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 CI Tau b is a paradoxical planet, but new research about its mass, brightness and the carbon monoxide in its atmosphere is starting to answer questions about how a planet so large could have formed ... more |
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Ahuna Mons on Ceres: A New and Unusual Type of Volcanic ActivityBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 When scientists first saw this structure on the images taken by their camera on the Dawn space probe, they could hardly believe their eyes: from the crater-strewn surface of the dwarf planet Ceres r ... more 
Giant planets orbiting sun-like stars may be rareMountain View CA (SPX) Jun 13, 2019 The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), a dedicated planet-finding instrument at the Gemini South telescope in Chile, is concluding a 4-year survey - the GPI Exoplanet Survey (GPIES) - of 531 young, nearby ... more 
Jupiter-like exoplanets found in sweet spot in most planetary systemsBerkeley CA (SPX) Jun 13, 2019 As planets form in the swirling gas and dust around young stars, there seems to be a sweet spot where most of the large, Jupiter-like gas giants congregate, centered around the orbit where Jupiter s ... more 
The formative years: giant planets vs. brown dwarfsHilo HI (SPX) Jun 13, 2019 Based on preliminary results from a new Gemini Observatory survey of 531 stars with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), it appears more and more likely that large planets and brown dwarfs have very diff ... more  
Rare 'Superflares' Could One Day Threaten EarthBoulder CO (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 Astronomers probing the edges of the Milky Way have in recent years observed some of the most brilliant pyrotechnic displays in the galaxy: superflares. These events occur when stars, for reas ... more |
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 Crash with dark galaxy gave milky way ripples in outer disc 
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  |
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Scientists find largest meteorite impact in the British IslesWashington (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. ... more 
Every Country Gets to Name an Exoplanet and Its Host StarMunich, 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 t ... more 
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 |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 13, 2019 
A familiar ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Using a visible-light spectral analysis, planetary scientists at Caltech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have discovered that the yellow color visible on portions of the surface of Europa is actually sodium chloride, a compound known on Earth as table salt, which is also th ... more |
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 Hilo HI (SPX) Jun 13, 2019 
Based on preliminary results from a new Gemini Observatory survey of 531 stars with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), it appears more and more likely that large planets and brown dwarfs have very different roots.
The GPI Exoplanet Survey (GPIES), one of the largest and most sensitive direct imaging exoplanet surveys to date, is still ongoing at the Gemini South telescope in Chile. "From our ... 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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 Rochester NY (SPX) Jun 13, 2019 
The newly discovered dark dwarf galaxy Antlia 2's collision with the Milky Way may be responsible for our galaxy's characteristic ripples in its outer disc, according to a study led by Rochester Institute of Technology Assistant Professor Sukanya Chakrabarti.
The Antlia 2 dwarf galaxy was discovered from the second data release of the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, which aims to cha ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 13, 2019 
As of yesterday, 11 June 2019, measurements from ESA's SMOS mission are being fully integrated into ECMWF's forecasting system, allowing for a more accurate description of water content in soil.
Since its launch in 2009, ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission has been providing global observations of emissions from Earth's surface, particularly soil moisture and ocean salini ... 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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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 13, 2019 
The last astronauts of the Apollo program were lucky. Not just because they were chosen to fly to the Moon, but because they missed some really bad weather en route. This wasn't a hurricane or heat wave, but space weather - the term for radiation in the solar system, much of which is released by the Sun.
In August 1972, right in between the Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 missions, a solar storm o ... 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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Rochester NY (SPX) Jun 13, 2019
The newly discovered dark dwarf galaxy Antlia 2's collision with the Milky Way may be responsible for our galaxy's characteristic ripples in its outer disc, according to a study led by Rochester Institute of Technology Assistant Professor Sukanya Chakrabarti.
The Antlia 2 dwarf galaxy was discovered from the second data release of the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, which aims to cha ... 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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 Ottawa (AFP) June 12, 2019 
A Canadian Senate committee on Wednesday called for a stronger defense of the country's sovereignty in the Arctic as retreating ice brings increased foreign interest in far north resources and navigation.
In a report, the committee said Ottawa must regulate shipping and enhance maritime and aerial surveillance in the Arctic, as well as improve the Canadian Coast Guard's icebreaking capacity, ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 13, 2019 
Scientists have, for the first time, used satellites to track the bioluminescent plankton responsible for producing "blue tears" in China's coastal waters and found the sparkly creatures have become more abundant in recent years.
Red Noctiluca scintillans are single-celled organisms found in coastal waters all over the world. Commonly known as sea sparkles, at night the organisms glow a br ... 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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