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  Washington DC (UPI) Jun 18, 2019 Mankind's first steps on the moon a half-century ago were followed by three more years of lunar missions. And then, a standstill. Neither the United States nor any nation on Earth has sent a manned mission to the moon since NASA's Apollo 17 mission left in late 1972. While the space administration has periodically made plans to return, none have reached the operational phase. A large part of the reason is a lack of money and support. The Constellation Program, proposed by George W. Bush's ad ... read more |
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Melting a satellite, a piece at a timeParis (ESA) Jun 18, 2019 Researchers took one of the densest parts of an Earth-orbiting satellite, placed it in a plasma wind tunnel then proceeded to melt it into vapour. Their goal was to better understand how satellites ... more 
Supermicro high-performance systems support major scientific discovery and exploration even to distant galaxiesFrankfurt, Germany (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions and green computing technology, supplies server and storage systems that deliver maximum per ... more 
NASA to Partner with American Industry to Supply Artemis Moon MissionsKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jun 17, 2019 In the latest step in sending astronauts to the lunar surface within five years, NASA issued a draft solicitation June 14 to industry seeking comments for a future opportunity for American companies ... 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 |
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When the world stopped to watch Armstrong's moonwalkParis (AFP) June 14, 2019 When Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon, he became the biggest live television star in history. ... more  
Fermi mission reveals its highest-energy gamma-ray burstsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 17, 2019 For 10 years, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has scanned the sky for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the universe's most luminous explosions. A new catalog of the highest-energy blasts provides sci ... more  
NASA scientists find Sun's history buried in lunar crustGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 The Sun is why we're here. It's also why Martians or Venusians are not. When the Sun was just a baby four billion years ago, it went through violent outbursts of intense radiation, spewing sco ... more 
A new study reveals 'hidden' phases of matter through the power of lightPhiladelphia PA (SPX) Jun 17, 2019 Most people think of water as existing in only one of three phases: Solid ice, liquid water, or gas vapor. But matter can exist in many different phases--ice, for example, has more than ten known ph ... more  
Cassini reveals new sculpting in Saturn ringsPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 17, 2019 As NASA's Cassini dove close to Saturn in its final year, the spacecraft provided intricate detail on the workings of Saturn's complex rings, new analysis shows. Although the mission ended in ... 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  |
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Solar activity forecast for next decade favorable for explorationMoffett 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 ... more 
Psyche Mission Has a Metal World in Its SightsPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 12, 2019 Designed to explore a metal asteroid that could be the heart of a planet, the Psyche mission is readying for a 2022 launch. After extensive review, NASA Headquarters in Washington has approved the m ... 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 
Crash with dark galaxy gave milky way ripples in outer discRochester 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 Ins ... 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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 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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 Washington (UPI) Jun 17, 2019 
New research suggests the wispy clouds found 18 miles above the Marian surface are made of icy dust produced by meteors hitting the Red Planet's atmosphere.
The findings - published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience - are a reminder of the connection between space and atmospheric dynamics.
"We're used to thinking of Earth, Mars and other bodies as these really self-contai ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 18, 2019 
Mankind's first steps on the moon a half-century ago were followed by three more years of lunar missions. And then, a standstill.
Neither the United States nor any nation on Earth has sent a manned mission to the moon since NASA's Apollo 17 mission left in late 1972. While the space administration has periodically made plans to return, none have reached the operational phase. A large part ... 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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 Ames IA (SPX) Jun 17, 2019 
Researchers at the University of Iowa and the U.S. Geological Survey have found that data gathered from orbiting satellites can provide more accurate information on the impact of large earthquakes, which, in turn, can help provide more effective emergency response.
The satellite imagery provides detailed information about where the earthquakes occurred, how big the surface deformation was, ... more |
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 Paris (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 withstanding four years of harsh radiation exposure, Hera's computer must run smoothly without locking up or crashing - on pain of mission failure, while pushing the limits of onboard autonomy.
Develo ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 
The Sun is why we're here. It's also why Martians or Venusians are not.
When the Sun was just a baby four billion years ago, it went through violent outbursts of intense radiation, spewing scorching, high-energy clouds and particles across the solar system. These growing pains helped seed life on early Earth by igniting chemical reactions that kept Earth warm and wet. Yet, these solar tant ... 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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 Columbus OH (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 
Some 9,000 years ago, residents of one of the world's first large farming communities were also among the first humans to experience some of the perils of modern urban living.
Scientists studying the ancient ruins of Catalhoyuk, in modern Turkey, found that its inhabitants - 3,500 to 8,000 people at its peak - experienced overcrowding, infectious diseases, violence and environmental proble ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 13, 2019 
NASA has renamed the street outside its Washington headquarters to honor three black female mathematicians whose pioneering work on the agency's early space program was chronicled in the film "Hidden Figures".
Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson provided pivotal contributions to space flight research from the 1940s through to the 1960s, when the United States first sent men t ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 17, 2019 
New research suggests larger marine invertebrates are more vulnerable to environmental changes than smaller invertebrates and fish.
As global warming heats the planet's oceans, oxygen levels are declining across a variety of marine ecosystems. Since the middle of the 20th century, scientists estimate marine oxygen levels have declined between 2 and 5 percent.
The changes are alre ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 17, 2019 
At least one species of dinoflagellate plankton uses its bioluminescence for defensive purposes.
Researchers determined the species Lingulodinium polyedra uses its glow-in-the-dark abilities to scare off copepod grazers, the species' primary predator.
According to the new study - published this week in the journal Current Biology - the bioluminescent cells sense low concentrati ... 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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