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  Cornell NY (SPX) Aug 02, 2019 NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a mission designed to comb the heavens for exoplanets, has discovered its first potentially habitable world outside of our own solar system - and an international team of astronomers has characterized the super-Earth, about 31 light-years away. In a new paper in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, a team led by Lisa Kaltenegger, associate professor of astronomy and director of Cornell's Carl Sagan Institute, models the conditions under which the ... read more |
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A chemical clue to how life started on Earth La Jolla CA (SPX) Aug 02, 2019 Earth didn't always harbor life. But around 4 billion years ago, something in the environment changed, and systems with biological properties began to emerge. Many scientists believe a lively dance ... more  
Australia can pick up its game and land a Moon mission Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 02, 2019 Now all the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing have died down it's worth considering where we are with future lunar missions half a century on. Australia has long played ... more 
Heavy metal gases observed streaming from football-shaped exoplanetWashington (UPI) Aug 1, 2019 Astronomers have detected heavy metal gases streaming away from an extremely hot, football-shaped exoplanet located 900 light-years from Earth. It's the first time scientists have identified heavy metal gases emanating from a so-called hot Jupiter. ... more  
Scientists detail mechanism behind gamma-ray burstsWashington (UPI) Aug 1, 2019 Scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind gamma-ray bursts, intense flashes of high-energy radiation originating from space. ... more |
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NASA announces call for next phase of Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesWashington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 NASA has announced the latest opportunity for industry to participate in its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) efforts to deliver science and technology payloads to and near the Moon. T ... more 
Discovery of young planet around bright star sheds light on planet formationHanover NH (SPX) Jul 30, 2019 Researchers at Dartmouth College have discovered a planet orbiting one of the brightest young stars known, according to a study published in the journal The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Aged at ap ... more 
Developing technologies that run on lightStanford CA (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 The future of faster, more efficient information processing may come down to light rather than electricity. Mark Lawrence, a postdoctoral scholar in materials science and engineering at Stanford, ha ... more 
NASA announces US industry partnerships to advance Moon, Mars technologyWashington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 As NASA prepares to land humans on the Moon by 2024 with the Artemis program, commercial companies are developing new technologies, working toward space ventures of their own, and looking to NASA fo ... more 
Study shows that the Moon is older than previously believedCologne, Germany (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 Fifty years after the first landing on the Moon, scientists from the University of Cologne have combined new geochemical information to determine the Moon's age using samples from different Apollo m ... more |
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Scientists reproduce the dynamics behind astrophysical shocksPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 30, 2019 High-energy shock waves driven by solar flares and coronal mass ejections of plasma from the sun erupt throughout the solar system, unleashing magnetic space storms that can damage satellites, disru ... more  |
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Airbus brings a SMILE to ESAMadrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency to build the European component of the SMILE satellite (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer). SMILE will be the first joint satell ... more  
Aquariids peak on Monday starts month of meteor showersWashington (UPI) Jul 29, 2019 With the peak of the Delta Aquariids expected Monday night and early Tuesday, a month of shows in the night sky is just getting started. ... more 
TESS mission scores a 'hat trick' with three new worldsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 30, 2019 NASA's newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), has discovered three new worlds - one slightly larger than Earth and two of a type not found in our solar system - orbi ... more 
Chinese lunar lander awaken for 8th dayBeijing (Sputnik) Jul 29, 2019 The Chinese moon mission that includes the lander Chang'e-4 and rover Yutu 2 (Jade Rabbit 2) awoke to begin their eighth month of work on the far side of the Moon, the China National Space Administr ... more 
'Terminators' on the sun trigger plasma tsunamis and the start of new solar cyclesBoulder CO (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 In a pair of new papers, scientists paint a picture of how solar cycles suddenly die, potentially causing tsunamis of plasma to race through the Sun's interior and trigger the birth of the next suns ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2019 
New analysis of Juno mission data suggests Jupiter's auroras are powered by alternating current, not direct current.
Jupiter, a the largest planet in the solar system, boasts an aurora with a radiant power of 100 terawatts, or 100 billion kilowatts. It's the brightest aurora in the solar system.
Like Earth's auroras, Jupiter's light shows are centered around its poles. The aurora ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 1, 2019  Astronomers have detected heavy metal gases streaming away from an extremely hot, football-shaped exoplanet located 900 light-years from Earth. It's the first time scientists have identified heavy metal gases emanating from a so-called hot Jupiter.
WASP-121b is a planet of firsts. During an earlier survey, the hot Jupiter became the first exoplanet found with water in its stratosphere. ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jul 30, 2019 
Astronauts will test the devices on board the International Space Station, following the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket last night (at 23:01 BST, Thursday 25 July) from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral.
Mining in space could open up a new frontier in space exploration by giving astronauts the resources they need for long periods in Space, whether on the Moon, ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 02, 2019 
Now all the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing have died down it's worth considering where we are with future lunar missions half a century on.
Australia has long played a role in space exploration beyond helping to bring those historic images of the first moonwalk to our television screens back in 1969.
Labor MP Peter Khalil has already called for Australia to ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 1, 2019 
Scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind gamma-ray bursts, intense flashes of high-energy radiation originating from space.
The first gamma-ray bursts were observed by the Vela satellites, a constellation of space-based satellites designed to monitor nuclear testing and ensure the Soviet Union's compliance with the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty. Today, several satellite systems are ... more |
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 Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Aug 02, 2019 
exactEarth Ltd., a leading provider of Satellite-AIS data services, announces that it has been selected by Airbus Defence and Space ("Airbus") as AIS partner to support its Ocean Finder maritime service.
Under the terms of this 2-year agreement, exactEarth will provide Airbus with live and archived data from exactView RT, the Company's second-generation real-time satellite-AIS data service ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 29, 2019 
With the peak of the Delta Aquariids expected Monday night and early Tuesday, a month of shows in the night sky is just getting started.
The Delta Aquariids will begin to peak on Monday night - the most visible period of time will be early Tuesday morning, between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. - during which 20 meteors per hour will appear.
The Aquariids, which start a month of visible met ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 
Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency to build the European component of the SMILE satellite (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer). SMILE will be the first joint satellite mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), following on from the success of the Double Star / Tan Ce mission which flew between 2003 and 2008.
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 Beijing (AFP) July 25, 2019 
A Chinese startup successfully launched the country's first commercial rocket capable of carrying satellites into orbit Thursday, as the space race between China and the US heats up.
Beijing-based Interstellar Glory Space Technology - also known as iSpace - said it launched two satellites into orbit around 1:00 pm Beijing time (0500 GMT) from Jiuquan, a state launch facility in the Gobi de ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Aug 1, 2019
Scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind gamma-ray bursts, intense flashes of high-energy radiation originating from space.
The first gamma-ray bursts were observed by the Vela satellites, a constellation of space-based satellites designed to monitor nuclear testing and ensure the Soviet Union's compliance with the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty. Today, several satellite systems are ... more |
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 
The human ranging style is unique among hominoids. The Mbendjele BaYaka people move from camp to camp every few months, and thus have a large lifetime range of approximately 800 square meters. Human foragers collect food and take it back to their camp to process and share.
Furthermore, the Mbendjele BaYaka have created a trail system and walk mostly on trails. In contrast, one of our close ... more |
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 Plymouth UK (SPX) Aug 02, 2019 
A combination of waste materials supplemented with a product of biomass could help in the search for high quality soils, a new study suggests.
Soil degradation is posing a huge threat to global food security and every year, around 12 million hectares of cropland are lost to soil erosion.
Scientists from the University of Plymouth have demonstrated that adding biochar - a solid, carbo ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 
Constructed from a quarter century's worth of satellite data, a new map of Antarctic ice velocity by glaciologists from the University of California, Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is the most precise ever created. Published in a new paper in the AGU journal Geophysical Research Letters, the map is 10 times more accurate than previous renditions, covering more than 80 percent of the ... more |
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 Whaley Bridge, United Kingdom (AFP) Aug 2, 2019 
Hundreds of people were evacuated from a town in central England as a British military helicopter was called in Friday to prevent a reservoir dam from collapsing.
The Toddbrook Reservoir dam was feared to be on the verge of caving in following heavy rain, threatening the lives and homes of residents in Whaley Bridge.
One side of the dam spillway weakened when the panels started to come a ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 
Observations made with a new instrument developed for use at the 2.1-meter (84-inch) telescope at the National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory have led to the discovery of the fastest eclipsing white dwarf binary yet known.
Clocking in with an orbital period of only 6.91 minutes, the rapidly orbiting stars are expected to be one of the strongest sources of gravitational ... more |
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