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  Bangalore, India (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 India's Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Tuesday, executing one of the trickiest manoeuvres on its historic mission to the Moon. After four weeks in space, the craft completed its Lunar Orbit Insertion as planned, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement. The insertion "was completed successfully today at 0902 hrs IST (0332 GMT) as planned, using the onboard propulsion system. The duration of manoeuver was 1738 seconds," the national space agency said. ... read more |
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NASA asks American companies to deliver supplies for Artemis Lunar missionsKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 20, 2019 In another major step toward landing American astronauts on the lunar surface by 2024, NASA is asking industry to respond to a Request for Proposals to deliver cargo, science experiments and supplie ... more  
Data rate increase on the International Space Station supports future explorationGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 20, 2019 NASA recently doubled the rate at which data from the International Space Station returns to Earth, paving the way for similar future upgrades on Gateway, NASA's upcoming outpost in lunar orbit, and ... more  
Scientists to use near-Earth object telescope to observe cosmic mergersWashington (UPI) Aug 16, 2019 Scientists have reprogrammed the Catalina Sky Survey's near-Earth object telescopes to look for both asteroids and cosmic mergers. ... more  
Mission to Jupiter's icy moon confirmedPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 20, 2019 An icy ocean world in our solar system that could tell us more about the potential for life on other worlds is coming into focus with confirmation of the Europa Clipper mission's next phase. T ... more |
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A second planet in the Beta Pictoris SystemParis, France (SPX) Aug 20, 2019 A team of astronomers led by Anne-Marie Lagrange, a CNRS researcher at the Institut de Planetologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (CNRS/Universite Grenoble Alpes), has discovered a second giant pla ... more 
Study: NASA data shows Earth-sized exoplanet lacks atmosphereWashington (UPI) Aug 19, 2019 A rocky planet orbiting a star beyond the Sun does not have an atmosphere, according to a study released Monday. ... more  
Atomic 'Trojan horse' could inspire new generation of X-ray lasers and particle collidersStanford CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2019 How do researchers explore nature on its most fundamental level? They build "supermicroscopes" that can resolve atomic and subatomic details. This won't work with visible light, but they can probe t ... more  
Scientists discover a new type of pulsating starSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 Scientists can tell a lot about a star by the light it gives off. The color, for example, reveals its surface temperature and the elements in and around it. Brightness correlates with a star's mass, ... more 
Observed explosion of monster star requires new supernova mechanismBoston MA (SPX) Aug 16, 2019 Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have announced the discovery of the most massive star ever known to be destroyed by a supernova explosion, challenging known model ... more |
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 Chandrayaan-2 mission to reach Lunar orbit on 20 August 
Young Jupiter was smacked head-on by massive newborn planetHouston TX (SPX) Aug 19, 2019 A colossal, head-on collision between Jupiter and a still-forming planet in the early solar system, about 4.5 billion years ago, could explain surprising readings from NASA's Juno spacecraft, accord ... more  |
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New "Gold Open Access" Planetary Science Journal LaunchedWashington DC (SPX) Aug 16, 2019 Research articles reporting significant developments, discoveries, and theories about planets, moons, small bodies, and the interactions among them will soon have a new showcase: The Planetary Scien ... more 
Physicists say they've discovered a new state of matterWashington (UPI) Aug 15, 2019 Physicists at New York University claim they have uncovered a new state of matter that could boost the storage capacity of electronic devices and pave the way for the first generation of quantum computers. ... more 
Dark matter may be older than the big bang, study suggestsBaltimore MD (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 Dark matter, which researchers believe make up about 80% of the universe's mass, is one of the most elusive mysteries in modern physics. What exactly it is and how it came to be is a mystery, but a ... more 
Astronomers measure mass, energy from high-mass protostar for first timeWashington (UPI) Aug 12, 2019 Scientists have precisely measured the mass and energy of a jet driven by a high-mass protostar, a component and process that scientists estimate is a key to part of stellar formation. ... more 
Stellar Evolution in Real Time Detected in the Old Star T Ursae MajorisBoston MA (SPX) Aug 15, 2019 An international team of astronomers succeeded in detecting signs of aging in the red supergiant star T UMi. The star in the Little Bear constellation is currently going through its last nuclear "hi ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 20, 2019 
An icy ocean world in our solar system that could tell us more about the potential for life on other worlds is coming into focus with confirmation of the Europa Clipper mission's next phase.
The decision allows the mission to progress to completion of final design, followed by the construction and testing of the entire spacecraft and science payload.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 16, 2019 
Research articles reporting significant developments, discoveries, and theories about planets, moons, small bodies, and the interactions among them will soon have a new showcase: The Planetary Science Journal (PSJ).
This online publication is being launched by the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the major organization of professional astronomers in North America, in conjunction with t ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 16, 2019 
The bit carousel - a mechanism that will play a key role in the acquisition, containment and eventual return to Earth of humanity's first samples from another planet - has been incorporated into NASA's Mars 2020 rover.
"The bit carousel is at the heart of the sampling and caching subsystem," said Keith Rosette, Mars 2020 sample handling delivery manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ... more |
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 Bangalore, India (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 
India's Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Tuesday, executing one of the trickiest manoeuvres on its historic mission to the Moon.
After four weeks in space, the craft completed its Lunar Orbit Insertion as planned, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement.
The insertion "was completed successfully today at 0902 hrs IST (0332 GMT) as planned, using t ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Aug 16, 2019  Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have announced the discovery of the most massive star ever known to be destroyed by a supernova explosion, challenging known models of how massive stars die and providing insight into the death of the first stars in the universe.
First noticed in November 2016 by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia satellite, three year ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 17, 2019 
The summer heatwave of 2003 triggered a rockfall that shocked both researchers and the general public: 1,500 cubic metres of rock broke away from the Hoernli ridge - a volume roughly equivalent to two houses. The fracture event exposed bare ice on the surface of the steep scarp. Experts soon realised that the record temperatures had warmed the rock down to such a depth that the ice contained in ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2019 
Scientists have reprogrammed the Catalina Sky Survey's near-Earth object telescopes to look for both asteroids and cosmic mergers.
"Catalina Sky Survey has all of this infrastructure for their asteroid survey," Michael Lundquist, postdoctoral research associate at the University of Arizona, said in a news release. "So we have deployed additional software to take gravitational wave alert ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 16, 2019 
NASA has selected two proposals to demonstrate small satellite technologies to improve science observations in deep space, which could help NASA develop better models to predict space weather events that can affect astronauts and spacecraft.
"This is the first time that our heliophysics program has funded this kind of technology demonstration," said Peg Luce, deputy director of the Helioph ... more |
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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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Boston MA (SPX) Aug 16, 2019 Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have announced the discovery of the most massive star ever known to be destroyed by a supernova explosion, challenging known models of how massive stars die and providing insight into the death of the first stars in the universe.
First noticed in November 2016 by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia satellite, three year ... more |
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 New York (AFP) Aug 14, 2019 
A generation-defining political statement, an epiphany of peace, three chaotic days that altered music history - the tropes of Woodstock are many, sometimes muddying meaning with myth.
The festival carries significant cultural weight, but decades of rehashing its legend through the lens of nostalgia can leave the legacy of half a million youths partying in the rain feel less like a revoluti ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 20, 2019 
A UK firm refused to export carbon fiber to Russia for use in the construction of its only space radio telescope, Spektr-M (Millimetron), after the company was bought out by a US citizen, Deputy Director of the Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Larisa Likhacheva told Sputnik on Sunday.
"We have worked with the UK firm since 2012 and it used to sell [the Russian Academy ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 17, 2019  President Donald Trump's reported wish to buy Greenland may have been rejected by Denmark, but it underscores the rapidly rising value of the massive, ice-covered island due to global warming and to China's drive for an Arctic presence.
The accelerating polar ice melt has left sparsely populated Greenland, a self-governing part of Denmark, astride what are potentially major shipping routes a ... more |
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 Wellington (AFP) Aug 15, 2019 
Pacific island leaders do not share Australia's concerns about China's rising influence in the region, Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepa Malielegaoi said Thursday.
While Canberra and Washington fear China's long-term ambition is a military base in the Pacific, Malielegaoi said he was more interested in the practical aid Beijing offered.
"The bigger geopolitical issues don't have importanc ... more |
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 Trieste, Italy (SPX) Aug 09, 2019  Researchers have, for the first time, identified the sufficient and necessary conditions that the low-energy limit of quantum gravity theories must satisfy to preserve the main features of the Unruh effect.
In a new study, led by researchers from SISSA (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Waterloo, a solid theoretica ... more |
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