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  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 Space agencies must invest more resources on field geology training of astronauts to take full advantage of scientific opportunities on the Moon and other planetary bodies, Kip Hodges and Harrison Schmitt urge, in an Editorial. The Moon represents a pristine archive of the early history of the Solar System, making it an ideal research target for scientists seeking a window into planetary formation. Key to the success of these efforts will be careful field geology prior to sample collection. Here, ... read more |
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Scientists detect the ringing of a newborn black hole for the first timeBoston MA (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 If Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity holds true, then a black hole, born from the cosmically quaking collisions of two massive black holes, should itself "ring" in the aftermath, produc ... more  
First water detected on potentially 'habitable' planetLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 Water vapour has been detected in the atmosphere of a super-Earth with habitable temperatures by UCL researchers in a world first. K2-18b, which is eight times the mass of Earth, is now the on ... more 
Closing in on elusive particlesMunich, Germany (SPX) Sep 06, 2019 In the quest to prove that matter can be produced without antimatter, the GERDA experiment at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory in Italy is looking for signs of neutrinoless double beta decay. T ... more  
Sandia experiments at temperature of sun offer solutions to solar model problemsAlbuquerque NM (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 Experimenting at 2.2 million degrees Celsius, physicists at Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine have found that an astronomical model - used for 40 years to predict the sun's behavior as well as ... more |
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Research redefines lower limit for planet size habitabilityBoston MA (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 In The Little Prince, the classic novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the titular prince lives on a house-sized asteroid so small that he can watch the sunset any time of day by moving his chair a ... more 
Unexpected periodic flares may shed light on black hole accretionWashington DC (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 ESA's X-ray space telescope XMM-Newton has detected never-before-seen periodic flares of X-ray radiation coming from a distant galaxy that could help explain some enigmatic behaviours of active blac ... more 
Black hole at the center of our galaxy appears to be getting hungrierLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 The enormous black hole at the center of our galaxy is having an unusually large meal of interstellar gas and dust, and researchers don't yet understand why. "We have never seen anything like ... more  
A burst of asteroid activity in EuropeParis (ESA) Sep 11, 2019 The next few days will see a rare convergence of asteroid-related activity in Europe, as planetary defence and other experts meet in three locations to coordinate humanity's efforts to defend oursel ... more  
Are black holes made of dark energyManoa HI (SPX) Sep 11, 2019 Two University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers have identified and corrected a subtle error that was made when applying Einstein's equations to model the growth of the universe. Physicists usua ... more |
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 Nitrogen explosions created craters on Saturn moon Titan 
How to Spin a Disk Around Young ProtostarsGarching, Germany (SPX) Sep 09, 2019 The main steps of star and planet formation are well understood: a dense, interstellar cloud will collapse under its own gravity; a central core forms as well as a protostellar disk due to the conse ... more  |
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And then there was light: looking for the first stars in the UniverseCanberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 09, 2019 Astronomers are closing in on a signal that has been travelling across the Universe for 12 billion years, bringing them nearer to understanding the life and death of the very earliest stars. I ... 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 
NASA Satellite Spots a Mystery That's Gone in a FlashPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 05, 2019 Pops of bright blue and green in this image of the Fireworks galaxy (NGC 6946) show the locations of extremely bright sources of X-ray light captured by NASA's NuSTAR space observatory. Generated by ... more 
NASA Goddard Creates CGI Moon Kit as a Form of Visual StorytellingGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 09, 2019 A new NASA out-of-this-world animation allows humanity to experience their closest galactic neighbor as never before through an online "CGI Moon kit." Smartphones have allowed millions to beco ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
Storm clouds rooted deep in Jupiter's atmosphere are affecting the planet's white zones and colorful belts, creating disturbances in their flow and even changing their color.
Thanks to coordinated observations of the planet in January 2017 by six ground-based optical and radio telescopes and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a University of California, Berkeley, astronomer and her colleagues ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 
Water vapour has been detected in the atmosphere of a super-Earth with habitable temperatures by UCL researchers in a world first.
K2-18b, which is eight times the mass of Earth, is now the only planet orbiting a star outside the Solar System, or 'exoplanet', known to have both water and temperatures that could support life.
The discovery, published in Nature Astronomy, is the first ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 06, 2019 
A key tracer used to estimate how much atmosphere Mars lost can change depending on the time of day and the surface temperature on the Red Planet, according to new observations by NASA-funded scientists. Previous measurements of this tracer - isotopes of oxygen - have disagreed significantly. An accurate measurement of this tracer is important to estimate how much atmosphere Mars once had before ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 
Space agencies must invest more resources on field geology training of astronauts to take full advantage of scientific opportunities on the Moon and other planetary bodies, Kip Hodges and Harrison Schmitt urge, in an Editorial. The Moon represents a pristine archive of the early history of the Solar System, making it an ideal research target for scientists seeking a window into planetary formati ... more |
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 Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Sep 11, 2019 
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have demonstrated a detector made from graphene that could revolutionize the sensors used in next-generation space telescopes. The findings were recently published in the scientific journal Nature Astronomy.
Beyond superconductors, there are few materials that can fulfill the requirements needed for making ultra-sensitive and fast terahert ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 
The Mission and Agile Nanosatellite for Terrestrial Imagery Services (MANTIS) satellite, which received funding this week will help energy and mining businesses identify new resources thanks to its high-resolution terrestrial camera and novel data analysis.
Searching for natural resources is often an expensive and hazardous exercise, carried out in remote areas of the world. However, high ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 11, 2019 
The next few days will see a rare convergence of asteroid-related activity in Europe, as planetary defence and other experts meet in three locations to coordinate humanity's efforts to defend ourselves from hazardous space rocks.
Such intense levels of international scientific collaboration are driven in part by the fact that an asteroid impact could cause devastating effects on Earth. But ... more |
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 Albuquerque NM (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 
Experimenting at 2.2 million degrees Celsius, physicists at Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine have found that an astronomical model - used for 40 years to predict the sun's behavior as well as the life and death of stars - underestimates the energy blockage caused by free-floating iron atoms, a major player in those processes.
The blockage effect, called opacity, is an element's natu ... more |
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 Jiuquan, China (XNA) Sep 02, 2019 
Two satellites for technological experiments were sent into space by a Kuaizhou-1A, or KZ-1A, carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.
The rocket blasted off at 7:41 a.m. and sent the two satellites into their planned orbit.
Kuaizhou-1A, meaning speedy vessel, is a low-cost solid-fuel carrier rocket with high reliability and a short prep ... more |
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Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Sep 11, 2019
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have demonstrated a detector made from graphene that could revolutionize the sensors used in next-generation space telescopes. The findings were recently published in the scientific journal Nature Astronomy.
Beyond superconductors, there are few materials that can fulfill the requirements needed for making ultra-sensitive and fast terahert ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 30, 2019 
Stone tools recovered from an archaeological dig in western Idaho suggest humans were living in the region at least 16,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than previously thought.
The discovery, published Friday in the journal Science, supports the theory that the earliest human migrations into the Americas followed a Pacific coastal route, not an inland ice-free corridor.
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 Houston TX (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, a veteran of two stays aboard the International Space Station and Space Shuttle mission STS-134, works through a check list inside a mockup of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner during a simulation at NASA's Johnson Space Center on Aug. 21, 2019.
Fincke, along with NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Boeing astronaut Chris Ferguson, will launch to the Space Station aboard th ... more |
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (ESA) Sep 11, 2019 
Reliable maps of sea-ice conditions and forecasts are of vital importance for maritime safety, safe navigation and planning. The continued retreating and thinning of Arctic sea ice calls for a more effective way of producing detailed and timely ice information - which is where artificial intelligence comes in.
Manual ice-charting from multi-sensor satellite data has been used for years, bu ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Sep 02, 2019 
MIT's fleet of robotic boats has been updated with new capabilities to "shapeshift," by autonomously disconnecting and reassembling into a variety of configurations, to form floating structures in Amsterdam's many canals.
The autonomous boats - rectangular hulls equipped with sensors, thrusters, microcontrollers, GPS modules, cameras, and other hardware - are being developed as part of the ... more |
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 Noordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Sep 06, 2019 
Imagine being able to increase the force of gravity simply by turning a dial. A United Nations fellowship is offering this opportunity to researchers all over the world, through access to ESA's hypergravity-generating Large Diameter Centrifuge.
Manipulate gravity and a lot of other factors shift too: bubbles in liquid alter their behaviour, convection currents accelerate and metal alloys f ... more |
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