|
|
|
  Boston MA (SPX) Oct 04, 2019 Dark matter was likely the starting ingredient for brewing up the very first galaxies in the universe. Shortly after the Big Bang, particles of dark matter would have clumped together in gravitational "halos," pulling surrounding gas into their cores, which over time cooled and condensed into the first galaxies. Although dark matter is considered the backbone to the structure of the universe, scientists know very little about its nature, as the particles have so far evaded detection. Now sci ... read more |
 |
 
The violent history of the big galaxy next doorCanberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 03, 2019 Astronomers have pieced together the cannibalistic past of our neighbouring large galaxy Andromeda, which has now set its sights on the Milky Way as its next main course. The galactic detectiv ... more  
New organic compounds found in Enceladus ice grainsPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 03, 2019 New kinds of organic compounds, the ingredients of amino acids, have been detected in the plumes bursting from Saturn's moon Enceladus. The findings are the result of the ongoing deep dive into data ... more  
Sun science has a bright future on the MoonGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 04, 2019 There are many reasons NASA is pursuing the Artemis mission to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024: It's a crucial way to study the Moon itself and to pave a safe path to Mars. But it's also a great ... more  
Two ancient migration events in the Andromeda GalaxyHilo HI (SPX) Oct 03, 2019 Large galaxies like the one we live in, the Milky Way, are believed to grow through repeated merging with smaller, dwarf galaxies. Gas and dwarf galaxies in the vast cosmic web follow the gravitatio ... more |
|
|
|
| Previous Issues | Oct 03 | Oct 02 | Oct 01 | Sep 30 | Sep 27 |
|
|
|
 
ESA announces plans on first European manned mission to the moonParis (Sputnik) Oct 02, 2019 A key step in the first-ever European manned lunar mission for the European Space Agency (ESA) will be the establishment of an international space station in lunar orbit - to be dubbed the 'Gateway' ... more 
New standard of reference for assessing solar forecast proposedWashington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 Being able to accurately forecast how much solar energy reaches the surface of the Earth is key to guiding decisions for running solar power plants. While day-ahead forecasts have become more ... more  
NASA's Webb to unlock the mysteries of comets and the early solar systemBaltimore MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 Since ancient times, comets have fascinated sky-watchers, who often considered them divine omens. A Chinese historian recorded an apparition of Comet Halley as far back as 240 BC, describing it as a ... more 
Astronomers detect gas molecules in comet from another starLa Palma, Spain (SPX) Oct 01, 2019 An international team of astronomers have made a historic discovery using the William Herschel Telescope (WHT), detecting gas molecules in a comet which has tumbled into our solar system from anothe ... more 
Eyeballing a black hole's massMoscow, Russia (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 There are no scales for weighing black holes. Yet astrophysicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have devised a new way for indirectly measuring the mass of a black hole, while ... more |
|
 Are solar eruptions messy, or neat? 
New model proposes jets go superluminal in gamma-ray burstsHoughton MI (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 Astrophysicists Jon Hakkila of the College of Charleston and Robert Nemiroff of the Michigan Technological University have published research indicating that blasts that create gamma-ray bursts may ... more  |
|
|
|
 
Giant exoplanet around tiny star challenges understanding of how planets formGottingen, Germany (SPX) Sep 30, 2019 An international team of researchers with participation from the University of Gottingen has discovered the first large gas giant orbiting a small star. The planet was found orbiting the nearby red ... more  
Astroscale and Southampton jointly advance business case for active debris removal servicesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 02, 2019 Astroscale, the market-leader in developing a service to remove space debris and secure long-term orbital sustainability, has announced that it will collaborate with the University of Southampton on ... more 
Scientists develop unique orbital cleanerSamara, Russia (Sputnik) Oct 02, 2019 The "debris" threat to the work of active satellites is becoming increasingly critical. In the spring of this year, a $400-million Boeing satellite weighing more than 6.5 tonnes was destroyed as a r ... more 
UK to accelerate research into forecasting space weatherLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 British satellites will be better protected through a 20m pound boost to predict severe space weather events, the PM has announced whilst at the UN General Assembly today (Tuesday 24 September). ... more 
Life's building blocks may have formed in interstellar cloudsSapporo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2019 An experiment shows that one of the basic units of life - nucleobases - could have originated within giant gas clouds interspersed between the stars. Essential building blocks of DNA - compoun ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 02, 2019 
Last night, NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter successfully executed a 10.5-hour propulsive maneuver - extraordinarily long by mission standards. The goal of the burn, as it's known, will keep the solar-powered spacecraft out of what would have been a mission-ending shadow cast by Jupiter on the spacecraft during its next close flyby of the planet on Nov. 3, 2019.
Juno began the maneuver yeste ... more |
|
 |
|
|
 Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Sep 30, 2019 
An international team of researchers with participation from the University of Gottingen has discovered the first large gas giant orbiting a small star. The planet was found orbiting the nearby red dwarf star GJ 3512. This discovery challenges scientists' very understanding of how planets form: low-mass stars should have less available material to form planets.
Moreover, this new gas giant ... more |
|
 London, UK (Sputnik) Oct 04, 2019 
The United Kingdom has eased sanctions on Russia by amending its Export Control Order 2014 to allow for certain activities necessary for the ExoMars-2020 joint Russia-EU space mission.
"Article 3 also amends the description of the activities which require prior authorisation under Article 4(2b) of the Russia Sanctions Regulation in article 5 of the 2014 Order to reflect amendments to that ... more |
|
|
 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2019 
NASA is seeking proposals for human lunar landing systems designed and developed by American companies for the Artemis program, which includes sending the first woman and next man to the surface of the Moon by 2024.
The final call to industry comes after NASA issued two drafts on July 19 and Aug. 30, encouraging companies to send comments to help shape a key component of the agency's human ... more |
|
 Sussex UK (SPX) Oct 04, 2019 
New research conducted at the University of Sussex has simulated dark matter in a new way for the first time, disrupting conventional thinking about the make-up of the universe. The research, published in Physical Review Letters, was done alongside Princeton, Harvard, Cambridge and MIT universities and others.
Scientists have long suspected that a large proportion of the universe is made u ... more |
|
|
 Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 30, 2019 
Ball Aerospace delivered the Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI-2) for Landsat 9, completing development of the instrument on schedule and under budget. Ball will continue to support instrument integration and spacecraft-level testing, working closely with NASA and the Landsat 9 spacecraft provider.
"Ball Aerospace is enabling the sustainability of the nation's land imaging architecture throug ... more |
|
 La Palma, Spain (SPX) Oct 01, 2019 
An international team of astronomers have made a historic discovery using the William Herschel Telescope (WHT), detecting gas molecules in a comet which has tumbled into our solar system from another star. It is the first time that astronomers have been able to detect this type of material in an interstellar object.
The discovery marks an important step forward for science as it will now a ... more |
|
|
 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 
First all appears quiet. Suddenly, a bright flash lights up the telescope. In an instant, jets of super-heated plasma bloom against the blackness of space.
Seen from Earth, solar flares put on an elegant show. But these dancing plasma ribbons are the shrapnel of violent explosions. The energetic process that fuels them, known as magnetic reconnection, doesn't just power flares. Magnetic re ... more |
|
 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 |
|
|
|
Sussex UK (SPX) Oct 04, 2019
New research conducted at the University of Sussex has simulated dark matter in a new way for the first time, disrupting conventional thinking about the make-up of the universe. The research, published in Physical Review Letters, was done alongside Princeton, Harvard, Cambridge and MIT universities and others.
Scientists have long suspected that a large proportion of the universe is made u ... more |
|
 Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2019 
When raised in captivity, Chimpanzees live an average of 40 years, according to a new study by researchers in Japan.
Most surveys of the chimpanzee lifespans have focused on wild apes, but many chimps live the majority of their lives in captivity.
For the study, published Thursday in the journal Primates, scientists analyzed data on captive chimps in Japan. The research time scan ... more |
|
|
 Houston TX (SPX) Oct 04, 2019 
NASA astronaut Nick Hague returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Thursday, alongside Soyuz commander Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The crew landed safely at 6:59 a.m. EDT in Kazakhstan.
Hague and Ovchinin launched March 14, along with fellow NASA astronaut Christina ... more |
|
 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 04, 2019 
The skies were clear, the winds were low, and the lasers aligned. In April, instruments aboard NASA's Operation IceBridge airborne campaign and the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 succeeded in measuring the same Arctic sea ice at the same time, a tricky feat given the shifting sea ice. Scientists have now analyzed airborne and spaceborne height measurements, and found that the two data ... more |
|
|
 Paris (AFP) Oct 2, 2019 
Rampant and unsustainable extraction of groundwater reserves crucial for food production will "critically impact" rivers, lakes and wetlands in half of Earth's drainage basins by mid-century, researchers warned Wednesday.
Found underground in cracks in soil, sand and rock, groundwater is the largest useable source of freshwater on the planet and more than two billion people rely on it to dri ... more |
|
 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 03, 2019 
Astronomers have pieced together the cannibalistic past of our neighbouring large galaxy Andromeda, which has now set its sights on the Milky Way as its next main course.
The galactic detective work found that Andromeda has eaten several smaller galaxies, likely within the last few billion years, with left-overs found in large streams of stars.
ANU researcher Dr Dougal Mackey, who co ... more |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2018 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
