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  Bethesda, MD (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 In the not-too-distant future an international regulatory and enforcement agency may be looking for Space Traffic Controllers to fill hundreds of positions for well-trained professionals. It is likely that these positions will be located in an international metropolis such as Washington, Paris, London, Hong Kong, Rome or Moscow. Applicants must pass a rigorous training program including many hours in class and in simulators. They will probably be required to have prior training in spacecraft dynam ... read more |
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India's second Moon mission begins spectroscopic studies of lunar surfaceNew Delhi (Sputnik) Oct 18, 2019 espite the setback in India's second lunar mission - Chandrayaan-2, the rover of the satellite continues to go around the Moon with all its payloads and is completely functional. The lander failed t ... more  
The search for extrasolar planets continuesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 15, 2019 The discovery of the first exoplanet almost 25 years ago changed our perception of the origin and evolution of the Universe and challenged the uniqueness of our own Solar System. Today, scientists f ... more  
The clumpy and lumpy death of a starBoston MA (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 In 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe was among those who noticed a new bright object in the constellation Cassiopeia. Adding fuel to the intellectual fire that Copernicus started, Tycho showed thi ... more 
Super spirals spin super fastBaltimore MD (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 When it comes to galaxies, how fast is fast? The Milky Way, an average spiral galaxy, spins at a speed of 130 miles per second (210 km/sec) in our Sun's neighborhood. New research has found that the ... more |
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Surveying solar storms by ancient Assyrian astronomersTsukuba, Japan (SPX) Oct 17, 2019 A research team led by the University of Tsukuba combined observations from ancient cuneiform tablets that mention unusual red skies with radioisotope data to identify solar storms that likely occur ... more 
The lunar cycle drives the nightjar's migrationLund, Sweden (SPX) Oct 16, 2019 GPS tracking data reveals that the foraging activity of the European nightjar more than doubles during moon-lit nights, and the birds then migrate simultaneously about 10 days after the full moon, a ... more 
Hubble observes first confirmed interstellar cometBaltimore MD (SPX) Oct 17, 2019 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers their best look yet at an interstellar visitor - comet 2I/Borisov - whose speed and trajectory indicate it has come from beyond our solar system. ... more 
China's first astronaut expects stepping onto MoonBeijing (XNA) Oct 17, 2019 Chinese first astronaut Yang Liwei said he was looking forward to setting foot on the moon. He made the remarks at the 16th anniversary of his flying into space aboard the Shenzhou-5 spacecraf ... more 
Russia's ability to return to the Moon in near future in questionMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 17, 2019 On Tuesday, a Roscosmos source revealed that the Russian space agency might send an anthropomorphic robot to the Moon as soon as three to four years from now, with its design expected to be based on ... more |
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Black holes stunt growth of dwarf galaxiesRiverside CA (SPX) Oct 14, 2019 Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered that powerful winds driven by supermassive black holes in the centers of dwarf galaxies have a significant impact on the evolu ... more  |
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Heron survey fishes out detail in ghostly galaxy outskirtsLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 16, 2019 Astronomers have completed the largest survey to date of the faint outskirts of nearby galaxies, successfully testing a low-cost system for exploring these local stellar systems. R. Michael Rich of ... more 
Orion suit equipped to expect the unexpected on Artemis missionsHouston TX (SPX) Oct 16, 2019 When astronauts are hours away from launching on Artemis missions to the Moon, they'll put on a brightly colored orange spacesuit called the Orion Crew Survival System (OCSS) suit. It is designed fo ... more 
New understanding of the evolution of cosmic electromagnetic fieldsOdense, Denmark (SPX) Oct 16, 2019 Next year is the 200 years anniversary of the discovery of electromagnetism by the Danish physicist H.C. Orsted. Even 200 years after its discovery, the existence of electromagnetism still brings up ... more 
Going against the flow around a supermassive black holeCharlottesville VA (SPX) Oct 16, 2019 At the center of a galaxy called NGC 1068, a supermassive black hole hides within a thick doughnut-shaped cloud of dust and gas. When astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Arra ... more  
Astronomers use giant galaxy cluster as X-ray magnifying lensBoston MA (SPX) Oct 16, 2019 Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have used a massive cluster of galaxies as an X-ray magnifying glass to peer back in time, to nearly 9.4 billion years ago. In the process, they spotted a tiny dwarf ... more |
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 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 |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 15, 2019 
The discovery of the first exoplanet almost 25 years ago changed our perception of the origin and evolution of the Universe and challenged the uniqueness of our own Solar System. Today, scientists from the German Aerospace Center and other organisations are using new techniques and instruments on ESA missions such as CHEOPS and PLATO to set their sights even higher - the hunt for a second Earth. ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 18, 2019 
NASA's InSight spacecraft has used its robotic arm to help its heat probe, known as "the mole," dig nearly 2 centimeters (3/4 of an inch) over the past week. While modest, the movement is significant: Designed to dig as much as 16 feet (5 meters) underground to gauge the heat escaping from the planet's interior, the mole has only managed to partially bury itself since it started hammering in Feb ... more |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Oct 18, 2019 
espite the setback in India's second lunar mission - Chandrayaan-2, the rover of the satellite continues to go around the Moon with all its payloads and is completely functional. The lander failed to soft-land on the surface of the Moon and lost contact with the Earth Station of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The Rover has now started collecting data on the lunar surface an ... more |
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 Orlando FL (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is going to get a major computing power upgrade as the University of Central Florida expands its relationship with Microsoft.
UCF manages the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory (AO), home to one of the most powerful and sensitive radio telescopes in the world with a unique planetary radar system. AO has contributed to decades of science ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 
The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Joint Polar Satellite System-2 spacecraft, scheduled to launch in 2022, has been fully assembled and has begun environmental testing.
A next-generation instrument that detects microwave radiation from the Earth's atmosphere and surface, ATMS provides atmospheric temperature and moistu ... more |
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 La Palma, Spain (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 
The study of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) is driven by both scientific and practical reasons. Because of their proximity to our planet, they can provide key information regarding the delivery of water and organic-rich material to the early Earth, and the subsequent emergence of life. On the other hand, these small bodies of the solar system have non-negligible long-term probabilities of colliding ... more |
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 Tsukuba, Japan (SPX) Oct 17, 2019 
A research team led by the University of Tsukuba combined observations from ancient cuneiform tablets that mention unusual red skies with radioisotope data to identify solar storms that likely occurred around 679 to 655 BCE, prior to any previously datable events. This work may help modern astronomers predict future solar flares or coronal mass ejections that can damage satellite and terrestrial ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 18, 2019 
China is preparing for the upcoming high-density space missions to construct China's space station, and the Long March-5B carrier rocket, set to launch capsules for the space station, is expected to make its maiden flight in 2020.
Zhou Jianping, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, has been appointed the chief designer of China's manned space program, and Gu Yidong, an aca ... more |
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Orlando FL (SPX) Oct 18, 2019
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is going to get a major computing power upgrade as the University of Central Florida expands its relationship with Microsoft.
UCF manages the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory (AO), home to one of the most powerful and sensitive radio telescopes in the world with a unique planetary radar system. AO has contributed to decades of science ... more |
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 Hamilto, Canada (SPX) Oct 17, 2019 
An international research team led by scientists from McMaster University has unearthed new evidence in Greece proving that the island of Naxos was inhabited by Neanderthals and earlier humans at least 200,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years earlier than previously believed.
The findings, published in the journal Science Advances, are based on years of excavations and challenge curre ... more |
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 Frederica DE (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 
ILC Dover, the company that outfitted the Apollo astronauts and all subsequent NASA manned missions including current flights to the International Space Station - has launched a line of spacesuits for the nascent commercial space industry.
"Fifty years after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon - wearing one of our spacesuits - commercial space travel is poised to open the universe to a gener ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Oct 17, 2019 
As millions of people around the world marched for urgent action on climate change ahead of this week's UN Climate Action Summit, an icebreaker set sail from Norway to spend a year drifting in the Arctic sea ice. This extraordinary expedition is set to make a step change in climate science - and ESA is contributing with a range of experiments.
With the youth calling for action, the climate ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 15, 2019 
The intensity of summer algal blooms has increased over the past three decades, according to a first-ever global survey of dozens of large, freshwater lakes, which was conducted by Carnegie's Jeff Ho and Anna Michalak and NASA's Nima Pahlevan and published by Nature.
Reports of harmful algal blooms - like the ones that shut down Toledo's water supply in 2014 or led to states of emergency b ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 16, 2019 
Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have used a massive cluster of galaxies as an X-ray magnifying glass to peer back in time, to nearly 9.4 billion years ago. In the process, they spotted a tiny dwarf galaxy in its very first, high-energy stages of star formation.
While galaxy clusters have been used to magnify objects at optical wavelengths, this is the first time scientists have leveraged ... more |
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