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  Washington DC (UPI) Oct 22, 2019 Blue Origin announced Tuesday a new partnership with old-guard aerospace firms Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper to land on the moon - signalling a new era in U.S. space exploration. Until now, Blue Origin functioned as a standalone startup, funded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' billions. It was seen chiefly as a competitor to new space companies like SpaceX. With Tuesday's announcement, Blue Origin leads a team in NASA's aggressive plan to return people to the moon by 2024, and t ... read more |
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NASA wants international partners to go to Moon tooWashington (AFP) Oct 21, 2019 As it looks to return to the Moon, NASA is open to the idea of international participation, which could mean a non-American setting foot on Earth's natural satellite for the first time in history, global space chiefs said Monday. ... more 
All-female spacewalk duo set sights on MoonWashington (AFP) Oct 21, 2019 What's even better than venturing out into the vacuum of space? Landing on the Moon, according to US astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, the first all-female duo to conduct a spacewalk. ... more  
Near-Earth asteroids spectroscopic survey at Isaac Newton TelescopeLa 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 wate ... more  
Stormy cluster weather could unleash black hole powerLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 "Weather" in clusters of galaxies may explain a longstanding puzzle, according to a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge. The scientists used sophisticated simulations to show how powe ... more |
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Ancient stars shed light on Earth's similarities to other planetsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 Earth-like planets may be common in the universe, a new UCLA study implies. The team of astrophysicists and geochemists presents new evidence that the Earth is not unique. The study was published in ... more  
Planetary Protection Review addresses changing reality of space explorationWashington DC (SPX) Oct 19, 2019 NASA released a report Friday with recommendations from the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB) the agency established in response to a recent National Academies of Sciences, Engin ... more  
University of Hawaii team unravels origin, chemical makeup of Titan's dunesManoa HI (SPX) Oct 19, 2019 A team led by a University of Hawaii at Manoa chemistry professor and researcher has been able to provide answers to key questions about the surface of Saturn's moon Titan. Physical chemist Ra ... more  
Solar Orbiter ready to depart EuropeParis (ESA) Oct 19, 2019 ESA's Solar Orbiter mission has completed its test campaign in Europe and is now being packed ready for its journey to Cape Canaveral at the end of this month, ahead of launch in February 2020. ... more 
Physicists develop fast and sensitive mechanical tool to measure lightEugene OR (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 A team of University of Oregon physicists has developed a fast, sensitive bolometer that can measure light at and far above room-temperature. The technology out of the Aleman Lab, known as a " ... more |
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Space Traffic Controller Not A Job, But An AdventureBethesda, 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 i ... more  |
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UK teams complete space weather mission study ahead of selection decision in NovemberLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 14, 2019 The first phase of design work for the European Space Agency's Lagrange spacecraft has been completed, with three out of the four multinational teams led by the UK. This ESA mission, together with ... more 
Planned new rocket carries hope for China's manned lunar landing programBeijing (XNA) Oct 17, 2019 Space engineers have made a key step in designing a new generation launch vehicle that could help start China's manned lunar exploration program, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technol ... 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 
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 |
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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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 Washington (UPI) Oct 18, 2019 
Rock cores collected from deep beneath the planet's surface suggest ancient microbes have been living inside Europe's largest meteorite crater for millions of years.
Some 400 million years ago, a massive space rock slammed into northern Europe, excavating a giant crater in the middle of what's now Sweden. Today, prospectors are drilling for natural gas within the confines of the ancient ... more |
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 College Station TX (SPX) Oct 19, 2019 
Mars once had salt lakes that are similar to those on Earth and has gone through wet and dry periods, according to an international team of scientists that includes a Texas A and M University College of Geosciences researcher.
Marion Nachon, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Texas A and M, and colleagues have had their work published in the cu ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 21, 2019 
As it looks to return to the Moon, NASA is open to the idea of international participation, which could mean a non-American setting foot on Earth's natural satellite for the first time in history, global space chiefs said Monday.
"I think there's lots of room on the Moon, and we need all our international partners to go with us to the Moon," NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine told reporters ... 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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 New Haven CT (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 
For many, the word "aerosol" might conjure thoughts of hairspray or spray paint. More accurately, though, aerosols are simply particles found in the atmosphere. They can be human-made, like from car exhaust or biomass burning, or naturally occurring, from sources such as volcanic eruptions or sea spray.
Aerosols account for one of the greater uncertainties in understanding the Earth's clim ... 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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 Paris (ESA) Oct 19, 2019 
ESA's Solar Orbiter mission has completed its test campaign in Europe and is now being packed ready for its journey to Cape Canaveral at the end of this month, ahead of launch in February 2020.
The spacecraft was on display today for the final time in Europe, at the IABG test centre near Munich, Germany. It was built at Airbus Stevenage, UK, and has spent the last year at IABG undergoing e ... 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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 Washington (AFP) Oct 18, 2019 
US astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir on Friday became the first all-female pairing to carry out a spacewalk - a historic milestone as NASA prepares to send the first woman to the Moon.
"It symbolizes exploration by all that dare to dream and work hard to achieve that dream," Meir said after the 7-hour, 17-minute spacewalk to replace a power controller on the International Space Sta ... 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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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Oct 22, 2019 
Its white flesh is tender and tasty, it can measure up to three meters long and weigh more than 200 kilograms: meet the pirarucu, one of the world's largest freshwater fish, and native to the Amazon.
The enormous animal, once threatened with extinction, is now on dinner plates in Rio de Janeiro's fanciest restaurants, thanks to a number of chefs who have championed the delicacy, and the indi ... 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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