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  Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 01, 2019 The limits of classical measurements of mechanical motion have been pushed beyond expectations in recent years, e.g. in the first direct observation- of gravitational waves, which were manifested as tiny displacements of mirrors in kilometer-scale optical interferometers. On the microscopic scale, atomic- and magnetic-resonance force microscopes can now reveal the atomic structure of materials and even sense the spins of single atoms. But the sensitivity that we can achieve using purely convention ... read more |
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Worldwide observations confirm nearby 'lensing' exoplanetTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 03, 2019 Researchers using telescopes around the world confirmed and characterized an exoplanet orbiting a nearby star through a rare phenomenon known as gravitational microlensing. The exoplanet has a mass ... more 
A new spin on life's origin?Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 03, 2019 A research team at The University of Tokyo has reproducibly synthesized staircase-like supramolecules of a single handedness, or chirality, using standard laboratory equipment. By gradually re ... more  
New study sheds light on conditions that trigger supernovae explosionsStorrs CT (SPX) Nov 03, 2019 Understanding the thermonuclear explosion of Type Ia supernovae - powerful and luminous stellar explosions - is only possible through theoretical models, which previously were not able to account fo ... more 
Simulations explain giant exoplanets with eccentric, close-in orbitsSanta Cruz CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 As planetary systems evolve, gravitational interactions between planets can fling some of them into eccentric elliptical orbits around the host star, or even out of the system altogether. Smaller pl ... more |
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Giant neutrino telescope to open window to ultra-high-energy universeBeijing, China (SPX) Oct 29, 2019 The long-sought, elusive ultra-high-energy neutrinos, ghost-like particles that travel cosmological-scale distances, are key to understanding the Universe at the highest energies. Detecting them is ... more 
Dark matter search enters new chapterHamburg, Germany (SPX) Oct 29, 2019 The international ALPS II ("Any light particle search") collaboration installed the first of 24 superconducting magnets today, marking the start of the installation of a unique particle physics expe ... more 
Astronomers catch wind rushing out of galaxySan Diego CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2019 Exploring the influence of galactic winds from a distant galaxy called Makani, UC San Diego's Alison Coil, Rhodes College's David Rupke and a group of collaborators from around the world made a nove ... more 
Even 'goldilocks' exoplanets need a well-behaved starHouston TX (SPX) Nov 01, 2019 An exoplanet may seem like the perfect spot to set up housekeeping, but before you go there, take a closer look at its star. Rice University astrophysicists are doing just that, building a computer ... more 
Scientists may have discovered whole new class of black holesColumbus OH (SPX) Nov 01, 2019 Black holes are an important part of how astrophysicists make sense of the universe - so important that scientists have been trying to build a census of all the black holes in the Milky Way galaxy. ... more |
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 Ancient gas cloud shows that the first stars must have formed very quickly 
Cascades of gas around young star indicate early stages of planet formationWashington DC (SPX) Oct 17, 2019 What does a gestating baby planet look like? New research in Nature by a team including Carnegie's Jaehan Bae investigated the effects of three planets in the process of forming around a young star, ... more  |
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A flash and a shudder may reveal inner workings of starsSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2019 In five billion years or so, when the Sun has used up the hydrogen in its core, it will inflate and turn into a red giant star. This phase of its life - and that of other stars up to twice its mass ... more 
WFIRST will add pieces to the dark matter puzzleGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 01, 2019 The true nature of dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries in the universe. Scientists are trying to determine what exactly dark matter is made of so they can detect it directly, but our current ... more 
Hubble captures galaxies' ghostly gazeBaltimore MD (SPX) Oct 29, 2019 When astronomers peer deep into space, they don't expect to find something staring back at them. In this new Hubble Space Telescope image, an uncanny pair of glowing eyes glares menacingly in our di ... more 
Placing another piece in the dark matter puzzleMainz, Germany (SPX) Oct 28, 2019 A team led by Prof Dmitry Budker has continued their search for dark matter within the framework of the "Cosmic Axion Spin Precession Experiment" (or "CASPEr" for short). The CASPEr group conducts t ... more  
China drawing up plan for manned lunar explorationXiamen, China (XNA) Oct 29, 2019 China is carrying out in-depth demonstration and long-term planning for its manned lunar exploration, and has formed an overall consensus and a preliminary plan, according to a senior space engineer ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 
NASA has funded Southwest Research Institute to study the important attributes, feasibility and cost of a possible future Pluto orbiter mission. This study will develop the spacecraft and payload design requirements and make preliminary cost and risk assessments for new technologies.
The study is one of 10 different mission studies that NASA is sponsoring to prepare for the next Planetary ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 03, 2019 
A research team at The University of Tokyo has reproducibly synthesized staircase-like supramolecules of a single handedness, or chirality, using standard laboratory equipment.
By gradually removing the solvent from a rotating solution containing non-chiral precursors, they were able to produce helixes that twist preferentially in a particular direction. This research may lead to new and c ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 
Mars Express, the European Space Agency's (ESA) first planetary mission, is a true marathon runner among spacecraft. Launched on 2 June 2003, the spacecraft arrived at Mars during the night of 25 December that same year.
On 26 October 2019, this spacecraft completed its twenty-thousandth orbit around Mars. Mars Express is in good company in Martian orbit: NASA's Mars 2001 Odyssey and Mars ... more |
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 Xiamen, China (XNA) Oct 29, 2019 
China is carrying out in-depth demonstration and long-term planning for its manned lunar exploration, and has formed an overall consensus and a preliminary plan, according to a senior space engineer.
At the 1st China Space Science Assembly held in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province, from Oct. 25 to Oct. 28, Chen Shanguang, deputy chief designer of China's manned space program, said the f ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 24, 2019 
Scientists have for the first time identified a freshly forged heavy metal element inside a neutron star merger.
The element, strontium, was found in the spectra emanating from the neutron star merger GW170817. Scientists detailed the discovery in a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
Gravitational wave machines first picked up the signal produced by GW170817 in 2017 ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Nov 03, 2019 
Global warming has already led to significant increases in extreme rainfall over the global land monsoon regions over the past century, according to a study recently published in Journal of Climate.
The research, providing a global perspective of the monsoon regions which sprawl north and south from the Earth's equator, reveals significant associations between global warming and the observ ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Oct 29, 2019 
Astronomers using ESO's SPHERE instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that the asteroid Hygiea could be classified as a dwarf planet. The object is the fourth largest in the asteroid belt after Ceres, Vesta and Pallas.
For the first time, astronomers have observed Hygiea in sufficiently high resolution to study its surface and determine its shape and size. They found th ... more |
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 Dresden, Germany (SPX) Oct 29, 2019 
A previously unobserved mechanism is at work in the Sun's rotating plasma: a magnetic instability, which scientists had thought was physically impossible under these conditions. The effect might even play a crucial role in the formation of the Sun's magnetic field, say researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), the University of Leeds and the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics ... more |
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 Xiamen (XNA) Oct 30, 2019 
China plans to launch four new science satellite missions by 2023, and scientists have completed concept research on another five to be launched in the next 10 years.
Successful Chinese science satellites launched since 2015 include the Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), the Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) and the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT). These were under a sp ... more |
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Washington DC (UPI) Oct 24, 2019
Scientists have for the first time identified a freshly forged heavy metal element inside a neutron star merger.
The element, strontium, was found in the spectra emanating from the neutron star merger GW170817. Scientists detailed the discovery in a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
Gravitational wave machines first picked up the signal produced by GW170817 in 2017 ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 29, 2019 
A study has concluded that the earliest ancestors of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) emerged in a southern African 'homeland' and thrived there for 70 thousand years.
The findings were published this week in the journal Nature. The authors propose that changes in Africa's climate triggered the first human explorations, which initiated the development of humans' genetic, e ... more |
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 Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2019 
The NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) and collaborating organizations SETI Institute, Mars Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Collins Aerospace, and Ntention are announcing the successful field test of an "astronaut smart glove" for future human exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The smart glove is a prototype for a human-machine interface (HuMI) that would allow astronauts to wireless ... more |
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 Concordia Research Station, Antarctic (ESA) Oct 30, 2019 
As the Northern hemisphere tucks into longer nights, Antarctica bursts into its season of sunlight.
After four months of night, the crew of Concordia research station, located on Dome C in the Antarctic peninsula, saw first light in August, marking the end of the dreaded winter-over, a period of darkness and isolation.
The arrival of spring means the residents of Antarctica say goodb ... more |
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 Bangkok (AFP) Oct 29, 2019 
A multi-billion dollar hydro-electric power plant on the Mekong river in Laos was officially switched on Tuesday, as drone images of dried-up downstream areas stirred fresh outcry on one of the world's great rivers.
The Thai-owned Xayaburi dam has been a lightning rod for criticism even before construction began in 2012, with environmentalists warning of its devastating impact on the river's ... 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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