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  Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 22, 2019 To launch the Artemis I Moon mission, NASA's powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket must go from 0 to more than 17,000 miles per hour. The rocket's flight software and avionics systems control all that power to ensure the rocket and NASA's Orion spacecraft make it to space. The SLS avionics and flight software came a step closer to the Artemis I mission when NASA certified the Systems Integration Laboratory for final integrated avionics and flight software testing Nov. 14. "The System Integrati ... read more |
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Sugar delivered to Earth from spaceSendai, Japan (SPX) Nov 22, 2019 Researchers from Tohoku University, Hokkaido University, JAMSTEC, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center investigated meteorites and found ribose and other sugars. These sugars possessed distinct carb ... more 
Wolfe Creek Crater younger than previously thoughtPortsmouth UK (SPX) Nov 22, 2019 Wolfe Creek Crater, one of the world's largest meteorite craters, is much younger than previously thought. Wolfe Creek Crater is situated on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert in northern West ... more  
Life under extreme conditions at hot springs in the oceanKiel, Germany (SPX) Nov 22, 2019 The volcanic island of Kueishantao in northeastern Taiwan is an extreme habitat for marine organisms. With an active volcano, the coastal area has a unique hydrothermal field with a multitude of hot ... more  
The simultaneous merging of giant galaxiesGottingen, Germany (SPX) Nov 22, 2019 An international research team led by scientists from Gottingen and Potsdam proved for the first time that the galaxy NGC 6240 contains three supermassive black holes. The unique observations, publi ... more |
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Study proposes light signature for detecting black hole mergersNew York NY (SPX) Nov 15, 2019 Gravitational wave detectors are finding black hole mergers in the universe at the rate of one per week. If these mergers occur in empty space, researchers cannot see associated light that is needed ... more 
How to observe a 'black hole symphony' using gravitational wave astronomyNashville TN (SPX) Nov 19, 2019 Shrouded in mystery since their discovery, the phenomenon of black holes continues to be one of the most mind-boggling enigmas in our universe. In recent years, many researchers have made stri ... more  
New observations help explain why sun's upper atmosphere is hotter than its surfaceWashington (UPI) Nov 18, 2019 Several observatories, both on Earth's surface and in space, are dedicated to solving the mysteries of the sun's heating mechanisms. ... more 
The tera from outer spaceTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 21, 2019 Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic phenomenon known to humankind. Although short-lived, they outshine stars and even galactic quasars. They usually display energies in the region of tens of gig ... more 
When galaxies rotate, size mattersSpotswood, Australia (SPX) Nov 18, 2019 The direction in which a galaxy spins depends on its mass, researchers have found. A team of astrophysicists analysed 1,418 galaxies and found that small ones are likely to spin on a different ... more |
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A remote control for everything smallVienna, Austria (SPX) Nov 20, 2019 They are reminiscent of the "tractor beam" in Star Trek: special light beams can be used to manipulate molecules or small biological particles. Even viruses or cells can be captured or moved. Howeve ... more  |
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Exoplanet axis study boosts hopes of complex life, just not next doorAtlanta GA (SPX) Nov 20, 2019 "They're out there," goes a saying about extraterrestrials. It would seem more likely to be true in light of a new study on planetary axis tilts. Astrophysicists at the Georgia Institute of Technolo ... more 
New Companies Join Growing Ranks of NASA Partners for Artemis ProgramWashington DC (SPX) Nov 20, 2019 NASA has added five American companies to the pool of vendors that will be eligible to bid on proposals to provide deliveries to the surface of the Moon through the agency's Commercial Lunar Payload ... more 
Emissions from complex organic molecules detected in cometTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 19, 2019 Using the Cooled Mid-Infrared Camera and Spectrometer (COMICS) on the Subaru Telescope, astronomers have detected an unidentified infrared emission band from comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner (hereafter, c ... more 
Olivine-norite rock detected by Yutu-2 likely crystallized from the SPA impact melt poolBeijing, China (SPX) Nov 20, 2019 The South Pole-Aitken (SPA) is the largest and deepest basin on the Moon, theoretically opening a window into the lunar lower crust and likely into the upper mantle. However, compositional informati ... more 
Astronauts conduct first spacewalk to fix cosmic particle detector on ISSWashington (UPI) Nov 15, 2019 NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano are back inside the space station after a spacewalk that lasted six hours and 39 minutes. ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 20, 2019 
A little robotic explorer will be rolling into Antarctica this month to perform a gymnastic feat - driving upside down under sea ice.
BRUIE, or the Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration, is being developed for underwater exploration in extraterrestrial, icy waters by engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. It will spend the next month testing its endurance ... more |
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 Atlanta GA (SPX) Nov 20, 2019 
"They're out there," goes a saying about extraterrestrials. It would seem more likely to be true in light of a new study on planetary axis tilts. Astrophysicists at the Georgia Institute of Technology modeled a theoretical twin of Earth into other star systems called binary systems because they have two stars. They concluded that 87% of exo-Earths one might find in binary systems should have axi ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 22, 2019 
During ice ages on Earth, the retreating ice sheets greatly altered the landscape of the continents. Over the past two-and-a-half million years, Central Europe alone has experienced five massive glaciations. Ice from the Arctic spread as far south as Central Europe while at the same time, the kilometre-thick glaciers of the Alps pushed their way north as far as today's Danube.
When the gla ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Nov 20, 2019  The South Pole-Aitken (SPA) is the largest and deepest basin on the Moon, theoretically opening a window into the lunar lower crust and likely into the upper mantle. However, compositional information of the SPA basin was mainly obtained from orbital remote sensing.
Chang'E-4 landed in the SPA Basin, providing a unique chance for in situ probing the composition of the lunar interior. The l ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 21, 2019 
Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic phenomenon known to humankind. Although short-lived, they outshine stars and even galactic quasars. They usually display energies in the region of tens of giga-electron-volts, but for the first time, researchers discovered a gamma-ray burst in the region of a tera-electron-volt. This level of energy has long been theorized, and this study demonstrates thes ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Nov 22, 2019 
Curtin University research has revealed how pairing satellite images with an existing global network of radio telescopes can be used to paint a previously unseen whole-of-planet picture of the geological processes that shape the Earth's crust.
The research, published in Geophysical Research Letters, showed that satellite images capturing the movement of the Earth's surface on different con ... more |
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 Portsmouth UK (SPX) Nov 22, 2019 
Wolfe Creek Crater, one of the world's largest meteorite craters, is much younger than previously thought.
Wolfe Creek Crater is situated on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert in northern Western Australia. It is the second largest crater on Earth from which meteorite fragments have been recovered (the largest is Meteor Crater in Arizona).
It was likely formed by a meteor about 15 me ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 18, 2019 
Several observatories, both on Earth's surface and in space, are dedicated to solving the mysteries of the sun's heating mechanisms.
One of them is the Big Bear Solar Observatory at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and new observations by the observatory have offered fresh insights into source of extreme temperatures measured in the sun's upper atmosphere.
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 Wuhan, China (XNA) Nov 22, 2019 
A Chinese company on Wednesday launched a satellite service platform to make satellite resources more accessible for users.
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), the platform's designer, announced the news at the 5th China (International) Commercial Aerospace Forum in Wuhan.
A common satellite operating business focuses on satellites rather than services, which ma ... more |
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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 21, 2019
Gamma-ray bursts are the most energetic phenomenon known to humankind. Although short-lived, they outshine stars and even galactic quasars. They usually display energies in the region of tens of giga-electron-volts, but for the first time, researchers discovered a gamma-ray burst in the region of a tera-electron-volt. This level of energy has long been theorized, and this study demonstrates thes ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 13, 2019 
New research suggests it wasn't superior intelligence that set our earliest pre-human ancestors, like Australopithecus, apart from apes.
For the study, scientists analyzed holes in the skull that allow the passage of supply arteries to the brain, calculating blood flow to the cognitive part of the brain. Researchers calibrated their estimates using humans and other mammal models, and th ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 22, 2019 
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is transported from NASA's Kennedy Space Center to a facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. Later in the day it was placed atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket ahead of Boeing's uncrewed Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station.
Boeing's uncrewed flight test, which is targeted for Dec. 17, will pr ... more |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Nov 22, 2019 
Princeton University-led researchers have extracted 2 million-year-old ice cores from Antarctica that provide the first direct observations of Earth's climate at a time when the furred early ancestors of modern humans still roamed.
Gas bubbles trapped in the cores - which are the oldest yet recovered - contain pristine samples of carbon dioxide, methane and other gases that serve as "snaps ... more |
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 Newport OR (SPX) Nov 21, 2019 
At a time when ocean noise is receiving increased global attention, researchers at Oregon State University and NOAA have developed an effective method to use an underwater robotic glider to measure sound levels over broad areas of the sea.
"Healthy marine ecosystems need to have noise levels within particular ranges," said Joe Haxel, an assistant professor/senior research in the College of ... 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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