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  Paris (ESA) Dec 10, 2019 ClearSpace-1 will be the first space mission to remove an item of debris from orbit, planned for launch in 2025. The mission is being procured as a service contract with a startup-led commercial consortium, to help establish a new market for in-orbit servicing, as well as debris removal. Following a competitive process, a consortium led by Swiss startup ClearSpace - a spin-off company established by an experienced team of space debris researchers based at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne ( ... read more |
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KinetX team helps in understanding particles ejected from the surface of Asteroid BennuSimi Valley CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2019 Carrying out a precise navigation operation involving images of newly discovered particles being ejected from the surface of the active asteroid (101955) Bennu, the KinetX Aerospace Space Navigation ... more 
OSIRIS-REx mission explains Bennu's mysterious particle eventsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 Shortly after NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu, an unexpected discovery by the mission's science team revealed that the asteroid could be active, or consistently discharging pa ... more  
How planets may form after dust sticks togetherNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) Dec 10, 2019 Scientists may have figured out how dust particles can stick together to form planets, according to a Rutgers co-authored study that may also help to improve industrial processes. In homes, ad ... more  
How Enceladus got its stripesWashington DC (SPX) Dec 10, 2019 Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is of great interest to scientists due to its subsurface ocean, making it a prime target for those searching for life elsewhere. New research led by Carnegie's Doug Hemin ... more |
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Stardust from Red GiantsZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 10, 2019 Some of the Earth's building material was stardust from red giants, researchers from ETH Zurich have established. They can also explain why the Earth contains more of this stardust than the asteroid ... more 
Signs of life: New field guide aids astronomers' searchIthaca NY (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 A Cornell University senior has come up with a way to discern life on exoplanets loitering in other cosmic neighborhoods: a spectral field guide. Zifan Lin has developed high-resolution spectral mod ... more  
NRL, NASA combine to produce Solar imagery with unprecedented clarityWashington DC (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 Early returns from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's camera on NASA's latest mission to study the Sun's corona revealed on Dec. 4 a star more complex than ever imagined. NRL's Wide-field Im ... more  
New instrument extends LIGO's reachBoston MA (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 Just a year ago, the National Science Foundation-funded Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, or LIGO, was picking up whispers of gravitational waves every month or so. Now, a new add ... more 
Scientists reveal potential new class of x-ray star systemBoston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 A scientist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian has announced the discovery that mass in triple star systems takes on the characteristics of recipient stars before mass is actua ... more |
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 First NASA Parker Solar Probe results reveal surprising details about our Sun 
NASA's Parker Solar Probe sheds new light on the SunGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 In August 2018, NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched to space, soon becoming the closest-ever spacecraft to the Sun. With cutting-edge scientific instruments to measure the environment around the spac ... more  |
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ESA to fund world's first space debris removal missionWashington DC (UPI) Dec 09, 2019 The European Space Agency has agreed to fund a mission to remove a piece of space debris - the first of its kind - as part of the agency's new Space Safety program. ... more 
Storing data in everyday objectsZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 10, 2019 Living beings contain their own assembly and operating instructions in the form of DNA. That's not the case with inanimate objects: anyone wishing to 3D print an object also requires a set of instru ... more  
Simple experiment explains magnetic resonanceRiverside CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2019 Physicists at University of California, Riverside, have designed an experiment to explain the concept of magnetic resonance. The project was carried out by undergraduate students in collaboration wi ... more 
Parker Solar Probe traces solar wind to its source on sun's surface: coronal holesBerkeley CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 A year ago, NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any satellite in history, collecting a spectacular trove of data from the very edge of the sun's million-degree corona. Now, t ... more 
Closest-ever approach to the sun gives new insights into the solar windLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft, which has flown closer to the Sun than any mission before, has found new evidence of the origins of the solar wind. NASA's Parker Solar Probe was launched in ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 08, 2019 
New Horizons is healthy and performing well as it flies ever onward, at nearly one million miles per day! This month we're collecting new data on the Kuiper Belt's charged particle and dust environment, and observing two distant Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) to learn about their surface properties, shapes and rotation periods, and to search for satellite systems.
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 Atlanta GA (SPX) Dec 09, 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 ha ... more |
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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 
The search for evidence of life on Mars could be helped by fresh insights into ancient rocks on Earth.
Research which suggests that structures previously thought to be fossils may, in fact, be mineral deposits could save future Mars missions valuable time and resources.
Microscopic tubes and filaments that resemble the remains of tiny creatures may have been formed by chemical reacti ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 05, 2019 
China's lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 345.059 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory.
Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have ended their work for the 12th lunar day, and switched to dormant mode for the lunar night, the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said W ... more |
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 Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Dec 10, 2019 
One of the most successful European space missions is celebrating its birthday: the XMM-Newton X-ray observatory developed and built by Airbus for the European Space Agency (ESA) lifted off at 3.32 pm CET on 10 December 1999 to explore the wonders of the X-ray universe.
Since its launch, XMM-Newton has simultaneously collected X-rays, visible and ultraviolet light and demonstrated its role ... more |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Dec 06, 2019 
The plan was first mooted by China to improve co-operation around natural disasters. But it took shape later when BRICS space agencies agreed to build a "virtual constellation of remote sensing satellites".
The Indian space ministry has indicated major progress in terms of establishing a BRICS satellite for various applications including natural resources management and disaster management ... more |
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 Simi Valley CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2019 
Carrying out a precise navigation operation involving images of newly discovered particles being ejected from the surface of the active asteroid (101955) Bennu, the KinetX Aerospace Space Navigation and Flight Dynamics Optical Navigation Team is providing critical results to NASA's OSIRIS-REx Science Team that are used for understanding and explaining the underlying mechanism(s) of the ejecta. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 
Early returns from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's camera on NASA's latest mission to study the Sun's corona revealed on Dec. 4 a star more complex than ever imagined.
NRL's Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, or WISPR, the only imaging instrument aboard the NASA Parker Solar Probe mission, is now 84 percent of the way to the Sun.
WISPR produced multiple scientifically rel ... more |
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 Taiyuan, China (XNA) Dec 08, 2019 
China sent six satellites into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province at 4:52 p.m. Saturday (Beijing Time).
They were launched by a Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) rocket and have entered the planned orbit successfully.
It was the second launch from the Taiyuan launch center in less than six hours after another KZ-1A rocket sent the Jilin-1 Gaofen 02B satellit ... more |
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Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Dec 10, 2019
One of the most successful European space missions is celebrating its birthday: the XMM-Newton X-ray observatory developed and built by Airbus for the European Space Agency (ESA) lifted off at 3.32 pm CET on 10 December 1999 to explore the wonders of the X-ray universe.
Since its launch, XMM-Newton has simultaneously collected X-rays, visible and ultraviolet light and demonstrated its role ... more |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) Dec 10, 2019 
"Climb on me", "climb on you" and "resume play" are among the requests wild orangutans make to each other, researchers say.
In the first in-depth study of gestures among wild orangutans, University of Exeter scientists identified 11 vocal signals and 21 physical "gesture types".
Sounds included the "kiss squeak" (a sharp kiss noise created while inhaling), the "grumph" (a low sound l ... more |
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 El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2019 
The Near Infrared Airglow Camera (NIRAC) uses an Aerospace-patented orbital motion compensation system to take long-exposure, smear-free images at night. Motion compensation from a fast-moving, low Earth orbiting platform can be difficult, but NIRAC's custom optical system enables imaging at a spatial resolution of 80 meters, even as the ISS travels more than 10 kilometers during the camera's 1. ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 10, 2019 
Despite having completed its mission in orbit over six years ago, ESA's GOCE gravity mapper continues to yield new insights into our planet. Thanks to this extraordinary satellite, scientists now have a much clearer view of the secrets that lie deep below one of the most remote parts of the world: Antarctica. And while the vast expanse of white ice above may appear relatively uniform, it is a ve ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 05, 2019 
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current flows in a loop around Antarctica, connecting the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. It is one of the most significant ocean currents in our climate system because it facilitates the exchange of heat and other properties among the oceans it links.
But how the current transfers heat, particularly vertically from the top layer of the ocean to the bottom la ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 
Just a year ago, the National Science Foundation-funded Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, or LIGO, was picking up whispers of gravitational waves every month or so. Now, a new addition to the system is enabling the instruments to detect these ripples in space-time nearly every week.
Since the start of LIGO's third operating run in April, a new instrument known as a quant ... more |
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