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  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 16, 2019 Jupiter's south pole has a new cyclone. The discovery of the massive Jovian tempest occurred on Nov. 3, 2019, during the most recent data-gathering flyby of Jupiter by NASA's Juno spacecraft. It was the 22nd flyby during which the solar-powered spacecraft collected science data on the gas giant, soaring only 2,175 miles (3,500 kilometers) above its cloud tops. The flyby also marked a victory for the mission team, whose innovative measures kept the solar-powered spacecraft clear of what could have been a ... read more |
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Russian astronauts will face weight restrictions for Moon mission programMoscow (Sputnik) Dec 16, 2019 For the past decade, Russia has been working on its "Oryol" (Eagle) space ship intended for a lunar mission. The landing of Russian astronauts on the Moon is scheduled for 2030. Overweight Rus ... more  
New NASA image provides more details about first observed interstellar cometLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2019 A new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope provides important new details about the first interstellar comet astronomers have seen in our solar system. The comet, called Comet 2I/Borisov ( ... more 
Dark matter may explain mysterious gamma ray source at center of Milky WayWashington (UPI) Dec 12, 2019 New analysis by astrophysicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggests dark matter could explain a mysterious source of gamma rays in the center of the Milky Way. ... more  
OU research group confirm planet-mass objects in extragalactic systemsNorman OK (SPX) Dec 13, 2019 A University of Oklahoma research group is reporting the detection of extragalactic planet-mass objects in a second and third galaxy beyond the Milky Way after the first detection in 2018. With the ... more |
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NRL-camera aboard NASA spacecraft confirms asteroid phenomenonWashington DC (SPX) Dec 12, 2019 A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-built camera mounted on the NASA Parker Solar Probe revealed an asteroid dust trail that has eluded astronomers for decades. Karl Battams, a computational scie ... more 
How does the Milky Way get its spiral formColumbia MD (SPX) Dec 16, 2019 A question that has long puzzled scientists is how our Milky Way galaxy, which has an elegant spiral shape with long arms, took this form. Universities Space Research Association has announced ... more 
NASA selects site for asteroid sample collection on BennuWashington DC (SPX) Dec 13, 2019 After a year scoping out asteroid Bennu's boulder-scattered surface, the team leading NASA's first asteroid sample return mission has officially selected a sample collection site. The Origins, ... more 
Interstellar comet 2I Borisov swings past SunBaltimore MD (SPX) Dec 13, 2019 When astronomers see something in the universe that at first glance seems like one-of-a-kind, it's bound to stir up a lot of excitement and attention. Enter comet 2I/Borisov. This mysterious visitor ... more 
Water common yet scarce in exoplanetsCambridge UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2019 The most extensive survey of atmospheric chemical compositions of exoplanets to date has revealed trends that challenge current theories of planet formation and has implications for the search for w ... more |
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Heat energy leaps through empty space, thanks to quantum weirdnessBerkeley CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2019 If you use a vacuum-insulated thermos to help keep your coffee hot, you may know it's a good insulator because heat energy has a hard time moving through empty space. Vibrations of atoms or molecule ... more  |
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City College leads new photonics breakthroughNew York NY (SPX) Dec 16, 2019 A new approach to trapping light in artificial photonic materials by a City College of New York-led team could lead to a tremendous boost in the transfer speed of data online. Research into to ... 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 
Looking Toward Work on NASA's Potential Asteroid-Hunting Space TelescopeTucson AZ (SPX) Dec 11, 2019 The University of Arizona is spearheading work that would begin efforts to construct a space-based infrared telescope that could provide the capabilities NASA needs to search for asteroids and comet ... more 
Weizmann physicists image electrons flowing like waterRehovot, Israel (SPX) Dec 11, 2019 Physicists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have imaged electrons flowing viscously through a nanodevice, just like water flowing through a pipe. Long predicted but only now visualized ... more  
Revealing the physics of the Sun with Parker Solar ProbeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 12, 2019 Nearly a year and a half into its mission, Parker Solar Probe has returned gigabytes of data on the Sun and its atmosphere. Following the release of the very first science from the mission, five res ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 16, 2019 
Jupiter's south pole has a new cyclone. The discovery of the massive Jovian tempest occurred on Nov. 3, 2019, during the most recent data-gathering flyby of Jupiter by NASA's Juno spacecraft. It was the 22nd flyby during which the solar-powered spacecraft collected science data on the gas giant, soaring only 2,175 miles (3,500 kilometers) above its cloud tops. The flyby also marked a victory for ... more |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Dec 13, 2019 
A project lead by an international team of researchers use publicly available data with images of the sky dating as far back as to the 1950s to try to detect and analyse objects that have disappeared over time.
In the project "Vanishing and Appearing Sources during a Century of Observations" (VASCO), they have particularly looked for objects that may have existed in old military sky catalo ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 11, 2019 
Curiosity won't be NASA's only active Mars rover for much longer. Next summer, Mars 2020 will be headed for the Red Planet. While the newest rover borrows from Curiosity's design, they aren't twins: Built and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, each has its own role in the ongoing exploration of Mars and the search for ancient life. Here's a closer look at what s ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 16, 2019 
For the past decade, Russia has been working on its "Oryol" (Eagle) space ship intended for a lunar mission. The landing of Russian astronauts on the Moon is scheduled for 2030.
Overweight Russian astronauts won't be able to take part in the country's lunar mission aboard the Oryol space ship due to restrictions on the total weight of cargo the spacecraft will deliver to our planet's natur ... more |
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 Rochester N (SPX) Dec 16, 2019 
Rochester Institute of Technology and the Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia (IAR) have collaborated to make the first pulsar observations from South America.
A new paper published in Astronomy and Astrophysics outlines how the team upgraded two radio telescopes in Argentina that lay dormant for 15 years in order to study pulsars. Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars with intense ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 09, 2019 
The Montreal Protocol, an international agreement signed in 1987 to stop chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) destroying the ozone layer, now appears to be the first international treaty to successfully slow the rate of global warming.
New research published in Environmental Research Letters has revealed that thanks to the Protocol, today's global temperatures are considerably lower. And by mid-cent ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 12, 2019 
A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-built camera mounted on the NASA Parker Solar Probe revealed an asteroid dust trail that has eluded astronomers for decades.
Karl Battams, a computational scientist in NRL's Space Science Division, discussed the results from the camera called Wide-Field Imager for Solar Probe (WISPR) on Dec. 11 during a NASA press conference.
WISPR enabled researchers ... more |
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by Lina Tran for GSFC News
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 12, 2019
In a Dec. 10 press event at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, three scientists presented new images of the ionosphere, the dynamic region where Earth's atmosphere meets space. Home to astronauts and everyday technology like radio and GPS, the ionosphere constantly responds to changes from space above ... 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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Rochester N (SPX) Dec 16, 2019
Rochester Institute of Technology and the Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia (IAR) have collaborated to make the first pulsar observations from South America.
A new paper published in Astronomy and Astrophysics outlines how the team upgraded two radio telescopes in Argentina that lay dormant for 15 years in order to study pulsars. Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars with intense ... more |
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 Washington UPI) Dec 11, 2019 
Artistic expression is a vital part of the human story, and it's a story that began at least 44,000 years ago. The discovery of an ancient cave painting on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has pushed the origins of figurative cave painting back further than ever before.
The painting was first discovered by Hamrullah, an Indonesian spelunker and archaeologist, while working on a governm ... more |
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 Orlando FL (UPI) Dec 13, 2019 
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner space capsule is ready for its maiden voyage as early as Dec. 20, NASA officials said Thursday.
The space agency said the capsule passed a flight readiness review Thursday. The review included dozens of managers and engineers from the space agency, Boeing and launch provider United Launch Alliance.
The scheduled launch date is Dec. 20, but alternate dates becaus ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 11, 2019 
New time-lapse videos of Earth's glaciers and ice sheets as seen from space - some spanning nearly 50 years - are providing scientists with new insights into how the planet's frozen regions are changing.
At a media briefing Dec. 9 at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, scientists released new time series of images of Alaska, Greenland, and Antarctica usin ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (UPI) Dec 09, 2019 
Kennedy Space Center in Florida has spent $100 million fixing storm damage and rebuilding sand dunes to protect launch pads in the past 10 years, and that number is expected to grow dramatically in the coming years.
New studies indicate sea level rise is accelerating and will impact low-lying areas, including the space center, sooner than previously thought.
The space center's strate ... more |
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 Changchun, China (SPX) Dec 12, 2019 
Ultra-stable laser light that was stored in optical resonators of up to 4km length enabled the first observations of gravitational waves from inspirals of binary black holes and neutron stars. Due to the rather low bandwidth of the optical resonator system, however, the scientifically highly interesting post-merger signals at frequencies above a few hundred hertz could not be resolved. Such info ... more |
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