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  Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 17, 2019 On 17 December 2019 at 05:54 local time (09:54 CET), the European Space Agency (ESA) CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS) space telescope is scheduled to lift off from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on board a Soyuz launcher. The mission will further extend the search for exoplanets, which was one of the topics of this year's Nobel Prize in physics. Didier Queloz, one of the Nobel Prize winners, is Chair of the CHEOPS Science Team. With the participation of the German Aerospace Cen ... read more |
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Star formation in Milky Way's center came in burstsHeidelberg, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2019 Astronomers have uncovered the previously unknown history of the stars near the center of our galaxy. Their work shows that the stars in question formed in two waves: more than 90% of the stars form ... more 
Ancient star burst found in central region of Milky WayGarching, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2019 ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has observed the central part of the Milky Way with spectacular resolution and uncovered new details about the history of star birth in our galaxy. Thanks to the new ... more 
Carbon cocoons surround growing galaxiesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 17, 2019 Researchers have discovered gigantic clouds of gaseous carbon spanning more than a radius of 30,000 light-years around young galaxies using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). ... more 
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 |
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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 
Breathable atmospheres may be more common in the universe than we first thoughtLeeds UK (SPX) Dec 17, 2019 The existence of habitable alien worlds has been a mainstay of popular culture for more than a century. In the 19th century, astronomers believed that Martians might be using canal-based transport l ... more  
Laser-based prototype probes cold atom dynamicsWashington DC (SPX) Dec 17, 2019 By tracking the motions of cold atom clouds, astronomers can learn much about the physical processes which play out in the depths of space. To make these measurements, researchers currently use inst ... more |
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 Storing data in everyday objects 
Short-lived light sources discovered in the skyStockholm, 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 disappeare ... more  |
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NICER delivers best-ever pulsar measurements and first surface mapGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 13, 2019 Astrophysicists are redrawing the textbook image of pulsars, the dense, whirling remains of exploded stars, thanks to NASA's Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), an X-ray telescope ab ... more 
A galactic danceWashington DC (SPX) Dec 13, 2019 Galaxies lead a graceful existence on cosmic timescales. Over millions of years, they can engage in elaborate dances that produce some of Nature's most exquisite and striking grand designs. Few are ... more 
How to shape a spiral galaxyWashington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2019 Our Milky Way galaxy has an elegant spiral shape with long arms filled with stars, but exactly how it took this form has long puzzled scientists. New observations of another galaxy are shedding ligh ... more 
Russian astrophysicists discovered a neutron star with an unusual magnetic field structureMoscow, Russia (SPX) Dec 10, 2019 Scientists from Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI), and Pulkovo Observatory discovered a unique neutron star, the magnetic ... 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 |
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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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 Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 17, 2019 
On 17 December 2019 at 05:54 local time (09:54 CET), the European Space Agency (ESA) CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS) space telescope is scheduled to lift off from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on board a Soyuz launcher. The mission will further extend the search for exoplanets, which was one of the topics of this year's Nobel Prize in physics. Didier Queloz, one of th ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Dec 13, 2019 
A new paper in Science documents for the first time the global wind circulation patterns in the upper atmosphere of a planet, 120 to 300 kilometers above the surface. The findings are based on local observations, rather than indirect measurements, unlike many prior measurements taken on Earth's upper atmosphere. But it didn't happen on Earth: it happened on Mars. On top of that, all the data cam ... 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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 Columbia 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 that new observations of another galaxy are shedding light on how spiral-shaped galaxies like our own get their iconic shape.
According to research from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrar ... 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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Columbia 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 that new observations of another galaxy are shedding light on how spiral-shaped galaxies like our own get their iconic shape.
According to research from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrar ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Dec 10, 2019 
New research suggests narcissism isn't static - it changes over time.
Previous studies on narcissism have mostly focused on small groups and cross-sectional population samples across short periods of time. Until now, there was little information on how narcissism changes across the adult life span.
For the new study, published in the journal Psychology and Aging, scientists anal ... more |
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 Plum Brook Station OH (SPX) Dec 16, 2019 
NASA's Super Guppy flew low in the sky as it transported the Orion spacecraft to Ohio. After it touched down, a series of events began to unfold to transfer the Artemis I vehicle to NASA's Plum Brook Station for testing.
The capsule was pulled out of the belly of the Super Guppy and lifted onto a 130-foot long, 38-wheel truck that maneuvered Ohio's back roads to get to the facility in Sand ... more |
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 Webling, Germany (SPX) Dec 11, 2019 
The glaciers and ice fields in the South American region of Patagonia have been in retreat since the Little Ice Age between the early 14th century and the mid-19th century. In recent decades, the loss of ice masses associated with tropospheric warming has accelerated. From 2000 to 2016 the Patagonian Ice Fields contributed approximately six percent to the eustatic sea level rise of 0.74 millimet ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 09, 2019 
Four trillion satellite measurements, taken over four decades from 1981 to 2018, have been merged to create a continuous global record that will help to understand the science behind Earth's climate.
A paper published recently in Nature Scientific Data describes how this new dataset of global sea-surface temperature is one of the longest satellite climate data records available. The datase ... 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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