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  Washington (UPI) Jan 6, 2019 The Hubble Space Telescope kicked off its 30th anniversary year with a new portrait of UGC 2885, a barred spiral galaxy that astronomers estimate is one of the largest in the local universe. The massive galaxy is 2.5 times wider than the Milky Way and hosts ten times as many stars, but astronomers refer to it as a "gentle giant" because it has been sitting quietly for billions of years, boasting only modest rates of star formation. The supermassive black hole at the center of UGC 2885 is ... read more |
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Evidence suggests key assumption in discovery of dark energy is in errorSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 The most direct and strongest evidence for the accelerating universe with dark energy is provided by the distance measurements using Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) for the galaxies at high redshift. Thi ... more  
China's lunar rover travels over 357 meters on moon's far sideBeijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2020 China's lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 357.695 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 ... more 
India says it will try again to land on moonWashington (UPI) Jan 2, 2020 The Indian Space Research Organization chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan said the country will move ahead with a new space mission to the moon despite a failed attempt in 2019. ... more  
Florida Tech Awarded NASA Grant to Improve Solar Radiation ForecastingMelbourne FL (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 A Florida Tech physicist has been awarded a $550,000 NASA grant to try to solve one of astronomy's most vexing and dangerous problems: predicting when and where harmful doses of solar energetic part ... more |
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Hubble sights galaxy's celestial sequinsBaltimore MD (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 This smattering of celestial sequins is a spiral galaxy named NGC 4455, located in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair). This might sound like an odd name for a constellati ... more 
India targets new moon mission in 2020Bangalore, India (AFP) Jan 1, 2020 India plans to make a fresh attempt to land an unmanned mission on the moon in 2020 after a failed bid last year, the head of the country's space programme said Wednesday. ... more  
China's Taiji-1 satellite passes in-orbit testsBeijing (XNA) Dec 29, 2019 China's first satellite to conduct experiments on key technologies related to space-based gravitational wave detection, Taiji-1, has successfully completed its in-orbit tests, the Chinese Academy of ... more 
Observing time awarded to prepare for data-rich era in astronomyGoleta CA (SPX) Dec 29, 2019 Las Cumbres Observatory partnered with the LSST Corporation and presented a workshop on "Managing Follow-up Observations in the Era of ZTF and LSST." The event was held at the Carnegie Observatories ... more 
Russia, US to discuss Lunar Gateway Station next springMoscow (Sputnik) Dec 27, 2019 Russia and the United States will have their next meeting, where Russia's participation in Lunar Gateway Station will be discussed, "closer to spring," the head of space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rog ... more |
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 A real-life deluminator for spotting exoplanets by reflected starlight  
Life may have first emerged in phosphorous-rich lakesWashington (UPI) Dec 30, 2019 Phosphorous is one of the six main chemical ingredients necessary for life. Phosphorous atoms form DNA and RNA molecules, the building blocks of life's genetic code, but until now, scientists assumed the element was in short supply on primordial Earth. ... more  |
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Electronics at the speed of lightKonstanz , Germany (SPX) Dec 30, 2019 A European team of researchers including physicists from the University of Konstanz has found a way of transporting electrons at times below the femtosecond range by manipulating them with light. Th ... more 
New rules illuminate how objects absorb and emit lightPrinceton NJ (SPX) Dec 30, 2019 Princeton researchers have uncovered new rules governing how objects absorb and emit light, fine-tuning scientists' control over light and boosting research into next-generation solar and optical de ... more 
NIST study suggests universal method for measuring light powerWashington DC (SPX) Dec 30, 2019 Always on the lookout for better ways to measure all kinds of things, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have published a detailed study suggesting an "elegant" ... more 
Space-time metasurface makes light reflect only in one directionChangchun, China (SPX) Dec 30, 2019 Light propagation is usually reciprocal meaning that the trajectory of light travelling in one direction is identical from that in the opposite direction. Breaking reciprocity can make light propaga ... more 
Counting photons is now routine enough to need standardsWashington DC (SPX) Dec 30, 2019 Since the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) built its first superconducting devices for counting photons (the smallest units of light) in the 1990s, these once-rare detectors hav ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 
Safe to say, 2020 came in more quietly for many members of the New Horizons mission team than did 2019.
A year ago, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 (now known as Arrokoth) in the early hours of New Year's Day, ushering in an era of exploration of the enigmatic Kuiper Belt, a region of primordial objects that holds keys to understanding the origins ... more |
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 Lowell MA (SPX) Dec 27, 2019 
Perhaps you remember the opening scene of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" that took place on Privet Drive. A bearded man pulled a mysterious device, called a deluminator, from his dark robe and one by one the lights from the street lamps flew into it.
For the last decade or more, Muggles around the world - including me - have been busy designing and perfecting a similar device call ... more |
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 Pasadena, United States (AFP) Dec 28, 2019 
The Mars 2020 rover, which sets off for the Red Planet next year, will not only search for traces of ancient life, but pave the way for future human missions, NASA scientists said Friday as they unveiled the vehicle.
The rover has been constructed in a large, sterile room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, near Los Angeles, where its driving equipment was given its first successfu ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2020 
China's lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 357.695 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 13th lunar day on Thursday (Beijing time), and switched to dormant mode for the lunar night, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China Nat ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 
This smattering of celestial sequins is a spiral galaxy named NGC 4455, located in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair). This might sound like an odd name for a constellation - and in fact it is somewhat unusual. It's the only modern constellation to be named in honor of a real person from history: Queen Berenice II of Egypt.
The story of Queen Berenice II is an i ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jan 01, 2020 
A new satellite data centre will use cutting-edge satellite technology to help combat climate change. Ministers on 30 December announced backing for ground-breaking research analysing satellite images that will better predict the future impact of climate change in towns and cities and inform future government action.
A new 5 million pound satellite data centre involving the Universities of ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2020 
The first major meteor shower of 2020, the Quadrantids, will flash across dark, moonless skies during the predawn hours on Saturday morning.
The Quadrantids arrive each year during the first week of January. They often put on a great show, featuring up to 100 meteors per hour during the shower's peak, but last year in North America, the timing wasn't quite right.
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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 
A Florida Tech physicist has been awarded a $550,000 NASA grant to try to solve one of astronomy's most vexing and dangerous problems: predicting when and where harmful doses of solar energetic particle radiation will occur.
Whether from solar flares, solar wind, corona mass ejections or other phenomena, radiation from solar energy particles can affect astronauts working in space, spacecra ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2020 
China's aerospace industry will see a busy year in 2020, with the number of space launches expected to exceed 40, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
The highlights of the space activities include the launch of China's first Mars probe, the Chang'e-5 lunar probe, which is expected to bring moon samples back to Earth, the final step of China's current ... more |
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Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 06, 2020
This smattering of celestial sequins is a spiral galaxy named NGC 4455, located in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair). This might sound like an odd name for a constellation - and in fact it is somewhat unusual. It's the only modern constellation to be named in honor of a real person from history: Queen Berenice II of Egypt.
The story of Queen Berenice II is an i ... more |
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 Ames IA (SPX) Dec 30, 2019 
Homo erectus, one of modern humans' direct ancestors, was a wandering bunch. After the species dispersed from Africa about two million years ago, it colonized the ancient world, which included Asia and possibly Europe.
But about 400,000 years ago, Homo erectus essentially vanished. The lone exception was a spot called Ngandong, on the Indonesian island of Java. But scientists were unable t ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Dec 29, 2019 
NASA astronaut Christina Koch set the record Saturday for the longest single space flight by a woman at 289 days.
Koch, 40, surpassed the record set by Peggy Whitson, who spent 288 consecutive days in space in 2016-2017.
Koch arrived on the International Space Station in March and in April NASA announced she would remain aboard the ISS until February. If the mission ends on the sched ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 31, 2019 
Simulations designed and run by researchers at the University of Potsdam suggest thousands of lakes in the Himalayas are at risk of generating dangerous outburst floods as rising global temperatures continue to melt the region's snow and ice.
Glacial lakes form as melt water pools in mountain crevices. These natural lakes have proliferated throughout the Himalayas over the last two deca ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 31, 2019 
Scientists knew the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, a cold current circling through the Southern Ocean, is driven by winds, but until now scientists weren't sure of its stability.
New analysis of fossil coral skeletons suggests the ocean current is especially sensitive to winds, and that changes in the current influence the exchange of CO2 between the Southern Ocean and the atmosphere. / ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 29, 2019 
China's first satellite to conduct experiments on key technologies related to space-based gravitational wave detection, Taiji-1, has successfully completed its in-orbit tests, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced Wednesday.
The satellite, sent into orbit on Aug. 31, 2019, is China's first such kind of satellite, and has completed its in-orbit experiments, making a breakthrough i ... more |
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