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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 07, 2020 NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star's habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right to allow the presence of liquid water on the surface. Scientists confirmed the find, called TOI 700 d, using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and have modeled the planet's potential environments to help inform future observations. TOI 700 d is one of only a few Earth-size planets discovered in a star's habitable zone so ... read more |
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New technique may give Webb Telescope new way to identify planets with oxygenGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 07, 2020 Researchers may have found a way that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope can quickly identify nearby planets that could be promising for our search for life, as well as worlds that are uninhabitable ... more 
TESS mission uncovers its first world with two starsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 07, 2020 In 2019, when Wolf Cukier finished his junior year at Scarsdale High School in New York, he joined NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, as a su ... more  
New map of Milky Way reveals giant wave of stellar nurseriesBoston MA (SPX) Jan 08, 2020 Astronomers at Harvard University have discovered a monolithic, wave-shaped gaseous structure - the largest ever seen in our galaxy - made up of interconnected stellar nurseries. Dubbed the "Radclif ... more 
Fast radio burst observations deepen astronomical mysteryTucson AZ (SPX) Jan 07, 2020 An unsolved mystery in astronomy has become even more puzzling. The source of fast radio bursts (FRBs) - sudden bursts of radio waves lasting a few thousandths of a second - has remained unknown sin ... more |
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SDSU astronomers pinpoint two new 'Tatooine' planetary systemsSan Diego CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2020 Astronomers announced Monday the first discovery made by NASA's TESS mission of a two-star planetary system. Led by researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and San Diego State University, ... more 
Cosmic bubbles reveal the first starsTucson AZ (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 Astronomers using the Mayall telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, a program of NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory, have identified several overlapping bubbles of h ... more 
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 
Hubble surveys gigantic galaxyGarching, Germany (SPX) Jan 07, 2020 To kickstart the 30th anniversary year of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble has imaged a majestic spiral galaxy. Galaxy UGC 2885 may be the largest known in the local universe. It is 2.5 t ... more 
Milky Way's impending galactic collision is already birthing new starsNew York NY (SPX) Jan 08, 2020 The outskirts of the Milky Way are home to the galaxy's oldest stars. But astronomers have spotted something unexpected in this celestial retirement community: a flock of young stars. More sur ... more |
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TESS shows North Star undergoes eclipsesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 07, 2020 Astronomers using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have shown that Alpha Draconis, a well-studied star visible to the naked eye, and its fainter companion star regularly ... more  |
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Technique could speed search for life in outer spaceRiverside CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2020 Scientists have developed a new method for detecting oxygen in exoplanet atmospheres that may accelerate the search for life. One possible indication of life, or biosignature, is the presence ... more  
Famous black hole has jet pushing cosmic speed limitBoston MA (SPX) Jan 07, 2020 Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have seen that the famous giant black hole in Messier 87 is propelling particles at speeds greater than 99% of the speed of light. The Event ... more 
SOFIA reveals new view of milky way's centerColumbia MD (SPX) Jan 07, 2020 Universities Space Research Association has announced that SOFIA has revealed a new infrared view of the center of our Milky Way galaxy, showing never-before-seen details, and revealing structures i ... more 
NASA's Hubble survey's gigantic galaxyBaltimore MD (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 This majestic spiral galaxy might earn the nickname the "Godzilla Galaxy" because it may be the largest known in the local universe. The galaxy, UGC 2885, is 2.5 times wider than our Milky Way and c ... more 
Binary star V Sagittae will explode as a very bright 'nova' by century's endBaton Rouge LA (SPX) Jan 07, 2020 Currently, the faint star V Sagittae, V Sge, in the constellation Sagitta, is barely visible, even in mid-sized telescopes. However, around the year 2083, this innocent star will explode, becoming a ... 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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 San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2020 
Astronomers announced Monday the first discovery made by NASA's TESS mission of a two-star planetary system. Led by researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and San Diego State University, with other collaborators, the telescope satellite's finding marks the start of a much better understanding of the population of such planetary systems.
On behalf of the international team of 60 ... 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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 Evry, France (SPX) Jan 08, 2020 
Arianespace and the European Space Agency (ESA) has announced the signature of a launch services contract for the Euclid satellite - with the mission's timeframe for liftoff starting in mid-2022 from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana (South America).
Euclid mission will be compatible with Ariane 62 and Soyuz.
Euclid is a medium-class astronomy and astrophys ... more |
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 Leeds UK (SPX) Jan 07, 2020 
A new centre will enable 50 fully-funded PhD researchers to harness satellite data to tackle global environmental challenges.
The Centre for Satellite Data in Environmental Science (SENSE) will bring together expertise in satellite remote sensing, climate change, and advanced data science to nurture the next generation of Earth observation researchers.
Through a 2.2m pound investment ... 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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Evry, France (SPX) Jan 08, 2020
Arianespace and the European Space Agency (ESA) has announced the signature of a launch services contract for the Euclid satellite - with the mission's timeframe for liftoff starting in mid-2022 from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana (South America).
Euclid mission will be compatible with Ariane 62 and Soyuz.
Euclid is a medium-class astronomy and astrophys ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2020 
Outside of humans, chimpanzees are one of the only species known to cooperate with unrelated individuals to achieve a common goal, like defending territory from mutual rivals.
What motivated chimps to work together? At least one possibility, new research suggests, is that conflict has a negative impact on wild female chimpanzees' reproductive success.
Scientists linked between-gr ... 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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 Stockholm (AFP) Jan 7, 2020 
From the Norwegian fjords to Russian cities, record warm temperatures with less snow and rain have left the far north of Europe still waiting for the Arctic winter.
Sunndalsora, a small town in western Norway registered 19 degrees Celsius (66 degrees Fahrenheit) last Thursday, a temperature never seen before in the Nordic country at this time of year.
A local mayor marked the new year ... more |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Jan 07, 2020 
The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) do not appear to exist, according to a team of meteorologists who believe this has implications for both the validity of previous studies attributing past trends to these hypothetical natural oscillations and for the prospects of decade-scale climate predictability.
Using both observational data and clima ... 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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