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  Sydney, Australia (The Conservation) Jan 31, 2020 It appears we have missed another close call between two satellites - but how close did we really come to a catastrophic event in space? It all began with a series of tweets from LeoLabs, a company that uses radar to track satellites and debris in space. It predicted that two obsolete satellites orbiting Earth had a 1 in 100 chance of an almost direct head-on collision at 9:39am AEST on 30 January, with potentially devastating consequences. LeoLabs estimated that the satellites could pass wi ... read more |
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Roscosmos to rename Russia's asteroid detection system to 'Milky Way'Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 29, 2020 The Russian automated tool of monitoring hazardous situations in near-Earth space will be given a new name of "Milky Way," the first deputy director of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Yury Urlichich ... more  
To make amino acids, just add electricityFukuoka, Japan (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 New research from Kyushu University in Japan could one day help provide humans living away from Earth some of the nutrients they need to survive in space or even give clues to how life started. ... more  
How to take a picture of a light pulseVienna, Austria (SPX) Jan 28, 2020 Today, modern lasers can generate extremely short light pulses, which can be used for a wide range of applications from investigating materials to medical diagnostics. For this purpose, it is import ... more  
RUAG Space: Key products for Sun Explorer Solar OrbiterZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 31, 2020 On 7th/8th February a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with Sun Explorer Solar Orbiter will launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. RUAG Space supplied the thermal insulation, the structure ... more |
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Space super-storm likelihood estimated from longest period of magnetic field observationsWarwick UK (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 A 'great' space weather super-storm large enough to cause significant disruption to our electronic and networked systems occurred on average once in every 25 years according to a new joint study by ... more 
First images of Sun released from World's largest solar telescopeHonolulu HI (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 Researchers and the general public are getting a glimpse of the most detailed view ever of the Sun, thanks to the National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) on Haleakala, ... more 
NSF's newest solar telescope produces first images, most detailed images of the sunWashington DC (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 Just released first images from the National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope reveal unprecedented detail of the sun's surface and preview the world-class products to come from ... more 
AI could deceive us as much as the human eye does in the search for extraterrestrialsMadrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 An artificial neural network has identified a square structure within a triangular one in a crater on the dwarf planet Ceres, with several people agreeing on this perception. The result of this intr ... more  
AFRL And Blue Origin partner on test site for BE-7 lunar lander engine developmentEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 The Air Force Research Laboratory and Blue Origin are developing a new test facility for the Blue Origin BE-7 lunar lander engine at the AFRL rocket lab here. Capital improvements, funded by B ... more |
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NASA'S Interstellar Mapping And Acceleration probe mission enters design phaseSan Antonio TX (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 A mission to study the interaction of the solar wind with the ancient cast-off winds of other stars, and the fundamental process of particle acceleration in space, has completed a critical NASA revi ... more  |
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New mission will take 1st peek at Sun's polesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 28, 2020 A new spacecraft is journeying to the Sun to snap the first pictures of the Sun's north and south poles. Solar Orbiter, a collaboration between the European Space Agency, or ESA, and NASA, wil ... more  
Quantum physics: On the way to quantum networksMunich, Germany (SPX) Jan 27, 2020 Physicists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, together with colleagues at Saarland University, have successfully demonstrated the transport of an entangled state between an atom and ... more 
Suspected space debris breaks into pieces over Southern CaliforniaWashington DC (UPI) Jan 31, 2020 Southern California residents captured video when suspected space debris lit up the night sky and broke into multiple pieces. Videos captured by residents in San Diego, Los Angeles and the sur ... more 
Tethers Unlimited reports successful operation of space-debris removal deviceBothell WA (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 Tethers Unlimited has successfully demonstrated on-orbit operation of the Terminator Tape, an affordable, lightweight solution for removing space debris from on orbit. In early September 2019, ... more 
Russia considers assessing risk of Soviet-made nuclear-powered satellites falling to EarthMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 29, 2020 The Soviet Union launched a total of 33 satellites equipped with on-board nuclear power units between 1965 and 1988, in a bid to monitor NATO ships. The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)'s Cou ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 
Have a good-sized telescope with a digital camera? Then you can team up with NASA's New Horizons mission this spring on a really cool - and record-setting - deep-space experiment.
In April, New Horizons, which by then will be more than 46 times farther from the Sun than Earth, nearing 5 billion miles (8 billion kilometers) from home, will be used to detect "shifts" in the relative position ... more |
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 Fukuoka, Japan (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 
New research from Kyushu University in Japan could one day help provide humans living away from Earth some of the nutrients they need to survive in space or even give clues to how life started.
Researchers at the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research reported a new process using electricity to drive the efficient synthesis of amino acids, opening the door for simpler a ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 
Presently, Earth is the only known location where life exists in the Universe. This year the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three astronomers who proved, almost 20 years ago, that planets are common around stars beyond the solar system.
Life comes in various forms, from cell-phone-toting organisms like humans to the ubiquitous micro-organisms that inhabit almost every square inch of ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Jan 30, 2020 
A Japanese billionaire who launched a public search for a girlfriend willing to join him on a trip into space abruptly cancelled the hunt on Thursday, despite attracting nearly 30,000 applicants.
Yusaku Maezawa earlier this month said he was looking for a mate willing to join him when he heads on a trip around the Moon in 2023 or later, as the first private passenger on a voyage offered by E ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 
Since ancient times, the study of astronomy has largely been limited to the flat, two-dimensional projection of what appears on the sky. However, just like a botanist puts a plant under a microscope or a paleontologist digs for fossils, astronomers want more "hands on" ways to visualize objects in space.
A new set of computer simulations represents an exciting step in that direction. Each ... more |
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 Tsukuba, Japan (SPX) Jan 27, 2020 
FAO will bolster the scale and scope of its geospatial monitoring toolkit thanks to collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) that will expand the capacity of FAO's accessible platforms for forestry and land-use assessments.
A three-year agreement signed last week will enhance the access of FAO member states and other users to JAXA data sets and more "ground-truthing ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 29, 2020 
The Russian automated tool of monitoring hazardous situations in near-Earth space will be given a new name of "Milky Way," the first deputy director of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Yury Urlichich, said on Tuesday.
"We have decided to rename the system to 'Milky Way.' As of today, it is called the NES ASPOS [Warning Automated System of Hazardous Situations in near-Earth Space]", Urlichic ... more |
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 Honolulu HI (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 
Researchers and the general public are getting a glimpse of the most detailed view ever of the Sun, thanks to the National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) on Haleakala, Maui. The imagery, released January 29, 2020, shows cell-like structures the size of Texas roiling on the Sun's surface and the tiny footprints of magnetism that reach into space.
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2020 
China plans to launch more space science satellites in the coming three to four years, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
The satellites will be used to detect electromagnetic signals associated with gravitational waves, solar eruption activities, astronomy and the interaction between solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere.
Four new missions include the Gravitation ... more |
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 30, 2020
Since ancient times, the study of astronomy has largely been limited to the flat, two-dimensional projection of what appears on the sky. However, just like a botanist puts a plant under a microscope or a paleontologist digs for fossils, astronomers want more "hands on" ways to visualize objects in space.
A new set of computer simulations represents an exciting step in that direction. Each ... more |
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 Fayetteville AR (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 
Working with lead isotopes taken from tooth enamel of prehistoric animals, researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a new method for assessing the geographic origins of ancient humans.
John Samuelsen, doctoral candidate in anthropology and research assistant at the Arkansas Archeological Survey, analyzed linear patterning of lead isotopes on teeth from a 600- to 800-year-ol ... more |
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 Melissa Gaskill for ISS News 
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 30, 2020
Investigations studying tissue culturing, bone loss and phage therapy will be launching, along with more scientific experiments and supplies, to the International Space Station on a Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft. The vehicle launches no earlier than Feb. 9 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
This is the second mission under Northrop's Commer ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jan 28, 2020 
Ice loss from Pine Island Glacier has contributed more to sea-level rise over the past four decades than any other glacier in Antarctica. However, the way this huge glacier is thinning is complex, leading to uncertainty about how it is likely to raise sea level in the future. Thanks to ESA's CryoSat mission, scientists have now been able to shed new light on these complex patterns of ice loss. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jan 28, 2020 
Science Applications International Corp. has received a one-year, $13.9 million contract to provide animal care, training and maintenance of marine mammals in the Navy Marine Mammal Program, the Pentagon announced.
The Navy Marine Mammal Program, which began in 1959 and has been headquarted at Point Loma in San Diego since the 1960s, trains bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions t ... more |
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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Jan 14, 2020 
If you jump out of bed too quickly, you might feel a bit light-headed.
That's because when you're lying down, gravity causes your blood to pool in the lower parts of your body rather than in your brain. Fortunately, when you stand up, within a fraction of a second, your heart begins beating faster, moving the blood to your brain and allowing you to maintain your balance.
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