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  Baltimore MD (SPX) Feb 06, 2020 This month marks the third anniversary of the discovery of a remarkable system of seven planets known as TRAPPIST-1. These seven rocky, Earth-size worlds orbit an ultra-cool star 39 light-years from Earth. Three of those planets are in the habitable zone, meaning they are at the right orbital distance to be warm enough for liquid water to exist on their surfaces. After its 2021 launch, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will observe those worlds with the goal of making the first detailed near-infrared st ... read more |
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AI tool developed to predict the structure of the UniverseTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 06, 2020 The origin of how the Universe created its voids and filaments can now be studied within seconds after researchers developed an artificial intelligence tool called Dark Emulator. Advancements ... more  
Interaction between light and material promises new platform for computingHamilton, Canada (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 A collaboration between McMaster and Harvard researchers has generated a new platform in which light beams communicate with one another through solid matter, establishing the foundation to explore a ... more 
Astronomers reveal rare double nucleus in nearby 'Cocoon Galaxy'Ames IA (SPX) Feb 06, 2020 The so-called "Cocoon Galaxy" not only has a unique shape, it has a rare double-nucleus structure, astronomers report in a new paper. After studying data from optical and radio telescopes base ... more 
ALMA catches beautiful outcome of stellar fightMunich, Germany (SPX) Feb 06, 2020 Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which ESO is a partner, have spotted a peculiar gas cloud that resulted from a confrontation between two stars. One star ... more |
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Particles are smoking gun for solar wind interactions beyond Earth orbitSan Antonio TX (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 Using data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe (PSP), a team led by Southwest Research Institute identified low-energy particles lurking near the Sun that likely originated from solar wind interactions w ... more 
Progress made toward priorities of Heliophysics Decadal SurveyWashington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 NASA, NSF, and NOAA have made substantial progress in implementing the programs recommended in the 2013 decadal survey on solar and space physics (heliophysics) despite a challenging budgetary lands ... more  
One step closer to prospecting the MoonParis (ESA) Feb 03, 2020 The first European device to land on the Moon this decade will be a drill and sample analysis package, and the teams behind it are one step closer to flight as part of Russia's Luna-27 mission. ... more 
Exploring strangeness and the primordial UniverseWashington DC (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 Physicists believe that in the Universe's first ten microseconds free quarks and gluons filled all of spacetime, forming a new phase of matter named 'quark-gluon plasma' (QGP). Experimental and theo ... more 
Stellar explosions and jets showcased in new three-dimensional visualizationsHuntsville 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 ... more |
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Artificial intelligence 'sees' quantum advantagesMoscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Valiev Institute of Physics and Technology, and ITMO University have created a neural network that learned to predict the beh ... more  |
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New argument presented to highlight the axion nature of dark matterKazan, Russia (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 According to the hypothesis, axionic dark matter, provoking structural rearrangement in compact stars with a strong magnetic field, can protect them from a catastrophic loss of magnetic energy, but ... more 
New quasi-particle discovered: The Pi-tonVienna, Austria (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 In physics, there are very different types of particles: Elementary particles are the fundamental building blocks of matter. Other particles, such as atoms, are bound states consisting of several sm ... more 
Ultra-high energy events key to study of ghost particlesSt. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 Physicists at Washington University in St. Louis have proposed a way to use data from ultra-high energy neutrinos to study interactions beyond the standard model of particle physics. The 'Zee burst' ... 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  
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 |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 
A "beating heart" of frozen nitrogen controls Pluto's winds and may give rise to features on its surface, according to a new study.
Pluto's famous heart-shaped structure, named Tombaugh Regio, quickly became famous after NASA's New Horizons mission captured footage of the dwarf planet in 2015 and revealed it isn't the barren world scientists thought it was.
Now, new research shows Pl ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Feb 06, 2020 
This month marks the third anniversary of the discovery of a remarkable system of seven planets known as TRAPPIST-1. These seven rocky, Earth-size worlds orbit an ultra-cool star 39 light-years from Earth. Three of those planets are in the habitable zone, meaning they are at the right orbital distance to be warm enough for liquid water to exist on their surfaces. After its 2021 launch, NASA's Ja ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 
NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft has discovered "layers" and "rifts" in the electrically charged part of the upper atmosphere (the ionosphere) of Mars. The phenomenon is very common at Earth and causes unpredictable disruptions to radio communications. However, we do not fully understand them because they form at altitudes that are very difficult to explore at Ear ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 05, 2020 
China's lunar rover Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2) has driven 367.25 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration.
Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe ended their work for the 14th lunar day on Saturday (Beijing Time), and switched to dormant mode for the lunar night, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Ad ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 
Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA) have completed the Extremely Low Mass - also known as ELM - spectroscopic study of white dwarf stars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). In process for more than a decade, the completed survey discovered 98 detached double white dwarf binaries.
"We targeted candidate low mass white dwarf stars and found that they ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 06, 2020 
Wetlands worldwide are vanishing at an alarming rate. New maps produced by ESA's GlobWetland Africa project show how satellite observations can be used for the effective use and management of wetlands in Africa.
Celebrated annually on 2 February, World Wetlands Day raises global awareness about the vital role of wetlands for our planet, paying particular attention to wetland biodiversity. ... 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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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 
NASA, NSF, and NOAA have made substantial progress in implementing the programs recommended in the 2013 decadal survey on solar and space physics (heliophysics) despite a challenging budgetary landscape, says a new midterm assessment from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Heliophysics is the study of our star, the Sun, its influences on the planets of our solar syste ... more |
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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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Boston MA (SPX) Feb 05, 2020
Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA) have completed the Extremely Low Mass - also known as ELM - spectroscopic study of white dwarf stars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). In process for more than a decade, the completed survey discovered 98 detached double white dwarf binaries.
"We targeted candidate low mass white dwarf stars and found that they ... more |
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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 
It may not always seem so, but scientists are convinced that humans are unusually cooperative. Unlike other animals, we cooperate not just with kith and kin, but also with genetically unrelated strangers. Consider how often we rely on the good behavior of acquaintances and strangers - from the life-saving services of firefighters and nurses, to mundane activities like our morning commute and que ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 06, 2020 
As ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano marks his 200 days in space as part of his Beyond mission, it is time to pack up a few experiments, wrap up science reports and give way to further research that will continue beyond his second spaceflight.
When Luca lands tomorrow in the steppes of Kazakhstan, he will have supported over 200 experiments, of which over 50 are European.
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 
A new study, lead by researchers at Stockholm university and published in Science Advances, now demonstrate that the amount of methane presently leaking to the atmosphere from the Arctic Ocean is much lower than previously claimed in recent studies.
Methane is well known as a major contributor to global warming. Understanding the natural sources of this gas, especially in the fast-warming ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 
Researchers at The University of Tokyo have used computational methods and analysis of recent experimental data to demonstrate that water molecules take two distinct structures in the liquid state.
The team investigated the scattering of X-ray photons through water samples and showed a bimodal distribution hidden under the first diffraction peak that resulted from tetrahedral and non-tetra ... 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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