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  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2020 As NASA's Artemis lunar exploration program mounts toward a robust decade of modern science, research, and human exploration at the Moon, the agency is asking American companies to think about how to get around on the lunar surface. NASA issued two separate Requests for Information (RFI) seeking industry approaches for development of robotic mobility systems and human-class lunar rovers. With these RFIs, NASA seeks to foster an emerging American market of lunar transportation capability by engagin ... read more |
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Astronomers discover unusual monster galaxy in the very early universeMaunakea HI (SPX) Feb 07, 2020 An international team of astronomers led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has found an unusual monster galaxy that existed about 12 billion years ago, when the universe was ... more  
Sun explorer spacecraft set for launchLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 07, 2020 The UK-built Solar Orbiter spacecraft is set to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 4am on Monday, 10 February (GMT). The mission will take the most detailed images ever of the Sun and pr ... more 
Controlling light with lightBoston MA (SPX) Feb 07, 2020 The future of computation is bright - literally. Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), in collaboration with researchers at McMaster Univers ... more  
NASA's Webb will seek atmospheres around potentially habitable exoplanetsBaltimore 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 ... more |
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China's lunar rover travels 367 meters on moon's far sideBeijing (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 th ... more 
How ESA-NASA's Solar Orbiter beats the heatGreenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 When Solar Orbiter launches on its journey to the Sun, there's one key piece of engineering making this ESA-NASA mission possible: the heat shield. Seeking a view of the Sun's north and south ... more 
Scientists complete ELM Survey, discover 98 double white dwarfsBoston 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 Sk ... more  
'Satellite Collision is a Clear and Present Danger' - ProfessorMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 31, 2020 Two satellites almost collided with one another over the skies of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, however, the two objects managed to cross paths without incident. According to a representative fro ... more  
Artificial intelligence can spot when correlation does mean causationNew York NY (SPX) Feb 07, 2020 A new Artificial Intelligence (AI) has allowed AI researchers, for the first time, to demonstrate a useful and reliable way of sifting through masses of correlating data to spot when correlation mea ... 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 
Showing how the tiniest particles in our universe saved us from complete annihilationKashiwa, Japan (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 Recently discovered ripples of spacetime called gravitational waves could contain evidence to prove the theory that life survived the Big Bang because of a phase transition that allowed neutrino par ... more 
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 |
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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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 Maunakea HI (SPX) Feb 07, 2020 
An international team of astronomers led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has found an unusual monster galaxy that existed about 12 billion years ago, when the universe was only 1.8 billion years old, or 13 percent of its current age of 13.8 billion years.
Using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaii, the team found that the galaxy, dubbed XMM-2599, formed st ... 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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 London, UK (SPX) Feb 07, 2020 
The UK-built Solar Orbiter spacecraft is set to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 4am on Monday, 10 February (GMT).
The mission will take the most detailed images ever of the Sun and provide crucial information about how our star's volatile activity affects its atmosphere. This knowledge will help improve predictions of space weather events, which can disrupt and damage satellites a ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 07, 2020 
China's Long March-5B carrier rocket arrived at the launch site in southern China's Hainan Province Wednesday after a week of ocean and rail transport, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The rocket will take part in a joint rehearsal with the prototype of the Chinese space station's core module at the Wenchang Space Launch Center. It is scheduled to make i ... more |
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Maunakea HI (SPX) Feb 07, 2020
An international team of astronomers led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has found an unusual monster galaxy that existed about 12 billion years ago, when the universe was only 1.8 billion years old, or 13 percent of its current age of 13.8 billion years.
Using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaii, the team found that the galaxy, dubbed XMM-2599, formed st ... 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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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 07, 2020 
A major ocean current in the Arctic is faster and more turbulent as a result of rapid sea ice melt, a new study from NASA shows. The current is part of a delicate Arctic environment that is now flooded with fresh water, an effect of human-caused climate change.
Using 12 years of satellite data, scientists have measured how this circular current, called the Beaufort Gyre, has precariously b ... 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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