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  Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 10, 2020 Back in 1972, NASA sent their last team of astronauts to the Moon in the Apollo 17 mission. These astronauts brought some of the Moon back to Earth so scientists could continue to study lunar soil in their labs. Since we haven't returned to the Moon in almost 50 years, every lunar sample is precious. We need to make them count for researchers now and in the future. In a new study in Meteoritics and Planetary Science, scientists found a new way to analyze the chemistry of the Moon's soil using a si ... read more |
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Galaxy formation simulated without dark matterBonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 10, 2020 For the first time, researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Strasbourg have simulated the formation of galaxies in a universe without dark matter. To replicate this process on the computer, th ... more  
CHEOPS space telescope takes its first picturesBern, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 10, 2020 Next milestone in the commissioning of CHEOPS: After the successful opening of the space telescope cover on January 29, 2020, CHEOPS has now taken its first images of the sky. CHEOPS is a joint miss ... more  
Solar Orbiter launches on mission to reveal Sun's secretsMiami (AFP) Feb 10, 2020 The US-European Solar Orbiter probe launched Sunday night from Florida on a voyage to deepen our understanding of the Sun and how it shapes the space weather that impacts technology back on Earth. ... more 
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 |
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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 
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 
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 |
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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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Solar Orbiter set to launch in mission to reveal Sun's secrets Miami (AFP) Feb 9, 2020 The US-European Solar Orbiter probe launches Sunday night from Florida on a voyage to deepen our understanding of the Sun and how it shapes the space weather that impacts technology back on Earth. ... 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  
Researchers report progress on molecular data storage systemProvidence RI (SPX) Feb 05, 2020 A team of Brown University researchers has made substantial progress in an effort to create a new type of molecular data storage system. In a study published in Nature Communications, the team ... more 
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 
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 |
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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.
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 Bern, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 10, 2020 
Next milestone in the commissioning of CHEOPS: After the successful opening of the space telescope cover on January 29, 2020, CHEOPS has now taken its first images of the sky. CHEOPS is a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Switzerland, led by the University of Bern, in collaboration with the University of Geneva.
The tension was high: In front of a large screen at the hou ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 10, 2020 
NASA is sending a new laser-toting robot to Mars. But unlike the lasers of science fiction, this one is used for studying mineralogy and chemistry from up to about 20 feet (7 meters) away. It might help scientists find signs of fossilized microbial life on the Red Planet, too.
One of seven instruments aboard the Mars 2020 rover that launches this summer, SuperCam was built by a team of hun ... 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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 Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 10, 2020 
For the first time, researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Strasbourg have simulated the formation of galaxies in a universe without dark matter. To replicate this process on the computer, they have instead modified Newton's laws of gravity. The galaxies that were created in the computer calculations are similar to those we actually see today. According to the scientists, their assumption ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 
Scientists at Caltech and JPL have tied a shift in winter weather patterns in Europe and northern Eurasia to a reduction in air pollution.
Over the past 50 years, the occurrence of extremely cold days has decreased throughout Europe and northern Eurasia, which includes Russia. Combining long-term observations with a state-of-the-art climate model revealed what researchers describe as an "u ... 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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 Miami (AFP) Feb 10, 2020 
The US-European Solar Orbiter probe launched Sunday night from Florida on a voyage to deepen our understanding of the Sun and how it shapes the space weather that impacts technology back on Earth.
The mission, a collaboration between ESA (the European Space Agency) and NASA, successfully blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral at 11:03pm (0403 GMT Monday) and could last u ... 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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Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 10, 2020
For the first time, researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Strasbourg have simulated the formation of galaxies in a universe without dark matter. To replicate this process on the computer, they have instead modified Newton's laws of gravity. The galaxies that were created in the computer calculations are similar to those we actually see today. According to the scientists, their assumption ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 06, 2020  Researchers have used mud wasp nests to narrow the age range of Aboriginal rock art in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Previous surveys suggested some Kimberley painting were 16,000 years old, but the latest findings proved the Aboriginal rock art was much younger.
"This is the first time we have been able to confidently say Gwion style paintings were created around 12 ... 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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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 
New research techniques are being adopted by scientists tackling the most visible impact of climate change - the so-called greening of Arctic regions.
The latest drone and satellite technology is helping an international team of researchers to better understand how the vast, treeless regions called the tundra is becoming greener.
As Arctic summer temperatures warm, plants are respond ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2020 
Contradicting previous studies that suggest global warming will weaken ocean circulation, especially in tropical waters, a new study reports that global ocean circulation has accelerated over the past twenty years, and in tropical waters in particular.
This is due to a near 2%-per-decade rise in wind speeds, the study's authors say, a phenomenon that has intensified circulation as deep as ... 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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