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  Bethesda, MD (SPX) Feb 19, 2020 A new version of the game of "chicken" is evolving in outer space. According to Gen. John Raymond, the U.S. Space Force Chief, Russian "inspector" satellites are threatening the tenuous stand-off stability between adversarial spacefaring nations. The U.S. Space Command has been tracking these satellites since launch on November 25. They have apparently been positioned near a U.S. national security satellite. One Russian satellite is known as Cosmos-2542 which ejected a smaller, nested satellite re ... read more |
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LOFAR pioneers new way to study exoplanet environmentsDwingeloo, The Netherlands (SPX) Feb 18, 2020 Using the Dutch-led Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope, astronomers have discovered unusual radio waves coming from the nearby red dwarf star GJ 1151. The radio waves bear the telltale sign ... more 
Random gene pulse patterns key to multicellular system developmentWashington DC (UPI) Feb 19, 2020 New research suggests random gene pulses can produce the patterning necessary for the development of multicellular systems. ... more  
Studying electrons, bridging two realms of physics: connecting solids and soft matterTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 Electrons are interesting particles that can modify their behavior according to their condition of existence. For instance, in a phenomenon called the Mott-transition, electrons begin to interact di ... more  
Findings from Juno Update Jupiter Water MysteryPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 19, 2020 NASA's Juno mission has provided its first science results on the amount of water in Jupiter's atmosphere. Published recently in the journal Nature Astronomy, the Juno results estimate that at the e ... more |
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First Solar Orbiter instrument sends measurementsParis (ESA) Feb 18, 2020 First measurements by a Solar Orbiter science instrument reached the ground on Thursday 13 February providing a confirmation to the international science teams that the magnetometer on board is in g ... more 
Looking for aliens who might be looking for usUniversity Park PA (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 Data from a massive search for cosmic radio emission released Feb 14. by the Breakthrough Listen Initiative - the most comprehensive survey yet of radio emissions from the Milky Way - has allowed as ... more  
NASA awards contract to launch Lunar CubeSatWashington DC (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 NASA has selected Rocket Lab of Huntington Beach, California, to provide launch services for the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) Cub ... more 
Earth's cousins: Upcoming missions to look for 'biosignatures' in exoplanet atmospheresSeattle WA (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 Scientists have discovered thousands of exoplanets, including dozens of terrestrial - or rocky - worlds in the habitable zones around their parent stars. A promising approach to search for signs of ... more  
Galactic cosmic rays affect Titan's atmosphereTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 Planetary scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) revealed the secrets of the atmosphere of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. The team found a chemical footprint in ... more |
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OSIRIS-REx Osprey FlyoverGreenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 14, 2020 On Feb. 11, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft safely executed a 0.4-mile (620-m) flyover of the backup sample collection site Osprey as part of the mission's Reconnaissance B phase activities. Preliminar ... more  |
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Kazan University's telescope assists in discovering a binary star system Gaia16ayeKazan, Russia (SPX) Feb 14, 2020 A co-author from Kazan University, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Chair of the Department of Astronomy and Space Geodesy Ilfan Bikmaev, explains how the new sy ... more 
Scientists pick up pattern of space radio signals for 1st time, study saysWashington DC (UPI) Feb 12, 2020 For the first time in history, researchers say they picked up a radio signal from a single source in outer space that repeated at certain intervals for more than a year - and in this case, the pattern came and went roughly every two weeks. ... more 
Leiden astronomers discover potential near-earth objectsAmsterdam, The Netherlands (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 Three astronomers from Leiden University (the Netherlands) have shown that some asteroids that are considered harmless for now, can collide with the Earth in the future. They did their research with ... more  
'Pale Blue Dot' RevisitedPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 13, 2020 For the 30th anniversary of one of the most iconic views from the Voyager mission, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is publishing a new version of the image known as the "Pa ... more 
Astroscale teams with JAXA for Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration ProjectTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 13, 2020 Astroscale has been selected as the commercial partner for Phase I of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) first debris removal project, a groundbreaking step by Japan to commercialize sp ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 14, 2020 
The farthest, most primitive object in the Solar System ever to be visited by a spacecraft - a bi-lobed Kuiper Belt Object known as Arrokoth - is described in detail in three new reports. The reports expand upon the first published results on this object, announced in a May 2019 issue of Science, and which were based on just a small amount of data downlinked from the New Horizons spacecraft afte ... more |
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 Charlottesville VA (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 
Emerging technologies and new strategies are opening a revitalized era in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). New discovery capabilities, along with the rapidly-expanding number of known planets orbiting stars other than the Sun, are spurring innovative approaches by both government and private organizations, according to a panel of experts speaking at a meeting of the American ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 20, 2020 
From Feb. 17 to Feb. 29, 2020, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) will go on hiatus from its science mission and its relay operations while engineers on Earth conduct long-distance maintenance. During the hiatus, other orbiters will relay data from the Mars Curiosity rover and Mars InSight lander to Earth.
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 19, 2020 
The lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the 15th lunar day on the far side of the moon after "sleeping" during the extremely cold night.
The lander woke up at 6:57 a.m. Tuesday (Beijing time), and the rover awoke at 5:55 p.m. Monday. Both are in normal working order, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administra ... more |
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 Kazan, Russia (SPX) Feb 14, 2020 
A co-author from Kazan University, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Chair of the Department of Astronomy and Space Geodesy Ilfan Bikmaev, explains how the new system was found.
"The gravitational lensing method is one of the most powerful space exploration tools. In space, photons deviate from the rectilinear direction when passing near a massive body ( ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 19, 2020 
The Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) instrument, jointly developed by Ball Aerospace and Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) under the leadership of Ball Aerospace, launched successfully on Feb. 18, 2020. GEMS was integrated onto KARI's GEO-KOMPSAT-2B satellite.
Once operational in space, GEMS will be the first air quality sensor in geostationary orbit where i ... more |
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 Munster, Germany (SPX) Feb 19, 2020 
A fireball in the sky, accompanied by a bang, amazed hundreds of eyewitnesses in northern Germany in mid-September last year. The reason for the spectacle was a meteoroid entering the Earth's atmosphere and partially burning up. One day after the observations, a citizen in Flensburg found a stone weighing 24.5 grams and having a fresh black fusion crust on the lawn of his garden.
Dieter He ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 18, 2020 
First measurements by a Solar Orbiter science instrument reached the ground on Thursday 13 February providing a confirmation to the international science teams that the magnetometer on board is in good health following a successful deployment of the spacecraft's instrument boom.
Solar Orbiter, ESA's new Sun-exploring spacecraft, launched on Monday 10 February. It carries ten scientific ins ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Feb 20, 2020 
China's space program is expected to soon launch its Long March 7A rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, located in Hainan Province.
According to SpaceNews, China is preparing for the launch of a "technology verification satellite" from the southern island of Hainan.
A report in Chinese published on a public WeChat platform confirms that the Long March 7A, a liquid-fuelle ... more |
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Kazan, Russia (SPX) Feb 14, 2020
A co-author from Kazan University, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Chair of the Department of Astronomy and Space Geodesy Ilfan Bikmaev, explains how the new system was found.
"The gravitational lensing method is one of the most powerful space exploration tools. In space, photons deviate from the rectilinear direction when passing near a massive body ( ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 17, 2020  Archaeologists have found ancient plant foods eaten some 65,000 years ago by early human populations in northern Australia.
The bits of plant food, preserved as charcoal in ancient cooking hearths, have offered scientists new insights into the diets of the indigenous Australians.
The charcoal bits were recovered from archaeological dig sites in Arnhem Land, a historical region of ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Feb 20, 2020 
US astronauts will launch into space from American soil using American-built rockets before the summer, Vice President Mike Pence told workers at NASA's Langley Research Centre on Wednesday.
"Before we even get to the summer... the United States will return American astronauts to space on American rockets from American soil. We're going back and we're going back from the USA", Pence said. ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 14, 2020  As Antarctica became the latest place on Earth to smash its high temperature record, new studies are alerting humanity to the risks of continuing to warm the continent that is home to enough frozen water to lift global sea levels dozens of metres.
On February 9, a team of researchers on Seymour Island, part of an archipelago curving off the northern tip of Antarctica, measured 20.75 degrees ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 13, 2020 
Cassiopea jellyfish, or upside-down jellyfish, are found in warm coastal waters all over the world. They often congregate on the seabed and pulse rhythmically.
As many scientists and recreational swimmers can attest, these jellyfish can elicit a skin reaction from afar - a sting without contact. Encounters with so-called stinging water can cause a person's skin to sting and itch.
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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.
The opposite ... more |
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