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  Lowell MA (SPX) Apr 02, 2020 A discovery by a team of researchers led by UMass Lowell nuclear physicists could change how atoms are understood by scientists and help explain extreme phenomena in outer space. The breakthrough by the researchers revealed that a symmetry that exists within the core of the atom is not as fundamental as scientists have believed. The discovery sheds light on the forces at work within the atoms' nucleus, opening the door to a greater understanding of the universe. The findings were published in Natu ... read more |
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Using augmented reality to prepare Orion hardwareKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 02, 2020 Augmented reality, also known as AR, is a powerful tool that engineers are using to enable NASA to send humans to the Moon under the agency's Artemis program. Lockheed Martin, lead contractor for NA ... more 
China's lunar rover travels over 424 meters on moon's far sideBeijing (XNA) Apr 02, 2020 China's lunar rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, has driven 424.455 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory. Both the lander and the rover of ... more  
Celebrating 30 years of HubbleCollege Park MD (SPX) Apr 02, 2020 Peering into the darkness to see what we could not previously see, the Hubble Space Telescope has been delighting scientists and the general public for 30 years with revealing details and images of ... more 
Hubble finds best evidence for elusive mid-sized black holeBaltimore MD (SPX) Apr 02, 2020 Astronomers have found the best evidence for the perpetrator of a cosmic homicide: a black hole of an elusive class known as "intermediate-mass," which betrayed its existence by tearing apart a wayw ... more |
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NASA awards Artemis contract for Gateway Logistics ServicesWashington DC (SPX) Mar 30, 2020 NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, as the first U.S. commercial provider under the Gateway Logistics Services contract to deliver cargo, experiments and other supplies to the agency' ... more 
Last stop before launch: Orion passes tests and returns to Kennedy Space CenterParis (ESA) Mar 30, 2020 The Orion spacecraft that will fly on the Artemis 1 mission around the Moon has returned to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, after finishing space environment tests. The spacecraft, incl ... more 
ALMA resolves gas impacted by young jets from supermassive black holeTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 27, 2020 Astronomers obtained the first resolved image of disturbed gaseous clouds in a galaxy 11 billion light-years away by using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The team found tha ... more 
Astronomers use slime mould to map the universe's largest structuresBaltimore MD (SPX) Mar 27, 2020 The single-cell organism known as slime mould (Physarum polycephalum) builds complex web-like filamentary networks in search of food, always finding near-optimal pathways to connect different locati ... more 
Holographic cosmological model and thermodynamics on the horizon of the universeKanazawa, Japan (SPX) Mar 27, 2020 The expansion of the Universe has occupied the minds of astronomers and astrophysicists for decades. Among the cosmological models that have been suggested over the years, Lambda cold dark matter (L ... more |
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New technique looks for dark matter traces in dark placesBerkeley CA (SPX) Mar 27, 2020 So far, the only direct evidence we have for the existence of dark matter is through gravity-based effects on the matter we can see. And these gravitational effects are so pronounced that we know it ... more  |
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Revisiting decades-old Voyager 2 data, scientists find one more secretGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 26, 2020 Eight and a half years into its grand tour of the solar system, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft was ready for another encounter. It was Jan. 24, 1986, and soon it would meet the mysterious seventh plane ... more 
Shining light on sleeping cataclysmic binariesNew York NY (SPX) Mar 25, 2020 Almost 35 years ago, scientists made the then-radical proposal that colossal hydrogen bombs called novae go through a very long-term life cycle after erupting, fading to obscurity for hundreds of th ... more  
China completes new large solar telescopeBeijing (XNA) Mar 25, 2020 Scientists from from the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday that they have built the country's first and one of the world's largest solar telescope, to better observe and forecast solar a ... more  
'Space Fence' radar operational, tracks objects as small as 10 cmsWashington DC (UPI) Mar 30, 2020 A radar system known as Space Fence, which can track material in space as small as 10 centimeters, is fully operational, the U.S. Space Force announced. ... more 
USSF announces initial operational capability and operational acceptance of Space FencePeterson AFB CO (SPX) Mar 27, 2020 United States Space Force officials formally declared initial operational capability and operational acceptance of the Space Fence radar system, located on Kwajalein Island in the Republic of the Ma ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Mar 17, 2020 
Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, is mainly made up of liquids and gases. Its clouds are shaped by jet streams, winds and vortices into numerous parallel bands, as well as coloured patches, one of which clearly stands out: the Great Red Spot. This is an Earth-sized anticyclone that has been observed for over 350 years, but has suddenly decreased in size in recent years.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 26, 2020  Scientists have discovered an unusual species of parasite hiding the muscles of salmon. The tiny species, comprised of just ten cells, is unlike all other animals known to science. The species, Henneguya salminicola, doesn't breathe oxygen.
Over the course of its evolution, the parasite abandoned breathing and consuming oxygen in order to produce more energy.
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 31, 2020 
The Mars 2020 mission involving NASA's newly named rover - Perseverance - received a significant boost following the completion of important testing at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Activities to measure mass properties of the Cruise Stage vehicle were performed on the spin table inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. Successful testing also was performed on NASA' ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 02, 2020 
China's lunar rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, has driven 424.455 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory.
Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have ended their work for the 16th lunar day, and switched to dormant mode for the lunar night due to the lack of solar power, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Mar 25, 2020 
Almost 35 years ago, scientists made the then-radical proposal that colossal hydrogen bombs called novae go through a very long-term life cycle after erupting, fading to obscurity for hundreds of thousands of years and then building back up to become full-fledged novae once more. A new study is the first to fully model the work and incorporate all of the feedback factors now known to control the ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 22, 2020 
Air quality is improving in countries under coronavirus quarantines, experts say, but it is far too early to speak of long-term change.
Images by the US space agency NASA are clear, in February the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) fell dramatically in Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, passing from an indicator that was red/orange to blue.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 31, 2020 
In the early 7th century Japan, a fan of bright red feathers flamed across the night sky. Onlookers likened the cosmic phenomenon to the tail of a pheasant.
In written accounts, witnesses speculated about the cosmic origins of the "red sign," but until now, the phenomenon's true identity was a mystery.
In a new study, published this week in journal Sokendai Review of Culture and ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 31, 2020 
NASA has selected a new mission to study how the Sun generates and releases giant space weather storms - known as solar particle storms - into planetary space. Not only will such information improve understanding of how our solar system works, but it ultimately can help protect astronauts traveling to the Moon and Mars by providing better information on how the Sun's radiation affects the space ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 25, 2020 
A trial version of China's new-generation manned spaceship is being tested at the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the coast of south China's island province of Hainan, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
The experimental spacecraft is scheduled to launch with no crew in mid to late April on the maiden flight of the Long March-5B carrier rocket, a variant of the Long March-5, ... more |
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New York NY (SPX) Mar 25, 2020
Almost 35 years ago, scientists made the then-radical proposal that colossal hydrogen bombs called novae go through a very long-term life cycle after erupting, fading to obscurity for hundreds of thousands of years and then building back up to become full-fledged novae once more. A new study is the first to fully model the work and incorporate all of the feedback factors now known to control the ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 30, 2020 
Scientists have found evidence that Neanderthals were consuming mussels, fish, seals and other marine species at least 80,000 years ago. Researchers found the novel evidence in the cave of Figueira Brava in Portugal.
Researchers have previously hypothesized that early humans in Africa first gained advanced cognitive abilities by eating seafood rich in brain-boosting omega-3 fatty acids. ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 26, 2020 
Eight and a half years into its grand tour of the solar system, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft was ready for another encounter. It was Jan. 24, 1986, and soon it would meet the mysterious seventh planet, icy-cold Uranus.
Over the next few hours, Voyager 2 flew within 50,600 miles (81,433 kilometers) of Uranus' cloud tops, collecting data that revealed two new rings, 11 new moons and temperatu ... more |
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 Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 18, 2020 
Permafrost soils in the Arctic are thawing. As they do, large additional quantities of greenhouse gases could be released, accelerating climate change. In Russia, experiments are now being conducted in which herds of horses, bison and reindeer are being used to combat this effect. A study from Universitat Hamburg, just released in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, now shows for the first ti ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 01, 2020 
NASA researchers have developed new satellite-based, weekly global maps of soil moisture and groundwater wetness conditions and one to three-month U.S. forecasts of each product. While maps of current dry/wet conditions for the United States have been available since 2012, this is the first time they have been available globally.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 19, 2020 
Researchers have developed a new type of deformable mirror that could increase the sensitivity of ground-based gravitational wave detectors such as the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Advanced LIGO measures faint ripples in space time called gravitational waves, which are caused by distant events such as collisions between black holes or neutron stars.
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