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  Washington DC (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2020 The simulation tests are currently in full swing, as the astrophysicist community is looking forward to the so-called Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission - the first kinetic impact deflection probe to be carried out on a near-Earth asteroid. Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California have moved further in their efforts to simulate how they might deflect celestial bodies potentially heading to and potentially hitting the Earth (although the latter is ... read more |
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Spot BepiColombo during its 'goodbye flyby'Paris (ESA) Apr 06, 2020 On 10 April, BepiColombo will be visible to amateur and professional astronomers during its first - and only - Earth flyby, as the spacecraft makes its way to Mercury, the innermost planet of the So ... more 
Why is BepiColombo back?Paris (ESA) Apr 06, 2020 BepiColombo is on its way to Mercury, but for some reason that brings it back to Earth. On 10 April 2020, BepiColombo will make a flyby of Earth, coming within just a couple of thousand kilometres o ... more  
Astronomers detect first double helium-core white dwarf gravitational wave sourceCambridge MA (SPX) Apr 06, 2020 Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have announced the detection of J2322+0509, a detached binary white dwarf composed of two helium-core stars with a short orbital p ... more  
Does relativity lie at the source of quantum exoticism?Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Apr 03, 2020 Since its beginnings, quantum mechanics hasn't ceased to amaze us with its peculiarity, so difficult to understand. Why does one particle seem to pass through two slits simultaneously? Why instead o ... more |
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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 
Astronaut urine to build moon basesMadrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 30, 2020 The modules that the major space agencies plan to erect on the Moon could incorporate an element contributed by the human colonizers themselves: the urea in their pee. European researchers have foun ... more 
Astronomers reveal source of 'red sign' in ancient Japanese literatureWashington 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. ... more  
NASA Selects Mission to Study Causes of Giant Solar Particle StormsGreenbelt 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 ... more |
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 Europe to Conduct BepiColombo Flyby Amid Coronavirus Crisis 
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  |
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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 
Researchers look for dark matter close to homeAnn Arbor MI (SPX) Mar 27, 2020 Eighty-five percent of the universe is composed of dark matter, but we don't know what, exactly, it is. A new study from the University of Michigan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berk ... 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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 Paris (ESA) Apr 03, 2020 
Carefully wrapped inside this donut-shaped bag is a 35-m diameter parachute that will endure a frenzied six-minute dive into martian atmosphere.
This qualification model is a copy of the largest-ever parachute to open on the Red Planet when it flies on the ExoMars 2022 mission - and it is at least 10 000 times cleaner than your smartphone.
The 64 kg parachute, made mostly of nylon an ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 03, 2020 
Newly discovered single-celled creatures living deep beneath the seafloor have given researchers clues about how they might find life on Mars. These bacteria were discovered living in tiny cracks inside volcanic rocks after researchers persisted over a decade of trial and error to find a new way to examine the rocks.
Researchers estimate that the rock cracks are home to a community of bact ... 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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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 01, 2020 
In a recent test, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its primary mirror into the same configuration it will have when in space.
As Webb progresses towards liftoff in 2021, technicians and engineers have been diligently checking off a long list of final tests the observatory will undergo before being packaged for delivery to French Guiana for launch.
Performed in early M ... 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 (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2020 
The simulation tests are currently in full swing, as the astrophysicist community is looking forward to the so-called Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission - the first kinetic impact deflection probe to be carried out on a near-Earth asteroid.
Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California have moved further in their efforts to simulate how they mi ... 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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 Wuhan, China (XNA) Apr 06, 2020 
China will launch the first two communications satellites for its space-based Internet-of-Things (IoT) project in mid to late April, with one satellite named after its birthplace Wuhan, according to the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC).
The rocket to send the satellites, Kuaizhou-1A, was developed by the Wuhan-based Sanjiang Group under the CASIC. Despite its proxim ... more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 01, 2020
In a recent test, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its primary mirror into the same configuration it will have when in space.
As Webb progresses towards liftoff in 2021, technicians and engineers have been diligently checking off a long list of final tests the observatory will undergo before being packaged for delivery to French Guiana for launch.
Performed in early M ... more |
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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Apr 03, 2020 
An international team, including Arizona State University researcher Gary Schwartz, have unearthed the earliest known skull of Homo erectus, the first of our ancestors to be nearly human-like in their anatomy and aspects of their behavior.
Years of painstaking excavation at the fossil-rich site of Drimolen, nestled within the Cradle of Humankind (a UNESCO World Heritage site located just 4 ... more |
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 Long Beach CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2020 
Virgin Orbit, the California-based small satellite launch company, has announced a new partnership with Oita Prefecture to bring horizontal launch to Japan. With the support of regional partners ANA Holdings Inc. and the Space Port Japan Association, Virgin Orbit has identified Oita Airport as its preferred pilot launch site - yet another addition to the company's growing global network of horiz ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 03, 2020 
Previous research studies have revealed how rising temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic may impact the rest of Earth's climate over seasons, years and even longer. Now, two researchers from Fudan University in Shanghai, China, are making the argument that the effects may actually be felt in a matter of weeks, but more robust, observational-based analysis is needed to fully understand how q ... more |
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 Nova Scotia, Canada (SPX) Apr 06, 2020 
GeoSpectrum Technologies announces the debut of a new and compact version of its Towed Reelable Active Passive Sonar (TRAPS) suitable for Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs). Named TRAPS-USV, this lighter-weight variant is designed to fit on almost any size vessel, including patrol boats and USVs, while retaining full active sonar acoustic capabilities and providing ground breaking low frequency act ... more |
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 Cambridge MA (SPX) Apr 06, 2020 
Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have announced the detection of J2322+0509, a detached binary white dwarf composed of two helium-core stars with a short orbital period. It is the first gravitational wave source of its kind ever detected.
"Theories predict that there are many double helium-core white dwarf binaries out there," said Dr. Warren Brown, CfA a ... more |
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