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  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 NASA has selected a science instrument for an upcoming Japan-led sample return mission to the moons of Mars planned for launch in 2024. The instrument, a sophisticated neutron and gamma-ray spectrograph, will help scientists resolve one of the most enduring mysteries of the Red Planet - when and how the small moons formed. The Mars Moons eXploration (MMX) mission is in development by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). MMX will visit the two Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos, land on the ... read more |
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Images of strange solar system visitor peel away some of the mysteryMadison WI (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 A strange visitor, either asteroid or comet, zipping through our solar system at a high rate of speed is giving astronomers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to examine up close an object from some ... more 
Our Living Planet Shapes the Search for Life Beyond EarthPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2017 As a young scientist, Tony del Genio of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City met Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto. "I thought, 'Wow, this is a one-time opportunit ... more  
Pluto's hydrocarbon haze keeps dwarf planet colder than expectedSanta Cruz CA (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 The gas composition of a planet's atmosphere generally determines how much heat gets trapped in the atmosphere. For the dwarf planet Pluto, however, the predicted temperature based on the compositio ... more 
Closest temperate world orbiting quiet star discoveredParis (ESA) Nov 15, 2017 A temperate Earth-sized planet has been discovered only 11 light-years from the Solar System by a team using ESO's unique planet-hunting HARPS instrument. The new world has the designation Ross 128 ... more |
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Russia's Roscosmos may take part in creation of 'Martian Town' in DubaiDubai (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017 The United Arab Emirates are planning to create "Mars Scientific City," an ambitious project that would simulate the conditions of life on Mars. Russia's space corporation Roscosmos will consu ... more 
Fracture swarms on Mars driven by ancient tectonicsParis (ESA) Nov 16, 2017 ESA's Mars Express has imaged striking features on Mars were caused by the planet's crust stretching apart in response to ancient volcanic activity. The fractures in the Sirenum Fossae region ... more 
New partnership on Mars drone applications researchMountain View CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 The Mars Institute, the SETI Institute, and FYBR Solutions Inc. (FYBR) are announcing a new partnership with the NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) for the research and development of unmanned aerial ... more 
Powering up NASA's human reach for the Red PlanetCleveland OH (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 NASA is pushing forward on testing a key energy source that could literally "empower" human crews on the Mars surface, energizing habitats and running on-the-spot processing equipment to transform R ... more 
Mars 2020 Mission performs first supersonic parachute testPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2017 Landing on Mars is difficult and not always successful. Well-designed advance testing helps. An ambitious NASA Mars rover mission set to launch in 2020 will rely on a special parachute to slow the s ... more  
Russia tests new spaceship set to deliver people, cargo to moonMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 15, 2017 Russia has successfully tested a simulator of the spaceship, with the objective of reaching the moon. The experiment's goal was to create conditions similar to those encountered by a mixed crew duri ... more |
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China plans first sea based launch by 2018Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017 China is expected to complete its first sea launch for commercial payloads in 2018, said Yang Baohua, vice general manager of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC). Yang m ... more  
UN to host first talks on use of 'killer robots'Geneva (AFP) Nov 10, 2017 The United Nations is set to host the first-ever talks on the use of autonomous weapons, but those hoping for a ban on the machines dubbed killer robots will be disappointed, the ambassador leading the discussions said Friday. ... more 
Cars and speakers: Baidu speeds up AI progressBeijing (AFP) Nov 16, 2017 Chinese web giant Baidu unveiled Thursday a smart speaker model and plans for a self-driving mini-bus, its latest foray into the hyper-competitive field of artificial intelligence. ... more  
Researchers take next step toward fusion energyCollege Station TX (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 Fusion is the process that powers the sun, harnessing it on Earth would provide unlimited clean energy. However, researchers say that constructing a fusion power plant has proven to be a daunting ta ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 
NASA has selected a science instrument for an upcoming Japan-led sample return mission to the moons of Mars planned for launch in 2024. The instrument, a sophisticated neutron and gamma-ray spectrograph, will help scientists resolve one of the most enduring mysteries of the Red Planet - when and how the small moons formed.
The Mars Moons eXploration (MMX) mission is in development by the J ... moreParis (ESA) Nov 16, 2017Fracture swarms on Mars driven by ancient tectonics Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2017Mars 2020 Mission performs first supersonic parachute test Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2017New partnership on Mars drone applications research |
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Russia has successfully tested a simulator of the spaceship, with the objective of reaching the moon. The experiment's goal was to create conditions similar to those encountered by a mixed crew during a long autonomous interplanetary flight.
Three of the six crew members of the SIRIUS project (an experiment simulating a flight to the moon) successfully carried out the first tests of the si ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2017NASA Team Studies CubeSat Mission to Measure Water on the Moon  Bristol UK (The Conversation) Nov 10, 2017China and the US are both shooting for the moon  Moscow (AFP) Nov 7, 2017Russia locks up six for Moon flight simulation |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 
The gas composition of a planet's atmosphere generally determines how much heat gets trapped in the atmosphere. For the dwarf planet Pluto, however, the predicted temperature based on the composition of its atmosphere was much higher than actual measurements taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.
A new study published November 16 in Nature proposes a novel cooling mechanism contr ... more Washington DC (SPX) Nov 13, 2017Jupiter's Stunning Southern Hemisphere  Boston MA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017Watching Jupiter's multiple pulsating X-ray Aurora  Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017Help Nickname New Horizons' Next Flyby Target |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2017 
As a young scientist, Tony del Genio of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City met Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.
"I thought, 'Wow, this is a one-time opportunity,'" del Genio said. "I'll never meet anyone else who found a planet."
That prediction was spectacularly wrong. In 1992, two scientists discovered the first planet around another star, or exopla ... moreMadison WI (SPX) Nov 17, 2017Images of strange solar system visitor peel away some of the mystery  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017NASA plans mission to study why planets lose their atmospheres Paris (ESA) Nov 15, 2017Closest temperate world orbiting quiet star discovered |
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 Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 
The launch of the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) satellite, the first in a new series of four highly advanced National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) polar-orbiting satellites, now is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 18, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from Space Launch Complex 2 is targeted for 4:47 a. ... more Miami (AFP) Nov 17, 2017SpaceX postpones launch of secretive Zuma mission  Dubai (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017Baikonur for Russia, Kazakhstan offers UAE Baikonur for launches  Bethesda, MD (SPX) Nov 14, 2017The state of commercial spaceports in 2017 |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017 
China is expected to complete its first sea launch for commercial payloads in 2018, said Yang Baohua, vice general manager of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC).
Yang made the remarks at an annual academic conference on space science held from November 1 to 2 in Beijing.
The service will also be provided in other regions in addition to its four major sites in Jiuqu ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020  Beijing (XNA) Oct 23, 2017Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronaut  Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017China launches three satellites |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2017 
When an asteroid came barreling into Earth some 66 million years ago, it wasn't necessarily a guarantee that life on planet Earth would be drastically altered - that 75 percent of all plant and animal species, including the dinosaurs, would disappear.
According to a new study published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports, there was just a 13 percent chance such a collision would ... more Sendai, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2017Site of asteroid impact changed the history of life  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 10, 2017Dawn Explores Ceres' Interior Evolution  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 06, 2017Return of the Comet: 96P Spotted by ESA, NASA Satellites |
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 Bothell WA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017 
The US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) has awarded Lockheed Martin $26.3 million for the design, development and production of a high power fiber laser. AFRL plans to test the laser on a tactical fighter jet by 2021.
The contract is part of AFRL's Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) program, and is a major step forward in the maturation of protective airborne laser systems. ... more Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Lockheed Martin developing technology to intercept missile threats with Directed Energy  White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Upgraded Lockheed Martin Laser Outguns Threat in Half the Time Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017ATHENA laser testbed system successfully shoots down drones |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 8, 2017 
Boeing and the Ground-based Midcourse Defense team on Tuesday announced that they have installed the 44th interceptor, the last installation of 2017 for the ground-based surface-to-air anti-ballistic missile defense system.
The Department of Defense set out to increase America's long-range defense ballistic missiles to 44 interceptors by the end of 2017, with Boeing meeting the goal ahe ... more Stockholm (AFP) Nov 7, 2017Sweden picks US Patriot missile system over European rival  Riyadh (AFP) Nov 5, 2017Missile from Yemen intercepted near Riyadh airport  Moscow (AFP) Oct 26, 2017Russia conducts ballistic missile tests |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 08, 2017 
Enough heat to power hydrothermal activity inside Saturn's ocean moon Enceladus for billions of years could be generated through tidal friction if the moon has a highly porous core, a new study finds, working in favour of the moon as a potentially habitable world.
A paper published in Nature Astronomy presents the first concept that explains the key characteristics of 500 km-diameter Encel ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 07, 2017Powering Saturn's Active Ocean Moon  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 03, 2017ASA Advances Instrument to Study the Plumes of Enceladus  Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2017Saturn's Radiation Belts: A Stranger to the Solar Wind |
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 Joensuu, Finland (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 
Manganese dioxide could make the preparation of micromotors increasingly cost-effective, opening up new avenues for their use, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland.
Synthetic micromotors are tiny particles with dimensions less than the diameter of a human hair. Micromotors can undergo an autonomous motion in liquid environments, which can be driven by various mea ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Promising sensors for submarines, mines and spacecraft  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 14, 2017Better, bolder printing with silicon nanostructures  Beijing, China (SPX) Nov 14, 2017Practical superconducting nanowire single photon detector highly efficient |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2017 
One of the most spectacular achievements in physics so far this century has been the observation of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time that result from masses accelerating in space.
So far, there have been five detections of gravitational waves, thanks to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and, more recently, the European Virgo gravitational-wave detecto ... more New York NY (SPX) Nov 14, 2017Gravity waves from merging supermassive black holes will be found soon  Yekaterinburg, Russia (SPX) Oct 27, 2017Russian scientists have found flaws in popular theories of gravity  Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 30, 2017Prolific Earth Gravity Satellites End Science Mission |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 
A mountaintop observatory about four hours east of Mexico City, built and operated by an international team of scientists, has captured the first wide-angle view of gamma rays emanating from two rapidly spinning stars.
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory offers perspective on the very high energy light streaming from our stellar neighbors and casts serious doubt ... more Scania, Sweden (SPX) Nov 17, 2017The unbelievable speed of electron emission from an atom  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 17, 2017Electron backscatter diffraction yields microstructure insights  Madison WI (SPX) Nov 17, 2017Molecular magnetism packs power with 'messenger electron' |
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 Geneva (AFP) Nov 10, 2017 
The United Nations is set to host the first-ever talks on the use of autonomous weapons, but those hoping for a ban on the machines dubbed killer robots will be disappointed, the ambassador leading the discussions said Friday.
More than 100 artificial intelligence entrepreneurs led by Tesla's Elon Musk in August urged the UN to enforce a global ban on fully-automated weapons, echoing calls ... moreBeijing (AFP) Nov 16, 2017Cars and speakers: Baidu speeds up AI progress  Orlando FL (SPX) Nov 15, 2017FORTIS K-SRD exoskeleton could help soldiers cover inclined terrain quickly  Boston MA (SPX) Nov 08, 2017Computer system finds 'recipes' for producing materials |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 
Alpha Unmanned Systems, manufacturer of the gasoline-powered helicopter UAV known as the Alpha 800, has signed a technology partnership with Sightec, an Israeli developer of pioneering video image stabilization and object detection software.
"Sightec's on-board processing eliminates the shakiness caused by vibration on 1, 2 and 3 axes and makes the images recorded easier to analyze than ev ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 14, 2017Leonardo delivers Falco EVO drones to Middle East  Dubai UAE (SPX) Nov 16, 2017Lockheed Martin Integrates New Engine for Fury Unmanned Air Vehicle  Washington (UPI) Nov 12, 2017First operational MQ-4C Triton drone delivered to U.S. Navy |
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