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  Washington DC (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 A team of physicists, headed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), have demonstrated the means to improve the optical loss characteristics and transmission efficiency of hexagonal boron nitride devices, enabling very small lasers and nanoscale optics. "The applications for this research are considerably broad," said Dr. Alexander J. Giles, research physicist, NRL Electronics Science and Technology Division. "By confining light to very small dimensions, nanophotonic devices have direct ... read more |
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A new 'atmospheric disequilibrium' could help detect life on other planetsSeattle WA (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 As NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and other new giant telescopes come online they will need novel strategies to look for evidence of life on other planets. A University of Washington study has fo ... more  
CubeSats for hunting secrets in lunar darknessParis (ESA) Jan 25, 2018 Imagine sending a spacecraft the size of an airline cabin bag to the Moon - what would you have it do? ESA issued that challenge to European teams last year, and two winners have now been chosen. ... more  
Dust storms linked to gas escape from Mars atmospherePasadena CA (JPL) Jan 24, 2018 Some Mars experts are eager and optimistic for a dust storm this year to grow so grand it darkens skies around the entire Red Planet. This biggest type of phenomenon in the environment of modern Mar ... more 
NASA's Next Mars Lander Spreads its Solar WingsPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 25, 2018 NASA's next mission to Mars passed a key test Tuesday, extending the solar arrays that will power the InSight spacecraft once it lands on the Red Planet this November. The test took place at L ... more |
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European-Russian space mission steps up the search for life on MarsMoscowm Russia (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 In 2013, the European Space Agency and Roscosmos - the Russian governmental body responsible for space research - agreed to cooperate on ExoMars, the first joint interplanetary mission between ESA a ... more  
Europa and Other Planetary Bodies May Have Extremely Low-Density SurfacesTucson AZ (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 Spacecraft landing on Jupiter's moon Europa could see the craft sink due to high surface porosity, research by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Robert Nelson shows. Nelson was the ... more 
Johns Hopkins scientist proposes new limit on the definition of a planetBaltimore MD (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 Pluto hogs the spotlight in the continuing scientific debate over what is and what is not a planet, but a less conspicuous argument rages on about the planetary status of massive objects outside our ... more  
'Programmable droplets' could enable high-volume biology experimentsBoston MA (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 MIT researchers have developed hardware that uses electric fields to move droplets of chemical or biological solutions around a surface, mixing them in ways that could be used to test thousands of r ... more 
TRAPPIST-1 System Planets Potentially HabitableTucson AZ (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 wo exoplanets in the TRAPPIST-1 system have been identified as most likely to be habitable, a paper by PSI Senior Scientist Amy Barr says. The TRAPPIST-1 system has been of great interest to o ... more 
Russia at work on new station, lunar trips: says top rocket scientistMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 24, 2018 Russia is set to spend the next decade working on a potential new station that might be built if the International Space Station (ISS) project is terminated, as well as a spacecraft capable of makin ... more  
Asteroid to pass by Earth in Feb.Washington (UPI) Jan 22, 2018 A half-mile-wide asteroid is scheduled to make a close pass by Earth next month. ... more |
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 Mystery Solved for Mega-Avalanches in Tibet - and Perhaps on Mars  
No space for China's stay-at-home taikonautsBeijing (XNA) Jan 23, 2018 On an evening in November 2016, Deng Qingming went home to find his wife and his daughter had prepared a lavish spread of his favorite dishes and wine. He ran to the bathroom, turned on the faucet, ... more 
Opportunity gets dust cleaning and passes 45 kilometers of drivingPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 23, 2018 Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover has moved along the north fork of the local flow channel. However, befo ... more 
Asteroid 2002 AJ129 to Fly Safely Past Earth February 4Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 23, 2018 Asteroid 2002 AJ129 will make a close approach to Earth on Feb. 4, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. PST (4:30 p.m. EST / 21:30 UTC). At the time of closest approach, the asteroid will be no closer than 10 times th ... more |
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China Focus: The making of heroes - the women and men of China's space programBeijing (XNA) Jan 23, 2018 Taikonaut Zhang Xiaoguang prepared for 15 years to go into space. Zhang, one of the 14 pilots recruited as China's first batch of taikonauts, was 32 when he joined the Taikonaut Corps of Peopl ... more 
China to select astronauts for its space stationBeijing (XNA) Jan 23, 2018 China will begin selection for the next generation of astronauts who will train to work on the country's planned space station, according to Monday's China Daily. Yang Liwei, deputy director o ... more 
Space agency to pick those with the right stuffBeijing (XNA) Jan 23, 2018 China will begin its selection process this year for the next generation of astronauts who will train to work on the country's planned space station, a senior official said. Yang Liwei, deputy ... more  
Titan topographic map unearths cookie-cutter holes in moon's surfaceIthaca NY (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 Using the now-complete Cassini data set, Cornell University astronomers have created a new global topographic map of Saturn's moon Titan that has opened new windows into understanding its liquid flo ... more 
Cassini finds Titan has 'sea level' like EarthPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 19, 2018 Saturn's moon Titan may be nearly a billion miles away from Earth, but a recently published paper based on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveals a new way this distant world and our own are ee ... more 
Extremely bright and fast light emissionZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 11, 2018 An international team of researchers from ETH Zurich, IBM Research Zurich, Empa and four American research institutions have found the explanation for why a class of nanocrystals that has been inten ... more 
Crater Neukum named after Mars Express founderParis (ESA) Jan 19, 2018 A fascinating martian crater has been chosen to honour the German physicist and planetary scientist, Gerhard Neukum, one of the founders of ESA's Mars Express mission. The International Astron ... more |
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NASA team studies middle-aged sun by tracking motion of MercuryGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 Like the waistband of a couch potato in midlife, the orbits of planets in our solar system are expanding. It happens because the Sun's gravitational grip gradually weakens as our star ages and loses ... more 
Yang Liwei looks back at China's first manned space missionBeijing (XNA) Jan 24, 2018 Yang Liwei felt everything vibrating violently. Experiencing acceleration of gravity at 8G, he thought his body was about to be torn apart. He couldn't move. He couldn't see. "I thought I'd di ... more  
Micius satellite enables intercontinental quantum communicationsBeijing, China (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 Private and secure communications are fundamental human needs. In particular, with the exponential growth of Internet use and e-commerce, it is of paramount importance to establish a secure network ... more |
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 Moscowm Russia (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 
In 2013, the European Space Agency and Roscosmos - the Russian governmental body responsible for space research - agreed to cooperate on ExoMars, the first joint interplanetary mission between ESA and Russia. This project now involves scientists from 29 research organizations, including MIPT and the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which is the leading contributor of ... more |
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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 |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 17, 2018 
Engineering and cybersecurity firm PeopleTec Inc. has been awarded a $33 million contract by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency for engineering and support of the agency's international programs.
The contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, calls for advisory and assistance services on international engineering to support technical, engineering, advisory and management act ... more |
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