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  Houston TX (SPX) Feb 02, 2018 The Twin Study propelled NASA into the genomics era of space travel. It was a ground-breaking study comparing what happened to astronaut Scott Kelly, in space, to his identical twin brother, Mark, who remained on Earth. The perfect nature versus nurture study was born. The Twins Study brought ten research teams from around the country together to accomplish one goal: discover what happens to the human body after spending one year in space. NASA has a grasp on what happens to the body after the sta ... read more |
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Mount Sharp 'Photobombs' Mars Curiosity RoverPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 02, 2018 A new self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle on Vera Rubin Ridge, which it has been investigating for the past several months. Directly behind the rover is the start of a cla ... more  
Artificial intelligence sparks hope -- and fear, US poll showsWashington (AFP) Jan 31, 2018 Americans are torn over the promise of artificial intelligence, a new poll showed Wednesday, expressing broad optimism about the emerging technologies but also fearing their negative impacts - including job losses, a poll showed Wednesday. ... more  
China's first X-ray space telescope put into service after in-orbit testsBeijing (XNA) Feb 01, 2018 China's first X-ray astronomical satellite, launched in June last year, is put into service for scientific research on Tuesday after finishing in-orbit tests. It embodies a new phase of China' ... more 
Scientists design bacteria to reflect 'sonar' signals for ultrasound imagingPasadena CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2018 In the 1966 science fiction film Fantastic Voyage, a submarine is shrunken down and injected into a scientist's body to repair a blood clot in his brain. While the movie may be still be fiction, res ... more |
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A vista from Mars rover looks back over journey so farPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 31, 2018 A panoramic image that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took from a mountainside ridge provides a sweeping vista of key sites visited since the rover's 2012 landing, and the towering surroundings. ... more  
Contact with lost NASA satellite IMAGE confirmedGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 31, 2018 The identity of the satellite re-discovered on Jan. 20, 2018, has been confirmed as NASA's IMAGE satellite. On the afternoon of Jan. 30, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryla ... more 
Let's make a deal: Could AI compromise better than humans?Provo, UT (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 Computers can play a pretty mean round of chess and keep up with the best of their human counterparts in other zero-sum games. But teaching them to cooperate and compromise instead of compete? ... more
Updates on recovery attempts for NASA IMAGE missionGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 30, 2018 After an amateur astronomer recorded observations of a satellite in high Earth orbit on Jan. 20, 2018, his initial research suggested it was the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration ... more 
China's first successful lunar laser ranging accomplishedBeijing (XNA) Jan 29, 2018 China has accomplished its first successful Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR), with a 1.2-meter telescope laser ranging system. Based on the signals of laser pulses reflected by the lunar retro-reflec ... more  
First Light for Planet Hunter ExTrA at La SillaGarching, Germany (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 A new national facility at ESO's La Silla Observatory has successfully made its first observations. The ExTrA telescopes will search for and study Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby red dwarf stars ... 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 |
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 Sierra Nevada's STPSat-5 satellite completes ground compatibility testing 
Soft, self-healing devices mimic biological musclesBoulder CO (SPX) Jan 31, 2018 In the basement of the Engineering Center at the University of Colorado Boulder, a group of researchers is working to create the next generation of robots. Instead of the metallic droids you may be ... more  
Model predicts scenarios for energy generation using nuclear fusionSao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Feb 02, 2018 Nuclear fusion, for the controlled and regular generation of electric power by converting hydrogen into helium and reproducing on a small scale what happens in our Sun (as well as other stars), is o ... more 
NASA tests power system to support manned missions to MarsWashington DC (VOA) Jan 30, 2018 United States government agencies say the first tests of a very small nuclear power system designed for missions to Mars have been successful. The American space agency NASA and the Department ... 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 
NIST's superconducting synapse may be missing piece for 'artificial brains'Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a superconducting switch that "learns" like a biological system and could connect processors and store memories in ... more 
Jumping around for good healthParis (ESA) Jan 29, 2018 Simple yet efficient: intensive jumping might be a panacea for strong bones, muscles and hearts. A European study has confirmed the benefits of making giant leaps not only for astronauts, but also f ... 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 
NASA Poised to Topple a Planet-Finding BarrierGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 NASA optics experts are well on the way to toppling a barrier that has thwarted scientists from achieving a long-held ambition: building an ultra-stable telescope that locates and images dozens of E ... more 
A hot Jupiter with unusual windsMontreal, Canada (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 The hottest point on a gaseous planet near a distant star isn't where astrophysicists expected it to be - a discovery that challenges scientists' understanding of the many planets of this type found ... more |
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 Opportunity prepares software update as Sol 5000 approaches 
'Job-killing' robots, AI under scrutiny in DavosDavos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 26, 2018 "Artificial intelligence and robots will kill many jobs." ... more 
A new 'atmospheric disequilibrium' could help detect life on other planetsSeattle WA (SPX) Jan 29, 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 
AI, virtual reality make inroads in tourism sectorMadrid (AFP) Jan 21, 2018 A hotel room automatically adjusting to the tastes of each guest, virtual reality headsets as brochures: the tourism sector is starting to embrace new technologies, hoping to benefit from lucrative personal data. ... more 
Dutch robots help make cheese, 'smell' the rosesDelft, Netherlands (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 It might be one small move for a robot, but it could prove an important step for Dutch cheesemakers. Moonlander, invented by students, is here to help take the hard work out of curds and whey. ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 31, 2018 
A panoramic image that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took from a mountainside ridge provides a sweeping vista of key sites visited since the rover's 2012 landing, and the towering surroundings.
The view from "Vera Rubin Ridge" on the north flank of Mount Sharp encompasses much of the 11-mile (18-kilometer) route the rover has driven from its 2012 landing site, all inside Gale Crater. One hil ... more |
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 Garching, Germany (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 
A new national facility at ESO's La Silla Observatory has successfully made its first observations. The ExTrA telescopes will search for and study Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby red dwarf stars. ExTrA's novel design allows for much improved sensitivity compared to previous searches. Astronomers now have a powerful new tool to help in the search for potentially habitable worlds.
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 Vostochny Cosmodrome (Sputnik) (Sputnik) Feb 02, 2018 
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on the creation of a new Russian super heavy-lift launch vehicle (SHLLV), which is supposed to be used for missions to the Moon and Mars, Roscosmos Director General Igor Komarov told journalists on Thursday.
"As for the super heavy-lift launch vehicle, there is one good piece of news - this week, the Russian president has signed a decree ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 29, 2018  Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for the Surface Navy Laser Weapon System.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $150 million under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract.
The contract taps Lockheed Martin's Aculight Corp. to develop, manufacture and deliver two test units in fiscal 2020 - one uni ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 29, 2018 
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for 10 additional Lot 10 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, interceptors for the U.S. Army.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $459.2 million under a modified fixed-price incentive-firm target contract for line item numbers.
Friday's award is the second ... more |
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 Ithaca 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 flows and terrain. Two papers, recently published in Geophysical Review Letters, describe the map and discoveries arising from it.
Creating the map took about a year, according to doctoral student ... more |
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 Richland WA (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 
Materials scientists, led by a team at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, designed a tiny tube that rolls up and zips closed.
These hollow nanotubes are thousands of times smaller than a strand of human hair and could help with water filtration, tissue engineering and many other applications.
The tubes were inspired by protein structures called microtub ... more |
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