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Martian oceans formed earlier but weren't as deep as previously thought, study finds![]() ![]() Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2018 New research suggests oceans first formed on Mars earlier and were significantly shallower than previously predicted. The new findings also highlight the important role volcanic activity played in shaping the formation and evolution of Mars' oceans. There is plenty of evidence that water existed in abundance on early Mars, but not everyone is convinced that the Red Planet hosted oceans. If Mars did feature oceans, where did all the water go? Neither Mars' polar ice caps nor the am ... read more |
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![]() Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 TRAPPIST-1 is an ultra-cool red dwarf star that is slightly larger, but much more massive, than the planet Jupiter, located about 40 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Aquarius. Amo ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Mar 21, 2018 The nature of planets orbiting stars in other systems will be the focus for ESA's fourth medium-class science mission, to be launched in mid 2028. ARIEL, the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrare ... more ![]() ![]() London, UK (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 New research finds that 'Oumuamua, the rocky object identified as the first confirmed interstellar asteroid, very likely came from a binary star system. "It's remarkable that we've now seen fo ... more ![]() ![]() London, UK (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 The ARIEL (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey) mission was selected as the next European Space Agency (ESA) science mission, putting UK leadership at the heart of research in ... more |
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![]() Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 A new scenario seeking to explain how Mars' putative oceans came and went over the last 4 billion years implies that the oceans formed several hundred million years earlier and were not as deep as o ... more ![]() ![]() Fort Collins CO (SPX) Mar 16, 2018 Nuclear fusion, the process that powers our sun, happens when nuclear reactions between light elements produce heavier ones. It's also happening - at a smaller scale - in a Colorado State University ... more ![]() ![]() San Francisco CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 The CosmoQuest Citizen Science facility released a major update to its Mappers software. This software previously demonstrated that everyday people can map craters as effectively as a group of profe ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 15, 2018 Observations of Ceres have detected recent variations in its surface, revealing that the only dwarf planet in the inner solar system is a dynamic body that continues to evolve and change. NASA ... more ![]() ![]() Research Triangle Park NC (SPX) Mar 18, 2018 U.S. Army-funded researchers at Brandeis University have discovered a process for engineering next-generation soft materials with embedded chemical networks that mimic the behavior of neural tissue. ... more |
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![]() ![]() China plans to develop a multipurpose, reusable space plane ![]() ![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 15, 2018 Portable ground antenna stations could transform NASA's space communications capabilities. With access to undeveloped regions, the mobile systems could bolster the return of spacecraft science, inst ... more ![]() |
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![]() El Paso TX (SPX) Mar 19, 2018 The work of faculty and students from The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has yielded the first evidence of how waterborne microinvertebrates move across vast expanses of arid desert. An ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 12, 2018 NASA's InSight lander looks a bit like an oversized crane game: when it lands on Mars this November, its robotic arm will be used to grasp and move objects on another planet for the first time. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (Sputnik) Mar 15, 2018 After a year in space International Space Station (ISS) astronaut Scott Kelly returned home slimmer, taller and with younger cells. However, some changes were not for the better. NASA research ... more ![]() ![]() New Haven, CT (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 A new, ground-based spectrometer designed and built at Yale represents the most powerful step yet in the effort to identify Earth-sized planets in neighboring solar systems. The new instrument ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2018 Trailing Earth's orbit at 94 million miles away, the Kepler space telescope has survived many potential knock-outs during its nine years in flight, from mechanical failures to being blasted by cosmi ... more |
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Opportunity Mars Rover brushes a new rock target Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 20, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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New AI mapping algorithm discovers 6,000 new craters on the Moon Toronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Jupiter's turmoil more than skin deep: researchers Paris (AFP) March 7, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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UK team to lead European mission to study new planets London, UK (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Ships Starliner Re-entry Thrusters Redmond WA (SPX) Mar 18, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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China to launch Long March-5B rocket next year Beijing (XNA) Mar 21, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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NASA plans giant spacecraft to defend Earth by nuking deadly asteroids Livermore CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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US Air Force to begin fighter-mounted laser testing this summer Washington (AFP) March 19, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Raytheon to support Qatar patriot missile system Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Titan topographic map unearths cookie-cutter holes in moon's surface Ithaca NY (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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UCLA researchers develop a new class of two-dimensional materials Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Astronomers discover galaxies spin like clockwork Perth, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Scientists detect radio echoes of a black hole feeding on a star Boston MA (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Tokyo Tech's six-legged robots get closer to nature Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Swift Navigation introduces Skylark for high-precision GNSS services San Francisco, CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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