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  Beijing (XNA) Jun 19, 2018 A satellite with a huge golden umbrella-shaped antenna is in an orbit more than 400,000 km from Earth, waiting for Chang'e-4, which is set to be the first ever probe to land softly on the Moon's far side. The relay satellite for Chang'e-4 will establish a communication link between the Earth and the far side of the Moon, and might serve probes from other countries, contributing to international scientific exploration, said Ye Peijian, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and one of Ch ... read more |
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The first experimental discovery in the world of the propagation of plasma turbulenceTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 In seeking to achieve fusion energy, research on magnetic field confinement of high-temperature plasma is being conducted around the world. In a high-temperature plasma there is a temperature gradie ... more  
Martian Dust Storm Grows Global; Curiosity Captures Photos of Thickening HazeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 21, 2018 A storm of tiny dust particles has engulfed much of Mars over the last two weeks and prompted NASA's Opportunity rover to suspend science operations. But across the planet, NASA's Curiosity rover, w ... more  
Study reveals simple chemical process that may have led to the origin of life on EarthTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 Research led by Kuhan Chandru and Jim Cleaves from the Earth-Life Science Institute at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, has shown that reactions of alpha-hydroxy acids, similar to the alpha-ami ... more 
ALMA discovers trio of infant planets around newborn starMunich, Germany (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 Two independent teams of astronomers have used ALMA to uncover convincing evidence that three young planets are in orbit around the infant star HD 163296. Using a novel planet-finding technique, the ... more |
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Micro satellite developed by Chinese university starts to work around MoonBeijing (XNA) Jun 18, 2018 A micro satellite, developed by the Harbin Institute of Technology in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and sent into an orbit around the Moon, has started to transmit data back to Earth. ... more  
Scientists use light to create new tissue shapesWashington (UPI) Jun 18, 2018 Scientists have developed a new technique for controlling the shape of tissue. The method uses light to control protein activity, which dictates changes in tissue shape. ... more  
Robots learn by checking in on team membersThuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 The software and hardware needed to co-ordinate a team of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can communicate and work toward a common goal have recently been developed by KAUST researchers. ... more 
Future robots need no motorsHong Kong (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 To develop micro- and biomimetic-robots, artificial muscles and medical devices, actuating materials that can reversibly change their volume under various stimuli are researched in the past thirty y ... more 
A fast, low-voltage actuator for soft and wearable roboticsSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 In the world of robotics, soft robots are the new kids on the block. The unique capabilities of these automata are to bend, deform, stretch, twist or squeeze in all the ways that conventional rigid ... more |
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Long suspected theory about the moon holds waterSendai, Japan (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 A team of Japanese scientists led by Masahiro Kayama of Tohoku University's Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, has discovered a mineral known as moganite in a lunar meteorit ... more  |
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Study could help humans colonise Mars and hunt for alien lifeCanberra, Australia (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have contributed to an international study that will potentially help humans to colonise Mars and find life on other planets. The study o ... more  
What prevents space companies from mining asteroids for rare mineralsMoscow (Sputnik) Jun 18, 2018 Despite the prospect of mining in space was envisioned already 10 years ago, none of the private companies have dared to attempt the revolutionary method. While certain rare resources lie buri ... more 
Hawking plea 'to save planet' beamed to black holeParis (AFP) June 15, 2018 The voice recording of the late astrophysicist Stephen Hawking beamed towards a black hole Friday came from a speech imploring humanity to save Earth, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). ... more 
Astronomers identify 121 giant planets likely to host habitable moonsWashington (UPI) Jun 14, 2018 Astronomers have identified 121 giant planets that potentially host habitable moons. Scientists believe the next generation of telescopes will be able to target alien moons in search of signs of life. ... more 
Opportunity rover sends transmission amid Martian dust stormWashington (UPI) Jun 11, 2018 NASA's Opportunity rover is currently hunkered down, waiting out a severe dust storm on Mars. On Sunday, the rover sent a transmission back to Earth, letting NASA engineers know the rover still has enough battery life for basic communication. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 
Explosive volcanic eruptions that shot jets of hot ash, rock and gas skyward are the likely source of a mysterious Martian rock formation, a new study finds. The new finding could add to scientists' understanding of Mars's interior and its past potential for habitability, according to the study's authors.
The Medusae Fossae Formation is a massive, unusual deposit of soft rock near Mars's e ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 19, 2018 
A satellite with a huge golden umbrella-shaped antenna is in an orbit more than 400,000 km from Earth, waiting for Chang'e-4, which is set to be the first ever probe to land softly on the Moon's far side.
The relay satellite for Chang'e-4 will establish a communication link between the Earth and the far side of the Moon, and might serve probes from other countries, contributing to internat ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 
This image captures the intensity of the jets and vortices in Jupiter's North North Temperate Belt.
NASA's Juno spacecraft took this color-enhanced image at 10:31 p.m. PDT on May 23, 2018 (1:31 a.m. EDT on May 24), as Juno performed its 13th close flyby of Jupiter. At the time, the spacecraft was about 4,900 miles (7,900 kilometers) from the tops of the clouds of the gas giant planet at a ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 
Research led by Kuhan Chandru and Jim Cleaves from the Earth-Life Science Institute at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, has shown that reactions of alpha-hydroxy acids, similar to the alpha-amino acids that make up modern proteins, form large polymers easily under conditions presumed prevalent on early Earth. These alpha-hydroxy acid polymers may have aided in the formation of living system ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 20, 2018 
Russia's S7 Space, part of the S7 Group, plans to build a plant in Samara to produce Soviet-designed NK-33 and NK-43 rocket engines for super heavy-lift launch vehicles and intends to purchase production capacities from the state-owned United Engine Corporation (UEC) for this purpose, S7 Space General Director Sergey Sopov said in an interview.
"We would like to buy from the state the well ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 07, 2018 
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) confirmed that one of its institutes Monday successfully tracked and received imaging data from the newly-launched Earth observation satellite Gaofen-6.
The Aerospace Information Research Institute said the Miyun station of China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station received the first batch of observation data from the Gaofen-6 satellite. There was ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2018 
The federal government wants to be better prepared for a possible asteroid impact.
A new interagency report offers plans for improving the government's ability to detect, predict, plan for and respond to a near-Earth object impact.
"The National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan" outlines opportunities for improvements to NASA's NEO detection, tracking, and ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 13, 2018 
A company affiliated with the Russian space agency Roscosmos is reportedly moving to develop a powerful new laser capable of evaporating targets in orbit for the benefit of all mankind.
Researchers at the Scientific and Industrial Corporation 'Precision Instrument Systems' (NPK SPP), a subsidiary of Roscosmos, are developing a new technology which would allow for the vaporizing of potentia ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Jun 18, 2018 
The state-owned Chinese company responsible for developing high-end electronics has claimed that the next version of its quantum radar will be even more powerful than previously thought.
In 2016, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) announced that it had tested a quantum radar with a range of around 62 miles, or 100 kilometers - roughly five times further than the range of ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 11, 2018 
Data from the international Cassini mission has revealed that a phenomenon called magnetic reconnection can occur on the dayside of Saturn, within the planet's magnetic environment.
Reconnection happens when two magnetic fields collide - for example when the Earth's magnetic field is hit by the stream of charged particles released by the Sun as the solar wind.
The magnetic field arou ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new technique to squeeze infrared light into ultra-confined spaces, generating an intense, nanoscale antenna that could be used to detect single biomolecules.
The researchers harnessed the power of polaritons, particles that blur the distinction between light and matter. This ultra ... more |
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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 
The UK, through the work of the University of Glasgow's Institute for Gravitational Research and the Science and Technology Facilities Council's UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) in Edinburgh, will develop the optical benches for the European Space Agency's LISA mission (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna). These optical benches are at the core of the laser interferometry measurement syste ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 19, 2018 
ESA's XMM-Newton observatory has discovered the best-ever candidate for a very rare and elusive type of cosmic phenomenon: a medium-weight black hole in the process of tearing apart and feasting on a nearby star.
There are various types of black hole lurking throughout the Universe: massive stars create stellar-mass black holes when they die, while galaxies host supermassive black holes at ... more |
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 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 
The software and hardware needed to co-ordinate a team of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can communicate and work toward a common goal have recently been developed by KAUST researchers.
"Giving UAVs more autonomy makes them an even more valuable resource," says Mohamed Abdelkader, who worked on the project with his colleagues under the guidance of Jeff Shamma. "Monitoring the progres ... more |
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 
NASA's remotely-piloted Ikhana aircraft, based at the agency's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, successfully flew its first mission in the National Airspace System without a safety chase aircraft on Tuesday. This historic flight moves the United States one step closer to normalizing unmanned aircraft operations in the airspace used by commercial and private pilots.
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