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  Riverside CA (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 We've all heard about the search for life on other planets, but what about looking on other moons? In a paper published Wednesday (June 13) in The Astrophysical Journal, researchers at the University of California, Riverside and the University of Southern Queensland have identified more than 100 giant planets that potentially host moons capable of supporting life. Their work will guide the design of future telescopes that can detect these potential moons and look for tell-tale signs of life, calle ... read more |
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New and improved way to find baby planetsWashington DC (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 New work from an international team of astronomers including Carnegie's Jaehan Bae used archival radio telescope data to develop a new method for finding very young extrasolar planets. Their techniq ... more 
Hunting molecules to find new planetsGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 Each exoplanet revolves around a star, like the Earth around the Sun. This is why it is generally impossible to obtain images of an exoplanet, so dazzling is the light of its star. However, a team o ... more  
Chinese satellite could link world to Moon's far side: space expertBeijing (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 ... more  
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 |
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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 
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  
Rutgers researchers develop automated robotic device for faster blood testingNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 Rutgers researchers have created an automated blood drawing and testing device that provides rapid results, potentially improving the workflow in hospitals and other health-related institutions to a ... more  
Explosive volcanoes spawned mysterious Martian rock formationWashington 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' ... 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 |
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NASA spacecraft studying massive Martian dust stormWashington (UPI) Jun 14, 2018 A record dust storm has been swirling on Mars for nearly two weeks. While the weather has forced the Opportunity rover to bunker down and suspend all scientific activities, several other spacecraft are taking the opportunity to study the storm. ... 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 
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 |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 18, 2018 
New research suggests certain cyanobacteria could thrive on Mars. The microbes could even be used to provide future space colonies with oxygen.
"This might sound like science fiction, but space agencies and private companies around the world are actively trying to turn this aspiration into reality in the not-too-distant future," Elmars Krausz, chemistry professor at Australian National ... 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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 Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 
Each exoplanet revolves around a star, like the Earth around the Sun. This is why it is generally impossible to obtain images of an exoplanet, so dazzling is the light of its star. However, a team of astronomers, led by a researcher from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and member of NCCR PlanetS, had the idea of detecting certain molecules that are present in the planet's atmosphere in order to ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 18, 2018 
The ESA Council met in Paris this past weeek to discuss the path towards the future exploitation of Ariane 6.
In view of the progress made in the Ariane 6 programme, Participating States have decided on the completion of the development up to full operational capability and agreed to fund industrial incentives associated with the development of Ariane 6 and P120C solid rocket motor.
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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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 Tokyo (AFP) June 22, 2018 
Japan is suspending evacuation drills simulating a North Korean missile attack after historic talks between Washington and Pyongyang, its top government spokesman said Friday.
The decision comes after US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un met last week in Singapore and signed a joint document calling for the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
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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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 New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 
Rutgers researchers have created an automated blood drawing and testing device that provides rapid results, potentially improving the workflow in hospitals and other health-related institutions to allow health care practitioners to spend more time treating patients.
A study describing the fully automated device is published online in the journal TECHNOLOGY.
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 
Researchers at MIT, who last year designed a tiny computer chip tailored to help honeybee-sized drones navigate, have now shrunk their chip design even further, in both size and power consumption.
The team, co-led by Vivienne Sze, associate professor in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), and Sertac Karaman, the Class of 1948 Career Development Associate ... more |
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