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  Wallops Island, VA (SPX) Sep 03, 2018 NASA will conduct the third in a series of parachute tests for possible future missions to Mars during the flight of a Terrier-Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket in the morning on Sep. 7, 2018, from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The launch window for the 58-foot tall rocket is from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EDT. The backup launch days are Sep. 8 - 15. The rocket will carry the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE) from NASA's Jet Propuls ... read more |
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Chilled And Checked, Shaken And Not StirredParis (ESA) Sep 03, 2018 This summer, the CHEOPS satellite breezed through thermal tests in France and vibration tests in Switzerland, demonstrating that it is ready to operate in the extreme cold of space and also fit to w ... more  
Bepicolombo Science Orbiters Stacked TogetherParis (ESA) Sep 03, 2018 The two science orbiters of the joint ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission are connected in their launch configuration and the European science orbiter and transport module have been given the go-ahead to b ... more  
Water worlds could support life, study saysChicago IL (SPX) Sep 03, 2018 The conditions for life surviving on planets entirely covered in water are more fluid than previously thought, opening up the possibility that water worlds could be habitable, according to a new pap ... more 
Mars dust storm clears, raising hope for stalled NASA roverTampa (AFP) Aug 31, 2018 One of the biggest Martian dust storms on record is clearing up after nearly three months, raising hope that NASA's stranded, solar-powered robotic vehicle, Opportunity, will soon come back to life. ... more |
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Hubble observes energetic light show at Saturn's north poleWashington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 Astronomers using the Hubble Space telescope have taken a series of images featuring the fluttering auroras at the north pole of Saturn. The observations were taken in ultraviolet light and the resu ... more  
China tests propulsion system of space station's lab capsulesBeijing, China (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 Engineers have successfully tested the propulsion system of China's planned space station lab capsules, a key step in its space station program. Weighing 66 tonnes, the space station will comp ... more 
No word from Opportunity as skies begin to clearPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 30, 2018 No signal from Opportunity has been heard. The dust storm on Mars continues to decay. There has been no new storm activity within ~1,864 miles (3,000 kilometers) of the rover site. The atmosph ... more  
New Horizons makes first detection of Kuiper Belt flyby targetLaurel MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 Mission team members were thrilled - if not a little surprised - that New Horizons' telescopic Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) was able to see the small, dim object while still more than 10 ... more 
Deep inside the Great Red Spot hints at water on JupiterGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 For centuries, scientists have worked to understand the makeup of Jupiter. It's no wonder: this mysterious planet is the biggest one in our solar system by far, and chemically, the closest relative ... more |
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 Scientist develops database for stellar-exoplanet "exploration" 
Jupiter had growth disordersZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 29, 2018 With an equator diameter of around 143,000 kilometers, Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and has 300 times the mass of the Earth. The formation mechanism of giant planets like Jupite ... more  |
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Shape-shifting material can morph, reverse itself using heat, lightBoulder CO (SPX) Aug 27, 2018 A new material developed by University of Colorado Boulder engineers can transform into complex, pre-programmed shapes via light and temperature stimuli, allowing a literal square peg to morph and f ... more 
Maxar's SSL selected by NASA to explore commercial satellite assembly and manufacturing in LEOPalo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 SSL, a Maxar Technologies company reports it has been selected by NASA to perform a study exploring the use of commercial habitats in space as satellite manufacturing facilities. In support of ... more  
Robot teachers invade Chinese kindergartensBeijing (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 The Chinese kindergarten children giggled as they worked to solve puzzles assigned by their new teaching assistant: a roundish, short educator with a screen for a face. ... more 
Infant exoplanet weighed by Hipparcos and GaiaParis (ESA) Aug 23, 2018 The mass of a very young exoplanet has been revealed for the first time using data from ESA's star mapping spacecraft Gaia and its predecessor, the quarter-century retired Hipparcos satellite. ... more  
Particles collected by Hayabusa give absolute age of asteroid ItokawaOsaka, Japan (SPX) Aug 28, 2018 Understanding the origin and time evolution of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) is an issue of scientific interest and practical importance because they are potentially hazardous to the Earth. However, w ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 03, 2018 
No signal from Opportunity has been heard since Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018). The dust storm on Mars continues its decay with atmospheric opacity (tau) over the rover site decreasing.
It is expected that Opportunity has experienced a low-power fault and perhaps, a mission clock fault and then, an up-loss timer fault.
The project is continuing to listen for the rover either during the exp ... more |
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 Manoa HI (SPX) Aug 24, 2018 
A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) found the first direct evidence of surface-exposed water ice in permanently shaded regions (PSRs) on the Moon.
"We found that the distribution of ice on the lunar surface is very patchy, which is very different from other planetary bodies such as Mercury a ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Mission team members were thrilled - if not a little surprised - that New Horizons' telescopic Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) was able to see the small, dim object while still more than 100 million miles away, and against a dense background of stars.
Taken Aug. 16 and transmitted home through NASA's Deep Space Network over the following days, the set of 48 images marked the team' ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 03, 2018 
The conditions for life surviving on planets entirely covered in water are more fluid than previously thought, opening up the possibility that water worlds could be habitable, according to a new paper from the University of Chicago and Pennsylvania State University.
The scientific community has largely assumed that planets covered in a deep ocean would not support the cycling of minerals a ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
What does a rocket never before launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, unfavorable weather conditions and a launch pad with a dry spell of over 15 years have in common? A seven-man weather team from the 45th Space Wing, led by Mr. David Craft, launch weather officer and retired airman.
The preparation, problem-solving and teamwork, which led to the launch on Aug. 26, 2017 of Orbit ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Engineers have successfully tested the propulsion system of China's planned space station lab capsules, a key step in its space station program.
Weighing 66 tonnes, the space station will comprise a core module and two lab capsules. The propulsion system will determine whether lab capsules can move in space.
Engineers designed 36 engines for the propulsion system with four to adjust ... more |
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 Andalusia, Spain (SPX) Aug 28, 2018 
There is just over two months to go until asteroid 2015 TB145 approaches Earth once again, just as it did in 2015 around the night of Halloween, an occasion which astronomers did not pass up to study its characteristics. This dark object measures between 625 and 700 metres, its rotation period is around three hours and, in certain lighting conditions, it resembles a human skull.
An asteroi ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 2, 2018 
Doctors and scientists increasingly suspect attacks with unconventional microwave weapons as the cause of the mysterious ailments that have stricken more than three dozen American diplomats and their families in Cuba and China, The New York Times reported Sunday.
The victims reported hearing intense high-pitched sounds in their hotel rooms or homes followed by symptoms that included nausea, ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 30, 2018 
According to the Russian Defense Ministry's statement, the new missile interceptor has reliably confirmed its performance specifications and successfully accomplished the set task by destroying a simulated target with a required accuracy.
"An air and missile defense unit of the Russian Aerospace Forces has carried out another successful test of a new interceptor missile at the Sary Shagan ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
Astronomers using the Hubble Space telescope have taken a series of images featuring the fluttering auroras at the north pole of Saturn. The observations were taken in ultraviolet light and the resulting images provide astronomers with the most comprehensive picture so far of Saturn's northern aurora.
In 2017, over a period of seven months, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope took images o ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
Single-walled carbon nanotubes, or sheets of one atom-thick layers of graphene rolled up into different sizes and shapes, have found many uses in electronics and new touch screen devices. By nature, carbon nanotubes are typically black or a dark grey.
In their new study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), Aalto University researchers present a way to control t ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 
An everyday occurrence spotted when we turn on the tap to brush our teeth has baffled engineers for centuries - why does the water splay when it hits the sink before it heads down the plughole?
Famous inventor and painter Leonardo da Vinci documented the phenomenon, now known as a hydraulic jump, back in the 1500s. Hydraulic jumps are harmless in our household sinks but they can cause viol ... more |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
In a finding that caps years of exploration into the tiny particle known as the Higgs boson, researchers have traced the fifth and most prominent way that the particle decays into other particles. The discovery gives researchers a new pathway by which to study the physical laws that govern the universe.
Physicists at Princeton University led one of the two main teams that announced the det ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 29, 2018  The Chinese kindergarten children giggled as they worked to solve puzzles assigned by their new teaching assistant: a roundish, short educator with a screen for a face.
Just under 60 centimetres (two feet) high, the autonomous robot named Keeko has been a hit in several kindergartens, telling stories and challenging children with logic problems.
Round and white with a tubby body, the arm ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 31, 2018 
Boeing has received a ceiling price $805 million contract to provide the design, development, construction, testing and support of four MQ-25A Stingray unmanned tanker drones.
Work on the contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., Indianapolis, Ind., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Quebec, Canada, Palm Bay, Fla., as well as other locations inside ... more |
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