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  Beijing (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 China on Friday hailed its historic mission to the far side of the moon as a "complete success" so far but said new challenges await its rover as it explores rugged terrain. The Chang'e-4 probe - named after a moon goddess - made the world's first soft landing on the moon's "dark side" on January 3, a major step in China's ambitions to become a space superpower. A rover dubbed Yutu-2 - or Jade Rabbit, the name of the moon goddess's pet - successfully separated from the lander and drove onto ... read more |
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Chang'e-4 probe takes panoramic photos on moon's far sideBeijing (XNA) Jan 11, 2019 China's Chang'e-4 probe took panoramic photos on the lunar surface after it successfully made the first ever soft-landing on the far side of the moon. The China National Space Administration ( ... more 
Int'l payloads on Chang'e-4 start operationBeijing (XNA) Jan 11, 2019 China's Chang'e-4 probe has started carrying out a series of scientific research tasks involving multiple countries and organizations since it landed on the far side of the moon on Jan. 3, the China ... more 
US asks Russia's Roscosmos to build lunar modification of Soyuz MSMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 11, 2019 The head of Russia's Roscosmos space corporation, Dmitry Rogozin, said on Thursday that the United States had requested the Russian side to create a version of the Soyuz MS spacecraft that could tak ... more  
Steam-powered asteroid hoppers developed through UCF collaborationOrlando FL (SPX) Jan 11, 2019 Using steam to propel a spacecraft from asteroid to asteroid is now possible, thanks to a collaboration between a private space company and the University of Central Florida. UCF planetary res ... more |
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Artificial bug eyesWashington DC (SPX) Jan 10, 2019 Single lens eyes, like those in humans and many other animals, can create sharp images, but the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans have an edge when it comes to peripheral vision, light sensit ... more  
First comprehensive, interactive tool to track SETI searchesMountain View CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2019 For the first time ever, scientists have developed a way for the SETI community to keep track of, and update, all SETI searches that have been conducted and the results. Jill Tarter, SETI pion ... more 
NASA's Osiris-Rex probe takes flyby video of asteroid BennuWashington (Sputnik) Jan 10, 2019 The US space agency NASA has released a series of photos from its Osiris-Rex spacecraft that shows a series of flybys of the 1,600-foot-wide asteroid Bennu. The Osiris-Rex (Origins, Spectral I ... more 
Space microbes aren't so alien after allEvanston IL (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 Microbes stranded in the International Space Station (ISS) are just trying to survive, man. A new Northwestern University study has found that - despite its seemingly harsh conditions - the IS ... more 
Young planets orbiting red dwarfs may lack ingredients for lifeBaltimore MD (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 Rocky planets orbiting red dwarf stars may be bone dry and lifeless, according to a new study using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (http://www.nasa.gov/hubble). Water and organic compounds, essential ... more |
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 Nature's magnifying glass reveals unexpected intermediate mass exoplanets 
Astronomers find warped protoplanetary disk around distant starWashington (UPI) Jan 8, 2019 Researchers in Japan have identified a young star with an already warped protoplanetary disk. The discovery could help scientists better understand how planets come to travel in slightly askew orbital planes. ... more  |
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Citizen scientists find unusual exoplanet among Kepler dataWashington (UPI) Jan 8, 2019 Citizen scientists have discovered an exoplanet twice the size of Earth located 226 light-years from Earth. The exoplanet's signature was discovered among data collected by NASA's Kepler space telescope. ... more 
How game theory can bring humans and robots closer togetherSussex UK (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 Researchers at the University of Sussex, Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have for the first time used game theory to enable robots to assist humans in a saf ... more  
New app gives throat cancer patients their voice backPrague (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 Vlastimil Gular's life took an unwelcome turn a year ago: minor surgery on his vocal cords revealed throat cancer, which led to the loss of his larynx and with it, his voice. ... more 
Deere puts spotlight on high-tech farmingLas Vegas (AFP) Jan 10, 2019 It has GPS, lasers, computer vision, and uses machine learning and sensors to be more efficient. This is the new high-tech farm equipment from John Deere, which made its first Consumer Electronics Show appearance this week to highlight the importance of tech in farming. ... more 
TESS discovers its third new planet, with longest orbit yetBoston MA (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, has discovered a third small planet outside our solar system, scientists announced this week at the annual American Astronomical Society winter me ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jan 03, 2019 
As far as we know, Mars is the only planet populated entirely by robots! Due to the time taken for commands to travel to Mars (eight minutes each way), hand guided robots are limited to travelling only a few dozen metres a day.
New software developed in the UK will change this, enabling future Mars rovers to make their own decisions about where to go and how to get there, driving up to a k ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 11, 2019 
China's Chang'e-4 probe has started carrying out a series of scientific research tasks involving multiple countries and organizations since it landed on the far side of the moon on Jan. 3, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced Thursday.
The probe, comprising a lander and a rover, was launched on Dec. 8, 2018. The Yutu-2 rover left its first trace on the far side of the m ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Jan 04, 2019 
Data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which explored Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule earlier this week, is yielding scientific discoveries daily.
"The first exploration of a small Kuiper Belt object and the most distant exploration of any world in history is now history, but almost all of the data analysis lies in the future," said Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute in Boul ... more |
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 Villanova PA (SPX) Jan 11, 2019 
Barnard b (or GJ 699 b) is a recently discovered Super-Earth planet orbiting Barnard's Star, making it the second nearest star system to the Earth. Although likely cold (-170 degrees centigrade), it could still have the potential to harbor primitive life if it has a large, hot iron/nickel core and enhanced geothermal activity.
That was a conclusion announced by Villanova University Astroph ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2019 
The U.S. Navy test-fired high-velocity projectiles using existing guns aboard a destroyer during an exercise last summer.
Twenty projectiles were successfully fired at near-hypersonic speed from the USS Dewey's standard Mk 45, five-inch main deck gun during the "Rim of the Pacific" exercises off Hawaii, the USNI News reported.
It was an attempt to learn if the 40-year-old gun's u ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Jan 11, 2019 
China sent Zhongxing-2D satellite into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 1:11 a.m. Friday.
The satellite has entered the preset orbit.
The Chinese-made communication and broadcasting satellite will provide transmission service for the country's radio, television stations and cable television networks.
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 Washington (Sputnik) Jan 10, 2019 
The US space agency NASA has released a series of photos from its Osiris-Rex spacecraft that shows a series of flybys of the 1,600-foot-wide asteroid Bennu.
The Osiris-Rex (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) spacecraft arrived in orbit around Bennu, which orbits the sun between Earth and Mars, back in early December.
The craft has a ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 30, 2018 
The U.S. Army is contracting Radiance Technologies for high energy laser lethality research, assessment and support in the amount of $28.2 million.
Work on the contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., and is expected to be completed by November 2023.
It falls under a small business contract under acquisition rules, though R ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Jan 3, 2019 
The US military will this year conduct its first ever missile drill around the Japanese island of Okinawa, according to a report Thursday, as Washington seeks to counter an increasingly assertive China.
The US military has told its Japanese counterpart it plans to deploy surface-to-ship missiles in the strategically important Okinawa this year for the first such drill by Japan's key ally, th ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 18, 2018 
New NASA research confirms that Saturn is losing its iconic rings at the maximum rate estimated from Voyager 1 and 2 observations made decades ago. The rings are being pulled into Saturn by gravity as a dusty rain of ice particles under the influence of Saturn's magnetic field.
"We estimate that this 'ring rain' drains an amount of water products that could fill an Olympic-sized swimming p ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 11, 2019  For the first time, researchers used benzene - a common hydrocarbon - to create a novel kind of molecular nanotube, which could lead to new nanocarbon-based semiconductor applications.
Researchers from the Department of Chemistry have been hard at work in their recently renovated lab in the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Science.
The pristine environment and smart layout af ... more |
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 Hannover, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2018 
The detection of Einstein's gravitational waves relies on highly precise laser measurements of small length changes. The kilometer-size detectors of the international network (GEO600, LIGO, Virgo) are so sensitive that they are fundamentally limited by tiny quantum mechanical effects.
These cause a background noise which overlaps with gravitational-wave signals. This noise is always presen ... more |
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 Hilo HI (SPX) Jan 10, 2019 
Before the cosmos reached its billionth birthday, some of the very first cosmic light began a long journey through the expanding universe. One particular beam of light, from an energetic source called a quasar, serendipitously passed near an intervening galaxy, whose gravity bent and magnified the quasar's light and refocused it in our direction, allowing telescopes like Gemini North to probe th ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 10, 2019 
Single lens eyes, like those in humans and many other animals, can create sharp images, but the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans have an edge when it comes to peripheral vision, light sensitivity and motion detection.
That's why scientists are developing artificial compound eyes to give sight to autonomous vehicles and robots, among other applications. Now, a report in ACS Nano des ... more |
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 London (AFP) Jan 9, 2019  Britain's armed forces were supporting police Wednesday at London's Heathrow Airport after a drone sighting led to the suspension of all departing flights for nearly an hour on Tuesday.
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said the military had been sent to Europe's busiest airport at the request of police.
It follows a similar deployment at Gatwick Airport just three weeks ago after multi ... more |
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