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  Sydney, Australia (The Conversation) Jan 24, 2019 The world is still celebrating the historic landing of China's Chang'e-4 on the far side of the moon on January 3. This week, China announced its plans to follow up with three more lunar missions, laying the groundwork for a lunar base. Colonising the Moon, and beyond, has always being a human aspiration. Technological advancements, and the discovery of a considerable source of water close to the lunar poles, has made this idea even more appealing. But how close is China to actually achievin ... read more |
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Planetary collision that formed the Moon made life possible on EarthHouston TX (SPX) Jan 24, 2019 Most of Earth's essential elements for life - including most of the carbon and nitrogen in you - probably came from another planet. Earth most likely received the bulk of its carbon, nitrogen ... more  
Prolonged spaceflight could weaken astronauts' immune systemsTucson AZ (SPX) Jan 24, 2019 NASA hopes to send humans to Mars by 2030 on a round-trip mission that could take up to three years - far longer than any human has ever traveled in space. Such long-term spaceflights could adversel ... more  
Scientist sheds light on Titan's mysterious nitrogen atmosphereSan Antonio TX (SPX) Jan 24, 2019 A new Southwest Research Institute study tackles one of the greatest mysteries about Titan, one of Saturn's moons: the origin of its thick, nitrogen-rich atmosphere. The study posits that one key to ... more 
Where Is Earth's Submoon?Washington DC (SPX) Jan 24, 2019 "Can moons have moons?" This simple question - asked by the four-year-old son of Carnegie's Juna Kollmeier - started it all. Not long after this initial bedtime query, Kollmeier was coordinating a p ... more |
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NASA and China collaborate on Moon explorationWashington (AFP) Jan 18, 2019 The space agencies of the United States and China are coordinating efforts on Moon exploration, NASA said Friday, as it navigates a strict legal framework aimed at protecting national security and preventing technology transfer to China. ... more 
Scientists study Moon craters to understand Earth's impact historySan Antonio TX (SPX) Jan 18, 2019 Using images and thermal data collected by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Southwest Research Institute scientists and their collaborators have calculated the ages of large lunar craters ... more 
NASA cooperates with China on moon explorationWashington DC (XNA) Jan 21, 2019 The United States space agency said Friday that its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is expected to image the landing site of China's lunar lander Chang'e-4 on Jan. 31. NASA said it discusse ... more 
Compete in a lunar economyParis (ESA) Jan 21, 2019 Sign up to the Metalysis-ESA Grand Challenge worth euro 500 000 rewarding innovation that helps us to explore space. As ESA and other agencies prepare to send humans back to the Moon - this t ... more  
ESA says there are 'big beasts' among 20,000 pieces of space junkMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 23, 2019 Since the 1950s, humanity has been firing rockets and satellites into orbit around the Earth, but most of this is now "space junk". Dr Holger Krag, the head of the European Space Agency's space debr ... more |
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 China's second gene-edited foetus is 12-14 weeks old: scientist 
Second woman carrying gene-edited baby in ChinaBeijing (AFP) Jan 21, 2019 A researcher who claimed to have created the world's first genetically-edited babies will face a Chinese police investigation, state media said Monday, as authorities confirmed that a second woman fell pregnant during the experiment. ... more  |
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NC State researchers create 3D-printed soft mesh robotsRaleigh NC (SPX) Jan 24, 2019 Researchers at North Carolina State University have created 3D-printed flexible mesh structures that can be controlled with applied magnetic fields while floating on water. The structures can grab s ... more 
Amazon rolls out 'Scout' delivery robotsSan Francisco (AFP) Jan 23, 2019 Amazon on Wednesday began putting cooler-sized robots to work delivering packages to customers in a neighborhood outside Seattle. ... more 
Paw patrol: Sony offers robocop dog at homeTokyo (AFP) Jan 23, 2019 Sony's puppy-sized robot dog aibo, equipped with cameras, artificial intelligence and internet capability, can now remotely check up on family members, children or even pets, the Japanese electronics giant said Wednesday. ... more  
Fiery sighting: A new physics of eruptions that damage fusion experimentsPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Jan 17, 2019 Sudden bursts of heat that can damage the inner walls of tokamak fusion experiments are a hurdle that operators of the facilities must overcome. Such bursts, called "edge localized modes (ELMs)," oc ... more  
Juno's Latest Flyby of Jupiter Captures Two Massive StormsPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 21, 2019 This image of Jupiter's turbulent southern hemisphere was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it performed its most recent close flyby of the gas giant planet on Dec. 21, 2018. This new pers ... more |
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 Noordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Jan 18, 2019 
Navigation software destined for the ExoMars 2020 mission to the Red Planet has passed a rover-based driving test at ESA's 'Mars Yard'.
ESA's ExoMars rover will drive to multiple locations and drill down to two metres below the surface of Mars in search of clues for past life preserved underground.
A half-scale version of the ExoMars rover, called ExoMars Testing Rover (ExoTeR), mano ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (The Conversation) Jan 24, 2019 
The world is still celebrating the historic landing of China's Chang'e-4 on the far side of the moon on January 3. This week, China announced its plans to follow up with three more lunar missions, laying the groundwork for a lunar base.
Colonising the Moon, and beyond, has always being a human aspiration. Technological advancements, and the discovery of a considerable source of water close ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 21, 2019 
This image of Jupiter's turbulent southern hemisphere was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it performed its most recent close flyby of the gas giant planet on Dec. 21, 2018.
This new perspective captures the notable Great Red Spot, as well as a massive storm called Oval BA. The storm reached its current size when three smaller spots collided and merged in the year 2000. The Great Red ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 24, 2019 
"Can moons have moons?" This simple question - asked by the four-year-old son of Carnegie's Juna Kollmeier - started it all. Not long after this initial bedtime query, Kollmeier was coordinating a program at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) on the Milky Way while her one-time college classmate Sean Raymond of Universite de Bordeaux was attending a parallel KITP program on the d ... more |
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 Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2019 
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a critical payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) denoted NROL-71 lifted off from Space Launch Complex-6 on Jan. 19 at 11:10 a.m. PST. The mission is in support of our country's national defense.
"Congratulations to our team and mission partners for successfully delivering this critical asset to support national se ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 14, 2019 
As the Chang'e-4 probe made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, a senior Chinese space expert said China will deepen its lunar exploration and venture further into the unknown.
China's current lunar program includes three phases: orbiting, landing, and returning. The first two phases have been accomplished, and the next step is to launch the Chang'e-5 probe to collect ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 23, 2019 
Sunday marked T-1000 days to the launch of NASA's Lucy Spacecraft, the first spacecraft to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. These asteroids, which lead and follow Jupiter in its orbit by roughly 60 degrees, hold vital clues to the history of the Solar System.
Over its 4156 day mission, Lucy will study six of these fascinating worlds. Lucy's launch period opens on October 16, 2021 - 10 ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 23, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force announced it is planning future experiments involving laser and microwave energy weapons after recent successes in testing sessions.
Future experiments in the Directed Energy Experimentation Campaign are planned at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the Air Force said Tuesday in a statement.
The tests by the 704th Test Group, essentially the use of mi ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 22, 2019 
Israel said it carried out a successful test Tuesday with the United States of ballistic missile interceptors jointly developed by the allies, in the face of growing tensions with Iran.
The test came a day after the latest deadly exchange of fire between Israel and Iranian forces operating in Syria.
The Arrow 3 interceptor system, designed to shoot down missiles above the atmosphere, was ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Jan 24, 2019 
A new Southwest Research Institute study tackles one of the greatest mysteries about Titan, one of Saturn's moons: the origin of its thick, nitrogen-rich atmosphere. The study posits that one key to Titan's mysterious atmosphere is the "cooking" of organic material in the moon's interior.
"Titan is a very interesting moon because it has this very thick atmosphere, which makes it unique amo ... more |
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 Basque Country, Spain (SPX) Jan 23, 2019 
Nanotechnology and nanoscience are disciplines in which minute molecular structures with special physical and chemical properties are designed, manufactured and studied. One of the types of particles that are studied in these disciplines are quantum dots; they are semiconductor nanocrystals the size of which ranges between 2 nm and 10 nm and which have excellent optical and electronic properties ... 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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 Atlanta GA (SPX) Jan 24, 2019 
The light released from around the first massive black holes in the universe is so intense that it is able to reach telescopes across the entire expanse of the universe. Incredibly, the light from the most distant black holes (or quasars) has been traveling to us for more than 13 billion light years. However, we do not know how these monster black holes formed.
New research led by research ... more |
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 Wurzburg, Germany (SPX) Jan 23, 2019 
Robots performing in surgeries, robots in automobile production, and robots in caregiving. In some areas, the machines are already well-established, in others they are on the rise. The psychologists Timo Gnambs from Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz (Austria) and Markus Appel from Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg (Germany) believe that we are at the brink of a robotic era.
More and m ... more |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Jan 21, 2019 
Chinese drone maker DJI has placed 45 employees under investigation for alleged fraud that could cost the company more than one billion yuan ($150 million) in losses, the firm said Monday.
The world's top civilian drone maker said in an internal memo that most of the employees involved in the fraud worked in the supply chain, and 29 were fired while 16 were reported to the police.
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