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  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 NASA has announced the latest opportunity for industry to participate in its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) efforts to deliver science and technology payloads to and near the Moon. The newest announcement calls for companies to push the boundaries of current technology to support the next generation of lunar landers that can land heavier payloads on the surface of the Moon, including the South Pole, as part of the agency's Artemis program, which will send the first woman and next man to ... read more |
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Developing technologies that run on lightStanford CA (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 The future of faster, more efficient information processing may come down to light rather than electricity. Mark Lawrence, a postdoctoral scholar in materials science and engineering at Stanford, ha ... more  
Discovery of young planet around bright star sheds light on planet formationHanover NH (SPX) Jul 30, 2019 Researchers at Dartmouth College have discovered a planet orbiting one of the brightest young stars known, according to a study published in the journal The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Aged at ap ... more 
NASA announces US industry partnerships to advance Moon, Mars technologyWashington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 As NASA prepares to land humans on the Moon by 2024 with the Artemis program, commercial companies are developing new technologies, working toward space ventures of their own, and looking to NASA fo ... more 
Study shows that the Moon is older than previously believedCologne, Germany (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 Fifty years after the first landing on the Moon, scientists from the University of Cologne have combined new geochemical information to determine the Moon's age using samples from different Apollo m ... more |
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Chinese lunar lander awaken for 8th dayBeijing (Sputnik) Jul 29, 2019 The Chinese moon mission that includes the lander Chang'e-4 and rover Yutu 2 (Jade Rabbit 2) awoke to begin their eighth month of work on the far side of the Moon, the China National Space Administr ... more  
Mars 2020 rover does biceps curlsPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 30, 2019 The robotic arm on NASA's Mars 2020 rover does not have deltoids, triceps or biceps, but it can still curl heavy weights with the best. In this time-lapse video, taken July 19, 2019, in the clean ro ... more 
New space discovery sheds light on how planets formHanover NH (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 Researchers at Dartmouth College have discovered a planet orbiting one of the brightest young stars known, according to a study published in the journal The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Aged at ap ... more 
Cold, dry planets could have a lot of hurricanesWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 Nearly every atmospheric science textbook ever written will say that hurricanes are an inherently wet phenomenon - they use warm, moist air for fuel. But according to new simulations, the storms can ... more 
TESS mission completes first year of survey, turns to northern skyGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered 21 planets outside our solar system and captured data on other interesting events occurring in the southern sky during its first ye ... more |
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Demonstration of alpha particle confinement capability in helical fusion plasmasTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 A team of fusion researchers succeeded in proving that energetic ions with energy in mega electron volt (MeV) range are superiorly confined in a plasma for the first time in helical systems. This pr ... more  |
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A computer that understands how you feelBoulder CO (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 Could a computer, at a glance, tell the difference between a joyful image and a depressing one? Could it distinguish, in a few milliseconds, a romantic comedy from a horror film? Yes, an ... more 
Europe prepares for Mars courierParis (ESA) Jul 26, 2019 The first round-trip to the Red Planet will see a European orbiter bringing martian samples back to Earth. ESA is opening the door to industry to build the spacecraft that will deliver the precious ... more 
India's lunar probe Chandrayaan-2 completes first orbit manoeuverNew Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 26, 2019 India's second Moon Mission, Chandrayaan-2 completed its first orbit manoeuver successfully. The Earthbound manoeuvers of the spacecraft will be executed starting Thursday, and it is scheduled to re ... more 
Chandrayaan-2 will reach the moon by August 20, says ISRONew Delhi (IANS) Jul 26, 2019 India's second moon spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 put into earth orbit on July 22, is scheduled to reach the Moon by August 20, the Indian space agency said on Wednesday. The Indian Space Research ... more 
Revised computer code accurately models an instability in fusion plasmasPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 Subatomic particles zip around ring-shaped fusion machines known as tokamaks and sometimes merge, releasing large amounts of energy. But these particles - a soup of charged electrons and atomic nucl ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jul 30, 2019 
Astronauts will test the devices on board the International Space Station, following the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket last night (at 23:01 BST, Thursday 25 July) from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral.
Mining in space could open up a new frontier in space exploration by giving astronauts the resources they need for long periods in Space, whether on the Moon, ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 
NASA has announced the latest opportunity for industry to participate in its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) efforts to deliver science and technology payloads to and near the Moon.
The newest announcement calls for companies to push the boundaries of current technology to support the next generation of lunar landers that can land heavier payloads on the surface of the Moon, inclu ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2019 
New analysis of Juno mission data suggests Jupiter's auroras are powered by alternating current, not direct current.
Jupiter, a the largest planet in the solar system, boasts an aurora with a radiant power of 100 terawatts, or 100 billion kilowatts. It's the brightest aurora in the solar system.
Like Earth's auroras, Jupiter's light shows are centered around its poles. The aurora ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jul 30, 2019 
The Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, has successfully passed the final analysis review for its launch on a Soyuz rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
All technical evaluations performed by Arianespace on the mission's key aspects, including the launch trajectory and payload separation, have shown positive results.
"We are thrilled to have passed this im ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 29, 2019  China has successfully tested the technology that can accurately control the landing site of falling rocket parts, making progress toward reusable launch vehicles in the future, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said on Sunday.
The CASC said that the test was carried out following a Long March-2C rocket launched on Friday, and focused on grid fins which are like "wi ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 25, 2019 
A Chinese startup successfully launched the country's first commercial rocket capable of carrying satellites into orbit Thursday, as the space race between China and the US heats up.
Beijing-based Interstellar Glory Space Technology - also known as iSpace - said it launched two satellites into orbit around 1:00 pm Beijing time (0500 GMT) from Jiuquan, a state launch facility in the Gobi de ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 29, 2019 
With the peak of the Delta Aquariids expected Monday night and early Tuesday, a month of shows in the night sky is just getting started.
The Delta Aquariids will begin to peak on Monday night - the most visible period of time will be early Tuesday morning, between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. - during which 20 meteors per hour will appear.
The Aquariids, which start a month of visible met ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Jul 26, 2019 
The US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) put out a request last week for the development of a wargame simulator to better explore just how well directed-energy weapons like lasers and particle beams will work in battles.
Nextgov reported Monday that the USAF's research organization had issued a request for a vendor to provide the service with wargame modeling for scenarios featuring directed e ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) July 28, 2019  Israel and the United States have successfully carried out tests of a ballistic missile interceptor that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday provides protection against potential threats from Iran.
The tests of the Arrow-3 system were carried out in the US state of Alaska and it successfully intercepted targets above the atmosphere, Israel's defence ministry said in a statement. ... more |
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 New Haven CT (SPX) Jul 17, 2019  By 2034, when the Dragonfly drone mission makes landfall on the surface of Titan, Yale's Juan Lora will have spent nearly half his life studying the climatic tendencies of Saturn's icy moon.
That's when the real work will begin, he says.
Finally, after long years of preparation and modeling, Lora and his colleagues on the scientific end of the NASA Dragonfly mission will begin to get ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 22, 2019 
Every year, robots get more and more life-like. Solar-powered bees fly on lithe wings, humanoids stick backflips, and teams of soccer bots strategize how to dribble, pass, and score. And, the more researchers discover about how living creatures move, the more machines can imitate them all the way down to their smallest molecules.
"We have these amazing machines already in our bodies, and t ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 
Observations made with a new instrument developed for use at the 2.1-meter (84-inch) telescope at the National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory have led to the discovery of the fastest eclipsing white dwarf binary yet known.
Clocking in with an orbital period of only 6.91 minutes, the rapidly orbiting stars are expected to be one of the strongest sources of gravitational ... more |
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 Bielefeld, Germany (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is set to become the largest radio telescope on Earth. Bielefeld University researchers together with the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) and international partners have now examined the SKA-MPG telescope--a prototype for the part of the SKA that receives signals in the mid-frequency range.
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 
Could a computer, at a glance, tell the difference between a joyful image and a depressing one?
Could it distinguish, in a few milliseconds, a romantic comedy from a horror film?
Yes, and so can your brain, according to research published this week by University of Colorado Boulder neuroscientists.
"Machine learning technology is getting really good at recognizing the content o ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 
In a globalised world, logistics and networking are becoming increasingly important. Airborne parcel deliveries are a key area of interest for the future, and have considerable potential in a number of applications. As part of the ALAADy (Automated Low Altitude Air Delivery) system and ALAADy Demonstrator projects, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is c ... more |
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