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  Fort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 Assembly of the Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX) at Los Alamos National Laboratory is well underway with the installation of 18 of 36 plasma guns in an ambitious approach to achieving controlled nuclear fusion (Figure 1). The plasma guns are mounted on a spherical chamber, and fire supersonic jets of ionized gas inward to compress and heat a central gas target that serves as fusion fuel. In the meantime, experiments performed with the currently installed plasma guns are providing fundamental data to ... read more |
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SwRI to plan Pluto orbiter missionSan Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 NASA has funded Southwest Research Institute to study the important attributes, feasibility and cost of a possible future Pluto orbiter mission. This study will develop the spacecraft and payload de ... more  
Mars Express completes 20,000 orbits around the Red PlanetBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 Mars Express, the European Space Agency's (ESA) first planetary mission, is a true marathon runner among spacecraft. Launched on 2 June 2003, the spacecraft arrived at Mars during the night of 25 De ... more  
China plans more space science satellitesXiamen (XNA) Oct 30, 2019 China plans to launch four new science satellite missions by 2023, and scientists have completed concept research on another five to be launched in the next 10 years. Successful Chinese scienc ... more  
TESS reveals an improbable planetPorto, Portgual (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 Using asteroseismic1 data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team2, led by Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco (IA3) researcher Tiago Campante, stud ... more |
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Discoveries from fusion to astrophysics at global gatheringPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 More than 155 researchers and students - the largest delegation from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) in recent years - attended the 61st annual meeti ... more 
Gravity crystals: A new method for exploring the physics of white dwarf starsFort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 Grab a mixing bowl from your kitchen, throw in a handful of aluminum balls, apply some high voltage, and watch an elegant dance unfold where particles re-arrange themselves into a distinct "crystal" ... more 
A star is born: Using lasers to study how star stuff is madeFort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 On a typical day at the world's biggest laser, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Livermore, California, you can find scientists casually making star-like conditions using 192 high-powered lase ... more  
Space Health Institute selects new research studiesHouston TX (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine has selected six new biomedical research projects for space applications to receive two years of funding. ... more 
New insights could help tame speedy ions in fusion plasmasFort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 To create a practical fusion energy reactor, researchers need to control particles known as fast ions. These speedy ions, which are electrically charged hydrogen atoms, provide much of the self-heat ... more |
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Study underscores changes in brain structure, function in long-duration space missionsCharleston SC (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 A new study demonstrates for the first time that changes in cognitive performance correlate with changes in brain structure in NASA astronauts following spaceflight. How the human brain adapts in sp ... more  |
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China to launch Chang'e-5 lunar probe in 2020Xiamen, China (XNA) Oct 29, 2019 China plans to launch the Chang'e-5 probe in 2020 to bring moon samples back to Earth, according to Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar exploration program. The Long March-5 carrier roc ... more  
Robot acquires new, essential spacewalking functions says cosmonautMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 25, 2019 A Russian-developed anthropomorphic space-faring robot can now perform the important function of deploying fasteners to handrails during spacewalks, cosmonaut Sergei Kud-Sverchkov said Thursday. ... more 
Building blocks of all life gain new understandingManchester UK (SPX) Oct 24, 2019 New research on an enzyme that is essential for photosynthesis and all life on earth has uncovered a key finding in its structure which reveals how light can interact with matter to make an essentia ... more 
Kennedy Space Center to award $7 billion contract for lunar missionsOrlando FL (SPX) Oct 29, 2019 NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is close to awarding a 15-year contract for $7 billion to provide logistics support for upcoming Artemis lunar missions, a NASA official said Monday. Big ... more  
OMG developing new standard for interface for Software Defined RadiosNeedham MA (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 International technology standards organization Object Management Group (OMG) announced it is creating a new standard, through issuance of a request for proposal (RFP) for the Platform Space Telecom ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 
Mars Express, the European Space Agency's (ESA) first planetary mission, is a true marathon runner among spacecraft. Launched on 2 June 2003, the spacecraft arrived at Mars during the night of 25 December that same year.
On 26 October 2019, this spacecraft completed its twenty-thousandth orbit around Mars. Mars Express is in good company in Martian orbit: NASA's Mars 2001 Odyssey and Mars ... more |
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 Xiamen, China (XNA) Oct 29, 2019 
China plans to launch the Chang'e-5 probe in 2020 to bring moon samples back to Earth, according to Wu Weiren, chief designer of China's lunar exploration program.
The Long March-5 carrier rocket, China's current largest launch vehicle, will be used to send the probe into space, Wu, also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said at the first China Space Science Assembly, w ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 
NASA has funded Southwest Research Institute to study the important attributes, feasibility and cost of a possible future Pluto orbiter mission. This study will develop the spacecraft and payload design requirements and make preliminary cost and risk assessments for new technologies.
The study is one of 10 different mission studies that NASA is sponsoring to prepare for the next Planetary ... more |
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 Porto, Portgual (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 
Using asteroseismic1 data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team2, led by Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco (IA3) researcher Tiago Campante, studied the red-giant stars HD 212771 and HD 203949. These are the first detections of oscillations in previously known exoplanet-host stars by TESS. The result was published today in an article4 in The A ... more |
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 Eglin AFB FL (SPX) Oct 29, 2019 
The Air Force hosts the first-ever Hypersonics Pitch Day on Nov. 7, at the Doolittle Institute in Niceville.
The purpose of Air Force "pitch days" is to do business at the speed of ideas by inspiring and accelerating startup and small business creativity toward answering national security challenges.
The Armament Directorate and the Air Force Research Laboratory are the hosts of Hype ... more |
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 Xiamen (XNA) Oct 30, 2019 
China plans to launch four new science satellite missions by 2023, and scientists have completed concept research on another five to be launched in the next 10 years.
Successful Chinese science satellites launched since 2015 include the Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), the Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) and the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT). These were under a sp ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Oct 29, 2019 
Astronomers using ESO's SPHERE instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that the asteroid Hygiea could be classified as a dwarf planet. The object is the fourth largest in the asteroid belt after Ceres, Vesta and Pallas.
For the first time, astronomers have observed Hygiea in sufficiently high resolution to study its surface and determine its shape and size. They found th ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 22, 2019 
Raytheon Co. announced the delivery, to the U.S. Air Force, of the first high-energy laser system to counter drone threats.
The system will be tested in a year-long overseas deployment, the company said on Tuesday.
Raytheon received a $23.8 million contract in August to build two high-energy laser systems, as well as a $16 million contract for a microwave counter-drone system kno ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Oct 24, 2019 
Moscow has sent a S-400 missile system battalion and a Pantsir anti-aircraft gun and missile system to Belgrade for their first joint drills in Serbia, the defence ministry said.
The systems will be deployed at Batajnica base, outside the capital, as part of the exercises that will take place on October 23-29, a statement said.
It is the first time that the S-400 and Pantsir systems will ... more |
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 Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 
Sanchez-Lavega's work appears under the title 'A complex storm system in Saturn's north polar atmosphere in 2018', and was produced in collaboration with Teresa del Rio-Gaztelurrutia, Jon Legarreta and Ricardo Hueso, lecturers at the Faculty of Engineering in Bilbao, and a large group of scientists of other nationalities.
It was an amateur Brazilian astronomer who on 29 March, 2018, captur ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 
Northwestern University chemists have used visible light and extremely tiny nanoparticles to quickly and simply make molecules that are of the same class as many lead compounds for drug development.
Driven by light, the nanoparticle catalysts perform chemical reactions with very specific chemical products - molecules that don't just have the right chemical formulas but also have specific a ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 16, 2019 
Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have used a massive cluster of galaxies as an X-ray magnifying glass to peer back in time, to nearly 9.4 billion years ago. In the process, they spotted a tiny dwarf galaxy in its very first, high-energy stages of star formation.
While galaxy clusters have been used to magnify objects at optical wavelengths, this is the first time scientists have leveraged ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 
Galaxy clusters, active galactic nuclei, supernova remnants and X-ray binaries have one thing in common - they are incredibly hot and therefore emit X-rays. This type of radiation can reveal a great deal about the Universe, and it is being observed by the German eROSITA (extended ROentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array) instrument.
Between 17 and 19 October 2019, all seven of eROSI ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 25, 2019 
A Russian-developed anthropomorphic space-faring robot can now perform the important function of deploying fasteners to handrails during spacewalks, cosmonaut Sergei Kud-Sverchkov said Thursday.
Speaking at a presentation as part of the annual International Astronautical Congress in Washington, Kud-Sverchkov said that ground experiments and simulations carried out with the robot included " ... more |
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 Dundee UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 
A new 3D process which involves old aerial photos and modern-day drone photography has shed light on accelerated ice loss from some of Iceland's largest glaciers.
Dr Kieran Baxter from the University of Dundee has created composite images that compare views from 1980s aerial surveys to modern day photos captured with the help of state-of-the-art technology.
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