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  Paris (ESA) Mar 12, 2020 The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Roscosmos Space Corporation have decided to postpone the launch of the second ExoMars mission to study the Red Planet to 2022. The joint ESA-Roscosmos project team evaluated all the activities needed for an authorisation to launch, in order to analyse the risks and schedule. With due consideration of the recommendations provided by European and Russian Inspectors General, ExoMars experts have concluded that tests necessary to make all components of the space ... read more |
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Observed: An exoplanet where it rains ironSan Cristobal de La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Mar 12, 2020 This exoplanet, 390 light years away towards the constellation Pisces, has days when its surface temperatures exceed 2,400 Celsius, sufficiently hot to evaporate metals. Its nights, with strong wind ... more  
Researchers find new minor planets beyond NeptunePhiladelphia PA (SPX) Mar 12, 2020 Using data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES), researchers have found more than 300 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), minor planets located in the far reaches of the solar system, including more than 1 ... more  
New material could turn clothing into a health monitorHouston TX (SPX) Mar 05, 2020 Researchers have reported a new material, pliable enough to be woven into fabric but imbued with sensing capabilities that can serve as an early warning system for injury or illness. The mater ... more 
ESO telescope observes exoplanet where it rains ironMunich, Germany (SPX) Mar 12, 2020 Researchers using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed an extreme planet where they suspect it rains iron. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet has a day side where temperatures climb above 2400 ... more |
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Over 9,000 asteroids feasible for mining may help ignite new space raceMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 10, 2020 The report also suggests that asteroid mining efforts might help prevent space rocks from colliding with Earth, helping ensure our planet's safety. Mankind's efforts to study and conquer the d ... more 
Safety zone saves giant moons from fatal plungeTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 Numerical simulations showed that the temperature gradient in the disk of gas around a young gas giant planet could play a critical role in the development of a satellite system dominated by a singl ... more 
New technique could elucidate earliest stages of planet's lifeWashington DC (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 A new kind of astronomical observation helped reveal the possible evolutionary history of a baby Neptune-like exoplanet. To study a very young planet called DS Tuc Ab a Harvard and Smithsonian ... more 
Producing human tissue in spaceZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 On 6 March at 11:50 PM EST, the International Space Station resupply mission Space X CRS-20 took off from Cape Canaveral (USA). On board: 250 test tubes from the University of Zurich containing adul ... more 
First official names given to features on asteroid BennuGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 09, 2020 Asteroid Bennu's most prominent boulder, a rock chunk jutting out 71 ft (21.7 m) from the asteroid's southern hemisphere, finally has a name. The boulder - which is so large that it was initially de ... more |
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In-space Robotic Servicing Program moves forward with new commercial partnerWashington DC (SPX) Mar 09, 2020 DARPA has established a new partnership with U.S. industry to jointly develop and deploy advanced robotic capabilities in space. The agency has signed an Other Transactions for Prototypes agreement ... more  |
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UNM scientists find Earth and moon not identical oxygen twinsAlbuquerque NM (SPX) Mar 11, 2020 Scientists at The University of New Mexico have found that the Earth and Moon have distinct oxygen compositions and are not identical in oxygen as previously thought according to a new study release ... more 
Robots that admit mistakes foster better conversation in humansNew Haven CT (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 Three people and a robot form a team playing a game. The robot makes a mistake, costing the team a round. Like any good teammate, it acknowledges the error. "Sorry, guys, I made the mistake ... more 
Scientists find toolkit to aid repair of damaged DNAWashington DC (UPI) Mar 09, 2020 Scientists have developed a technique for repairing damaged DNA. The breakthrough, published this week in the journal Nature Communications, could pave the way for new therapies for cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. ... more 
Small robots practice scouting skills for future Moon missionsPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 11, 2020 The newest edition of NASA's small, foldable robots recently practiced their scouting skills and successfully traversed rugged terrain in the Mars Yard at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Souther ... more 
'It's like you have a hand again': An ultra-precise mind-controlled prostheticAnn Arbor MI (SPX) Mar 05, 2020 In a major advance in mind-controlled prosthetics for amputees, University of Michigan researchers have tapped faint, latent signals from arm nerves and amplified them to enable real-time, intuitive ... more |
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The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Roscosmos Space Corporation have decided to postpone the launch of the second ExoMars mission to study the Red Planet to 2022.
The joint ESA-Roscosmos project team evaluated all the activities needed for an authorisation to launch, in order to analyse the risks and schedule. With due consideration of the recommendations provided by European and Russi ... more |
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 Albuquerque NM (SPX) Mar 11, 2020 
Scientists at The University of New Mexico have found that the Earth and Moon have distinct oxygen compositions and are not identical in oxygen as previously thought according to a new study released in Nature Geoscience.
The paper, titled Distinct oxygen isotope compositions of the Earth and Moon, may challenge the current understanding of the formation of the Moon.
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Mar 12, 2020 
Using data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES), researchers have found more than 300 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), minor planets located in the far reaches of the solar system, including more than 100 new discoveries. Published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, the study also describes a new approach for finding similar types of objects and could aid future searches for the hypothe ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 12, 2020 
Researchers using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed an extreme planet where they suspect it rains iron. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet has a day side where temperatures climb above 2400 degrees Celsius, high enough to vaporise metals. Strong winds carry iron vapour to the cooler night side where it condenses into iron droplets.
"One could say that this planet gets rainy in the ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 10, 2020 
NASA's effort to build the Space Launch System rocket to transport people to the moon by 2024 is at least 30 percent over budget and two years behind schedule, an Inspector General's report said Tuesday.
Each major part of the rocket has had "technical challenges, performance issues, and requirement changes that collectively have resulted in $2 billion of cost overruns and increases," the ... more |
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 Nanjing (XNA) Feb 21, 2020 
China's spacecraft tracking ship Yuanwang-5 is sailing to the Pacific Ocean from a port in east China's Jiangsu Province Thursday for a maritime space monitoring mission.
It is the first voyage of the ship this year.
Before the end of the Spring Festival, the mission members were gathered and quarantined on the ship to prevent the novel coronavirus infection. They completed the prepa ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 
This summer, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will undertake NASA's first-ever attempt to touch the surface of an asteroid, collect a sample of it, and safely back away. But since arriving at asteroid Bennu over a year ago, the mission team has been tackling an unexpected challenge: how to accomplish this feat at an asteroid whose surface is blanketed in building-sized boulders.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 10, 2020  Lockheed Martin was awarded a $22.4 million contract for work on the Layered Laser Defense system prototype onboard a Navy littoral combat ship, the Department of Defense announced.
The deal, announced Monday by the Pentagon, funds integration, demonstration, testing and operation of the LLD weapon system on board a vessel while the ship is underway.
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 Clear AK (SPX) Mar 11, 2020 
The Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) program has completed delivery of the first ten antenna panels to Clear, Alaska, that will make up the first of the system's two radar antenna arrays.
Lockheed Martin continues to successfully achieve all program milestones as it works towards delivering the radar to MDA in 2020. The system will serve as a critical s ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 27, 2020 
Titan, with its methane seas and orange smog, is in some ways the most similar world to Earth that we have found. Though it's merely a moon tethered by gravity to its cosmic ruler, Saturn, Titan has all the trappings of a planet, including clouds, rain, lakes and rivers, and even a subsurface ocean of salty water.
Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan in 1655, calling it sim ... more |
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 Atlanta GA (SPX) Mar 04, 2020 
Through a technique known as DNA origami, scientists have created the fastest, most persistent DNA nano motor yet. Angewandte Chemie published the findings, which provide a blueprint for how to optimize the design of motors at the nanoscale - hundreds of times smaller than the typical human cell.
"Nanoscale motors have tremendous potential for applications in biosensing, in building synthe ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 28, 2020 
When it comes to grasping an object, our eyes, ears and hands are intimately connected. Our brain draws information from different senses, such as sight, sound and touch, to coordinate hand movements.
Researchers think that, on Earth, gravity is also part of the equation - it provides a set of anchoring cues for the central nervous system. Human evolution has balanced its way across millen ... more |
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 Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Mar 11, 2020 
An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has for the first time succeeded in demonstrating the ionization cooling of muons. Regarded as a major step in being able to create the world's most powerful particle accelerator, this new muon accelerator is expected to provide a better understanding of the fundamental constituents of matter.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 11, 2020 
The tension was palpable as six student-built robots vied for dominance at the Da Vinci Schools arena in El Segundo, California, in the second round of the best-of-three final match. Since the Red Alliance had won the first, the Blue Alliance needed a win the second. But as the two-minute round concluded, it was clear that the Red Alliance's victory was assured, and the cheers of hundreds of stu ... more |
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 Germantown, MD (SPX) Mar 12, 2020 
Hughes Network Systems has told SpaceWar.com that it has been awarded a Data Link Modernization (DLM) contract by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to provide new dvanced satellite communications (SATCOM) systems for the U.S. Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).
Under the contract, Hughes will provide advanced, ruggedized HM400 modems that integrate wit ... more |
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