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High altitude water Cherenkov Observatory tests speed of light Los Alamos NM (SPX) Apr 01, 2020 New measurements confirm, to the highest energies yet explored, that the laws of physics hold no matter where you are or how fast you're moving. Observations of record-breaking gamma rays prove the robustness of Lorentz Invariance - a piece of Einstein's theory of relativity that predicts the speed of light is constant everywhere in the universe. The High Altitude Water Cherenkov observatory in Puebla, Mexico detected the gamma rays coming from distant galactic sources. "How relativity behaves at ... read more |
New explanation for sudden heat collapses in plasmas can help create fusion energy Princeton NJ (SPX) Apr 01, 2020 Scientists seeking to bring the fusion that powers the sun and stars to Earth must deal with sawtooth instabilities - up-and-down swings in the central pressure and temperature of the plasma that fu ... more Wurzburg, Germany (SPX) Apr 01, 2020 Professor Ronny Thomale holds a chair for theoretical condensed matter physics, the TP1, at the Julius-Maximilian University of Wurzburg. The discovery and theoretical description of new quantum sta ... more Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 31, 2020 The Mars 2020 mission involving NASA's newly named rover - Perseverance - received a significant boost following the completion of important testing at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 31, 2020 In Jessica Barnes' palm is an ancient, coin-sized mosaic of glass, minerals and rocks as thick as a strand of wool fiber. It is a slice of Martian meteorite, known as Northwest Africa 7034 or Black ... more |
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Airbus completes In Orbit Commissioning of CHEOPS Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 26, 2020 Airbus has received confirmation from ESA of a successful end to the In Orbit Commissioning (IOC) of CHEOPS after the IOC review yesterday. This critical phase was performed by Airbus in Spain with ... more Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Mar 23, 2020 Creating and controlling on Earth the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars is a key goal of scientists around the world. Production of this safe, clean and limitless energy could generate ele ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 24, 2020 Russian scientists intend to study whether cosmonauts during a space walk could pick up microorganisms on their space suits and bring them into the International Space Station (ISS), a department he ... more Washington DC (UPI) Mar 30, 2020 A radar system known as Space Fence, which can track material in space as small as 10 centimeters, is fully operational, the U.S. Space Force announced. ... more Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Mar 27, 2020 United States Space Force officials formally declared initial operational capability and operational acceptance of the Space Fence radar system, located on Kwajalein Island in the Republic of the Ma ... more |
Hallmark Transitions Key Strategies for Space Situational Awareness, Management Beijing (XNA) Mar 25, 2020 A trial version of China's new-generation manned spaceship is being tested at the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the coast of south China's island province of Hainan, according to the China Manned ... more |
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Crisis brings robots to medical frontline: researchers Washington (AFP) March 25, 2020 Robots are expected to demonstrate their value for "dirty and dangerous" medical tasks in the fight to quell the coronavirus pandemic, researchers said Wednesday. ... more Washington (Sputnik) Mar 31, 2020 Chances for the novel coronavirus to get into the International Space Station (ISS) are next to zero due to the enhanced security measures undertaken by the space agencies, NASA nurse Raksana Batsma ... more Ithaca NY (SPX) Mar 27, 2020 Cornell University astronomers have created five models representing key points from our planet's evolution, like chemical snapshots through Earth's own geologic epochs. The models will be spe ... more Amsterdam, The Netherlands (SPX) Mar 24, 2020 If three or more objects move around each other, history cannot be reversed. That is the conclusion of an international team of researchers based on computer simulations of three black holes orbitin ... more Washington DC (UPI) Feb 26, 2020 Scientists have discovered an unusual species of parasite hiding the muscles of salmon. The tiny species, comprised of just ten cells, is unlike all other animals known to science. The species, Henneguya salminicola, doesn't breathe oxygen. ... more |
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NASA Shows Perseverance with Helicopter, Cruise Stage Testing Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 31, 2020 The Mars 2020 mission involving NASA's newly named rover - Perseverance - received a significant boost following the completion of important testing at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Activities to measure mass properties of the Cruise Stage vehicle were performed on the spin table inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. Successful testing also was performed on NASA' ... more |
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Astronaut urine to build moon bases Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 30, 2020 The modules that the major space agencies plan to erect on the Moon could incorporate an element contributed by the human colonizers themselves: the urea in their pee. European researchers have found that it could be used as a plasticizer in the concrete of the structures. NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and its Chinese counterpart plan to build moon bases in the coming decades, as p ... more |
Jupiter's Great Red Spot shrinking in size, not thickness Paris, France (SPX) Mar 17, 2020 Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, is mainly made up of liquids and gases. Its clouds are shaped by jet streams, winds and vortices into numerous parallel bands, as well as coloured patches, one of which clearly stands out: the Great Red Spot. This is an Earth-sized anticyclone that has been observed for over 350 years, but has suddenly decreased in size in recent years. The ... more |
Russian to study if space suits can bring microbes into ISS from exterior Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 24, 2020 Russian scientists intend to study whether cosmonauts during a space walk could pick up microorganisms on their space suits and bring them into the International Space Station (ISS), a department head of the Institute for Biological and Medical Issues of the Russian Academy of Sciences said in an interview. "We are currently planning to conduct an experiment on the ISS dubbed 'Lovushka' [' ... more |
SpaceX parachute test aborted weeks before planned manned launch - report Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 26, 2020 SpaceX and Boeing are in a race to develop the next manned capsule to take US astronauts to the International Space Station. At the moment, NASA and other Western space agencies depend on Russian Soyuz rockets to take crews to the station. A SpaceX test of parachute systems for its new Crew Dragon manned capsule was aborted Tuesday, with a helicopter dropping the test article from an unknown height, CNBC has reported , citing a company statement. ... more |
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China's experimental manned spaceship undergoes tests Beijing (XNA) Mar 25, 2020 A trial version of China's new-generation manned spaceship is being tested at the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the coast of south China's island province of Hainan, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The experimental spacecraft is scheduled to launch with no crew in mid to late April on the maiden flight of the Long March-5B carrier rocket, a variant of the Long March-5, ... more |
Astronomers reveal source of 'red sign' in ancient Japanese literature Washington DC (UPI) Mar 31, 2020 In the early 7th century Japan, a fan of bright red feathers flamed across the night sky. Onlookers likened the cosmic phenomenon to the tail of a pheasant. In written accounts, witnesses speculated about the cosmic origins of the "red sign," but until now, the phenomenon's true identity was a mystery. In a new study, published this week in journal Sokendai Review of Culture and ... more |
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Lockheed nabs $22.4M for work on LCS-based laser system 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. The work includes development ... more |
US deploys Patriot air defence system to Iraq Baghdad (AFP) March 30, 2020 The United States has deployed Patriot air defence batteries to Iraqi bases to protect American troops recently targeted by Iranian missiles, US and Iraqi military sources told AFP Monday. Washington and Baghdad had been negotiating the placement of the defence system since January, when Tehran fired ballistic missiles at the western Iraqi base of Ain al-Asad, which hosts American and other ... more |
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Why is NASA Sending Dragonfly to Titan 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 |
New DNA origami motor breaks speed record for nano machines 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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Precision mirrors poised to improve sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors Washington DC (SPX) Mar 19, 2020 Researchers have developed a new type of deformable mirror that could increase the sensitivity of ground-based gravitational wave detectors such as the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Advanced LIGO measures faint ripples in space time called gravitational waves, which are caused by distant events such as collisions between black holes or neutron stars. ... more |
Holographic cosmological model and thermodynamics on the horizon of the universe Kanazawa, Japan (SPX) Mar 27, 2020 The expansion of the Universe has occupied the minds of astronomers and astrophysicists for decades. Among the cosmological models that have been suggested over the years, Lambda cold dark matter (LCDM) models are the simplest models that can provide elegant explanations of the properties of the Universe, e.g., the accelerated expansion of the late Universe and structural formations. Howev ... more |
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Crisis brings robots to medical frontline: researchers Washington (AFP) March 25, 2020 Robots are expected to demonstrate their value for "dirty and dangerous" medical tasks in the fight to quell the coronavirus pandemic, researchers said Wednesday. An editorial in Science Robotics noted that robots can help with telemedicine, decontamination, handling of hazardous waste and monitoring compliance with voluntary quarantines. "Historically, robots have been developed to take ... more |
SUGUS kicks off, a European project for integrating drones into the airspace Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 26, 2020 GMV has been awarded the SUGUS project (Solution for E-GNSS USpace Service), which aims to speed up the takeup of GNSS and Galileo in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) segment. SUGUS, an 18-month, 485,000-euro, European Union R and D project, is to be carried out by a GMV-led consortium involving also Everis Aerospace, Defense and Security, VVA Brussels, ESSP, FADA-CATEC and Unifly. SUGUS ... more |
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