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  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 12, 2020 In February and July of 2019, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of near-Earth asteroid Ryugu. The readings it took with various instruments at those times have given researchers insight into the physical and chemical properties of the 1-kilometer-wide asteroid. These findings could help explain the history of Ryugu and other asteroids, as well as the solar system at large. When our solar system formed around 5 billion years ago, most of the material it formed from became ... read more |
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Study suggests terrestrial life unlikely to contaminate MarsSan Antonio, TX (SPX) May 12, 2020 A Southwest Research Institute scientist modeled the atmosphere of Mars to help determine that salty pockets of water present on the Red Planet are likely not habitable by life as we know it on Eart ... more 
Salty Liquids on Mars - Present, but not habitable?Houston TX (SPX) May 12, 2020 everal recent observations of Mars have hinted that it might presently harbor liquid water, a requirement for life as we know it. However, in a new paper in Nature Astronomy, a team of researchers h ... more  
New evidence shows giant meteorite impacts formed parts of the moon's crustToronto, Canada (SPX) May 12, 2020 New research published in the journal Nature Astronomy reveals a type of destructive event most often associated with disaster movies and dinosaur extinction may have also contributed to the formati ... more 
The strange structure of large impact craters on Mars observed by OpportunityAlbuquerque NM (SPX) May 12, 2020 The rims of large impact craters on Mars are even more unusual than we thought. In recent research published in the prestigious scientific journal "Geology,"* lead author Larry Crumpler, planetary g ... more |
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The little tires that could go to MarsNASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland OH (SPX) May 08, 2020 It's rocky. It's sandy. It's flat. It's cratered. It's cold. The surface of Mars is a challenging and inhospitable place, especially for rovers. As future missions t ... more 
Astrobotic to develop new commercial payload service for NASA human lunar landerPittsburgh PA (SPX) May 11, 2020 Astrobotic proudly announces that it is has been selected to develop and lead a new commercial payload service onboard the Dynetics Human Landing System (HLS). Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of ... more 
Violent meteorite impacts forged parts of the lunar crustWashington DC (UPI) May 11, 2020 Parts of the moon's crust were forged by large and violent meteorite impacts, according to new research published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy. ... more  
Russia Probes Explosion of One of Its Used Boosters in OrbitMoscow (Sputnik) May 11, 2020 Earlier, the US Air Force 18th Space Control Squadron, which monitors objects in Earth orbit, reported that an explosion took place on 8 May, releasing 65 pieces of debris. The squadron said that th ... more  
New 'planetary quarantine' report reviewing risks of alien contaminationStanford CA (SPX) May 11, 2020 In Michael Crichton's 1969 novel The Andromeda Strain, a deadly alien microbe hitches a ride to Earth aboard a downed military satellite and scientists must race to contain it. While fictional, the ... more |
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 'Space Architects' Design Origami-Inspired Foldable Lunar Habitat, Will Test in Arctic  
China's new spacecraft returns to Earth: officialBeijing (AFP) May 8, 2020 China's new prototype spacecraft "successfully landed" on Friday, marking an important step in its ambitions to run a permanent space station and send astronauts to the moon. ... more  |
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China's experimental new-generation manned spaceship works normally in orbitBeijing (XNA) May 08, 2020 The trial version of China's new-generation manned spaceship is now working normally in orbit, having completed a series of operations as planned, according to the China Aerospace Science and Techno ... more 
NASA's Perseverance Rover Spacecraft Put in Launch ConfigurationPasadena CA (JPL) May 08, 2020 Engineers working on NASA's Perseverance rover mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have begun the process of placing the Mars-bound rover and other spacecraft components into the configur ... more 
NASA's Perseverance Rover Mission Getting in Shape for LaunchKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 08, 2020 Engineers working on NASA's Perseverance rover mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have begun the process of placing the Mars-bound rover and other spacecraft components into the configur ... more 
Perseverance Presses On, Remains Targeted for Summer LaunchKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 08, 2020 Testing on NASA's Mars Perseverance rover at Kennedy Space Center closed out April on an extremely high note. The latest activities at the Florida spaceport included attaching the aeroshell ba ... more  
Telescopes and spacecraft join forces to probe deep into Jupiter's atmosphereWashington DC (SPX) May 08, 2020 Researchers using a technique known as "lucky imaging" with the Gemini North telescope on Hawaii's Maunakea have collected some of the highest resolution images of Jupiter ever obtained from the gro ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 07, 2020 
Billions of years ago, the Martian surface could have supported microbial life as we know it. But did such life ever actually exist there? NASA and its Mars 2020 mission hope to find out with the Perseverance rover, which launches to the Red Planet this summer.
Scientists have sought answers to astrobiological questions on Earth, studying regions similar enough to Mars to understand what t ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) May 08, 2020 
The designers say that the aim of their project is to withstand the toughest weather conditions, something that might help NASA's scheduled 2024 mission to the moon, dubbed "Artemis".
Two Danish designers have developed an origami-inspired foldable house that could be useful for offworld explorers from NASA's Artemis mission to the moon.
The project, called 'Lunark Habitat', is a com ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2020 
Researchers using a technique known as "lucky imaging" with the Gemini North telescope on Hawaii's Maunakea have collected some of the highest resolution images of Jupiter ever obtained from the ground. These images are part of a multi-year joint observing program with the Hubble Space Telescope in support of NASA's Juno mission. The Gemini images, when combined with the Hubble and Juno observat ... more |
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) May 12, 2020 
The oldest molecular fluids in the solar system could have supported the rapid formation and evolution of the building blocks of life, new research in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals.
An international group of scientists, led by researchers from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and co-authors from McMaster University and York University, used state-of-the- ... more |
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 Redmond WA (SPX) May 07, 2020 
In the near future, a box weighing just one pound and measuring 128 cubic inches will be launched 100 kilometers into the sky on-board Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle. Minutes later, it will return to the ground. What's special about this box is that it and its contents are being designed, programmed, and built by a group of third-year students in the Bachelor of Science in Computer Engi ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 8, 2020  China's new prototype spacecraft "successfully landed" on Friday, marking an important step in its ambitions to run a permanent space station and send astronauts to the moon.
The spacecraft - which was launched Tuesday - arrived safely at a predetermined site, the China Manned Space Agency said, after a hitch in an earlier part of the key test.
It said the cabin structure of the spacec ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 12, 2020 
In February and July of 2019, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of near-Earth asteroid Ryugu. The readings it took with various instruments at those times have given researchers insight into the physical and chemical properties of the 1-kilometer-wide asteroid. These findings could help explain the history of Ryugu and other asteroids, as well as the solar system at la ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 08, 2020 
Navy leaders and private contractors broke ground this week on what will become the fleet's only dedicated facility to test, fire and evaluate complete laser weapon systems in a maritime environment, Naval Sea Systems Command announced on Thursday.
The Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory is projected to open in roughly a year along the Point Mugu Sea Range near Naval Base Ventur ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 7, 2020 
The US is pulling out four of its powerful Patriot missile systems from Saudi Arabia, after determining the threat from Iran that sparked an arms buildup in the region last year had waned, a Defense Department official said Thursday.
Two of the anti-missile batteries deployed following the September attacks on Saudi oil installations "are now leaving," the official said on condition of anony ... more |
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 Leioa, Spain (SPX) May 11, 2020 
A rich variety of meteorological phenomena take place in the extensive hydrogen atmosphere of the planet Saturn, a world about ten times the size of the Earth. They help us to better understand those that operate in a similar way in the Earth's atmosphere.
Featuring among them due to its uniqueness is the well-known "hexagon", an amazing wave structure that surrounds the planet's polar reg ... more |
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 Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) May 11, 2020 
Photosynthetic systems in nature transport energy very efficiently towards a reaction centre, where it is converted into a useful form for the organism. Scientists have been using this as inspiration to learn how to transport energy efficiently in, for example, molecular electronics. Physicist Richard Hildner from the University of Groningen and his colleagues have investigated energy transport ... more |
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 Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) May 01, 2020 
Neutron stars are among the densest objects in the universe. If our Sun, with its radius of 700,000 kilometres were a neutron star, its mass would be condensed into an almost perfect sphere with a radius of around 12 kilometres. When two neutron stars collide and merge into a hyper-massive neutron star, the matter in the core of the new object becomes incredibly hot and dense.
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2020 
A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutes has discovered a black hole lying just 1000 light-years from Earth. The black hole is closer to our Solar System than any other found to date and forms part of a triple system that can be seen with the naked eye.
The team found evidence for the invisible object by tracking its two companion stars using ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 05, 2020 
In many parts of the U.S., robots have been replacing workers over the last few decades. But to what extent, really? Some technologists have forecast that automation will lead to a future without work, while other observers have been more skeptical about such scenarios.
Now a study co-authored by an MIT professor puts firm numbers on the trend, finding a very real impact - although one tha ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 06, 2020  Boeing announced Tuesday it has presented its first unmanned aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force.
The Loyal Wingman is the first aircraft to be designed, engineered and manufactured in Australia in more than 50 years, and is the company's largest investment in a drone outside of the United States, according to the company.
"This is a truly historic moment for our country a ... more |
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