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  San Antonio TX (SPX) May 28, 2020 NASA has awarded Southwest Research Institute $3 million to develop a lunar version of its Laser Absorption Spectrometer for Volatiles and Evolved Gas (LASVEGAS) instrument. This spectrometer can precisely measure the volatile compounds present in planetary atmospheres and surfaces - critical information for space science and exploration. "LASVEGAS is about half the size of a paper towel roll. It's extremely compact, low mass, low volume and low power - all important characteristics for spacefligh ... read more |
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The asteroids Ryugu and Bennu were formed by the destruction of a large asteroidParuis, France (SPX) May 28, 2020 What is the origin of the asteroids Bennu and Ryugu, and of their spinning-top shape? An international research team led by Patrick Michel, a CNRS researcher at the Laboratoire Lagrange and Ronald-L ... more  
UK commits new funding to combat space debrisLondon, UK (SPX) May 27, 2020 New government funding for innovative solutions to tackle the growing problem of potentially hazardous space debris, has been announced by the UK Space Agency. There are an estimated 900,000 p ... more  
The detective aboard NASA's Perseverance RoverPasadena CA (JPL) May 27, 2020 Mars is a long way from 221B Baker Street, but one of fiction's best-known detectives will be represented on the Red Planet after NASA's Perseverance rover touches down on Feb. 18, 2021. SHERLOC, an ... more 
MAVEN maps electric currents around Mars that are fundamental to atmospheric lossGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 27, 2020 Five years after NASA's MAVEN spacecraft entered into orbit around Mars, data from the mission has led to the creation of a map of electric current systems in the Martian atmosphere. "These cu ... more |
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Engineers develop low-cost, high-accuracy GPS-like system for flexible medical robotsSan Diego CA (SPX) May 19, 2020 Roboticists at the University of California San Diego have developed an affordable, easy to use system to track the location of flexible surgical robots inside the human body. The system performs as ... more  
Researchers develop material capable of being invisible or reflective in IR spectrumSt. Petersburg, Russia (SPX) May 21, 2020 Modern optical devices require constant tuning of their light interaction settings. For that purpose, there exist various mechanical apparatuses that shift lenses, rotate reflectors, and move emitte ... more 
UH ATLAS telescope discovers first-of-its-kind asteroidHonolulu HI (SPX) May 22, 2020 We often think of asteroids and comets as distinct types of small bodies, but astronomers have discovered an increasing number of "crossovers." These objects initiall ... more 
Air deliveries bring NASA's Perseverance Mars rover closer to launchKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 22, 2020 Progress continues to speed along as NASA's Perseverance rover readies for its launch this summer. On May 11, the rover team at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida received the tubes tasked ... more  
The bold plan to see continents and oceans on another earthPasadena CA (SPX) May 22, 2020 What if we could take a picture of an Earth-like planet around another star that was sharp enough to see continents, oceans, and clouds? Right now, it's impossible. From our vantage point, exo ... more |
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Terrestrial bacteria can grow on nutrients from spaceNijmegen, The Netherlands (SPX) May 27, 2020 Interest in space exploration is increasing again. In the past decade, there has been renewed thinking about missions to the moon, perhaps even to Mars. As inevitable fellow travellers on the bodies ... more  |
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Denmark develops robot to conduct coronavirus testsCopenhagen (AFP) May 27, 2020 Danish researchers have developed a robot capable of carrying out COVID-19 screening tests, the University of Southern Denmark announced on Wednesday. ... more  
Next-gen laser facilities look to usher in new era of relativistic plasmas researchWashington DC (SPX) May 27, 2020 The subject of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics, chirped pulse amplification is a technique that increases the strength of laser pulses in many of today's highest-powered research lasers. As next-gen ... more 
Surprise link found to edge turbulence in fusion plasmaPlainsboro NJ (SPX) May 27, 2020 Blobs can wreak havoc in plasma required for fusion reactions. This bubble-like turbulence swells up at the edge of fusion plasmas and drains heat from the edge, limiting the efficiency of fusion re ... more 
Surrey reveals its implantable biosensor that operates without batteriesSurrey UK (SPX) May 22, 2020 Researchers from the University of Surrey have revealed their new biodegradable motion sensor - paving the way for implanted nanotechnology that could help future sports professionals better monitor ... more 
ESO telescope sees signs of planet birthMunich, Germany (SPX) May 21, 2020 Observations made with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have revealed the telltale signs of a star system being born. Around the young star AB Aurigae lies a dens ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 22, 2020 
Progress continues to speed along as NASA's Perseverance rover readies for its launch this summer. On May 11, the rover team at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida received the tubes tasked with holding the first samples collected at Mars for eventual return to Earth.
A week later, the Atlas V launch vehicle that will hurl Perseverance to the Red Planet arrived at the launch site. ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) May 28, 2020 
NASA has awarded Southwest Research Institute $3 million to develop a lunar version of its Laser Absorption Spectrometer for Volatiles and Evolved Gas (LASVEGAS) instrument. This spectrometer can precisely measure the volatile compounds present in planetary atmospheres and surfaces - critical information for space science and exploration.
"LASVEGAS is about half the size of a paper towel r ... more |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 14, 2020 
When the New Horizons spacecraft passed by Pluto in 2015, one of the many fascinating features its images revealed was that this small, frigid world in the distant solar system has a hazy atmosphere. Now, new data helps explain how Pluto's haze is formed from the faint light of the Sun 3.7 billion miles away as it moves through an unusual orbit.
Remote observations of Pluto by NASA's teles ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) May 27, 2020 
Giant planets in our solar system and circling other stars have exotic clouds unlike anything on Earth, and the gas giants orbiting close to their stars - so-called hot Jupiters - boast the most extreme.
A team of astronomers from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom have now come up with a model that predicts which of the many types of proposed clouds, from sapphire to smoggy ... more |
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 Birmingham UK (The Conversation) May 28, 2020 
Two NASA astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, will make history by travelling to the International Space Station in a privately funded spacecraft, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule. But the launch, which was due to take place on May 27, has been aborted due to bad weather, and will instead take place on May 30 at 3:22 pm EDT.
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 Beijing (AFP) May 25, 2020 
China is targeting a July launch for its ambitious plans for a Mars mission which will include landing a remote-controlled robot on the surface of the red planet, the company in charge of the project has said.
Beijing has invested billions of dollars in its space programme in an effort to catch up with its rival the United States and affirm its status as a major world power.
The Mars mis ... more |
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 Paruis, France (SPX) May 28, 2020 
What is the origin of the asteroids Bennu and Ryugu, and of their spinning-top shape? An international research team led by Patrick Michel, a CNRS researcher at the Laboratoire Lagrange and Ronald-Louis Ballouz from the University of Arizona, proposes an answer to this question in an article published in Nature Communications on May 27, 2020.
Numerical simulations of large asteroid disrupt ... more |
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 Pearl Harbor (USN) May 22, 2020 
Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a Solid State Laser - Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) MK 2 MOD 0 on May 16.
LWSD is a high-energy laser weapon system demonstrator developed by the Office of Naval Research and installed on Portland for an at-sea demonstration. LWSD's operational em ... more |
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 Falls Church VA (SPX) May 28, 2020 
It's a cold December morning at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, and two surrogate cruise missile targets have just been launched, one after the other. They are flying separate courses among the jagged San Andres and Sacramento mountains toward soldiers in a U.S. Army Air and Missile Defense unit at a test site called TAC-2 - Tactical Command Post 2.
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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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 Birmingham UK (SPX) May 22, 2020 
Gravitational-wave researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new model that promises to yield fresh insights into the structure and composition of neutron stars.
The model shows that vibrations, or oscillations, inside the stars can be directly measured from the gravitational-wave signal alone. This is because neutron stars will become deformed under the influence of tid ... more |
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 Santa Cruz CA (The Conversation) May 28, 2020 
In the late 1990s, cosmologists made a prediction about how much ordinary matter there should be in the universe. About 5%, they estimated, should be regular stuff with the rest a mixture of dark matter and dark energy. But when cosmologists counted up everything they could see or measure at the time, they came up short. By a lot.
The sum of all the ordinary matter that cosmologists measur ... more |
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 Copenhagen (AFP) May 27, 2020 
Danish researchers have developed a robot capable of carrying out COVID-19 screening tests, the University of Southern Denmark announced on Wednesday.
Using a 3D-printed disposable arm that is automatically swapped after every patient, the robot takes a throat swab and then places the sample in a jar, the research laboratory explained.
"Robotics researchers... have developed the world's ... more |
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 Binghamton NY (SPX) May 27, 2020 
Using advanced machine learning, drones could be used to detect dangerous "butterfly" landmines in remote regions of post-conflict countries, according to research from Binghamton University, State University at New York.
Researchers at Binghamton University had previously developed a method that allowed for highly accurate detection of "butterfly" landmines using low-cost commercial drone ... more |
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