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  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 23, 2020 The Earth-Moon system's history remains mysterious. Scientists believe the two formed when a Mars-sized body collided with the proto-Earth. Earth ended up being the larger daughter of this collision and retained enough heat to become tectonically active. The Moon, being smaller, likely cooled down faster and geologically 'froze'. The apparent early dynamism of the Moon challenges this idea. New data suggest this is because radioactive elements were distributed uniquely after the catastrophic Moon- ... read more |
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Are Planets with Oceans Common in the Galaxy? It's Likely, NASA Scientists FindGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 19, 2020 Several years ago, planetary scientist Lynnae Quick began to wonder whether any of the more than 4,000 known exoplanets, or planets beyond our solar system, might resemble some of the watery moons a ... more 
New study to search universe for signs of technological civilizationsBoston MA (SPX) Jun 22, 2020 Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian and the University of Rochester are collaborating on a project to search the universe for signs of life via technosignatures, afte ... more  
Reducing the risk of space debris collisionby Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2020 As humanity expands its horizons beyond the Earth and begins to consider space missions with extended duration, sustainability necessitates the launch of more space ... more  
Evidence supports 'hot start' scenario and early ocean formation on PlutoSanta Cruz CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2020 The accretion of new material during Pluto's formation may have generated enough heat to create a liquid ocean that has persisted beneath an icy crust to the present day, despite the dwarf planet's ... more |
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Space Mission Launches that will Carry Experiment Aimed at Solving Antibiotic ResistanceRamat Gan, Israel (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 Israel's Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer will make history on June 18 as one of the world's first hospitals to launch a bio-medical experiment in space. To help solve the worsening global problem ... more  
A proven method for stabilizing efforts to bring fusion power to EarthPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 All efforts to replicate in tokamak fusion facilities the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars must cope with a constant problem - transient heat bursts that can halt fusion reactions and dam ... more 
UK space sector gets a boost with the installation of a giant new satellite test chamberHarwell UK (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 The UK's space industry has received a major piece of new equipment to help get larger, more complex satellites ready for launch. A 16m long space test chamber, amongst the giants of Europe, has bee ... more  
Researchers discover unique material design for brain-like computationsAdelphi MD (SPX) Jun 19, 2020 Over the past few decades, computers have seen dramatic progress in processing power; however, even the most advanced computers are relatively rudimentary in comparison with the complexities and cap ... more  
Satellite launch center Wenchang eyes boosting homestay, catering sectorsWenchang, China (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 Homestay and catering industries related to aerospace are expected to be developed in Wenchang township, the location of China's fourth satellite launch center in tropical Hainan province, according ... more |
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 Strainoptronics: A new way to control photons  
Geometry of intricately fabricated glass makes light trap itselfUniversity Park PA (SPX) Jun 23, 2020 Laser light traveling through ornately microfabricated glass has been shown to interact with itself to form self-sustaining wave patterns called solitons. The intricate design fabricated in the glas ... more  |
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NASA's new Mars mission will take at least a decade to confirm lifeWashington DC (UPI) Jun 17, 2020 NASA's new microbe-hunting Mars rover, scheduled for launch July 20, is the most sophisticated rover yet, but it will take at least a decade to determine whether samples the machine collects exhibit signs of life, agency officials said Wednesday. ... more  
Evidence for Volcanic Craters on Saturn's Moon TitanTucson AZ (SPX) Jun 16, 2020 Volcano-like features seen in polar regions of Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft could be evidence of explosive eruptions that may continue today, according to a new paper by Planetar ... more 
The Launch Is Approaching for NASA's Next Mars Rover, PerseverancePasadena CA (JPL) Jun 18, 2020 NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is just over a month from its July 20 targeted launch date. The rover's astrobiology mission will seek signs of past microscopic life on Mars, explore the geology of t ... more 
As many as six billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy, according to new estimatesVancouver, Canada (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 To be considered Earth-like, a planet must be rocky, roughly Earth-sized and orbiting Sun-like (G-type) stars. It also has to orbit in the habitable zones of its star - the range of distances from a ... more 
Pause button for light particlesDarmstadt, Germany (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 How do you stop something that is faster than anything else, intangible and always in motion by nature? A team led by physicists Dr. Thorsten Peters and Professor Thomas Halfmann is doing the seemin ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 17, 2020 
NASA's new microbe-hunting Mars rover, scheduled for launch July 20, is the most sophisticated rover yet, but it will take at least a decade to determine whether samples the machine collects exhibit signs of life, agency officials said Wednesday.
The Perseverance rover is expected to land on the Red Planet in February. It is designed to drill samples of rock and drop them for a future m ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Jun 22, 2020 
Final Frontier Design (FFD) is pleased to announce the award of multiple contracts for components of NASA's next generation xEMU Lunar space suit.
The xEMU Lunar space suit will be used in the Artemis mission, the first US planetary space mission since Apollo.
The development awards include the Lunar xEMU space suit boot, hip, and waist joints, and will culminate with hardware delive ... more |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2020 
The accretion of new material during Pluto's formation may have generated enough heat to create a liquid ocean that has persisted beneath an icy crust to the present day, despite the dwarf planet's orbit far from the sun in the cold outer reaches of the solar system.
This "hot start" scenario, presented in a paper published June 22 in Nature Geoscience, contrasts with the traditional view ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2020 
For most of human history our understanding of how planets form and evolve was based on the eight (or nine) planets in our solar system. But over the last 25 years, the discovery of more than 4,000 exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system, changed all that.
Among the most intriguing of these distant worlds is a class of exoplanets called hot Jupiters. Similar in size to Jupiter, the ... more |
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 Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 19, 2020 
Unfavorable high-altitude wind conditions over the Guiana Space Center has led to a decision that the final preparation phase for Arianespace's Flight VV16 with Vega could not be initiated as planned today.
Therefore, tomorrow's scheduled liftoff from French Guiana has been postponed.
Depending on suitable weather conditions, the soonest possible launch date for this Small Spacecraft ... more |
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 Wenchang, China (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 
Homestay and catering industries related to aerospace are expected to be developed in Wenchang township, the location of China's fourth satellite launch center in tropical Hainan province, according to a local official.
"I believe the two new industries will further contribute to our economy and employment, even though we have just put forward the idea and are still studied specific measur ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2020 
Our planet exists within the vicinity of thousands of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), some of which - ?Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs)? - ?carry the risk of impacting Earth causing major damage to infrastructure and loss of life.
Methods to mitigate such a collision are highly desirable. A new paper published in EPJ Special Topics, authored by Flaviane Venditti, Planetary Radar Departmen ... 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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 Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2020 
The world's most advanced missile defense satellite recently and successfully came out of almost two months of harsh simulated space environmental testing.
On June 9, the U.S. Space Force's fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) successfully completed Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) testing at Lockheed Martin's Sunnyvale, California satellite manufacturi ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 16, 2020 
Volcano-like features seen in polar regions of Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft could be evidence of explosive eruptions that may continue today, according to a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Charles A. Wood and coauthor Jani Radebaugh of Brigham Young University.
Morphological features such as nested collapses, elevated ramparts, halos, and islan ... more |
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 Dubendorf, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 
The smallest motor in the world - consisting of just 16 atoms: this was developed by a team of researchers from Empa and EPFL. "This brings us close to the ultimate size limit for molecular motors," explains Oliver Groning, head of the Functional Surfaces Research Group at Empa. The motor measures less than one nanometer - in other words it is around 100,000 times smaller than the diameter of a ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 10, 2020 
ESA and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs have selected a team from Mahidol University, Thailand to carry out research using ESA's hypergravity-generating Large Diameter Centrifuge. The team will see how watermeal - the smallest flowering plant on Earth, even smaller than the more familiar duckweed - responds to changing gravity levels to assess its usefulness for space-based lif ... more |
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 Rochester NY (SPX) Jun 21, 2020 
"Beam me up" is one of the most famous catchphrases from the Star Trek series. It is the command issued when a character wishes to teleport from a remote location back to the Starship Enterprise.
While human teleportation exists only in science fiction, teleportation is possible in the subatomic world of quantum mechanics--albeit not in the way typically depicted on TV. In the quantum worl ... more |
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 Adelphi MD (SPX) Jun 19, 2020 
Over the past few decades, computers have seen dramatic progress in processing power; however, even the most advanced computers are relatively rudimentary in comparison with the complexities and capabilities of the human brain.
Researchers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory say this may be changing as they endeavor to design computers inspir ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jun 21, 2020 
Northrop Grumman has announced the Australian government's decision to provide funding for an additional three of their planned six MQ-4C Tritons and associated ground mission control stations.
The MQ-4C Triton is a cooperative development program between the Royal Australian Air Force and the U.S. Navy, and provides a round-the-clock maritime wide-area intelligence, surveillance and recon ... more |
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