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  Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 New Horizons is healthy and continuing to send data back from the flyby of the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) Arrokoth back in late 2018 and early 2019, even as it speeds deeper into the Kuiper Belt and farther from the Earth and the Sun. By next spring, New Horizons will be 50 times as far from the Sun as the Earth is - only the fifth operating spacecraft to reach that distance. But as far as we've come, there's much more ahead! We plan to upgrade the spacecraft system and instrument software aboard Ne ... read more |
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Orion is 'Fairing' Well and Moving Ahead Toward Artemis IKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 05, 2020 Three spacecraft adapter jettison fairing panels have now been fitted onto Orion's European Service Module as production accelerates inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NAS ... more  
Clay subsoil at Earth's driest place may signal life on MarsIthaca NY (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 Earth's most arid desert may hold a key to finding life on Mars. Diverse microbes discovered in the clay-rich, shallow soil layers in Chile's dry Atacama Desert suggest that similar deposits below t ... more 
NASA seeks new partners to help put all eyes on Artemis Moon missionsWashington DC (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 NASA is seeking new partners to help the agency tell the story of human exploration at the Moon with the Artemis program in ways that engage, excite, and inspire a worldwide audience. Through the en ... more  
Model of multicellular evolution overturns classic theoryCambridge UK (SPX) Nov 04, 2020 Cells can evolve specialised functions under a much broader range of conditions than previously thought, according to a study published in eLife. The findings, originally posted on bioRxiv*, p ... more |
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Water on ancient MarsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 02, 2020 There's a long-standing question in planetary science about the origin of water on Earth, Mars and other large bodies such as the moon. One hypothesis says that it came from asteroids and comets pos ... more  
Graphene-based memory resistors show promise for brain-based computingUniversity Park PA (SPX) Nov 02, 2020 As progress in traditional computing slows, new forms of computing are coming to the forefront. At Penn State, a team of engineers is attempting to pioneer a type of computing that mimics the effici ... more 
New mineral discovered in moon meteoritePotsdam, Germany (SPX) Nov 04, 2020 A team of European researchers have discovered a new high-pressure mineral in the lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001, named donwilhelmsite [CaAl4Si2O11]. The team have published their findings in the ... more 
Microbial space travel on a molecular scaleVienna, Austria (SPX) Nov 05, 2020 Since the dawn of space exploration, humankind has been fascinated by survival of terrestrial life in outer space. Outer space is a hostile environment for any form of life, but some extraordinarily ... more  
Walmart to end experiment with robots in US storesNew York (AFP) Nov 3, 2020 Walmart has pulled the plug on a program to use robots to scan items in stores and help maintain inventory, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday. ... more |
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First scientific instrument installed on LucySan Antonio TX (SPX) Nov 03, 2020 Before the NASA Lucy mission can begin its long journey to the Trojan asteroids, the first scientific camera to be delivered to the spacecraft had to take a 1,500 mile journey across the continental ... more  |
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A new mineral from the Moon could explain what happens in the Earth's mantleManchester UK (SPX) Nov 03, 2020 A team of European researchers discovered a new high-pressure mineral in a lunar meteorite which is helping to explain what happens to materials within the extreme pressures of the Earth's mantle. ... more 
Cockroaches and lizards inspire new robot developed by Ben-Gurion University researcherBeer-Sheva, Israel (SPX) Nov 03, 2020 A new high-speed amphibious robot inspired by the movements of cockroaches and lizards, developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers, swims and runs on top of water at high spee ... more 
VIPER Rover will get driving headlightsMoffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2020 As it journeys into some of the darkest and coldest spots in the solar system, NASA's new water-hunting Moon rover, VIPER, will need some very robust headlights to light the way. In the extrem ... more 
Asteroid's scars tell stories of its pastTucson AZ (SPX) Nov 02, 2020 By studying impact marks on the surface of asteroid Bennu - the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission - a team of researchers led by the University of Arizona has uncovered the asteroid's past and rev ... more 
Assessing the habitability of planets around old red dwarfsBoston MA (SPX) Nov 02, 2020 Planets orbiting close to the most abundant and longest-lasting stars in our Milky Way may be less hospitable to life than previously thought. A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observator ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 
Earth's most arid desert may hold a key to finding life on Mars. Diverse microbes discovered in the clay-rich, shallow soil layers in Chile's dry Atacama Desert suggest that similar deposits below the Martian surface may contain microorganisms, which could be easily found by future rover missions or landing craft.
Led by Cornell University and Spain's Centro de Astrobiologia, scientists no ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 
NASA is seeking new partners to help the agency tell the story of human exploration at the Moon with the Artemis program in ways that engage, excite, and inspire a worldwide audience. Through the end of this decade, NASA will explore more of the lunar surface than ever before and will establish a sustainable human presence with Artemis in preparation for future human missions to Mars.
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 
New Horizons is healthy and continuing to send data back from the flyby of the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) Arrokoth back in late 2018 and early 2019, even as it speeds deeper into the Kuiper Belt and farther from the Earth and the Sun.
By next spring, New Horizons will be 50 times as far from the Sun as the Earth is - only the fifth operating spacecraft to reach that distance. But as far as w ... more |
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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Nov 04, 2020  Among the most extreme planets discovered beyond the edges of our solar system are lava planets: fiery hot worlds that circle so close to their host star that some regions are likely oceans of molten lava. According to scientists from McGill University, York University, and the Indian Institute of Science Education, the atmosphere and weather cycle of at least one such exoplanet is even stranger ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2020 
This past week Rocket Lab demonstrated an advanced capability of its Kick Stage acting as a space tug during the company's 15th launch, the 'In Focus' mission that launched satellites for Planet and Canon on October 28th UTC.
Shortly after deploying ten customer satellites to orbit, the Kick Stage's Curie engine reignited to maneuver the stage to a new inclination. While Rocket Lab has pre ... more |
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 Wuhan, China (XNA) Oct 23, 2020 
China's manned space program has entered the mission preparation stage with the selection of a new group of 18 reserve astronauts. According to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), the reserve astronauts, including one female, have been selected recently from 2,500 candidates. Among them are seven spacecraft pilots, seven space flight engineers and four payload experts.
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 Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Nov 04, 2020 
Prof. Dr. Thomas Kenkmann, geologist from the University of Freiburg's Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, together with mineralogist Prof. Dr. Wolf Uwe Reimold from the University of Brasilia, Brazil, and Dr. Manfred Gottwald from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) published an atlas providing a comprehensive overview of all known impact craters on every continent.
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 Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Sep 23, 2020  Since the mid-1960s few weapons have held as much potential and have constantly failed to live up to that potential as Directed Energy Weapons (DEW). However, since the turn of this century even as most countries have curtailed both their hopes and funding from the highs of decades past, DEWs have gradually and quietly matured.
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 Bethesda VA (SPX) Oct 19, 2020 
Lockheed Martin teamed with Aerojet Rocketdyne on a proposal to compete for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) contract for The Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
Lockheed Martin is offering an interceptor designed from the ground up as an all-up-round to address all elements of environmental survivability from day one. Our partner Aerojet Rocketdyne will power our primary propulsion to addr ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 30, 2020 
Scientists have used data from NASA's Cassini mission to delve into the impact craters on the surface of Titan, revealing more detail than ever before about how the craters evolve and how weather drives changes on the surface of Saturn's mammoth moon.
Like Earth, Titan has a thick atmosphere that acts as a protective shield from meteoroids; meanwhile, erosion and other geologic processes e ... more |
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 Saint-Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Oct 28, 2020 
Researchers from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) proposed a new approach to describe the interaction of metals with electromagnetic fluctuations (i.e., with random bursts of electric and magnetic fields).
The obtained results have great potential for application in both fundamental physics and for creating nanodevices for various purposes. The article was publi ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 
Nicholas Demos, a physics graduate student, didn't travel a conventional path to MIT. A first-generation college student, Demos didn't have a clear trajectory in mind when he first attended California State University at Fullerton after high school. "It was kind of the path of least resistance," Demos says.
When his father passed away in the middle of his undergraduate studies, Demos left ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 
Even if a black hole can be described with a mathematical model, it doesn't mean it exists in reality. Some theoretical models are unstable: though they can be used to run mathematical calculations, from the point of view of physics they make no sense. A physicist from RUDN University developed an approach to finding such instability regions. The work was published in the Physics of the Dark Uni ... more |
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 New York (AFP) Nov 3, 2020 
Walmart has pulled the plug on a program to use robots to scan items in stores and help maintain inventory, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday.
The retail giant had worked with Bossa Nova Robotics for five years employing elongated robots that take readings on inventory and utilize artificial intelligence to predict product movement and inventory needs.
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 4, 2020 
The United States has agreed to sell four armed MQ-9 Reaper drones to Taiwan, the State Department announced Tuesday, helping to boost the island's defenses as China steps up its threats.
The $600 million sale aids Taiwan's "continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces and to maintain a credible defensive capability," the State Department said.
It will also assist in maintaining poli ... more |
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