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  San Antonio TX (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 Last week NASA snagged a sample from the surface of asteroid Bennu, an Empire State Building-sized body that Southwest Research Institute scientists have helped map with nearly unprecedented precision. Using orbital data from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, researchers measured centimeter- to meter-sized craters on the boulders scattered around its rugged surface to shed light on the age of the asteroid. While the collected sample will yield enormous scientific value when it is returned to Earth in 202 ... read more |
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Review board says NASA, ESA ready to pursue Mars sample return missionWashington DC (UPI) Nov 10, 2020 In a newly released report, an independent group of scientists and space policy experts offered NASA and the European Space Agency the green light to pursue a Mars Sample Return campaign. ... more 
Independent Review Indicates NASA Prepared for Mars Sample Return CampaignWashington DC (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 NASA released an independent review report Tuesday indicating the agency is now ready to undertake its Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign to bring pristine samples from Mars to Earth for scientific s ... more  
China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for 24th lunar dayBeijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2020 The lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the 24th lunar day on the far side of the moon. The lander woke up at 3:12 am Tuesday, Beijing Time, and the rover Yutu-2, or ... more  
Researchers model source of eruption on Jupiter's moon EuropaStanford CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 On Jupiter's icy moon Europa, powerful eruptions may spew into space, raising questions among hopeful astrobiologists on Earth: What would blast out from miles-high plumes? Could they contain signs ... more |
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Robotic AI learns to be spontaneousTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 Autonomous functions for robots, such as spontaneity, are highly sought after. Many control mechanisms for autonomous robots are inspired by the functions of animals, including humans. Roboticists o ... more  
Researchers 3D print biomedical parts with supersonic speedIthaca NY (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 Forget glue, screws, heat or other traditional bonding methods. A Cornell University-led collaboration has developed a 3D printing technique that creates cellular metallic materials by smashing toge ... more  
Clemson researchers decode thermal conductivity with lightClemson SC (SPX) Nov 10, 2020 Groundbreaking science is often the result of true collaboration, with researchers in a variety of fields, viewpoints and experiences coming together in a unique way. One such effort by Clemson Univ ... more  
NYUAD study finds stellar flares can lead to the diminishment of a planet's habitabilityAbu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Nov 10, 2020 In a new study researchers, led by Research Scientist Dimitra Atri of the Center for Space Science at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), identified which stars were most likely to host habitable exoplanets base ... more 
Radiation Does a Bright Number on Jupiter's MoonPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 10, 2020 As the icy, ocean-filled moon Europa orbits Jupiter, it withstands a relentless pummeling of radiation. Jupiter zaps Europa's surface night and day with electrons and other particles, bathing it in ... more |
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 New exoplanet model tells astronomers where to look using 4 simple variables 
Water may be naturally occurring on all rocky planetsCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Nov 10, 2020 The emergence of life is a mystery. Nevertheless, researchers agree that water is a precondition for life. The first cell emerged in water and then evolved to form multicellular organism. The oldest ... more  |
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Maunakea telescopes confirm first brown dwarf discovered by radio observationsWashington DC (SPX) Nov 10, 2020 A collaboration between the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) radio telescope in Europe, the Gemini North telescope, and the NASA InfraRed Telescope Facility (IRTF), both on Maunakea in Hawai'i, has led 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  
Pushing the envelope with fusion magnetsBoston MA (SPX) Nov 09, 2020 "At the age of between 12 and 15 I was drawing; I was making plans of fusion devices." David Fischer remembers growing up in Vienna, Austria, imagining how best to cool the furnace used to con ... 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 
Stars and planets grow up together as siblingsMunich, Germany (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 Astronomers have found compelling evidence that planets start to form while infant stars are still growing. The high-resolution image obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ( ... more |
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 West Lafayette IN (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 
Briony Horgan grew up in Portland, Oregon, where, enjoying the mountains and volcanoes that surrounded the region, she developed a love of geology. A long-standing interest in space made Horgan realize she wasn't confined to study rocks simply on Earth.
Horgan, now an associate professor of planetary science at Purdue, soon will have an opportunity to let her imagination dive into the geol ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2020 
The lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the 24th lunar day on the far side of the moon.
The lander woke up at 3:12 am Tuesday, Beijing Time, and the rover Yutu-2, or Jade Rabbit-2, woke up at 10:17 am Monday, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.
Landing on the moon on Jan 3, 2019, the Chang'e ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 
On Jupiter's icy moon Europa, powerful eruptions may spew into space, raising questions among hopeful astrobiologists on Earth: What would blast out from miles-high plumes? Could they contain signs of extraterrestrial life? And where in Europa would they originate? A new explanation now points to a source closer to the frozen surface than might be expected.
Rather than originating from dee ... more |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 
The amount of long-lived radioactive elements incorporated into a rocky planet as it forms may be a crucial factor in determining its future habitability, according to a new study by an interdisciplinary team of scientists at UC Santa Cruz.
That's because internal heating from the radioactive decay of the heavy elements thorium and uranium drives plate tectonics and may be necessary for th ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 12, 2020 
The launch of the South Korean Earth observation satellite CAS500-1 from the Baikonur space center is scheduled for March 2021, the Glavkosmos Launch Services company said.
A Sputnik source in the rocket and space industry said the launch was scheduled for March 20.
A contract on manufacturing, adapting and delivering the Fregat booster to the Baikonur spaceport for South Korea's orb ... 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.
Flight engineers a ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 
Last week NASA snagged a sample from the surface of asteroid Bennu, an Empire State Building-sized body that Southwest Research Institute scientists have helped map with nearly unprecedented precision. Using orbital data from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, researchers measured centimeter- to meter-sized craters on the boulders scattered around its rugged surface to shed light on the age of the aster ... more |
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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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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 10, 2020  Earlier this year, Northrop Grumman announced it was submitting a bid as the prime contractor for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) pursuit. Partnering with Raytheon Technologies, the team looks to ensure a smooth transition from the current interceptor program on an accelerated schedule, supporting the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) critical mission of protecting our nation and our warfight ... 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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 Upton NY (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 
Three-dimensional (3-D) nanostructured materials - those with complex shapes at a size scale of billionths of a meter - that can conduct electricity without resistance could be used in a range of quantum devices. For example, such 3-D superconducting nanostructures could find application in signal amplifiers to enhance the speed and accuracy of quantum computers and ultrasensitive magnetic field ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 
In a story of lost and stolen books and scrupulous detective work across continents, a Caltech historian and his former student have unearthed previously uncounted copies of Isaac Newton's groundbreaking science book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known more colloquially as the Principia. The new census more than doubles the number of known copies of the famous first edition, publ ... more |
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 Lemont IL (SPX) Nov 06, 2020 
As scientists await the highly anticipated initial results of the Muon g-2 experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, collaborating scientists from DOE's Argonne National Laboratory continue to employ and maintain the unique system that maps the magnetic field in the experiment with unprecedented precision.
Argonne scientists upgraded the mea ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 10, 2020 
Artificial intelligence has rapidly advanced over the last few decades, but this intelligence remains largely relegated to smartphones and computers.
The creation of lifelike artificially intelligent robots has been slow-going, and breakthroughs in what scientists call 'physical AI' remain few and far between.
In a new paper, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Machine Intell ... more |
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 White Salmon WA (SPX) Nov 09, 2020 
Sagetech Avionics, an innovative technology company providing industry-leading safety solutions for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), and Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, a leading UAS technology company, has announced that they have completed the integration of Sagetech's UAV transponders with the world's leading open source autopilot, ArduPilot.
The two companies successfully tested the new integra ... more |
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