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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2020 Mars is about to get a new stream of weather reports, once NASA's Perseverance rover touches down on Feb. 18, 2021. As it scours Jezero Crater for signs of ancient microbial life, Perseverance will collect the first planetary samples for return to Earth by a future mission. But the rover will also provide key atmospheric data that will help enable future astronauts to the Red Planet to survive in a world with no breathable oxygen, freezing temperatures, planet wide dust storms, and intense radiation fro ... read more |
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Ariel moves from blueprint to realityParis (ESA) Nov 16, 2020 ESA's exoplanet mission Ariel, scheduled for launch in 2029, has moved from study to implementation phase, following which an industrial contractor will be selected to build the spacecraft. Ar ... more 
Preparing for a human mission to MarsNew Rochelle, NY (SPX) Nov 16, 2020 Future human missions to Mars depend on field research in an environment similar to that of Mars. It will enable the evaluation of operational concepts and optimization of strategies. The goals and ... more 
Gravity Assist: Mars Takes a Breath, with Jen EigenbrodePasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2020 The Curiosity rover has been probing the secrets of Mars since its arrival in 2012. Its discoveries include chemical signatures that could be related to life - or, alternatively, to geological proce ... more  
Advanced atomic clock makes a better dark matter detectorWashington DC (SPX) Nov 16, 2020 JILA researchers have used a state-of-the-art atomic clock to narrow the search for elusive dark matter, an example of how continual improvements in clocks have value beyond timekeeping. Older ... more |
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DESTINY+ as Germany and Japan begin new asteroid missionBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 13, 2020 How did life arrive on Earth? To investigate this and to address fundamental questions about the evolution of celestial bodies in our Solar System, the Japanese-German space mission DESTINY+ (Demons ... more  
Robot dogs to enhance security at Tyndall AFB, Fla.Washington DC (UPI) Nov 13, 2020 New autonomous ground vehicles, demonstrated this week at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., are computerized, four-legged robot dogs useable for security patrols, the Air Force said this week. ... more  
Virus live stream will allow scientists to study infections in real-timeWashington DC (UPI) Nov 13, 2020 Want to study viral infections in real time? Just tune into the live stream. ... more  
Pandemic casts shadow over India's festival of lightNew Delhi (AFP) Nov 14, 2020 Fear of the coronavirus and chronic pollution spoiled the party Saturday as hundreds of millions of Indians celebrated the biggest Hindu holiday of the year. ... more 
Cysteine synthesis was a key step in the origin of lifeLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 13, 2020 In an important step during the early evolution of life on Earth, the formation of the amino acid cysteine delivered vital catalysts, which enabled the earliest protein molecules to form in water, a ... more |
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 Education key to developing lifelike intelligent robots, study argues 
On the way to lifelike robotsZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 Artificial intelligence is supposed to make machines perform at ever more amazing levels. A robot that can do little more than a remote-controlled model car has a limited range of applications. ... 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 
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 
SwRI scientist studies tiny craters on Bennu boulders to understand asteroid's ageSan 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 precisi ... 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 |
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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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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 16, 2020 
A critical component of a habitable planet is its ability to stabilize its climate over long timescales. In a new study, scientists explore whether a world covered in water can keep its climate as stable as an Earth-like, continental world.
Over the span of millions of years, a planet's host star might gradually dim or brighten, or the planet's volcanic outgassing patterns might slowly shi ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 
Precision guidance and navigation is critical to success and safety in spaceflight. Today, as Stratolaunch builds its next generation vehicle for hypersonic flight test, it will be guided by flight software developed by Draper.
"As with Draper's past contributions to the U.S. space program, Draper's engineers are proud to develop a key component of Stratolaunch's hypersonic vehicle- guidan ... 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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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 
It is thought that over 1,000 kilograms of so-called interplanetary dust falls to Earth every day. This dust is essentially an untold number of small faint meteors, discarded remnants of asteroids and comets that pass by the Earth.
Two ways to study faint meteors are radar and optical observations, each with advantages and limitations. Astronomers have combined specific observations with b ... 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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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 12, 2020 
Troops from Germany, Greece, the Netherlands and the United States started NATO Missile Firing Installation 2020 in Greece Thursday.
The German-led multinational air defense live fire exercise began Thursday and will continue through Nov. 27, according to a press release from U.S. European Command.
More than 250 personnel are participating in the exercise, during which they will ... 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 13, 2020  New autonomous ground vehicles, demonstrated this week at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., are computerized, four-legged robot dogs useable for security patrols, the Air Force said this week.
The Philadelphia-based technology company Ghost Robotics worked with the base's 325th Security Squadron for a year to develop the system of autonomous machines, which were revealed on Nov. 10 in an on ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 12, 2020  NATO received the fifth and last NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance aircraft in its fleet at the Main Operating Base in Sigonella, Italy, this week.
According to NATO, the RQ-4D aircraft took off from Palmdale Air Force base in California Wednesday night and landed at Sigonella Thursday afternoon.
"I am proud of the NATO AGS Force and of the entire AGS team. The arrival of the fif ... more |
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