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  Solna, Sweden (SPX) Jan 25, 2021 Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands (Airbus DS NL) have signed a memorandum of understanding for collaborative activities regarding ground equipment for space-to-ground optical communication. The agreement will accelerate the development of commercially viable optical ground stations that will be offered by Airbus DS NL and used by SSC in delivering ground network services. One of the collaborative activities in developing this capability includes optical commu ... read more |
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New Mars rover may collect first sounds recorded on another planetWashington DC (UPI) Jan 21, 2021 When three new Mars missions reach the Red Planet in February, recording the first sounds from another planet is to be among the scientific milestones. ... more  
Holding the system of HR 8799 togetherWashington DC (SPX) Jan 25, 2021 All four planets orbiting the star HR 8799 were identified via direct imaging - a feat made possible only because of the planets' large sizes and their wide orbits. Planetary systems with these char ... more 
The seven rocky planets of TRAPPIST-1 seem to have very similar compositionsLiege, Belgium (SPX) Jan 25, 2021 A new international study led by astrophysicist Eric Agol from the University of Washington has measured the densities of the seven planets of the exoplanetary system TRAPPIST-1 with extreme precisi ... more 
Astronomers discover first cloudless, Jupiter-like planetBoston MA (SPX) Jan 22, 2021 Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have detected the first Jupiter-like planet without clouds or haze in its observable atmosphere. The findings were published this ... more |
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Astronomers estimate Titan's largest sea is 1,000 feet deepCornell NY (SPX) Jan 21, 2021 Far below the gaseous atmospheric shroud on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, lies Kraken Mare, a sea of liquid methane. Cornell astronomers have estimated that sea to be at least 1,000 feet deep near i ... more 
Analyzing different solid states of water on other planets and moonsOkayama, Japan (SPX) Jan 20, 2021 Just like on Earth, water on other planets, satellites, and even comets comes in a variety of forms depending on multiple factors such as pressure and temperature. Aside from the gaseous, liquid, an ... more  
Lunar Surface Trash or Treasure?Bethesda MD (SPX) Jan 21, 2021 Now that NASA is leading the development of the Artemis lunar habitation program that will send men and women to the Moon within the next few years, this may be a good time to preview at least one a ... more  
The 15th Anniversary of New Horizons Leaving EarthBoulder CO (SPX) Jan 21, 2021 New Horizons is healthy and continues to send data back from the Kuiper Belt, even as it speeds farther and farther from the Earth and the Sun. But the mission's jam-packed plans for new Kuipe ... more 
Crater study offers window on temperatures 3.5 billion years agoHouston TX (SPX) Jan 21, 2021 Once upon a time, seasons in Gale Crater probably felt something like those in Iceland. But nobody was there to bundle up more than 3 billion years ago. The ancient Martian crater is the focus ... more |
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 A 'super-puff' planet like no other 
Mystery of Martian glaciers revealedHamilton NY (SPX) Jan 20, 2021 In a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of ScienceS (PNAS), planetary geologist Joe Levy, assistant professor of geology at Colgate University, reveals a groundbreaking ... more  |
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China issues document to boost global cooperation on lunar samplesBeijing (XNA) Jan 19, 2021 China published its Regulations on the Management of Lunar Samples on Monday morning, aiming to improve scientific research and international cooperation. Developed by the China National Space ... more  
Designing customized "brains" for robotsBoston MA (SPX) Jan 21, 2021 Contemporary robots can move quickly. "The motors are fast, and they're powerful," says Sabrina Neuman. Yet in complex situations, like interactions with people, robots often don't move quickly. "Th ... more  
China's space tracking ship completes satellite launch monitoringAboard Yuanwang-5 (Xinhua) Jan 22, 2021 China's space tracking ship Yuanwang-5 completed its mission in the Pacific Ocean to monitor and ensure the launch of the Tiantong 1-03 satellite on Wednesday. China successfully launched the ... more 
Kaman KD-5600 Family of Digital Differential Measuring Systems Ideal for Wide Range of Applications, IndustriesMiddletown CT (SPX) Jan 18, 2021 The Measuring Division of Kaman Precision Products, Inc., the world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance position measurement systems, announces that the KD-5600 family of digita ... more 
Key modules for China's next space station ready for launchBeijing (XNA) Jan 19, 2021 Three major components of China's space station program have passed technical and quality assessments and are ready for upcoming missions, the China Manned Space Agency said. Experts from the ... more |
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 Hamilton NY (SPX) Jan 20, 2021  In a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of ScienceS (PNAS), planetary geologist Joe Levy, assistant professor of geology at Colgate University, reveals a groundbreaking new analysis of the mysterious glaciers of Mars.
On Earth, glaciers covered wide swaths of the planet during the last Ice Age, which reached its peak about 20,000 years ago, before receding to ... more |
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 Bethesda MD (SPX) Jan 21, 2021 
Now that NASA is leading the development of the Artemis lunar habitation program that will send men and women to the Moon within the next few years, this may be a good time to preview at least one aspect of the environment that the astronauts will experience when they arrive, i. e., trash from Earth.
Since 1959, the lunar surface has experienced a barrage of man-made attacks of various kin ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 22, 2021 
This composite image shows a hot spot in Jupiter's atmosphere. In the image on the left, taken on Sept. 16, 2020 by the Gemini North Telescope, the hot spot appears bright in the infrared at a wavelength of 5 microns.
The inset image on the right was taken by the JunoCam visible-light imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft, also on Sept. 16, during Juno's 29th close pass by Jupiter. Here, th ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 25, 2021 
All four planets orbiting the star HR 8799 were identified via direct imaging - a feat made possible only because of the planets' large sizes and their wide orbits. Planetary systems with these characteristics often have difficulty holding themselves together under all of the gravitational influences involved. But could the HR 8799 system somehow stay intact?
The direct imaging technique i ... more |
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 Bremen, Germany (SPX) Jan 22, 2021 
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus have agreed on service orders for two independent payload missions to be launched to the Bartolomeo payload hosting facility on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2022 and 2024, respectively.
The first payload mission is ESA's Exobiology Platform (EXPO). This facility carries a set of radiation experiments aimed at better understanding the e ... more |
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 Aboard Yuanwang-5 (Xinhua) Jan 22, 2021 
China's space tracking ship Yuanwang-5 completed its mission in the Pacific Ocean to monitor and ensure the launch of the Tiantong 1-03 satellite on Wednesday.
China successfully launched the mobile telecommunication satellite at 12:25 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Wednesday. The satellite entered its planned orbit.
As the only maritime monitoring site for the launch, Yuanwang-5 was respons ... more |
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 Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Jan 22, 2021  A meteorite that fell in northern Germany in 2019 contains carbonates which are among the oldest in the solar system; it also evidences the earliest presence of liquid water on a minor planet. The high-resolution Ion Probe - a research instrument at the Institute of Earth Sciences at Heidelberg University - provided the measurements.
The investigation by the Cosmochemistry Research Group l ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 12, 2021 
Linear accelerators, LINACs for short, are devices that accelerate electrons or other sub-atomic particles along a straight line to generate a beam of high energy. LINACs have a variety of commercial uses such as generating X-rays for cargo inspection, medical diagnostics, food sterilization, and even enabling precise external radiation treatments to destroy cancer cells without damaging surroun ... more |
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 Washington DC (AFNS) Jan 25, 2021 
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is pleased to announce award of Other Transaction Agreements (OTA) with L3Harris Technologies, Inc and Northrop Grumman Systems Cooporation for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program's Phase IIb On-orbit Prototype Demonstration. Phase IIb will continue developing the capability to support Warfighter fire-control quality data requiremen ... more |
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 Cornell NY (SPX) Jan 21, 2021 
Far below the gaseous atmospheric shroud on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, lies Kraken Mare, a sea of liquid methane. Cornell astronomers have estimated that sea to be at least 1,000 feet deep near its center - enough room for a potential robotic submarine to explore.
After sifting through data from one of the final Titan flybys of the Cassini mission, the researchers detailed their finding ... more |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Jan 25, 2021  Metallurgists have all kinds of ways to make a chunk of metal harder. They can bend it, twist it, run it between two rollers or pound it with a hammer. These methods work by breaking up the metal's grain structure - the microscopic crystalline domains that form a bulk piece of metal. Smaller grains make for harder metals.
Now, a group of Brown University researchers has found a way to cust ... more |
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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jan 20, 2021 
A group of international scientists, including an Australian astrophysicist, has used knowhow from gravitational wave astronomy (used to find black holes in space) to study ancient marine fossils as a predictor of climate change.
The research, published in the journal Climate of the Past, is a unique collaboration between palaeontologists, astrophysicists and mathematicians - to improve th ... more |
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 Ames IA (SPX) Jan 20, 2021  Even if you weren't a physics major, you've probably heard something about the Higgs boson.
There was the title of a 1993 book by Nobel laureate Leon Lederman that dubbed the Higgs "The God Particle." There was the search for the Higgs particle that launched after 2009's first collisions inside the Large Hadron Collider in Europe. There was the 2013 announcement that Peter Higgs and Franco ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jan 21, 2021 
Contemporary robots can move quickly. "The motors are fast, and they're powerful," says Sabrina Neuman. Yet in complex situations, like interactions with people, robots often don't move quickly. "The hang up is what's going on in the robot's head," she adds.
Perceiving stimuli and calculating a response takes a "boatload of computation," which limits reaction time, says Neuman, who recentl ... more |
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 Riga, Latvia (SPX) Jan 15, 2021 
In December of 2020, Latvia welcomed its first-ever gift delivery completed by a drone. A parcel consisting of tablets was "shipped" with joint efforts of LMT, SPH Engineering, and DPD Latvija. The drone's Beyond the Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flight was conducted entirely on the mobile network, and the flying drone used a remote ID device prototype made by LMT, as well as UgCS drone mission a ... more |
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