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  Washington DC (AAS) Mar 04, 2021 Some observatories - like the recently collapsed Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico - examine nearby objects by bouncing radio light off of them. A new study has now improved how we analyze these observations to learn about near-Earth asteroids. There's plenty we can learn about the universe from passive radio astronomy, in which we observe the radio signals emitted by distant sources. But when it comes to objects that lie near the Earth, we have another option: active radio astronomy. With ra ... read more |
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NASA's Perseverance Drives on Mars' Terrain for First TimePasadena CA (JPL) Mar 05, 2021 NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover performed its first drive on Mars March 4, covering 21.3 feet (6.5 meters) across the Martian landscape. The drive served as a mobility test that marks just one o ... more  
Volcanoes might light up the night sky of this planetBern, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 05, 2021 On Earth, plate tectonics is not only responsible for the rise of mountains and earthquakes. It is also an essential part of the cycle that brings material from the planet's interior to the surface ... more 
Earth has a hot new neighbour - and it's an astronomer's dreamSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 05, 2021 A newly discovered planet could be our best chance yet of studying rocky planet atmospheres outside the solar system, a new international study involving UNSW Sydney shows. The planet, called ... more 
A super-Earth is discovered which can be used to test planetary atmosphere modelsLa Laguna, Spain (SPX) Mar 05, 2021 During the past 25 years astronomers have discovered a wide variety of exoplanets, made of rock, ice and gas, thanks to the construction of astronomical instruments designed specifically for planet ... more |
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China selects astronauts for space station programBeijing (XNA) Mar 05, 2021 The crewmembers who will participate in the construction of China's space station have been selected and are being trained for their missions, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). ... more  
Nuclear fusion: building a star on Earth is hard, which is why we need better materialsManchester UK (The Conversation) Mar 05, 2021 Nuclear fusion is the process that powers the Sun and all other stars. During fusion, the nuclei of two atoms are brought close enough together that they fuse together, releasing huge amounts of ene ... more 
NASA Awards Mars Ascent Propulsion System Contract for Sample ReturnPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 05, 2021 NASA has awarded the Mars Ascent Propulsion System (MAPS) contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Elkton, Maryland, to provide propulsion support and products for spaceflight missions at ... more  
We're launching more than everParis (ESA) Mar 04, 2021 Since the beginning of the space age, with the launch of Sputnik in 1958, we have launched thousands of rockets carrying more than ten thousand satellites into space. The last few years have s ... more  
NASA grants renewal and funding for deep space health protectionsHouston TX (SPX) Feb 26, 2021 After a favorable program review in December 2020, NASA has exercised its option to renew the Houston-based Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) until 2028. TRISH works closely ... more |
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 China tests high-thrust rocket engine for upcoming space station missions 
ISS Leaks May Be Caused by Metal Fatigue, Micrometeorite Impact, Source SaysMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 04, 2021 A commission of Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos believes that cracks in Russia's Zvezda module at the International Space Station (ISS) were most likely formed due to metal fatigue or micr ... more  |
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China has over 300 satellites in orbitBeijing (XNA) Mar 02, 2021 China's satellite application system has made great progress in 2020, with more than 300 satellites in orbit for various applications, according to a recent report released by the China Aerospace Sc ... more 
L3Harris Technologies Awarded Second Year of Space Object-Tracking Modernization ContractMelbourne FL (SPX) Feb 26, 2021 L3Harris Technologies (has been awarded $89 million for option-year two of a U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command contract to continue maintaining and modernizing infrastructure to track objects ... more 
The Robot will see you nowBoston MA (SPX) Mar 05, 2021 In the era of social distancing, using robots for some health care interactions is a promising way to reduce in-person contact between health care workers and sick patients. However, a key question ... more 
Extreme-scale computing and AI forecast a promising future for fusion powerPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Mar 08, 2021 Efforts to duplicate on Earth the fusion reactions that power the sun and stars for unlimited energy must contend with extreme heat-load density that can damage the doughnut-shaped fusion facilities ... more 
Planetary science intern leads study of Martian crustFlagstaff AZ (SPX) Mar 04, 2021 The planet Mars has no global magnetic field, although scientists believe it did have one at some point in the past. Previous studies suggest that when Mars' global magnetic field was present, it wa ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 05, 2021 
NASA has awarded the Mars Ascent Propulsion System (MAPS) contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Elkton, Maryland, to provide propulsion support and products for spaceflight missions at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Coupled with the successful touchdown of the Mars Perseverance rover, this award moves NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) one ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Mar 03, 2021 
Lockheed Martin and NEC Corporation have signed a joint collaboration agreement to extend their partnership utilizing NEC's System Invariant Analysis Technology (SIAT). The companies are also finalizing a licensing agreement with a multi-year option.
"The power of AI is leveraged across our entire enterprise, and with a trusted partner like NEC, we gain the resources to expand its abilitie ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Feb 24, 2021 
From aboard the Juno spacecraft, a Southwest Research Institute-led instrument observing auroras serendipitously spotted a bright flash above Jupiter's clouds last spring. The Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) team studied the data and determined that they had captured a bolide, an extremely bright meteoroid explosion in the gas giant's upper atmosphere.
"Jupiter undergoes a huge number of im ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Mar 05, 2021 
New research from Royal Holloway, has found water and organic matter on the surface of an asteroid sample returned from the inner Solar System. This is the first time that organic materials, which could have provided chemical precursors for the origin of life on Earth, have been found on an asteroid.
The single grain sample was returned to Earth from asteroid 'Itokawa' by JAXA's first Haya ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 4, 2021 
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket loaded with dozens of additional Starlink communications satellites into space early Thursday after previous launch attempts were delayed.
The rocket lifted off at 3:24 EST from the historic pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the mission to put 60 more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit as part of the plan to offer l ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 05, 2021 
The crewmembers who will participate in the construction of China's space station have been selected and are being trained for their missions, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
The construction of the space station has entered a crucial stage, said the CMSA, noting that this year will see several space missions including the launch of the station's core module, cargo reple ... more |
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 Washington DC (AAS) Mar 04, 2021 
Some observatories - like the recently collapsed Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico - examine nearby objects by bouncing radio light off of them. A new study has now improved how we analyze these observations to learn about near-Earth asteroids.
There's plenty we can learn about the universe from passive radio astronomy, in which we observe the radio signals emitted by distant sources. But w ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (AFNS) Feb 26, 2021 
In an effort to counter the increasing threat posed by enemy drones and other airborne threats, the U.S. Army is making an investment in directed energy prototype technology, with the Tactical High Power Operational Responder, or THOR, system, developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, playing a key role.
THOR is a prototype dir ... more |
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 Fort Belvoir VA (SPX) Feb 26, 2021 
On 27 January, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy Aegis Technical Representative (TECHREP) witnessed the successful demonstration of the first software release of the Japanese J7.B Aegis Weapon System equipped with SPY-7 radar in Moorestown, New Jersey.
Overall, there has been significant program progress since Japan's Aegis SPY-7 system selection in July 2018, and this demonst ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Jan 22, 2021 
Rather like David versus Goliath, it appears that Saturn's tilt may in fact be caused by its moons. This is the conclusion of recent work carried out by scientists from the CNRS, Sorbonne University and the University of Pisa, which shows that the current tilt of Saturn's rotation axis is caused by the migration of its satellites, and especially by that of its largest moon, Titan.
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 24, 2021 
Polished glass has been at the center of imaging systems for centuries. Their precise curvature enables lenses to focus light and produce sharp images, whether the object in view is a single cell, the page of a book, or a far-off galaxy.
Changing focus to see clearly at all these scales typically requires physically moving a lens, by tilting, sliding, or otherwise shifting the lens, usuall ... more |
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 Cleveland OH (SPX) Feb 26, 2021 
NASA teamed up with a group of researchers from Dr. Jacob Chung's lab at the University of Florida in Gainesville and the Aerospace Corporation based in El Segundo, California, to test two technologies to reduce the amount of cryogenic propellant consumed during future space missions. Instead of working in a typical lab, a plane following a parabolic flight path briefly suspended the technologie ... more |
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 Hefei, China (SPX) Mar 04, 2021 
Gas around black holes and interstellar medium distribution are key factors in understanding the growth of supermassive black holes and the evolution of their host galaxies. However, as a crucial parameter, gas density is hard to be determined reliably, because the general method is not applicable to all quasars.
Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Feb 26, 2021 
Nami Hamaura says she feels less lonely working from home thanks to her singing companion Charlie, one of a new generation of cute and clever Japanese robots whose sales are booming in the pandemic.
Smart home assistants such as Amazon's Alexa have found success worldwide, but tech firms in Japan are reporting huge demand for more humanlike alternatives, as people seek solace during coronavi ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 4, 2021 
The Air Force has put Golden Horde, its new swarming air-launched munitions program, to the test a second time.
The Department of Defense this week released several images of an F-16D Viper fighter jet circling the target after "successfully dropping four [collaborative small diameter bombs] for the second Golden Horde test mission" near New Mexico's Holloman Air Force Base Feb. 19. ... more |
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