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  Paris (ESA) Mar 09, 2021 When spring arrives in southern Mars, a cloud of water ice emerges near the 20-kilometre-tall Arsia Mons volcano, rapidly stretching out for many hundreds of kilometres before fading away in mere hours. A detailed long-term study now reveals the secrets of this elongated cloud, using exciting new observations from the 'Mars Webcam' on ESA's Mars Express. Mars Express has spied this cloud before as it hovers near the Arsia Mons volcano, just south of Mars' equator. Puzzlingly, Arsia Mons is the onl ... read more |
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Moving into Cislunar SpaceBethesda MD (SPX) Mar 09, 2021 The space community is moving beyond Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and expanding more activities toward the Moon and in cislunar space, i. e., lying between the earth and the moon or the moon's orbit. Thus, ... more 
China's Chang'e 4 lander and rover resume work for 28th lunar dayBeijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2021 The lander and rover of China's Chang'e 4 probe have begun their 28th lunar day of work on the far side of the moon. Landing on the moon on Jan. 3, 2019, the Chang'e 4 probe has survived 795 E ... more  
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 
ExoMars goes for a spinParis (ESA) Mar 05, 2021 The full ExoMars 2022 mission comprising the carrier module, descent module, Kazachok surface platform and Rosalind Franklin rover have completed essential 'spin tests' in preparation for their jour ... more |
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An astronaut's guide to out-of-Earth manufacturingParis (ESA) Mar 09, 2021 Improvising new stuff from the stuff you have is part of an astronaut's job description - think Apollo 13's crew refitting CO2 filters to save their own lives, or stranded Mark Watney in The Martian ... more 
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's Tianwen-1 probe to land on Mars in May or JuneBeijing (XNA) Mar 05, 2021 China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 is traveling at a speed of 4.8 km per second in the Mars orbit, and is expected to land on the red planet in May or June, a senior space expert said on Thursday. T ... more  |
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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  
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 
China tests high-thrust rocket engine for upcoming space station missionsBeijing (XNA) Mar 04, 2021 A Chinese high-thrust oxyhydrogen engine designed for the Long March-5 carrier rocket has completed a 520-second test in Beijing in preparation for space station missions, the engine's maker said on ... more 
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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 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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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2021 
The lander and rover of China's Chang'e 4 probe have begun their 28th lunar day of work on the far side of the moon.
Landing on the moon on Jan. 3, 2019, the Chang'e 4 probe has survived 795 Earth days on the moon, the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration said Monday.
A lunar day is equal to about 14 days on Earth, and a lunar night is ... 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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 Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 09, 2021 
Astronomers have discovered new hints of a giant, scorching-hot planet orbiting Vega, one of the brightest stars in the night sky.
The research, published this month in The Astronomical Journal, was led by University of Colorado Boulder student Spencer Hurt, an undergraduate in the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences.
It focuses on an iconic and relatively young star, ... more |
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 Urbana IL (SPX) Mar 08, 2021 
Using data collected in a NASA Langley Mach 6 wind tunnel, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign replicated the hypersonic flow conditions of a compression ramp flow by means of Direct Numerical Simulation. The simulation yielded an abundance of additional data, which can be used to better understand the phenomena that occur surrounding vehicles traveling at hypersonic speed ... 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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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 08, 2021 
The Missile Defense Agency is again considering a radar defense array in Hawaii, with two sites under consideration, after previously dropping plans to build it because of adverse public reaction.
The proposed Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii, which MDA is accepting public comment on through April 12, would face North Korea and have properties similar to the Long-Range Discrimination Radar ... 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.
Recent o ... more |
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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 (AFP) March 8, 2021 
President Joe Biden has suspended drone strikes outside of war zones where US forces are operating, reversing the policy of his predecessor Donald Trump, who had given the military free rein in countries such as Somalia.
Any drone strikes planned against jihadist groups outside of Afghanistan, Syria or Iraq will have to be approved by the White House, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monda ... more |
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