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  Seoul (AFP) March 22, 2021 The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year has made its closest approach, posing no threat of a cataclysmic collision but giving astronomers a rare chance to study a rock formed during the beginning of our solar system. The asteroid was two million kilometres (1.25 million miles) away at its nearest, according to NASA - more than five times the distance between the Earth and the Moon but still close enough to be classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid". NASA tracks and catalogues s ... read more |
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Mars helicopter Ingenuity could usher in new era of explorationWashington DC (UPI) Mar 22, 2021 NASA's plan to fly a helicopter on Mars for the first time in a few weeks could start a new era of interplanetary exploration like the space agency's little Sojourner rover did in the 1990s, according to several experts. ... more  
Hubble Sees Changing Seasons on SaturnGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 19, 2021 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is giving astronomers a view of changes in Saturn's vast and turbulent atmosphere as the planet's northern hemisphere summer transitions to fall as shown in this series ... more  
Capturing all of light's data in one snapshotDurham NC (SPX) Mar 17, 2021 Engineers at Duke University are leading a nationwide effort to develop a camera that takes pictures worth not just a thousand words, but an entire encyclopedia. Funded by a five-year, $7.5 mi ... more 
Trinity researchers tackle the spiders from MarsDublin, Ireland (SPX) Mar 19, 2021 Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have been shedding light on the enigmatic "spiders from Mars", providing the first physical evidence that these unique features on the planet's surface can be f ... more |
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Astronauts in crewed missions to Mars could misread vital emotional cuesWashington DC (SPX) Mar 18, 2021 Living for nearly 2 months in simulated weightlessness has a modest but widespread negative effect on cognitive performance that may not be counteracted by short periods of artificial gravity, finds ... more 
A Pocket Guide to MarsLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 18, 2021 A pocket atlas of Mars has been published that uses geographic techniques developed for terrestrial maps to reveal a wealth of information about the surface of the Red Planet, as well as its climate ... more  
Jupiter's Great Red Spot feeds on smaller stormsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 18, 2021 The stormy, centuries-old maelstrom of Jupiter's Great Red Spot was shaken but not destroyed by a series of anticyclones that crashed into it over the past few years. The smaller storms cause ... more  
Motion picture cameras to help androids make realistic facial expressionsWashington DC (UPI) Mar 22, 2021 Making androids more lifelike requires more than just a bigger vocabulary and more demonstrative hand gestures - facial expressions are an essential part of human communication. ... more 
Advancement creates nanosized, foldable robotsResearch Triangle Park NC (SPX) Mar 19, 2021 Army-funded researchers created nanosized robots that could enable locomotion, novel metamaterial design and high-fidelity sensors. Cornell University researchers created micron-sized shape me ... more |
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 DyRET robot can rearrange its body to walk in new environments 
Robots learn faster with quantum technologyVienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 17, 2021 Robots solving computer games, recognizing human voices, or helping in finding optimal medical treatments: those are only a few astonishing examples of what the field of artificial intelligence has ... more  |
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Understanding imperfections in fusion magnetsBoston MA (SPX) Mar 18, 2021 "I had always expected I'd stay at MIT for the four years, get my undergraduate degree at the end and probably return to the UK." Richard Ibekwe recalls his early assumptions about his academi ... more 
Is there life on mars today and whereMountain View CA (SPX) Mar 22, 2021 In a comment published in Nature Astronomy, Dr. Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center for Research at the SETI Institute, challenges assumptions about the possibility of modern life on ... more  
Spacepath Communications to provide solid-state amplifiers for US MarketWashington DC (SPX) Mar 18, 2021 SpacePath Communications ('SpacePath'), a dedicated European-based SATCOM amplifier manufacturer and equipment supplier, has been awarded a contract for their super-compact solid-state amplifiers by ... more  
ASU scientists determine origin of strange interstellar objectTempe AZ (SPX) Mar 17, 2021 In 2017, the first interstellar object from beyond our solar system was discovered via the Pan-STARRS astronomical observatory in Hawaii. It was named 'Oumuamua, meaning "scout" or "messenger" in Ha ... more 
New study challenges long-held theory of fate of Martian WaterPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 17, 2021 Billions of years ago, according to geological evidence, abundant water flowed across Mars and collected into pools, lakes, and deep oceans. New NASA-funded research shows a substantial quantity of ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 18, 2021 
As the Perseverance rover began to make tracks on the surface of Mars, a sensitive microphone it carries scored a first: the bangs, pings, and rattles of the robot's six wheels as they rolled over Martian terrain.
"A lot of people, when they see the images, don't appreciate that the wheels are metal," said Vandi Verma, a senior engineer and rover driver at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 16, 2021 
China has completed feasibility studies of the fourth phase of its lunar exploration program and is expected to build an international lunar research station on the moon's south pole in the future, said Wu Weiren, the chief designer of China's lunar exploration program.
In an interview with China Space News, Wu said that three missions are planned for the fourth phase of the lunar explorat ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Mar 19, 2021 
Working with a team led by French astronomers, Southwest Research Institute scientists helped identify incredibly powerful winds in Jupiter's middle atmosphere for the first time. The team measured molecules exhumed by the 1994 impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 to trace winds in excess of 900 miles per hour near Jupiter's poles.
Jupiter's distinctive red and white bands of swirling clouds a ... more |
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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 17, 2021 
In 2017, the first interstellar object from beyond our solar system was discovered via the Pan-STARRS astronomical observatory in Hawaii. It was named 'Oumuamua, meaning "scout" or "messenger" in Hawaiian. The object was like a comet, but with features that were just odd enough to defy classification.
Two Arizona State University astrophysicists, Steven Desch and Alan Jackson of the School ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Mar 19, 2021 
During the recent meeting in Rome between Bruno Le Maire, French Minister of the Economy, Finance and Recovery, and Giancarlo Giorgetti, Italian Minister of Economic Development, Arianespace announced the signature of an agreement with Avio to start production of 10 new Vega C launch vehicles.
This agreement kicks off the procurement of long lead-time items and the initial activities for t ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 11, 2021 
China actively promoted international space cooperation in 2020, offering satellite exports and launches, cooperative research and application services to the world, according to a recent report on China's aerospace industry.
By the end of last year, 51 Chinese rockets had launched 59 foreign commercial satellites into space, said the 2020 Blue Book of China Aerospace Science and Technolog ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 21, 2021  The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will swing closest on Sunday, giving astronomers a rare chance for a good look at a space rock that formed at the dawn of our solar system.
While in astronomical terms this marks a close encounter with the asteroid - called 2001 FO32 - NASA says there is no threat of a collision with our planet "now or for centuries to come".
The nearest ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) March 14, 2021 
Israel unveiled Sunday a laser-guided mortar system that it said could reduce civilian collateral damage, as the Jewish state faces an International Criminal Court investigation into possible war crimes.
The "Iron Sting" system, developed by the Israeli military with local firm Elbit Systems, will use laser and GPS technology to provide maximal accuracy to 120mm mortar rounds, the defence mi ... more |
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 Rolling Meadows IL (SPX) Mar 17, 2021 
The U.S. Army has declared the Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) system operationally suitable, effective and ready for full-rate production following a successful six-month initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) activity.
"Through our partnership with the U.S. Army and our suppliers, we have already delivered over 100 production syste ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 19, 2021 
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is giving astronomers a view of changes in Saturn's vast and turbulent atmosphere as the planet's northern hemisphere summer transitions to fall as shown in this series of images taken in 2018, 2019, and 2020 (left to right).
"These small year-to-year changes in Saturn's color bands are fascinating," said Amy Simon, planetary scientist at NASA's Goddard Space ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 19, 2021  Researchers at Columbia University have found a way to marry the versatility of DNA nanotechnology with the toughness of silica-based materials.
DNA technology can be used to design self-assembling, complexly organized nanoparticle structures.
In theory, these structures can be designed for a variety of applications, but in reality, these structures are too soft and only stable i ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 18, 2021 
Future gravitational-wave detectors on Earth will use laser light with even higher power than in current instruments. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI), the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH), and Leibniz University Hannover have now developed a new laser system for this purpose.
They combined the custom tailored light from ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 18, 2021 
Researchers using NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope will map and model the core of nearby galaxy Centaurus A.
Centaurus A is a giant of a galaxy, but its appearances in telescope observations can be deceiving. Dark dust lanes and young blue star clusters, which crisscross its central region, are apparent in ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared light, painting a fairly subdued l ... more |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 17, 2021 
Robots solving computer games, recognizing human voices, or helping in finding optimal medical treatments: those are only a few astonishing examples of what the field of artificial intelligence has produced in the past years. The ongoing race for better machines has led to the question of how and with what means improvements can be achieved.
In parallel, huge recent progress in quantum tec ... more |
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 Riga, Latvia (SPX) Mar 16, 2021 
Mobile innovator LMT and software company Dimetor have partnered to explore the integration of drones into VLL (very low level) airspace. This builds on earlier collaboration where the two companies succeeded in validating the viability of BVLOS drone flights using mobile networks. The current collaboration entails investigative research into the theoretical and practical possibilities of using ... more |
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