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  Manchester UK (SPX) Jun 29, 2021 On the morning of June 17, China launched its long-awaited Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, carrying three Chinese astronauts - or taikonauts - towards the Tianhe core module. The module itself was launched at the end of April, forming part of the permanent Tiangong space station, which is planned to remain in orbit for the next ten years. China's construction of its own space station stems from the nation's exclusion from the International Space Station, a result of US concerns over technology transfers t ... read more |
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Are we missing other EarthsWashington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2021 Some exoplanet searches could be missing nearly half of the Earth-sized planets around other stars. New findings from a team using the international Gemini Observatory and the WIYN 3.5-meter Telesco ... more  
A new chapter for space sustainabilityBoston MA (SPX) Jun 28, 2021 Each day, new and innovative space technologies are being developed in countries around the world, and with that, a steady stream of satellites, rockets, cargo ships, and crew vehicles are being lau ... more  
Study Sheds New Light on Composition at Base of Martian Southern Polar CapTucson AZ (SPX) Jun 29, 2021 An earlier discovery of liquid water lakes beneath Mars' south pole may not be as wet as believed, a new paper says. Using the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) rad ... more 
Insight Mars Lander may die this year due to dustMoscow (Sputnik) Jun 29, 2021 The robotic vehicle has been roaming the Martian surface since 2018. Manufactured by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, InSight's main aim is to measure the planet's seismic activity as well as to provi ... more |
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Video, audio clips shed light on historic Mars missionBeijing (XNA) Jun 28, 2021 China made public on Sunday several video clips captured by the country's Tianwen 1 Mars mission, including one with an audio recording that is the first to be released from this historic interplane ... more  
Revisiting a quantum past for a fusion futureBoston MA (SPX) Jun 25, 2021 "I'm going back. It's almost like a cycle in your life," muses physicist Abhay Ram. Ram, a principal research scientist at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) at MIT, is returning to a field ... more 
China building new space environment monitoring stationBeijing (XNA) Jun 28, 2021 China has started building a monitoring station as part of a network to study space weather, according to China's National Space Science Center (NSSC). The NSSC, which is affiliated to Chinese ... more 
Study Looks More Closely at Mars' Underground Water SignalsPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 25, 2021 A new paper finds more radar signals suggesting the presence of subsurface 'lakes,' but many are in areas too cold for water to remain liquid. In 2018, scientists working with data from ESA's ... more 
Collection of starshade research helps advance exoplanet imaging by space telescopesBellingham WA (SPX) Jun 25, 2021 The open access Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS) has published a special section on the latest science, engineering, research, and programmatic advances of starsh ... more |
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Solar System samples touch down in LeicesterLeicester UK (SPX) Jun 25, 2021 Samples from other worlds will be examined by space scientists at the University of Leicester as they continue to study the building blocks of the Solar System. Some of the first particles fro ... more 
Scientists use stellar mass to link exoplanets to planet-forming disksCharlottesville Va (SPX) Jun 24, 2021 Using data for more than 500 young stars observed with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA), scientists have uncovered a direct link between protoplanetary disk structures - the p ... more  
Cardiac atrophy findings may set course for preventing harm from long space flightsCincinnati OH (SPX) Jun 25, 2021 In many situations, heart muscle cells do not respond to external stresses in the same ways that skeletal muscle cells do. But under some conditions, heart and skeletal muscles can both waste away a ... more 
How does China's urine recycling system work in spaceBeijing (XNA) Jun 24, 2021 Storing basic life support materials like water, food and oxygen aboard a space station can be challenging - so much so that some are generated aboard rather than delivered to space. Chinese s ... more  
A more robust memory device for AI systemsChicago IL (SPX) Jun 23, 2021 A research team from Northwestern Engineering and the University of Messina in Italy have developed a new magnetic memory device that could lead to faster, more robust Artificial Intelligence (AI) s ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 25, 2021 
A new paper finds more radar signals suggesting the presence of subsurface 'lakes,' but many are in areas too cold for water to remain liquid.
In 2018, scientists working with data from ESA's (the European Space Agency's) Mars Express orbiter announced a surprising discovery: Signals from a radar instrument reflected off the Red Planet's south pole appeared to reveal a liquid subsurface la ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Jun 25, 2021 
NASA's 2024 deadline to return humans to the Moon looks increasingly unlikely due to reliance on technology that has yet to be fully developed, the General Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report on Thursday.
"A fast-tracked schedule to meet this ambitious date - along with some technical risks - mean that it's less likely a lunar landing will happen in 2024," a GAO press release expl ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 28, 2021 
A giant comet from the outskirts of our Solar System has been discovered in 6 years of data from the Dark Energy Survey. Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is estimated to be about 1000 times more massive than a typical comet, making it arguably the largest comet discovered in modern times. It has an extremely elongated orbit, journeying inward from the distant Oort Cloud over millions of years. It i ... more |
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 Bellingham WA (SPX) Jun 25, 2021 
The open access Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS) has published a special section on the latest science, engineering, research, and programmatic advances of starshades, the starlight-suppression technology integral to extra-solar and exoplanet detection.
Section topics range from starshade programs and missions, to various aspects of related technologies, ... more |
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 Wallops Island VA (SPX) Jun 25, 2021 
The launch of the Terrier-Improved Orion carrying the RockOn/RockSat-C payloads has been postponed to 8 - 10 a.m., Friday, June 25. The launch attempt for June 24 was postponed due to expected rough seas that would prevent the ability to recover the payloads.
After being developed via a virtual learning experience, more than 70 experiments built by university students across the United Sta ... more |
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 Manchester UK (SPX) Jun 29, 2021 
On the morning of June 17, China launched its long-awaited Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, carrying three Chinese astronauts - or taikonauts - towards the Tianhe core module. The module itself was launched at the end of April, forming part of the permanent Tiangong space station, which is planned to remain in orbit for the next ten years.
China's construction of its own space station stems from th ... more |
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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Jun 25, 2021 
A cluster of comet fragments believed to have hit Earth nearly 13,000 years ago may have shaped the origins of human civilisation, research suggests.
Possibly the most devastating cosmic impact since the extinction of the dinosaurs, it appears to coincide with major shifts in how human societies organised themselves, researchers say.
Their analysis backs up claims that an impact occu ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) June 21, 2021 
Israel has used an airborne laser to shoot down drones in a series of tests, officials said Monday, calling it a "milestone" to update its already powerful defence systems.
During the tests, which took place "over the last week," a prototype of the high-power laser system carried on a small civilian plane "successfully intercepted several UAVs", said Yaniv Rotem, head of the defence ministry ... more |
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 Washington DC (AFNS) Jun 28, 2021 
Derek M. Tournear, SDA director; and Walter S. Chai, director of Space Sensors and director of the Missile Integration and Operations Center at the MDA, provided remarks at the Defense One Tech Summit yesterday.
There are three main missions that need to be done for missile defense in the sensing aspect, Tournear said.
1/ Global coverage to detect missile launches from anywhere.
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 Cleveland OH (SPX) May 13, 2021 
Science and technology advancements start with big ideas and creativity. Researchers at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland have imagined a new, early-stage concept for a lander to Saturn's moon Titan. The team is exploring technologies capable of collecting surface samples and returning them to Earth for laboratory analysis.
The team's futuristic idea was selected for a $125,000 NAS ... more |
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 Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) May 31, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's Nano-Bio Materials Consortium is currently in contract negotiation with hopes of starting projects by June that use a new process of industry and AFRL personnel in co-developing smart medical technology innovations.
NBMC awarded contracts to 12 organizations from industry and academia Feb. 15, totaling $20.4 million, which leveraged $10.7 million of cost ... more |
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 Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Jun 23, 2021 
"Detecting primordial black holes opens up new perspectives to understand the origin of the Universe, because these still hypothetical black holes are supposed to have formed just a few tiny fractions of a second after the Big Bang. Their study is of great interest for research in theoretical physics and cosmology, because they could notably explain the origin of dark matter in the Universe". ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jun 25, 2021 
Cosmic dawn, when stars formed for the first time, occurred 250 million to 350 million years after the beginning of the universe, according to a new study led by researchers at University College London (UCL) and the University of Cambridge.
The study, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, suggests that the NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scheduled to ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 23, 2021 
A research team from Northwestern Engineering and the University of Messina in Italy have developed a new magnetic memory device that could lead to faster, more robust Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. Composed of antiferromagnetic materials, the memory technology is immune to external magnetic fields and could one day improve a variety of computing systems, including AI hardware, cryptocurr ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) June 27, 2021  Iran has drones capable of flying 7,000 kilometres (more than 4,000 miles), the commander of its Revolutionary Guard force said Sunday.
"We have drones which can fly 7,000 kilometres, without a pilot, and land back at the same spot or anywhere else," General Hossein Salami said in a speech broadcast by state television.
He gave no other details but the new drone would give it a range of ... more |
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