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  Vostochny, Russia (AFP) Nov 28, 2017 Russia said it had lost contact Tuesday with a weather satellite just hours after it was launched from its Vostochny cosmodrome, in only the second rocket liftoff from the new spaceport. The glitch is a fresh embarrassment for Russia's beleaguered space programme which has suffered a series of setbacks over recent years as Moscow seeks to ease dependence on the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. "During the first scheduled communication session with the space vehicle, contact has not been establ ... read more |
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The possibility of vestiges of an earlier Universe before the Big BangSao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Nov 28, 2017 Although for five decades, the Big Bang theory has been the best known and most accepted explanation for the beginning and evolution of the Universe, it is hardly a consensus among scientists. ... more  
Earthworms can reproduce in Mars-like soilWashington (UPI) Nov 27, 2017 A pair of newborn earthworms in a Dutch lab suggests earthworms can reproduce in Martian soil. ... more  
UK space launch program receives funding boost from WestminsterLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2017 A 50 million pound programme to enable new satellite launch services and low gravity spaceflights from UK spaceports will boost the economy and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineer ... more 
Mechanisms are critical to all space vehiclesBethesda MD (SPX) Nov 28, 2017 About two years ago the National Transportation Safety Board announced its finding regarding the Virgin Galactic crash that occurred on October 31, 2014. The simple explanation was that the co-pilot ... more |
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UNSW Canberra launches first satellite into spaceCanberra, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2017 UNSW Canberra has launched its first miniature satellite into orbit from the United States, achieving another important milestone in growing Australia's space sector. The Buccaneer cube satell ... more  
Spain's first radar satellite ready to ship to VandenbergMadrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 The high resolution radar, Earth observation PAZ satellite, intended primarily to address civilian surveillance needs and to cover many different applications including defence and security, will sa ... more  
Russia test-fires new interceptor missileMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017 The A-135 system is part of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It protects Moscow from missiles strike and also plays an important role in the country's early warning and space control system. A new syst ... more 
LIGO and Virgo announce detection of black hole binary mergerPasadena CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2017 Scientists searching for gravitational waves have confirmed yet another detection from their fruitful observing run earlier this year. Dubbed GW170608, the latest discovery was produced by the merge ... more 
USAF hopes to dominate space, but faces growing challengesMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017 Despite Congress officially banning the creation of a US Space Corps, the incentive to put more effort into space technology has not disappeared. There will be no Space Corps for a time being, ... more  
New NASA Insights into the Secret Lives of PlantsPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 27, 2017 Life. It's the one thing that, so far, makes Earth unique among the thousands of other planets we've discovered. Since the fall of 1997, NASA satellites have continuously and globally observed all p ... more |
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 A legal guide to space war  
3rd SES bids farewell to ANGELS satelliteSchriever AFB CO (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 Members of the 3rd Space Experimentation Squadron gathered to say goodbye to the Automated Navigation and Guidance Experiment for Local Space satellite during a final command ceremony at Schriever A ... more 
SSTL ships CARBONITE-2 and Telesat's LEO-1 for PSLV launchGuildford UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2017 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has shipped two small satellites, CARBONITE-2 and LEO-1, to India in preparation for a late December launch on ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) fro ... more  
Icebound detector reveals how ghostly neutrinos are stopped coldMadison WI (SPX) Nov 28, 2017 Famously, neutrinos, the nearly massless particles that are a fundamental component of the universe, can zip through a million miles of lead without skipping a beat. Now, in a critical measure ... more  
Does the Outer Space Treaty at 50 need a rethinkNew York NY (Sputnik) Nov 28, 2017 As more private enterprises turns their gaze toward outer space, there are certain international limitations that leave many questions unanswered so that private entrepreneurship is is effectively p ... more |
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  New York NY (Sputnik) Nov 28, 2017  As more private enterprises turns their gaze toward outer space, there are certain international limitations that leave many questions unanswered so that private entrepreneurship is is effectively paralyzed.
When the US and the USSR engaged in a nuclear weapons race, there was a real possibility that doomsday weapons would go to outer space and, eventually, to the moon. In order to prevent ... more Houston TX (SPX) Nov 27, 2017NASA to send critical science, instruments to Space Station  Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Nov 20, 2017Can a magnetic sail slow down an interstellar probe  Palo Alto CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2017SSL Selected to Conduct Power and Propulsion Study for NASA's Deep Space Gateway Concept |
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Unfazed by an official ban to launch himself in a homemade rocket over a California desert in a bid to prove that Earth is flat, Mike Hughes remains confident that he will eventually fly to the atmosflat as part of his ambitious flat-Earth project.
Hughes said he was postponing the flight, scheduled for Saturday, after he failed to get permission from the Bureau of Land Management to condu ... moreBethesda MD (SPX) Nov 28, 2017Mechanisms are critical to all space vehicles Guildford UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2017SSTL ships CARBONITE-2 and Telesat's LEO-1 for PSLV launch  Vostochny, Russia (AFP) Nov 28, 2017Russia loses contact with satellite after launch from new spaceport |
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A pair of newborn earthworms in a Dutch lab suggests earthworms can reproduce in Martian soil.
Researchers at Wageningen University introduced earthworms to pots of Mars-like soil featuring arugula plants and organic matter. Early results suggest the earthworms were able to successfully reproduce.
If humans are to establish permanent colonies on Mars, they'll need to grow their o ... more Paris (ESA) Nov 22, 2017Gadgets for Mars  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Ice shapes the landslide landscape on Mars  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 20, 2017Winds Blow Dust off the Solar Panels Improving Energy Levels |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 
China is now the world leader in remote sensing technologies for scientific purposes and is able to provide an unprecedented amount of data to support research and development for the world, officials said on Tuesday.
Remote sensing refers to aerial or satellite-based technologies to detect and measure objects on Earth's surface, atmosphere and oceans.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Sci ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040  Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017China plans first sea based launch by 2018  Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020 |
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 London, UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2017 
A 50 million pound programme to enable new satellite launch services and low gravity spaceflights from UK spaceports will boost the economy and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Business Secretary Greg Clark announced the plans on Monday as he launched the Government's ambitious Industrial Strategy. This sets out a long-term vision for how Britain can build on its ec ... more New Delhi (IANS) Nov 22, 2017Need to double number of operational satellites: ISRO chief London, UK (SPX) Nov 16, 2017Space Launch plans UK industry tour  Paris (ESA) Nov 14, 2017Astronaut meets volcano |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Nov 23272017 
n atom-thick film of boron could be the first pure two-dimensional material able to emit visible and near-infrared light by activating its plasmons, according to Rice University scientists.
That would make the material known as borophene a candidate for plasmonic and photonic devices like biomolecule sensors, waveguides, nanoscale light harvesters and nanoantennas.
Plasmons are colle ... moreSchriever AFB CO (SPX) Nov 27, 20173rd SES bids farewell to ANGELS satellite  Oakland, United States (AFP) Nov 22, 2017Booming life for 'PUBG' death-match computer game  London, UK (SPX) Nov 27, 2017New way to write magnetic info could pave the way for hardware neural networks |
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 Honolulu HI (SPX) Nov 23, 2017 
In October astronomers were surprised by a visitor that came racing into our Solar System from interstellar space. Now, researchers using the Gemini Observatory have determined that the first known object to graze our Solar System from beyond is similar to, but definitely not, your average asteroid or comet. "This thing is an oddball," said Karen Meech of the University of Hawaii's Institute for ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 20, 2017Lava or Not, Exoplanet 55 Cancri e Likely to have Atmosphere  Madison WI (SPX) Nov 17, 2017Images of strange solar system visitor peel away some of the mystery  Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 21, 2017Familiar-Looking Messenger from Another Solar System |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 
The gas composition of a planet's atmosphere generally determines how much heat gets trapped in the atmosphere. For the dwarf planet Pluto, however, the predicted temperature based on the composition of its atmosphere was much higher than actual measurements taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.
A new study published November 16 in Nature proposes a novel cooling mechanism contr ... more Washington DC (SPX) Nov 13, 2017Jupiter's Stunning Southern Hemisphere  Boston MA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017Watching Jupiter's multiple pulsating X-ray Aurora  Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017Help Nickname New Horizons' Next Flyby Target |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 27, 2017 
For American children, tap water's health benefits come with risks.
New research shows children and adolescents in the United States who avoid tap water are more likely to have tooth decay. The data also shows young people who avoid tap have lower levels of lead in their blood.
Most municipal water in the U.S. is fluoridated, which numerous studies have proven prevents cavities. ... more Swansea UK (SPX) Nov 27, 2017The tragedy of the seagrass commons  Washington (UPI) Nov 22, 2017Ocean acidification harms young mussels  Sydney (AFP) Nov 26, 2017Coral transplant raises Barrier Reef survival hopes |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 
China's domestically developed navigation satellite system Beidou has been included in a global network that collects and distributes data for search and rescue missions, the Ministry of Transport said on Thursday.
Beidou will be part of the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme, a nonprofit, intergovernmental and humanitarian cooperative with 44 members, including the United States, Canad ... more Paris (ESA) Nov 22, 2017Galileo quartet fuelled and ready to fly  Beijing (XNA) Nov 10, 2017China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System Expands Into a Global Network  Melbourne FL (SPX) Nov 10, 2017Harris develops fully digital navigation payload for future GPS III sats |
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 Tokyo, Japan (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017 
The Land of the Rising Sun hopes to be able to put its astronauts on the moon sometime during the 2020s as part of an international program to build a space station in the moon's orbit, local Iomiuri newspapers reported, citing sources in the government.
Tokyo believes that contributing to the multinational mission and sharing Japanese technology in water and air purification and to protec ... more Austin TX (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Moon's crust underwent resurfacing after forming from magma ocean  Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 15, 2017Russia tests new spaceship set to deliver people, cargo to moon  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2017NASA Team Studies CubeSat Mission to Measure Water on the Moon |
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When comet 45P zipped past Earth early in 2017, researchers observing from NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility, or IRTF, in Hawai'i gave the long-time trekker a thorough astronomical checkup. The results help fill in crucial details about ices in Jupiter-family comets and reveal that quirky 45P doesn't quite match any comet studied so far.
Like a doctor recording vital signs, the team measu ... more Kaliningrad (Sputnik) Nov 20, 2017Russian Astronomers Show Big Asteroid Approaching the Earth  Munich, Germany (SPX) Nov 21, 2017ESO observations show first interstellar asteroid is like nothing seen before  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 21, 2017First observed interstellar visitor dazzles scientists |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 23, 2017 
High in the atmosphere, above weather systems, is a layer of ozone gas. Ozone is Earth's natural sunscreen, absorbing the Sun's most harmful ultraviolet radiation and protecting living things below. But ozone is vulnerable to certain gases made by humans that reach the upper atmosphere. Once there, they react in the presence of sunlight to destroy ozone molecules.
Currently, several NASA a ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 22, 2017NASA Links Port-City Sea Levels to Regional Ice Melt  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Groundwater depletion maybe major source of atmospheric carbon dioxide  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 16, 2017Mapping functional diversity of forests with remote sensing |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 22, 2017 
Using more than half a century of observations, Japanese astronomers have discovered that the microwaves coming from the Sun at the minimums of the past five solar cycles have been the same each time, despite large differences in the maximums of the cycles.
In Japan, continuous four-frequency solar microwave observations (1, 2, 3.75 and 9.4 GHz) began in 1957 at the Toyokawa Branch of the ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 20, 2017NASA detects solar flare pulses at Sun and Earth  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 16, 2017FIREBIRD II and NASA mission locate whistling space electrons' origins  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Proposed NASA mission would investigate where space weather begins |
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 Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 23, 2017 
A University of Geneva researcher has recently shown that the accelerating expansion of the universe and the movement of the stars in the galaxies can be explained without drawing on the concepts of dark matter and dark energy... which might not actually exist.
For close on a century, researchers have hypothesised that the universe contains more matter than can be directly observed, known as "d ... more Changchun, China (SPX) Nov 23, 2017Researchers tunnel to a new light source  Boston MA (SPX) Nov 23, 2017MIT team design $100 handheld muon detector  Rome, Italy (SPX) Nov 27, 2017House hunting for the supernova event SN 2015J |
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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Nov 28, 2017 
Although for five decades, the Big Bang theory has been the best known and most accepted explanation for the beginning and evolution of the Universe, it is hardly a consensus among scientists.
Brazilian physicist Juliano Cesar Silva Neves part of a group of researchers who dare to imagine a different origin. In a study recently published in the journal General Relativity and Gravitation, N ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 23, 2017Taking a Spin on Plasma Space Tornadoes with NASA Observations  Boston MA (SPX) Nov 23, 2017A new window into electron behavior Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2017LIGO and Virgo announce detection of black hole binary merger |
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