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  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 15, 2017 Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light years from Earth. The planet was discovered in data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. The newly-discovered Kepler-90i - a sizzling hot, rocky planet that orbits its star once every 14.4 days - was found using machine learning from Google. Machine learning is an approach to artificial intelligence in which computers "learn." In ... read more |
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Will Trump send Americans to the Moon? Money talks: expertsMiami (AFP) Dec 14, 2017 US President Donald Trump's decision this week to return Americans to the Moon makes sense as a way to develop technology to one day reach Mars, but only if Congress allocates the money, experts say. ... more  
Two astronauts, cosmonaut return from five-month ISS missionDzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 14, 2017 Two astronauts, from the US and Italy, and a Russian cosmonaut on Thursday landed in Kazakhstan after almost five months on the International Space Station, footage from the Russian space agency showed. ... more 
PARC to Partner with Commercial Space Leader to Accelerate Space R and DPalo Alto, CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 PARC, a Xerox company, has announced a partnership with Blue Origin to enhance awareness and interest in the vast possibilities made possible by conducting R and D in space. The partnership wi ... more  
Green Light for Continued Operations of ESA Science MissionsNoordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 ESA's Science Programme Committee (SPC) has approved indicative extensions, up to 2019-2020, for the operation of eight scientific missions. During its meeting at ESA Headquarters in Paris, on ... more |
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Orbital ATK launches eighth cargo mission to spaceWashington (AFP) Nov 12, 2017 An unmanned cargo ship packed with 7,400 pounds (3,350 kilograms) of food and supplies for the astronauts living at the International Space Station blasted off Sunday from Wallops Island, Virginia. ... more  
Not Your Grandpa's Robot: Russian Robot 'FEDOR' May Become Self-LearningMoscow (Sputnik) Dec 13, 2017 F.E.D.O.R., which stands for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research is the first Russian humanoid robot, created within the framework of the Foundation of Advanced Studies. The robot is de ... more  
Trump signs $700B defense budget into lawWashington (UPI) Dec 12, 2017 President Donald Trump signed the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act into law, a $700 billion defense budget that seeks to increase military spending and operational capabilities. ... more  
Space Mystery Solved by Student SatelliteBoulder CO (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 A 60-year-old mystery regarding the source of some energetic and potentially damaging particles in Earth's radiation belts is now solved using data from a shoebox-sized satellite built and operated ... more 
NASA's CATS concludes successful mission on Space StationGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 12, 2017 A spaceborne lidar instrument that fired more laser pulses than any previous orbiting instrument has ended its operations on the International Space Station, after a successful 33-month mission to m ... more 
Google opens AI centre in China as competition heats upBeijing (AFP) Dec 13, 2017 Google announced Wednesday that it will open a new artificial intelligence research centre in Beijing, tapping China's talent pool in the promising technology despite the US search giant's exclusion from the country's internet. ... more |
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 Russia's Fregat Upper Stage Fall Caused by Incorrect Software Operation  
Space Climate Observatory agreed ahead of One Planet Summit in ParisLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 The UK's world-leading space sector will help create a new Space Climate Observatory, following an agreement adopted by national space agencies Monday 11 December. At an event in Paris, the UK ... more  
Ceres' bright spots suggest the dwarf planet is geologically activeWashington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017 New observations and analysis of the hundreds of bright pots on Ceres surface suggest the dwarf planet is a dynamic, geologically active place. ... more 
Research shows why meteroids explode before they reach EarthWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 Our atmosphere is a better shield from meteoroids than researchers thought, according to a new paper published in Meteoritics and Planetary Science. When a meteor comes hurtling toward Earth, ... more  
Electrical and Chemical Coupling Between Saturn and Its RingUppsala, Sweden (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 A Langmuir probe, developed in Sweden and flown to Saturn on the Cassini spacecraft, has made exciting discoveries in the atmosphere of the planet. Jan-Erik Wahlund at the Swedish Institute of Space ... more |
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  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 13, 2017 
NASA has established a new advisory group on behalf of the National Space Council that will represent the expertise, interests and perspectives of non-federal aerospace organizations to the National Space Council.
The official charter for the Users' Advisory Group (UAG) was signed by acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot on Dec. 6, and subsequently announced in the Federal Register. I ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 11, 2017Spaceships and Politics: Sputnik Talks to Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev Washington (AFP) Nov 12, 2017Orbital ATK launches eighth cargo mission to space Palo Alto, CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017PARC to Partner with Commercial Space Leader to Accelerate Space R and D |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 13, 2017 
The Russian state space corporation has revealed the reasons behind the downfall of the Fregat upper stage and 19 satellites, carried by a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket.
The reason for the fall of the Fregat upper stage with 19 satellites into the Atlantic Ocean was incorrect operational software, the first deputy chief of Russian state space corporation Roscosmos, Alexander Ivanov, has explai ... more Kourou (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Ariane 5 rocket takes off with European GPS satellites  Moscow (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Russian space agency blames satellite loss on programming error  Washington DC (UPI) Dec 11, 2017Rocket Lab makes another attempt at rocket launch in New Zealand |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2017 
On the lava fields of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, a team of NASA researchers and partners have been busy doing science in a most unusual way. They were studying the biology and geology of this remarkable terrain while simulating a realistic mission to the surface of Mars.
The conditions were so real that many of the expected challenges of otherworldly exploration were recreated, including a ... more New Rochelle, NY (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Space program should focus on Mars, says editor of New Space  Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 04, 2017EU exempts fuel for ExoMars mission from Russian sanctions  Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2017NASA's oldest Mars rover survives another harsh winter |
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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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 Noordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
ESA's Science Programme Committee (SPC) has approved indicative extensions, up to 2019-2020, for the operation of eight scientific missions.
During its meeting at ESA Headquarters in Paris, on 21-22 November, the SPC approved indicative extensions for the continued operation of five ESA-led missions: Gaia, INTEGRAL, Mars Express, SOHO, and XMM-Newton. This followed a comprehensive review o ... more London, UK (SPX) Dec 08, 2017New business incubators will help space industry grow  Bangkok, Thailand (SPX) Dec 08, 2017mu Space becomes first Thai startup to acquire satellite license  El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2017Regulation and compliance for nontraditional space missions |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Dec 08, 2017 
How a material breaks may be the most important property to consider when designing layered composites that mimic those found in nature. A method by Rice University engineers decodes the interactions between materials and the structures they form and can help maximize their strength, toughness, stiffness and fracture strain.
In a study that required more than 400 computer simulations of pl ... more Moscow (AFP) Dec 8, 2017Russia says 'satellite' could have caused radioactive pollution  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 08, 2017US has lost dominance in highly intense, ultrafast laser technology to Europe and Asia  Washington (UPI) Dec 11, 2017Army taps Northrop Grumman for new radar risk reduction work |
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 College Park, Maryland (SPX) Dec 13, 2017  Where do the molecules required for life originate? It may be that small organic molecules first appeared on Earth and were later combined into larger molecules, such as proteins and carbohydrates. But a second possibility is that they originated in space, possibly within our solar system. A new study, published this week in The Journal of Chemical Physics, from AIP Publishing, shows that a numb ... more Washington DC (SPX) Dec 15, 2017NASA uses AI to uncover eighth planet circling distant star  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 13, 2017NASA Hosts Media Teleconference to Announce Latest Kepler Discovery  Toronto, Canada (SPX) Dec 08, 2017Two Super-Earths around red dwarf K2-18 |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Dec 13, 2017 
Scientists were already excited to learn this summer that New Horizons' next flyby target - a Kuiper Belt object a billion miles past Pluto - might be either peanut-shaped or even two objects orbiting one another. Now new data hints that 2014 MU69 might have company: a small moon.
That's the latest theory coming from NASA's New Horizons team, as it continues to analyze telescope data on th ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2017Juno probes the depths of Jupiter's Great Red Spot  Laurel MD (SPX) Dec 11, 2017New Horizons Corrects Its Course in the Kuiper Belt  Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Wrapping up 2017 one year out from MU69 |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Dec 13, 2017 
Industrial and agricultural activities produce large amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. Many bacteria also produce methane as a byproduct of their metabolism. Some of this naturally released methane comes from the ocean, a phenomenon that has long puzzled scientists because there are no known methane-producing organisms living near the ocean's surface.
... more Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017Sea levels will rise, but scientists not sure how high  Tempe AZ (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Hydropower dams can be managed without an all-or-nothing choice between energy and food  Qerret, Albanie (AFP) Dec 13, 2017The vengeful sea devouring Albania's coast |
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 Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 11, 2017 
For its 11th launch of the year, and the sixth Ariane 5 liftoff from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana during 2017, Arianespace will orbit four more satellites for the Galileo constellation.
This mission is being performed on behalf of the European Commission under a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA).
For the second time, an Ariane 5 ES version will be used t ... more Paris (ESA) Dec 11, 2017Galileo satellites atop rocket for next Tuesday's flight  Washington (UPI) Dec 5, 2017Air Force tests Raytheon's GPS receiver aboard B-2 bomber  Paris (ESA) Dec 05, 2017Space technology to drive autonomous ships |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 12, 2017 
Scientists are mulling a robot moon station, Chinese space experts said on Tuesday.
The base can conduct bigger, more complicated research and experiments, according to space officials who announced the plan at an international symposium in Shanghai at the end of November.
Such a station could slash the costs of returning rock samples to Earth, Jiao Weixin, a Peking University space ... more Dallas TX (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Researchers analyze thousands of hours of Apollo mission audio Miami (AFP) Dec 14, 2017Will Trump send Americans to the Moon? Money talks: experts  Washington DC (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Trump tells NASA to send Americans to Moon |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2017 
If you could fly aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft, the surface of dwarf planet Ceres would generally look quite dark, but with notable exceptions. These exceptions are the hundreds of bright areas that stand out in images Dawn has returned. Now, scientists have a better sense of how these reflective areas formed and changed over time - processes indicative of an active, evolving world.
"The m ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 13, 2017OSIRIS-REx cruising towards rendezvous with Asteroid Bennu West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Research shows why meteroids explode before they reach Earth Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017Ceres' bright spots suggest the dwarf planet is geologically active |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
A 60-year-old mystery regarding the source of some energetic and potentially damaging particles in Earth's radiation belts is now solved using data from a shoebox-sized satellite built and operated by University of Colorado Boulder students.
The results from the new study indicate energetic electrons in Earth's inner radiation belt - primarily near its inner edge - are created by cosmic ra ... moreGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 12, 2017NASA's CATS concludes successful mission on Space Station  Denver CO (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Lockheed Martin strengthens weather forecasting with second next-generation weather satellite  Liverpool UK (SPX) Dec 14, 2017'Smoke rings' in the ocean spotted from space |
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 New Orleans LA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
It's not often geology and national security wind up in the same sentence. Most people don't think about electrical power in connection to either the ground under their feet or solar flares overhead, but Dr. Adam Schultz of Oregon State University, and EarthScope Magnetotelluric Program Lead Scientist, says that connection presents a clear and present risk that power utilities need to consider ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 11, 2017CU Boulder solar instruments, experiments headed for space  New York NY (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Mount Sinai researchers use breakthrough technology to understand eclipse eye damage  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Massive Primordial Galaxies Found in 'Halo' of Dark Matter |
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 Honolulu HI (SPX) Dec 08, 2017 
A team of astronomers from Maryland, Hawaii, Israel, and France has produced the most detailed map ever of the orbits of galaxies in our extended local neighborhood, showing the past motions of almost 1,400 galaxies within 100 million light-years of the Milky Way.
The team reconstructed the galaxies' motions from 13 billion years in the past to the present day. The main gravitational attra ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 06, 2017How hardy is the Webb Telescope  Odense, Denmark (SPX) Dec 07, 2017How does it look when Earth is bombarded with dark matter? Charlottesville VA (SPX) Dec 06, 2017Massive primordial galaxies found swimming in vast ocean of dark matter |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
The startling similarity between the physical laws describing electric phenomena and those describing magnetic phenomena has been known since the 19th century. However, one piece that would make the two perfectly symmetric was missing: magnetic monopoles. While magnetic monopoles in the form of elementary particles remain elusive, there have been some recent successes in engineering objects that ... more Washington DC (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Quantum-emitting answer might lie in the solution  Trieste, Italy (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Studying heat transfer with computers is easier now  Tucson, AZ (SPX) Dec 06, 2017A Black Hole Behemoth at the Edge of Cosmic Dawn |
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