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  Kourou, French Guiana (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 Two commercial satellites have been placed in orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket but have yet to reach their correct position, Arianespace said Thursday, after mission control briefly lost contact with the craft in a rare malfunction. The usually reliable European space workhorse blasted off at 7.20 pm (2220 GMT) from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana carrying satellites for Luxembourg's SES and the United Arab Emirate's Yahsat in the first launch of the year for Arianespace. For nearly 30 minutes mission controllers were left on tenterhooks when the rocket lost contact in what CEO Stephane Israel described as an "anomaly". ... read more |
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Space, the final frontier -- for nightclubsNew York (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 Bringing a new meaning to dancing on air, a nightclub operator is throwing a party in zero gravity, with top DJs playing in an aircraft used to train astronauts. ... more  
First evidence of winds outside black holes throughout their mealtimesEdmonton, Canada (SPX) Jan 26, 2018 New research shows the first evidence of strong winds around black holes throughout bright outburst events when a black hole rapidly consumes mass. The study, published in Nature, sheds new li ... more 
Black hole jets account for three highest-energy particles in the universeWashington (UPI) Jan 22, 2018 Scientists have traced the three highest-energy particles in the universe to a single cosmic origin. The latest research - published this week in the journal Nature Physics - suggests neutrinos, cosmic rays and gamma rays all results from the powerful jets of supermassive black holes. ... more  
Theory shows unified origin for 3 types of extreme-energy space particlesUniversity Park PA (SPX) Jan 26, 2018 New model connects the origins of very high-energy neutrinos, ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, and high-energy gamma rays with black-hole jets embedded in their environments. One of the biggest m ... more |
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What scientists can learn about the Moon during the Jan. 31 eclipseGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 26, 2018 The lunar eclipse on Jan. 31 will give a team of scientists a special opportunity to study the Moon using the astronomer's equivalent of a heat-sensing, or thermal, camera. Three lunar events ... more 
Astronomers produce first detailed images of surface of giant starAtlanta GA (SPX) Jan 26, 2018 An international team of astronomers has produced the first detailed images of the surface of a giant star outside our solar system, revealing a nearly circular, dust-free atmosphere with complex ar ... more  
CIA: North Korea intent on building reliable nuclear arsenalWashington (AFP) Jan 23, 2018 CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that North Korea is intent on developing a reliable arsenal of nuclear weapons to threaten America, not just "a showpiece" to preserve Kim Jong-Un's regime. ... more  
Drones learn to navigate autonomously by imitating cars and bicyclesZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 All today's commercial drones use GPS, which works fine above building roofs and in high alti-tudes. But what, when the drones have to navigate autonomously at low altitude among tall buildings or i ... more  
Global Eagle boosts passenger experience with more satellite capacityLuxembourg (SPX) Jan 26, 2018 Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: ENT) is aiming to provide airline passengers travelling across North America with a connected inflight experience far more like the one passengers enjoy on t ... more  
How did we evolve to live longer?Newcastle UK (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 Researchers at Newcastle University show that a collection of small adaptations in proteins that respond to stress, accumulated over millennia of human history, could help to explain our increased n ... more  
Eocene fossil data suggest climate models may underestimate polar warmingGainesville, FL (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 A new international analysis of marine fossils shows that warming of the polar oceans during the Eocene, a greenhouse period that provides a glimpse of Earth's potential future climate, was greater ... more |
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Scientists find oxidized iron deep within the Earth's interiorEdmonton, Canada (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 They can be as small as a grain of salt, but tiny crystals that form deep in volcanoes may be the key for advance warnings before volcanic eruptions. University of Queensland vulcanologist Dr ... more  
Biomarkers solve 500-million-year-old macroorganism mysteryMoscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 A postgraduate student of the Faculty of Geology of MSU, working with an international scientific group, participated in chemical analysis of biomarkers - compounds that remained after the decomposi ... more  
Using electricity to switch magnetismVienna, Austria (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 It's not exactly a new revelation that electricity and magnetism are closely linked. And yet, magnetic and electrical effects have been studied separately for some time now within the field of mater ... more |
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Quantum controlMoscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 An international team consisting of Russian and German scientists has made a breakthrough in the creation of seemingly impossible materials. They have managed to create the world`s first quantum met ... more  
2-D tin stanene without buckling: A possible topological insulatorNagoya, Japan (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 Nagoya University-led researchers produce 2D sheets of tin atoms predicted to have exotic uses in electronics. Nagoya, Japan - Sometimes it pays to be two-dimensional. The merits of graphene, ... more 
A new approach to rechargeable batteriesBoston MA (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 A type of battery first invented nearly five decades ago could catapult to the forefront of energy storage technologies, thanks to a new finding by researchers at MIT and other institutions. The bat ... more 
NRL improves optical efficiency in nanophotonic devicesWashington DC (SPX) Jan 23, 2018 A team of physicists, headed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), have demonstrated the means to improve the optical loss characteristics and transmission efficiency of hexagonal boron nitri ... more  
A new 'atmospheric disequilibrium' could help detect life on other planetsSeattle WA (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 As NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and other new giant telescopes come online they will need novel strategies to look for evidence of life on other planets. A University of Washington study has fo ... more 
Orbital ATK joins DARPA to research hypersonic enginesWashington (UPI) Jan 24, 2018 Orbital ATK announced on Tuesday that it has been tapped by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to study the integration of turbine and hypersonic engine technologies for use in a new aircraft propulsion system. ... more 
Russia Working On Own, 100-Use, Environmentally Friendly RocketMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 24, 2018 According to designers, unlike Space X's Falcon 9, the KORONA is not just a rocket, but a spacecraft, capable of takeoff and landing, with its development effectively opening the path to interplanet ... more |
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 Texas firm completes "tie down test flight" of suborbital SARGE Rocket 
Falcon Heavy rocket ready for fueling, static fire testWashington (UPI) Jan 24, 2018 SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket - the self-proclaimed "most powerful rocked in the world" - is preparing to conduct a static fire test on Wednesday afternoon. ... more  
CubeSats for hunting secrets in lunar darknessParis (ESA) Jan 25, 2018 Imagine sending a spacecraft the size of an airline cabin bag to the Moon - what would you have it do? ESA issued that challenge to European teams last year, and two winners have now been chosen. ... more  
Dust storms linked to gas escape from Mars atmospherePasadena CA (JPL) Jan 24, 2018 Some Mars experts are eager and optimistic for a dust storm this year to grow so grand it darkens skies around the entire Red Planet. This biggest type of phenomenon in the environment of modern Mar ... more |
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The European Space Agency (ESA) is drawing up contingency plans for projects, commercial deals, and staffing that may be adversely affected by Brexit, senior officials said Wednesday.
Programmes throw in flux by Britain's pending departure from the European Union (EU) include the Copernicus satellite constellation to monitor environmental damage, and the Galileo satellite navigation system. ... more |
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An international team consisting of Russian and German scientists has made a breakthrough in the creation of seemingly impossible materials. They have managed to create the world`s first quantum metamaterial which can be used as a control element in superconducting electrical circuits.
Metamaterials are substances whose properties are determined not so much by the atoms they consist of, bu ... more |
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