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May 30, 2018
DRAGON SPACE
Beijing welcomes use of Chinese space station by all UN Nations



Moscow (Sputnik) May 30, 2018
Beijing is open to other UN nations using the Chinese space station on an equal basis, Shi Zhongjun, China's ambassador to the United Nations and other international organizations in Vienna, said Monday. "CSS belongs not only to China, but also to the world ... All [UN] countries, regardless of their size and level of development, can participate in the cooperation on an equal footing," Shi said, as quoted by the Xinhua news agency. According to the ambassador, public and private organizatio ... read more

EARTH OBSERVATION
The case of the relativistic particles solved with NASA missions
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2018
Encircling Earth are two enormous rings - called the Van Allen radiation belts - of highly energized ions and electrons. Various processes can accelerate these particles to relativistic speeds, whic ... more
MARSDAILY
Red Planet rover set for extreme environment workout
Paris (ESA) May 30, 2018
A representative model of the ExoMars rover that will land on Mars in 2021 is beginning a demanding test campaign that will ensure it can survive the rigours of launch and landing, as well as operat ... more
SPACEMART
Gogo and Iridium Partner to Deliver Best-in-Class Aircraft Connectivity
McLean VA (SPX) May 30, 2018
Iridium Communications Inc. has announced Gogo as the newest value-added manufacturer (VAM) for Iridium Certus aviation terminals. Gogo has also been selected as an Iridium Certus service provider, ... more
CARBON WORLDS
China's carbon satellite shares data worldwide
Beijing (XNA) May 30, 2018
China's carbon dioxide monitoring satellite TanSat has 75 data users worldwide, according to the website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The 620-kg satellite received 11,000 data orders an ... more
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OUTER PLANETS
Pluto may be giant comet made up of comets, study says
Washington (UPI) May 29, 2018
After studying data from two interplanetary probes, researchers think Pluto may have formed from a mass of a billion comets, according to a new study. ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array Reveals New Insights into Solar Flares' Explosive Energy Releases
Newark NJ (SPX) May 30, 2018
Last September, a massive new region of magnetic field erupted on the Sun's surface next to an existing sunspot. The powerful collision of magnetic fields produced a series of potent solar flares, c ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Lightening up dark galaxies
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) May 30, 2018
Despite substantial progress over the past half a century in understanding of how galaxies form, important open questions remain regarding how precisely the diffuse gas known as the 'intergalactic m ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Sentinels modernise Europe's agricultural policy
Paris (ESA) May 28, 2018
In a move that could benefit around 22 million farmers, the EU's Common Agricultural Policy has entered the space age. Offering detailed and timely information on crops and farmland, the Copernicus ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
NOVA: 'Transient Machine' MeerLICHT Inaugurated in South Africa
Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) May 30, 2018
On Friday, May 25, 2018, the MeerLICHT telescope has been inaugurated at the Sutherland Observatory, South Africa. MeerLICHT ('more light' in Dutch) is an optical telescope that will be an 'eye of t ... more
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TIME AND SPACE
New model explains what we see when a massive black hole devours a star
Sannta Cruz CA (SPX) May 30, 2018
A star that wanders too close to the supermassive black hole in the center of its galaxy will be torn apart by the black hole's gravity in a violent cataclysm called a tidal disruption event (TDE), ... more
EARLY EARTH
When the dinosaurs died, so did forests and tree-dwelling birds
Chicago IL (SPX) May 29, 2018
Sixty-six million years ago, the world burned. An asteroid crashed to Earth with a force one million times larger than the largest atomic bomb, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. But dinosaurs ... more
TECTONICS
Continental growth spurt spurred Earth's first snow, study suggests
Washington (UPI) May 25, 2018
Scientists believe Earth's first snow fell some 2.4 billion years ago. According to a new study, the flurries arrived as a result of a continental growth spurt. ... more
TECH SPACE
Could a particle accelerator using laser-driven implosion become a reality?
Osaka, Japan (SPX) May 29, 2018
Laser pulse compression technology invented in the late 1980s developed high-power short-pulse laser techniques, enhancing laser intensity 10-million-fold in a quarter of a century. Scientists ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Using the K computer, scientists predict exotic 'di-Omega' particle
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 29, 2018
Based on complex simulations of quantum chromodynamics performed using the K computer, one of the most powerful computers in the world, the HAL QCD Collaboration, made up of scientists from the RIKE ... more


Why bioelectrodes for energy conversion are not stable

TECH SPACE
An elastic fiber filled with electrodes set to revolutionize smart clothes
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) May 29, 2018
It's a whole new way of thinking about sensors. The tiny fibers developed at EPFL are made of elastomer and can incorporate materials like electrodes and nanocomposite polymers. The fibers can detec ... more
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CARBON WORLDS
UNIST introduces novel method to grow elastic diamonds
Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) May 29, 2018
Diamonds is the strongest naturally occurring material on Earth. It is also renowned for its incomparable properties, such as high stiffness, exceptional thermal conductivity, high chemical resistan ... more
NANO TECH
Researchers enhance boron nitride nanotubes for next-gen composites
Houston TX (SPX) May 29, 2018
Boron nitride nanotubes are primed to become effective building blocks for next-generation composite and polymer materials based on a new discovery at Rice University - and a previous one. Sci ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Group of Brazilian researchers achieves almost instant magnetization of matter by light
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) May 29, 2018
The production of devices to store or transmit information is one of the most frequent technological applications of magnetism. An experimental and theoretical study conducted at the University of S ... more
EXO WORLDS
A simple mechanism could have been decisive for the development of life
Munich, Germany (SPX) May 28, 2018
The question of the origin of life remains one of the oldest unanswered scientific questions. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now shown for the first time that phase separatio ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Matter-antimatter asymmetry may interfere with the detection of neutrinos
Warsaw, Poland (SPX) May 29, 2018
From the data collected by the LHCb detector at the Large Hadron Collider, it appears that the particles known as charm mesons and their antimatter counterparts are not produced in perfectly equal p ... more
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NASA Administrator Statement on Space Policy Directive-2
Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2018
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Thursday's signing of Space Policy Directive-2 by President Donald Trump: "NASA is pleased with the White House's continued commitment to advancing America's leadership in space. Space Policy Directive-2 (SPD-2) is another step towards bolstering our nation's dedication to uncovering new knowledge, protecting our natio ... more
+ Putin, Abe speak to ISS astronauts from Kremlin
+ NASA, Space Station Partners Announce Future Mission Crew Members
+ NASA awards $43M to US Small Businesses for Tech Research
+ Robotics Controllers Install Cygnus Resupply Ship on Station
+ Breath of Life: Russia Working on System to Turn Cosmonauts' Breath Into Water
+ Yoyager's Golden Record may paint humans in a confusing way
+ Privatize the International Space Station? Not so fast, Congress tells Trump
What really happened to that melted NASA Camera?
Washington DC (SPX) May 29, 2018
NASA's "melted camera" has become a social media thing. As with many photos that spread like wildfire on the Internet, only part of the camera's story has been exposed so far. Here is the rest of it. NASA photographer Bill Ingalls has been shooting for the agency for 30 years. His creativity and efforts to get unique images are well known within the agency and to those who follow it. He kn ... more
+ Russia to Create Rocket Production Holding on Basis of Roscosmos
+ Aerojet Rocketdyne Thrusters Help Deliver Cygnus to International Space Station
+ Two sportscar-sized satellites in orbit to measure Earth's water
+ Russia May Renew 'Satan' Missile Launches to Place Satellites In Orbit
+ Aerojet Rocketdyne demonstrates low-cost, high thrust space engine
+ Russia's formidable Satan Missile converted into carrier rocket
+ US indirectly confirms existence of Russia's hypersonic weapons


Scientists Shrink Chemistry Lab to Seek Evidence of Life on Mars
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 25, 2018
An international team of scientists has created a tiny chemistry lab for a rover that will drill beneath the Martian surface looking for signs of past or present life. The toaster oven-sized lab, called the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer or MOMA, is a key instrument on the ExoMars Rover, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Russian space agency Roscosmos, with a significant ... more
+ Opportunity Collects Panoramas for Site Awareness and Future Drive Planning
+ Why we won't get to Mars without teamwork
+ Red Planet rover set for extreme environment workout
+ Curiosity Mars rover back on drill duty
+ NASA's InSight Steers Toward Mars
+ NASA engineers teach Mars rover Curiosity to drill again
+ Mars Society launches Kickstarter to create MarsVR Crew Training Program
Beijing welcomes use of Chinese space station by all UN Nations
Moscow (Sputnik) May 30, 2018
Beijing is open to other UN nations using the Chinese space station on an equal basis, Shi Zhongjun, China's ambassador to the United Nations and other international organizations in Vienna, said Monday. "CSS belongs not only to China, but also to the world ... All [UN] countries, regardless of their size and level of development, can participate in the cooperation on an equal footing," Sh ... more
+ China's Queqiao satellite carries "large umbrella" into deep space
+ Russia May Help China Create International Cosmonauts Rehabilitation Center
+ Sunrise for China's commercial space industry?
+ Chinese rewrite record, live 370 days in self-contained moon lab
+ Space technologies to protect Shaolin heritage
+ China to Use Soviet Engine to Power Its First Reusable Space Rocket
+ Astronauts eye more cooperation on China's space station
Gogo and Iridium Partner to Deliver Best-in-Class Aircraft Connectivity
McLean VA (SPX) May 30, 2018
Iridium Communications Inc. has announced Gogo as the newest value-added manufacturer (VAM) for Iridium Certus aviation terminals. Gogo has also been selected as an Iridium Certus service provider, making it the first company to design and manufacture terminals, while also providing the new L-band broadband service for business aviation. Iridium Certus is the ideal solution for airline flightdec ... more
+ From ships to satellites: Scotland aims for the sky
+ Iridium Makes Maritime Industry History
+ Goonhilly lands 24m pounds investment enabling global expansion
+ Australian Space Agency Lost In Canberra
+ In crowded field, Iraq election hopefuls vie to stand out
+ ESA selects three new mission concepts for study
+ China's communication satellites occupy niche in world market
An elastic fiber filled with electrodes set to revolutionize smart clothes
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) May 29, 2018
It's a whole new way of thinking about sensors. The tiny fibers developed at EPFL are made of elastomer and can incorporate materials like electrodes and nanocomposite polymers. The fibers can detect even the slightest pressure and strain and can withstand deformation of close to 500% before recovering their initial shape. All that makes them perfect for applications in smart clothing and prosth ... more
+ Advanced materials: processing glass like a polymer
+ Could a particle accelerator using laser-driven implosion become a reality?
+ Phase Four Signs Contract with NASA to Vet its Propulsion System for Upcoming Small Satellite Missions
+ Astonishing effect enables better palladium catalysts
+ Focus on space debris
+ Aireon System Deployment Continues with Sixth Successful Launch
+ Glass-forming ability: fundamental understanding leading to smart design


Take a Virtual Trip to a Strange New World with NASA
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 25, 2018
Are you looking for an exotic destination to visit this summer? Why not take a virtual trip to an Earth-size planet beyond our solar system with NASA's interactive Exoplanet Travel Bureau? We live in a universe teeming with exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. Unfortunately, even the nearest exoplanets are light-years away, so sending spacecraft and humans to these intriguing w ... more
+ Kepler Begins 18th Observing Campaign with a Focus On Star Clusters
+ A simple mechanism could have been decisive for the development of life
+ Linguists gather in L.A. to ponder the Language of ET
+ Mars rocks may harbor signs of life from 4 billion years ago
+ Extrasolar asteroid has been orbiting sun for over 4 billion years
+ Planet hunter snaps test image on Lunar flyby on route to final orbit
+ Orbital variations can trigger 'snowball states' on exoplanets
SwRI scientists introduce cosmochemical model for Pluto formation
San Antonio, TX (SPX) May 24, 2018
Southwest Research Institute scientists integrated NASA's New Horizons discoveries with data from ESA's Rosetta mission to develop a new theory about how Pluto may have formed at the edge of our solar system. "We've developed what we call 'the giant comet' cosmochemical model of Pluto formation," said Dr. Christopher Glein of SwRI's Space Science and Engineering Division. The research is d ... more
+ Pluto may be giant comet made up of comets, study says
+ Jupiter: A New Perspective
+ OSL Optics to help unlock the secrets of Jupiter's Icy Moons
+ Study co-authored by UCLA scientists shows evidence of water vapor plumes on Jupiter moon
+ Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes
+ New views of Jupiter" showcases swirling clouds on giant planet
+ Fresh results from NASA's Galileo spacecraft 20 years on


Study reveals how high-latitude corals cope with the cold
Brisbane, Australia (SPX) May 28, 2018
Corals growing in high-latitude reefs in Western Australia can regulate their internal chemistry to promote growth under cooler temperatures, according to new research at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at The University of Western Australia. The study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, suggests that ocean warming may not necessarily promote faster rates ... more
+ Water is not the same as water
+ Study finds big savings in removing dams over repairs
+ Rise and fall of the Great Barrier Reef
+ Researchers identify bacteria and viruses ejected from the ocean
+ Great Barrier Reef on sixth life in 30,000 years: study
+ Making sense of the water supply situation in Cape Town
+ New robot concept uses responsive materials to swim through water
China to launch two BeiDou-2 backup satellites
Harbin (XNA) May 28, 2018
China will launch two backup satellites for BeiDou-2 in next two years to improve its performance. Backup satellites ensure the continuous stable operations of the system, said Ran Chengqi of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, at the Ninth China Satellite Navigation Conference in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. BeiDou-2 has been in use for five and a half ... more
+ China to launch another 11 BeiDou-3 satellites in 2018
+ Research shows how 'navigational hazards' in metro maps confuse travelers
+ UK set to demand EU repayment in Brexit satellite row
+ China holds Satellite Navigation Conference in Harbin
+ Swift improves position accuracy and availability for precision farm and shipping customers
+ Satellite pair arrive for Galileo's next rumble in the jungle
+ Satellite row tests UK's post-Brexit security plans


Dozens of volunteers apply for joint US-Russian simulated Lunar orbital flight
Moscow (Sputnik) May 24, 2018
About 50 people from various countries have shown interest in an experiment simulating the flight to an orbital station near the Moon, a representative of the Institute of Medicobiological Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences told Sputnik. The experiment is part of international SIRIUS missions, which serve to help finish preparations for deep space flights, including flights to pla ... more
+ Moonwalking astronaut-artist Alan Bean dies at 86
+ NASA: Commercial Partners Key to Sustainable Moon Presence
+ Chinese relay satellite brakes near moon for entry into desired orbit
+ Dutch Radio Antenna To Depart For The Moon On Chinese Mission
+ China satellite heralds first mission to dark side of Moon
+ Chinese volunteers emerge from virtual moon base
+ Take me to the Moon
Rosetta unravels formation of sunrise jets
Gottingen, Germany (SPX) May 24, 2018
The atmosphere of Rosetta's comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is far from homogeneous. In addition to sudden outbursts of gas and dust, daily recurring phenomena at sunrise can be observed. In these, evaporating gas and entrained dust are concentrated to form jet-like structures. A new study, led by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany and published in the jour ... more
+ Did the Chicxulub asteroid knock Earth's thermometer out of the ballpark?
+ Rosetta illuminates origins of sunrise jets on comet 67P
+ Discovery of the first body in the Solar System with an extrasolar origin
+ Interstellar asteroid in orbit around Sun
+ Asteroid Institute Announces Program with York Space Systems to Explore Low-Cost Space-Based Asteroid Tracking System
+ Football field-sized asteroid to shave by Earth
+ Exiled Asteroid Discovered in Outer Reaches of Solar System


The case of the relativistic particles solved with NASA missions
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2018
Encircling Earth are two enormous rings - called the Van Allen radiation belts - of highly energized ions and electrons. Various processes can accelerate these particles to relativistic speeds, which endanger spacecraft unlucky enough to enter these giant bands of damaging radiation. Scientists had previously identified certain factors that might cause particles in the belts to become highly ene ... more
+ Sentinels modernise Europe's agricultural policy
+ NASA awards options for 2 Joint Polar Satellite System satellites
+ Climate Change May Lead to Bigger Atmospheric Rivers
+ Improperly recycled refrigerators not enough to explain rising CFC levels
+ University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics adopts Ada and GNAT Pro for NASA project
+ First light for the storm hunter
+ Help from Above: NASA Aids Kilauea Disaster Response
Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array Reveals New Insights into Solar Flares' Explosive Energy Releases
Newark NJ (SPX) May 30, 2018
Last September, a massive new region of magnetic field erupted on the Sun's surface next to an existing sunspot. The powerful collision of magnetic fields produced a series of potent solar flares, causing turbulent space weather conditions at Earth. These were the first flares to be captured, in their moment-by-moment progression, by NJIT's recently expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA). ... more
+ Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter set to soar high
+ More than 1.1 million names installed on Parker Solar Probe
+ Why does the corona sizzle at a million degrees
+ What will happen when our sun dies?
+ Waves similar to those controlling Earth weather found on the Sun
+ Flares in the universe can now be studied on Earth
+ Key Parker Solar Probe sensor bests sun simulator-last launch hurdle


APEX takes a glimpse into the heart of darkness
Bonn, Germany (SPX) May 29, 2018
The 12 m radio telescope APEX in Chile has been outfitted with special equipment including broad bandwidth recorders and a stable hydrogen maser clock for performing joint interferometric observations with other telescopes at wavelengths as short as 1.3 mm and the goal to obtain the ultimate picture of the black hole shadow. The addition of APEX to the so-called Event Horizon Telescope (EH ... more
+ Astronomers observe unprecedented detail in pulsar 6,500 light-years from Earth
+ Lightening up dark galaxies
+ Group of Brazilian researchers achieves almost instant magnetization of matter by light
+ NOVA: 'Transient Machine' MeerLICHT Inaugurated in South Africa
+ OPERA Collaboration Presents Its Final Results on Neutrino Oscillations
+ NASA awards contract for space telescope mission
+ Hubble shows the local universe in ultraviolet
Matter-antimatter asymmetry may interfere with the detection of neutrinos
Warsaw, Poland (SPX) May 29, 2018
From the data collected by the LHCb detector at the Large Hadron Collider, it appears that the particles known as charm mesons and their antimatter counterparts are not produced in perfectly equal proportions. Physicists from Cracow have proposed their own explanation of this phenomenon and presented predictions related to it, about consequences that are particularly interesting for high-energy ... more
+ New model explains what we see when a massive black hole devours a star
+ APEX offers up-close view of black hole's event horizon
+ Using the K computer, scientists predict exotic 'di-Omega' particle
+ Physicists leap into quantum computing with first simulations of atomic nucleus
+ Can a quantum drum vibrate and stand still at the same time?
+ A quantum entanglement between two physically separated ultra-cold atomic clouds
+ Neutrons measured with unprecedented precision using a 'magneto-gravitational trap'
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