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  Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 Honeybee Robotics in Pasadena, California, flight tested its pneumatic sampler collection system, PlanetVac, on Masten Space Systems' Xodiac rocket on May 24, launching from Mojave, California, and landing to collect a sample of more than 320 grams of top soil from the surface of the desert floor. "The opportunity to test a technology on Earth before it is destined for another planet allows researchers and mission planners to have confidence that once the technology arrives to its space destinatio ... read more |
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NASA astronauts install high-def cameras during spacewalkTampa (AFP) June 14, 2018 Two US spacewalkers on Thursday outfitted the International Space Station with a pair of new high-definition video cameras designed to help visiting commercial spaceships dock there in the coming years. ... more 
ECOSTRESS among science payloads on next ISS missionHouston TX (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 A new batch of science is headed to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Dragon on the company's 15th mission for commercial resupply services, scheduled for launch June 29 from NASA's ... more  
Relay satellite for Chang'e-4 lunar probe enters planned orbitBeijing (XNA) Jun 15, 2018 The relay satellite for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe, which is expected to land on the far side of the Moon at the end of the year, has entered the planned orbit, the China National Space Administratio ... more  
New Land Mobile Technology Driving The Need For Modern Satcom CapabilitiesMcLean VA (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 Industrial revolutions leave no sector or industry untouched, and the fourth industrial revolution is no different. We are witnessing the rapid transformation that's blurring the line between the ph ... more |
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New GAIA data reveals mergers in Milky WayGroningen, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 University of Groningen astronomers have discovered relics of merger events in the Milky Way halo. Five small groups of stars appear to represent mergers with smaller galaxies, while a big 'blob' co ... more 
Dust clouds can explain puzzling features of active galactic nucleiSanta Cruz CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 Many large galaxies have a bright central region called an active galactic nucleus (AGN), powered by matter spiraling into a supermassive black hole. Gas clouds in an area around the AGN known as th ... more 
A New Experiment to Understand Dark MatterBonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 Is dark matter a source of a yet unknown force in addition to gravity? The mysterious dark matter is little understood and trying to understand its properties is an important challenge in modern phy ... more  
Reaktor Space Lab and VTT investigate a new frequency band for telecommunications satellitesHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 Reaktor Space Lab and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland are participating in an ESA project, which involves investigating a new frequency band for next-generation telecommunication satellites ... more 
Multiple lasers could be replaced by a single microcombGothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 Every time we send an e-mail, a tweet, or stream a video, we rely on laser light to transfer digital information over a complex network of optical fibers. Dozens of high-performance lasers are neede ... more |
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'iPal' robot companion for China's lonely childrenShanghai (AFP) June 14, 2018 It speaks two languages, gives math lessons, tells jokes and interacts with children through the tablet screen in its chest - China's latest robot is the babysitter every parent needs. ... more  |
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Bristol scientists discover a new way to find mass extinctionsBristol UK (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 During the history of the Earth, there were many mass extinctions, when huge numbers of species died out. They are usually easy to identify because of the sudden extinctions, followed by a gap, and ... more  
Much of East Antarctica remained frozen during past 8 million yearsChestnut Hill MA (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 Three major ice sheets are being closely watched by scientists as global temperatures increase, glaciers melt and sea levels rise. Of the three, the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the largest potential ... more 
Shrinking ice sheet made a surprising comebackNew York NY (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 The ice sheets near earth's poles have been constantly shrinking for the past 20,000 years. At least, that's what scientists used to think. But according to a study published in Nature, the West Ant ... more  
NASA encounters the perfect storm for science on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 14, 2018 One of the thickest dust storms ever observed on Mars has been spreading for the past week and a half. The storm has caused NASA's Opportunity rover to suspend science operations, but also offers a ... more  
The true power of the solar windVienna, Austria (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 The planets and moons of our solar system are continuously being bombarded by particles hurled away from the sun. On Earth this has hardly any effect, apart from the fascinating northern lights, bec ... more |
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 Tampa (AFP) June 14, 2018 
Two US spacewalkers on Thursday outfitted the International Space Station with a pair of new high-definition video cameras designed to help visiting commercial spaceships dock there in the coming years.
The work is part of an ongoing upgrade to the $100 billion orbiting outpost, adapting it for the arrival of a new fleet of US vehicles built by private aerospace industries that will ferry as ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 13, 2018 
Three school teams from the second cycle of the Girls' Rocketry Challenge (GRC), Lockheed Martin's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education program in Japan, have successfully competed in the 32nd National Model Rocketry Competition, taking home three awards. The competition, held at JAXA, Tsukuba on May 19, marks the final milestone of the program.
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2018 
A record dust storm has been swirling on Mars for nearly two weeks. While the weather has forced the Opportunity rover to bunker down and suspend all scientific activities, several other spacecraft are taking the opportunity to study the storm.
"This is the ideal storm for Mars science," Jim Watzin, director of the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters, said in a news release. " ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 07, 2018 
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) confirmed that one of its institutes Monday successfully tracked and received imaging data from the newly-launched Earth observation satellite Gaofen-6.
The Aerospace Information Research Institute said the Miyun station of China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station received the first batch of observation data from the Gaofen-6 satellite. There was ... more |
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 Luxembourg (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 
SES has been granted, by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), authorization to serve the U.S. market using a significantly expanded O3b fleet in the Medium Earth Orbit (MEO).
The FCC grant opens significant additional frequencies to SES for use in its non-geostationary (NGSO) constellation and enables it to deploy O3b mPOWER satellites into inclined and equatorial orbits, deli ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 
Reaktor Space Lab and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland are participating in an ESA project, which involves investigating a new frequency band for next-generation telecommunication satellites.
A nanosatellite to be constructed as part of the project will feature a Finnish platform and radio transmitter. As the number of satellites and the speed required for data communications incre ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2018 
Astronomers have identified 121 giant planets that potentially host habitable moons. Scientists believe the next generation of telescopes will be able to target alien moons in search of signs of life.
Scientists identified the candidates among exoplanet data collected by NASA's Kepler telescope. Kepler's main goal is to help astronomers locate habitable planets outside the solar system. ... more |
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 Boulder, Colo. (UPI) Sep 11, 2018 
After a few weeks of silence, the Pluto photo parade is back in action. On Friday, NASA released a new roll of images beamed back by the intrepid probe, New Horizons.
The new images include additional close-ups of Pluto's rugged beauty - the sphere's surface features revealed in new range and detail.
"Pluto is showing us a diversity of landforms and complexity of processes that ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 12, 2018 
Cloaking is one of the most eye-catching technologies in sci-fi movies. In two 2018 Marvel films, Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther conceals his country Wakanda, a technologically advanced African nation, from the outside world using the metal vibranium. However, in the real world, if you want to hide something, you need to deceive not only the eyes, but also the ears, espe ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 11, 2018 
With the Brexit talks underway, the EU has recently announced its decision to exclude UK firms out of the Galileo satellite navigation system, citing legal issues about sharing sensitive information with a non-member state.
Reacting to the European Union's move, UK Brexit Secretary David Davis lashed out the European Commission, saying that it was "shooting itself in the foot just to prove ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 15, 2018 
The relay satellite for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe, which is expected to land on the far side of the Moon at the end of the year, has entered the planned orbit, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced Thursday.
The satellite, named Queqiao (Magpie Bridge) and launched on May 21, entered the Halo orbit around the second Lagrangian (L2) point of the Earth-Moon system, about 6 ... more |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 
Last year, scientists with NASA's Dawn mission announced the detection of organic material - carbon-based compounds that are necessary components for life - exposed in patches on the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres. Now, a new analysis of the Dawn data by Brown University researchers suggests those patches may contain a much higher abundance of organics than originally thought.
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 Ames IA (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 
A new study co-led by University of Iowa researchers explains how ammonia is distributed in Earth's upper atmosphere.
The study authors used computer modeling to determine that ammonia is eventually released as a gas into the upper atmosphere. The modeling explains a mystery - data gathered by satellites that shows plumes of ammonia in the upper atmosphere, especially over parts of Asia du ... more |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 
The planets and moons of our solar system are continuously being bombarded by particles hurled away from the sun. On Earth this has hardly any effect, apart from the fascinating northern lights, because the dense atmosphere and the magnetic field of the Earth protect us from these solar wind particles. But on the Moon or on Mercury things are different: There, the uppermost layer of rock is grad ... more |
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 Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 
Is dark matter a source of a yet unknown force in addition to gravity? The mysterious dark matter is little understood and trying to understand its properties is an important challenge in modern physics and astrophysics. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, have proposed a new experiment that makes use of super-dense stars to learn more about the interact ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 
A theorized but never-before detected property of quantum matter has now been spotted in the lab, a team of scientists reports.
The team proved that a particular quantum material can demonstrate electrical dipole fluctuations - irregular oscillations of tiny charged poles on the material - even in extremely cold conditions, in the neighborhood of minus 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
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