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  Houston TX (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 A tool that has helped guide sailors across oceans for centuries is now being tested aboard the International Space Station as a potential emergency navigation tool for guiding future spacecraft across the cosmos. The Sextant Navigation investigation tests use of a hand-held sextant aboard the space station. Sextants have a small telescope-like optical sight to take precise angle measurements between pairs of stars from land or sea, enabling navigation without computer assistance. Sextants have be ... read more |
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Researchers Find Last of the Universe's Missing Ordinary MatterBoulder CO (SPX) Jun 21, 2018 Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have helped to find the last reservoir of ordinary matter hiding in the universe. Ordinary matter, or "baryons," make up all physical objects ... more  
Distant moons may harbor lifeRiverside CA (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 We've all heard about the search for life on other planets, but what about looking on other moons? In a paper published Wednesday (June 13) in The Astrophysical Journal, researchers at the Uni ... more  
GomSpace and Aerial Maritime Ltd enter MOU for delivery and operation of a global constellationAalborg, Denmark GomSpace A/S - a subsidiary of GomSpace Group AB (the "Company") and Aerial and Maritime Ltd. ("A and M") have signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") following A and M's decision to appoint Go ... more 
ASRC Federal subsidiary awarded $1B NASA contract for advanced computing servicesBeltsville MD (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded ASRC Federal subsidiary InuTeq LLC the NASA Advanced Computing Services (NACS) contract. The single award, hybrid contract has a ... more |
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Study develops a model enhancing particle beam efficiencySao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 The use of particle accelerators is not confined to basic research in high-energy physics. Large-scale accelerators and gigantic devices, such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), are used for this p ... more 
Discovery for grouping atoms invokes PasteurSydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 Scientists have found a new way of joining groups of atoms together into shape-changing molecules - opening up the possibility of a new area of chemistry and the development of countless new drugs, ... more 
Kiel physicists achieve hitherto most accurate description of highly excited electronsKiel, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 It is the "drosophila" of modern physics: the uniform electron gas. Just as the fruit fly is used to describe the principles of genetics this model of a gas can be used to investigate important char ... more 
With supercomputing power, scientists solve a next-generation physics problemOak Ridge TN (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 Using the Titan supercomputer at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a team of researchers has calculated a fundamental property of protons and neutrons, known as the nucleon axial c ... more  
Chip upgrade helps miniature drones navigateBoston MA (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 Researchers at MIT, who last year designed a tiny computer chip tailored to help honeybee-sized drones navigate, have now shrunk their chip design even further, in both size and power consumption. ... more |
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Ocean's heat cycle shows that atmospheric carbon may be headed elsewherePrinceton NJ (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 As humans continue to pump the atmosphere with carbon, it's crucial for scientists to understand how and where the planet absorbs and naturally emits carbon. A recent study in the journal Natu ... more  |
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Could this material enable autonomous vehicles to come to market sooner?Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 One of the leading challenges for autonomous vehicles is to ensure that they can detect and sense objects - even through dense fog. Compared to the current visible light-based cameras, infrared came ... more  
Futuristic data storageWashington DC (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 The magnetisation of nanometric square material is not fixed. It moves around in a helical motion. This is caused by the electron whose degree of freedom, referred to as spin, which follows a preces ... more 
Forget Galileo - UK space sector should look to young stars insteadLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 "British security firms could be BANNED from helping EU with Galileo satellite project," the Mail Forget Galileo - UK space sector should look to young stars instead screamed. "Brexit to 'forc ... more
NASA Administrator Statement on Space Policy Directive-3Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Monday's signing of Space Policy Directive-3 by President Donald Trump: "NASA strongly supports the White House's contin ... more 
A milestone in securing ESA's future role in the global exploration of spaceParis (ESA) Jun 19, 2018 Over the past 18 months, ESA and its Member States have gathered in a series of space exploration workshops culminating in a discussion in the ESA Council held in Paris on 13 June 2018. The Co ... more |
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 College Station TX (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 
On June 18, 1983, 35 years ago, Sally Ride became the first American woman to launch into space, riding the Space Shuttle STS-7 flight with four other crew members. Only five years earlier, in 1978, she had been selected to the first class of 35 astronauts - including six women - who would fly on the Space Shuttle.
Much has happened in the intervening years. During the span of three decade ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 18, 2018 
The ESA Council met in Paris this past weeek to discuss the path towards the future exploitation of Ariane 6.
In view of the progress made in the Ariane 6 programme, Participating States have decided on the completion of the development up to full operational capability and agreed to fund industrial incentives associated with the development of Ariane 6 and P120C solid rocket motor.
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 18, 2018 
New research suggests certain cyanobacteria could thrive on Mars. The microbes could even be used to provide future space colonies with oxygen.
"This might sound like science fiction, but space agencies and private companies around the world are actively trying to turn this aspiration into reality in the not-too-distant future," Elmars Krausz, chemistry professor at Australian National ... 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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GomSpace A/S - a subsidiary of GomSpace Group AB (the "Company") and Aerial and Maritime Ltd. ("A and M") have signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") following A and M's decision to appoint GomSpace as the supplier of a global constellation of nanosatellites and ground segment systems.
Fully operational by the end of 2021 A and M is able to provide global Air Traffic Surveillance inc ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 
The magnetisation of nanometric square material is not fixed. It moves around in a helical motion. This is caused by the electron whose degree of freedom, referred to as spin, which follows a precession motion centred on the middle of a square nano-magnet. To study the magnetisation of such material, physicists can rely on two-dimensional arrays of square nanomagnets.
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 Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 
Each exoplanet revolves around a star, like the Earth around the Sun. This is why it is generally impossible to obtain images of an exoplanet, so dazzling is the light of its star. However, a team of astronomers, led by a researcher from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and member of NCCR PlanetS, had the idea of detecting certain molecules that are present in the planet's atmosphere in order to ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 
This image captures the intensity of the jets and vortices in Jupiter's North North Temperate Belt.
NASA's Juno spacecraft took this color-enhanced image at 10:31 p.m. PDT on May 23, 2018 (1:31 a.m. EDT on May 24), as Juno performed its 13th close flyby of Jupiter. At the time, the spacecraft was about 4,900 miles (7,900 kilometers) from the tops of the clouds of the gas giant planet at a ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 
A large multidisciplinary team of scientists, equipped with advanced underwater robotics and an array of analytical instrumentation, will set sail for the northeastern Pacific Ocean this August.
The team's mission for NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is to study the life and death of the small organisms that play a critical role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere ... more |
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 Hohhot, China (XNA) Jun 19, 2018 
A water supply system for livestock in remote pastoral areas has been trialled in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local researchers confirmed Sunday.
The trial of the new system, based on the Beidou Navigation Satellite System, was launched in the Kubuqi desert.
"The system can provide water for livestock after receiving a short message sent by users through the Beido ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 19, 2018 
A satellite with a huge golden umbrella-shaped antenna is in an orbit more than 400,000 km from Earth, waiting for Chang'e-4, which is set to be the first ever probe to land softly on the Moon's far side.
The relay satellite for Chang'e-4 will establish a communication link between the Earth and the far side of the Moon, and might serve probes from other countries, contributing to internat ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2018 
The federal government wants to be better prepared for a possible asteroid impact.
A new interagency report offers plans for improving the government's ability to detect, predict, plan for and respond to a near-Earth object impact.
"The National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan" outlines opportunities for improvements to NASA's NEO detection, tracking, and ... more |
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 Bangkok (AFP) June 15, 2018  Thailand's junta chief will secure the purchase of a $215 million observation satellite from Airbus during his trip to France this month, a diplomatic source said Friday, as Europe re-engages with the kingdom following a chill in relations after a 2014 coup.
General Prayut Chan-O-Cha, who toppled an elected government four years ago, will stop in Britain and France next week for meetings wit ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 
Tom Woods knows about space gunk. As the principal investigator for the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment, or EVE, instrument aboard NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, he's all too familiar with the ways that exposure to the harsh space environment can lead to a spacecraft instrument's degradation.
"Since its launch in 2010, EVE's sensitivity has degraded by about 70 percent at so ... more |
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 Mainz, Germany (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 
It was just eight years ago that the IceCube detector, a research center located at the South Pole to detect neutrinos emanating from the cosmos, was commissioned. Three years later, it began to register the first momentous results. The detection of high-energy neutrinos by IceCube made viable completely new options for explaining how our universe works.
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 19, 2018 
ESA's XMM-Newton observatory has discovered the best-ever candidate for a very rare and elusive type of cosmic phenomenon: a medium-weight black hole in the process of tearing apart and feasting on a nearby star.
There are various types of black hole lurking throughout the Universe: massive stars create stellar-mass black holes when they die, while galaxies host supermassive black holes at ... more |
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