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July 03, 2018
EARTH OBSERVATION
Airbus and Planet join forces to bring new geospatial products to market



Toulouse, France (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
Airbus and Planet have entered into a partnership to facilitate access to each other's data and the co-development of new geospatial solutions, by establishing a framework agreement to explore opportunities for joint cooperation in new and existing markets, product offerings, sales and marketing efforts. Both partners aim at providing a comprehensive suite of global satellite data at multiple temporal and spatial resolutions, and developing new analytic products for a wide range of applications to ... read more

GPS NEWS
NASA Tests Solar Sail for CubeSat that Will Study Near-Earth Asteroids
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a successful deployment test June 28 of the solar sail that will launch on Exploration Missi ... more
MOON DAILY
Waystation to the Solar System
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
It seems like everyone wants to go someplace in the Solar System. President Trump wants to go to the Moon. Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Others want to go to an asteroid. Others just want to go som ... more
GPS NEWS
India's Domestic SatNav System Hits Major Roadblock Ahead of Commercial Release
New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 03, 2018
The Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) - India's indigenous navigation and positioning system - has confronted unforeseen challenges ahead of its commercial rollout slated for the next few ... more
IRON AND ICE
Dawn's latest orbit reveals dramatic new views of Occator crater
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2018
NASA's Dawn spacecraft reached its lowest-ever and final orbit around dwarf planet Ceres on June 6 and has been returning thousands of stunning images and other data. The flight team maneuvere ... more
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MARSDAILY
Top 10 Teams Selected in Virtual Model Stage of NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge is challenging teams of citizen inventors to push the state of the art of additive construction to design and build sustainable shelters for humans to live on Mar ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NanoRacks Brings 40 Students Experiments to Space Station, New Commercial Customers
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
Early this morning, Dragon, the spacecraft from the fifteenth SpaceX contracted resupply mission, berthed with the International Space Station carrying one of NanoRacks' largest educational missions ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Dragon Now Installed To Station For Month-Long Stay
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
Three days after its launch from Florida, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft was installed on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station's Harmony module at 9:52 a.m. EDT. The 15 ... more
SPACEMART
Yes we've got a space agency - but our industry needs 'Space Prize Australia'
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
The Australian Space Agency commenced operations on July 1 2018 with the ambition of tripling the Australian space economy by 2030. But with the Australian government investment of A$41 millio ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
China to develop new series of carrier rockets: expert
Beijing (XNA) Jul 03, 2018
China aims to develop a new series of small, medium, large and heavy-lift Long March carrier rockets by 2030 to meet the demands of its space operations, according to an expert. The capacity o ... more
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IRON AND ICE
Study reveals secret origins of asteroids and meteorites
Gainesville FL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
Most asteroids and meteorites originate from the splintering of a handful of minor planets formed during the infancy of our solar system, a new study shows. A study appearing online in Nature ... more
EXO WORLDS
New Infrared Instrument Searches for Habitable Planets
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
A new instrument to search for potentially habitable/inhabited planets has started operation at the Subaru Telescope. This instrument, IRD (InfraRed Doppler), will look for habitable planets around ... more
EXO WORLDS
NASA should update policies that protect planets and other solar system bodies
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
The current process for planetary protection policy development is inadequate to respond to increasingly complex solar system exploration missions, says a new report from the National Academies of S ... more
EXO WORLDS
Researchers see beam of light from first confirmed neutron star merger emerge from behind sun
Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
A research team led by astronomers at the University of Warwick had to wait over 100 days for the sight of the first of confirmed neutron star merger to remerge from behind the glare of the sun. ... more
EXO WORLDS
Detecting the Boiling Atmosphere of the Hottest Known Exoplanet
Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
Astronomers have found that the atmosphere of the hottest known exoplanet, the hot Jupiter-like planet KELT-9b, is "boiling off," with the escaping gas being captured by the host star. Using the CAR ... more


First confirmed image of newborn planet caught with ESO's VLT

ROCKET SCIENCE
'Flying brain' blasts off on cargo ship toward space station
Tampa (AFP) June 29, 2018
A ball-shaped artificial intelligence robot nicknamed the "flying brain" because it is trained to follow and interact with a German astronaut blasted off Friday toward the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship. ... more
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DRAGON SPACE
China Rising as Major Space Power
Beijing (XNA) Jul 02, 2018
China is fast becoming a major space power as both its technology and launching frequency of satellites are improving at a rapid rate. China became the world's fifth country to send a satellit ... more
MARSDAILY
Mars valleys traced back to precipitation
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 02, 2018
The surface of Mars bears imprints of structures that resemble fluvial steam networks on Earth. Scientists therefore assume that there must have been once enough water on the red planet to feed wate ... more
EARLY EARTH
Continental microbes helped seed ancient seas with nitrogen
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 02, 2018
Like our oceans, today's continents are brimming with life. Yet billions of years ago, before the advent of plants, continents would have appeared barren. These apparently vacant land forms were bel ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Dragon delivers some ICE
Paris (ESA) Jul 02, 2018
The newly installed International Commercial Experiments service - ICE Cubes for short - facility providing commercial access to microgravity will soon receive the first experiment cubes after the s ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Maverick entrepreneur's space rocket fails at blast off
Tokyo (AFP) June 30, 2018
A rocket developed by a maverick Japanese entrepreneur and convicted fraudster exploded shortly after liftoff Saturday, in a major blow to his bid to send Japan's first privately backed rocket into space. ... more
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NanoRacks Brings 40 Students Experiments to Space Station, New Commercial Customers
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
Early this morning, Dragon, the spacecraft from the fifteenth SpaceX contracted resupply mission, berthed with the International Space Station carrying one of NanoRacks' largest educational missions to date. In addition to launching 40 student experiments, NanoRacks has also introduced a new commercial company and ongoing professional research into the commercial low-Earth orbit ecosystem. ... more
+ NASA leverages public and private partnerships for space science with AI boost
+ It's in the blood: guiding rafts down Poland's mountain gorge
+ New head of 'space nation' aims for the stars
+ Hague, Ovchinin talk ISS mission during presser
+ Deep space navigation: tool tested as emergency navigation device
+ ASRC Federal subsidiary awarded $1B NASA contract for advanced computing services
+ Astronaut Sally Ride's legacy of encouraging young women to embrace science and engineering
China to develop new series of carrier rockets: expert
Beijing (XNA) Jul 03, 2018
China aims to develop a new series of small, medium, large and heavy-lift Long March carrier rockets by 2030 to meet the demands of its space operations, according to an expert. The capacity of Chinese rockets would reach 140 tonnes for low-Earth orbit, 44 tonnes for Earth-Mars transfer orbit, 50 tonnes for Earth-Moon transfer orbit and 66 tonnes for geosynchronous transfer orbit in 2030, ... more
+ Dragon Now Installed To Station For Month-Long Stay
+ Dragon delivers some ICE
+ 'Flying brain' blasts off on cargo ship toward space station
+ Dawn's Engines Complete Firing, Science Continues
+ Maverick entrepreneur's space rocket fails at blast off
+ The rockets that are pushing the boundaries of space travel
+ Looking to the Future with Ariane 6 and Vega C Launchers for Asia-Pacific Customers


Top 10 Teams Selected in Virtual Model Stage of NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge is challenging teams of citizen inventors to push the state of the art of additive construction to design and build sustainable shelters for humans to live on Mars. Previous levels of the challenge have resulted in advanced habitat concepts, material compositions and printing technologies. The current stage (Phase 3: Level 1) of the multi-level contest c ... more
+ Mars valleys traced back to precipitation
+ The meteorite 'Black Beauty' expands the window for when life might have existed on Mars
+ Precipitation explains Mars' fluvial patterns, astronomers claim
+ Opportunity sleeps during a planet-encircling dust storm
+ Martian Dust Storm Grows Global; Curiosity Captures Photos of Thickening Haze
+ Explosive volcanoes spawned mysterious Martian rock formation
+ Unique microbe could thrive on Mars, help future manned missions
China Rising as Major Space Power
Beijing (XNA) Jul 02, 2018
China is fast becoming a major space power as both its technology and launching frequency of satellites are improving at a rapid rate. China became the world's fifth country to send a satellite into space in 1970. So far, a total of 400 satellites have been launched and over 200 are currently in service. A large family of satellites has been formed in China, covering the fields of co ... more
+ China launches new-tech experiment twin satellites
+ China confirms reception of data from Gaofen-6 satellite
+ Experts Explain How China Is Opening International Space Cooperation
+ Beijing welcomes use of Chinese space station by all UN Nations
+ China upgrades spacecraft reentry and descent technology
+ China develops wireless systems for rockets
+ China's Queqiao satellite carries "large umbrella" into deep space
Yes we've got a space agency - but our industry needs 'Space Prize Australia'
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
The Australian Space Agency commenced operations on July 1 2018 with the ambition of tripling the Australian space economy by 2030. But with the Australian government investment of A$41 million, we should not expect anything like NASA (which has a budget more than 2,000 times greater). On the contrary, the impetus for growth must come from the Australian space industry itself - and t ... more
+ GomSpace and Aerial Maritime Ltd enter MOU for delivery and operation of a global constellation
+ SSL ships first of 3 ComSats slated for launch this summer
+ Forget Galileo - UK space sector should look to young stars instead
+ A milestone in securing ESA's future role in the global exploration of space
+ US FCC expands market access for SES O3b MEO constellation
+ Liftoff as Alexander Gerst returns to space
+ Lockheed Martin Announces $100 Million Venture Fund Increase
Electronic skin stretched to new limits
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jun 22, 2018
An electrically conductive hydrogel that takes stretchability, self-healing and strain sensitivity to new limits has been developed at KAUST. "Our material outperforms all previously reported hydrogels and introduces new functionalities," says Husam Alshareef, professor of materials science and engineering. Smart materials that flex, sense and stretch like skin have many applications in wh ... more
+ Scientists use a photonic quantum simulator to make virtual movies of molecules vibrating
+ Clearing out space junk, one step at a time
+ Smarter, faster algorithm cuts number of steps to solve problems
+ New, safer waterproof coating invented by MIT scientists
+ Indian Space Agency to teach foreign students how to build satellites
+ Experiments of the Russian scientists in space lead to a new way of 3D-bioprinting
+ Lone water molecules turn out to be directors of supramolecular chemistry


Researchers see beam of light from first confirmed neutron star merger emerge from behind sun
Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
A research team led by astronomers at the University of Warwick had to wait over 100 days for the sight of the first of confirmed neutron star merger to remerge from behind the glare of the sun. They were rewarded with the first confirmed visual sighting of a jet of material that was still streaming out from merged star exactly 110 days after that initial cataclysmic merger event was first ... more
+ First confirmed image of newborn planet caught with ESO's VLT
+ Detecting the Boiling Atmosphere of the Hottest Known Exoplanet
+ New Infrared Instrument Searches for Habitable Planets
+ NASA should update policies that protect planets and other solar system bodies
+ SwRI scientists find evidence of complex organic molecules from Enceladus
+ Newly discovered Xenomorph wasp has alien-like lifecycle
+ More clues that Earth-like exoplanets are indeed Earth-like
Webb Telescope to target Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 26, 2018
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the most ambitious and complex space observatory ever built, will use its unparalleled infrared capabilities to study Jupiter's Great Red Spot, shedding new light on the enigmatic storm and building upon data returned from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories. Jupiter's iconic storm is on the Webb telescope's list of targets chosen by gua ... more
+ Charon at 40: four decades of discovery on Pluto's largest moon
+ A dark and stormy Jupiter
+ NASA shares more Pluto images from New Horizons
+ Juno Solves 39-Year Old Mystery of Jupiter Lightning
+ NASA Re-plans Juno's Jupiter Mission
+ New Horizons Wakes for Historic Kuiper Belt Flyby
+ Collective gravity, not Planet Nine, may explain the orbits of 'detached objects'


US touts 'enduring' Pacific presence as carrier visits Manila
Aboard The Uss Ronald Reagan, Philippines (AFP) June 26, 2018
A US aircraft carrier visited the Philippines on Tuesday, the third such call in four months, as its commander cited America's "enduring presence" in a region where China's military aims have raised tensions. The nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan docked in Manila after sailing through the disputed South China Sea as part of a mission intended to reassure Washington's allies in the area. ... more
+ Global surface area of rivers and streams is 45 percent higher than previously thought
+ Water compresses under a high gradient electric field
+ Great white spotted off Spain in decades first: marine group
+ New water pollution protests hit southwest Iran
+ Scientists use hydrophone to listen in on methane seeps in ocean
+ Tropical fish playground in Belize bounces back from threats
+ Florida wins point in water war with neighbor Georgia
NASA Tests Solar Sail for CubeSat that Will Study Near-Earth Asteroids
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a successful deployment test June 28 of the solar sail that will launch on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1). The test was performed in an indoor clean room at the NeXolve facility in Huntsville, Alabama. NEA Scout is a six-unit CubeSat that relies on an innovative solar sail for propulsion ... more
+ India's Domestic SatNav System Hits Major Roadblock Ahead of Commercial Release
+ Russia launches Soyuz-21b with Glonass-M navigation satellite
+ China's Beidou system helps livestock water supply in remote pastoral areas
+ UK says shut out of EU's Galileo sat-nav contracts
+ Woman drowns in Prague drains playing GPS treasure hunt
+ What exclusion from Galileo could mean for UK
+ GMV competing to develop the Galileo Ground Control Segment in brand new premises


Waystation to the Solar System
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
It seems like everyone wants to go someplace in the Solar System. President Trump wants to go to the Moon. Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Others want to go to an asteroid. Others just want to go someplace. So, what is the easiest way to go anywhere in the Solar System? Well, most people don't know this, but the answer is to do it in stages. One smart way is to first go from the Earth's sur ... more
+ Queqiao satellite the bridge to China's lunar exploration
+ NASA will seek partnership with US Industry to develop lunar gateway
+ Chinese satellite could link world to Moon's far side: space expert
+ Micro satellite developed by Chinese university starts to work around Moon
+ Long suspected theory about the moon holds water
+ Relay satellite for Chang'e-4 lunar probe enters planned orbit
+ Thank the moon for Earth's lengthening day
Dawn's latest orbit reveals dramatic new views of Occator crater
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2018
NASA's Dawn spacecraft reached its lowest-ever and final orbit around dwarf planet Ceres on June 6 and has been returning thousands of stunning images and other data. The flight team maneuvered the spacecraft into an orbit that dives 22 miles (35 kilometers) above the surface of Ceres and viewed Occator Crater, site of the famous bright deposits, and other intriguing regions. In more than ... more
+ Study reveals secret origins of asteroids and meteorites
+ New Mystery Discovered Regarding Active Asteroid Phaethon
+ Meteor explodes unexpectedly over Russia
+ Mapping the Threat of Small Near-Earth Asteroids
+ Sandbox craters reveal secrets of planetary splash marks and lost meteorites
+ UK scientist involved in Hayabusa2 mission to asteroid Ryugu
+ Japan space probe reaches asteroid in search for origin of life


Airbus and Planet join forces to bring new geospatial products to market
Toulouse, France (SPX) Jul 03, 2018
Airbus and Planet have entered into a partnership to facilitate access to each other's data and the co-development of new geospatial solutions, by establishing a framework agreement to explore opportunities for joint cooperation in new and existing markets, product offerings, sales and marketing efforts. Both partners aim at providing a comprehensive suite of global satellite data at multi ... more
+ ECOSTRESS Launches to Space Station on SpaceX Mission
+ Using massive earthquakes to unlock secrets of the outer core
+ Climate change is making night-shining clouds more visible
+ Keeping Delhi cool, one ice block at a time
+ Scientists offer solution to Gaia hypothesis
+ Solar activities can affect the East Asian winter monsoon at the multidecadal time scale
+ Copernicus 20 years on
Big Bear Solar Observatory' Expands View of the Sun
Newark NJ (SPX) Jul 02, 2018
A solar telescope that captures images of the entire disk of the Sun, monitoring eruptions taking place simultaneously in different magnetic fields in both the photosphere and chromosphere, is now being installed beside the Goode Solar Telescope (GST) at NJIT's California-based Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO). The telescope, SOLIS (Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun), c ... more
+ Sounding rocket takes a second look at the sun
+ Revised launch date targeted for Parker Solar Probe
+ The true power of the solar wind
+ How solar prominences vibrate
+ Expedition Measures Solar Motions Seen During Last Summer's Total Eclipse
+ As Solar Wind Blows, Our Heliosphere Balloons
+ NASA's Hi-C Launches to Study Sun's Corona


The fingerprints of molecules in space
Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Jul 02, 2018
In 2014, astrophysicists discovered a spectral line in observational data from the Herschel Space Telescope and tentatively assigned it to the amide ion. It would have been the first proof of the existence of this molecule in space. Physicists within the group of Roland Wester from the Institute of Ion Physics and Applied Physics at the University of Innsbruck have now shown this assumption to b ... more
+ Magnetic Field of SN 1987A's Remains Observed
+ Planet formation starts before star reaches maturity
+ Frankfurt physicists set limits on size of neutron stars
+ First known interstellar object gets unexpected speed boost
+ NASA completes Webb Telescope review, commits to launch in early 2021
+ Grease in space
+ Citizen scientists developing expertise on galaxy images
Kiel physicists achieve hitherto most accurate description of highly excited electrons
Kiel, 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 characteristics of electrons. This model also known as jellium describes the properties of electrons in metals, in molecules and in clusters of atoms. Further, electrons determine the behavior of st ... more
+ With supercomputing power, scientists solve a next-generation physics problem
+ Discovery for grouping atoms invokes Pasteur
+ Study develops a model enhancing particle beam efficiency
+ Einstein proved right in another galaxy
+ Researchers Find Last of the Universe's Missing Ordinary Matter
+ Study offers best evidence yet of an intermediate-mass black hole
+ Astronomers see distant eruption as black hole destroys star
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