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September 10, 2018
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Marine Corps Embraces High-Throughput Satellites to Complete Military Operations



McLean VA (SPX) Sep 10, 2018
Communications have always played a vital role in U.S. Marine Corps operations, but that role has grown increasingly important as technology has evolved. Today's high-throughput satellites (HTS) empower commanders to make informed decisions faster, making satellite communications a strategic asset during missions-and increasing the Marine Corps' reliance on advanced satellite technologies. "Thirty years ago, communications were very different. A radio was just a radio for voice communication. Now ... read more

SPACEWAR
A US Space Force Might Fly, But Forget About Battling Klingons
Washington DC (VOA) Sep 07, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump's desire to create a Space Force might sound a little out of this world, but the idea of making military use of space is not new. "We already, in fact, have a kind ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Russian Cosmonauts Asked to Look For Proof to Unravel Soyuz Hole Origin
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 10, 2018
Russian cosmonauts at the International Space Station (ISS) have been asked to look for any evidence that could help figure out the origin of a mysterious hole in the Soyuz ship docked to the statio ... more
IRON AND ICE
Legacy of NASA's Dawn, Near the End of Its Mission
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 10, 2018
NASA's Dawn mission is drawing to a close after 11 years of breaking new ground in planetary science, gathering breathtaking imagery, and performing unprecedented feats of spacecraft engineering. ... more
NUKEWARS
Unique photos detailing creation of USSR's first ballistic missile released
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 06, 2018
The Soviet rocketry program, which would eventually help Moscow achieve strategic parity with the United States and send human beings into space, had its origins in a design reverse-engineered from ... more
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SUPERPOWERS
US, India announce military drills, tout partnership
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 6, 2018
Top Indian and US officials on Thursday touted deepening ties that will see greater cooperation between the two countries' militaries - and will likely result in India buying more American arms. ... more
SPACEMART
Creating Dynamism in Indian Space Ecosystem
Bengaluru, India (ISRO) Sep 07, 2018
The Sixth edition of the Bengaluru Space Expo (BSX-2018) took off with the theme - Creating dynamism in the Indian space ecosystem - with specific focus on enabling new space players in India. This ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
How scientists are tracking Florida's red tides with satellites and smartphones
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 06, 2018
Put a sample of water from the Gulf of Mexico under a microscope, and you will often find cells of Karenia brevis swimming around. The microscopic algae-the species of phytoplankton responsible for ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
PlanetWatchers Announces Breakthrough SAR Analytics Platform
San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 06, 2018
PlanetWatchers has developed a new multi-source Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) platform that utilizes multiple SAR sources to deliver actionable insights without the usual delays due to weather, tim ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
A Flexible Modem Interface to Enable Roaming Across Multiple Satellite Platforms
McLean VA (SPX) Sep 10, 2018
Most space-based military communications travel over commercial satellites, and the need for more capacity and capabilities increases every year. For that reason, the U.S. Air Force Space and Missil ... more
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SPACEMART
Iridium and Rolls-Royce Marine to expand the reach and capabilities of autonomous vessels
McLean VA (SPX) Sep 10, 2018
Iridium Communications Inc. reports the signing of a Letter of Intent with smart shipping pioneer Rolls-Royce Marine (RRM), in support of their autonomous vessel development program. Through this ar ... more
GPS NEWS
Antenova offers ultra-small GNSS active antenna module for difficult locations
Hatfield, UK (SPX) Sep 10, 2018
ntenova Ltd, manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules for connected devices and the Internet of Things, is now shipping its latest module for tiny positioning devices - the RADIONOVA M20047-1 ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Chilean scientists discover crucial event right before the death of a star
Santiago, Chile (SPX) Sep 10, 2018
A new paper in the journal Nature Astronomy, The delay of shock breakout due to circumstellar material evident in most Type II Supernovae, written by a group of researchers from the Center for Mathe ... more
EXO WORLDS
New Exoplanet Discovered by Team Led by Canadian Student
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Sep 10, 2018
Wolf 503b, an exoplanet twice the size of Earth, has been discovered by an international team of Canadian, American and German researchers using data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. The find is ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Telescope maps cosmic rays in large and small magellanic clouds
perth, Australia (SPX) Sep 10, 2018
A radio telescope in outback Western Australia has been used to observe radiation from cosmic rays in two neighbouring galaxies, showing areas of star formation and echoes of past supernovae. ... more


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TIME AND SPACE
Black Hole Disks May Be Hiding in the Centers of Galaxies
Budapest, Hungary (SPX) Sep 10, 2018
Galactic nuclei are teeming with black holes. Earlier this year, 12 X-ray binaries were discovered at the Milky Way's center which suggested that thousands of black holes may be hiding in that regio ... more
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TIME AND SPACE
Prime numbers, crystals share similar structural patterns
Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2018
According to a new study, the distribution of prime numbers is similar to the positioning of atoms inside some crystalline materials. ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Superfast Jet from Neutron Star Merger Confirmed
Socorro NM (SPX) Sep 10, 2018
Precise measurement using a continent-wide collection of National Science Foundation (NSF) radio telescopes has revealed that a narrow jet of particles moving at nearly the speed of light broke out ... more
CHIP TECH
Yale researchers 'teleport' a quantum gate
New Haven CT (SPX) Sep 06, 2018
Yale University researchers have demonstrated one of the key steps in building the architecture for modular quantum computers: the "teleportation" of a quantum gate between two qubits, on demand. ... more
MOON DAILY
Mysterious 'lunar swirls' point to moon's volcanic, magnetic past
New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Sep 07, 2018
The mystery behind lunar swirls, one of the solar system's most beautiful optical anomalies, may finally be solved thanks to a joint Rutgers University and University of California Berkeley study. ... more
MARSDAILY
Curiosity Surveys a Mystery Under Dusty Skies
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2018
After snagging a new rock sample on Aug. 9, NASA's Curiosity rover surveyed its surroundings on Mars, producing a 360-degree panorama of its current location on Vera Rubin Ridge. The panorama ... more
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Russian Cosmonauts Asked to Look For Proof to Unravel Soyuz Hole Origin
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 10, 2018
Russian cosmonauts at the International Space Station (ISS) have been asked to look for any evidence that could help figure out the origin of a mysterious hole in the Soyuz ship docked to the station, a source from the space industry told Sputnik. "The cosmonauts have been asked to bring back to Earth all possible proof that could help determine why the hole appeared. While photo and video ... more
+ Going up! Japan to test mini 'space elevator'
+ Airbus-built ACLS Life Support Rack is ready for launch from Tanegashima
+ UAE announces first astronauts to go to space
+ Bahrain in talks with Russia to send astronauts into space
+ Air leak hole in Soyuz likely made during construction
+ Russia says space station leak may be sabotage
+ Russia to Stop Transporting US Astronauts to ISS in April 2019
Alaska Aerospace To Host Open House And Town Hall Meeting In Kodiak
Kodiak, AK (SPX) Sep 06, 2018
Alaska Aerospace is hosting an Open House at the Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska (PSCA) on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm to celebrate twenty years of launch activities. The public is invited to visit the site, where Alaska Aerospace staff will be providing tours of the spaceport facilities. "In commemoration of twenty years of launch activity from our spaceport ... more
+ Elon Musk muses about life over whiskey and weed
+ Roscosmos Head Offers to Continue Rocket Engines Supply to US Despite Sanctions
+ Aerojet Rocketdyne demonstrates advanced electric propulsion capabilities
+ Tesla tumbles on new executive departures, Musk interview
+ How an LWO and his team guided a Minotaur IV rocket out of the labyrinth
+ NASA, SpaceX Agree on Plans for Crew Launch Day Operations
+ India readies baby rockets to tap small satellites' market


Curiosity Surveys a Mystery Under Dusty Skies
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2018
After snagging a new rock sample on Aug. 9, NASA's Curiosity rover surveyed its surroundings on Mars, producing a 360-degree panorama of its current location on Vera Rubin Ridge. The panorama includes umber skies, darkened by a fading global dust storm. It also includes a rare view by the Mast Camera of the rover itself, revealing a thin layer of dust on Curiosity's deck. In the foreground ... more
+ Mars dust storm clears, raising hope for stalled NASA rover
+ NASA Launching Mars Lander Parachute Test from Wallops Sep 7
+ Team Continues to Listen for Opportunity
+ Opportunity rover expected to call home as Martian dust storm clears
+ Martian skies clearing over Opportunity Rover
+ NASA's InSight has a thermometer for Mars
+ No word from Opportunity as skies begin to clear
China tests propulsion system of space station's lab capsules
Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 30, 2018
Engineers have successfully tested the propulsion system of China's planned space station lab capsules, a key step in its space station program. Weighing 66 tonnes, the space station will comprise a core module and two lab capsules. The propulsion system will determine whether lab capsules can move in space. Engineers designed 36 engines for the propulsion system with four to adjust ... more
+ China unveils Chang'e-4 rover to explore Moon's far side
+ China's SatCom launch marketing not limited to business interest
+ China to launch space station Tiangong in 2022, welcomes foreign astronauts
+ China solicits international cooperation experiments on space station
+ Growing US unease with China's new deep space facility in Argentina
+ China developing in-orbit satellite transport vehicle
+ PRSS-1 Satellite in Good Condition
Creating Dynamism in Indian Space Ecosystem
Bengaluru, India (ISRO) Sep 07, 2018
The Sixth edition of the Bengaluru Space Expo (BSX-2018) took off with the theme - Creating dynamism in the Indian space ecosystem - with specific focus on enabling new space players in India. This event provided a single platform for the interaction of hundreds of delegates with specialists, entrepreneurs and space industry heavyweights. The event is organised by Confederation of Indian I ... more
+ Making space exploration real on Earth
+ Iridium and Rolls-Royce Marine to expand the reach and capabilities of autonomous vessels
+ European Space Talks: sharing our passion for space
+ The world's lowest-cost global communications network
+ Successful capital raising sees Kleos Space Launch on the ASX
+ Artwork unveiled on exoplanet satellite
+ Three top Russian space industry execs held for 'fraud'
Raytheon receives contract for Zumwalt radars
Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2018
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems has received a $17.6 million contract for AN/SPY-3 (V)1 radar equipment work in support of the Zumwalt-class stealth destroyer. Work on the contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Andover, Mass., Portsmouth, R.I., and McKinney, Texas, and is expected to be finished by June 2021. Navy fiscal 2018 shipbuilding and ... more
+ Satellites more at risk from fast solar wind than a major space storm
+ Facebook to build $1 bn Singapore data centre, first in Asia
+ Holography, light-field technology combo could deliver practical 3-D displays
+ At last, a simple 3D printer for metal
+ Chilled And Checked, Shaken And Not Stirred
+ A new way to remove ice buildup without power or chemicals
+ Researchers use acoustic forces to print droplets that couldn't be printed before


New Exoplanet Discovered by Team Led by Canadian Student
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Sep 10, 2018
Wolf 503b, an exoplanet twice the size of Earth, has been discovered by an international team of Canadian, American and German researchers using data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. The find is described in a new study whose lead author is Merrin Peterson, an Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) graduate student who started her master's degree at Universite de Montreal (UdeM) in May. ... more
+ A Direct-Imaging Mission to Study Earth-like Exoplanets
+ Youngest Accretion Disk Detected in Star Formation
+ Rutgers scientists identify protein that may have existed when life began
+ Little star sheds light on young planets
+ Water worlds could support life, study says
+ Scientist develops database for stellar-exoplanet "exploration"
+ Infant exoplanet weighed by Hipparcos and Gaia
Tally Ho Ultima
Laurel MD (SPX) Sep 06, 2018
More than 12 years after launch, New Horizons continues to be healthy, perform well, and speed across the outer solar system at a clip of nearly 1 million miles per day! Since I last wrote, earlier this year, our flight team has been incredibly busy operating our spacecraft and planning for our next flyby. That work includes conducting mission simulations and preparing contingency plans fo ... more
+ New Horizons makes first detection of Kuiper Belt flyby target
+ Deep inside the Great Red Spot hints at water on Jupiter
+ Water discovered in the Great Red Spot indicates Jupiter might have plenty more
+ Jupiter had growth disorders
+ Study helps solve mystery under Jupiter's coloured bands
+ Million fold increase in the power of waves near Jupiter's moon Ganymede
+ New Horizons team prepares for stellar occultation ahead of Ultima Thule flyby


Pakistan's Khan launches fundraising appeal for dams to avert drought
Islamabad (AFP) Sept 7, 2018
Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday launched a fundraising appeal to construct new water storage dams to tackle droughts, warning that the country's current capacity would not last beyond a month. Official estimates show that by 2025 Pakistan will be facing an "absolute scarcity" of water, with less than 500 cubic metres available per person - just one third of the water avai ... more
+ Nauru demands China apology over 'crazy' envoy
+ Study says coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef not limited to shallow depths
+ UK backs French navy patrols in Channel amid scallop row
+ Global warming, El Nino could cause wetter winters, drier conditions in other months
+ The Ocean Cleanup project sails out to sweep Pacific plastic
+ UN kicks off talks on high seas treaty
+ Norsk Hydro seals deal with Brazil over environmental dispute
Antenova offers ultra-small GNSS active antenna module for difficult locations
Hatfield, UK (SPX) Sep 10, 2018
ntenova Ltd, manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules for connected devices and the Internet of Things, is now shipping its latest module for tiny positioning devices - the RADIONOVA M20047-1. This is an active antenna module for GNSS applications in the 1559-1609 MHz satellite bands using GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO or BeiDou. The M20047-1 antenna module comprises an SMD antenna with bui ... more
+ UK plans own satellite system after Galileo exclusion
+ Space sector to benefit from multi-million pound work on UK alternative to Galileo
+ US Air Force's first advanced GPS 3 satellite shipped to Cape Canaveral
+ China launches new twin BeiDou navigation satellites
+ Lockheed's first GPS III satellite shipped to Florida for launch
+ Air Force declares second GPS III satellite ready to launch
+ US Air Force declares second Lockheed Martin GPS 3 satellite ready for launch


Mysterious 'lunar swirls' point to moon's volcanic, magnetic past
New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Sep 07, 2018
The mystery behind lunar swirls, one of the solar system's most beautiful optical anomalies, may finally be solved thanks to a joint Rutgers University and University of California Berkeley study. The solution hints at the dynamism of the moon's ancient past as a place with volcanic activity and an internally generated magnetic field. It also challenges our picture of the moon's existing g ... more
+ US Geological Survey Hopes to Begin Prospecting for Space Mines Soon
+ Direct evidence of ice on Moon surface discovered
+ Bricks from Moon dust
+ There's definitely ice on the lunar poles
+ Scientists confirm ice exists at Moon's poles
+ Ice confirmed at the Lunar poles
+ India's Second Moon Mission as "Complex" as NASA's Apollo Mission
Legacy of NASA's Dawn, Near the End of Its Mission
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 10, 2018
NASA's Dawn mission is drawing to a close after 11 years of breaking new ground in planetary science, gathering breathtaking imagery, and performing unprecedented feats of spacecraft engineering. Dawn's mission was extended several times, outperforming scientists' expectations in its exploration of two planet-like bodies, Ceres and Vesta, that make up 45 percent of the mass of the main ast ... more
+ Asteroid-Deflection Mission Passes Key Development Milestone
+ The Halloween asteroid prepares to return in 2018
+ Particles collected by spacecraft help date ancient asteroid Itokawa
+ Potentially hazardous asteroids to swing past Earth this week
+ Particles collected by Hayabusa give absolute age of asteroid Itokawa
+ Russia Restores Defunct Soviet Network to Monitor Near-Earth Objects
+ Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Powers OSIRIS-REx's Approach of Asteroid Bennu


PlanetWatchers Announces Breakthrough SAR Analytics Platform
San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 06, 2018
PlanetWatchers has developed a new multi-source Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) platform that utilizes multiple SAR sources to deliver actionable insights without the usual delays due to weather, time of day, and environmental conditions. Natural resource managers will now receive enhanced risk management and analytical data from the new platform. World-renowned remote sensing specialist Pr ... more
+ Aeolus laser shines light on wind
+ How scientists are tracking Florida's red tides with satellites and smartphones
+ Ocean satellite Sentinel-6A beginning to take shape
+ China is hot spot of ground-level ozone pollution
+ NASA launching Advanced Laser to measure Earth's changing ice
+ UB scientists await launch of NASA ice-monitoring satellite
+ Teledyne e2v ultraviolet laser detector technology deployed on Aeolus
NASA-funded Rocket to View Sun with X-Ray Vision
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 07, 2018
Without special instrumentation, the Sun looks calm and inert. But beneath that placid facade are countless miniature explosions called nanoflares. These small but intense eruptions are born when magnetic field lines in the Sun's atmosphere tangle up and stretch until they break like a rubber band. The energy they release accelerates particles to near lightspeed and according to some scien ... more
+ Solar eruptions may not have slinky-like shapes after all
+ European researchers develop a new technique to forecast geomagnetic storms
+ JPL roles in NASA's Parker Solar Probe
+ How scientists predicted corona's appearance during total solar eclipse
+ Discovering trailing components of a coronal mass ejection
+ Crystalline silica in meteorite brings scientists closer to understanding solar evolution
+ New kind of aurora is not an aurora at all


Superfast Jet from Neutron Star Merger Confirmed
Socorro NM (SPX) Sep 10, 2018
Precise measurement using a continent-wide collection of National Science Foundation (NSF) radio telescopes has revealed that a narrow jet of particles moving at nearly the speed of light broke out into interstellar space after a pair of neutron stars merged in a galaxy 130 million light-years from Earth. The merger, which occurred in August of 2017, sent gravitational waves rippling through spa ... more
+ Chilean scientists discover crucial event right before the death of a star
+ Veiled supernovae provide clue to stellar evolution
+ Success in Critical Communications Tests for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
+ Telescope maps cosmic rays in large and small magellanic clouds
+ Falling stars hold clue for understanding dying stars
+ Stars versus dust in the Carina Nebula
+ ALMA obtains most detailed view of distant starburst galaxy
Black Hole Disks May Be Hiding in the Centers of Galaxies
Budapest, Hungary (SPX) Sep 10, 2018
Galactic nuclei are teeming with black holes. Earlier this year, 12 X-ray binaries were discovered at the Milky Way's center which suggested that thousands of black holes may be hiding in that region. A recent study shows that these stellar black holes are expected to orbit in a disk around the central supermassive black hole. Observations show that the centers of most galaxies harbor a su ... more
+ Prime numbers, crystals share similar structural patterns
+ Relationship Established Between Brightness and Diet of Black Holes
+ Algorithm accurately predicts how electromagnetic waves and magnetic materials interact
+ Physicists control molecule for a millionth of a billionth of a second
+ Scientists study single molecules with terahertz spectroscopy for the first time
+ Single molecule control for a millionth of a billionth of a second
+ What actually is nothing
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