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  Seattle WA (SPX) Nov 09, 2018 Spaceflight, the leading satellite rideshare and mission management provider, reports it will launch 12 spacecraft in November from India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). Payloads aboard the mission include Fleet Space Technologies' Centauri I, Harris Corporation's HSAT, Spire's LEMUR satellites, and BlackSky's Global-1 microsatellite. 'In addition to securing capacity aboard the launch vehicle, Spaceflight executed the integration of most of the payloads at its Seattle integration facilit ... read more |
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NASA looks to university researchers for innovative space tech solutionsWashington DC (SPX) Nov 09, 2018 University-led research could transform the future of space exploration, from small spacecraft to "smart" systems for the Moon, Mars and beyond. NASA has selected 14 proposals for the study of innov ... more  
Cosmic Detective Work: Why We Care About Space RocksPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 08, 2018 The entire history of human existence is a tiny blip in our solar system's 4.5-billion-year history. No one was around to see planets forming and undergoing dramatic changes before settling in their ... more 
Computer on Russian segment of ISS rebooted after glitchMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 09, 2018 A computer on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) has been rebooted after a glitch, Russia's Roscosmos chief Rogozin said on Thursday. "The computer at the ISS was reb ... more  
Astronomers unveil growing black holes in colliding galaxiesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 Peering through thick walls of gas and dust surrounding the messy cores of merging galaxies, astronomers are getting their best view yet of close pairs of supermassive black holes as they march towa ... more |
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Far fewer lakes below the East Antarctic Ice Sheet than previously believedBremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 AWI researchers recently assessed subglacial lakes detected by satellite, and found very little water. But if that's the case, what is the source of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet's massive ice stream ... more  
Dry conditions may have helped a new type of plant gain a foothold on EarthPhiladelphia PA (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 In the dramatically changing conditions of ancient Earth, organisms had to evolve new strategies to keep up. From the mid-Oligocene, roughly 30 million years ago, to the mid-to-late Miocene, about 5 ... more  
A New Hope: GEDI to Yield 3D Forest Carbon MapGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 A new NASA laser instrument set to launch to the International Space Station in December will help scientists create the first three-dimensional map of the world's temperate and tropical forests. Th ... more 
Natural climate variability explains almost half of Arctic sea ice lossWashington DC (UPI) Nov 06, 2018 Manmade climate change alone doesn't explain the dramatic loss of sea ice in the Arctic. According to new analysis by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, natural climate variability has accelerated Arctic sea ice loss over the last several decades. ... more 
Scientists shuffle the deck to create materials with new quantum behaviorsAmes IA (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 Layered transition metal dichalcogenides or TMDCs - materials composed of metal nanolayers sandwiched between two other layers of chalcogens - have become extremely attractive to the research commun ... more |
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Autonomous vehicles could shape the future of urban tourismGuildford UK (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 In the first study of its kind, published in the Annals of Tourism Research, academics from the University of Surrey and the University of Oxford have examined how Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) may have ... more  |
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Scientists theorize new origin story for Earth's waterWashington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 Earth's water may have originated from both asteroidal material and gas left over from the formation of the Sun, according to new research. The new finding could give scientists important insights a ... more 
ESA's gravity-mapper reveals relics of ancient continents under Antarctic iceParis (ESA) Nov 08, 2018 It was five years ago this month that ESA's GOCE gravity-mapping satellite finally gave way to gravity, but its results are still yielding buried treasure - giving a new view of the remnants of lost ... more  
Five Months Since We Received A Signal From OpportunityPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 08, 2018 The global dust storm on Mars has ended and atmospheric opacity (tau) over the rover site hovers around a typical seasonal value between 1.0 and 1.2. No signal from Opportunity has been heard ... more  
Embry-Riddle, Florida Tech Collaborate on Spaceflight ResearchDaytona Beach FL (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 With the common goal of improving human performance inside spacecraft, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Florida Institute of Technology have announced a year-long collaboration on research i ... more 
From Quantum Optics to Increased Risk Posture: Student Innovations at NASAGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 Throughout space, hundreds of satellites are orbiting Earth and other celestial planets, continuously collecting data about the vast universe. Communicating with these satellites is a complex and ev ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 
Throughout space, hundreds of satellites are orbiting Earth and other celestial planets, continuously collecting data about the vast universe. Communicating with these satellites is a complex and evolving challenge.
As the U.S. prepares for human travel to the Moon and beyond and NASA missions venture farther into the universe than ever before, the Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN ... more |
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 Daytona Beach FL (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 
With the common goal of improving human performance inside spacecraft, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Florida Institute of Technology have announced a year-long collaboration on research involving spaceflight.
The joint effort involves Embry-Riddle's S.U.I.T. (Spacesuit Utilization of Innovative Technology) Lab at Embry-Riddle's Daytona Beach Campus and principal investigator Dr. ... more |
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 Jackson MS (SPX) Nov 06, 2018  The presence of water on Mars has been theorized for centuries. Early telescopes revealed ice caps, and early astronomers noted channels that were hypothesized to be natural rivers or creature-created canals. Over the past two decades, rovers Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity have sent back invaluable data to scientists who are trying to interpret the planet's surface and uncover evidence of past or present water. Since its landing on the "Red Planet" in August of 2012, Curiosity Rover has traveled about 20 kilometers within Gale Crater. ... more |
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 Zhuhai, China (AFP) Nov 6, 2018  China unveiled on Tuesday a replica of its first permanently crewed space station, which would replace the international community's orbiting laboratory and symbolises the country's major ambitions beyond Earth.
The 17-metre (55-foot) core module was a star attraction at the biennial Airshow China in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai, the country's main aerospace industry exhibition.
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 Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Nov 05, 2018 
Telesat reports that its new Telstar 18 VANTAGE high throughput satellite (HTS) is fully operational at 138 degrees East and has entered commercial service. Telstar 18 VANTAGE was launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on September 10 and will serve growing demand for mobility, enterprise and telecom services across the Asia Pacific region.
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 Riverside CA (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 
When two atomically thin two-dimensional layers are stacked on top of each other and one layer is made to rotate against the second layer, they begin to produce patterns - the familiar moire patterns - that neither layer can generate on its own and that facilitate the passage of light and electrons, allowing for materials that exhibit unusual phenomena. For example, when two graphene layers are ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 
If extraterrestrial intelligence exists somewhere in our galaxy, a new MIT study proposes that laser technology on Earth could, in principle, be fashioned into something of a planetary porch light - a beacon strong enough to attract attention from as far as 20,000 light years away.
The research, which author James Clark calls a "feasibility study," appears in The Astrophysical Journal. The ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 25, 2018 
A Southwest Research Institute team using internal research funds has made several discoveries that expand the range and value of a future Pluto orbiter mission. The breakthroughs define a fuel-saving orbital tour and demonstrate that an orbiter can continue exploration in the Kuiper Belt after surveying Pluto. These and other results from the study will be reported this week at a workshop on fu ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 
Earth's water may have originated from both asteroidal material and gas left over from the formation of the Sun, according to new research. The new finding could give scientists important insights about the development of other planets and their potential to support life.
In a new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, researcher ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Nov 05, 2018 
China's home-grown global satellite navigation system came a step closer to completion Thursday with the launch of another BeiDou-3 satellite at 11:57 p.m. from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, in the southwestern Sichuan Province.
Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket, it is the 41st of the BeiDou navigation system, and will work with 16 other Beidou-3 satellites already in orbit ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 07, 2018 
The powerhouse that will help NASA's Orion spacecraft venture beyond the Moon is stateside. The European-built service module that will propel, power and cool during Orion flight to the Moon on Exploration Mission-1 arrived from Germany at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday to begin final outfitting, integration and testing with the crew module and other Orion elements.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 07, 2018 
Ralph, one of NASA's most well-traveled space explorers, has voyaged far and accomplished much: on the New Horizons mission, Ralph obtained stunning flyby images of Jupiter and its moons; this was followed by a visit to Pluto where Ralph took the first high-definition pictures of the iconic minor planet. And, in 2021, Ralph journeys with the Lucy mission to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 5, 2018 
Scientists expect the Northern hemisphere and mid-latitude ozone holes to be completely repaired some time in the 2030s, according to the first assessment of the ozone hole since 2014.
The study, "Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2018," published Monday by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization, highlighted the decrease of ozone-depleting substances as the ... more |
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 Portland OR (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 
As you walk away from a campfire on a cool autumn night, you quickly feel colder. The same thing happens in outer space. As it spins, the sun continuously flings hot material into space, out to the furthest reaches of our solar system. This material, called the solar wind, is very hot close to the sun, and we expect it to cool quickly as it streams away.
Satellite observations, however, sh ... more |
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 Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 
Physicists at the University of Alberta in Canada have developed a new way to build quantum memories, a method for storing delicate quantum information encoded into pulses of light.
"We've developed a new way to store pulses of light - down to the single-photon level - in clouds of ultracold rubidium atoms, and to later retrieve them, on-demand, by shining a 'control' pulse of light," said ... more |
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 Maunakea HI (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 
Two galaxies, drawn together by the force of gravity, are merging into a tangled mass of dense gas and dust. Structure is giving way to chaos, but hiding behind this messy cloud of material are two supermassive black holes, nestled at the center of each of the galaxies, that are now excitingly close, giving astronomers the best view yet of the pair marching toward coalescence into one mega black ... more |
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