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  Bloomington IN (The Conversation) Jan 14, 2019 The annals of science fiction are full of visions of the future. Some are techno-utopian like "Star Trek" in which humanity has joined together in peace to explore the cosmos. Others are dystopian, like the World State in "Brave New World." But many of these stories share one thing in common - they envision a time in which humanity has moved past narrow ideas of tribe and nationalism. That assumption might be wrong. This can be seen in Trump's calls for a unified U.S. Space Command. Or, in China's ... read more |
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A new era of global aircraft surveillance is on the horizon as Aireon completes system deploymentMcLean VA (SPX) Jan 14, 2019 Aireon has announced a successful eighth and final launch and deployment of the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation hosting the Aireon space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) ... more  
Russia to Complete Military Satellite Constellation Blagovest in AprilMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 15, 2019 The communications satellites will be spread out evenly to provide seamless global coverage. They are equipped with modern Ka and Q-band transponders and support high-speed Internet, telephony and o ... more  
SLS liquid hydrogen tank test article loaded into test standHuntsville AL (SPX) Jan 16, 2019 The largest piece of structural test hardware for America's new deep space rocket, the Space Launch System, was loaded into Test Stand 4693 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alab ... more  
Big Bang query: Mapping how a mysterious liquid became all matterBethlehem PA (SPX) Jan 16, 2019 The leading theory about how the universe began is the Big Bang, which says that 14 billion years ago the universe existed as a singularity, a one-dimensional point, with a vast array of fundamental ... more |
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Moon sees first cotton-seed sproutBeijing (XNA) Jan 16, 2019 One of the cotton seeds carried to the moon by China's Chang'e-4 probe is the first ever to sprout on the moon, according to scientists of a mini biosphere experiment Tuesday. After making the ... more 
Beans to be next vegetable on astronauts' menu by 2021Oslo (XNA) Jan 16, 2019 Having successfully harvested fresh lettuce in space in 2015, astronauts are expected to see beans on their menu by 2021 thanks to high-tech planters developed by Norwegian researchers. A tech ... more  
Physicists find new ways to manipulate light, paving way for quantum techWashington (UPI) Jan 14, 2019 Scientists at Britain's National Physical Laboratory in London have developed new techniques for manipulating light. ... more 
Mechanisms are Critical to All Space VehiclesBethesda, MD (SPX) Jan 16, 2019 About three years ago the National Transportation Safety Board announced its finding regarding the Virgin Galactic crash that occurred on October 31, 2014. The simple explanation was that the co-pil ... more 
Dragon Back on Earth as Crew Revs Up Station ScienceHouston TX (SPX) Jan 16, 2019 The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is back on Earth after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean Sunday night loaded with critical space research and International Space Station hardware. Four spaceships re ... more |
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Scientist Anticipated "Snowman" Asteroid AppearanceTucson AZ (SPX) Jan 16, 2019 On Jan. 2, the New Horizons spacecraft made the most distant flyby ever attempted, successfully returning images of the Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule. While the world is agog at the so-called "sno ... more  |
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The orderly chaos of black holesGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 16, 2019 During the formation of a black hole a bright burst of very energetic light in the form of gamma-rays is produced, these events are called gamma-ray bursts. The physics behind this phenomenon includ ... more 
Team of telescopes finds X-ray engine inside mysterious supernovaParis (ESA) Jan 14, 2019 ESA's high-energy space telescopes Integral and XMM-Newton have helped to find a source of powerful X-rays at the centre of an unprecedentedly bright and rapidly evolving stellar explosion that sudd ... more  
Five thousand times faster than a computerBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 15, 2019 The absorption of light in semiconductor crystals without inversion symmetry can generate electric currents. Researchers at the Max Born Institute have now generated directed currents at terahertz ( ... more 
Next generation photonic memory devices are light-written, ultrafast and energy efficientEindhoven, Netherlands (SPX) Jan 15, 2019 Light is the most energy-efficient way of moving information. Yet, light shows one big limitation: it is difficult to store. As a matter of fact, data centers rely primarily on magnetic hard drives. ... more  
Team selected by Canadian Space Agency to study Mars mineralsLondon, Canada (SPX) Jan 16, 2019 In the coming years, new rovers will explore Mars with better scientific instruments, as capable as those that exist in labs here on Earth today. Roberta Flemming from Western University's Departmen ... more |
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Having successfully harvested fresh lettuce in space in 2015, astronauts are expected to see beans on their menu by 2021 thanks to high-tech planters developed by Norwegian researchers.
A technical workshop at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) developed the model of the planter box for producing food in space, said Silje Wolff, a plant physiologist at the Center for ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 16, 2019 
The largest piece of structural test hardware for America's new deep space rocket, the Space Launch System, was loaded into Test Stand 4693 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama Jan. 14, 2019.
The liquid hydrogen tank is part of the rocket's core stage that is more than 200 feet tall with a diameter of 27.6 feet, and stores cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxyge ... more |
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 London, Canada (SPX) Jan 16, 2019 
In the coming years, new rovers will explore Mars with better scientific instruments, as capable as those that exist in labs here on Earth today. Roberta Flemming from Western University's Department of Earth Sciences and the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration is leading a team of researchers to develop a compact instrument that could be deployed to analyze mineral and rock structures ... more |
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China sent Zhongxing-2D satellite into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 1:11 a.m. Friday.
The satellite has entered the preset orbit.
The Chinese-made communication and broadcasting satellite will provide transmission service for the country's radio, television stations and cable television networks.
The Zho ... more |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Jan 14, 2019 
Aireon has announced a successful eighth and final launch and deployment of the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation hosting the Aireon space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) payloads. At 7:31:33 AM PST (15:31:33 UTC) a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and placed the final 10 Iridium NEXT satellites into low earth orbit (LEO). ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 11, 2019 
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. was awarded an $86.2 million contract by the U.S. Army in support of the Starlite radar system.
The contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is a hybrid fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee agreement.
The AN/ZPY-1 STARLite radar system is a small radar unit used on tactical aerial reconnaissance missions that include moving target d ... more |
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 Villanova PA (SPX) Jan 11, 2019 
Barnard b (or GJ 699 b) is a recently discovered Super-Earth planet orbiting Barnard's Star, making it the second nearest star system to the Earth. Although likely cold (-170 degrees centigrade), it could still have the potential to harbor primitive life if it has a large, hot iron/nickel core and enhanced geothermal activity.
That was a conclusion announced by Villanova University Astroph ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 16, 2019 
On Jan. 2, the New Horizons spacecraft made the most distant flyby ever attempted, successfully returning images of the Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule. While the world is agog at the so-called "snowman" shape of this icy asteroid, the concept is nothing new to PSI scientist and artist, Bill Hartmann.
The figure shows paintings that Hartmann made from 1978 to 1996, to illustrate the possib ... more |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2019 
Sea level rise puts coastal areas at the forefront of the impacts of climate change, but new research shows they face other climate-related threats as well. In a study published January 14 in Nature Communications, researchers report that the energy of ocean waves has been growing globally, and they found a direct association between ocean warming and the increase in wave energy.
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 Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Jan 11, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin the GPS Control Segment Sustainment II (GCS II) contract to continue to sustain and further modernize the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constellation's ground control system through 2025. This is the follow-on contract to Lockheed Martin's current GCS contract awarded in 2013.
Under the GCS II contract, the continued upgrade of the GPS ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2019  China will seek to establish an international lunar base one day, possibly using 3D printing technology to build facilities, the Chinese space agency said Monday, weeks after landing a rover on the moon's far side.
The agency said four more lunar missions are planned, confirming the launch of a probe by the end of the year to bring back samples from the moon.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 15, 2019 
The celestial body known as AG3 was first mapped in December. Scientists then prepared to keep track of it, as it was projected to pass in the Earth's vicinity two weeks into the new year.
A huge asteroid tracked by radars only a month ago passed just a short distance away from our planet in the early hours of Monday, The Express quoted the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as saying. The sp ... more |
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 Harwell UK (SPX) Jan 11, 2019 
SIAP, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food - part of the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture (SAGARPA) - has signed a declaration of intent with the UK Space Agency to provide historic, statistical and satellite data to support Rezatec's development of a crop yield optimisation tool for Mexican farmers and other supply chain stakeholders.
The Mexican ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 16, 2019 
A team of scientists has, for the first time, used a single, cohesive computer model to simulate the entire life cycle of a solar flare: from the buildup of energy thousands of kilometers below the solar surface, to the emergence of tangled magnetic field lines, to the explosive release of energy in a brilliant flash.
The accomplishment, detailed in the journal Nature Astronomy, sets the s ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 16, 2019 
NASA has moved closer to conducting science operations again with the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, which suspended operations on Tuesday, Jan. 8. Today, Jan. 15, the instrument was brought back to its operations mode.
Shortly after noon EST on Jan. 8, software installed on the Wide Field Camera 3 detected that some voltage levels within the instrument were out o ... more |
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 Bethlehem PA (SPX) Jan 16, 2019 
The leading theory about how the universe began is the Big Bang, which says that 14 billion years ago the universe existed as a singularity, a one-dimensional point, with a vast array of fundamental particles contained within it. Extremely high heat and energy caused it to inflate and then expand into the cosmos as we know it?and, the expansion continues to this day.
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