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January 24, 2019
MOON DAILY
How realistic are China's plans to build a research station on the Moon?



Sydney, Australia (The Conversation) Jan 24, 2019
The world is still celebrating the historic landing of China's Chang'e-4 on the far side of the moon on January 3. This week, China announced its plans to follow up with three more lunar missions, laying the groundwork for a lunar base. Colonising the Moon, and beyond, has always being a human aspiration. Technological advancements, and the discovery of a considerable source of water close to the lunar poles, has made this idea even more appealing. But how close is China to actually achievin ... read more

EXO WORLDS
Planetary collision that formed the Moon made life possible on Earth
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 24, 2019
Most of Earth's essential elements for life - including most of the carbon and nitrogen in you - probably came from another planet. Earth most likely received the bulk of its carbon, nitrogen ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Prolonged spaceflight could weaken astronauts' immune systems
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 24, 2019
NASA hopes to send humans to Mars by 2030 on a round-trip mission that could take up to three years - far longer than any human has ever traveled in space. Such long-term spaceflights could adversel ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket makes 10th flight test
Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2019
With an eye to launching the first tourists to space by year's end, Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, blasted off the 10th test flight of its New Shepard rocket on Wednesday. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Countdown for launch of DRDO satellite starts
Chennai, India (IANS) Jan 24, 2019
The countdown for the flight on Thursday night of an Indian rocket carrying the Microsat R imaging satellite of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Kalamsat student sate ... more
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SATURN DAILY
Scientist sheds light on Titan's mysterious nitrogen atmosphere
San Antonio TX (SPX) Jan 24, 2019
A new Southwest Research Institute study tackles one of the greatest mysteries about Titan, one of Saturn's moons: the origin of its thick, nitrogen-rich atmosphere. The study posits that one key to ... more
EXO WORLDS
Where Is Earth's Submoon?
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 24, 2019
"Can moons have moons?" This simple question - asked by the four-year-old son of Carnegie's Juna Kollmeier - started it all. Not long after this initial bedtime query, Kollmeier was coordinating a p ... more
EXO WORLDS
Astronomers find star material could be building block of life
London, UK (SPX) Jan 24, 2019
An organic molecule detected in the material from which a star forms could shed light on how life emerged on Earth, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London. The resear ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Birth of massive black holes in the early universe revealed
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jan 24, 2019
The light released from around the first massive black holes in the universe is so intense that it is able to reach telescopes across the entire expanse of the universe. Incredibly, the light from t ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Stars shrouded in iron dust
La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Jan 24, 2019
Stars with masses between one and eight times the mass of the Sun evolve along the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) before ending their lives as white dwarfs. It is during this rapid but crucial phase ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY
New detector fails to confirm would-be evidence of dark matter
Sao Paulo, brazil (SPX) Jan 24, 2019
Almost 20 years ago, the DAMA/LIBRA experiment operated at Italy's Gran Sasso National Laboratory - LNGS began publishing data showing that it had detected a signal modulation produced by an interac ... more
TECH SPACE
Winning ideas for 3D printing on the Moon
Paris (ESA) Jan 24, 2019
While studying lunar base concepts ESA ran a competition, asking: what would you 3D print on the Moon, to make it feel like home? Responses came from all across the globe, and now two winners have b ... more
NUKEWARS
Russia says range of disputed missile is allowed under INF treaty
Moscow (AFP) Jan 23, 2019
Moscow on Wednesday insisted the range of a missile system that has prompted Washington to say it will withdraw from a key Cold War arms treaty is allowed under the agreement. ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Reflectarray Antenna offers high performance in small package: DARPA
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 23, 2019
DARPA's Radio Frequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration (R3D2) is set for launch in late February to space-qualify a new type of membrane reflectarray antenna. The antenna, made of a tissue- ... more
SPACEWAR
China launches two satellites for multispectral imaging
Jiuquan (XNA) Jan 23, 2019
China launched two satellites for multispectral imaging on a Long March-2 rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 1:42 pm on Monday. The satellites have successfu ... more


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SPACEWAR
China 'compressing' technology gains: US intel official
Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2019
China is making technological advances in a far shorter timeframe than it took the United States, rapidly narrowing the gap between the two countries, a senior US intelligence official said Tuesday. ... more
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TECH SPACE
New insights into magnetic quantum effects in solids
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 23, 2019
Atoms and molecules in crystalline solids are arranged in regular three-dimensional lattices. The atoms interact with each other via various forces, finally reaching a state of minimum energy. ... more
TECH SPACE
A new method developed to produce precursors for high-strength carbon fibers processing
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (SPX) Jan 23, 2019
Carbon fiber is an important structural material of the 21st century. Due to its high strength, which is not inferior to metal alloys, in combination with low specific weight and high oxidative stab ... more
ROBO SPACE
Increasing skepticism against robots
Wurzburg, Germany (SPX) Jan 23, 2019
Robots performing in surgeries, robots in automobile production, and robots in caregiving. In some areas, the machines are already well-established, in others they are on the rise. The psychologists ... more
TECH SPACE
2D magnetism reaches a new milestone
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 23, 2019
Researchers at the Center for Correlated Electron Systems, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea, in collaboration with Sogang University and Seoul National University, reporte ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Blue Origin to make 10th flight test of space tourist rocket
Washington (AFP) Jan 22, 2019
Blue Origin, the rocket company headed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is poised to launch the 10th test flight of its unmanned New Shepard rocket on Wednesday as it competes with Virgin Galactic to become the first to carry tourists on brief visits to space. ... more
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Duration of UAE Astronaut's Mission on Board ISS Reduced to 8 Days
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 23, 2019
First UAE astronaut's length of stay on board the International Space Station has been reduced from 10 to eight days, a Russian space industry source told Sputnik. "According to the new schedule, the launch of the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft has been moved to September 25, which means that the duration of the Arab astronaut's mission, with the landing date for the Soyuz MS-12 remaining unchange ... more
+ NASA Announces Updated Crew Assignment for Boeing Flight Test
+ Blue Origin to make 10th flight test of space tourist rocket
+ China is growing crops on the far side of the moon
+ Beans to be next vegetable on astronauts' menu by 2021
+ Moon sees first cotton-seed sprout
+ Space dreams: Alum Frank Bunger's quest to make space tourism a reality
+ NASA Astronaut Hague Who Failed to Reach ISS May Make One-Year Flight
United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NROL-71 in Support of National Security
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2019
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a critical payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) denoted NROL-71 lifted off from Space Launch Complex-6 on Jan. 19 at 11:10 a.m. PST. The mission is in support of our country's national defense. "Congratulations to our team and mission partners for successfully delivering this critical asset to support national se ... more
+ Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket makes 10th flight test
+ Air Force and its mission partners successfully launch NROL71
+ Countdown for launch of DRDO satellite starts
+ Russia ready to design new super heavy rocket says Rogozin
+ Japan launches Epsilon-4 Rocket with 7 satellites
+ ISRO to launch Kalamsat, Microsat on PSLV-C44 on January 24
+ Advanced Rockets Hires Troy Gould PC as Corporate Counsel


ExoMars software passes ESA Mars Yard driving test
Noordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Jan 18, 2019
Navigation software destined for the ExoMars 2020 mission to the Red Planet has passed a rover-based driving test at ESA's 'Mars Yard'. ESA's ExoMars rover will drive to multiple locations and drill down to two metres below the surface of Mars in search of clues for past life preserved underground. A half-scale version of the ExoMars rover, called ExoMars Testing Rover (ExoTeR), mano ... more
+ Dust storm activity appears to pick up south of Opportunity
+ Team selected by Canadian Space Agency to study Mars minerals
+ UK tests self driving robots for Mars
+ ExoMars mission has good odds of finding life on Mars if life exists.
+ Mars Express gets festive: A winter wonderland on Mars
+ Over Six Months Without Word From Opportunity
+ 3D photogrammetric evidence for trace fossils at Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater, Mars
China to deepen lunar exploration: space expert
Beijing (XNA) Jan 14, 2019
As the Chang'e-4 probe made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, a senior Chinese space expert said China will deepen its lunar exploration and venture further into the unknown. China's current lunar program includes three phases: orbiting, landing, and returning. The first two phases have been accomplished, and the next step is to launch the Chang'e-5 probe to collect ... more
+ China launches Zhongxing-2D satellite
+ China welcomes world's scientists to collaborate in lunar exploration
+ In space, the US sees a rival in China
+ China launches telecommunication technology test satellite
+ China's Chang'e-4 makes historic landing on moon's far side
+ China launches first Hongyun project satellite
+ China's Chang'e-4 probe enters lunar orbit
mu Space unveils plan to bid for space exploration projects
Honolulu HI (SPX) Jan 23, 2019
mu Space revealed Tuesday its ambitious targets for 2019, including the plan to enter into the projects of the US space agency NASA and other space exploration competitions. In an interview at the international conference Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC), mu Space CEO and founder James Yenbamroong laid out his vision and strategy to get his company to join in the space race. ... more
+ Airbus wins DARPA contract to develop smallsat bus for Blackjack program
+ A new era of global aircraft surveillance is on the horizon as Aireon completes system deployment
+ How much do European citizens know about space?
+ Competition for Young Space Entrepreneurs launched
+ Australia's 'space city' hosts rising stars from around the globe
+ SpaceX Falcon 9 completes Iridium Next launch campaign
+ The Satellite Applications Catapult partners with Infostellar to provide improved ground station access
2D magnetism reaches a new milestone
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 23, 2019
Researchers at the Center for Correlated Electron Systems, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea, in collaboration with Sogang University and Seoul National University, reported the first experimental observation of a XY-type antiferromagnetic material, whose magnetic order becomes unstable when it is reduced to one-atom thickness. Published in Nature Communications, these ... more
+ New insights into magnetic quantum effects in solids
+ Winning ideas for 3D printing on the Moon
+ New thermoelectric material delivers record performance
+ A new method developed to produce precursors for high-strength carbon fibers processing
+ ESA says there are 'big beasts' among 20,000 pieces of space junk
+ Improved plastics recycling thanks to spectral imaging
+ New technology uses lasers to transmit audible messages to specific people


Where Is Earth's Submoon?
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 24, 2019
"Can moons have moons?" This simple question - asked by the four-year-old son of Carnegie's Juna Kollmeier - started it all. Not long after this initial bedtime query, Kollmeier was coordinating a program at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) on the Milky Way while her one-time college classmate Sean Raymond of Universite de Bordeaux was attending a parallel KITP program on the d ... more
+ Planetary collision that formed the Moon made life possible on Earth
+ Astronomers find star material could be building block of life
+ Double star system flips planet-forming disk into pole position
+ The Truth is Out There: New Online SETI Tool Tracks Alien Searches
+ First comprehensive, interactive tool to track SETI searches
+ Potential for life on planet around Barnard's Star
+ Nature's magnifying glass reveals unexpected intermediate mass exoplanets
Juno's Latest Flyby of Jupiter Captures Two Massive Storms
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 21, 2019
This image of Jupiter's turbulent southern hemisphere was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it performed its most recent close flyby of the gas giant planet on Dec. 21, 2018. This new perspective captures the notable Great Red Spot, as well as a massive storm called Oval BA. The storm reached its current size when three smaller spots collided and merged in the year 2000. The Great Red ... more
+ Outer Solar System Orbits Not Likely Caused by "Planet Nine"
+ Scientist Anticipated "Snowman" Asteroid Appearance
+ New Ultima Thule Discoveries from NASA's New Horizons
+ New Horizons unveils Ultima and Thule as a binary Kuiper
+ NASA says faraway world Ultima Thule shaped like 'snowman'
+ NASA succeeds in historic flyby of faraway world
+ NASA rings in New Year with historic flyby of faraway world


Famous freak wave recreated in laboratory mirrors Hokusai's 'Great Wave'
Oxford UK (SPX) Jan 23, 2019
The Draupner wave was one of the first confirmed observations of a freak wave in the ocean; it was observed on the 1st of January 1995 in the North Sea by measurements made on the Draupner Oil Platform. Freak waves are unexpectedly large in comparison to surrounding waves. They are difficult to predict, often appearing suddenly without warning, and are commonly attributed as probable cause ... more
+ For zombie microbes, deep-sea buffet is just out of reach
+ Scientists warn of climate 'time bomb' for world's groundwater
+ When coral species vanish, their absence can imperil surviving corals
+ Dry inland waters are underrated players in climate change
+ Climate change clouds Australia's Pacific charm offensive
+ Desalination produces more toxic waste than clean water
+ Australian PM embarks on landmark Pacific trip
Magnetic North's erratic behavior forces update to global navigation system
Washington (UPI) Jan 14, 2019
Magnetic North is shifting rapidly, throwing off the World Magnetic Model that powers a variety of global navigational systems. Scientists were originally scheduled to release an updated model this week - a fix for the accumulating anomalies - but due to the government shutdown, the update's release has been delayed until the end of the month. Scientists with the British Geolog ... more
+ US Air Force contracts Lockheed Martin to continue GPS ground control supprt
+ GPS-denied navigation on small unmanned helicopters
+ China's BeiDou officially goes global
+ First GPS III satellite launched, moving toward operational orbit
+ First Lockheed Martin-built GPS 3 satellite responding to commands
+ First Lockheed Martin-Built GPS III satellite encapsulated for Dec. 18 launch
+ Spire Taps Galileo for Space-Based Weather Data


How realistic are China's plans to build a research station on the Moon?
Sydney, Australia (The Conversation) Jan 24, 2019
The world is still celebrating the historic landing of China's Chang'e-4 on the far side of the moon on January 3. This week, China announced its plans to follow up with three more lunar missions, laying the groundwork for a lunar base. Colonising the Moon, and beyond, has always being a human aspiration. Technological advancements, and the discovery of a considerable source of water close ... more
+ Scientists study Moon craters to understand Earth's impact history
+ NASA cooperates with China on moon exploration
+ NASA and China collaborate on Moon exploration
+ Russia talks up backup manned vehicle for Moon without NASA funding
+ Compete in a lunar economy
+ PolyU Provides Multi-Disciplinary Support to the Nation's Historic Landing on the Far Side of the Moon
+ NASA's Campaign to Return to the Moon with Global Partners
Lucy has 1000 days to launch day
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 23, 2019
Sunday marked T-1000 days to the launch of NASA's Lucy Spacecraft, the first spacecraft to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. These asteroids, which lead and follow Jupiter in its orbit by roughly 60 degrees, hold vital clues to the history of the Solar System. Over its 4156 day mission, Lucy will study six of these fascinating worlds. Lucy's launch period opens on October 16, 2021 - 10 ... more
+ NASA's Moon data sheds light on Earth's asteroid impact history
+ Russia Kicks Off Work on Countering 'Hazards' From Outer Space
+ Earth and moon pummeled by more asteroids since the age of dinosaurs
+ Large asteroid skims past Earth
+ NASA's Osiris-Rex probe takes flyby video of asteroid Bennu
+ Steam-powered asteroid hoppers developed through UCF collaboration
+ Osiris-REX enters close orbit around asteroid Bennu


Russia to launch Arctic weather satellite
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 21, 2019
The first Russian satellite for weather forecasting and monitoring climate and environment in the Arctic region, Arktika-M, is planned to be sent to near-earth orbit in June 2019, a source in the Russian space industry told Sputnik on Sunday. "The launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle from the Baikonur cosmodrome with Fregat booster and the first hydrometeorological satellite Arktika-M i ... more
+ Satellogic signs agreement with CGWIC to launch earth observation constellation of 90 satellites
+ Researchers develop new zoning tool that provides global topographic datasets in minutes
+ UK Space Agency COMPASS project aims to to improve crop yields for Mexican farmers
+ Satellite images reveal global poverty
+ New nanosatellite system captures better imagery at lower cost
+ Declining particulate pollution led to increased ozone pollution in China
+ China launches six Yunhai-2 satellites for atmospheric environment research
Lunar eclipse in the UK morning sky
London, UK (SPX) Jan 18, 2019
Next Monday morning (21 January), skywatchers across the UK will be able to see a total eclipse of the Moon. This spectacular event is easy to see and is the last chance for UK observers to see a total lunar eclipse in its entirety until 2029. A total lunar eclipse occurs when Earth passes exactly between the Sun and the Moon. The Sun is behind Earth, and the Moon moves into Earth's shadow ... more
+ Comprehensive Model Captures Life of a Solar Flare
+ Five things to know about January's total Lunar eclipse
+ New findings reveal the behavior of turbulence in the exceptionally hot solar corona
+ Preparing for discovery with NASA's Parker Solar Probe
+ Research provides insights into Sun's past, future
+ Prediction of Sun's Activity Over the Next Decade
+ Auroras help scientists study energy instabilities in space


New detector fails to confirm would-be evidence of dark matter
Sao Paulo, brazil (SPX) Jan 24, 2019
Almost 20 years ago, the DAMA/LIBRA experiment operated at Italy's Gran Sasso National Laboratory - LNGS began publishing data showing that it had detected a signal modulation produced by an interaction with the Milky Way's dark matter halo. Dark matter is believed to constitute approximately 27% of the known universe, with ordinary matter accounting for only 4%. The remaining 69% is thoug ... more
+ Lifting the Veil on the Black Hole at the Heart of Our Galaxy
+ How Hot Are Atoms in the Shock Wave of an Exploding Star?
+ Stars shrouded in iron dust
+ Milky Way's neighbors pick up the pace
+ China revises regulation to better protect world's largest telescope
+ Last Breath of a Dying Star
+ Classic double-slit experiment in a new light
Birth of massive black holes in the early universe revealed
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jan 24, 2019
The light released from around the first massive black holes in the universe is so intense that it is able to reach telescopes across the entire expanse of the universe. Incredibly, the light from the most distant black holes (or quasars) has been traveling to us for more than 13 billion light years. However, we do not know how these monster black holes formed. New research led by research ... more
+ Seeing double could help resolve dispute about how fast the universe is expanding
+ Taking magnetism for a spin: Exploring the mysteries of skyrmions
+ Tel Aviv University-led team discovers new way supermassive black holes are 'fed'
+ Las Cumbres Works with NASA, Space Station in Black Hole Discovery
+ New quantum structures in super-chilled helium may mirror early days of universe
+ POLAR experiment reveals orderly chaos of black holes
+ Trillions of starts light up the dawn of the universe
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