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  Washington (AFP) Feb 14, 2019 NASA is accelerating plans to return Americans to the Moon, and this time, the US space agency says it will be there to stay. Jim Bridenstine, NASA's administrator, told reporters Thursday that the agency plans to speed up plans backed by President Donald Trump to return to the moon, using private companies. "It's important that we get back to the moon as fast as possible," said Bridenstine in a meeting at NASA's Washington headquarters, adding he hoped to have astronauts back there by 2028. ... read more |
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NanoRacks completes sixth cubesat deployment from Cygnus spacecraftDulles VA (SPX) Feb 15, 2019 NanoRacks has completed the Company's sixth CubeSat deployment mission from Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft. Cygnus (S.S. John Young) departed the International Space Station on February 8th, 2 ... more  
NASA Glenn Keeps X-57 CoolEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 NASA is preparing to explore electric-powered flight with the X-57 Maxwell, a unique all-electric aircraft which features 14 propellers along its wing. Those very small, yet highly efficient m ... more  
Five future astronauts and a teacher you need to knowWashington DC (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 All five of the women in NASA's latest class of astronaut candidates followed a passion for adventure and science to get where they are today and are inspirations for the next generation of NASA sci ... more 
Russia mulls delivering takeoff-landing system to Moon in 2029Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2019 Russia is planning to launch the Don super-heavy carrier rocket in 2029 to deliver a takeoff/landing complex to the Moon, a space industry source told Sputnik. "The goal of the mission will be ... more |
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A stellar flare 10 billion times more powerful than those on the SunHonolulu HI (SPX) Feb 12, 2019 The Hawaii-based James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) has discovered a stellar flare 10 billion times more powerful than the Sun's solar flares, a history-making discovery that could unlock decades- ... more  
NATO planning for more Russian missiles: StoltenbergBrussels (AFP) Feb 12, 2019 NATO is planning for "more Russian missiles" after the collapse of a landmark Cold War arms treaty, but will not deploy new nuclear warheads in Europe, the alliance's chief said Tuesday. ... more 
Israel warns Iran that its missiles can travel 'very far'Haifa, Israel (AFP) Feb 12, 2019 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran Tuesday that Israeli missiles can travel "very far", on the eve of a conference in Poland about peace and security in the Middle East. ... more  
Ice volume calculated anewZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 Climate change is causing glaciers to shrink around the world. Reduced meltwaters from these glaciers also have downstream effects, particularly on freshwater availability. A lack of meltwater can g ... more  
Climate change: Scientists tap nature, space and societyZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 Three scientists share their research from the natural, physical, and social sciences on novel responses to climate change. Thomas Crowther will identify long-disappeared forests available for ... more |
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Nano drops a million times smaller than a teardrop explodes 19th century theoryWarwick UK (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 Droplets emanating from a molecular "nano-tap" would behave very differently from those from a household tap 1 million times larger - researchers at the University of Warwick have found. This is pot ... more  |
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Lightning's electromagnetic fields may have protective propertiesTel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Feb 11, 2019 Lightning was the main electromagnetic presence in the Earth's atmosphere long before the discovery and application of electricity. There are some 2,000 thunderstorms active at any given time, so humans and other o ... more  
Laser physics: Transformation through lightMunich, Germany (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 Laser physicists have taken snapshots of how C60 carbon molecules react to extremely short pulses of intense infrared light. C60 is an extremely well-studied carbon molecule, which consists of ... more  
Programming autonomous machines ahead of time promotes selfless decision-makingAberdeen Proving Ground MD (SPX) Feb 12, 2019 A new study suggests the use of autonomous machines increases cooperation among individuals. Researchers from the U.S. Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory, the A ... more 
Philosophy: What exactly is a black hole?Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 15, 2019 A black hole is conventionally thought of as an astronomical object that irrevocably consumes all matter and radiation which comes within its sphere of influence. Physically, a black hole is defined ... more 
Where is the Universe Hiding its Missing Mass?Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 15, 2019 Astronomers have spent decades looking for something that sounds like it would be hard to miss: about a third of the "normal" matter in the Universe. New results from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observator ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 
All five of the women in NASA's latest class of astronaut candidates followed a passion for adventure and science to get where they are today and are inspirations for the next generation of NASA scientists.
Kayla Barron, Zena Cardman, Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O'Hara and Jessica Watkins are nearing the end of two years of intensive training that began in August 2017. They were selected out of ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 12, 2019 
The new methane-fueled Raptor engine developed by US SpaceX aerospace company for its Starship interplanetary craft has outperformed the Russian RD-180 rocket engine in terms of pressure level in the combustion chamber, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Monday.
"Raptor reached 268.9 bar [approximately 274.2 kilograms of power per square centimeter], exceeding prior record held by the awesome Ru ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 
A study published last year in the journal Science suggested liquid water is present beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars. Now, a new study in the AGU journal Geophysical Research Letters argues there needs to be an underground source of heat for liquid water to exist underneath the polar ice cap.
The new research does not take sides as to whether the liquid water exists. Instead, the a ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 12, 2019 
China announced Monday that it is developing the modified version of the Long March-6 rocket to add four solid boosters to increase its carrying capacity.
The improved medium-left carrier rocket will be sent into space by 2020, according to the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, which designed the rocket.
The Long ... more |
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 Rochester NY (SPX) Feb 15, 2019 
A Rochester Institute of Technology professor is part of a small team of scientists contributing to NASA's new mission to explore the origins of the universe by performing the first near-infrared all-sky spectral survey.
Assistant Professor Michael Zemcov is one of 19 co-investigators of the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHER ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 
An aluminum alloy developed in the 1940s has long held promise for use in automobile manufacturing, except for one key obstacle. Although it's nearly as strong as steel and just one-third the weight, it is almost impossible to weld together using the technique commonly used to assemble body panels or engine parts.
That's because when the alloy is heated during welding, its molecular struct ... more |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2019 
Did life on Earth originate in Darwin's warm little pond, on a sunbaked shore, or where hot waters vent into the deep ocean? And could a similar emergence have played out on other bodies in our solar system or planets far beyond? These questions lie at the center of research in NASA's new Prebiotic Chemistry and Early Earth Environments, or PCE3, Consortium.
One of five cross-divisional re ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 11, 2019 
Ultima Thule is flatter than scientists originally thought.
As revealed by the latest images captured by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, only recently downloaded and analyzed by mission scientists, the Kuiper Belt object is more pancake than snowman.
The new images were some of the last New Horizons snapped as it zoomed past the distant object at a speed of 31,000 miles per hour. ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 15, 2019 
An international study led by researchers from the Institute of Space Sciences, from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya has discovered that carbonaceous chondrites, a class of meteorites, incorporated hydrated minerals along with organic material from the protoplanetary disk before the formation of planets.
Scientists from the stu ... more |
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 Oslo (AFP) Feb 11, 2019 
Norway's foreign intelligence unit on Monday expressed renewed concerns that its GPS signals in the country's Far North were being jammed, as Oslo again blamed Russia for the "unacceptable" acts.
In its annual national risk assessment report, the intelligence service said that in repeated incidents since 2017, GPS signals have been blocked from Russian territory in Norwegian regions near the ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2019 
Russia is planning to launch the Don super-heavy carrier rocket in 2029 to deliver a takeoff/landing complex to the Moon, a space industry source told Sputnik.
"The goal of the mission will be to deliver a takeoff/landing complex to the Moon to test the landing on its surface in order to ensure the future landing of Russian cosmonauts on the Earth's natural satellite", the source said.
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 Austin TX (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 
A recent NASA mission to the dwarf planet Ceres found brilliant, white spots of salts on its surface. New research led by The University of Texas at Austin in partnership with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) delved into the factors that influenced the volcanic activity that formed the distinctive spots and that could play a key role in mixing the ingredients for life on other worlds.
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Feb 15, 2019 
exactEarth Ltd. reports that the final six payloads for its second-generation constellation, exactView RT, are now operational, which completes the roll-out of world's first global, real-time Satellite-AIS service.
This revolutionary capability is expected to enable a wide variety of new service capabilities for the global maritime community and to contribute strongly over the next 15 year ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 14, 2019 
With the help of a NASA spacecraft, astrophysicists have uncovered the process by which energy is transferred between electromagnetic fields and plasma in space.
Most of the visible matter in the universe exists in the form of plasma, an ionized state of matter. Understanding how energy is transferred to and from ionized particles in space can help scientists to better understand a vari ... more |
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 Honolulu HI (SPX) Feb 12, 2019 
The Hawaii-based James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) has discovered a stellar flare 10 billion times more powerful than the Sun's solar flares, a history-making discovery that could unlock decades-old questions about the origin of our own Sun and planets, giving insight into how these celestial bodies were born.
"A discovery of this magnitude could have only happened in Hawaii," said Dr. ... more |
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 Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Feb 11, 2019  Lightning was the main electromagnetic presence in the Earth's atmosphere long before the discovery and application of electricity. There are some 2,000 thunderstorms active at any given time, so humans and other organisms have been bathed in extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic fields for billions of years.
These electromagnetic fields - the result of global lightning activity known as Schumann ... more |
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