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  Washington (AFP) March 26, 2019 Donald Trump's administration announced Tuesday it was speeding up plans to send US astronauts back to the Moon, from 2028 to 2024, calling for a "spark of urgency" to prevail over delays that have plagued NASA's lunar return plans. "It is the stated policy of this administration and the United States of America to return American astronauts to the Moon, within the next five years," Vice President Mike Pence vowed in a speech in Huntsville, Alabama, the "Rocket City" where American launchers have b ... read more |
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Is it right to invest in space exploration when there is an unsolved climate crisis on earth?Montreal, Canada (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 For more than 50 years, humans have explored space, providing a flow of benefits to society. However, space exploration comes at a cost and with the rise of ample problems here on earth, some may be ... more  
Tests Prove Out Orion Safety Systems From Liftoff to SplashdownHouston TX (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 Engineers completed two key tests the week of March 18 to help ensure NASA's Orion spacecraft is ready from liftoff to splashdown for missions to the Moon. Teams successfully tested one of the motor ... more 
Cosmonauts to Do Tests on ISS to Find Source of Metal Shavings in Damaged SoyuzMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2019 Last August, cosmonauts detected a minor air leak in the orbital module of the ISS-docked Soyuz-MS spacecraft, it was believed to have been caused by a drill, sparking fears that the incident may ha ... more  
First 2019 launch from Vostochny Space Centre slated for 27 JuneMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2019 The blastoff of the Meteor-M meteorological satellite number 2-2 by the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage from the Vostochny space center is scheduled to take place in three mont ... more |
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Upgraded Detectors to Resume Hunt for Gravitational WavesLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 UK astrophysicists are gearing up to resume the search for gravitational waves, the ripples in spacetime caused by some of the universe's most spectacular events, after substantial upgrades to the t ... more  
Searching for disappeared anti-matterMunich, Germany (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 The Belle II detector got off to a successful start in Japan. Since March 25, 2019, the instrument has been measuring the first particle collisions, which are generated in the modernized SuperKEKB a ... more  
Icy giant planets in the laboratoryDresden, Germany (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 Giant planets like Uranus and Neptune may contain much less free hydrogen than previously assumed. Researchers from the German Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) drove shock waves through t ... more  
Climate changes make some aspects of weather forecasting increasingly difficultStockholm, Sweden (SPX) Mar 24, 2019 The ongoing climate changes make it increasingly difficult to predict certain aspects of weather, according to a new study from Stockholm University. The study, focusing on weather forecasts in the ... more  
Robot made of many simple particles has no centralized control or single failure pointNew York NY (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 The concept of "gray goo," a robot comprised of billions of nanoparticles, has fascinated science fiction fans for decades. But most researchers have dismissed it as just a wild theory. Curren ... more |
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Researchers reverse the flow of time on IBM's quantum computerLemont IL (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 We all mark days with clocks and calendars, but perhaps no timepiece is more immediate than a mirror. The changes we notice over the years vividly illustrate science's "arrow of time" - the likely p ... more  |
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Exotic 'second sound' phenomenon observed in pencil leadBoston MA (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 The next time you set a kettle to boil, consider this scenario: After turning the burner off, instead of staying hot and slowly warming the surrounding kitchen and stove, the kettle quickly cools to ... more  
Computer scientists create reprogrammable molecular computing systemPasadena CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 Computer scientists at Caltech have designed DNA molecules that can carry out reprogrammable computations, for the first time creating so-called algorithmic self-assembly in which the same "hardware ... more 
Ankle exoskeleton fits under clothes for potential broad adoptionNashville TN (SPX) Mar 25, 2019 A new lightweight, low-profile and inexpensive ankle exoskeleton could be widely used among elderly people, those with impaired lower-leg muscle strength and workers whose jobs require substantial w ... more  
Results of BIOMEX, the Biology and Mars Experiment on the ISSBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 Earth is a very special planet. It is the only celestial body in the solar system on which we know life exists. Could there be life on other planets or moons? Mars is always the first to be mentione ... more 
What Happened Before the Big BangBoston MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 A team of scientists has proposed a powerful new test for inflation, the theory that the universe dramatically expanded in size in a fleeting fraction of a second right after the Big Bang. Their goa ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
Engineers completed two key tests the week of March 18 to help ensure NASA's Orion spacecraft is ready from liftoff to splashdown for missions to the Moon. Teams successfully tested one of the motors on Orion's Launch Abort System responsible for taking the crew to safety in an emergency during launch, and completed testing at sea for the qualification of the system used to upright Orion after i ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2019 
The blastoff of the Meteor-M meteorological satellite number 2-2 by the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage from the Vostochny space center is scheduled to take place in three months, Russian state space corporation Roscosmos told Sputnik.
"The blastoff date for Meteor is June 27 from Vostochny", it said.
The Vostochny Cosmodrome has been under construction since 20 ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
Earth is a very special planet. It is the only celestial body in the solar system on which we know life exists. Could there be life on other planets or moons? Mars is always the first to be mentioned in this context; it has many properties in common with Earth, and in its geological past water also flowed over its surface.
Today, however, conditions on Mars are so extreme that it is hard t ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Mar 12, 2019 
Chinese scientists are designing what is expected to be the world's most powerful rocket, according to a senior researcher.
Li Hong, deputy general manager at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, said the Long March 9 super heavy-lift carrier rocket will be capable of lifting 140 metric tons of payload into a low-Earth orbit, or a 50-ton spacecraft to a lunar transfer orbit. The gi ... more |
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 London (AFP) March 25, 2019 
British satellite operator Inmarsat on Monday agreed to a $3.4 billion cash takeover from a consortium of investment funds.
The bid for the London-listed telecommunications group was pitched at $7.21 per share, consortium bid-vehicle Triton Bidco said in a statement.
"Triton Bidco believes that the satellite sector is attractive," said a statement from the consortium, which comprises pri ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 
In the blockbuster Terminator movie franchise, an evil robot morphs into different human forms and objects and oozes through narrow openings, thanks to its "liquid-metal" composition.
Although current robots don't have these capabilities, the technology is getting closer with the development of new liquid metals that can be manipulated in 3D space with magnets. Reported in ACS Applied Mate ... more |
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 Dresden, Germany (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
Giant planets like Uranus and Neptune may contain much less free hydrogen than previously assumed. Researchers from the German Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) drove shock waves through two different types of plastic to reach the same temperatures and pressures present inside such planets, and observed the behavior using ultra-strong X-ray laser pulses.
Unexpectedly, one of thes ... more |
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 Lund, Sweden (SPX) Mar 24, 2019 
It is known that gas giants around other stars are often located very near their sun. According to accepted theory, these gas planets were formed far away and subsequently migrated to an orbit closer to the star.
Now researchers from Lund University and other institutions have used advanced computer simulations to learn more about Jupiter's journey through our own solar system approximatel ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 26, 2019 
Today is World Water Day, but with millions of people in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe struggling to cope in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, the notion of water shortages may not be at the forefront of our minds right now. Even so, floods, like we see here, lead to real problems accessing clean water. Whether the problem is inundation or water scarcity, satellites can help monitor this precious ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Mar 24, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center's Global Positioning Systems Directorate achieved another major program milestone March 19, successfully delivering the second GPS III Space Vehicle to Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida to begin satellite launch processing.
"The shipment of this second GPS III satellite is once again an excellent representation of the co ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 26, 2019 
Donald Trump's administration announced Tuesday it was speeding up plans to send US astronauts back to the Moon, from 2028 to 2024, calling for a "spark of urgency" to prevail over delays that have plagued NASA's lunar return plans.
"It is the stated policy of this administration and the United States of America to return American astronauts to the Moon, within the next five years," Vice Pr ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 24, 2019 
On Dec. 18, 2018, a large "fireball" - the term used for exceptionally bright meteors that are visible over a wide area - exploded about 16 miles (26 kilometers) above the Bering Sea. The explosion unleashed an estimated 173 kilotons of energy, or more than 10 times the energy of the atomic bomb blast over Hiroshima during World War II.
Two NASA instruments aboard the Terra satellite captu ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 
Maps that show where sharks and tunas roam in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and where fishing vessels travel in this vast expanse, could help ocean managers to identify regions of the high seas where vulnerable species may be at risk.
Researchers at Stanford University have created such a map by analyzing the habitats occupied by more than 800 sharks and tunas and 900 industrial fishing vesse ... more |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Mar 24, 2019 
The ongoing climate changes make it increasingly difficult to predict certain aspects of weather, according to a new study from Stockholm University. The study, focusing on weather forecasts in the northern hemisphere spanning 3- 10 days ahead, concludes that the greatest uncertainty increase will be regarding summer downfalls, of critical importance when it comes to our ability to predict and p ... more |
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 Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Mar 26, 2019 
Two astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and from the University of Jena have found an elegant new method to measure the energy of simple chemical reactions, under similar conditions as those encountered by atoms and molecules in the early solar system.
Their method promises accurate measurements of reaction energies that can be used to understand chemical reactions unde ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
A team of scientists has proposed a powerful new test for inflation, the theory that the universe dramatically expanded in size in a fleeting fraction of a second right after the Big Bang. Their goal is to give insight into a long-standing question: what was the universe like before the Big Bang?
Although cosmic inflation is well known for resolving some important mysteries about the struc ... more |
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