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  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 27, 2019 Using sophisticated computer simulations and observations, a team led by researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Tokyo Institute of Technology has shown how the so-called trans-Neptunian objects (or TNOs) may have formed. TNOs, which include the dwarf planet Pluto, are a group of icy and rocky small bodies - smaller than planets but larger than comets - that orbit the solar system beyond the planet Neptune. TNOs likely formed at the same time as the solar system, and understanding th ... read more |
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Planetary Society's LightSail 2 Launched by Falcon HeavyPasadena CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2019 LightSail 2 is officially in space! The Planetary Society's solar sail CubeSat lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 25 June at 02:30 EDT (06:30 UTC). The late-night launch came courtesy ... more 
Kuiper Belt Binary Orientations Support Streaming Instability HypothesisSan Antonio TX (SPX) Jun 27, 2019 A Southwest Research Institute-led team studied the orientation of distant solar system bodies to bolster the "streaming instability" theory of planet formation. "One of the least understood s ... more  
Tunguska inspires new, more optimistic asteroid predictionsMoffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2019 Every single day, many tons of tiny rocks - smaller than pebbles - hit Earth's atmosphere and disintegrate. Between frequent shooting stars we wish on in the night sky and the massive extinction-lev ... more  
Planet Seeding and PanspermiaHaifa, Israel (SPX) Jun 27, 2019 The first detection of an interstellar asteroid/comet-like object visiting the solar system two years ago has sparked the ideas about the possibility of interstellar travel. New research from the Te ... more |
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ALMA Pinpoints Formation Site of Planet Around Nearest Young StarTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 27, 2019 Researchers using ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) found a small dust concentration in the disk around TW Hydrae, the nearest young star. It is highly possible that a planet is gr ... more  
Machine Learning Tool Searches Star Data for Likely Exoplanet HostsSan Antonio TX (SPX) Jun 27, 2019 Inspired by movie streaming services such as Netflix or Hulu, a Southwest Research Institute scientist developed a technique to look for stars likely to host giant, Jupiter-sized planets outside of ... more  
A Martian methane belch melts awayWashington (AFP) June 25, 2019 The mystery of the Martian methane continues. ... more 
Soyuz capsule safely returns three space station crew members to EarthWashington (UPI) Jun 25, 2019 Two astronauts and a cosmonaut are back on Earth after 204 days aboard the International Space Station. The trio touched down inside the Russian-built Soyuz capsule. ... more  
Cool halo gas caught spinning like galactic disksMaunakea HI (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 A group of astronomers led by Crystal Martin and Stephanie Ho of the University of California, Santa Barbara, has discovered a dizzying cosmic choreography among typical star-forming galaxies; their ... more |
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Does the Gas in Galaxy Clusters Flow Like Honey?Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 We have seen intricate patterns that milk makes in coffee and much smoother ones that honey makes when stirred with a spoon. Which of these cases best describes the behavior of the hot gas in galaxy ... more  |
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ESA awards Siemens and Sonaca contract to design new additive manufacturing applications Liege, Belgium (SPX) Jun 21, 2019 The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Siemens Digital Industries Software to develop aerospace design applications for metal additive manufacturing. The applications will leverage Siemens' en ... more  
A sticky solution could improve carbon capture materialsSwansea UK (SPX) Jun 24, 2019 Is glue the answer to climate change? Researchers at the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University have proven that it could certainly help. They have developed a new mater ... more  
NASA helps warn of harmful algal blooms in lakes, reservoirsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 24, 2019 Harmful algal blooms can cause big problems in coastal areas and lakes across the United States. When toxin-containing aquatic organisms multiply and form a bloom, it can sicken people and pets, con ... more 
Russian, North American astronauts return to earthDzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan (AFP) June 25, 2019 The first crew to blast off to the International Space Station following a launch accident that deepened doubts over Russia's space programme returned to earth safely on Tuesday. ... more 
Astronomers find a pair of galaxy clusters about to collideWashington (UPI) Jun 25, 2019 Astronomers have discovered a pair galaxy clusters on the verge of collision. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 25, 2019 
Two astronauts and a cosmonaut are back on Earth after 204 days aboard the International Space Station. The trio touched down inside the Russian-built Soyuz capsule.
NASA astronaut Anne McClain, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg Kononenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos landed in Kazakhstan at 10:47 p.m. ET on Monday evening - 8:47 a.m. Tuesday morning, lo ... more |
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 Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 21, 2019 
Arianespace confirms its status as a trusted partner to world-class operators of communications satellites with the launch of T-16 and EUTELSAT 7C.
The company's fifth launch of 2019 took place on Thursday, June 20 at 6:43 pm (local time) from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
With this latest success, the second with an Ariane 5 launch vehic ... more |
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 London, Canada (SPX) Jun 27, 2019 
A new international study led by Western University shows that Mars' first 'real chance' at developing life started very early, 4.48 billion years ago, when giant, life-inhibiting meteorites stopped striking the red planet.
These findings, published online in Nature Geoscience, suggest that conditions under which life could have thrived may have occurred on Mars from around 4.2 to 3.5 bill ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with Land Space Technology Corporation Ltd. ("Land Space"). The two parties will work together and take advantage of respective strength on commercial space cooperation with satellite remote sensing data applications as the main target market.
They will jointly develop domestic and foreign markets of products and services which ... more |
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 Westminster CO (SPX) Jun 24, 2019 
Maxar Technologies reports that the all-electric EUTELSAT 7C communications satellite, built for Eutelsat, one of the world's leading satellite operators, is performing according to plan.
The satellite launched yesterday aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the Arianespace launch base in Kourou, French Guiana. EUTELSAT 7C deployed its solar arrays on schedule and began firing its SPT-140 electri ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Jun 27, 2019 
Inspired by movie streaming services such as Netflix or Hulu, a Southwest Research Institute scientist developed a technique to look for stars likely to host giant, Jupiter-sized planets outside of our solar system. She developed an algorithm to identify stars likely to host giant exoplanets, based on the composition of stars known to have planets.
"My viewing habits have trained Netflix t ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 27, 2019 
Researchers using ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) found a small dust concentration in the disk around TW Hydrae, the nearest young star. It is highly possible that a planet is growing or about to be formed in this concentration. This is the first time that the exact place where cold materials are forming the seed of a planet has been pinpointed in the disk around a young star ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Jun 27, 2019 
A Southwest Research Institute-led team studied the orientation of distant solar system bodies to bolster the "streaming instability" theory of planet formation.
"One of the least understood steps in planet growth is the formation of planetesimals, bodies more than a kilometer across, which are just large enough to be held together by gravity," said SwRI scientist Dr. David Nesvorny, the l ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 21, 2019 
Snowflakes that cover mountains or linger under tree canopies are a vital freshwater resource for over a billion people around the world. To help determine how much freshwater is stored in snow, a team of NASA-funded researchers is creating a computer-based tool that simulates the best way to detect snow and measure its water content from space.
Snow's water content, or snow water equivale ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 
The next step in modernizing the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constellation with new technology and capabilities is happening from the ground up!
On May 22, Lockheed Martin delivered the GPS III Contingency Operations (COps) software upgrade to the U.S. Air Force's current GPS ground control system. The upgrade will enable the Air Force to start commanding the new, next-genera ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 
On July 20, 1969, as Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong climbed down the ladder from the "Eagle" lunar landing module, he found himself surrounded by a sea of grey - an expanse of powdery dust no human had ever seen in person. The iconic print made by his left boot marked but the first step on a long journey of discoveries about the Moon and our own world - both of which hold secrets that scientist ... more |
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 Honolulu HI (SPX) Jun 27, 2019 
For the first time, astronomers at the University of Hawaii have demonstrated that their ATLAS and Pan-STARRS survey telescopes can provide sufficient warning to move people away from the impact site of an incoming asteroid. They detected a small asteroid prior to its entering the Earth's atmosphere near Puerto Rico on the morning of June 22, 2019.
The 4-meter-diameter asteroid, named 2019 ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 24, 2019 
Harmful algal blooms can cause big problems in coastal areas and lakes across the United States. When toxin-containing aquatic organisms multiply and form a bloom, it can sicken people and pets, contaminate drinking water, and force closures at boating and swimming sites.
With limited resources to monitor these often-unpredictable blooms, water managers are turning to new technologies from ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 24, 2019 
NASA has selected two new missions to advance our understanding of the Sun and its dynamic effects on space. One of the selected missions will study how the Sun drives particles and energy into the solar system and a second will study Earth's response.
The Sun generates a vast outpouring of solar particles known as the solar wind, which can create a dynamic system of radiation in space cal ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 25, 2019 
Weak gamma-ray glows appear to precede lightning strikes and accompanying gamma-ray flashes under certain conditions.
Over the last several years, researchers at the University of Tokyo worked with schools and businesses in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, in central Japan, to install a network of radiation monitors for studying lightning.
"Forever, people have seen lightning and h ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 24, 2019 
It's not an electron. But it sure does act like one. Northwestern University researchers have made a strange and startling discovery that nanoparticles engineered with DNA in colloidal crystals - when extremely small - behave just like electrons. Not only has this finding upended the current, accepted notion of matter, it also opens the door for new possibilities in materials design.
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