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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 07, 2019 NASA's Curiosity rover has come a long way since touching down on Mars seven years ago. It has traveled a total of 13 miles (21 kilometers) and ascended 1,207 feet (368 meters) to its current location. Along the way, Curiosity discovered Mars had the conditions to support microbial life in the ancient past, among other things. And the rover is far from done, having just drilled its 22nd sample from the Martian surface. It has a few more years before its nuclear power system degrades enough to sign ... read more |
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Spaceflight purchases first commercial SSLV mission from ISRO's NewSpace IndiaSeattle WA (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 Spaceflight, the leading satellite rideshare and mission management provider, has announced it has purchased the first commercial launch of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) from NewSpace In ... more  
How NASA will protect astronauts from space radiation at the MoonGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 August 1972, as NASA scientist Ian Richardson remembers it, was hot. In Surrey, England, where he grew up, the fields were brown and dry, and people tried to stay indoors - out of the Sun, televisio ... more  
Japan to Create Military Space Unit to Catch Up With RivalsTokyo, Japan (Sputnik) Aug 07, 2019 The Japanese government intends to create a military space unit of the country's Self-Defence Forces in 2020 in connection with the increased use of space for defense purposes by other countries, in ... more  
Hordes of Earth's toughest creatures may now be living on MoonWashington (AFP) Aug 7, 2019 There might be life on the Moon after all: thousands of virtually indestructible creatures that can withstand extreme radiation, sizzling heat, the coldest temperatures of the universe, and decades without food. ... more |
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Mechanism for gamma-ray bursts from space is decodedJerusalem (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 Gamma-ray bursts, short and intense flashes of energetic radiation coming from outer space, are the brightest explosions in the universe. As gamma rays are blocked by the atmosphere, the bursts were ... more 
'Heart' of LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Detector assembledSanford CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 On July 26, researchers working in the Surface Assembly Lab (SAL) at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (Sanford Lab) had quite an audience. Nearly a dozen onlookers, including researchers, t ... more 
Anaemic star carries the mark of its ancient ancestorCanberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 A newly discovered ancient star containing a record-low amount of iron carries evidence of a class of even older stars, long hypothesised but assumed to have vanished. In a paper published in ... more  
Arianespace launches INTELSAT 39 and EDRS-CKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Aug 07, 2019 Arianespace has successfully orbited two geostationary telecommunications satellites: Intelsat 39 for the international operator Intelsat, and EDRS-C for Airbus, as part of a public-private partners ... more 
Companies partner to offer a complete solution for space missions as a serviceLogan UT (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 At this week's Small Satellite Conference, Orbital Transports, Inc. and SpaceBridge Logistics, Inc. announced their partnership to deliver an integrated and streamlined suite of mission design, buil ... more |
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 Arianespace's "GO-1" mission will provide small satellites with a direct flight to geostationary orbit  
Fastest eclipsing binary, a valuable target for gravitational wave studiesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 Observations made with a new instrument developed for use at the 2.1-meter (84-inch) telescope at the National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory have led to the discovery of the fa ... more  |
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Kim sends missile 'warning' to S.Korea, US as tensions riseSeoul (AFP) Aug 6, 2019 North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un says the country's latest missile launches were a warning to Washington and Seoul over their joint war games, state news agency KCNA reported on Wednesday, as tensions rise on the Korean peninsula. ... more  
Sixteen companies chosen for $17.1B defense intelligence contractWashington (UPI) Aug 6, 2019 The Department of Defense announced on Monday 16 companies with winning offers for inclusion in a $17.1 billion contract to work with the Defense Intelligence Agency to provide a wide range of intelligence products. ... more  
Physicists make graphene discovery that could help develop superconductorsNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 When two mesh screens are overlaid, beautiful patterns appear when one screen is offset. These "moire patterns" have long intrigued artists, scientists and mathematicians and have found applications ... more  
Water-air interfaces in rock pores helped spawn life on EarthWashington (UPI) Jul 29, 2019 Before life could begin on Earth, a series of physical chemistry processes needed to occur. According to a new study, the geochemical qualities of water-air interfaces found inside tiny rock pores made this "prebiotic" chemical evolution possible. ... more  
Cislunar blueprint to propel space outreach for the next 50 yearsWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 In its inaugural call to action, Purdue Engineering's Cislunar Initiative took a giant leap forward in advancing humankind's presence in space and the development of the economy in the "cislunar reg ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 07, 2019 
Over two weeks have flown by since ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano was launched to the International Space Station for his second six-month stay in orbit. His arrival, alongside NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and Roscosmos Soyuz commander Alexander Skvortsov, boosted the Station's population to six and the crew has been busy ever since - performing a wide range of science in space.
With the sta ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 
Paragon Space Development Corporation (Paragon) and partner Thin Red Line Aerospace (TRLA), are now under contract to mature their Cryogenic Encapsulating Launch Shroud and Insulated Upper Stage (CELSIUS) Technology through a NASA Tipping Point Award. NASA's Tipping Point Awards focus on technology collaborations with commercial space companies that leverage emerging markets and capabilities to ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 05, 2019 
Hardware installed onto NASA's Mars 2020 entry vehicle this week will help to increase the safety of future Mars landings.
Charged with returning astronauts to the Moon by 2024, NASA's Artemis lunar exploration plans will establish a sustained human presence on and around the Moon by 2028. NASA will use its Moon missions along with robotic missions to Mars to prepare for human exploration ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 25, 2019 
A Chinese startup successfully launched the country's first commercial rocket capable of carrying satellites into orbit Thursday, as the space race between China and the US heats up.
Beijing-based Interstellar Glory Space Technology - also known as iSpace - said it launched two satellites into orbit around 1:00 pm Beijing time (0500 GMT) from Jiuquan, a state launch facility in the Gobi de ... more |
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 Daytona Beach FL (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 
With a goal to promote high-paying jobs, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on Tuesday, Aug. 6, announced plans to expand its successful Research Park and advance innovation in Volusia County by establishing a presence within the new Space Square aerospace hub.
The plan sprang from the highly collaborative economic development efforts of Embry-Riddle, Space Square, Team Volusia, Space Fl ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 
August 1972, as NASA scientist Ian Richardson remembers it, was hot. In Surrey, England, where he grew up, the fields were brown and dry, and people tried to stay indoors - out of the Sun, televisions on. But for several days that month, his TV picture kept breaking up. "Do not adjust your set," he recalls the BBC announcing. "Heat isn't causing the interference. It's sunspots."
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 Coventry UK (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 
Astronomers are planning to hunt for cores of exoplanets around white dwarf stars by 'tuning in' to the radio waves that they emit.
In new research led by the University of Warwick, scientists have determined the best candidate white dwarfs to start their search, based upon their likelihood of hosting surviving planetary cores and the strength of the radio signal that we can 'tune in' to. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2019 
New analysis of Juno mission data suggests Jupiter's auroras are powered by alternating current, not direct current.
Jupiter, a the largest planet in the solar system, boasts an aurora with a radiant power of 100 terawatts, or 100 billion kilowatts. It's the brightest aurora in the solar system.
Like Earth's auroras, Jupiter's light shows are centered around its poles. The aurora ... more |
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 Luxembourg (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 
Kleos Space S.A. (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1), a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data provider, announces that it will collaborate with Spire Global, one of the world's largest space to cloud analytics companies. Kleos and Spire will collaborate to combine
Spire AIS data with KLEOS RF data to create a new shared capability to bring safety at sea. Kleos and Spire have entered int ... more |
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 Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 
Lockheed Martin presented the 2nd Space Operations Squadron with a GPS Block III model satellite to celebrate the successful on-orbit testing of the new GPS III satellite at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, July 29.
Staff Sgt. Joseph Wood, 2nd SOPS mission chief, said the model is a physical representation of the modernization underway.
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 West Lafayette IN (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 
In its inaugural call to action, Purdue Engineering's Cislunar Initiative took a giant leap forward in advancing humankind's presence in space and the development of the economy in the "cislunar region," the orbital area encompassing the Earth and moon.
"The ecosystem of human space exploration has been rapidly expanding," said Mung Chiang, Purdue's John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 05, 2019 
On 25 July, an asteroid the size of a football field flew by Earth, coming within 65 000 km of our planet's surface during its closest approach - about one fifth of the distance to the Moon.
The 100 m-wide asteroid dubbed '2019 OK' was detected just days before it passed Earth, although archival records from sky surveys show it had previously been observed but wasn't recognised as a near-E ... more |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 
Earth's magnetic field seems steady and true - reliable enough to navigate by.
Yet, largely hidden from daily life, the field drifts, waxes and wanes. The magnetic North Pole is currently careening toward Siberia, which recently forced the Global Positioning System that underlies modern navigation to update its software sooner than expected to account for the shift.
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 Sheffield UK (SPX) Aug 07, 2019 
An international team of scientists led by the University of Sheffield have discovered previously undetected observational evidence of frequent energetic wave pulses the size of the UK, transporting energy from the solar surface to the higher solar atmosphere.
Magnetic plasma waves and pulses have been widely suggested as one of the key mechanisms which could answer the long-standing quest ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 07, 2019 
Researchers in Japan and the Netherlands jointly developed an originative radio receiver DESHIMA (Deep Spectroscopic High-redshift Mapper) and successfully obtained the first spectra and images with it. Combining the ability to detect a wide frequency range of cosmic radio waves and to disperse them into different frequencies, DESHIMA demonstrated its unique power to efficiently measure the dist ... more |
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 Birmingham UK (SPX) Aug 08, 2019 
Gravitational wave researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new model that could help astronomers track down the origin of heavy black hole systems in the Universe.
Black holes are formed following the collapse of stars and possibly supernova explosions. These colossally dense objects are measured in terms of solar masses (Mo) - the mass of our sun.
Typically, sta ... more |
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