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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 10, 2019 Using radar data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, recently published research presents a new scenario to explain why some methane-filled lakes on Saturn's moon Titan are surrounded by steep rims that reach hundreds of feet high. The models suggests that explosions of warming nitrogen created basins in the moon's crust. Titan is the only planetary body in our solar system other than Earth known to have stable liquid on its surface. But instead of water raining down from clouds and filling lakes and ... read more |
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JAXA spacecraft carries science, technology to the Space StationHouston TX (SPX) Sep 10, 2019 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) cargo ship H-II Transfer Vehicle-8 (HTV-8) is scheduled to lift off Sept. 10 at 5:33 p.m. EDT (6:33 a.m. Japan Standard Time) to the International Space ... more  
India locates missing Moon landerNew Delhi (AFP) Sept 10, 2019 Indian space scientists were desperately trying Tuesday to establish communication with their broken Moon lander, having located the probe that went silent moments before it was due to make a historic soft landing. ... more 
NASA Goddard Creates CGI Moon Kit as a Form of Visual StorytellingGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 09, 2019 A new NASA out-of-this-world animation allows humanity to experience their closest galactic neighbor as never before through an online "CGI Moon kit." Smartphones have allowed millions to beco ... more  
Hubble explores the formation and evolution of star clusters in the Large Magellanic CloudMunich, Germany (SPX) Sep 10, 2019 Just as people of the same age can vary greatly in appearance and shape, so do collections of stars or stellar aggregates. New observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggest that chro ... more |
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China's lunar rover travels over 284 meters on moon's far sideBeijing (XNA) Sep 10, 2019 China's lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 284.66 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration on the virgin territory. Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe ... more  
Suomi-NPP Satellite Instrument Restored After Radiation DamageGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 10, 2019 A team of engineers, scientists, and satellite operators recently restored a damaged satellite instrument that is used to measure temperature and water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere. After t ... more  
Researchers show satellite data can reveal fire susceptibility in peatlandsStanford CA (SPX) Sep 10, 2019 When large areas of carbon-rich soil catch fire, the blaze emits massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and creates a thick haze some residents of Southeast Asia know all too well. In 2015, t ... more 
Methane-filled lakes on Saturn's moon Titan are explosion cratersWashington (UPI) Sep 9, 2019 According to a new model developed by planetary scientists in Italy and the United States, many of the methane-filled lakes on Titan were likely formed after explosions of warming nitrogen left dozens of empty craters dotting the surface of Saturn's largest moon. ... more  
Optical communications, laser terminal goes global in Xenesis Hartwell dealChicago IL (SPX) Sep 05, 2019 Xenesis, Inc., a leading innovator in communications technology for the space industry, announced its $212.5 million, 4 year agreement with Hartwell Capitol Consulting, LLC. (HHC), for HHC's global ... more |
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 Shaken but not stirred: Konnect satellite completes vibration tests  
An Inside Look at Hurricane Dorian from a Mini SatellitePasadena CA (JPL) Sep 05, 2019 A new view of Hurricane Dorian shows the layers of the storm, as seen by an experimental NASA weather satellite that's the size of a cereal box. TEMPEST-D reveals rain bands in four layers of the st ... more  |
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Taking the next giant leapsBoston MA (SPX) Sep 09, 2019 In July, the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. MIT played an enormous role in that accomplishment, helping to usher in a new age of space exploration. Now ... more  
Lockheed Martin's Expertise In Hypersonic Flight Wins New Army WorkHuntsville AL (SPX) Sep 05, 2019 On August 29, the U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a contract at an estimated value of $347 million as part of a multi-year hypersonic weapons development in support of the Army's focus ... more  
'Martian CSI' Sheds Light on How Asteroid Impacts Generated Running Water Under Red PlanetSwindon UK (Sputnik) Sep 09, 2019 Volcanic Martian meteorites known as "nakhlites owe their name to El Nakhla in Egypt, where they first landed on Earth in 1911. Although they hold traces of impact of liquid water on the Martian sur ... more 
Russian Space Agency to Test Modernized Fregat Upper Stage During Launch of Meteor Satellite in 2020Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 09, 2019 Russian state space corporation Roscosmos will test the modernized Fregat upper stage in 2020 during the blastoff of the Meteor-M meteorological satellite No. 2-3 from the Vostochny space centre, ac ... more 
China's giant telescope picks up mysterious signals from deep spaceBeijing (XNA) Sep 10, 2019 Chinese astronomers have detected repeated fast radio bursts (FRB) - mysterious signals believed to be from a source about 3 billion light years from Earth - with the largest and most sensitive radi ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Sep 10, 2019 
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) cargo ship H-II Transfer Vehicle-8 (HTV-8) is scheduled to lift off Sept. 10 at 5:33 p.m. EDT (6:33 a.m. Japan Standard Time) to the International Space Station from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center, 10 years after JAXA launched its first HTV mission. HTV-8 arrives at the space station on Sept. 14.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 06, 2019 
Earlier, in August, the US officially withdrew from the INF treaty and conducted a ground-based medium-range missile test just a few weeks after. Russian president Putin then ordered the Defence Ministry to formulate an appropriate response to the testing.
Vladimir Putin revealed during the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok that he offered to sell Russia's newest weapons to Donald Trum ... more |
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 Swindon UK (Sputnik) Sep 09, 2019 
Volcanic Martian meteorites known as "nakhlites owe their name to El Nakhla in Egypt, where they first landed on Earth in 1911. Although they hold traces of impact of liquid water on the Martian surface the process which generated the fluids has been a mystery.
A recent study entailing modern analysis of Martian meteorites has revealed stunning new details about how asteroid impacts facili ... more |
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 Jiuquan, China (XNA) Sep 02, 2019 
Two satellites for technological experiments were sent into space by a Kuaizhou-1A, or KZ-1A, carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.
The rocket blasted off at 7:41 a.m. and sent the two satellites into their planned orbit.
Kuaizhou-1A, meaning speedy vessel, is a low-cost solid-fuel carrier rocket with high reliability and a short prep ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 02, 2019 
As China's private rocket enterprises strive to expand their presence in the Chinese space sector, they have also started tapping the international market.
LandSpace, a Beijing-based space startup and one of the leading private rocket makers in China, announced on Wednesday at the International Aviation and Space Salon 2019 in Russia that it has begun inviting payload partners from around ... more |
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 Canne, France(ESA) Sep 09, 2019 
The first Spacebus Neo satellite - Konnect, a high-throughput satellite ordered by Eutelsat - has successfully completed its mechanical test campaign in Thales Alenia Space facilities in Cannes.
The test demonstrates the ability of the satellite to withstand the strong shaking that occurs during launch. The project partners - ESA, Thales Alenia Space, CNES and Eutelsat - were very pleased ... more |
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 Garching, Germany (SPX) Sep 09, 2019 
The main steps of star and planet formation are well understood: a dense, interstellar cloud will collapse under its own gravity; a central core forms as well as a protostellar disk due to the conservation of angular momentum; finally, after about 100,000 years or so, the star will become dense enough to ignite nuclear fusion at its centre and so will start to shine, while in the disk, planets w ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
Storm clouds rooted deep in Jupiter's atmosphere are affecting the planet's white zones and colorful belts, creating disturbances in their flow and even changing their color.
Thanks to coordinated observations of the planet in January 2017 by six ground-based optical and radio telescopes and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a University of California, Berkeley, astronomer and her colleagues ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2019 
Scientists have uncovered the link between Hawaii's famous Kīlauea volcano and an algae super bloom.
Last summer, more than a billion tons of lava from Kīlauea flowed into the waters of the Pacific. The event itself wasn't out of the norm, but when scientists analyzed satellite photos of the eruption, they were surprised to see a second eruption - an eruption of green along Hawaii's ... more |
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 Shanghai (XNA) Sep 09, 2019 
China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), a global geolocation network, currently has 39 in-orbit satellites and is expected to be completed in 2020, authorities said Wednesday.
At present, the BDS, independently constructed and operated by China, has officially provided RNSS (Radio Navigation Satellite System) services worldwide, with a total of 39 in-orbit satellites, after high- ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 10, 2019 
China's lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 284.66 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration on the virgin territory.
Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe switched to its dormant mode for the lunar night on Friday (Beijing time), according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 04, 2019 
Asteroid researchers and spacecraft engineers from the US, Europe and around the world will gather in Rome next week to discuss the latest progress in their common goal: an ambitious double-spacecraft mission to deflect an asteroid in space, to prove the technique as a viable method of planetary defence.
This combined mission is known as the Asteroid Impact Deflection Assessment, or AIDA f ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Sep 10, 2019 
When large areas of carbon-rich soil catch fire, the blaze emits massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and creates a thick haze some residents of Southeast Asia know all too well. In 2015, the haze from peatland fires was fatal, responsible for more than 100,000 premature deaths in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
Because of how they accumulate organic material for long periods o ... more |
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 Fairbanks AK (SPX) Sep 06, 2019 
Aurora-watchers gazing at spectacular displays over the Labor Day weekend may have been seeing more than the northern lights. They may have been dazzled by STEVE as well.
STEVE is short for the Strong Thermal Emissions Velocity Enhancement, a celestial phenomenon auroral researchers, citizen-scientists and photography enthusiasts first introduced to the world in 2016.
STEVE's narrow ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 10, 2019 
Chinese astronomers have detected repeated fast radio bursts (FRB) - mysterious signals believed to be from a source about 3 billion light years from Earth - with the largest and most sensitive radio telescope ever built.
Scientists detected the signals with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) and they are carefully cross-checking and processing them, according ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 09, 2019 
Astronomers are closing in on a signal that has been travelling across the Universe for 12 billion years, bringing them nearer to understanding the life and death of the very earliest stars.
In a paper on the preprint site arXiv and soon to be published in the Astrophysical Journal, a team led by Dr Nichole Barry from Australia's University of Melbourne and the ARC Centre of Excellence for ... more |
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