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  Tokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2019 A pre-dawn fire on Wednesday forced Japan's space agency to cancel the launch of an unnamed rocket meant to deliver supplies to the International Space Station, the operator said. The fire broke out near the launch pad on southern Tanegashima island at around 03:05 am (1805 GMT on Tuesday), as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) was preparing to launch the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's cargo vessel Kounotori8 on an H-2B rocket, MHI said in a statement. The operator is investigating the caus ... read more |
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A burst of asteroid activity in EuropeParis (ESA) Sep 11, 2019 The next few days will see a rare convergence of asteroid-related activity in Europe, as planetary defence and other experts meet in three locations to coordinate humanity's efforts to defend oursel ... more  
Are black holes made of dark energyManoa HI (SPX) Sep 11, 2019 Two University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers have identified and corrected a subtle error that was made when applying Einstein's equations to model the growth of the universe. Physicists usua ... more  
US faces 'Sputnik Moment' of challenge for Space CommandWashington DC (Sputnik) Sep 10, 2019 The United States now faces another "Sputnik moment" of recognizing it cannot take leadership in space for granted, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Joseph Dunford said in a speech acknowledging ... more 
US Space Command Recognizes EstablishmentPeterson AFB CO (SPX) Sep 10, 2019 U.S. Space Command Commander Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond recognized the establishment of the nation's 11th combatant command in a joint ceremony here. Following the formal establishment ceremon ... more |
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Scientists discover a new type of pulsating starSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 Scientists can tell a lot about a star by the light it gives off. The color, for example, reveals its surface temperature and the elements in and around it. Brightness correlates with a star's mass, ... more 
Observed explosion of monster star requires new supernova mechanismBoston MA (SPX) Aug 16, 2019 Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have announced the discovery of the most massive star ever known to be destroyed by a supernova explosion, challenging known model ... more 
NASA Satellite Spots a Mystery That's Gone in a FlashPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 05, 2019 Pops of bright blue and green in this image of the Fireworks galaxy (NGC 6946) show the locations of extremely bright sources of X-ray light captured by NASA's NuSTAR space observatory. Generated by ... more  
New insulation technique paves the way for more powerful and smaller chipsLeuven, Belgium (SPX) Sep 05, 2019 Researchers at KU Leuven and imec have successfully developed a new technique to insulate microchips. The technique uses metal-organic frameworks, a new type of materials consisting of structured na ... more  
Scaling Up The Production Of Highly Efficient Solar ModulesBrussels, Belgium (SPX) Sep 05, 2019 The European Union has awarded 10.6 million euro in funding to HIPERION. This grant will aid in establishing a pilot assembly line to bring breakthrough photovoltaic technology, designed by Swiss st ... more |
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 First report of superconductivity in a nickel oxide material 
SES selects SpaceX to launch O3b mPOWER MEO communications systemLuxembourg (SPX) Sep 10, 2019 SES has selected SpaceX as a launch partner to deliver its next-generation Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite constellation into space on board Falcon 9 rockets from Cape Canaveral. The two companie ... 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  
Shaken but not stirred: Konnect satellite completes vibration testsCanne, 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. ... 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 
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 
Tsunami Followed Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid ImpactPerth, Australia (SPX) Sep 11, 2019 Curtin University researchers who were part of a scientific expedition that retrieved core samples from a crater in the Gulf of Mexico have found evidence that the asteroid that caused the mass exti ... 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.
Here are details about some of the scientific ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2019 
A pre-dawn fire on Wednesday forced Japan's space agency to cancel the launch of an unnamed rocket meant to deliver supplies to the International Space Station, the operator said.
The fire broke out near the launch pad on southern Tanegashima island at around 03:05 am (1805 GMT on Tuesday), as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) was preparing to launch the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's ... 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 9, 2019 
The U.S. Navy's request for proposals of prototype designs for Large Unmanned Surface Vessels calls for externally-controlled navigation and lengths of about 180 feet.
The official release of the Request for Proposals follows the early release of specifications for the first block of corvette-sized LUSVs, which was first released in August.
The final RFP follows an LUSV Industry ... 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 11, 2019 
The next few days will see a rare convergence of asteroid-related activity in Europe, as planetary defence and other experts meet in three locations to coordinate humanity's efforts to defend ourselves from hazardous space rocks.
Such intense levels of international scientific collaboration are driven in part by the fact that an asteroid impact could cause devastating effects on Earth. But ... more |
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Sep 11, 2019 
No more than 540 million years ago there was a huge boom in the diversity of animals on Earth. The first larger animals evolved in what is today known as the Cambrian explosion. In the time that followed, the animals evolved and grew larger, but concurrently with the evolution of the animals, the oxygen level in the atmosphere dropped and this temporarily slowed the radiation. However, subsequen ... 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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 Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Sep 11, 2019 
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have demonstrated a detector made from graphene that could revolutionize the sensors used in next-generation space telescopes. The findings were recently published in the scientific journal Nature Astronomy.
Beyond superconductors, there are few materials that can fulfill the requirements needed for making ultra-sensitive and fast terahert ... 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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