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  Hannover, Germany (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 Anna Ijjas, leader of the recently established Lise Meitner Research Group "Gravitational Theory and Cosmology" at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute / AEI) in Hannover, and Paul Steinhardt, Albert Einstein Professor in Science at Princeton University, receive 1.3 million US-dollars for four years from the Simons Foundation. The goal of the newly funded initiative "New Directions in Cosmology and Gravitational Theory" is to develop and test theories of th ... read more |
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Looking for alien lurkersLafayette CA (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 The most recently discovered group of rocky bodies nearby Earth are termed co-orbital objects. An attractive location for extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) to locate a probe to observe Earth throu ... more  
Venus puts on variety show among its cloud-topsGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 Studies of the cloud-tops of Venus by JAXA's Akatsuki spacecraft show striking variety in wind speeds year-on-year and between the planet's northern and southern hemispheres. The first fine-scale ob ... more  
Gigantic asteroid collision boosted biodiversity on EarthLund, Sweden (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 An international study led by researchers from Lund University in Sweden has found that a collision in the asteroid belt 470 million years ago created drastic changes to life on Earth. The breakup o ... more 
Comet gateway discovered to inner solar systemOrlando FL (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 A new study led by a University of Central Florida researcher may fundamentally alter our understanding of how comets arrive from the outskirts of the solar system and are funneled to the inner sola ... more |
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NASA joins last of five sections for Space Launch System rocket stageNew Orleans LA (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 NASA finished assembling and joining the main structural components for the largest rocket stage the agency has built since the Saturn V that sent Apollo astronauts to the Moon. Engineers at the age ... more  
Orion to face simulated rigors of space in last major testing before Artemis ICleveland OH (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 The recently completed Orion spacecraft for Artemis I will head to Ohio for the final stretch of major testing before integration with the Space Launch System rocket for launch. Slated to begi ... more  
Marvellous Mars from the North Pole to the Southern HighlandsCologne, Germany (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 In June 2019 the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) captured a number of global images of Mars. The view shown in the main image stretches from the North Pole to the heavily cratered highlands aro ... more 
Lunar soil is a dangerous nuisance for astronautsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 Future moon missions are at risk because of lunar soil. It seems harmless, but moon dust can actually damage scientific equipment and be harmful to human health: It is like a sticky powder made from ... more 
Comet's collapsing cliffs and bouncing bouldersParis (ESA) Sep 23, 2019 Scientists analysing the treasure trove of images taken by ESA's Rosetta mission have turned up more evidence for curious bouncing boulders and dramatic cliff collapses. Rosetta operated at Co ... more |
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Pulsating gamma rays from neutron star rotating 707 times a secondHannover, Germany (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 An international research team led by the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) in Hannover has discovered that the radio pulsar J0952-0607 also emits pulse ... more  |
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Drones probe dust devils to understand Mars's atmosphereGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 20, 2019 Dust devils, small dusty whirlwinds, have been studied for decades. But, says Brian Jackson, an associate professor in the Department of Physics at Boise State University, the ability of dust devils ... more 
Deadline closing for names to fly on NASA's next Mars roverPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 19, 2019 It's the final boarding call for you to stow your name on NASA's Mars 2020 rover before it launches to the Red Planet. The Sept. 30 deadline for NASA's "Send Your Name to Mars" campaign gives the mi ... more 
International space agencies to test-crash spacecraft into asteroidParis (Sputnik) Sep 20, 2019 In 2015, the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA announced the creation of the joint Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) project, which is designed to potentially deflect a space rock ... more  
Russia to give cosmonauts guns to fend off animals on landingMoscow (AFP) Sept 18, 2019 Russia is testing a gun that returning cosmonauts could use to fend off wild animals when landing in remote areas, the head of the Russian space agency said Wednesday. ... more 
China's lunar rover discovers mysterious material on far side of MoonBeijing (Sputnik) Sep 20, 2019 Yutu-2, the lunar rover for China's Chang'e-4 mission, grabbed attention last month after its drive team spotted some unusual "gel-like" material while roving close to a small crater. The Chin ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Sept 18, 2019 
Russia is testing a gun that returning cosmonauts could use to fend off wild animals when landing in remote areas, the head of the Russian space agency said Wednesday.
Cosmonauts have been unarmed for more than a decade but Roscosmos agency head Dmitry Rogozin said it was time to bring back weapons as manned launches move to the Russian Far East.
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 New Orleans LA (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 
NASA finished assembling and joining the main structural components for the largest rocket stage the agency has built since the Saturn V that sent Apollo astronauts to the Moon. Engineers at the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans connected the last of the five sections of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket core stage on Sept. 19. The stage will produce 2 million pounds of thrust ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Sep 23, 2019 
US President Donald Trump on Friday praised the US space program's efforts to return astronauts to the moon by 2024 as "tremendous," yet outlined that the ultimate goal is Mars.
"We're going to Mars," Trump told reporters after a White House meeting with Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, marking Mars as a more exciting target than the moon.
"We're stopping at the moon. The m ... 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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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Sep 20, 2019 
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced his nation's intention to join the United States' Moon to Mars exploration approach, including NASA's Artemis lunar program.
The announcement took place at a ceremony Saturday at NASA Headquarters in Washington during which NASA Deputy Administrator, Jim Morhard, and Head of the Australian Space Agency, Megan Clark, signed a joint stat ... more |
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 Maui HI (SPX) Sep 19, 2019 
A first-of-its-kind global ad hoc coalition dedicated to developing and maintaining a set of "living" space-safety best practices was announced at the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference - AMOS.
The new coalition, the Space Safety Coalition (SSC), is comprised of space operators, space industry associations and space industry stakeholders. SSC aims to lead ... more |
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 Garching, Germany (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 
With data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, water vapour has been detected in the atmosphere of a super-Earth within the habitable zone by University College London (UCL) researchers in a world first. K2-18b, which is eight times the mass of Earth, is now the only planet orbiting a star outside the solar system, or exoplanet, known to have both water and temperatures that could support l ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 18, 2019 
Volcanic eruptions are difficult to predict, but observations have shown the largest and most powerful volcano on Io, a large moon of Jupiter, has been erupting on a relatively regular schedule.
The volcano Loki is expected to erupt in mid-September 2019, according to a poster by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Julie Rathbun presented this week.
"Loki is the largest and ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 21, 2019  China and the Solomon Islands established diplomatic relations Saturday, days after the Pacific island nation severed ties with Taiwan.
"We look forward to the quick development of bilateral relations between China and the Solomons," Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said at a ceremony in Beijing alongside his Solomons counterpart Jeremiah Manele.
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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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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 
Future moon missions are at risk because of lunar soil. It seems harmless, but moon dust can actually damage scientific equipment and be harmful to human health: It is like a sticky powder made from shards of glass.
Neil Armstrong first stepped onto the moon 50 years ago, and his footprints in lunar soil will be there for million of years, according to NASA. There is no wind to blow the fo ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 23, 2019 
Scientists analysing the treasure trove of images taken by ESA's Rosetta mission have turned up more evidence for curious bouncing boulders and dramatic cliff collapses.
Rosetta operated at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko between August 2014 and September 2016, collecting data on the comet's dust, gas and plasma environment, its surface characteristics and its interior structure.
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 Jiuquan (XNA) Sep 20, 2019 
Five new remote-sensing satellites were sent into planned orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert Thursday.
The five satellites were launched by a Long March-11 carrier rocket at 2:42 p.m. (Beijing Time).
The satellites belong to a commercial remote-sensing satellite constellation project "Zhuhai-1," which will comprise 34 micro-nano satellites ... more |
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 Albuquerque NM (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 
Experimenting at 2.2 million degrees Celsius, physicists at Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine have found that an astronomical model - used for 40 years to predict the sun's behavior as well as the life and death of stars - underestimates the energy blockage caused by free-floating iron atoms, a major player in those processes.
The blockage effect, called opacity, is an element's natu ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Sep 19, 2019 
A Rice University scientist and his colleagues are booting their search for dark matter into a study they hope will enhance all of data science.
Rice astroparticle physicist Christopher Tunnell and his team have received a $1 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to reimagine data science techniques and help push data-intensive physical sciences past the tipping point to discover ... more |
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 Hannover, Germany (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 
Anna Ijjas, leader of the recently established Lise Meitner Research Group "Gravitational Theory and Cosmology" at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute / AEI) in Hannover, and Paul Steinhardt, Albert Einstein Professor in Science at Princeton University, receive 1.3 million US-dollars for four years from the Simons Foundation.
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