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  Paris (ESA) Sep 27, 2019 ESA is partnering with Kayser Italia to offer the Kubik facility on the International Space Station to commercial customers. The new Bioreactor Express Service allows users to conduct experiments in weightlessness. Customers can use existing experiment containers, customise them, or develop an entirely new container to match their requirements. The starting price is euro 160 000 and covers the flight using an existing experiment container - from conception to launch and returning scientific data ... read more |
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Luca takes leading role for Europe in spaceParis (ESA) Sep 27, 2019 ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is set to become the third European and first Italian commander of the International Space Station, following an official change of command ceremony on Wednesday 2 Octob ... more  
Far out: Bosnian village tickled to share name with Mars craterSarajevo (AFP) Sept 26, 2019 The tiny village of Jezero in western Bosnia is "too happy" to share its name with a crater on planet Mars that will be the landing site for NASA's 2020 Mars rover, its mayor said Thursday. ... more  
TESS spots its first star-shredding black holeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 For the first time, NASA's planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) watched a black hole tear apart a star in a cataclysmic phenomenon called a tidal disruption event. Follow-up o ... more 
Why the Sun won't become a black holeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 Will the Sun become a black hole? No, it's too small for that! The Sun would need to be about 20 times more massive to end its life as a black hole. Stars that are born this size or larger can ... more |
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Get ready for more interstellar objectsNew Haven CT (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 Gregory Laughlin and Malena Rice weren't exactly surprised a few weeks ago when they learned that a second interstellar object had made its way into our solar system. The Yale University astro ... more  
NASA launches miniature satellite designed by Indian teenNew Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 27, 2019 The miniature satellite was successfully launched from NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in the US state of New Mexico early Tuesday and achieved an altitude of 38 km. The US Nationa ... more  
ISISpace selected by the Royal Thai Air Force for their next Earth Observation missionDelft, The Netherlands (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 The Royal Thai Air Force has awarded a contract to ISIS - Innovative Solutions In Space B.V. to realize their next satellite mission, based on an ISISpace 6U CubeSat. This will be the second Earth O ... more  
Celestia Technologies Group UK gears up for eScan expansion in the UKHarwell UK (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 Celestia Technologies UK Ltd (Celestia UK) is gearing up for the further development and commercialisation of its next generation, electronic scanning (eScan), phased array ground station by making ... more  
DLR navigation systems will freeze in place with Polarstern in ArcticMunich, Germany (SPX) Sep 24, 2019 The Polarstern research icebreaker, operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), will set sail for the Arctic Ocean on the evening of 20 September 2019. There, it will freeze in the sea ice and d ... more |
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How ESA helps connect industry and spark 5G innovationParis (ESA) Sep 27, 2019 Connecting people and machines to everything, everywhere and at all times through 5G networks promises to transform society. People will be able to access information and services developed to meet ... more  |
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A new satellite to understand how Earth is losing its coolParis (ESA) Sep 27, 2019 Following a rigorous selection process, ESA has selected a new satellite mission to fill in a critical missing piece of the climate jigsaw. By measuring radiation emitted by Earth into space, FORUM ... more  
Is theory on Earth's climate in the last 15 million years wrong?New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Sep 24, 2019 A key theory that attributes the climate evolution of the Earth to the breakdown of Himalayan rocks may not explain the cooling over the past 15 million years, according to a Rutgers-led study. ... more 
Geologists found links between deep sea methane emissions and ice agesTallinn, Estonia (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 Since 2012, researchers at the Division of Bedrock Geology in the Department of Geology of Tallinn University of Technology Aivo Lepland and Tonu Martma have been engaged in the research of an inter ... more  
When it comes to robots, reliability may matter more than reasoningAdelphi MD (SPX) Sep 24, 2019 What does it take for a human to trust a robot? That is what Army researchers are uncovering in a new study into how humans and robots work together. Research into human-agent teaming, or HAT, has e ... more 
European research for more punctual and efficient airport operationsHamburg, Germany (SPX) Sep 24, 2019 To ensure that the complex processes of aircraft taking off, landing and taxiing become more punctual and efficient in the future, and to increase safety, partners from the scientific community and ... more |
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 Dubai (AFP) Sept 25, 2019 
A crowd in Dubai erupted in cheers and applause Wednesday as the first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates launched towards the International Space Station, dubbing him a national hero.
Emiratis and school children gathered at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre as Hazzaa al-Mansoori, 35, blasted into space accompanied by Russia's Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir onboard ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 24, 2019 
The Soyuz rocket and crew capsule are ready to carry three new crew to the International Space Station after the rocket was rolled out to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The rocket is scheduled for liftoff at 9:57 a.m. EDT Wednesday. The launch will be broadcast live on NASA TV.
After being ferried from its assembly unit to the launch pad on Monday, the g ... more |
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 Sarajevo (AFP) Sept 26, 2019 
The tiny village of Jezero in western Bosnia is "too happy" to share its name with a crater on planet Mars that will be the landing site for NASA's 2020 Mars rover, its mayor said Thursday.
Earlier this week, mayor Snezana Ruzicic received a letter from the US space agency honouring the link between the village and its other-worldly twin.
The 28-mile-wide (45-kilometre-wide) crater on ... 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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 Harwell UK (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 
Celestia Technologies UK Ltd (Celestia UK) is gearing up for the further development and commercialisation of its next generation, electronic scanning (eScan), phased array ground station by making additional UK recruitment investment to ensure it capitalises on the huge market potential offered by this exciting new technology.
Four new appointments have been made at senior level at the co ... more |
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 Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 
Astronomers of the CARMENES consortium have discovered a new exoplanet that should not exist according to current knowledge. The research group, which includes the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA, Heidelberg), found a gaseous planet whose mass is unusually large compared to its host star GJ 3512.
The scientists conclude that this planet probably originated from a gravitationally u ... 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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 Mumbai (AFP) Sept 24, 2019 
Huge swathes of Mumbai's beaches have already been lost to rising seas. Now shanty dwellers fear for their homes and critics say India's largest metropolis - like other world mega-cities - is not doing enough to hold back the waves.
During the monsoon, near-daily storms regularly flood Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums and home to some of the coastal city's most vulnerable residents. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 24, 2019 
China successfully sent two satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 5:10 a.m. Monday.
Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket, the two satellites entered orbit. They are the 47th and 48th satellites of the BDS satellite family.
The new satellites and the carrier rocket were developed by t ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Sep 25, 2019 
In January of this year, China's Chang'E-4 - the fourth version of a lunar spacecraft named for the Chinese goddess of the Moon - landed on the far side of the Moon. Due to the location of the landing, Chang'E-4 had to navigate autonomously, without the guidance of scientists on Earth.
Now, a research team, headed by LI Chunlai, corresponding author of this results and a professor of the N ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 25, 2019 
The metallic asteroid Psyche has mystified scientists because it is less dense than it should be. Now, a new theory by researchers including scientists at the University of Arizona could explain Psyche's low density and metallic surface.
Psyche, the largest known metallic asteroid in the solar system, is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Psyche appears to be composed l ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 27, 2019 
Following a rigorous selection process, ESA has selected a new satellite mission to fill in a critical missing piece of the climate jigsaw. By measuring radiation emitted by Earth into space, FORUM will provide new insight into the planet's radiation budget and how it is controlled.
The Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring (FORUM) mission was one of two concepts com ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 
The Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission has entered Phase B, which marks the transition from concept study to preliminary flight design. The mission, led by Southwest Research Institute, is set to launch in early 2023 and will image the Sun's outer corona and beyond.
NASA selected SwRI in June 2019 to lead the PUNCH mission. PUNCH consists of four microsatellite ... more |
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 New Haven CT (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 
Gregory Laughlin and Malena Rice weren't exactly surprised a few weeks ago when they learned that a second interstellar object had made its way into our solar system.
The Yale University astronomers had just put the finishing touches on a new study suggesting that these strange, icy visitors from other planets are going to keep right on coming. We can expect a few large objects showing up ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 
Will the Sun become a black hole? No, it's too small for that! The Sun would need to be about 20 times more massive to end its life as a black hole.
Stars that are born this size or larger can explode into a supernova at the end of their lifetimes before collapsing back into a black hole, an object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape.
Some sma ... more |
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