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  Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Oct 28, 2019 The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is developing space-based solar power transmission capability using high-efficiency solar cells to collect the sun's energy, convert it to radio frequency, and beam it to earth. "Energy is a strategic enabler and potential vulnerability for our nation and our Department of Defense" said U.S. Air Force Col. Eric Felt, director of AFRL's Space Vehicles Directorate. "To ensure DoD mission success we must have the energy we need at the right place at the rig ... read more |
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NKorea conducts new test of 'super-large' rocket launcher: KCNASeoul (AFP) Oct 31, 2019 North Korea has carried out a "successful" new test of its "super-large multiple rocket launcher" system, state media said Friday - the latest in a series of provocations by Pyongyang. ... more  
NASA grant to study space station fungusBoulder CO (SPX) Nov 03, 2019 The International Space Station has a problem with fungus and mold - and the University of Colorado Boulder is sending new research to space to find solutions. It is living and growing in secr ... more  
A series of spacewalks four years in the making will attempt to revive a scientific experimentHouston TX (SPX) Nov 03, 2019 Many scientists theorize stars, planets and the molecules that comprise them are only less than five percent of the mass-energy content of the universe. The rest is dark matter, invisible matter tha ... more 
NASA science, cargo heads to Space Station on Northrop Grumman missionWashington DC (SPX) Nov 03, 2019 On the 19th anniversary of the arrival of the first crew to live aboard the International Space Station, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the orbiting outpost with almo ... more |
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Lockheed Martin GPS Spatial Temporal Anti-Jam Receiver System to be integrated in F-35 modernizationOwego NY (SPX) Nov 03, 2019 Lockheed Martin received a $25 million initial contract award for engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) for the GPS Spatial Temporal Anti-Jam Receiver (GSTAR) system that will be integrate ... more  
New printer creates extremely realistic colorful hologramsWashington DC (SPX) Nov 03, 2019 Researchers have developed a new printer that produces digital 3D holograms with an unprecedented level of detail and realistic color. The new printer could be used to make high-resolution color rec ... more  
Simulations explain giant exoplanets with eccentric, close-in orbitsSanta Cruz CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 As planetary systems evolve, gravitational interactions between planets can fling some of them into eccentric elliptical orbits around the host star, or even out of the system altogether. Smaller pl ... more  
Air Force selects Lunar Resources and Rhea Space Activity for next generation USAF space capabilitiesWashington DC (SPX) Nov 01, 2019 Lunar Resources, Inc. of Houston, Texas and Rhea Space Activity (RSA), a Washington, DC, 'New Space' industry consultancy, have been selected by the United States Air Force (USAF) to further develop ... more 
OMG developing new standard for interface for Software Defined RadiosNeedham MA (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 International technology standards organization Object Management Group (OMG) announced it is creating a new standard, through issuance of a request for proposal (RFP) for the Platform Space Telecom ... more |
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NASA Microgap-Cooling technology immune to gravity effects and ready for spaceflightGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 01, 2019 A groundbreaking technology that would allow NASA to effectively cool tightly packed instrument electronics and other spaceflight gear is unaffected by weightlessness, and could be used on a future ... more  |
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What makes the Earth's surface move?Paris, France (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 Do tectonic plates move because of motion in the Earth's mantle, or is the mantle driven by the movement of the plates? Or could it be that this question is ill-posed? This is the point of view adop ... more 
Space Health Institute selects new research studiesHouston TX (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine has selected six new biomedical research projects for space applications to receive two years of funding. ... more  
System provides cooling with no electricityBoston MA (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 Imagine a device that can sit outside under blazing sunlight on a clear day, and without using any power cool things down by more than 23 degrees Fahrenheit (13 degrees Celsius). It almost sounds li ... more  
Researchers apply the squeeze to better detect stellar-mass black holesCanberra, Australia (SPX) Nov 01, 2019 Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have found a way to better detect all collisions of stellar-mass black holes in the universe. Stellar-mass black holes are formed by the ... more  
Numerous polar storms on Saturn analyzed by the UPV/EHU's Planetary Sciences GroupBarcelona, Spain (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 Sanchez-Lavega's work appears under the title 'A complex storm system in Saturn's north polar atmosphere in 2018', and was produced in collaboration with Teresa del Rio-Gaztelurrutia, Jon Legarreta ... more |
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 Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2019 
The NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) and collaborating organizations SETI Institute, Mars Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Collins Aerospace, and Ntention are announcing the successful field test of an "astronaut smart glove" for future human exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The smart glove is a prototype for a human-machine interface (HuMI) that would allow astronauts to wireless ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Oct 31, 2019  North Korea has carried out a "successful" new test of its "super-large multiple rocket launcher" system, state media said Friday - the latest in a series of provocations by Pyongyang.
South Korea's military said Thursday that the North had launched two short-range projectiles from South Pyongan province. They each flew approximately 370 kilometres (230 miles).
It was the latest in a se ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 30, 2019 
Mars Express, the European Space Agency's (ESA) first planetary mission, is a true marathon runner among spacecraft. Launched on 2 June 2003, the spacecraft arrived at Mars during the night of 25 December that same year.
On 26 October 2019, this spacecraft completed its twenty-thousandth orbit around Mars. Mars Express is in good company in Martian orbit: NASA's Mars 2001 Odyssey and Mars ... more |
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 Xiamen (XNA) Oct 30, 2019 
China plans to launch four new science satellite missions by 2023, and scientists have completed concept research on another five to be launched in the next 10 years.
Successful Chinese science satellites launched since 2015 include the Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), the Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) and the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT). These were under a sp ... more |
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 Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 
paceX is developing Starlink, a satellite constellation that uses a low-cost, high-performance satellite bus and required user ground transceivers. Services to be provided include new space-based Internet communications.
SpaceX initially planned to deploy nearly 12,000 satellites, but has now increased this number by 30,000, adding up to 42,000 satellites. The initial 12,000 satellites are ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 03, 2019 
Researchers have developed a new printer that produces digital 3D holograms with an unprecedented level of detail and realistic color. The new printer could be used to make high-resolution color recreations of objects or scenes for museum displays, architectural models, fine art or advertisements that do not require glasses or special viewing aids.
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 03, 2019 
A research team at The University of Tokyo has reproducibly synthesized staircase-like supramolecules of a single handedness, or chirality, using standard laboratory equipment.
By gradually removing the solvent from a rotating solution containing non-chiral precursors, they were able to produce helixes that twist preferentially in a particular direction. This research may lead to new and c ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 
NASA has funded Southwest Research Institute to study the important attributes, feasibility and cost of a possible future Pluto orbiter mission. This study will develop the spacecraft and payload design requirements and make preliminary cost and risk assessments for new technologies.
The study is one of 10 different mission studies that NASA is sponsoring to prepare for the next Planetary ... more |
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 Bangkok (AFP) Oct 29, 2019 
A multi-billion dollar hydro-electric power plant on the Mekong river in Laos was officially switched on Tuesday, as drone images of dried-up downstream areas stirred fresh outcry on one of the world's great rivers.
The Thai-owned Xayaburi dam has been a lightning rod for criticism even before construction began in 2012, with environmentalists warning of its devastating impact on the river's ... more |
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 Owego NY (SPX) Nov 03, 2019 
Lockheed Martin received a $25 million initial contract award for engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) for the GPS Spatial Temporal Anti-Jam Receiver (GSTAR) system that will be integrated into the F-35 as part of its modernization phase, also known as Block 4.
The GSTAR system will replace the current Antenna Electronics Unit (AEU) and will provide enhanced capabilities includi ... more |
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 Xiamen, China (XNA) Oct 29, 2019 
China is carrying out in-depth demonstration and long-term planning for its manned lunar exploration, and has formed an overall consensus and a preliminary plan, according to a senior space engineer.
At the 1st China Space Science Assembly held in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province, from Oct. 25 to Oct. 28, Chen Shanguang, deputy chief designer of China's manned space program, said the f ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Oct 29, 2019 
Astronomers using ESO's SPHERE instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that the asteroid Hygiea could be classified as a dwarf planet. The object is the fourth largest in the asteroid belt after Ceres, Vesta and Pallas.
For the first time, astronomers have observed Hygiea in sufficiently high resolution to study its surface and determine its shape and size. They found th ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Nov 03, 2019 
Global warming has already led to significant increases in extreme rainfall over the global land monsoon regions over the past century, according to a study recently published in Journal of Climate.
The research, providing a global perspective of the monsoon regions which sprawl north and south from the Earth's equator, reveals significant associations between global warming and the observ ... more |
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 Dresden, Germany (SPX) Oct 29, 2019 
A previously unobserved mechanism is at work in the Sun's rotating plasma: a magnetic instability, which scientists had thought was physically impossible under these conditions. The effect might even play a crucial role in the formation of the Sun's magnetic field, say researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), the University of Leeds and the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 24, 2019 
Scientists have for the first time identified a freshly forged heavy metal element inside a neutron star merger.
The element, strontium, was found in the spectra emanating from the neutron star merger GW170817. Scientists detailed the discovery in a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
Gravitational wave machines first picked up the signal produced by GW170817 in 2017 ... more |
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 Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Nov 01, 2019 
Astronomers led by Eduardo Banados of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have discovered a gas cloud that contains information about an early phase of galaxy and star formation, merely 850 million years after the Big Bang. The cloud was found serendipitously during observations of a distant quasar, and it has the properties that astronomers expect from the precursors of modern-day dwarf gala ... more |
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