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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 05, 2019 One year ago, on Nov. 5, 2018, NASA's Voyager 2 became only the second spacecraft in history to leave the heliosphere - the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by our Sun. At a distance of about 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) from Earth - well beyond the orbit of Pluto - Voyager 2 had entered interstellar space, or the region between stars. This week, five new research papers in the journal Nature Astronomy describe what scientists observed during and since Voyager 2's h ... read more |
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Boeing tests space crew capsule, reports problem with parachuteWashington (AFP) Nov 5, 2019 Boeing said Monday it carried out a successful test of its Starliner crew capsule that is supposed to take US astronauts to the International Space Station, even though one of three main parachutes designed to ease it back to earth failed to deploy. ... more  
China's lunar rover travels over 300 meters on moon's far sideBeijing (XNA) Nov 05, 2019 China's lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 318.62 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory. Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe ... more  
China launches new Earth observation satelliteTaiyuan, China (XNA) Nov 05, 2019 China on Sunday launched a new Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-7, which will play an important role in land surveying and mapping, urban and rural construction and statistical investigation, acc ... more  
China conducts simulated weightlessness experiment for long-term stay in spaceBeijing (XNA) Nov 05, 2019 Thirty-six healthy male volunteers lay on beds with their heads low and feet high for 90 days for an experiment to simulate weightlessness that will pave the way for Chinese astronauts' long-term st ... 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 
Satellites are key to monitoring ocean carbonExeter UK (SPX) Nov 05, 2019 Satellites now play a key role in monitoring carbon levels in the oceans, but we are only just beginning to understand their full potential. Our ability to predict future climate relies upon b ... more  
'Transformative electronics systems' to broaden wearable applicationsSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Nov 03, 2019 Imagine a handheld electronic gadget that can soften and deform when attached to our skin. This will be the future of electronics we all dreamed of. A research team at KAIST says their new platform ... more  
In and out with 10-minute electrical vehicle rechargeUniversity Park PA (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 Electric vehicle owners may soon be able to pull into a fueling station, plug their car in, go to the restroom, get a cup of coffee and in 10 minutes, drive out with a fully charged battery, accordi ... more  
How do you know it's perfect graphene?Ames IA (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 Producing structurally perfect graphene and other 2D materials is the secret to tapping into their potential novel electronic and spintronic properties. But how do we know when graphene, the most wi ... more |
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US Air Force Research Laboratory developing space solar power beamingKirtland 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 ... more  |
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A new spin on life's origin?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 re ... more  
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  
Juice cast in goldParis (ESA) Nov 05, 2019 In a decade's time, an exciting new visitor will enter the Jovian system: ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or Juice. As its name suggests, the mission will explore Jupiter and three of its largest ... 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 |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 05, 2019 
One year ago, on Nov. 5, 2018, NASA's Voyager 2 became only the second spacecraft in history to leave the heliosphere - the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by our Sun. At a distance of about 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) from Earth - well beyond the orbit of Pluto - Voyager 2 had entered interstellar space, or the region between stars. This week, five new re ... 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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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 05, 2019 
Thirty-six healthy male volunteers lay on beds with their heads low and feet high for 90 days for an experiment to simulate weightlessness that will pave the way for Chinese astronauts' long-term stay in space.
The number of people simultaneously participating in such an experiment was a world record, Li Yinghui, deputy chief designer for the astronaut system of China's manned space progra ... more |
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 Darmstadt, Germany (SPX) Oct 28, 2019 
ESA and the French space agency CNES have signed an important agreement that will see the two agencies improve interoperability between their mission control facilities on ground, enhancing the abilities of each organisation in space.
The European 'Network of Operations Centres' will enable opportunities for joint action, knowledge sharing and technical interchange, and allow engineers and ... more |
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 Greenbelt 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 spaceflight mission.
During two recent flights aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, Principal Investigator Franklin Robinson, an engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, ... more |
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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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 Paris (ESA) Nov 05, 2019 
In a decade's time, an exciting new visitor will enter the Jovian system: ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or Juice. As its name suggests, the mission will explore Jupiter and three of its largest moons - Ganymede, Callisto and Europa - to investigate the giant planet's cosmic family and gas giant planets in general.
Juice is planned for launch in 2022, and its instruments are currently b ... more |
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 Loei, Thailand (AFP) Oct 31, 2019 
The once-mighty Mekong river has been reduced to a thin, grubby neck of water in stretches of northern Thailand - record lows blamed on drought and a recently completed dam far upstream.
The $4.47 billion Thai-owned Xayaburi hydro-electric power plant went into operation this week in Laos after years of warnings over the potential impact on fish flow, sediment and water levels on a river wh ... 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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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 05, 2019 
China's lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 318.62 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory.
Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have ended their work for the 11th lunar day, and switched to dormant mode for the lunar night on Monday (Beijing time), according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China Nation ... 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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 Taiyuan, China (XNA) Nov 05, 2019 
China on Sunday launched a new Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-7, which will play an important role in land surveying and mapping, urban and rural construction and statistical investigation, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
The Gaofen-7, launched on a Long March-4B rocket at 11:22 a.m. (Beijing Time) Nov 2 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 05, 2019 
Ten years ago, a small satellite carrying 17 new devices, science instruments and technology experiments was launched into orbit, on a mission to investigate our star and the environment that it rules in space.
On 2 November, 2009, Proba2 began its journey on board a Rockot launcher from the Russian launch base, Plesetsk, and was inserted into a Sun-synchronous orbit around Earth.
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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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