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  Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 SpaceChain announced that its blockchain hardware wallet technology is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS), aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of today's CRS-19 commercial resupply service mission. This is the first technology demonstration of blockchain hardware on the ISS, and it will be installed in Nanoracks' commercial platform on Station. Today marks the third blockchain payload launched into space by SpaceChain in the past two years, advancing SpaceChain's vision of a d ... read more |
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Signs of life: New field guide aids astronomers' searchIthaca NY (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 A Cornell University senior has come up with a way to discern life on exoplanets loitering in other cosmic neighborhoods: a spectral field guide. Zifan Lin has developed high-resolution spectral mod ... more  
CIMON-2 is on its way to the ISSBremen, Germany (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 A new Crew Interactive MObile companioN (CIMON) is on its way the International Space Station (ISS). On 5 December 2019 at 18:29 CET (12:29 local time) the US SpaceX CRS-19 mission lifted off from t ... more  
NRL, NASA combine to produce Solar imagery with unprecedented clarityWashington DC (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 Early returns from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's camera on NASA's latest mission to study the Sun's corona revealed on Dec. 4 a star more complex than ever imagined. NRL's Wide-field Im ... more  
United States regards space as theatre of war - President PutinMoscow (Sputnik) Dec 05, 2019 The comment comes as leaders of NATO approved the decision to recognise space as 'potential theatre for operations' at a summit that is currently taking place in London. The military and polit ... more |
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First operational mapping system for high-resolution tropical forest carbon emissions createdTempe AZ (SPX) Dec 03, 2019 For the first time, scientists have developed a method to monitor carbon emissions from tropical forests at an unprecedented level of detail. The approach will provide the basis for developing a rap ... more  
SpaceX launches 19th cargo mission to space station with robot aboardKennedy Space Center FL (UPI) Dec 05, 2019 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched into a bright Florida sky Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on the company's 19th cargo mission to the International Space Station. The rocket, l ... more  
SpaceX Dragon heads to ISS with science payload and general cargoCape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 12:29 p.m. EST Thursday. Dragon will deliver more than 5,700 pounds of NASA cargo and science inv ... more 
AFRL technology set for launch to International Space StationKirtland AFB NM (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 A satellite developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory to measure low frequency waves in the magnetosphere will launch Dec. 4 to the International Space Station. The AFRL satellite being l ... more  
Scientists reveal potential new class of x-ray star systemBoston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 A scientist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian has announced the discovery that mass in triple star systems takes on the characteristics of recipient stars before mass is actua ... more |
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 Seal takes ocean heat transport data to new depths 
First NASA Parker Solar Probe results reveal surprising details about our SunGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 The Sun is revealing itself in dramatic detail and shedding light on how other stars may form and behave throughout the universe - all thanks to NASA's Parker Solar Probe. The spacecraft is enduring ... more  |
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe sheds new light on the SunGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 In August 2018, NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched to space, soon becoming the closest-ever spacecraft to the Sun. With cutting-edge scientific instruments to measure the environment around the spac ... more 
Closest-ever approach to the sun gives new insights into the solar windLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft, which has flown closer to the Sun than any mission before, has found new evidence of the origins of the solar wind. NASA's Parker Solar Probe was launched in ... more 
Parker Solar Probe traces solar wind to its source on sun's surface: coronal holesBerkeley CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 A year ago, NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any satellite in history, collecting a spectacular trove of data from the very edge of the sun's million-degree corona. Now, t ... more 
Parker Solar Probe: 'We're missing something fundamental about the sun'Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 Our closest-ever look inside the sun's corona has unveiled an unexpectedly chaotic world that includes rogue plasma waves, flipping magnetic fields and distant solar winds under the thrall of the su ... more  
OSIRIS-REx mission explains Bennu's mysterious particle eventsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 Shortly after NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu, an unexpected discovery by the mission's science team revealed that the asteroid could be active, or consistently discharging pa ... more |
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 Los Alamos NM (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 
UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based nanotechnology development company, has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The 24-month contract provides $750,000 in funding for UbiQD's collaborative research and development with the University of Arizona's Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (UA-CEA ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 
Engineers are preparing to push a test article identical to the world's largest rocket fuel tank beyond its design limits and find its breaking point during upcoming tests at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Earlier this year, a NASA and Boeing test team subjected a test version of the Space Launch System (SLS) liquid hydrogen tank to a series of 37 tests that si ... more |
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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 
The search for evidence of life on Mars could be helped by fresh insights into ancient rocks on Earth.
Research which suggests that structures previously thought to be fossils may, in fact, be mineral deposits could save future Mars missions valuable time and resources.
Microscopic tubes and filaments that resemble the remains of tiny creatures may have been formed by chemical reacti ... more |
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 Wuhan, China (XNA) Nov 22, 2019 
A Chinese company on Wednesday launched a satellite service platform to make satellite resources more accessible for users.
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), the platform's designer, announced the news at the 5th China (International) Commercial Aerospace Forum in Wuhan.
A common satellite operating business focuses on satellites rather than services, which ma ... more |
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 Cannes, France (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 
Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the Egyptian operator Nilesat to build the Nilesat-301 geostationary communications satellite, winning the contract against an international field of competitors.
Positioned at 7 degrees West, Nilesat-301 will work with Nilesat-201 to provide Ku-band services for the Middle East and North Africa. Nilesat-301 will also help extend the company's ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 5, 2019 
L3 Technologies in Londonderry, N.H., was awarded a $37.5 million contract to deliver precision aiming lasers for the U.S. Navy.
The precision aiming laser combines a range finder with a ballistics and environmental sensor to prepare the operator for increased likelihood of a first-round hit, according to a Pentagon announcement on Wednesday.
This program supports U.S. Special Op ... more |
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 Coventry UK (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 
The first evidence of a giant planet orbiting a dead white dwarf star has been found in the form of a disc of gas formed from its evaporating atmosphere.
The Neptune-like planet orbits a star a quarter of its size about once every ten days, leaving a comet-like tail of gas comprised of hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur in its wake.
The discovery by astronomers from the University of Warwi ... more |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Nov 26, 2019 
The shrinking of the clouds of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter has been well documented with photographic evidence from the last decade. However, researchers said there is no evidence the vortex itself has changed in size or intensity.
Philip Marcus, from the University of California, Berkeley, will explain why the pictures from astronomers, both professionals and amateur, are not telling th ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 05, 2019 
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current flows in a loop around Antarctica, connecting the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. It is one of the most significant ocean currents in our climate system because it facilitates the exchange of heat and other properties among the oceans it links.
But how the current transfers heat, particularly vertically from the top layer of the ocean to the bottom la ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Nov 25, 2019 
China launched two satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 8:55 a.m. Saturday.
Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket and the Yuanzheng-1 (Expedition-1) upper stage attached to the carrier rocket, the two satellites have entered their planned orbits. They are the 50th and 51st satellites of th ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 05, 2019 
China's lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 345.059 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 12th lunar day, and switched to dormant mode for the lunar night, the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said W ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 06, 2019 
Shortly after NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu, an unexpected discovery by the mission's science team revealed that the asteroid could be active, or consistently discharging particles into space. The ongoing examination of Bennu - and its sample that will eventually be returned to Earth - could potentially shed light on why this intriguing phenomenon is occurring.
The ... more |
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 Hampton VA (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 
Every night, under the cover of darkness, countless small sea creatures - from squid to krill - swim from the ocean depths to near the surface to feed. This vast animal migration - the largest on the planet and a critical part of Earth's climate system - has been observed globally for the first time thanks to an unexpected use of a space-based laser.
Researchers observed this vertical migr ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 
A year ago, NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any satellite in history, collecting a spectacular trove of data from the very edge of the sun's million-degree corona.
Now, that data has allowed solar physicists to map the source of a major component of the solar wind that continually peppers Earth's atmosphere, while revealing strange magnetic field reversals that could ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Dec 05, 2019 
Star-quakes recorded by NASA's Kepler space telescope have helped answer a long-standing question about the age of the "thick disc" of the Milky Way.
In a paper published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, a team of 38 scientists led by researchers from Australia's ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in Three Dimensions (ASTRO-3D) use data from ... more |
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 Garching, Germany (SPX) Dec 04, 2019 
In space, black holes appear in different sizes and masses. The record is now held by a specimen in the Abell 85 cluster of galaxies, where an ultra-massive black hole with 40 billion times the mass of our Sun sits in the middle of the central galaxy Holm 15A.
Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and the University Observatory Munich discovered this by evalu ... more |
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