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  Washington (AFP) Jan 6, 2020 SpaceX is set Monday to launch its third batch of 60 mini-satellites into orbit, part of its plans to build a giant constellation of thousands of spacecraft that will form a global broadband internet system. The US company is targeting a 9:19pm (0219 GMT Tuesday) launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, bringing the total number of satellites that are part of its Starlink network to just under 180. But that figure could one day total 42,000, resulting in far more crowded skies, ... read more |
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Hubble marks 30th anniversary with portrait of massive spiral galaxyWashington (UPI) Jan 6, 2019 The Hubble Space Telescope kicked off its 30th anniversary year with a new portrait of UGC 2885, a barred spiral galaxy that astronomers estimate is one of the largest in the local universe. ... more  
Scientists find evidence that venus has active volcanoesHouston TX (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 New research led by Universities Space Research Association (USRA) and published in Science Advances shows that lava flows on Venus may be only a few years old, suggesting that Venus could be volcan ... more  
First reported occurrence and treatment of spaceflight medical risk in orbitNew Orleans LA (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 Serena Aunon-Chancellor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine's branch campus in Baton Rouge, is the lead author of a paper describing a previously u ... more 
Evidence suggests key assumption in discovery of dark energy is in errorSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 The most direct and strongest evidence for the accelerating universe with dark energy is provided by the distance measurements using Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) for the galaxies at high redshift. Thi ... more |
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Florida Tech Awarded NASA Grant to Improve Solar Radiation ForecastingMelbourne FL (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 A Florida Tech physicist has been awarded a $550,000 NASA grant to try to solve one of astronomy's most vexing and dangerous problems: predicting when and where harmful doses of solar energetic part ... more 
China's heaviest satellite positioned in geosynchronous orbitBeijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2020 China's heaviest and most advanced satellite, Shijian-20, reached its fixed position in geosynchronous orbit Sunday, marking the first successful flight of DFH-5 satellite platform, according to the ... more  
NASA prepares Artemis I SLS rocket stage for move to Pegasus BargeNew Orleans LA (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 Teams at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans moved the core stage, complete with all four RS-25 engines, for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to Building 110 for final shipping pr ... more  
Tech show offers big and flashy, up-close and (very) personalSan Francisco (AFP) Jan 2, 2020 The screens will be bigger and bolder, the cars will be smarter and some of the technology will be up-close and personal - even intimate. ... more  
Astronomers find wandering massive black holes in dwarf galaxiesSocorro NM (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 Astronomers seeking to learn about the mechanisms that formed massive black holes in the early history of the universe have gained important new clues with the discovery of 13 such black holes in dw ... more |
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 NASA's Great Observatories help build 3-D visualization of exploded star 
Astronomers spot distant galaxy group driving ancient cosmic makeoverGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 An international team of astronomers funded in part by NASA has found the farthest galaxy group identified to date. Called EGS77, the trio of galaxies dates to a time when the universe was only 680 ... more  |
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Cubesat for studying distant planets goes quietPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 06, 2020 Mission operators at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have lost contact with the ASTERIA satellite, a briefcase-sized spacecraft designed to study planets outside our solar ... more  
China may have over 40 space launches in 2020Beijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2020 China's aerospace industry will see a busy year in 2020, with the number of space launches expected to exceed 40, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). Th ... more  
14th Air Force now designated as U.S. Space Operations CommandWashington DC (UPI) Jan 01, 2020 The 14th U.S. Air Force command was officially redesignated as Space Operations Command, the Air Force has announced. The new mission, known as SPOC, supports the U.S. Space Force in protectin ... more  
AECOM + Tetra Tech Joint Venture receives $90M to support Saudi Missile ProgramWashington (UPI) Jan 2, 2020 AECOM + Tetra Tech Joint Venture has received a $90 million contract to provide support for the Saudi Missile Program, the Department of Defense announced. ... more  
Looking back at a New Horizons New Year's to rememberLaurel MD (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 Safe to say, 2020 came in more quietly for many members of the New Horizons mission team than did 2019. A year ago, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 (n ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Dec 29, 2019 
NASA astronaut Christina Koch set the record Saturday for the longest single space flight by a woman at 289 days.
Koch, 40, surpassed the record set by Peggy Whitson, who spent 288 consecutive days in space in 2016-2017.
Koch arrived on the International Space Station in March and in April NASA announced she would remain aboard the ISS until February. If the mission ends on the sched ... more |
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 New Orleans LA (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 
Teams at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans moved the core stage, complete with all four RS-25 engines, for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to Building 110 for final shipping preparations on Jan. 1.
The SLS core stage includes state-of-the-art avionics, propulsion systems and two colossal propellant tanks that collectively hold 733,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and liqu ... more |
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 Pasadena, United States (AFP) Dec 28, 2019 
The Mars 2020 rover, which sets off for the Red Planet next year, will not only search for traces of ancient life, but pave the way for future human missions, NASA scientists said Friday as they unveiled the vehicle.
The rover has been constructed in a large, sterile room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, near Los Angeles, where its driving equipment was given its first successfu ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2020 
China's aerospace industry will see a busy year in 2020, with the number of space launches expected to exceed 40, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
The highlights of the space activities include the launch of China's first Mars probe, the Chang'e-5 lunar probe, which is expected to bring moon samples back to Earth, the final step of China's current ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2020 
China's heaviest and most advanced satellite, Shijian-20, reached its fixed position in geosynchronous orbit Sunday, marking the first successful flight of DFH-5 satellite platform, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The Shijian-20 satellite is the first verification satellite for DFH-5 satellite platform, China's new generation of large geosynchronous orb ... more |
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 Vladivostok, Russia (SPX) Dec 30, 2019 
Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) teamed up with colleagues from Institute of Chemistry (FEB RAS), Institute for Single Crystals (Ukraine), and Shanghai Institute of Ceramics (Chinese Academy of Sciences) to develop Y2O3-MgO nanocomposite ceramics with uniform distribution of two phases, microhardness over 11 GPa, and average grain size of 250 nm. It capable of transmitting o ... more |
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 Lowell MA (SPX) Dec 27, 2019 
Perhaps you remember the opening scene of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" that took place on Privet Drive. A bearded man pulled a mysterious device, called a deluminator, from his dark robe and one by one the lights from the street lamps flew into it.
For the last decade or more, Muggles around the world - including me - have been busy designing and perfecting a similar device call ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 
Safe to say, 2020 came in more quietly for many members of the New Horizons mission team than did 2019.
A year ago, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 (now known as Arrokoth) in the early hours of New Year's Day, ushering in an era of exploration of the enigmatic Kuiper Belt, a region of primordial objects that holds keys to understanding the origins ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 31, 2019 
Scientists knew the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, a cold current circling through the Southern Ocean, is driven by winds, but until now scientists weren't sure of its stability.
New analysis of fossil coral skeletons suggests the ocean current is especially sensitive to winds, and that changes in the current influence the exchange of CO2 between the Southern Ocean and the atmosphere. / ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 24, 2019 
The Galileo satellite navigation system has been providing Initial Services for three years now. Meanwhile Europe's other satnav system has marked its tenth anniversary: EGNOS has been delivering enhanced positioning to users across our continent, including safety-critical services such as aircraft landings for a growing number of European airports.
The purpose of the European Geostationar ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 06, 2020 
China's lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 357.695 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 13th lunar day on Thursday (Beijing time), and switched to dormant mode for the lunar night, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China Nat ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 3, 2020 
The first major meteor shower of 2020, the Quadrantids, will flash across dark, moonless skies during the predawn hours on Saturday morning.
The Quadrantids arrive each year during the first week of January. They often put on a great show, featuring up to 100 meteors per hour during the shower's peak, but last year in North America, the timing wasn't quite right.
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 London, UK (SPX) Jan 01, 2020 
A new satellite data centre will use cutting-edge satellite technology to help combat climate change. Ministers on 30 December announced backing for ground-breaking research analysing satellite images that will better predict the future impact of climate change in towns and cities and inform future government action.
A new 5 million pound satellite data centre involving the Universities of ... more |
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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 
A Florida Tech physicist has been awarded a $550,000 NASA grant to try to solve one of astronomy's most vexing and dangerous problems: predicting when and where harmful doses of solar energetic particle radiation will occur.
Whether from solar flares, solar wind, corona mass ejections or other phenomena, radiation from solar energy particles can affect astronauts working in space, spacecra ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 
This smattering of celestial sequins is a spiral galaxy named NGC 4455, located in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair). This might sound like an odd name for a constellation - and in fact it is somewhat unusual. It's the only modern constellation to be named in honor of a real person from history: Queen Berenice II of Egypt.
The story of Queen Berenice II is an i ... more |
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 Socorro NM (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 
Astronomers seeking to learn about the mechanisms that formed massive black holes in the early history of the universe have gained important new clues with the discovery of 13 such black holes in dwarf galaxies less than a billion light-years from Earth.
These dwarf galaxies, more than 100 times less massive than our own Milky Way, are among the smallest galaxies known to host massive blac ... more |
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