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  London, UK (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 The UK Space Agency is offering young people expert advice and a share of Pounds 50,000 for their ideas of how satellites could improve life on Earth. The SatelLife Competition, now in its fourth year, is looking for innovative proposals that could use data collected from space to benefit daily life, such as growing new businesses, improving health services or tackling climate change. Winning ideas from last year's competition included tracking abandoned shopping trolleys, fighting crime wi ... read more |
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Iridium is Now Formally Authorized to Provide GMDSS ServiceMcLean VA (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 Iridium Communications Inc. reports that on December 19, 2019 a Letter of Compliance was signed by the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO), stating it has positively verified the oper ... more  
Orbit develops new multi-role 12-inch Ka-Band Airborne Terminal for InmarsatNetanya, Israel (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 Orbit Communication Systems Ltd. and Inmarsat have announced the development of an innovative new Ka-band multi-purpose airborne terminal. The compact Multi-Purpose Terminal (MPT) 30WGX, featu ... more 
First Spacebus Neo satellite set for launchParis (ESA) Jan 14, 2020 The first satellite developed under an initiative to help European industry deliver competitive satellites for the commercial telecommunications market has entered its final phase before launch. ... more  
New Space Force Chief sworn in at White HouseWashington DC (VOA) Jan 15, 2020 Vice President Mike Pence formally swore in Gen. John "Jay" Raymond as the new Chief of Space Operations Tuesday at the White House, a U.S. official told VOA. Raymond assumed the duties of the ... more |
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Trisept secures dedicated rideshare mission aboard Orbex PrimeForres UK (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 TriSept Corporatio has procured a full mission aboard an Orbex Prime launch vehicle set to lift off in the fall of 2022 from the UK's first spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland. With its expansion into ... more  
Can sea star movement inspire better robots?Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2020 Have you ever seen a sea star move? To many of us, sea star seem motionless, like a rock on the ocean's floor, but in actuality, they have hundreds of tube feet attached to their underbelly. These f ... more  
NASA animates world path of smoke and aerosols from Australian firesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 10, 2020 A fleet of NASA satellites working together has been analyzing the aerosols and smoke from the massive fires burning in Australia. The fires in Australia are not just causing devastation local ... more  
Using a robot to deploy robots in remote oceansNorwich UK (SPX) Jan 13, 2020 A researcher at the University of East Anglia (UEA) has helped design a sea-going robot to deploy research equipment in remote and inaccessible ocean locations. The AutoNaut - an unmanned surf ... more 
How nodules stay on top at the bottom of the seaBoulder CO (SPX) Jan 14, 2020 Rare metallic elements found in clumps on the deep-ocean floor mysteriously remain uncovered despite the shifting sands and sediment many leagues under the sea. Scientists now think they know why, a ... more |
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Improved functioning of diverse landscape mosaicsZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 10, 2020 To date, biodiversity research primarily focused on the number of plant species present in ecosystems. "Most studies so far have used small, artificially established study plots. However, real-world ... more  |
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NASA maps ground changes from Puerto Rico quakePasadena CA (JPL) Jan 13, 2020 Days after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Puerto Rico, followed by hundreds of aftershocks, the full extent of damage is only beginning to be realized. NASA scientists are using satellite d ... more  
NASA snow-chasers set to fly into East Coast winter stormsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 When giant white swirls of clouds cover the weather map with a winter storm warning, one question looms in the minds of people in its path: How much snow will it bring? With snow threatening access ... more  
Microwaving sewage waste may make it safe to use as fertilizer on cropsTallahassee FL (The Conversation) Jan 15, 2020 My team has discovered another use for microwave ovens that will surprise you. Biosolids - primarily dead bacteria - from sewage plants are usually dumped into landfills. However, they are rich in n ... more  
Meteorite contains the oldest material on Earth: 7-billion-year-old stardustChicago IL (SPX) Jan 14, 2020 Stars have life cycles. They're born when bits of dust and gas floating through space find each other and collapse in on each other and heat up. They burn for millions to billions of years, and then ... more  
Crew ready for spacewalk while working Earth and Fire ResearchHouston TX (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 The first of three spacewalks planned for January begins Wednesday to continue upgrading International Space Station power systems and a cosmic ray detector. While the spacewalkers ready their suits ... more |
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 Houston (AFP) Jan 12, 2020 
Jasmin "Jaws" Moghbeli earned her fierce nickname during her time as a decorated helicopter gunship pilot who flew more than 150 missions in Afghanistan.
The Marine Corps major, MIT graduate and college basketball player can now add another accomplishment to her burgeoning resume: the first Iranian-American astronaut.
Speaking to AFP after graduating in NASA's latest cohort, the 36-year ... more |
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2020 
The Air Force Research Laboratory and ABL Space Systems are collaborating to develop and test rocket propulsion elements for use in launch vehicles thanks to a 3-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) both organizations have agreed to.
The CRADA, which was finalized July 10, 2019, focuses on research and development collaboration efforts that will transform the standar ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 14, 2020 
NASA's Mars 2020 rover is one step closer to having its own name after 155 students across the U.S. were chosen as semifinalists in the "Name the Rover" essay contest. Just one will be selected to win the grand prize - the exciting honor of naming the rover and an invitation to see the spacecraft launch in July 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The currently unnamed ro ... 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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 London, UK (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 
The UK Space Agency is offering young people expert advice and a share of Pounds 50,000 for their ideas of how satellites could improve life on Earth.
The SatelLife Competition, now in its fourth year, is looking for innovative proposals that could use data collected from space to benefit daily life, such as growing new businesses, improving health services or tackling climate change.
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Jan 10, 2020 
Cancer patients may one day be able to get their entire course of radiation therapy in less than a second rather than coming in for treatment over the course of several weeks, and researchers in the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania have taken the first steps toward making it a reality.
In a new report published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Bio ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 
A "cold Neptune" and two potentially habitable worlds are part of a cache of five newly discovered exoplanets and eight exoplanet candidates found orbiting nearby red dwarf stars, which are reported in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series by a team led by Carnegie's Fabo Feng and Paul Butler.
The two potentially habitable planets are orbiting GJ 180 and GJ 229A, which are among the ... 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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 Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 14, 2020 
Rare metallic elements found in clumps on the deep-ocean floor mysteriously remain uncovered despite the shifting sands and sediment many leagues under the sea. Scientists now think they know why, and it could have important implications for mining these metals while preserving the strange fauna at the bottom of the ocean.
The growth of these deep-sea nodules - metallic lumps of manganese, ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 29, 2019 
China will finish the construction of the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3), with another two geostationary orbit satellites to be launched before June 2020, said BDS Spokesperson Ran Chengqi on Friday.
Friday marks the one-year anniversary of China's BDS-3 system providing global service.
Ran said at a press conference of the State Council Information Office that with the ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jan 15, 2020  Mission X: train like an astronaut is an international educational challenge, focusing on health, science, fitness and nutrition, which encourages pupils to train like an astronaut.
The perfect project for school teachers of pupils between 8 and 12 years old, Mission X is also ideal for educators who run science clubs, youth and community groups, after-school clubs and home educators.
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Jan 14, 2020 
Stars have life cycles. They're born when bits of dust and gas floating through space find each other and collapse in on each other and heat up. They burn for millions to billions of years, and then they die. When they die, they pitch the particles that formed in their winds out into space, and those bits of stardust eventually form new stars, along with new planets and moons and meteorites. And ... more |
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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Jan 13, 2020 
Deep below the Earth's surface lies a thick rocky layer called the mantle, which makes up the majority of our planet's volume. While Earth's mantle is too deep for humans to observe directly, certain meteorites can provide clues to this unreachable layer.
In a study recently published in Science Advances, an international team of scientists, including Sang-Heon Dan Shim and Thomas Sharp 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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 Stanford CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2020 
Astrophysicists have come a step closer to understanding the origin of a faint glow of gamma rays covering the night sky. They found that this light is brighter in regions that contain a lot of matter and dimmer where matter is sparser - a correlation that could help them narrow down the properties of exotic astrophysical objects and invisible dark matter.
The glow, known as unresolved gam ... more |
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 Birmingham UK (SPX) Jan 15, 2020 
A new study by a group of researchers at the University of Birmingham has found that collisions of supermassive black holes may be simultaneously observable in both gravitational waves and X-rays at the beginning of the next decade.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has recently announced that its two major space observatories of the 2030s will have their launches timed for simultaneous use. ... more |
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