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  Washington DC (UPI) Feb 03, 2020 U.S. launch company Rocket Lab launched a U.S. spy satellite from New Zealand on Thursday. "Successful Electron lift-off!" RocketLab tweeted on Friday afternoon in New Zealand. The company had experienced a few delays for the launch due to ground-level winds, but otherwise, the mission reportedly went off without any problems. It was Rocket Lab's first launch of 2020, from the firm's Launch Complex 1 is in New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula. Rocket Lab opened a second launch complex in Virg ... read more |
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India plans to send 50 satellite launch vehicles into orbit within next 5 yearsNew Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 03, 2020 India's government space expenditure still lags behind that of the major players in the sector, such as the US, which spent about 13 times more than India in 2018, according to a report presented to ... more 
Elon Musk drops surprise techno trackLos Angeles (AFP) Jan 31, 2020 He is known as billionaire tech investor, inventor and space entrepreneur, and now Elon Musk is showing off another talent - for dance music. ... more  
One step closer to prospecting the MoonParis (ESA) Feb 03, 2020 The first European device to land on the Moon this decade will be a drill and sample analysis package, and the teams behind it are one step closer to flight as part of Russia's Luna-27 mission. ... more  
Ultra-high energy events key to study of ghost particlesSt. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 Physicists at Washington University in St. Louis have proposed a way to use data from ultra-high energy neutrinos to study interactions beyond the standard model of particle physics. The 'Zee burst' ... more |
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Northrop Grumman breaks ground for expanded satellite manufacturing facilities in Gilbert, ArizonaGilbert AZ (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 Northrop Grumman held a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday to highlight its expansion of the company's satellite engineering and manufacturing operations in Arizona. The expansion includes a 100,000 ... more  
How proximity affects the resistance of grapheneGottingen, Germany (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 Graphene is often seen as the wonder material of the future. Scientists can now grow perfect graphene layers on square centimetre-sized crystals. A research team from the University of Gottingen, to ... more 
Stress test reveals graphene won't crack under pressureToronto, Canada (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 Graphene is a paradox. It is the thinnest material known to science, yet also one of the strongest. Now, research from University of Toronto Engineering shows that graphene is also highly resistant ... more  
Another reason to reduce man-made ozone: To cool a warming planetBethlehem, PA (SPX) Jan 28, 2020 While elected officials in the U.S. debate a proposed "Green New Deal" and U.S. President Donald Trump derides "prophets of doom" in Davos, environmental scientists continue to gather evidence about ... more  
From Antarctica to space: telemedicine at the limitParis (ESA) Jan 31, 2020 ESA is working with Argentina to test telemedicine device Tempus Pro in the harsh conditions of Antarctica as Europe prepares for its next phase of human exploration in space. The development ... more |
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US Space Force seeks civilians to join staffSan Antonio TX (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 The U.S. Space Force, the new branch of the Armed Forces established Dec. 20, has begun advertising to fill civilian staff positions in its initial headquarters, called the Office of the Chief of Sp ... more  |
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Astronomers witness the dragging of space-time in stellar cosmic danceCanberra, Australia (SPX) Jan 31, 2020 An international team of astrophysicists led by Australian Professor Matthew Bailes, from the ARC Centre of Excellence of Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav), has shown exciting new evidence for ' ... more 
Pulsar-white dwarf binary system confirms general relativistic frame-draggingWashington DC (SPX) Jan 31, 2020 A century after it was first theorized, researchers have detected the effects of Lense-Thirring precession - an effect of relativistic frame-dragging - in the motion of a distant binary star system, ... more  
How to take a picture of a light pulseVienna, Austria (SPX) Jan 28, 2020 Today, modern lasers can generate extremely short light pulses, which can be used for a wide range of applications from investigating materials to medical diagnostics. For this purpose, it is import ... more 
Stellar explosions and jets showcased in new three-dimensional visualizationsHuntsville AL (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 Since ancient times, the study of astronomy has largely been limited to the flat, two-dimensional projection of what appears on the sky. However, just like a botanist puts a plant under a microscope ... more 
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Ends Mission of Astronomical DiscoveryPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 31, 2020 After more than 16 years studying the universe in infrared light, revealing new wonders in our solar system, our galaxy and beyond, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope's mission has come to an end. Missi ... more |
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Houston TX (SPX) Jan 30, 2020
Investigations studying tissue culturing, bone loss and phage therapy will be launching, along with more scientific experiments and supplies, to the International Space Station on a Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft. The vehicle launches no earlier than Feb. 9 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
This is the second mission under Northrop's Commer ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 03, 2020 
U.S. launch company Rocket Lab launched a U.S. spy satellite from New Zealand on Thursday.
"Successful Electron lift-off!" RocketLab tweeted on Friday afternoon in New Zealand.
The company had experienced a few delays for the launch due to ground-level winds, but otherwise, the mission reportedly went off without any problems.
It was Rocket Lab's first launch of 2020, from the ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 
Presently, Earth is the only known location where life exists in the Universe. This year the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three astronomers who proved, almost 20 years ago, that planets are common around stars beyond the solar system.
Life comes in various forms, from cell-phone-toting organisms like humans to the ubiquitous micro-organisms that inhabit almost every square inch of ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2020 
China plans to launch more space science satellites in the coming three to four years, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
The satellites will be used to detect electromagnetic signals associated with gravitational waves, solar eruption activities, astronomy and the interaction between solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere.
Four new missions include the Gravitation ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 
Every pound invested in the design and development of space science missions like Solar Orbiter results in between 2.50 pounds and 4 pounds in returns, a new report shows.
The study found that 523 million pounds of UK Space Agency funding put into the European Space Agency's Space Science Programme (SSP) has generated 1.4 billion pounds of income for UK industry, with a further 1.1 billion ... more |
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 Pohang, South Korea (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 
Hologram techniques are already used in our everyday life. A hologram sticker to prevent from counterfeiting money, Augmented Reality navigation projected in front mirror of a car to guide directions, and Virtual Reality game that allows a user to play in a virtual world with a feeling of live are just a few examples to mention.
Recently, thinner and lighter meta-hologram operating in forw ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 
An artificial neural network has identified a square structure within a triangular one in a crater on the dwarf planet Ceres, with several people agreeing on this perception. The result of this intriguing visual experiment, carried out by a Spanish neuropsychologist, calls into question the application of artificial intelligence to the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI).
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 
Have a good-sized telescope with a digital camera? Then you can team up with NASA's New Horizons mission this spring on a really cool - and record-setting - deep-space experiment.
In April, New Horizons, which by then will be more than 46 times farther from the Sun than Earth, nearing 5 billion miles (8 billion kilometers) from home, will be used to detect "shifts" in the relative position ... more |
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 Sendai, Japan (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 
Water layering is intensifying significantly in about 40% of the world's oceans, which could have an impact on the marine food chain. The finding, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, could be linked to global warming.
Tohoku University geophysicist Toshio Suga collaborated with climate physicist Ryohei Yamaguchi of Korea's Pusan National University to investigate how ... more |
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 Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 
The 2nd Space Operations Squadron decommissioned Satellite Vehicle Number-36, the second to last Block IIA satellite, Jan. 27.
Capt. Collin Dart, 2nd SOPS assistant flight commander of GPS mission engineering, said the disposal of SVN-36 will allow for newer vehicles to take it's place.
"The main reason it was decommissioned was because, at this time, we're accepting a lot of the new ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Jan 30, 2020 
A Japanese billionaire who launched a public search for a girlfriend willing to join him on a trip into space abruptly cancelled the hunt on Thursday, despite attracting nearly 30,000 applicants.
Yusaku Maezawa earlier this month said he was looking for a mate willing to join him when he heads on a trip around the Moon in 2023 or later, as the first private passenger on a voyage offered by E ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 29, 2020 
The Russian automated tool of monitoring hazardous situations in near-Earth space will be given a new name of "Milky Way," the first deputy director of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Yury Urlichich, said on Tuesday.
"We have decided to rename the system to 'Milky Way.' As of today, it is called the NES ASPOS [Warning Automated System of Hazardous Situations in near-Earth Space]", Urlichic ... more |
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 Bethlehem, PA (SPX) Jan 28, 2020 
While elected officials in the U.S. debate a proposed "Green New Deal" and U.S. President Donald Trump derides "prophets of doom" in Davos, environmental scientists continue to gather evidence about how changes to industry could mitigate the harms of climate change.
In a News and Views article in Nature Climate Change ("Cleaner Air is a Win-Win," 10.1038/s41558-019-0685-4) Lehigh Universit ... more |
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 Honolulu HI (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 
Researchers and the general public are getting a glimpse of the most detailed view ever of the Sun, thanks to the National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) on Haleakala, Maui. The imagery, released January 29, 2020, shows cell-like structures the size of Texas roiling on the Sun's surface and the tiny footprints of magnetism that reach into space.
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 
Since ancient times, the study of astronomy has largely been limited to the flat, two-dimensional projection of what appears on the sky. However, just like a botanist puts a plant under a microscope or a paleontologist digs for fossils, astronomers want more "hands on" ways to visualize objects in space.
A new set of computer simulations represents an exciting step in that direction. Each ... more |
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 St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 03, 2020 
Physicists at Washington University in St. Louis have proposed a way to use data from ultra-high energy neutrinos to study interactions beyond the standard model of particle physics. The 'Zee burst' model leverages new data from large neutrino telescopes such as the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica and its future extensions.
"Neutrinos continue to intrigue us and stretch our imag ... more |
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