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June 04, 2014

'Neapolitan' exoplanets come in three flavors
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 03, 2014
The planets of our solar system come in two basic flavors, like vanilla and chocolate ice cream. We have small, rocky terrestrials like Earth and Mars, and large gas giants like Neptune and Jupiter. We're missing the astronomical equivalent of strawberry ice cream - planets between about one and four times the size of Earth. NASA's Kepler mission has discovered that these types of planets are very common around other stars. New research following up on the Kepler discoveries shows that alien world ... read more

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Astronomers find a new type of planet: The 'mega-Earth' Astronomers have discovered a new type of planet - a rocky world weighing 17 times as much as Earth. Theorists believed such a world couldn't form because anything so hefty would grab hydrogen gas a ... more		Harsh space weather may doom potential life on red-dwarf planets Life in the universe might be even rarer than we thought. Recently, astronomers looking for potentially habitable worlds have targeted red dwarf stars because they are the most common type of star, ... more		US may lose 'star wars' to Russia Cooperation with private firms will benefit the US space industry but cannot replace cooperation with Russia. Washington risks seeing its space projects hit hard if it abandons cooperation with Mosc ... more
				Because you can't eat just one: Star will swallow two planets Two worlds orbiting a distant star are about to become a snack of cosmic proportions. Astronomers report that the planets Kepler-56b and Kepler-56c will be swallowed by their star in a short time by ... more		Galaxy possibly teeming with 100 million life-sustaining planets Forget close encounters of a third kind. Imagine galactic encounters with millions of planets in the Milky Way galaxy, each of them overflowing with complex life forms. A new study says it's a possi ... more

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Combat robots to become Russian army new recruits Russia's newly established military robot design lab has finally gone into operation, Oleg Bochkarev, deputy head of Russia's governmental Military-Industrial Commission told ITAR TASS news agency. ... more		First Phase To Certify New US Space Transport System Completed NASA's Commercial Crew Program and industry have completed the first step in the certification process that will enable American-made commercial spacecraft safely to ferry astronauts from U.S. soil ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		LDSD Testing for Large Payloads to Mars What will it take to land heavier spacecraft on Mars? How will engineers slow large payloads traveling at supersonic speeds in a thin Martian atmosphere? Can this be done? NASA's Wallops Flight Faci ... more
				Citizen Scientists Contact Vintage Spacecraft A group of citizen scientists has successfully established communication with an inactive NASA spacecraft in an attempt to breathe new scientific life into a more than 35-year-old agency mission. ... more		'Godzilla' of Earths circles distant star Astronomers have spotted the "Godzilla" of all Earths, a huge rocky planet orbiting a star 560 light years away that is changing scientists' understanding of the origins of the universe. ... more

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

New printable robots could self-assemble when heated Printable robots - those that can be assembled from parts produced by 3-D printers - have long been a topic of research in the lab of Daniela Rus, the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical ... more		SpaceX founder unveils his 'future of space travel' capsule Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) presented its new space capsule, expected to carry up to seven astronauts into space and bring them back to Earth, with the capacity to land anywh ... more		Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage		Private Space Race Heats Up Privately-funded, manned space exploration and tourism received two boosts on Thursday. SpaceX unveiled its Dragon V2 spacecraft, which the company hopes will one day take astronauts to and from the ... more
Russia preparing to launch Okno space surveillance system at full capacity State tests of the Okno (Window) complex for tracking and monitoring man-made space objects in Tajikistan will take place during the summer months in the interests of the Russian aerospace defence t ... more		NASA faces identity crisis, funding battle As NASA funding continue to dissipate, space agency officials are left trying - frustratingly - to figure out what's worth paying for. And the Spitzer Space Telescope is just the latest in a growing list of defunded and soon-to-be-extinct projects. ... more		SpaceX unveils capsule to ferry astronauts to space A sleek, white gumdrop-shaped space capsule that aims to carry up to seven astronauts to the International Space Station and return to land anywhere on Earth was unveiled Thursday by SpaceX. ... more		Earth's gravitational pull stretches moon surface Anyone who's been to the beach - and seen the ocean's tides - knows the moon's gravitational effects on Earth are rather obvious. The effects of Earth's gravitational pull on the moon are less apparent. ... more

	Apollo 13 astronaut's toothbrush sells for $11,794 A toothbrush used by one of the American astronauts who flew to the Moon was sold at auction for nearly $12,000, or triple the starting bid, the auction house said Friday. ... more		Proton Rocket Failure Probe Finds No Evidence of Deliberate Misconduct The interdepartmental state commission investigating the recent Proton-M carrier rocket launch failure has so far found no evidence supporting the theory that it was caused by deliberate misconduct, ... more

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NASA Missions Let Scientists See Moon's Dancing Tide From Orbit

Russian, German and US astronauts dock with ISS

XCOR Raises Investment Capital Led by Dutch Investors

Engineers reconnect with ISEE-3, retired NASA probe

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst arrives at ISS

Why Does Earth Have No Super-Earth Cousins?

Russian-Western crew blasts off for ISS onboard Soyuz rocket

NASA Awards Simulation and Software Technology Contract for Engineering

May the Force (Shoes) Be With You

Three New Crew Members En Route to ISS

Elon Musk to present manned DragonV2 spacecraft on May 29

Million-dollar Kavli prizes split among nine scientists

Probing satellites' mysterious death tumbling

New Mars Lander to Probe Interior of Red Planet

Water in moon rocks provides clues and questions about lunar history

Chinese lunar rover alive but weak

Antares Launch Postponed

After Injunction lifted, US rocket with Russian RD-180 Engine takes off

A habitable environment on Martian volcano

Russia puts satellite in orbit from sea platform after 2013 flop

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