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May 12, 2015

DARPA developing zoom lens to spot distant space objects more clearly
Washington DC (SPX) May 12, 2015
Imaging of Earth from satellites in space has vastly improved in recent years. But the opposite challenge-using Earth-based systems to find, track and provide detailed characterization of satellites and other objects in high orbits-has frustrated engineers even as the need for space domain awareness has grown. State-of-the-art imagery of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO), up to 2,000 km (1,200 miles) high, can achieve resolution of 1 pixel for every 10 cm today, providing relatively crisp details. ... read more

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Galactic Gold Rush: Asteroid Mining to Start This Summer Asteroid mining may not be the stuff of sci-fi flicks for long, as one company prepares to launch its first exploratory satellite from the International Space Station in July. Planetary Resources is ... more		Ceres Animation Showcases Bright Spots The mysterious bright spots on the dwarf planet Ceres are better resolved in a new sequence of images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 3 and 4, 2015. The images were taken from a distance of 8 ... more		Getting Down to Science at Ceres Dawn's assignment when it embarked on its extraordinary extraterrestrial expedition in 2007 can be described quite simply: explore the two most massive uncharted worlds in the inner solar system. It ... more
				Saturn Moon's Activity Could Be 'Curtain Eruptions' New research using data from NASA's Cassini mission suggests most of the eruptions from Saturn's moon Enceladus might be diffuse curtains rather than discrete jets. Many features that appear to be i ... more		Geochemical process on Saturn's moon linked to life's origin New work from a team including Carnegie's Christopher Glein has revealed the pH of water spewing from a geyser-like plume on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Their findings are an important step toward dete ... more

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Student Mars Rover team will compete in Utah desert A team of Cornell engineering students has advanced to the finals of the University Rover Challenge, a competition to build and operate a prototype radio-controlled vehicle that could assist astrona ... more		Ancient Star Raises Prospects of Intelligent Life Can life survive for billions of years longer than the expected timeline on Earth? As scientists discover older and older solar systems, it's likely that before long we'll find an ancient planet in ... more		Russia launches dozens of drones as Ukraine claims 'important success' Russian jets violate Estonian air space in 'brazen intrusion' U.S. defense in free fall		IBM's Watson strives to be jack of all trades Watson already has won a major TV game show, is looking for a cure for cancer and has ambitious gastronomy ambitions including devising a recipe for chocolate-beef burritos. ... more
				Astronomers detect drastic atmospheric change in super Earth Researchers have detected the first major atmospheric shift outside our solar system. Over the course of two years, scientists have observed a three-fold temperature shift in the atmosphere of a super Earth called 55 Cancri e. ... more		Astrophysicists offer proof that famous image shows forming planets A recent and famous image from deep space marks the first time we've seen a forming planetary system, according to a study by U of T astrophysicists. The team, led by Daniel Tamayo from the Centre f ... more

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3D printer making Chinese space suit parts Chinese researchers have used 3D printing technology to make a safer space suit for astronauts while spacewalking. A research center under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation used ... more		A hot start to the origin of life DNA is synonymous with life, but where did it originate? One way to answer this question is to try to recreate the conditions that formed DNA's molecular precursors. These precursors are carbon ring ... more		Fossil fuels harm health from 'cradle to grave': report Trash, mulch and security: All jobs for troops in Washington Rising oceans to threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050: report		European Space Agency Director Wants to Set Up a Moon Base The successor to the International Space Station (ISS) should be a permanent moon base, says incoming European Agency Space leader Johann-Dietrich Worner. The Space Foundation's National Space ... more
NASA Announces Journey to Mars Challenge What do you need to bring, and how do you minimize the need for delivery of future supplies in order to establish a sustained human presence on a planet 140 million miles away from Earth? NASA ... more		Astrobiology Students Use Art to Develop Critical Thinking Skills Consider the process that goes into creating a painting - the attention to detail, the need to interpret the world around you. A scientist goes about his or her work using many of the same skills, s ... more		Space debris from satellite explosion increases collision risk for space craft Debris from the US Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F13 satellite, which recently exploded in orbit, could pose a threat to other spacecraft and missions according to new research fro ... more		NASA's LRO Moves Closer to the Lunar Surface NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has completed a maneuver that lowered the spacecraft's orbit to within 20 kilometers (12 miles) above areas near the lunar South Pole, the closest the space ... more

	4,000+ Martian Days of Work on Mars! Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater next to the "Spirit of St. Louis" crater near the entrance of "Marathon Valley." The rover has been exploring the outcrops in this area. On h ... more		UAE says on track to send probe to Mars in 2021 Oil-rich United Arab Emirates said Wednesday it was pressing ahead with plans to send the first Arab unmanned probe to Mars by 2021, naming it "Hope". ... more

EU to fast-track review of 2035 combustion-engine ban

Norway sovereign wealth fund drops French miner over environmental fears

EU split on 2040 climate goal ahead of UN summit

US space agency chief confident of putting Americans on Mars in 2030s		IBM's Watson extends cancer insights to 14 new centers		PSI Researchers Look Back at Mercury MESSENGER Accomplishments		Traffic Around Mars Gets Busy		NASA completes MESSENGER mission with surface impact
Rock Spire in 'Spirit of St. Louis Crater' on Mars		New exoplanet too big for its star		Fire and Ice: A MESSENGER Recap		Robots to drive Polaris off-road vehicles in DARPA challenge		Making robots more human

Tracking Japan's asteroid impact mission

KinetX Aerospace Navigates MESSENGER through Final Mission Phase

Possible Polar Cap on Pluto Detected

MESSENGER executes last orbit-correction maneuver ahead of impact

An improvement to the global software standard for analyzing fusion plasmas

Computer faces poker pros in no-limit Texas Hold'em

Robotically discovering Earth's nearest neighbors

Russia Invites China to Join in Creating Lunar Station

Deep Space Atomic Clock On Time For 2016 Mission

Rover on the Lookout for Dust Devils

Astronomers join forces to speed discovery of habitable worlds

Collaboration to Aid the Search for Life on Distant Worlds

Tau Ceti Probably not the next Earth

Saturn's Faint D Ring

Titan's Atmosphere Useful In Study Of Hazy Exoplanets

ASU team searching for signs of life in the stars

UW key player in new NASA coalition to search for life on distant worlds

Chemistry of seabed's hot vents could explain emergence of life

Search for Extraterrestial Life Included in Russian Space Program

Xinhua Insight: How China joins space club?

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