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January 22, 2016

Advanced Civilizations Could Thrive in Chaotic Star Clusters
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 22, 2016
In the search for alien civilizations, scientists have largely ruled out regions of space known as globular clusters, deemed too chaotic to sustain life. According to a new study, these may, in fact, be the best places to look. One of the most mind-boggling aspects of space is the vast emptiness of the void. Mercury may seem unbearably close to our Sun, but there remain nearly 36 million miles between our star and its nearest planet. Our nearest galactic neighbor, Andromeda, is so far away that it ... read more

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Opportunity Abrasion Tool Conducts Two Rock Grinds Opportunity is inside 'Marathon Valley,' up on north-facing slopes for improved solar array energy production. The rover is conducting an in-situ (contact) science campaign on the surface targ ... more		New finding may explain heat loss in fusion reactors One of the biggest obstacles to making fusion power practical - and realizing its promise of virtually limitless and relatively clean energy - has been that computer models have been unable to predi ... more		The aliens are silent because they're dead Life on other planets would likely be brief and become extinct very quickly, say astrobiologists from The Australian National University (ANU). In research aiming to understand how life might develo ... more
				Fishing For Answers on Bone Loss in Space During spaceflight, astronauts lose bone mineral density, but it is not clear exactly what causes this loss. Scientists trying to understand why recently went fishing for answers. They reared small ... more		Predicting planets: The highs and lows In the mid-19th century, astronomers hypothesised an extra planet in our solar system, orbiting between the Sun and Mercury. ... more

Russia postpones manned Lunar mission to 2035 Russia initially planned to launch a manned aircraft to the moon atop an Angara heavy rocket carrier from its Vostochny space port in 2025. The earlier version of the state space program - worth som ... more		Caltech researchers find evidence of a real ninth planet Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mas ... 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		'Ninth planet' may exist in solar system: US scientists A previously unknown giant planet may have been discovered lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system, US scientists announced on Wednesday. ... more
				Seeing where energy goes may help realize nuclear fusion An international team of researchers has taken a step toward achieving controlled nuclear fusion--a process that powers the Sun and other stars, and has the potential to supply the world with limitl ... more		The Voyage of a Lifetime: New Horizons Marks 10 Years Since Launch Ten years ago one of the great robotic explorers of our age - NASA's New Horizons spacecraft - rocketed into the sky above the Florida coastline. The tiny probe - weighing barely 1,000 pounds - sped ... more

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Studying Pluto from 3 Billion Miles Away My name is Amanda Zangari, and I've been a postdoc on the New Horizons mission for 2 0.5 years. It's been a wild ride, and it's amazing how the time has flown by. In the 85 years between Pluto's di ... more		Nearing the limits of life on Earth It took Jackie Goordial over 1000 Petri dishes before she was ready to accept what she was seeing. Or not seeing. Goordial, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences at M ... 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		Russia wants to builds atomic engine for exploring deep space The Russian Federal Space Agency has presented its ten-year development plan, which includes the construction of a prototype engine powered by atomic energy, able to power a spacecraft on expedition ... more
China shoots for first landing on far side of the moon China will launch a mission to land on the far side of the moon in two years' time, state media reported, in what will be a first for humanity. ... more		The habitability of other worlds How much we weigh on a planet depends on its surface gravity. Gravity is an important parameter for stars as well, and changes drastically over the course of a star's lifetime, providing information ... more		Follow A Live Planet Hunt A unique outreach campaign has been launched that will allow the general public to follow scientists from around the globe as they search for an Earth-like exoplanet around the closest star to us, P ... more		Rover uses Rock Abrasion Tool to grind rocks Opportunity is inside 'Marathon Valley' on north-facing slopes for improved solar array energy production. The rover is engaged in an in-situ (contact) science campaign investigating the surface tar ... more

	Thales Alenia Space to supply reaction control subsystem for ExoMars Thales Alenia Space-UK are pleased to announce that they have been selected to supply a crucial subsystem, the Reaction Control Subsystem, for the Carrier Module of the ExoMars 2018 mission. T ... more		China aims for the Moon with new rockets China's space industry revealed that its new rockets would be used for an unmanned moon mission capable of returning soil samples, as well as a delivery vehicle for a new space station. China' ... more

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China plans 20 launches in 2016

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Dawn imaging in close Ceres orbit

'X' Marks a Curious Corner on Pluto's Icy Plains

Particles 'Go with the Flow' on Pluto's Surface

Student-Built Experiment Integrated onto NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission

MBRSC complete final design of KhalifaSat engineering model

Momentum builds for creation of 'moon villages'

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