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April 11, 2016

Saturn spacecraft not affected by hypothetical Planet 9
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 11, 2016
Contrary to recent reports, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is not experiencing unexplained deviations in its orbit around Saturn, according to mission managers and orbit determination experts at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Several recent news stories have reported that a mysterious anomaly in Cassini's orbit could potentially be explained by the gravitational tug of a theorized massive new planet in our solar system, lurking far beyond the orbit of Neptune. While the ... read more

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Young, unattached Jupiter analog found in solar neighborhood A team of astronomers from Carnegie and the University of Western Ontario has discovered one of the youngest and brightest free-floating, planet-like objects within relatively close proximity to the ... more		New plasma source favorable for hydrogen negative ion beam is developed Researchers at Tohoku University have discovered a new plasma wave phenomenon, leading to the development of a negative ion source for fusion plasma heating. Led by Associate Prof K. Takahashi and P ... more		GenDyn completes Space Fence radar array structure The construction and walk-through of a 7,000 square-foot ground radar array structure for the Space Fence system has been completed by General Dynamics. ... more
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Icy 'Spider' on Pluto Sprawling across Pluto's icy landscape is an unusual geological feature that resembles a giant spider. "Oh, what a tangled web Pluto's geology weaves," said Oliver White, a member of the New Horizon ... more		Planet X takes shape Astrophysicists at the University of Bern have modelled the evolution of the putative planet in the outer solar system. They estimate that the object has a present-day radius equal to 3.7 Earth radi ... more		North Korea declares nuclear statehood 'permanently enshrined' Iran says enriched nuclear material 'under rubble' of facilities hit during Israel war ArianeGroup to develop next-generation M51.4 missile for French nuclear deterrent		Multitasking New Horizons observed solar wind changes on journey to Pluto In addition to its history-making encounter with Pluto last July, the New Horizons spacecraft also recorded significant changes in how the solar wind behaves far from the Sun. The Solar Wind A ... more
				Searching for Far Out and Wandering Worlds Astronomers have made great strides in discovering planets outside of our solar system, termed "exoplanets." In fact, over the past 20 years more than 5,000 exoplanets have been detected beyond the ... more		ALMA's most detailed image of a protoplanetary disc The star TW Hydrae is a popular target of study for astronomers because of its proximity to Earth (only about 175 light-years away) and its status as an infant star (about 10 million years old). It ... more

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Asteroid-Hunting Spacecraft Delivers a Second Year of Data NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has released its second year of survey data. The spacecraft has now characterized a total of 439 NEOs since the mission was re-s ... more		Help keep heat on Mars Express through data mining Mars Express has been orbiting the Red Planet for 12 years. While its controllers know the spacecraft inside out, additional valuable insights may well be hidden within the mounds of telemetry the m ... more		Ancient Mars bombardment likely enhanced life-supporting habitat The bombardment of Mars some 4 billion years ago by comets and asteroids as large as West Virginia likely enhanced climate conditions enough to make the planet more conducive to life, at least for a ... more		Private equity firm acquires iRobot defense business The Defense and Security business of iRobot has been acquired by Arlington Capital Partners, a private equity firm. ... more

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