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May 11, 2016

NASA says 1,284 new planets found by Kepler telescope
Miami (AFP) May 10, 2016
NASA on Tuesday announced the discovery of 1,284 new planets outside our solar system, more than doubling the number of known exoplanets found with the Kepler space telescope. "This gives us hope that somewhere out there, around a star much like ours, we can eventually discover another Earth," said Ellen Stofan, chief scientist at NASA headquarters in Washington. The unmanned Kepler space observatory, which launched in 2009, has been scanning 150,000 stars for signs of orbiting bodies, particula ... read more

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Kepler space telescope finds another 1284 exo planets NASA's Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets - the single largest finding of planets to date. "This announcement more than doubles the number of confirmed planets from Kepler," said Ellen St ... more		Icy Hydra's highly reflective surface NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent home the first compositional data about Pluto's four small satellites. The new data show the surface of Hydra, Pluto's outermost small moon, is dominated by n ... more		Natural Causes, Not Aliens, Explain Mystery Star's Behavior Sorry, E.T. lovers, but the results of a new study make it far less likely that KIC 8462852, popularly known as Tabby's star, is the home of industrious aliens who are gradually enclosing it in a va ... more
				From the atomic to the nuclear clock Measuring time using oscillations of atomic nuclei might significantly improve precision beyond that of current atomic clocks. Physicists have now taken an important step toward this goal. Ato ... more		Stochastic resonance, chaos transfer shown in microresonator Researchers in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a novel route to encode chaos on light in an optomechanical microresonator system. ... more

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Long March-7 rocket delivered to launch site China's new-generation Long March-7 rocket departed for its launch base in Hainan on Sunday from north China's port of Tianjin. It has taken researchers eight years to develop the medium-sized ... more		Enceladus jets: surprises in starlight During a recent stargazing session, NASA's Cassini spacecraft watched a bright star pass behind the plume of gas and dust that spews from Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. At first, the data from that ob ... more		Romania says Russian drone breached its airspace MSBAI wins DoD contract to accelerate OrbitGuard for space situational awarenes Next-Gen Automotive Innovation: Smarter, Safer, More Connected		Rover technology for space now being used on Earth Every day, people around the world use thousands of products and services that have originated or advanced, through space research and technology. Canadian company Ontario Drive and Gear Ltd. (ODG), ... more
				First global topographic model of Mercury The MESSENGER mission has released the first global digital elevation model (DEM) of Mercury, revealing in stunning detail the topography across the entire innermost planet and paving the way for sc ... more		Flying observatory detects atomic oxygen in Martian atmosphere An instrument onboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) detected atomic oxygen in the atmosphere of Mars for the first time since the last observation 40 years ago. These ... more

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Pluto's icy moon Hydra NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent home the first compositional data about Pluto's four small satellites. The new data show the surface of Hydra, Pluto's outermost small moon, is dominated by n ... more		Comet craters - literal melting pots for life on Earth Geochemists from Trinity College Dublin's School of Natural Sciences may have found a solution to a long-debated problem as to where - and how - life first formed on Earth. In a paper just pub ... more		Ash improves methane yield and fertilizer value in biogas systems Bio-oil from agricultural and forest waste could help seal abandoned oil wells and store carbon Rice researchers turn wasted data center heat into clean power		Airbus Defence and Space to lead TeSeR, next EU project to clean up space Airbus Defence and Space will lead the project TeSeR (Technology for Self-Removal of Spacecraft) team to develop technology to reduce the risk of spacecraft colliding with debris in space. Tog ... more
Clues about Volcanoes Under Ice on Ancient Mars Volcanoes erupted beneath an ice sheet on Mars billions of years ago, far from any ice sheet on the Red Planet today, new evidence from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests. The research abou ... more		This 5-fingered robot hand learns to get a grip on its own Robots today can perform space missions, solve a Rubik's cube, sort hospital medication and even make pancakes. But most can't manage the simple act of grasping a pencil and spinning it around to ge ... more		Johns Hopkins scientist programs robot for 'soft tissue' surgery Not even the surest surgeon's hand is quite as steady and consistent as a robotic arm built of metal and plastic, programmed to perform the same motions over and over. So could it handle the slipper ... more		Robot built to aid astronauts nearly ready for Mars A robot developed in Scotland could be ready to set foot on Mars by 2021. Valkyrie, the humanoid is 1.8 meters tall, weighs 125 kilograms, walks on two legs and has arms that can grasp objects - per ... more

	Three potentially habitable worlds found around nearby ultracool dwarf star A team of astronomers led by Michael Gillon, of the Institut d'Astrophysique et Geophysique at the University of Liege in Belgium, have used the Belgian TRAPPIST telescope to observe the star 2MASS ... more		The 2016 Transit of Mercury Solar Scientists are accustomed to seeing spots on the sun - irregular islands of magnetism that sometimes erupt, producing strong solar flares. On May 9, 2016, they will see a spot of a very differ ... more

Manipulating light to advance quantum entanglement research

Top Japan start-up Sakana AI touts nature-inspired tech

Galileo daughter mission named Celeste to strengthen navigation resilience

Scientists discover potentially habitable planets		MIT compiles list of potential gases to guide search for life on exoplanets		DSI and Luxembourg partner to commercialize space resources		Second ExoMars mission moves to next launch opportunity in 2020		Proposals to support astronaut health on long missions selected
Interstellar spacecraft sails could slam on Brakes for exoplanet flybys		Planet Nine: A world that shouldn't exist		China's space technology extraordinary, impressive says Euro Space Center director		Pluto: A Global Perspective		New Elevation Map of Pluto's Sunken 'Heart'

Pluto's Interaction with the Solar Wind is Unique, Study Finds

NASA research gives new insights into how the Moon got inked

Light Echoes Give Clues to Protoplanetary Disk

Three Earth-sized planets

Although Boiling, Water Does Shape Martian Terrain

Sea urchin's teeth inspire new design for space exploration device

Boiling water may be cause of Martian streaks: study

Newly developed EOD robot delivered to Army

Phase two of ExoMars mission delayed to 2020

Interstellar EmDrive gets boost from new theory of inertia

Airbus DS to build STEM centre at its UK Exomars facility

Opportunity robotic arm camera passes diagnostic test

Machines can learn to respond to new situations like human beings would

China produces key component for nuclear fusion facility

Hiding in the Sunshine: The Search for Other Earths

On the Road to Finding Other Earths

Elektra: A New Triple Asteroid

Curiosity Mars Rover crosses rugged plateau

Opportunity completes mini-walkabout

Could Earth's light blue color be a signature of life?

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