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December 16, 2016
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How on Earth does NASA choose a landing site on Mars?

Juno Captures Jupiter 'Pearl'

Seven Ways Astronauts Improve Sleep May Help You Snooze Better on Earth

A Promising Spot for Life on Mars

Bremen robot team successfully simulates Mars mission in Utah

Where is the Ice on Ceres

Winds of rubies and sapphires strike the sky of giant planet

Carbonaceous chondrites shed light on the origins of life in the universe

First detection of boron on the surface of Mars

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Lunar sonic booms

Atlas of the RNA universe takes shape

Mars Rock-Ingredient Stew Seen as Plus for Habitability

ALMA finds compelling evidence for pair of infant planets around young star

NASA Scientists see Asteroid through the Eyes of a Robot

A nano-roundabout for light



New species found near ocean floor hot springs

A hardware-based approach for real world collaborative multi-robots

Artificial intelligence creeps into daily life



Russia to face strong competition from China in space launch market

Vega And Gokturk-1A are present for next Arianespace lightweight mission

Antares Rides Again

Four Galileo satellites are "topped off" for Arianespace's milestone Ariane 5 launch from the Spaceport

US-Russia Standoff Leaves NASA Without Manned Launch Capabilities

Bremen robot team successfully simulates Mars mission in Utah

Mars Rock-Ingredient Stew Seen as Plus for Habitability

First detection of boron on the surface of Mars

A Promising Spot for Life on Mars

How on Earth does NASA choose a landing site on Mars?

Lunar sonic booms

India Inc joins hands to bid for moon mission

TeamIndus signs contract with ISRO for lunar mission

Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin stable after South Pole health scare

Russian Space Agency Confirms Plans to Implement Lunar Sample-Return Mission

Juno Captures Jupiter 'Pearl'

Juno Mission Prepares for December 11 Jupiter Flyby

Research Offers Clues About the Timing of Jupiter's Formation

New Perspective on How Pluto's "Icy Heart" Came to Be

New analysis adds to support for a subsurface ocean on Pluto



Carbonaceous chondrites shed light on the origins of life in the universe

Atlas of the RNA universe takes shape

Winds of rubies and sapphires strike the sky of giant planet

ALMA finds compelling evidence for pair of infant planets around young star

New species found near ocean floor hot springs

After glitch, NASA satellite launch set for Wednesday

NASA Engineers Test Combustion Chamber to Advance 3-D Printed Rocket Engine Design

Ultra-Cold Storage - Liquid Hydrogen may be Fuel of the Future

Technical glitch postpones NASA satellite launch

China develops non-toxic propellant for orbiting satellites



Chinese missile giant seeks 20% of a satellite market

China-made satellites in high demand

Space exploration plans unveiled

China launches 4th data relay satellite

Material and plant samples retrieved from space experiments

Where is the Ice on Ceres

NASA Scientists see Asteroid through the Eyes of a Robot

NASA mission to search for rare asteroids

Searching for Trojan Asteroids, Earth's Unseen Companions

It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's the Tiniest Asteroid



Northrop Grumman to develop next-gen fighter laser system

UK to start laser gun program

Russia's Ray Guns: The Military Capability of Moscow's Secret Laser Weapons

US Navy keeps electromagnetic cannon in its sights

U.S. Air Force approves Lockheed Martin's SBIRS ground system

Raytheon to provide Patriot missile capability for undisclosed country

Saudis intercept missile fired from Yemen

US general says missile system in S. Korea in 8-10 months

Yemen rebel missile shot down near Mecca: coalition



Saturn's bulging core implies moons younger than thought

Cassini Makes First Ring-Grazing Plunge

Cassini Beams Back First Images from New Orbit

NASA Saturn Mission Prepares for 'Ring-Grazing Orbits'

Vast equatorial jet stream in Saturn's atmosphere are revealed

Nanocubes simplify printing and imaging in color and infrared

New aspect of atom mimicry for nanotechnology applications

ANU demonstrates 'ghost imaging' with atoms

Supersonic spray yields new nanomaterial for bendable, wearable electronics

Researchers use acoustic waves to move fluids at the nanoscale



LISA Pathfinder's pioneering mission continues

Magnetic mirror could shed new light on gravitational waves

A population of neutron stars can generate gravitational waves continuously

Verlindes new theory of gravity passes first test

LIGO Resumes Search for Gravitational Waves

Neutrons identify key ingredients of the quantum spin liquid recipe

Spinning black hole swallowing star explains superluminous event

Blocks of ice demonstrate levitated and directed motion

High-tech glass plates to be used to discover the birth of new black holes

'Spooky' sightings in crystal point to extremely rare quantum spin liquid

Daily Newsletters - Space - Military - Environment - Energy

A skillful rescue robot with remote-control function

A hardware-based approach for real world collaborative multi-robots

Artificial intelligence creeps into daily life

Internal sensors help soft robot hand feel the world like a human

Chinese firm scraps German tech deal after US block

Amazon completes its first drone delivery, in England

MBDA's Brimstone missile planned for Britain's Protector drone

Britain signs off on General Atomics' Protector program

NTU and Stratasys 3iD print operational ULTEM drone with embedded electronics

'Dronejacking' may be the next big cyber threat



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