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  Paris (AFP) April 18, 2017 Scientists sounded the alarm Tuesday over the problems posed to space missions from orbital junk - the accumulating debris from mankind's six-decade exploration of the cosmos. In less than a quarter of a century, the number of orbiting fragments large enough to destroy a spacecraft has more than doubled, a conference in Germany heard. And the estimated tally of tiny objects - which can harm or degrade spacecraft in the event of a collision, and are hard to track - is now around 150 million. ... read more |
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Landslides on Ceres reflect hidden iceAtlanta GA (SPX) Apr 19, 2017 Massive landslides, similar to those found on Earth, are occurring on the asteroid Ceres. That's according to a new study led by the Georgia Institute of Technology, adding to the growing evidence t ... more 
Big space rock to streak past Earth on WednesdayParis (AFP) April 18, 2017 An asteroid stretching 650 metres (2,000 feet) across is on track to whoosh past Earth on Wednesday at a safe - but uncomfortably close - distance, according to astronomers. ... more 
Waste Cadets: space plans mean more space junk, harder space explorationMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 19, 2017 Plans by private space explorers to launch "mega constellations" of thousands of communications satellites to allow for global wireless services could lead to a rise in collisions and buildup of dan ... more  
Deep-sea animals make their own lightMoss Landing CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 Ever since explorer William Beebe descended into the depths in a metal sphere in the 1930s, marine biologists have been astounded by the number and diversity of glowing animals in the ocean. Y ... more |
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Ticking Boxes with TianzhouSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 Fairly soon, we can expect the launch of China's first cargo spaceship, Tianzhou 1. The Tianzhou module will fly from China's new spaceport on Hainan Island aboard a Long March 7 rocket. Tianzhou wi ... more  
Life on Earth is used to gravity - so what happens to our cells and tissues in space?Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 There's one force whose effects are so deeply entrenched in our everyday lives that we probably don't think much about it at all: gravity. Gravity is the force that causes attraction between masses. ... more 
Evidence for Habitable Region Within Saturn's Moon EnceladusSan Antonio TX (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 Scientists from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have discovered hydrogen gas in the plume of material erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus. Analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft indic ... more 
Distantly related fish find same evolutionary solution to dark waterWashington DC (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 Changes in a single color-vision gene demonstrate convergent evolutionary adaptations in widely separated species and across vastly different time scales, according to a study publishing on April 11 ... more 
Large asteroid to hurtle past Earth on April 19Paris (AFP) April 14, 2017 An asteroid as big as the Rock of Gibraltar will streak past Earth on April 19 at a safe but uncomfortably close distance, according to astronomers. ... more  
Saturn moon has necessary conditions to harbor life: NASAWashington (AFP) April 13, 2017 An ice-encrusted moon orbiting Saturn appears to have the conditions necessary for life, NASA announced Thursday, unveiling new findings made by its unmanned Cassini spacecraft. ... more |
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Mars spacecraft's first missions face delays, NASA saysWashington (AFP) April 14, 2017 NASA will probably delay the first two missions of its Orion deep-space capsule, being developed to send astronauts beyond earth's orbit and eventually to Mars, the US space agency said on Thursday. ... more 
The earliest animals were marine jelliesNashville TN (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 When cartoonist and marine-biology teacher Steve Hillenburg created SpongeBob SquarePants in 1999, he may have backed the wrong side of one of the longest-running controversies in the field of evolu ... more  
NASA Scientists Find Dynamo at Lunar Core May Have Formed Magnetic FieldHouston TX (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 The moon no longer has a magnetic field, but NASA scientists are publishing new research that shows heat from crystallization of the lunar core may have driven its now-defunct magnetic field some 3 ... more 
Earth-Sized 'Tatooine' Planets Could Be HabitablePasadena CA (JPL) Apr 13, 2017 With two suns in its sky, Luke Skywalker's home planet Tatooine in "Star Wars" looks like a parched, sandy desert world. In real life, thanks to observatories such as NASA's Kepler space telescope, ... more |
  Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 26, 2016 
In the decade to come Russia will face strong competition from China for the commercial launch of satellites for developing countries, according to Ivan Moiseev, director of the Institute of Space Policy."China is trying to expand its space launching services, developing new boosters for different segments of the market," Moiseev told RIA Novosti.
"It has constructed a new spacecraft launc ... more Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 27, 2016Vega And Gokturk-1A are present for next Arianespace lightweight mission  Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2016Antares Rides Again  Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 21, 2016Four Galileo satellites are "topped off" for Arianespace's milestone Ariane 5 launch from the Spaceport |
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NASA will probably delay the first two missions of its Orion deep-space capsule, being developed to send astronauts beyond earth's orbit and eventually to Mars, the US space agency said on Thursday.
A report by NASA's Office of Inspector General cited technical as well as budget challenges.
The first launch of the Orion spacecraft atop the planned Space Launch System, or SLS - set to be ... more Paris (AFP) April 13, 2017France, Japan aim to land probe on Mars moon  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2017NASA's MAVEN reveals Mars has metal in its atmosphere  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 12, 2017Opportunity Mars rover on the way to Perseverance Valley |
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The moon no longer has a magnetic field, but NASA scientists are publishing new research that shows heat from crystallization of the lunar core may have driven its now-defunct magnetic field some 3 billion years ago.
Magnetized lunar rocks returned to Earth during the Apollo missions established that the moon once had a magnetic field. The moon's magnetic field lasted for more than a billi ... more Providence RI (SPX) Mar 30, 2017How a young-looking lunar volcano hides its true age  Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2017Surviving the long dark night of the Moon  Bengaluru, India (IANS) Mar 17, 2017Team Indus To Send Seven Experiments To The Moon Including Three From India |
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Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have revealed extraordinary details about a recently discovered far-flung member of our solar system, the planetary body 2014 UZ224, more informally known as DeeDee.
At about three times the current distance of Pluto from the Sun, DeeDee is the second most distant known trans-Neptunian object (TNO) with a confirmed ... more Laurel MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Nap Time for New Horizons  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Hubble spots auroras on Uranus  Leicester, UK (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Cold' Great Spot discovered on Jupiter |
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Scientists from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have discovered hydrogen gas in the plume of material erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus. Analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft indicates that the hydrogen is likely produced through chemical reactions between the moon's rocky core and warm water from its subsurface ocean. The SwRI-led team's discovery suggests that Enceladus' ocea ... moreNashville TN (SPX) Apr 13, 2017The earliest animals were marine jellies Washington DC (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Distantly related fish find same evolutionary solution to dark water Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 13, 2017Earth-Sized 'Tatooine' Planets Could Be Habitable |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 19, 2017 
Russia, France, the United States and Israel are interested in using Brazil's Alcantara Launch Center (CLA) for space launches, according to Brazilian Defense Minister Raul Jungmann; the CLA is valued internationally for being the closest launch center to the equator.
Brazilian Defense Minister Raul Jungmann said that Russia, France, the United States and Israel have signaled their willing ... more Astana (Sputnik) Apr 19, 2017Creation of carrier rocket for Baiterek Space Complex to cost Russia $500Mln  Paris (ESA) Apr 10, 2017Dream Chaser to use Europe's next-generation docking system  Sweden, Kiruna (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Europe's largest sounding rocket launched from Esrange |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 18, 2017  Fairly soon, we can expect the launch of China's first cargo spaceship, Tianzhou 1. The Tianzhou module will fly from China's new spaceport on Hainan Island aboard a Long March 7 rocket. Tianzhou will dock with the uncrewed Tiangong 2 space laboratory, which is itself smaller than the cargo spacecraft that will soon visit it. Apart from testing the cargo spacecraft and its docking procedures, th ... more Nanjing (XNA) Mar 31, 2017Yuanwang fleet to carry out 19 space tracking tasks in 2017  Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017China Develops Spaceship Capable of Moon Landing  Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft |
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LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by ESA (the European Space Agency) with contributions from NASA, has successfully demonstrated critical technologies needed to build a space-based observatory for detecting ripples in space-time called gravitational waves. Now a team of NASA scientists hopes to take advantage of the spacecraft's record-breaking sensitivity to map out the distribution of tiny dust p ... more San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Could a Colorado earthquake have been triggered by dinosaur extinction impact? Atlanta GA (SPX) Apr 19, 2017Landslides on Ceres reflect hidden ice Paris (AFP) April 14, 2017Large asteroid to hurtle past Earth on April 19 |
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 Washington (AFP) April 8, 2017  A sci-fi staple for decades, laser weapons are finally becoming reality in the US military, albeit with capabilities a little less dramatic than at the movies.
Lightsabers - the favored weapon of the Jedi in "Star Wars" films - will remain in the fictional realm for now, but after decades of development, laser weapons are now here and are being deployed on military vehicles and planes.
... more Washington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017Researchers create Star Wars 'superlaser' in the lab  Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017German scientists focus radiation of 10,000 suns with new light array  Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2017Scientists find out where laser energy goes when a beam is fired into plasma |
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 Seoul (AFP) April 17, 2017  The United States and South Korea agreed on the early deployment of a controversial US missile defence system in the region, the South's acting president said Monday after talks with visiting US Vice President Mike Pence.
"We have agreed to further strengthen the readiness posture of ROK-US alliance that matches the threats posed by North Korea through a swift deployment of THAAD (Terminal H ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017BAE Systems to develop U.S. space, missile defense tech  Washington (UPI) Apr 18, 2017South Korean missile interceptor in final development  Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017Raytheon to upgrade U.S. ballistic missile defense radars |
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 Washington (AFP) April 13, 2017 
An ice-encrusted moon orbiting Saturn appears to have the conditions necessary for life, NASA announced Thursday, unveiling new findings made by its unmanned Cassini spacecraft.
Cassini has detected hydrogen molecules in vapor plumes emanating from cracks in the surface of Enceladus, a small ocean moon coated in a thick layer of ice, the US space agency said.
The plumes have led scientis ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 10, 2017Cassini Mission Prepares for 'Grand Finale' at Saturn  Miami (AFP) April 5, 2017NASA's Cassini probe of Saturn prepares for last plunge  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 30, 2017Checking in on Bleriot |
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 Albuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 19, 2017 
Using pressure instead of chemicals, a Sandia National Laboratories team has fabricated nanoparticles into nanowire-array structures similar to those that underlie the surfaces of touch-screens for sensors, computers, phones and TVs. The pressure-based fabrication process takes nanoseconds. Chemistry-based industrial techniques take hours.
The process, called stress-induced fabrication, "i ... more Lemont IL (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Self-assembling polymers provide thin nanowire template  Krasnoyarsk, Russia (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Scientists created nanopowders for the synthesis of new aluminum alloys  Albuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 12, 2017UNM physicist discovers strange forces acting on nanoparticles |
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 Orlando FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2017 
As part of NASA's Flight Opportunities Program, Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G) recently worked with research groups from University of Florida, Carthage College and University of Maryland to validate technology designed to further humanity's reach into space.
A collection of flights on G-FORCE ONE, ZERO-G's specially modified Boeing 727, gave researchers the chance to run experiments an ... more Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Cells adapt ultra-rapidly to zero gravity  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining distant sources  Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects |
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 Pullman WA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 
Washington State University physicists have created a fluid with negative mass, which is exactly what it sounds like. Push it, and unlike every physical object in the world we know, it doesn't accelerate in the direction it was pushed. It accelerates backwards.
The phenomenon is rarely created in laboratory conditions and can be used to explore some of the more challenging concepts of the ... more Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Supermassive black holes found in 2 tiny galaxies  Buffalo NY (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Study unravels long-held Fermi puzzle tied to nonlinear systems Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Apr 19, 2017Supermassive black holes found in 2 tiny galaxies |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Apr 19, 2017 
In debates over the future of artificial intelligence, many experts think of the new systems as coldly logical and objectively rational. But in a new study, researchers have demonstrated how machines can be reflections of us, their creators, in potentially problematic ways.
Common machine learning programs, when trained with ordinary human language available online, can acquire cultural bi ... more El Segundo CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Brane Craft Proposal Awarded Phase 2 by NASA  Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2017Lockheed Martin gets license for military exoskeleton tech  Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017Facebook launches digital assistant 'M' in US |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 
A developing U.S. Army platform comprising two dune buggy-like vehicles completed a round of testing at Fort Sill, Okla., on Thursday.
The eight-wheeled vehicles, known as Hunter and Killer, were tested between April 3 and April 13 during the 2017 Maneuver Fires Integrated Experiment, or MFIX. They are designed to travel through various types of terrain and provide operators with aircra ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017U.K. defense minister calls for autonomous supply vehicles  (UPI) Apr 17, 2017MQ-8C Fire Scout takes first flight from littoral combat ship  Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017MS-177 sensor completes test on Global Hawk |
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