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  Paris (AFP) April 19, 2017 Astronomers on Wednesday announced the discovery of a "super-Earth" orbiting a nearby star which may offer the most promising target yet in the search for life beyond the Solar System. Named LHS 1140b, the planet orbits a star 40 light years away, circling it in the coveted "Goldilocks" zone. This is the distance from a star where the temperature is not too hot, nor too cold, but just right. So if there is water, the stuff of life, it can exist encouragingly in liquid form and not as rock-s ... read more |
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China launches first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1Wenchang, China (AFP) April 20, 2017 A Chinese rocket successfully sent the country's first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, into space from the southern island province of Hainan Thursday. ... more 
Tianzhou-1 space truck soars into orbitWenchang, China (Sputnik) Apr 21, 2017 Commenting on China launching its first cargo spacecraft on April 20, experts told Sputnik that the Tianzhou-1 cargo resupply spacecraft's characteristics are much more sophisticated than those of U ... more  
Researchers Produce Detailed Map of Potential Mars Rover Landing SiteProvidence RI (SPX) Apr 21, 2017 Brown University researchers have published the most detailed geological history to date for a region of Mars known as Northeast Syrtis Major, a spot high on NASA's list of potential landing sites f ... more 
Oceans Galore: Most Habitable Planets May Lack Dry LandLondon, UK (SPX) Apr 21, 2017 When it comes to exploring exoplanets, it may be wise to take a snorkel along. A new study, published in a paper in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, has used a statisti ... more |
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Cassini Heads Toward Final Close Encounter with TitanPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2017 NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make its final close flyby of Saturn's haze-enshrouded moon Titan this weekend. The flyby marks the mission's final opportunity for up-close observations of the lakes ... more  
Japanese Cloud Radar payload ready for final spacecraft assemblyFriedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 EarthCARE, the Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Mission of European Space Agency (ESA), met its Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR), the Japanese payload for the mission, for the first time when the Japanese Sp ... more 
Tiny Probes Hold Big Promise for Future NASA MissionsMoffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 Sometimes to find the best solution to a big problem, you have to start small. A team of NASA engineers has been working on a new type of Thermal Protection System (TPS) for spacecraft that would im ... more  
Investigation on Space Station to test minimizing pressure of space travelCleveland OH (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 Spacecraft rely on liquids for everything from fuel to life support systems for astronauts. Storing these liquids at the correct temperature and pressure is essential to prevent loss of fluids or fa ... more 
Mars Rover Opportunity Leaves 'Tribulation'Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2017 NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is departing "Cape Tribulation," a crater-rim segment it has explored since late 2014, southbound for its next destination, "Perseverance Valley." The rover te ... more  
Landslides on Ceres Reflect Ice ContentPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2017 As NASA's Dawn spacecraft continues exploring Ceres, evidence mounts that the enigmatic dwarf planet retains a significant amount of water ice. A new study in the journal Nature Geoscience adds to t ... more |
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 Close call: When asteroids whisk past Earth 
NASA images Asteroid 2014 JO25 using radar prior to flybyPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2017 Radar images of asteroid 2014 JO25 were obtained in the early morning hours on Tuesday, with NASA's 70-meter (230-foot) antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California. The ... more 
Potentially Habitable Super-Earth is a Prime Target for Atmospheric StudyBoston MA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 The study of alien worlds is entering its next phase as astronomers amass the best planets outside our Solar System to look for signs of life. A newly discovered "super-Earth" orbiting in the habita ... 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
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 |
  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 |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Apr 21, 2017 
Brown University researchers have published the most detailed geological history to date for a region of Mars known as Northeast Syrtis Major, a spot high on NASA's list of potential landing sites for its next Mars rover to be launched in 2020.
The region is home to a striking mineral diversity, including deposits that indicate a variety of past environments that could have hosted life. Us ... morePasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2017Mars Rover Opportunity Leaves 'Tribulation'  Washington (AFP) April 14, 2017Mars spacecraft's first missions face delays, NASA says  Paris (AFP) April 13, 2017France, Japan aim to land probe on Mars moon |
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 Houston 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 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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 San 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 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 ... moreLondon, UK (SPX) Apr 21, 2017Oceans Galore: Most Habitable Planets May Lack Dry Land  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Distantly related fish find same evolutionary solution to dark water  Paris (AFP) April 19, 2017'Super-Earth' orbiting nearby star boosts search for extra-solar life |
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Following participation in the 2017 Japan Space Symposium, Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) President and Chief Executive Officer Craig E. Campbell traveled to Hokkaido, Japan with a joint Japanese and American delegation to visit a proposed launch site in the coastal town of Taiki.
As part of the itinerary, the delegation toured the headquarters and manufacturing facility of Interstella ... more Cape Canaveral AFS, FL (SPX) Apr 20, 201745th SW supports Atlas V OA-7 launch  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 19, 2017Russia and US woo Brazil, hope to use advantageous base for space launches  Astana (Sputnik) Apr 19, 2017Creation of carrier rocket for Baiterek Space Complex to cost Russia $500Mln |
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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 ... moreWenchang, China (AFP) April 20, 2017China launches first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 Wenchang, China (Sputnik) Apr 21, 2017Tianzhou-1 space truck soars into orbit  Nanjing (XNA) Mar 31, 2017Yuanwang fleet to carry out 19 space tracking tasks in 2017 |
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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 Paris (AFP) April 19, 2017Close call: When asteroids whisk past Earth Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2017NASA images Asteroid 2014 JO25 using radar prior to flyby  San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017High-flying experiments demonstrate potential of balloon-borne infrasound detection |
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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 18, 2017South Korean missile interceptor in final development  Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017BAE Systems to develop U.S. space, missile defense tech  Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017Raytheon to upgrade U.S. ballistic missile defense radars |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2017 
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make its final close flyby of Saturn's haze-enshrouded moon Titan this weekend. The flyby marks the mission's final opportunity for up-close observations of the lakes and seas of liquid hydrocarbons that spread across the moon's northern polar region, and the last chance to use its powerful radar to pierce the haze and make detailed images of the surface.
Clo ... more Washington (AFP) April 13, 2017Saturn moon has necessary conditions to harbor life: NASA  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 |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 
The nanotech industry is booming. Every year, several thousands of tonnes of man-made nanoparticles are produced worldwide; sooner or later, a certain part of them will end up in bodies of water or soil. But even experts find it difficult to say exactly what happens to them there. It is a complex question, not only because there are many different types of man-made (engineered) nanoparticles, bu ... more Albuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 19, 2017Better living through pressure: Functional nanomaterials made easy  Lund, Sweden (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Nanotubes that build themselves  Lemont IL (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Self-assembling polymers provide thin nanowire template |
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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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 Mumbai, India (SPX) Apr 21, 2017 
A team of scientists at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India, have found new ways to detect a bare or naked singularity, the most extreme object in the universe.
When the fuel of a very massive star is spent, it collapses due to its own gravitational pull and eventually becomes a very small region of arbitrarily high matter density, that is a`Singularity', where ... more Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Supermassive black holes found in 2 tiny galaxies Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Apr 19, 2017Supermassive black holes found in 2 tiny galaxies  Pullman WA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Washington State University physicists create 'negative mass' |
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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 17, 2017 
The MQ-8C Fire Scout, an unmanned helicopter being built for the U.S. Navy, took its first flight from a littoral combat ship earlier in April.
The sea trials took place off the coast of California aboard the Independence-class vessel USS Montgomery, and follows an earlier flight test aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunman. Manufacturer Northrop Grumman says the event puts the ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017MS-177 sensor completes test on Global Hawk  Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017Swiss prisons getting drone-detection capability  Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2017Radar warning receiver flies for first time in Predator drone |
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