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  University Park PA (SPX) May 10, 2017 The best way to study the atmospheres of distant worlds with the James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in late 2018, will combine two of its infrared instruments, according to a team of astronomers. "We wanted to know which combination of observing modes (of Webb) gets you the maximum information content for the minimum cost," says Natasha Batalha, graduate student in astronomy and astrophysics and astrobiology, Penn State, and lead scientist on this project. "Information content i ... read more |
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When a brown dwarf is actually a planetary mass objectWashington DC (SPX) May 10, 2017 Sometimes a brown dwarf is actually a planet-or planet-like anyway. A team led by Carnegie's Jonathan Gagne, and including researchers from the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) at Univers ... more  
Astronauts experience decrease in blood vessel function during spaceflightManhattan KS (SPX) May 10, 2017 Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have decreased physical fitness because of a decrease in the way oxygen moves through the body, according to a Kansas State University kinesiology s ... more 
Taking the pulse of an ocean worldTempe AZ (SPX) May 10, 2017 Jupiter's moon Europa is definitely an odd place. Discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei, it was first seen in detail only in the late 1970s, after spacecraft visited the Jovian system. Slightl ... more 
Lasers shed light on the inner workings of the giant larvaceanMoss Landing CA (SPX) May 09, 2017 New laser technology is allowing MBARI scientists to look into the structure of giant larvaceans-tadpole-like marine animals that are important players in ocean ecosystems. In a recent paper in Scie ... more |
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First SETI Institute Fellows AnnouncedMountain View CA (SPX) May 09, 2017 At its first annual gala fundraiser, held on April 22nd, the SETI Institute recognized three dedicated individuals, universally respected for their exceptional contributions to scientific research a ... more  
Seasonal Flows in Valles MarinerisPasadena CA (JPL) May 08, 2017 Recurring slope lineae (RSL) are seasonal flows on warm slopes, and are especially common in central and eastern Valles Marineris, as seen in this observation by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ( ... more  
Not So Great Anymore: Jupiter's Red Spot Shrinks to Smallest Size EverWashington DC (Sputnik) May 08, 2017 Any third-grader can tell you about Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS), a titanic cyclone that has raged for centuries in Jupiter's atmosphere. It sticks out like a blemish on photos of the gas giant, a ... more  
Chefs, robotics engineers, sailboat racers team up to tackle lionfish problemWashington (UPI) May 9, 2017 Lionfish populations are rapidly expanding along the East Coast of the United States and in the Caribbean, decimating native species and depleting the ecological diversity surrounding already vulnerable coral reefs. ... more 
Amazon's new Alexa speaker has a screen tooWashington (AFP) May 9, 2017 Amazon on Tuesday unveiled the latest member of its family of devices powered by its Alexa digital assistant - this one with a touchscreen. ... more  
Ground Control Satellite Dish Arrives at University of LeicesterLeicester UK (SPX) May 03, 2017 Scientists at the University of Leicester are a step closer to controlling their own satellite missions now that a new satellite ground station dish has been installed on campus. The University over ... more |
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 NASA Rover Curiosity Samples Active Linear Dune on Mars 
Computers learn to understand humans better by modelling themHelsinki, Finland (SPX) May 04, 2017 Computers are able to learn to explain the behavior of individuals by tracking their glances and movements. Researchers from Aalto University, University of Birmingham and University of Oslo p ... more 
Is Anything Tough Enough to Survive on MarsFayetteville, AR (SPX) May 04, 2017 Researchers at the University of Arkansas recently took a step toward answering a question for the ages: Is there life on Mars? Answer: they can't rule it out. Two recent publications suggest ... more  
Printing bricks from moondust using the Sun's heatParis (ESA) May 04, 2017 Bricks have been 3D printed out of simulated moondust using concentrated sunlight - proving in principle that future lunar colonists could one day use the same approach to build settlements on the M ... more  
New Movie Shows Cassini's First Dive over SaturnPasadena CA (JPL) May 04, 2017 A new movie sequence of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the view as the spacecraft swooped over Saturn during the first of its Grand Finale dives between the planet and its rings on Apri ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 08, 2017 
Recurring slope lineae (RSL) are seasonal flows on warm slopes, and are especially common in central and eastern Valles Marineris, as seen in this observation by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). This image covers a large area full of interesting features, but the enhanced color closeup highlight some of the RSL.
Here, the RSL are active on east-facing slopes, extending from boulde ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) May 05, 2017NASA Rover Curiosity Samples Active Linear Dune on Mars Fayetteville, AR (SPX) May 04, 2017Is Anything Tough Enough to Survive on Mars  Tokyo, Japan (The Conversation) May 03, 2017Japan aims to uncover how moons of Mars formed |
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Bricks have been 3D printed out of simulated moondust using concentrated sunlight - proving in principle that future lunar colonists could one day use the same approach to build settlements on the Moon.
"We took simulated lunar material and cooked it in a solar furnace," explains materials engineer Advenit Makaya, overseeing the project for ESA.
"This was done on a 3D printer table, ... more Tempe AZ (SPX) May 02, 2017NASA selects ASU's ShadowCam for moon mission  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 27, 2017Russia, US Ready to Give You a Lift to Moon Orbit, ISS  Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Apr 23, 2017Swedish Institute of Space Physics goes back to the Moon |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) May 08, 2017 
Any third-grader can tell you about Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS), a titanic cyclone that has raged for centuries in Jupiter's atmosphere. It sticks out like a blemish on photos of the gas giant, and by most estimates is two or three times as large as the Earth itself.
But the GRS is shrinking, and has been doing so for a while - and nobody is totally sure why.
The Hubble Space Tele ... more Boulder CO (SPX) May 02, 2017The PI's Perspective: No Sleeping Back on Earth!  Charlottesville VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017ALMA investigates 'DeeDee,' a distant, dim member of our solar system  Laurel MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Nap Time for New Horizons |
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 Mountain View CA (SPX) May 09, 2017 
At its first annual gala fundraiser, held on April 22nd, the SETI Institute recognized three dedicated individuals, universally respected for their exceptional contributions to scientific research and STEM education and outreach. Director of Education, Edna DeVore, Senior Astronomer Dr. Seth Shostak and Senior Scientist Mark Showalter, were honored as the first "Fellows of the Institute" at a sp ... moreTempe AZ (SPX) May 10, 2017Taking the pulse of an ocean world  University Park PA (SPX) May 10, 2017Two Webb instruments well suited for detecting exoplanet atmospheres Washington DC (SPX) May 10, 2017When a brown dwarf is actually a planetary mass object |
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 London UK (SPX) May 05, 2017 
Reaction Engines Ltd. has begun construction of a new engine test facility where it plans to undertake the first ground based demonstration of its revolutionary SABRE air-breathing rocket engine.
The test facility at Westcott, Buckinghamshire, will enable Reaction Engines to test critical subsystems along with the testing of a SABRE engine core, which will commence in 2020.
The proje ... more Sriharikota, India (SPX) May 08, 2017GSLV Successfully Launches South Asia Satellite  New Delhi (IANS) May 08, 2017ISRO Successfully Launches GSAT-9 'SAARC' South Asian Communication Satellite  Los Angeles AFB (AFNS) May 09, 2017 |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 01, 2017 
China plans to conduct several manned space flights from 2019 to 2022, during which a 60-tonne space station will be assembled and built, said Wang Zhaoyao, director of China's manned space program office, Friday.
"Tianzhou-1, China's first cargo spacecraft, was the last flight mission of the country's manned space program before the construction of a permanent space station," Wang said at ... more Beijing (Sputnik) May 01, 2017Reach for the Stars: China Plans to Ramp Up Space Flight Activity  Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2017China's cargo spacecraft completes in-orbit refueling  Xi'an (XNA) Apr 26, 2017China courts international coalition set up to promote space cooperation |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) May 09, 2017 
A Caltech chemical engineer who normally develops new ways to fabricate microprocessors in computers has figured out how to explain a nagging mystery in space - why comets expel oxygen gas, the same gas we humans breathe.
The discovery that comets produce oxygen gas - also referred to as molecular oxygen or O2 - was announced in 2015 by researchers studying the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasime ... more New York NY (SPX) May 08, 2017Falkland Islands basin shows signs of being among world's largest craters  Washington DC (UPI) May 8, 2017Chemical engineer explains why comets expel oxygen  Dublin, Ireland (SPX) May 04, 2017Ancient meteorite impact sparked long-lived volcanic eruptions on Earth |
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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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 Moscow (Sputnik) May 08, 2017 
With its state-of-art heavy liquid-propelled RS-28 Sarmat ICBM the Russian military has obviously surpassed their US counterparts, Russian military expert Alexei Leonkov told Radio Sputnik, adding that the cutting-edge weaponry is due to enter into service in 2018.
Russia is 10-15 years ahead of the US with its cutting-edge heavy liquid-propelled RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic mis ... more Beijing (AFP) May 2, 2017China demands halt to US missile shield in S.Korea Washington (AFP) May 2, 2017THAAD missile defense system now operational in S. Korea Seoul (AFP) April 28, 2017Seoul rejects Trump demand it pays for missile system |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 04, 2017 
A new movie sequence of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the view as the spacecraft swooped over Saturn during the first of its Grand Finale dives between the planet and its rings on April 26.
The movie comprises one hour of observations as the spacecraft moved southward over Saturn. It begins with a view of the swirling vortex at the planet's north pole, then heads past the out ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) May 02, 2017Cassini Finds 'The Big Empty' Close to Saturn  Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Saturn spacecraft toting CU Boulder instrument starts swan song  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 28, 2017NASA Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings |
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 Upton, NY (SPX) May 02, 2017 
The ability to pattern materials at ever-smaller sizes - using electron-beam lithography (EBL), in which an electron-sensitive material is exposed to a focused beam of electrons, as a primary method - is driving advances in nanotechnology. When the feature size of materials is reduced from the macroscale to the nanoscale, individual atoms and molecules can be manipulated to dramatically alter ma ... more Osaka, Japan (SPX) May 04, 2017X-ray microscope optics resolve 50-nm features while eliminating chromatic aberrations  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Self-assembled nanostructures can be selectively controlled  Lund, Sweden (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Nanotubes that build themselves |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) May 03, 2017 
Combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory with radio observations and computer simulations, an international team of scientists has discovered a vast wave of hot gas in the nearby Perseus galaxy cluster. Spanning some 200,000 light-years, the wave is about twice the size of our own Milky Way galaxy.
The researchers say the wave formed billions of years ago, after a small galaxy ... more Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 21, 2017Rare Brightening of Supernova's Light Found by Caltech's Palomar Observatory  Orlando FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2017ZERO-G Research aims to advance deep-space mission technology  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Cells adapt ultra-rapidly to zero gravity |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) May 02, 2017 
Correlation functions are often employed to quantify the relationships among interdependent variables or sets of data. A few years ago, Aaronson and Ambainis proposed a property-testing problem called Forrelation for studying the query complexity of quantum devices. Now scientists realized an experimental study of Forrelation in a 3-qubit nuclear magnetic resonance quantum information processor. ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) May 10, 2017Merging galaxies have enshrouded black holes  Livermore CA (SPX) May 09, 2017Sandia develops math techniques to improve computational efficiency in quantum chemistry  New York NY (SPX) May 08, 2017CCNY physicists demonstrate photonic hypercrystals for control of light-matter interaction |
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 Washington (UPI) May 9, 2017 
Lionfish populations are rapidly expanding along the East Coast of the United States and in the Caribbean, decimating native species and depleting the ecological diversity surrounding already vulnerable coral reefs.
A variety of groups are working on curbing the spread of the invasive species, but a pair of conservation teams are taking a unique problem-solving approach - an approach t ... moreWashington (AFP) May 9, 2017Amazon's new Alexa speaker has a screen too Helsinki, Finland (SPX) May 04, 2017Computers learn to understand humans better by modelling them  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) May 02, 2017Your future surgery may use an automated, robotic drill |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 08, 2017  The mysterious X-37B has ended its fourth mission, and for the first time on this flight, it has been officially unmasked. Gliding swiftly to a daylight landing at the Kennedy Space Centre after 718 days in orbit, boffins have been rewarded with detailed images and video of the robot spaceplane.
That's been typical of previous missions, but it's a major unmasking for this flight. The landi ... more Kennedy Space Center FL (Sputnik) May 08, 2017Newest Secret US Spacecraft Returns to Earth After Over 700 Days in Space  Washington (UPI) May 9, 2017Lockheed Martin introduces quiet, lightweight variant of Indago drone  Washington (AFP) May 9, 2017US drone back on Earth after nearly two years in space |
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