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  Providence RI (SPX) Jun 14, 2017 Present-day Mars is a frozen desert, colder and more arid than Antarctica, and scientists are fairly sure it's been that way for at least the last 3 billion years. That makes a vast network of water-carved valleys on the flanks of an impact crater called Lyot - which formed somewhere between 1.5 billion and 3 billion years ago - something of a Martian mystery. It's not clear where the water came from. Now, a team of researchers from Brown University has offered what they see as the most plausible ... read more |
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Seeds of 5,000-year-old tree bud after returning from spaceBeijing (XNA) Jun 14, 2017 Seeds from an over 5,000-year-old cypress in northwest China's Shaanxi Province have sprouted after being taken into space by Chinese astronauts last year. Twenty-eight seeds had sprouted by t ... more  
Astronomers Explain Formation of Seven Exoplanets Around TRAPPIST-1Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 13, 2017 Astronomers from the University of Amsterdam have offered an explanation for the formation of the Trappist-1 planetary system. The system has seven planets as big as the Earth that orbit close to th ... more 
OU astrophysicist identifies composition of Earth-size planets in TRAPPIST-1 systemNorman OK (SPX) Jun 13, 2017 A University of Oklahoma post-doctoral astrophysics researcher, Billy Quarles, has identified the possible compositions of the seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. Using thousands of numerical si ... more 
The Art of ExoplanetsPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 09, 2017 The moon hanging in the night sky sent Robert Hurt's mind into deep space - to a region some 40 light years away, in fact, where seven Earth-sized planets crowded close to a dim, red sun. Hurt ... more |
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New NELIOTA project detects flashes from lunar impactsParis (ESA) Jun 12, 2017 Using a system developed under an ESA contract, the Greek NELIOTA project has begun to detect flashes of light caused by small pieces of rock striking the Moon's surface. NELIOTA is the first system ... more 
Walkabout Above 'Perseverance Valley'Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 12, 2017 Opportunity is at the top of "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The plan before proceeding down the valley is to perform a walk-about survey above the valley. To start the w ... more 
Window to a watery past on MarsParis (ESA) Jun 09, 2017 This 70 km-wide crater and its surrounds offer a window into the watery past of the Red Planet. The scene, captured by ESA's Mars Express, is a composite of two images taken in March 2007 and Februa ... more 
NASA Finds Evidence of Diverse Environments in Curiosity SamplesPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 12, 2017 NASA scientists have found a wide diversity of minerals in the initial samples of rocks collected by the Curiosity rover in the lowermost layers of Mount Sharp on Mars, suggesting that conditions ch ... more  
Cell Cultures Go For the GoldHouston TX (SPX) Jun 09, 2017 A wide variety of research relies on growing cells in culture on Earth, but handling these cells is challenging. With better techniques, scientists hope to reduce loss of cells from culture media, c ... more 
ALMA Finds Ingredient of Life Around Infant Sun-like StarsGarching, Germany (SPX) Jun 08, 2017 ALMA has observed stars like the Sun at a very early stage in their formation and found traces of methyl isocyanate - a chemical building block of life. This is the first ever detection of this preb ... more |
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Opportunity Surveying the spillway into Perseverance ValleyPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 08, 2017 Opportunity is at the top of Perseverance Valley on the rim of Endeavour crater. The plan before proceeding down the valley is to survey the valley from the top and to perform a walk-about survey ab ... more 
A planet hotter than most starsAustin OH (SPX) Jun 06, 2017 A newly discovered Jupiter-like world is so hot that it's stretching the definition of the word "planet." With a day-side temperature of 4,600 Kelvin (more than 7,800 degrees Fahrenheit), plan ... more 
China to open space station to scientists worldwideBeijing (XNA) Jun 12, 2017 China will open its space station to scientists worldwide after the station is completed around 2022, according to a Chinese space expert. Wei Chuanfeng, a researcher at the Institute of Manne ... more 
What China's space ambitions have to do with politicsMoscow (Sputnik) Jun 13, 2017 Experts told Sputnik they believe China's space ambitions are driven not only by the goal of space exploration itself but also by politics. Tommy Yang - China's commitment to its space exploration p ... more |
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Opportunity is at the top of "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The plan before proceeding down the valley is to perform a walk-about survey above the valley.
To start the walkabout, on Sol 4746 (May 31, 2017) Opportunity drove about 82 feet (24.9 meters) mostly south toward a chosen waypoint. Images for extensive panoramas were collected with the Navigation Camera (Navc ... moreParis (ESA) Jun 09, 2017Window to a watery past on Mars Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 12, 2017NASA Finds Evidence of Diverse Environments in Curiosity Samples Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 08, 2017Opportunity Surveying the spillway into Perseverance Valley |
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Using a system developed under an ESA contract, the Greek NELIOTA project has begun to detect flashes of light caused by small pieces of rock striking the Moon's surface. NELIOTA is the first system that can determine the temperature of these impact flashes.
Studies such as NELIOTA are important because Earth and its Moon are constantly bombarded by natural space debris. Most of this mater ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2017Cube Quest Challenge Team Spotlight: Cislunar Explorers  Paris (ESA) May 12, 2017Winning plans for CubeSats to the Moon  Paris (ESA) May 04, 2017Printing bricks from moondust using the Sun's heat |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017 
arly science results from NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter portray the largest planet in our solar system as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world, with Earth-sized polar cyclones, plunging storm systems that travel deep into the heart of the gas giant, and a mammoth, lumpy magnetic field that may indicate it was generated closer to the planet's surface than previously thought.
"We are excite ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 26, 2017First results from Juno show cyclones and massive magnetism  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 26, 2017Jupiters complex transient auroras  Miami (AFP) May 25, 2017NASA's Juno probe forces 'rethink' on Jupiter |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 09, 2017 
The moon hanging in the night sky sent Robert Hurt's mind into deep space - to a region some 40 light years away, in fact, where seven Earth-sized planets crowded close to a dim, red sun.
Hurt, a visualization scientist at Caltech's IPAC center, was walking outside his home in Mar Vista, California, shortly after he learned of the discovery of these rocky worlds around a star called TRAPPI ... moreAustin OH (SPX) Jun 06, 2017A planet hotter than most stars Norman OK (SPX) Jun 13, 2017OU astrophysicist identifies composition of Earth-size planets in TRAPPIST-1 system Garching, Germany (SPX) Jun 08, 2017ALMA Finds Ingredient of Life Around Infant Sun-like Stars |
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Many innovators have proposed a variety of concepts that might propel a launch vehicle from Earth to orbit. However, only two basic types of rocket engines have survived the test of fire: Solid propellant and liquid propellant rockets. There are still a few who believe hybrids are the answer to achieving orbital speeds with meaningful payloads.
However, none of the liquid/solid contraption ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 14, 2017India's Kerosene-Based Semi-Cryogenic Engine to Be Flight Test Ready by 2021  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 14, 2017Russia's Next Carrier-Based Rocket Launch Planned for 2018 - Khrunichev Center  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 08, 2017NASA awards Universal Stage Adapter contract for SLS |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 14, 2017 
Seeds from an over 5,000-year-old cypress in northwest China's Shaanxi Province have sprouted after being taken into space by Chinese astronauts last year.
Twenty-eight seeds had sprouted by the end of May, Zhao Xia, from the rare tree germ plasm resources group, said Monday.
The seedlings are now between three to five cm tall, according to Zhao.
The over 20-meter-tall cypress ... more Beijing (XNA) Jun 08, 2017Reusable craft are in CASIC's plans Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 13, 2017What China's space ambitions have to do with politics  Beijing (XNA) Jun 12, 2017Moon or Mars - humanity's next stop |
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The challenging detection, by ESA's Rosetta mission, of several isotopes of the noble gas xenon at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has established the first quantitative link between comets and the atmosphere of Earth. The blend of xenon found at the comet closely resembles U-xenon, the primordial mixture that scientists believe was brought to Earth during the early stages of Solar System format ... more Silicon Valley CA (SPX) Jun 14, 2017B612 Creates Asteroid Institute  Washington (UPI) Jun 7, 2017Scientists solve meteorite mystery with high-pressure X-ray experiments  Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Jun 08, 2017High-pressure experiments solve meteorite mystery |
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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) June 13, 2017 
South Korea said Tuesday a drone believed sent from North Korea had been spying on a US missile defence system before it crashed.
The remains of the small drone, which was equipped with a camera, were retrieved by the South's military last week from a hillside where it had crash-landed close to the heavily-fortified inter-Korean border.
The military analysed the contents of the camera's ... more Seoul (AFP) June 9, 2017Seoul trapped between a rock and a THAAD place; NK tests cruise missile Seoul (AFP) June 7, 2017S. Korea to freeze new THAAD deployment pending probe  Saint Petersburg (AFP) June 3, 2017Russia nears deal to sell air-defence system to Turkey |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 
Enceladus - a large icy, oceanic moon of Saturn - may have flipped, the possible victim of an out-of-this-world wallop.
While combing through data collected by NASA's Cassini mission during flybys of Enceladus, astronomers from Cornell University, the University of Texas and NASA have found the first evidence that the moon's axis has reoriented, according to new research published in Icaru ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) May 31, 2017Cassini Finds Saturn Moon May Have Tipped Over  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017Cassini Looks On as Solstice Arrives at Saturn  Boston MA (SPX) May 19, 2017History of Titan's Landscape Resembles Mars's, not Earth's |
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 Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Jun 12, 2017 
A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has engineered a new type of carbon nanomaterials, capable of changing shapes and colors depending on the type of solvents used. Such materials have attracted much attention owing to their unique optical properties and structures.
In the study, the joint research team, led by Professor Byung Soo kim and Professor Oh Hoon Kwon has presented a unique des ... more New York NY (SPX) Jun 08, 2017Sensing the nanoscale with visible light, and the fundamentals of disordered waves  Saint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Jun 05, 2017Nanosized silicon heater and thermometer combined to fight cancer  Munich, Germany (SPX) May 30, 2017Ultrafast nanophotonics: Turmoil in sluggish electrons' existence |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 08, 2017 
Astronomers have used the sharp vision of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to repeat a century-old test of Einstein's general theory of relativity. The Hubble team measured the mass of a white dwarf, the burned-out remnant of a normal star, by seeing how much it deflects the light from a background star.
This observation represents the first time Hubble has witnessed this type of effect creat ... more Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Jun 05, 2017Breaking Newton's Law  San Francisco CA (SPX) Jun 05, 2017Are dense star clusters the origin of the gravitational waves discovered by LIGO? Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2017Gravitational Waves Detected for Third Time |
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 Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Jun 09, 2017 
In the first moments after the Big Bang, the Universe was able to expand even billions of billions of billions of times faster than today. Such rapid expansion should be due to a primordial force field, acting with a new particle: inflaton. From the latest analysis of the decay of mesons, carried out in the LHCb experiment by physicists from Cracow and Zurich, it appears, however, that the most ... more Upton, NY (SPX) Jun 12, 2017X-ray study reveals way to control molecular vibrations that transmit heat  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 13, 2017The largest virtual Universe ever simulated  Daytona Beach FL (SPX) Jun 08, 2017New confirmation of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity |
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 San Francisco (AFP) June 7, 2017  Apple's new HomePod speaker may be music to the ears of its loyal fans, but how much it can crank up volume in the smart speaker market remains to be heard.
Apple unveiled its long-awaited HomePod at its annual developers conference taking place this week in the heart of Silicon Valley, enticing lovers of its products with a high-end offering in a market dominated by lower-priced devices fro ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jun 12, 2017Autonomous machines edge towards greater independence  Beijing (AFP) June 8, 2017AI gets so-so grade in Chinese university entrance exam  Geneva (AFP) June 8, 2017AI 'good for the world'... says ultra-lifelike robot |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 08, 2017 
The intriguing X-37B robot spaceplane just can't stay grounded. Barely months after landing from a mission lasting more than two years, the next X-37B will blast off in August 2017. That's a quick turnaround, but it seems probable that the next spaceplane to fly won't be the same one that recently landed. The US Air Force, owners of the semi-secret spacecraft, has two vehicles, both with long mi ... more Washington (AFP) June 13, 2017Drones could save lives with rapid heart attack response Washington (AFP) June 8, 2017Pro-Syria regime drone shot down after it fires on coalition Washington (UPI) Jun 5, 2017DARPA, BAE partner on multirole unmanned aerial systems |
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