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  Xining, China (XNA) Aug 09, 2017 China will establish the country's first Mars simulation base, in northwest China's Qinghai Province, the local government said Tuesday. The base will be in the red cliff region in Da Qaidam (also known as Dachaidan) district in the Mongolian-Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Haixi. Situated at the Qaidam basin in western Qinghai, Haixi was chosen for its Mars-like landform, landscape and climate, according to Wang Jingzhai, the prefecture's deputy Party chief. The government of Haixi a ... read more |
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Scientists find four Earth-like exoplanets orbiting closest sun-like starWashington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017 Scientists have found four Earth-like exoplanets orbiting a star system just 12 light-years away. ... more  
NASA studies tethered CubeSat mission to study Lunar swirlsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 A novel mission concept involving two CubeSats connected by a thin, miles-long tether could help scientists understand how the Moon got its mysterious "tattoos" - swirling patterns of light and dark ... more 
Astronauts to bring asteroid back into lunar orbitWashington DC (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 Future space exploration aims to fly further from Earth than ever before. Now, Italian Space Agency scientists have expressed an interest in contributing to the development of robotic technologies t ... more  
New magnetic microbots can capture and carry single cellsWashington (UPI) Aug 7, 2017 Scientists have designed a tiny robot made of microscopic cubes capable of changing shape when triggered by a magnetic field. Once initiated, the microbot can derive energy from the surrounding environment. ... more |
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Jovian storm looms large in the Jupiter's High NorthWashington DC (SPX) Aug 04, 2017 A dynamic storm at the southern edge of Jupiter's northern polar region dominates this Jovian cloudscape, courtesy of NASA's Juno spacecraft. This storm is a long-lived anticyclonic oval named North ... more 
NASA hiring a planetary protection officer to guard against alien invadersWashington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017 According to NASA, the universe needs police - specifically immigration enforcement. The space agency is hiring a planetary protection officer to keep Earthlings safe from alien invaders. ... more 
Twilight observations reveal huge storm on NeptuneBerkeley CA (SPX) Aug 04, 2017 Spectacular sunsets and sunrises are enough to dazzle most of us, but to astronomers, dusk and dawn are a waste of good observing time. They want a truly dark sky. Not Ned Molter, a UC Berkeley astr ... more 
Five Years Ago and 154 Million Miles Away: Touchdown!Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 03, 2017 NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago this week, is examining clues on that mountain about long-ago lakes on Mars. On Aug. 5, 2012, the mission team at NASA ... more  
NASA Tests Autopilot Sensors During SimulationsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 Inside a large, black-walled facility outside Denver, NASA's Satellite Servicing Projects Division (SSPD) team successfully completed the latest testing of three rendezvous and proximity operations ... more  
Metal clouds to protect fusion reactor walls from heat fluxWashington (UPI) Aug 7, 2017 How can scientists protect the structures that house fusion reactors? ... more |
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 A New Search for Extrasolar Planets from the Arecibo Observatory 
For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the SunPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2017 This month, movements of the planets will put Mars almost directly behind the sun, from Earth's perspective, causing curtailed communications between Earth and Mars. NASA will refrain from sen ... more 
New Horizons Video Soars over Pluto's Majestic Mountains and Icy PlainsLaurel MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2017 In July 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sent home the first close-up pictures of Pluto and its moons - amazing imagery that inspired many to wonder what a flight over the distant worlds' icy te ... more 
Tributes to wetter times on MarsParis (ESA) Jul 14, 2017 A dried-out river valley with numerous tributaries is seen in this recent view of the Red Planet captured by ESA's Mars Express. This section of the Libya Montes region, which sits on the equator a ... more 
Opportunity will spend three weeks at current location due to Solar ConjunctionPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 14, 2017 Opportunity is in "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover has arrived at the location within the valley where she will spend the approximately three-week solar conjuncti ... more |
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 Xining, China (XNA) Aug 09, 2017 
China will establish the country's first Mars simulation base, in northwest China's Qinghai Province, the local government said Tuesday.
The base will be in the red cliff region in Da Qaidam (also known as Dachaidan) district in the Mongolian-Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Haixi.
Situated at the Qaidam basin in western Qinghai, Haixi was chosen for its Mars-like landform, landscape ... morePasadena CA (JPL) Aug 03, 2017Five Years Ago and 154 Million Miles Away: Touchdown! Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2017For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the Sun Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2017Tributes to wetter times on Mars |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 
Future space exploration aims to fly further from Earth than ever before. Now, Italian Space Agency scientists have expressed an interest in contributing to the development of robotic technologies to bring an asteroid from beyond lunar orbit back into closer reach in order to better study it.
In a paper published in EPJ Plus, Marco Tantardini and Enrico Flamini from the Italian Space Agenc ... moreGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 09, 2017NASA studies tethered CubeSat mission to study Lunar swirls  Washington (AFP) July 30, 2017Florida startup boldly sets sights on moon Paris (AFP) July 24, 2017Moon could be wetter than thought, say scientists |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 04, 2017 
Spectacular sunsets and sunrises are enough to dazzle most of us, but to astronomers, dusk and dawn are a waste of good observing time. They want a truly dark sky. Not Ned Molter, a UC Berkeley astronomy graduate student. He set out to show that some bright objects can be studied just as well during twilight, when other astronomers are twiddling their thumbs, and quickly discovered a new feature ... moreWashington DC (SPX) Aug 04, 2017Jovian storm looms large in the Jupiter's High North Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2017New Horizons Video Soars over Pluto's Majestic Mountains and Icy Plains  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017 
According to NASA, the universe needs police - specifically immigration enforcement. The space agency is hiring a planetary protection officer to keep Earthlings safe from alien invaders.
The job is simple: prevent "biological contamination in human and robotic space exploration."
The planetary protection officer will be tasked with keeping aliens from harming life on Earth. But ... moreWashington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Scientists find four Earth-like exoplanets orbiting closest sun-like star  Arecibo PR (SPX) Jul 17, 2017A New Search for Extrasolar Planets from the Arecibo Observatory  Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017Gulf of Mexico tube worm is one of the longest-living animals in the world |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 
Production of the five-segment powerhouse motors for the Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters is on target at prime contractor Orbital ATK's facilities in Utah, with 10 motor segments cast with propellant and four of those segments complete.
Following propellant casting, the finished segments were evaluated using non-destructive techniques, such as x-ray, to ensure they met qual ... more Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2017NASA Guide Outlines Deep Space Rocket's Unprecedented Capabilities  Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 04, 2017Dragon to be packed with new experiments for International Space Station  Mojave CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2017VSS Unity Flies with Propulsion Systems Installed and Live |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017 
China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official.
Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... more Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 04, 2017 
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) was part of an international team that recently discovered a relatively unpopulated region of the main asteroid belt, where the few asteroids present are likely pristine relics from early in solar system history. The team used a new search technique that also identified the oldest known asteroid family, which extends throughout the inner region of the main ast ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Supernova-Hunting Team Finds Comet with Aid of Amateur Astronomer  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 31, 2017Asteroid Flyby Will Benefit NASA Detection and Tracking Network  Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Upcoming asteroid flyby will help Planetary Defense Network |
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 Washington DC (AFNS) Jul 25, 2017 
It's been a "dynamic year" for Army space and missile defense, with a multi-domain task force being formed, a new nanosatellite set to launch soon, and more powerful laser weapons in the works, said Lt. Gen. James H. Dickinson.
Dickinson, commander of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command and Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017Raytheon successfully fires high-energy laser from helicopter  Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2017Missile Defense Agency seeks laser-armed drone  Washington (AFP) April 8, 2017Laser weapons edge toward use in US military |
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 Washington (AFP) July 30, 2017 
American forces successfully tried out Sunday a missile interception system the US hopes to set up on the Korean peninsula, military officials said following a trial just days after North Korea's second test of an ICBM.
In the American test of the so-called THAAD system, a medium-range missile was launched from a US Air Force C-17 aircraft flying over the Pacific and a THAAD unit in Alaska " ... more Seoul (AFP) July 29, 2017S. Korea speeds up US missile defence over North's missile test  Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Ralph Johnson completes builders trials  Riyadh (AFP) July 28, 2017Yemeni rebel missile shot down near Mecca: Arab coalition |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 
NASA scientists have definitively detected the chemical acrylonitrile in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, a place that has long intrigued scientists investigating the chemical precursors of life.
On Earth, acrylonitrile, also known as vinyl cyanide, is useful in the manufacture of plastics. Under the harsh conditions of Saturn's largest moon, this chemical is thought to be capable of ... more Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017ALMA confirms complex chemistry in Titan's atmosphere  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 25, 2017Saturn surprises as Cassini continues its Grand Finale  Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017Titan's calm lakes offer space probes a smooth landing |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 
Scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a new way to precisely pattern nanomaterials that could open a new path to the next generation of everyday electronic devices.
The new research, published July 28 in Science, is expected to make such materials easily available for eventual use in everything from LED displays to cellular phones to photod ... more Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Jul 21, 2017Nanoparticles could spur better LEDs, invisibility cloaks  Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Jul 18, 2017New material resembling a metal nanosponge could reduce computer energy consumption  Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 18, 2017How do you build a metal nanoparticle? |
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 Bozeman MT (SPX) Jul 26, 2017 
A Montana State University gravitational physicist has received funding for a research project that aims to answer fundamental questions about the universe.
NASA awarded $750,000 to Nicolas Yunes for his project "Exploring Extreme Gravity: Neutron Stars, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves." Yunes is a founding member of the MSU eXtreme Gravity Institute, known as XGI, and an associate pro ... more Hull UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017First look at gravitational dance that drives stellar formation  Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Telescope for detecting optical signals from gravitational waves launched  Hannover, Germany (SPX) Jun 28, 2017LISA Gravitational-Wave Observatory Selected as ESA L3 Mission |
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 Irvine CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 
After conducting a cosmic inventory of sorts to calculate and categorize stellar-remnant black holes, astronomers from the University of California, Irvine have concluded that there are probably tens of millions of the enigmatic, dark objects in the Milky Way - far more than expected.
"We think we've shown that there are as many as 100 million black holes in our galaxy," said UCI chair and ... more San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Primordial black holes may have helped to forge heavy elements  Swansea UK (SPX) Aug 07, 2017First observation of the hyperfine splitting in antihydrogen  Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Clever experiment documents multiscale fluid dynamics |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2017 
It has been argued that the ability of humans to recognize social signals is crucial to mastering social intelligence - but can robots learn to read human social cues and adapt or correct their own behavior accordingly?
In a recent study, researchers examined how people react to robots that exhibit faulty behavior compared to perfectly performing robots. The results, published in Frontiers ... more Washington (AFP) Aug 3, 2017Mishap doesn't dampen enthusiasm for security robots  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Somersaulting simulation for jumping bots  Nagoya, Japan (AFP) July 30, 2017Watch out Messi, here come the footballers at RoboCup |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 
When a firefighter, first responder or soldier operates a small, lightweight flight vehicle inside a building, in urban canyons, underground or under the forest canopy, the GPS-denied environment presents unique navigation challenges. In many cases loss of GPS signals can cause these vehicles to become inoperable and, in the worst case, unstable, potentially putting operators, bystanders and pro ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 7, 2017Pentagon says it has released guidelines for shooting down civilian drones  Washington (UPI) Aug 7, 2017Raytheon receives $25.9M contract for Global Hawk sensor upgrades  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 04, 2017Mobile force protection aims to thwart adversaries' small UAVs and Drones |
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