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  Bonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 Light particles (photons) occur as tiny, indivisible portions. Many thousands of these light portions can be merged to form a single super-photon if they are sufficiently concentrated and cooled. The individual particles merge with each other, making them indistinguishable. Researchers call this a photonic Bose-Einstein condensate. It has long been known that normal atoms form such condensates. Prof. Martin Weitz from the Institute of Applied Physics at the University of Bonn attracted attention a ... read more |
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Tidally locked exoplanets may be more common than previously thoughtSeattle WA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 Many exoplanets to be found by coming high-powered telescopes will probably be tidally locked - with one side permanently facing their host star - according to new research by astronomer Rory Barnes ... more  
Lunar dynamo's lifetime extended by at least 1 billion yearsBoston MA (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 New evidence from ancient lunar rocks suggests that an active dynamo once churned within the molten metallic core of the moon, generating a magnetic field that lasted at least 1 billion years longer ... more  
Cassini to begin final five orbits around SaturnPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 NASA's Cassini spacecraft will enter new territory in its final mission phase, the Grand Finale, as it prepares to embark on a set of ultra-close passes through Saturn's upper atmosphere with its fi ... more 
Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believedNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 The moon's magnetic field lasted 1 billion to 2.5 billion years longer than once thought - a finding with important implications for habitability on other moons and planets throughout the universe, ... more |
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Asteroid 2012 TC4 will fly past Earth in October 2017Paris (ESA) Aug 14, 2017 A small asteroid flying past Earth on 12 October will provide scientists with a valuable opportunity to learn more about its orbit and composition. The campaign will exercise the international netwo ... more 
Cassini Prepares to Say Goodbye to a True TitanPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 Mere weeks away from its dramatic, mission-ending plunge into Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has a hectic schedule, orbiting the planet every week in its Grand Finale. On a few orbits, Saturn's l ... more  
Opportunity takes in the panoramic view while crossing some rocky terrainPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 Opportunity is located in Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour crater and has resumed normal science activities post-conjunction. Taking advantage of the position through conjuncti ... more 
Asteroid to shave past Earth on Oct 12: ESAParis (AFP) Aug 10, 2017 A house-sized asteroid will shave past our planet on October 12, far inside the Moon's orbit but without posing any threat, astronomers said Thursday. ... more 
Curiosity watches Martian clouds pass over Gale CraterPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 Wispy, early-season clouds resembling Earth's ice-crystal cirrus clouds move across the Martian sky in some new image sequences from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. These clouds are the most clea ... more 
Preserving the stress of volcanic uprise on MarsParis (ESA) Aug 14, 2017 An ancient mountain range on Mars preserves a complex volcanic and tectonic past imprinted with signs of water and ice interactions. The images, taken on 9 April by the high-resolution stereo ... more |
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SSL and NASA complete preliminary design review for on-orbit robotic servicing spacecraftPalo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 Space Systems Loral (SSL), a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, reports it successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for NASA's Restore-L mission to p ... more  
Scientists probe Neptune's depths to reveal secrets of icy planetsEdinburgh UK (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 Scientists have helped solve the mystery of what lies beneath the surface of Neptune - the most distant planet in our solar system. A new study sheds light on the chemical make-up of the plane ... 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 
Deep-sea animals eating plastic fibers from clothingWashington (UPI) Aug 15, 2017 Far beneath the ocean waves lies the benthic zone - the cold dark region at the bottom of the sea that is home to some of the most important marine organisms, called meiofauna. No larger than a few grains of table salt, the tiny creatures live in and around seabed sediment and play a crucial role breaking down organic matter in the deep ocean and recycling nutrients throughout the marine food chain. ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 
Wispy, early-season clouds resembling Earth's ice-crystal cirrus clouds move across the Martian sky in some new image sequences from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.
These clouds are the most clearly visible so far from Curiosity, which landed five years ago this month about five degrees south of Mars' equator. Clouds moving in the Martian sky have been observed previously by Curiosity and oth ... morePasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017Opportunity takes in the panoramic view while crossing some rocky terrain Paris (ESA) Aug 14, 2017Preserving the stress of volcanic uprise on Mars  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2017For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the Sun |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 
New evidence from ancient lunar rocks suggests that an active dynamo once churned within the molten metallic core of the moon, generating a magnetic field that lasted at least 1 billion years longer than previously thought. Dynamos are natural generators of magnetic fields around terrestrial bodies, and are powered by the churning of conducting fluids within many stars and planets.
In a pa ... moreNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believed  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Astronauts to bring asteroid back into lunar orbit  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 09, 2017NASA studies tethered CubeSat mission to study Lunar swirls |
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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 
Scientists have helped solve the mystery of what lies beneath the surface of Neptune - the most distant planet in our solar system.
A new study sheds light on the chemical make-up of the planet, which lies around 4.5 billion kilometres from the sun.
Extremely low temperatures on planets like Neptune - called ice giants - mean that chemicals on these distant worlds exist in a frozen s ... more 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  Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 13, 2017New evidence in support of the Planet Nine hypothesis |
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Many exoplanets to be found by coming high-powered telescopes will probably be tidally locked - with one side permanently facing their host star - according to new research by astronomer Rory Barnes of the University of Washington.
Barnes, a UW assistant professor of astronomy and astrobiology, arrived at the finding by questioning the long-held assumption that only those stars that are mu ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 11, 2017TRAPPIST-1 twice as old as our solar system Washington (UPI) Aug 15, 2017Deep-sea animals eating plastic fibers from clothing  Arecibo PR (SPX) Jul 17, 2017A New Search for Extrasolar Planets from the Arecibo Observatory |
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A technical challenge that NASA is working to solve is how to maintain very cold liquid propellants to be used as fuel for deep space missions. Heat intercept concepts such as advanced insulation blankets, foam insulation and vapor-based cooling will be evaluated with the Structural Heat Intercept Insulation Vibration Evaluation Rig or SHIIVER, which arrived Aug. 10 at NASA's Marshall Space Flig ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 16, 2017Russia's S7 group plans to resume Zenit launches from Sea Launch platform  Miami (AFP) Aug 13, 2017SpaceX launches super-computer to space station  New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2017ISRO Develops Ship-Based Antenna System to Track Satellite Launches |
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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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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 
The huge nearly 400-meter wide asteroid Apophis is still on a list of hazardous near-Earth objects (NEOs), regarded as a potential threat to our planet. However, new calculations made by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientist, show that Apophis' odds of Earth impact are lower than previously estimated.
"We cannot yet exclude the possibility that it could impact our planet, but we ... moreParis (AFP) Aug 10, 2017Asteroid to shave past Earth on Oct 12: ESA  Washington (UPI) Aug 11, 2017How to watch this weekend's Perseid meteor shower Paris (ESA) Aug 14, 2017Asteroid 2012 TC4 will fly past Earth in October 2017 |
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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 (UPI) Aug 9, 2017 
Jacobs Technology is receiving a contract with a maximum value of $4.6 billion for services for the Missile Defense Agency, the Department of Defense announced on Wednesday.
The services will go toward the Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center and communications and informations technology for MDA. The work will primarily be conducted at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado, ... more Tokyo (AFP) Aug 12, 2017Japan deploys missile defence over N. Korea threat to Guam  Washington (AFP) July 30, 2017US successfully tests missile intercept system Seoul (AFP) July 29, 2017S. Korea speeds up US missile defence over North's missile test |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 
Mere weeks away from its dramatic, mission-ending plunge into Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has a hectic schedule, orbiting the planet every week in its Grand Finale. On a few orbits, Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has been near enough to tweak Cassini's orbit, causing the spacecraft to approach Saturn a bit closer or a bit farther away. A couple of those distant passes even pushed Cassini in ... morePasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017Cassini to begin final five orbits around Saturn  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 31, 2017NASA finds moon of Saturn has chemical that could form 'membranes'  Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017ALMA confirms complex chemistry in Titan's atmosphere |
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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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 Orlando FL (SPX) Aug 09, 2017 
A research team at the University of Central Florida has demonstrated the fastest light pulse ever developed, a 53-attosecond X-ray flash.
The group led by Professor Zenghu Chang beat its own record set in 2012: a 67-attosecond extreme ultraviolet light pulse that was the fastest at the time.
At one-quintillionth of a second, an attosecond is unimaginably fast. In 53 attoseconds, lig ... more Jena, Germany (SPX) Aug 09, 2017High resolution without particle accelerator  Vienna, Austria (SPX) Aug 16, 2017Massive particles test standard quantum theory  Swansea UK (SPX) Aug 07, 2017First observation of the hyperfine splitting in antihydrogen |
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 Palo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 
Space Systems Loral (SSL), a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, reports it successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for NASA's Restore-L mission to provide satellite servicing in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). With the completion of the PDR, Restore-L is proceeding on schedule to the next phase of development and its launch in 2020.
As announced las ... more Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Why humans find faulty robots more likeable  Washington (AFP) Aug 3, 2017Mishap doesn't dampen enthusiasm for security robots  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Somersaulting simulation for jumping bots |
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 Albuquerque NM (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 
Last week, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories flew a tethered balloon and an unmanned aerial system, colloquially known as a drone, together for the first time to get Arctic atmospheric temperatures with better location control than ever before. In addition to providing more precise data for weather and climate models, being able to effectively operate UASs in the Arctic is important fo ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 15, 2017DJI announces pending fix for drones following Army ban  Washington (AFP) Aug 14, 2017Iran drone flies close to US carrier in Gulf: Pentagon  Tehran (AFP) Aug 15, 2017Iran rejects US claims of unsafe drone flight in Gulf |
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