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  Miami (AFP) Aug 30, 2017 The largest asteroid in more than a century will whiz safely past Earth on September 1 at a safe but unusually close distance of about 4.4 million miles (7 million kilometers), NASA said. The asteroid was discovered in 1981, and is named Florence after the famed 19th century founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. "Florence is the largest asteroid to pass this close to our planet since the first near-Earth asteroid was discovered over a century ago," said a US space agency statement. ... read more |
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Backyard Observers Ready to View Asteroid's Close FlybyBoston MA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 When astronomer Bobby Bus discovered an asteroid passing through the inner solar system on March 2, 1981, it was bright enough to record in his telescope's photos despite being more than 145 million ... more  
Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into spaceBeijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2017 China's Kuaizhou-11 solid-fuelled carrier rocket will send six satellites into space in its first mission, according to the rocket's developer and producer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp ... more 
House-Sized Near-Earth Objects Rarer Than We ThoughtTucson AZ (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 n 2013 a small meteoroid, the size of a house, hurtled through Earth's atmosphere and exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. The explosion shattered windows, and more than a thousand people ... more 
China, Russia to Have Smooth Space Cooperation, Says ExpertWashington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 China and Russia plan to sign an agreement in October on joint space exploration from 2018 and 2022, which would benefit both nations particularly in manned and future missions to the moon, CGTN rep ... more |
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15 Fast Radio Bursts Detected from Distant UniverseBerkeley CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 Breakthrough Listen - the initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe - has detected 15 fast radio bursts emanating from the mysterious "repeater" FRB 121102. Fast radio bursts, or ... more  
New mini tool has massive implicationsSalt Lake City UT (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 Brigham Young University researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing Mars' atmosphere - and that's just one of its myriad possible uses. For de ... more  
Roboteam receives orders for tactical robots(UPI) Aug 29, 2017 Maryland-headquartered Robot provider Roboteam Inc. reports it has received new orders for its Micro Tactical Ground Robot to support U.S. and international military missions. ... more  
Weightlessness affects health of cosmonauts at molecular levelMoscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 A team of scientists from Russia and Canada has analyzed the effect of space conditions on the protein composition in blood samples of 18 Russian cosmonauts. The results indicated many significant c ... more 
Big dishes band togetherParis (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 Earlier this month, radio dishes from three deep-space networks combined to catch faint 'survival' whispers from one of ESA's Mars orbiters, underlining the value of international collaboration for ... more  
Saturn Plunge Nears for Cassini SpacecraftPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 30, 2017 NASA's Cassini spacecraft is 18 days from its mission-ending dive into the atmosphere of Saturn. Its fateful plunge on Sept. 15 is a foregone conclusion - an April 22 gravitational kick from Saturn' ... more |
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NASA's Next Mars Mission to Investigate Interior of Red PlanetPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 29, 2017 Preparation of NASA's next spacecraft to Mars, InSight, has ramped up this summer, on course for launch next May from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California - the first interplanetary launc ... more  
PPPL physicist discovers that some plasma instabilities can extinguish themselvesPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 Physicist Fatima Ebrahimi at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has for the first time used advanced models to accurately simulate key characteristics o ... more
NASA Announces Cassini End-of-Mission ActivitiesPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 28, 2017 On Sept. 15, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will complete its remarkable story of exploration with an intentional plunge into Saturn's atmosphere, ending its mission after nearly 20 years in space. News ... more 
NASA's asteroid sample return mission successfully adjusts courseTucson AZ (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired its thrusters to position itself on the correct course for its upcoming Earth flyby. The spacecraft, which is on a two-year outbound journey to asteroid Bennu, suc ... more |
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Earlier this month, radio dishes from three deep-space networks combined to catch faint 'survival' whispers from one of ESA's Mars orbiters, underlining the value of international collaboration for exploring the Red Planet.
For the first time ever, deep-space ground stations from ESA, NASA and Russia's Roscosmos joined together, on 13 August, to receive ultra-faint signals from ESA's ExoMa ... moreSalt Lake City UT (SPX) Aug 31, 2017New mini tool has massive implications Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 29, 2017NASA's Next Mars Mission to Investigate Interior of Red Planet  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2017For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the Sun |
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The European Space Agency (ESA) invites members of the science community in Europe to propose ideas for research that could be performed on the Deep Space Gateway, a crewed spaceship in lunar vicinity.
The Deep Space Gateway is a strategic platform that is being prepared by the International Space Station partner agencies to be humanity's next step beyond Low-Earth Orbit and out into the S ... more San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2017Analysis of a 'rusty' lunar rock suggests the moon's interior is dry  Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 21, 2017Roscosmos Approves Luna-25 Space Station Model in Moon Exploration Project  New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believed |
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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 terrain might be like.
Wonder no more. Using actual New Horizons data and digital elevation models of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, mission scientists have created flyover movies that offer s ... more 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  Edinburgh UK (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Scientists probe Neptune's depths to reveal secrets of icy planets |
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Breakthrough Listen - the initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe - has detected 15 fast radio bursts emanating from the mysterious "repeater" FRB 121102. Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are brief, bright pulses of radio emission from distant galaxies. First detected with the Parkes Telescope in Australia, FRBs have now been seen by several radio telescopes around the world. FRB ... more 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  Garching, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Molecular Outflow Launched Beyond Disk Around Young Star |
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To be launched on board PSLV-C39 on Thursday at 1900hrs local time, IRNSS-1H will be a 'back-up' navigation satellite for IRNSS-1A, one of the seven satellites in the constellation, as its three rubidium atomic clocks on board had stopped functioning.
The 29-hour countdown for tomorrow's launch of navigation satellite 'IRNSS-1H' to augment the existing seven satellites of the NavIC constel ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 28, 2017Indian Space Agency, Israeli counterpart to formalize strategic collaborations  New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2017ISRO Develops Ship-Based Antenna System to Track Satellite Launches  Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Aug 24, 2017Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg |
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China and Russia plan to sign an agreement in October on joint space exploration from 2018 and 2022, which would benefit both nations particularly in manned and future missions to the moon, CGTN reported on Monday.
The bilateral agreement will cover five areas including lunar to deep space exploration, special materials development, collaborations in the area of satellite systems, Earth re ... more Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017ESA and Chinese astronauts train together Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2017Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 29, 2017Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration |
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n 2013 a small meteoroid, the size of a house, hurtled through Earth's atmosphere and exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. The explosion shattered windows, and more than a thousand people were treated for injuries from flying debris. How many similar-sized rocks have orbits that bring them close to Earth? A new study has answered that question using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on th ... more Miami (AFP) Aug 30, 2017Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1 Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 28, 2017NASA's asteroid sample return mission successfully adjusts course Boston MA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017Backyard Observers Ready to View Asteroid's Close Flyby |
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The Department of Defense is investing $17 million in directed energy laser weapons, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., announced at the Boeing facility in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday.
"With our state's unique expertise in directed energy work, this funding will jump start the deployment of this critical technology and bring more high-paying jobs to the state," said Heinrich, a member of ... more Washington DC (AFNS) Jul 25, 2017'Eyes in space' and more powerful lasers will enhance US Army's arsenal  Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017Raytheon successfully fires high-energy laser from helicopter  Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2017Missile Defense Agency seeks laser-armed drone |
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The Guam-based subsidiary of Tutor Perini Corporation has been tapped to design and build a live-fire training range complex on the island for the U.S. Navy, the company announced on Tuesday.
The range contract given to Black Construction Corporation carries a value of about $78 million. It was issued by the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command at Northwest Field, Naval Support Act ... more Washington (AFP) Aug 30, 2017US shoots down missile in test off Hawaii coast  Koror, Palau (AFP) Aug 24, 2017US military to install radar in Pacific's Palau  Tokyo (AFP) Aug 12, 2017Japan deploys missile defence over N. Korea threat to Guam |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 30, 2017 
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is 18 days from its mission-ending dive into the atmosphere of Saturn. Its fateful plunge on Sept. 15 is a foregone conclusion - an April 22 gravitational kick from Saturn's moon Titan placed the two-and-a-half ton vehicle on its path for impending destruction. Yet several mission milestones have to occur over the coming two-plus weeks to prepare the vehicle for one las ... morePasadena CA (JPL) Aug 28, 2017NASA Announces Cassini End-of-Mission Activities  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017Cassini to begin final five orbits around Saturn  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017Cassini Prepares to Say Goodbye to a True Titan |
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They may be tiny and invisible, says Xiaoji Xu, but the aerosol particles suspended in gases play a role in cloud formation and environmental pollution and can be detrimental to human health.
Aerosol particles, which are found in haze, dust and vehicle exhaust, measure in the microns. One micron is one-millionth of a meter; a thin human hair is about 30 microns thick.
The particles, ... more Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017What the world's tiniest 'monster truck' reveals  Livermore CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Carbon nanotubes worth their salt  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Nanotechnology gives green energy a green color |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 
ESA this week helped to provide children with disabilities the opportunity to experience weightlessness and lunar gravity on aircraft flights.
Eight children from five ESA member states - UK, France, Germany, Belgium, and Italy -boarded the converted Airbus A310 in Bordeaux, France on 24 August as part of the Kid's Weightless Dreams campaign organised by Novespace and Reves de Gosse.
... more Bozeman MT (SPX) Jul 26, 2017MSU gravitational physicist receives NASA award to explore extreme gravity and the universe  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 |
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 Albuquerque NM (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 
A long-standing but unproven assumption about the X-ray spectra of black holes in space has been contradicted by hands-on experiments performed at Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine.
Z, the most energetic laboratory X-ray source on Earth, can duplicate the X-rays surrounding black holes that otherwise can be watched only from a great distance and then theorized about.
"Of course, em ... more Toronto, Canada (SPX) Aug 29, 2017Record-breaking galaxy 5 billion light-years away shows we live in a magnetic universe  Iowa City IA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017Researchers propose how the universe became filled with light  Birmingham UK (SPX) Aug 24, 2017Scientists 'excited' by observations suggesting formation scenarios |
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 (UPI) Aug 29, 2017 
Maryland-headquartered Robot provider Roboteam Inc. reports it has received new orders for its Micro Tactical Ground Robot to support U.S. and international military missions.
The third-generation robot is an all-terrain system used for explosive ordnance disposal, and in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear material missions and HAZMAT operations.
Roboteam said the two ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Illinois researchers develop origami-inspired robot  Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Aug 21, 2017Smart computers  Boston MA (SPX) Aug 23, 2017Designing custom robots in a matter of minutes |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017 
Lockheed Martin's Indago quadrotor drone is to be paired with a Danish system to detect and identify unmanned aerial system aircraft and their pilots, the companies involved announced this week.
The counter-UAS system is the KNOX by MyDefense Communications and is being jointly developed under a new agreement between the companies.
"KNOX technology will enable Indago users to ide ... more Arusha, Tanzania (AFP) Aug 31, 2017TED: Phones and drones transforming healthcare  Boston MA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Drones relay RFID signals for inventory control  Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2017Army concludes MAST program for small autonomous drone swarms |
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