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  Tokyo (AFP) June 27, 2018 A Japanese probe has reached an asteroid 300 million kilometres away to collect information about the birth of the solar system and the origin of life after a more than three-year voyage through deep space. The Hayabusa2 probe successfully settled into an observation position 20 kilometres (12 miles) above the Ryugu asteroid, officials from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said Wednesday. Researchers broke out into cheers when the probe arrived in place, a feat JAXA described as "sh ... read more |
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UK scientist involved in Hayabusa2 mission to asteroid RyuguStirling UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 A University of Stirling scientist is set to begin analysing - and attempting to recreate - conditions on a primitive asteroid as part of a major international space mission led by the Japanese. ... more  
Hardy organisms threaten interplanetary contaminationHouston TX (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 In professor George Fox's lab at the University of Houston, scientists are studying Earth germs that could be contaminating other planets. Despite extreme decontamination efforts, bacterial spores f ... more  
Signatures of complex organic molecules spotted on Saturn's moon EnceladusWashington (UPI) Jun 27, 2018 Scientists have found evidence of complex organic molecules on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The chemical signals were identified among spectrometry data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. ... more  
China launches new-tech experiment twin satellitesXichang, China (XNA) Jun 28, 2018 China successfully launched new-tech experiment twin satellites on the Long March-2C rocket from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center Wednesday morning. The twin satellites were l ... more |
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Webb Telescope to target Jupiter's Great Red SpotGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the most ambitious and complex space observatory ever built, will use its unparalleled infrared capabilities to study Jupiter's Great Red Spot, shedding new light ... more  
NASA will seek partnership with US Industry to develop lunar gatewayWashington DC (SPX) Jun 25, 2018 As part of the agency's Exploration Campaign, NASA's Gateway will become the orbital outpost for robotic and human exploration operations in deep space. Built with commercial and international partn ... more  
Opportunity sleeps during a planet-encircling dust stormPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 25, 2018 The dust storm on Mars is now a Planet-encircling Dust Event (PEDE). It shows no indication of receding at this time. Since the last contact with the rover on Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018), it is l ... more 
Rosetta image archive completeParis (ESA) Jun 25, 2018 All high-resolution images and the underpinning data from Rosetta's pioneering mission at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko are now available in ESA's archives, with the last release including the ico ... more 
Queqiao satellite the bridge to China's lunar explorationBeijing (XNA) Jun 25, 2018 If all goes to plan, China will soon make history as the first country to put a lander and a rover on the far side of the moon. Information gleaned from such a mission may answer questions about the ... more |
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 Charon at 40: four decades of discovery on Pluto's largest moon 
Nearly 80 exoplanet candidates identified in record timeBoston MA (SPX) Jun 25, 2018 Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have analyzed data from K2, the follow-up mission to NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, and have discovered a trove of possible exoplanets amid some 50,000 stars. I ... more  |
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RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft launched from ISS with Airbus space debris capture removal technologyToulouse, France (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 The space debris removal technology mission RemoveDEBRIS, led by the Surrey Space Centre (SSC) at the University of Surrey, has been launched into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS). R ... more 
Space objects will still be hard to protect despite new policyWest Lafayette, IN (SPX) Jun 25, 2018 A new space traffic management policy signed by President Donald Trump could help prevent thousands of space objects from colliding, but sufficient technical solutions are lacking, says Carolin Frue ... more 
Newly discovered Xenomorph wasp has alien-like lifecycleAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 A University of Adelaide PhD student has discovered a new species of wasp, named Xenomorph because of its gruesome parasitic lifecycle that echoes the predatory behaviour of the Alien movie franchis ... more  
In Togo, hi-tech orthopaedic care goes through crucial testLome (AFP) June 23, 2018 In a consulting room in Togo's capital, Lome, Geraldo Emmanuel - handicapped since birth six years ago - waits patiently on a bed while a digital scan is taken of his right leg. ... more  
Activity simulator could eventually teach robots tasks like making coffee or setting the tableBoston MA (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 For many people, household chores are a dreaded, inescapable part of life that we often put off or do with little care - but what if a robot maid could help lighten the load? Recently, compute ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 25, 2018 
The dust storm on Mars is now a Planet-encircling Dust Event (PEDE).
It shows no indication of receding at this time. Since the last contact with the rover on Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018), it is likely that Opportunity has experienced a low-power fault, putting herself to sleep only to wake when the skies eventually clear.
If the atmospheric opacity or the solar array dust factor has got ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 25, 2018 
If all goes to plan, China will soon make history as the first country to put a lander and a rover on the far side of the moon. Information gleaned from such a mission may answer questions about the universe that we have not even thought to ask yet.
It was for this reason that I found myself talking to Zheng Yongchun at Beijing Planetarium. Zheng is an animated interviewee, but that's not ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the most ambitious and complex space observatory ever built, will use its unparalleled infrared capabilities to study Jupiter's Great Red Spot, shedding new light on the enigmatic storm and building upon data returned from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories.
Jupiter's iconic storm is on the Webb telescope's list of targets chosen by gua ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 26, 2018 
In the last decade, we have discovered thousands of planets outside our solar system and have learned that rocky, temperate worlds are numerous in our galaxy. The next step will involve asking even bigger questions. Could some of these planets host life? And if so, will we be able to recognize life elsewhere if we see it?
A group of leading researchers in astronomy, biology and geology has ... more |
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 Singapore (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 
Arianespace, the global reference in space transportation, has orbited 60% of commercial satellites in the Asia-Pacific region since 1981. And this dynamic is continuing apace: after four satellites orbited for customers in the region during 2017, and the successful launch of DSN-1/Superbird-8 for SKY Perfect JSAT and the Japanese Ministry of Defense on April 5, 2018, Arianespace's order book in ... more |
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 Xichang, China (XNA) Jun 28, 2018 
China successfully launched new-tech experiment twin satellites on the Long March-2C rocket from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center Wednesday morning.
The twin satellites were launched at 11:30 a.m., and entered their intended orbit.
The twin-satellites missions are to link the inter-satellite network and conduct new technology tests on satellites earth-observation. ... more |
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 Onna, Japan (SPX) Jun 28, 2018  Look up above you. You might see blue sky, clouds, the Moon or stars. And while it might seem calm up there, the truth is it's nearly always raining. Every day, Earth is constantly bombarded by about 100 tons of falling objects from space, mostly simple dust or sand-sized particles that are destroyed as they hit the upper atmosphere.
But very rarely, a piece large enough to survive the int ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 13, 2018 
A company affiliated with the Russian space agency Roscosmos is reportedly moving to develop a powerful new laser capable of evaporating targets in orbit for the benefit of all mankind.
Researchers at the Scientific and Industrial Corporation 'Precision Instrument Systems' (NPK SPP), a subsidiary of Roscosmos, are developing a new technology which would allow for the vaporizing of potentia ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2018 
The United States may sell five AEGIS Weapons Systems to Spain, the State Department announced Tuesday.
The deal, which would cost about $860.4 million, requires the approval of Congress before it can be finalized.
The Government of Spain has requested to buy the five AEGIS Weapons Systems MK7 and a variety of other weapons and technologies that come with it - including five shi ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2018 
Scientists have found evidence of complex organic molecules on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The chemical signals were identified among spectrometry data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
"We are, yet again, blown away by Enceladus," Christopher Glein, a space scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, said in a news release. "Previously we'd only identified the simplest organic mo ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new technique to squeeze infrared light into ultra-confined spaces, generating an intense, nanoscale antenna that could be used to detect single biomolecules.
The researchers harnessed the power of polaritons, particles that blur the distinction between light and matter. This ultra ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018 
The theory of general relativity states that objects and their gravitational pull distort the spacetime around them. The phenomenon explains the gravitational lens effect, the bending of light in a lens-like shape around large galaxies and cosmic structures.
Recently, astronomers successfully measured the gravitation lensing effect around the elliptical galaxy ESO 325-G004, located 450 ... more |
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 Portsmouth UK (SPX) Jun 25, 2018 
An international team of astronomers have made the most precise test of gravity outside our own solar system.
By combining data taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope, their results show that gravity in this galaxy behaves as predicted by Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, confirming the theory's validity on galact ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 
Space exploration has captured our attention for over half of a century. NASA plans to propel human spaceflight beyond low-Earth orbit and continue the legacy of the Apollo missions.
With a renewed focus on exploration, NASA is developing new space technologies and capabilities that pave the way for missions back to the Moon and beyond. The agency will advance long duration mission-critica ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) June 26, 2018 
Australia will invest Aus$7 billion (US$5.2 billion) to develop and buy high-tech US drones for joint military operations and to monitor waters including the South China Sea, it said Tuesday.
Canberra has been embarking on its largest peacetime naval investment through a massive shipbuilding strategy that includes new submarines, offshore patrol vessels and frigates to shore up its defence c ... more |
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