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  Beijing (XNA) Jul 02, 2018 China is fast becoming a major space power as both its technology and launching frequency of satellites are improving at a rapid rate. China became the world's fifth country to send a satellite into space in 1970. So far, a total of 400 satellites have been launched and over 200 are currently in service. A large family of satellites has been formed in China, covering the fields of communication, meteorology, navigation and space science. For instance, the BeiDou Navigation Satellite Sy ... read more |
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Mars valleys traced back to precipitationZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 02, 2018 The surface of Mars bears imprints of structures that resemble fluvial steam networks on Earth. Scientists therefore assume that there must have been once enough water on the red planet to feed wate ... more 
The meteorite 'Black Beauty' expands the window for when life might have existed on MarsCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Jul 02, 2018 The Mars meteorite Black Beauty has literally brought crisp news to Earth. Crust formation is an important step in the development of terrestrial planets, and what makes Black Beauty special and exp ... more  
New Mystery Discovered Regarding Active Asteroid PhaethonTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 02, 2018 Based on a new study of how near-Earth asteroid Phaethon reflects light at different angles, astronomers think that its surface may reflect less light than previously thought. This is an exciting my ... more  
Astronomers Discover New Way for Giant Planets to EvolvePreston UK (SPX) Jul 02, 2018 New research into the early stages of planet formation, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, suggests that there may be more giant planets - most at least 10 times as ... more |
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SwRI scientists find evidence of complex organic molecules from EnceladusSan Antonio TX (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 Using mass spectrometry data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, scientists found that large, carbon-rich organic molecules are ejected from cracks in the icy surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Southwe ... more  
Complex organics bubble up from ocean-world EnceladusWashington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal complex organic molecules originating from Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, strengthening the idea that this ocean world hosts conditions suitable for life. Re ... more  
SNU researchers developed electronic skins that wirelessly activate fully soft robotsSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Jun 25, 2018 A research team of Seoul National University (Co-senior authors: Professor Yongtaek Hong, Jaeha Kim, and Kyu-Jin Cho) has developed a skin-like electronic system that is soft, thin, lightweight and ... more 
Japan space probe reaches asteroid in search for origin of lifeTokyo (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. ... more 
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 |
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 Hardy organisms threaten interplanetary contamination 
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  |
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Clearing out space junk, one step at a timeToulouse, France (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 Since the start of the space age, mankind has left its mark on the orbital pathways overhead...and not always for the better. Today, some 7,000 tonnes of artificial debris - a mass equivalent to the ... more 
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 
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 
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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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 02, 2018 
The surface of Mars bears imprints of structures that resemble fluvial steam networks on Earth. Scientists therefore assume that there must have been once enough water on the red planet to feed water streams that incised their path into the soil.
For years, however, scientists have been debating the source from which this water must have originated: was it rainwater that caused streams and ... 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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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 
Using mass spectrometry data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, scientists found that large, carbon-rich organic molecules are ejected from cracks in the icy surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Southwest Research Institute scientists think chemical reactions between the moon's rocky core and warm water from its subsurface ocean are linked to these complex molecules.
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 Beijing (AFP) July 2, 2018 
China is working on a super-powerful rocket that would be capable of delivering heavier payloads into low orbit than NASA, a leading Chinese space expert was quoted as saying Monday.
By 2030, the Long March-9 rocket under development will be able to carry 140 tonnes into low-Earth orbit - where TV and earth observation satellites currently fly - said Long Lehao, a senior official from the ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 02, 2018 
China is fast becoming a major space power as both its technology and launching frequency of satellites are improving at a rapid rate.
China became the world's fifth country to send a satellite into space in 1970. So far, a total of 400 satellites have been launched and over 200 are currently in service.
A large family of satellites has been formed in China, covering the fields of co ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 02, 2018 
Based on a new study of how near-Earth asteroid Phaethon reflects light at different angles, astronomers think that its surface may reflect less light than previously thought. This is an exciting mystery for the recently approved DESTINY+ mission to investigate when it flies past Phaethon.
The way an object reflects light depends not only on its albedo (the percentage of light it reflects) ... 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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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 25, 2018 
Using the MUSE instrument on ESO's VLT , a team led by Thomas Collett from the University of Portsmouth in the UK first calculated the mass of ESO 325-G004 by measuring the movement of stars within this nearby elliptical galaxy .
Collett explains "We used data from the Very Large Telescope in Chile to measure how fast the stars were moving in ESO 325-G004 - this allowed us to infer how muc ... more |
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 Kiel, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2018 
It is the "drosophila" of modern physics: the uniform electron gas. Just as the fruit fly is used to describe the principles of genetics this model of a gas can be used to investigate important characteristics of electrons.
This model also known as jellium describes the properties of electrons in metals, in molecules and in clusters of atoms. Further, electrons determine the behavior of st ... more |
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 Tampa (AFP) June 28, 2018  A floating, ball-shaped, artificial intelligence robot, specially trained to follow around a German astronaut at the International Space Station, is scheduled to blast off Friday on its ground-breaking mission.
The basketball-sized device called CIMON - shortened from Crew Interactive MObile CompanioN - was described as a "flying brain" by Manfred Jaumann, head of microgravity payloads at ... 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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