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  Washington (AFP) March 30, 2019 For the past 15 years, America has sought to put its astronauts back on the Moon, but NASA did not think it could be done before 2028. On Tuesday, the government of President Donald Trump set a new deadline: 2024. But that timeframe is anything but ironclad, and would force the US space agency to upend its usual work practices and take serious risks. Just a few weeks ago, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said the United States was not in any space race. But he was forced to change his tune whe ... read more |
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New evidence of deep groundwater on MarsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2019 In mid-2018, researchers supported by the Italian Space Agency detected the presence of a deep-water lake on Mars under its south polar ice caps. Now, researchers at the USC Arid Climate and Water R ... more 
NASA's Mars Helicopter Completes Flight TestsPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 30, 2019 Since the Wright brothers first took to the skies of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, Dec. 17, 1903, first flights have been important milestones in the life of any vehicle designed for air travel. ... more  
University of Hawaii team records self-destructing asteroidManoa HI (SPX) Mar 30, 2019 Astronomers once thought asteroids were boring, wayward space rocks that simply orbit around the sun. Only in science fiction movies were they dramatic, changing objects. New observations are ... more  
Exoplanet satellite readyParis (ESA) Mar 30, 2019 ESA's Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, was recently declared ready to fly after completing a series of final spacecraft tests. Cheops will lift off as a secondary passenger on a Soy ... more |
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Is Space Mining a Viable Future?Montreal, Canada (SPX) Mar 30, 2019 Space is the final frontier for resource exploitation. Asteroids orbiting near earth are masses of potential riches such as platinum, fresh water, and other resources scarce on earth. However, with ... more 
Results of BIOMEX, the Biology and Mars Experiment on the ISSBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 Earth is a very special planet. It is the only celestial body in the solar system on which we know life exists. Could there be life on other planets or moons? Mars is always the first to be mentione ... more 
Fossil 'mother lode' records Earth-shaking asteroid's impact: studyWashington (AFP) March 30, 2019 Scientists in the US say they have discovered the fossilized remains of a mass of creatures that died minutes after a huge asteroid slammed into the Earth 66 million years ago, sealing the fate of the dinosaurs. ... more 
High School Senior Uncovers Potential for Hundreds of Earth-Like Planets in Kepler DataMoffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2019 An 18-year-old high school senior has won a $250,000 prize for calculating the potential for finding more planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets, using data from NASA's Kepler space tel ... more  
A rubber computer eliminates the last hard components from soft robotsBoston MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 A soft robot, attached to a balloon and submerged in a transparent column of water, dives and surfaces, then dives and surfaces again, like a fish chasing flies. Soft robots have performed this kind ... more |
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 Will cyborgs be made from melanin? Pigment breakthrough enables biocompatible electronics  
In vivo data show effects of spaceflight microgravity on stem cells and tissue regenerationNew Rochelle NY (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 A new review of data from 12 spaceflight experiments and simulated microgravity studies has shown that microgravity does not have a negative effect on stem-like cell-dependent tissue regeneration in ... more  |
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Astronomers Discover Two New Planets Using Artificial IntelligenceAustin TX (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin, in partnership with Google, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to uncover two more hidden planets in the Kepler space telescope archive. The tec ... more 
Exoplanet Under the Looking GlassHeidelberg, Germany (SPX) Mar 28, 2019 For the first time, astronomers have succeeded in investigating an exoplanet using optical interferometry. The new method allowed astronomers to measure the position of the exoplanet HR 8799e with u ... more 
Data flows from NASA's TESS Mission, leads to discovery of Saturn-sized planetAmes IA (SPX) Mar 28, 2019 Astronomers who study stars are providing a valuable assist to the planet-hunting astronomers pursuing the primary objective of NASA's new TESS Mission. In fact, asteroseismologists - stellar ... more 
Gravity instrument breaks new ground in exoplanet imagingMunich, Germany (SPX) Mar 28, 2019 The GRAVITY instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has made the first direct observation of an exoplanet using optical interferometry. This method revealed a complex exoplane ... more 
Rivers raged on Mars late into its historyChicago IL (SPX) Mar 28, 2019 Long ago on Mars, water carved deep riverbeds into the planet's surface - but we still don't know what kind of weather fed them. Scientists aren't sure, because their understanding of the Martian cl ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
Earth is a very special planet. It is the only celestial body in the solar system on which we know life exists. Could there be life on other planets or moons? Mars is always the first to be mentioned in this context; it has many properties in common with Earth, and in its geological past water also flowed over its surface.
Today, however, conditions on Mars are so extreme that it is hard t ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 30, 2019 
For the past 15 years, America has sought to put its astronauts back on the Moon, but NASA did not think it could be done before 2028.
On Tuesday, the government of President Donald Trump set a new deadline: 2024.
But that timeframe is anything but ironclad, and would force the US space agency to upend its usual work practices and take serious risks.
Just a few weeks ago, NASA chief ... more |
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 Lund, Sweden (SPX) Mar 24, 2019 
It is known that gas giants around other stars are often located very near their sun. According to accepted theory, these gas planets were formed far away and subsequently migrated to an orbit closer to the star.
Now researchers from Lund University and other institutions have used advanced computer simulations to learn more about Jupiter's journey through our own solar system approximatel ... more |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin, in partnership with Google, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to uncover two more hidden planets in the Kepler space telescope archive. The technique shows promise for identifying many additional planets that traditional methods could not catch.
The planets discovered this time were from Kepler's extended mission, called K2.
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 30, 2019 
Chinese engineers have successfully carried out a compatibility test on the turbopump and gas generator of rocket engine on Sunday, according to China Daily on Thursday.
The engine will deliver 500 tonnes of thrust using a combination of liquid oxygen and kerosene, the paper quoted a statement of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. as saying.
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 Xichang (XNA) Mar 12, 2019 
Chinese scientists are designing what is expected to be the world's most powerful rocket, according to a senior researcher.
Li Hong, deputy general manager at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, said the Long March 9 super heavy-lift carrier rocket will be capable of lifting 140 metric tons of payload into a low-Earth orbit, or a 50-ton spacecraft to a lunar transfer orbit. The gi ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 30, 2019 
Scientists in the US say they have discovered the fossilized remains of a mass of creatures that died minutes after a huge asteroid slammed into the Earth 66 million years ago, sealing the fate of the dinosaurs.
In a paper to be published Monday, a team of paleontologists headquartered at the University of Kansas say they found a "mother lode of exquisitely preserved animal and fish fossils" ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 23, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force announced it is planning future experiments involving laser and microwave energy weapons after recent successes in testing sessions.
Future experiments in the Directed Energy Experimentation Campaign are planned at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the Air Force said Tuesday in a statement.
The tests by the 704th Test Group, essentially the use of mi ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2019  Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $1.14 billion contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System for Poland, Bahrain and Romania.
The foreign military sales contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, covers full rate production for the GMLRS surface-to-surface systems for the three nations.
Work on the contract is expected to run through Aug. 31, 2021, and will ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 29, 2019  Nestled between Saturn's rings are a collection of mini-moons that NASA's Cassini spacecraft skimmed past in 2017.
On Thursday, for the first time, astronomers and scientists are detailing their findings about the moons in the US journal Science.
Pan, Daphnis, Atlas, Pandora and Epimetheus each measure between eight and 116 kilometers (five to 72 miles) in diameter. They are either round ... more |
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 Houghton MI (SPX) Mar 28, 2019 
Electrospinning uses electric fields to manipulate nanoscale and microscale fibers. The technique is well-developed but time-intensive and costly. A team from Michigan Technological University came up with a new way to create customizable nanofibers for growing cell cultures that cuts out time spent removing toxic solvents and chemicals. Their work is published in Elsevier's Materialia.
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 London, UK (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
UK astrophysicists are gearing up to resume the search for gravitational waves, the ripples in spacetime caused by some of the universe's most spectacular events, after substantial upgrades to the three global detectors mean that they will be able to survey an even larger volume of space than ever before for powerful, wave-making events, such as the collisions of black holes.
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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
A team of scientists has proposed a powerful new test for inflation, the theory that the universe dramatically expanded in size in a fleeting fraction of a second right after the Big Bang. Their goal is to give insight into a long-standing question: what was the universe like before the Big Bang?
Although cosmic inflation is well known for resolving some important mysteries about the struc ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 
A soft robot, attached to a balloon and submerged in a transparent column of water, dives and surfaces, then dives and surfaces again, like a fish chasing flies. Soft robots have performed this kind of trick before. But unlike most soft robots, this one is made and operated with no hard or electronic parts. Inside, a soft, rubber computer tells the balloon when to ascend or descend. For the firs ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2019 
Russian cosmonauts will carry out an experiment on controlling a drone driven by a propeller on board the International Space Station, Alexander Bloshenko, a science advisor to the Roscosmos's chief, told Sputnik on Wednesday.
"The experiment has been introduced into the program", Bloshenko said. During experiments with the propeller-driven drone, it is first planned to work out the design ... more |
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