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  Paris (ESA) Apr 01, 2019 A reanalysis of data collected by ESA's Mars Express during the first 20 months of NASA's Curiosity mission found one case of correlated methane detection, the first time an in-situ measurement has been independently confirmed from orbit. Reports of methane in the martian atmosphere have been intensely debated, with Mars Express contributing one of the first measurements from orbit in 2004, shortly after its arrival at the Red Planet. The molecule attracts such attention because on Earth met ... read more |
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Surviving A Hostile PlanetLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2019 Humans are probably the most well-adapted species on the planet; they can survive in and call home any of Earth's biomes. Our adaptation is a result of our intellect as well as favourable phys ... more  
Is Space Mining a Viable Future?Montreal, Canada (SPX) Apr 01, 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  
URI researcher calculates temperature inside moon to help reveal its inner structureKingston RI (SPX) Apr 01, 2019 Little is known about the inner structure of the Moon, but a major step forward was made by a University of Rhode Island scientist who conducted experiments that enabled her to determine the tempera ... more  
China launches new data relay satelliteBeijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2019 China sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province late Sunday night. The Tianlian II-01 satellite was launched at ... more |
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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 
US boots on the Moon in 2024? It won't be easyWashington (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. ... more 
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  
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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 In vivo data show effects of spaceflight microgravity on stem cells and tissue regeneration  
Will cyborgs be made from melanin? Pigment breakthrough enables biocompatible electronicsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2019 The dark brown melanin pigment, eumelanin, colors hair and eyes, and protects our skin from sun damage. It has also long been known to conduct electricity, but too little for any useful application ... more  |
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Europa Clipper High-Gain Antenna Undergoes TestingHampton, VA (SPX) Apr 01, 2019 It probably goes without saying, but this isn't your everyday satellite dish. In fact, it's not a satellite dish at all. It's a high-gain antenna (HGA), and a future version of it will send an ... 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 
Bennu in StereoWashington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2019 This set of stereoscopic images provides a 3D view of the large, 170-foot (52-meter) boulder that juts from asteroid Bennu's southern hemisphere and the rocky slopes that surround it. The ster ... more  
Indian satellite destruction creates debris field of 'space junk'Washington (AFP) March 28, 2019 India's destruction of a satellite with a missile created hundreds of pieces of "space junk," a potentially dangerous situation that established space powers have tried to avoid for years. ... more  
New close-ups of the mini-moons in Saturn's ringsPasadena 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. ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 01, 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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 Hampton, VA (SPX) Apr 01, 2019 
It probably goes without saying, but this isn't your everyday satellite dish.
In fact, it's not a satellite dish at all. It's a high-gain antenna (HGA), and a future version of it will send and receive signals to and from Earth from a looping orbit around Jupiter.
The antenna will take that long journey aboard NASA's Europa Clipper, a spacecraft that will conduct detailed reconnaissa ... 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.
To f ... more |
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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.
The test, conducted at a facilit ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2019 
China sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province late Sunday night.
The Tianlian II-01 satellite was launched at 11:51 p.m. Beijing Time by a Long March-3B carrier rocket.
As the first satellite to constitute China's second-generation data relay satellite network, the Tianlian II-01 will provide data relay ... 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.
Over the last ... more |
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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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