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  Darien IL (SPX) Aug 27, 2020 It's hard to get a good night's sleep in space. An evaluation of astronauts serving on the Mir space station found that they experienced shorter sleep durations, more wakefulness, and changes in the structure of their sleep cycles while in microgravity. Researchers at Harvard College, Harvard Medical School, and NASA Ames Research Center studied the sleep patterns of four cosmonauts and one astronaut before, during and after spaceflight to conduct missions on the space station. Preliminary r ... read more |
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Could injectable microrobots one day run in your veins?London (AFP) Aug 26, 2020 Scientists have created an army of microscopic four-legged robots too small to see with the naked eye that walk when stimulated by a laser and could be injected into the body through hypodermic needles, a study said Wednesday. ... more  
Bacteria could survive the trip to Mars in the form of thick aggregatesWashington DC (UPI) Aug 26, 2020 If bacteria form thick enough aggregates - large populations of bacteria cells with multicellular structures - they could partially survive the long trip to Mars, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. ... more 
Recently discovered planets not as safe from stellar flares as first thoughtTempe AZ (SPX) Aug 26, 2020 A nearby star, the host of two (and possibly three) planets, was initially thought to be quiet and boring. These attributes are sought-after as they create a safe environment for their planets, espe ... more 
Bacteria could survive travel between Earth and Mars when forming aggregatesWashington DC (SPX) Aug 26, 2020 Imagine microscopic life-forms, such as bacteria, transported through space, and landing on another planet. The bacteria finding suitable conditions for its survival could then start multiplying aga ... more |
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Rogue planets could outnumber the starsColumbus OH (SPX) Aug 24, 2020 An upcoming NASA mission could find that there are more rogue planets - planets that float in space without orbiting a sun - than there are stars in the Milky Way, a new study theorizes. "This ... more  
Follow Perseverance in real time on its way to MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 24, 2020 The last time we saw NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission was on July 30, 2020, as it disappeared into the black of deep space on a trajectory for Mars. But with NASA's Eyes on the Solar Syst ... more  
AlphaDogfight trials foreshadow future of human-machine symbiosisWashington DC (SPX) Aug 27, 2020 A small Maryland company took first place in last week's AlphaDogfight Trials Final event, a three-day competition designed to demonstrate advanced algorithms capable of performing simulated, within ... more  
Spacepath Communications wins large order for solid-state RF power amplifiersHook UK (SPX) Aug 26, 2020 SpacePath Communications, a dedicated European-based, SATCOM amplifier manufacturer and equipment supplier, has won a major order for its compact and lightweight, solid-state RF power amplifiers. ... more 
Pristine space rock offers NASA scientists peek at evolution of life's building blocksGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 24, 2020 During a 2012 expedition to Antarctica, a team of Japanese and Belgian researchers picked up a small rock that appeared coal black against the snow white. Now known as meteorite Asuka 12236, it was ... more |
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Sustained planetwide storms may have filled lakes, rivers on ancient marsAustin TX (SPX) Aug 20, 2020 A new study from The University of Texas at Austin is helping scientists piece together the ancient climate of Mars by revealing how much rainfall and snowmelt filled its lake beds and river valleys ... more  |
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Deep learning will help future Mars rovers go farther, faster, and do more scienceAustin TX (SPX) Aug 20, 2020 NASA's Mars rovers have been one of the great scientific and space successes of the past two decades. Four generations of rovers have traversed the red planet gathering scientific data, sending back ... more 
The most sensitive instrument in the search for life in space comes from BernBern, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 20, 2020 The question of whether life exists beyond the Earth is one of humanity's most fundamental questions. Future NASA missions, for example, aim to examine the ice moons of Jupiter and Saturn, which may ... more 
Microbes living on air a global phenomenonSydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 20, 2020 In their first follow-up to a high-profile 2017 study which showed microbes in Antarctica have a unique ability to essentially live on air, researchers from UNSW Sydney have now discovered this proc ... more  
The Hayabusa2 Re-entry Capsule Approved to Land in AustraliaTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 19, 2020 On August 10, 2020, JAXA was informed that the Authorisation of Return of Overseas-Launched Space Object (AROLSO) for the re-entry capsule from Hayabusa2 was issued by the Australian Government. The ... more 
Tiny Asteroid Buzzes by Earth - the Closest Flyby on RecordPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 19, 2020 An SUV-size space rock flew past our planet over the weekend and was detected by a NASA-funded asteroid survey as it departed. Near Earth Asteroids, or NEAs, pass by our home planet all the time. Bu ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 24, 2020 
The last time we saw NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission was on July 30, 2020, as it disappeared into the black of deep space on a trajectory for Mars. But with NASA's Eyes on the Solar System, you can follow in real time as humanity's most sophisticated rover - and the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter traveling with it - treks millions of miles over the next six months to Jezero Crater.
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 20, 2020 
As NASA's Orion spacecraft approaches the Moon on the Artemis III mission to put the first woman and next man on the lunar surface, the crew will get a glimpse through the spacecraft's windows.
The first element machined for the Artemis III Orion crew module - a cone panel with openings for windows which will provide that spectacular view - was designed by Orion's lead contractor, Lockheed ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Aug 24, 2020 
Europa's outer icy shell has completely reoriented itself in one of the last geologic events recorded on its young surface. Europa's poles are not where they used to be. Cracks in the surface of Jupiter's icy moon indicate its shell of ice rotated by 70 degrees sometime in the last several million years. In addition to supporting prior evidence for the existence of a subsurface ocean, it also me ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 26, 2020 
Imagine microscopic life-forms, such as bacteria, transported through space, and landing on another planet. The bacteria finding suitable conditions for its survival could then start multiplying again, sparking life at the other side of the universe.
This theory, called "panspermia", support the possibility that microbes may migrate between planets and distribute life in the universe. Long ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 25, 2020 
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft lifted off on 30 May 2020, marking the first US space launch in a decade since the suspension of the Space Shuttle Program. The mission ferried NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station (ISS).
SpaceX's Crew Dragon space suits are impressively designed, but their safety level re ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 24, 2020 
China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 has traveled more than 8 million km away from Earth and is functioning normally, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration Thursday.
As of 11:20 pm Wednesday, the Mars probe has traveled 8.23 million km away from Earth. Starting from 10:20 pm Wednesday, multiple payloads on the Mars probe, including M ... more |
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 Hilo HI (SPX) Aug 25, 2020 
When Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) sped through the inner Solar System during the middle of 2020, astronomers and the general public watched in awe as this "dirty snowball" shed gas and dust into space, producing a striking show visible to the naked eye.
Close-up observations, led by Michal Drahus and Piotr Guzik of Jagiellonian University in Krakow, used the international Gemini Observatory, ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 11, 2020 
The Army is evaluating new air and missile defense systems - and testing laser weapons - after postponing some tests due to COVID-19.
Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment and 3rd Bn., 6th Air Defense Artillery Air Missile Defense Test Detachment are involved in a limited user test of the Integrated Battle Command System that began in early July, accordi ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 24, 2020 
The U.S. Army successfully intercepted a high-performance, high-speed tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target and a cruise missile target during a flight test using the Northrop Grumman Corporation Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS).
The target missiles were part of the second of two live-fire tests during the Army's IBCS Limited User Test (LUT) at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexic ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 16, 2020 
Volcano-like features seen in polar regions of Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft could be evidence of explosive eruptions that may continue today, according to a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Charles A. Wood and coauthor Jani Radebaugh of Brigham Young University.
Morphological features such as nested collapses, elevated ramparts, halos, and islan ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 20, 2020 
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have used ultra-fast extreme ultraviolet lasers to measure the properties of materials more than 100 times thinner than a human red blood cell.
The team, led by scientists at JILA, reported its new feat of wafer-thinness this week in the journal Physical Review Materials. The group's target, a film just 5 nanometers thick, is the thinnest material ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 24, 2020 
When LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, and its European counterpart, Virgo, detect a gravitational ripple from space, a public alert is sent out. That alert lets researchers know with a decently high confidence that this ripple was probably caused by an exceptional cosmic event, such as the collision of neutron stars or the merging of black holes, somewhere in the un ... more |
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 Wurzburg, Germany (SPX) Aug 24, 2020 
Black holes are at the center of almost all galaxies that have been studied so far. They have an unimaginably large mass and therefore attract matter, gas and even light. But they can also emit matter in the form of plasma jets - a kind of plasma beam that is ejected from the centre of the galaxy with tremendous energy. A plasma jet can extend several hundred thousand light years far into space. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 27, 2020 
A small Maryland company took first place in last week's AlphaDogfight Trials Final event, a three-day competition designed to demonstrate advanced algorithms capable of performing simulated, within-visual-range air combat maneuvering - commonly known as a dogfight.
Heron Systems' F-16 AI agent defeated seven other companies' F-16 AI agents and then went on to dominate the main event - a s ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 19, 2020 
Britain and Belgium signed a statement of intent to work together after both countries acquire the MQ-9B drone, they announced this week.
The Remotely Piloted Aircraft System is built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems of San Diego, and is known as the Protector RG Mk1 in Europe.
In remote signing ceremonies on Tuesday, Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston of the Royal Air Force a ... more |
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