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  Hampton VA (SPX) Sep 08, 2020 Many exploration destinations in our solar system are frigid and require hardware that can withstand the extreme cold. During NASA's Artemis missions, temperatures at the Moon's South Pole will drop drastically during the lunar night. Farther into the solar system, on Jupiter's moon Europa, temperatures never rise above -260 degrees Fahrenheit (-162 degrees Celsius) at the equator. One NASA project is developing special gears that can withstand the extreme temperatures experienced during missions ... read more |
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Researchers find unexpected electrical current that could stabilize fusion reactionsPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 Electric current is everywhere, from powering homes to controlling the plasma that fuels fusion reactions to possibly giving rise to vast cosmic magnetic fields. Now, scientists at the U.S. Departme ... more  
Nereidum Montes a mountain landscape formed by water, ice and windBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 04, 2020 images, acquired by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), show part of the Nereidum Montes region. Wind, water, ice and tectonic forces have created a highly diverse landscape. The HRSC has been ... more  
New observations show planet-forming disc torn apart by its three central starsMunich, Germany (SPX) Sep 04, 2020 A team of astronomers have identified the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with tilted rings. This new research suggests exo ... more  
China's reusable spacecraft returns to Earth after 2 daysBeijing (Sputnik) Sep 07, 2020 The Chinese reusable experimental spaceship has successfully returned to Earth having spent two days in the orbit, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. The reusable spaceship was lau ... more |
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Orion program completes key review for Artemis IWashington DC (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 NASA's Orion Program has completed the System Acceptance Review and Design Certification Review to certify the Artemis I spacecraft is fit for flight, ready to venture from Earth to the lunar vicini ... more  
NASA's Lucy mission one step closer to exploring the Trojan AsteroidsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 31, 2020 NASA's first mission to explore the Trojan asteroids is one step closer to launch. The Discovery Program's Lucy mission passed a critical milestone and is officially authorized to transition to its ... more 
China's Chang'e-4 probe survives 600 Earth days on Moon's far sideBeijing (XNA) Sep 01, 2020 China's Chang'e 4 probe has survived more than 600 Earth days on the far side of the moon while conducting scientific explorations. With a variety of scientific gear on board, the Chinese luna ... more 
Researchers develop dustbuster for the moonBoulder CO (SPX) Sep 01, 2020 A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder is pioneering a new solution to the problem of spring cleaning on the moon: Why not zap away the grime using a beam of electrons? The research, ... more 
Tungsten isotope helps study how to armor future fusion reactorsOak Ridge TN (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 The inside of future nuclear fusion energy reactors will be among the harshest environments ever produced on Earth. What's strong enough to protect the inside of a fusion reactor from plasma-produce ... more |
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 Next artificial intelligence mission selected 
Manchester experts' breakthrough narrows intelligent life search in Milky WayManchester, UK (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 An analytical breakthrough that could significantly improve our chances of finding extra-terrestrial life in our galaxy has been discovered by a team at The University of Manchester. In new re ... more  |
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Altius Space Machines to develop innovative technologies for satellite servicingDenver CO (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 Voyager Space Holdings' subsidiary - Altius Space Machines - has been selected to participate in a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs to ... more  
Robot takes contact-free measurements of patients' vital signsBoston MA (SPX) Sep 01, 2020 During the current coronavirus pandemic, one of the riskiest parts of a health care worker's job is assessing people who have symptoms of Covid-19. Researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospi ... more 
Toward a machine learning model that can reason about everyday actionsBoston MA (SPX) Sep 01, 2020 The ability to reason abstractly about events as they unfold is a defining feature of human intelligence. We know instinctively that crying and writing are means of communicating, and that a panda f ... more 
Miniature antenna enables robotic teaming in complex environmentsAdelphi MD (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 A new, miniature, low-frequency antenna with enhanced bandwidth will enable robust networking among compact, mobile robots in complex environments. In a collaborative effort between the U.S. A ... more  
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 |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 
An observer standing on Mars would see the planet's moon Phobos cross the sky from west to east every five hours. Its orbit passes between the sun and any given point on Mars about once each Earth year. Each time it does so, it causes from one to seven solar eclipses within the space of three days. One place where this happens is the site of NASA's InSight lander, stationed in the Elysium Planit ... more |
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 Hampton VA (SPX) Sep 08, 2020 
Many exploration destinations in our solar system are frigid and require hardware that can withstand the extreme cold. During NASA's Artemis missions, temperatures at the Moon's South Pole will drop drastically during the lunar night. Farther into the solar system, on Jupiter's moon Europa, temperatures never rise above -260 degrees Fahrenheit (-162 degrees Celsius) at the equator.
One NAS ... more |
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 Kiruna, Sweden (SPX) Aug 24, 2020  The first of two Swedish-led Jupiter instruments has left the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) to take its place on the European spacecraft JUICE. The Radio and Plasma Wave Investigation instrument (RPWI) will measure electric and magnetic fields to identify and map the oceans beneath the frozen ice cover of the moon Ganymede.
In 2013, IRF was sel ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Sep 04, 2020 
A team of astronomers have identified the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with tilted rings. This new research suggests exotic planets, not unlike Tatooine in Star Wars, may form in inclined rings in bent discs around multiple stars.
The results were made possible thanks to observations with the European Southern Ob ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 
NASA is preparing for the first launch of a sounding rocket since the coronavirus pandemic began in the United States. The DUST-2 mission, which is short for the Determining Unknown yet Significant Traits-2, will carry a miniature laboratory into space, simulating how tiny grains of space dust - the raw materials of stars, planets and solar systems - form and grow. The launch window opens at the ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Sep 07, 2020 
The Chinese reusable experimental spaceship has successfully returned to Earth having spent two days in the orbit, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.
The reusable spaceship was launched this past Friday on a Long March 2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert.
While little has so far been known about the reusable capsule, Xinhua said t ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 08, 2020 
A permeable heart with a hardened facade -the resting place of Rosetta's lander on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is revealing more about the interior of the 'rubber duck' shaped-body looping around the Sun.
A recent study suggests that the comet's interior is more porous than the material near the surface. The results confirm that solar radiation has significantly modified the comet's su ... 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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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 26, 2020 
The U.S. Army's most advanced Patriot missile misfired during a major test of the Army's Integrated Battle Command System, an Army official confirmed.
A hit-to-kill Patriot Advanced Capability-2 Guided Enhanced Missile was used against a cruise missile target last week in alive-fire exercise at the Army's White Sands, N. M., Missile Range, but failed, Col. Phil Rottenborn, IBCS project ... 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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 Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2020 
"Eat your vitamins" might be replaced with "ingest your ceramic nano-particles" in the future as space research is giving more weight to the idea that nanoscopic particles could help protect cells from common causes of damage.
Oxidative stress occurs in our bodies when cells lose the natural balance of electrons in the molecules that we are made of. This is a common and constant occurrence ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 
The departments of Professor Alessandra Buonanno (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI)) and Professor Zvi Bern (Mani L. Bhaumik Institute for Theoretical Physics (University of California in Los Angeles, UCLA)) will cooperate on developing waveform models for future gravitational-wave detectors.
Senior researcher Dr. Justin Vines will perform the ... more |
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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Sep 03, 2020 
Black holes can expel a thousand times more matter than they capture. The mechanism that governs both ejection and capture is the accretion disk, a vast mass of gas and dust spiraling around the black hole at extremely high speeds. The disk is hot and emits light as well as other forms of electromagnetic radiation. Part of the orbiting matter is pulled toward the center and disappears behind the ... more |
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 Adelphi MD (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 
A new, miniature, low-frequency antenna with enhanced bandwidth will enable robust networking among compact, mobile robots in complex environments.
In a collaborative effort between the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory and the University of Michigan, researchers developed a novel design approach that improves upon limitations of conventional ante ... more |
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 Tehran, Iran (Sputnik) Sep 01, 2020 
Iran's Ministry of Defense is investing in its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology to ensure it remains one of the top countries in combat drone development, according to state media.
According to the Jerusalem Post, Iran has produced several lines of drones, such as the Ababil series, the Mohajer, the Karrar and the Fotros. The Karrar, for instance, is a jet-powered target drone manu ... more |
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