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  Birmingham UK (The Conversation) Feb 05, 2021 Looking at its achievements over the past decade, nobody would doubt China is aiming to win the new space race. Not only has it been the only country to land on the Moon in about 40 years, and the first to soft land on its far side, it has also planted a flag on lunar soil and brought samples back to Earth. The race between several nations and private companies, however, is far from over. China is now approaching Mars with its Tianwen-1 mission, due to arrive on February 10. A successful insertion ... read more |
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Bringing Mars rocks back to EarthTempe AZ (The Conversation) Feb 05, 2021 Jim Bell is a professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University and has worked on a number of Mars missions. On Feb. 18, NASA's Mars 2020 mission will be arriving at ... more  
NASA Selects Firefly Aerospace for Artemis Commercial Moon Delivery in 2023Washington DC (SPX) Feb 05, 2021 NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas, approximately $93.3 million to deliver a suite of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations to the Moon in 2023. The delivery, ... more 
White House: Biden supports NASA program to send astronauts to moonWashington DC (UPI) Feb 05, 2021 President Joe Biden supports NASA's plan to return Americans to the surface of the moon, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday, relieving some doubt as to the fate of the Trump-era Art ... more  
SPIRou Stares at a Young Rebel: the AU Mic Planetary SystemHonolulu HI (SPX) Feb 05, 2021 A team of astronomers using SPIRou, the spectropolarimeter / high-precision velocimeter at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), measured the mass and density of a close-in Neptune-like planet ... more |
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NASA's Psyche mission moves forward, passing key milestoneWashington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2021 NASA's Psyche mission has passed a critical milestone that moves it a step closer to launch. After an intense review of the mission's progress in building its science instruments and engineering sys ... more 
NASA, International Partners assess mission to map ice on MarsWashington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2021 NASA and three international partners have signed a statement of intent to advance a possible robotic Mars ice mapping mission, which could help identify abundant, accessible ice for future candidat ... more 
Tianwen 1 probe set to enter Mars orbit before New YearBeijing (XNA) Feb 04, 2021 China's Tianwen 1 Mars probe is set to enter the orbit of the red planet around Feb 10, two days before Chinese New Year, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leadi ... more 
Could the surface of Phobos reveal secrets of the Martian pastGreenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 02, 2021 The Martian moon Phobos orbits through a stream of charged atoms and molecules that flow off the Red Planet's atmosphere, new research shows. Many of these charged particles, or ions, of oxyge ... more  
Study reveals MESSENGER watched a meteoroid strike MercuryLaurel MD (SPX) Feb 02, 2021 NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) mission to Mercury has been out of operation for nearly six years, but the data it collected keeps on giving, from rev ... more |
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 MDA extends satellite operations capability through contract award by the Canadian Space Agency 
Could game theory help discover intelligent alien lifeManchester UK (SPX) Jan 31, 2021 New research from The University of Manchester suggests using a strategy linked to cooperative game playing known as 'game theory' in order to maximise the potential of finding intelligent alien lif ... more  |
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Earth will soon forever lose its 'second moon', astronomers sayMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2021 NASA has confirmed that the enigmatic object, 2020 SO, is the remains of a Centaur rocket booster from the mid 20th century Space Age, adding that the orbiting space junk can be classified as a mini ... more  
New fiber optic temperature sensing approach to keep fusion power plants runningBoston MA (SPX) Feb 05, 2021 The pursuit of fusion as a safe, carbon-free, always-on energy source has intensified in recent years, with a number of organizations pursuing aggressive timelines for technology demonstrations and ... more  
New AI system uses radio signals to detect a person's emotionsWashington DC (UPI) Feb 3, 2021 Scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence system that uses radio wave signals and a deep-learning neural network to remotely detect a subject's emotions. ... more 
AI startup Databricks valued at $28 bn, tech giants join fundingSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 1, 2021 Artificial intelligence startup Databricks said Monday it raised fresh capital at a $28 billion valuation, with investments coming from Microsoft, Google and Amazon. ... more 
How modern robots are developedMoscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 04, 2021 Today, neuroscience and robotics are developing hand in hand. Mikhail Lebedev, Academic Supervisor at HSE University's Centre for Bioelectric Interfaces, spoke about how studying the brain inspires ... more |
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 Leioa, Spain (SPX) Feb 04, 2021 
The IBeA research group from the University of the Basque Country's Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, is participating in NASA's Mars2020 space mission, which is scheduled to touch down on Mars in February this year. Specifically, the group has participated in constructing and verifying the chemical homogeneity of the templates included on the calibration car ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 05, 2021 
NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas, approximately $93.3 million to deliver a suite of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations to the Moon in 2023. The delivery, planned for Mare Crisium, a low-lying basin on the Moon's near side, will investigate a variety of lunar surface conditions and resources. Such investigations will help prepare for human missions to t ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 01, 2021  Among Jupiter's Galilean moons, icy Europa or volcanic Io often take the spotlight - but their sibling moon Ganymede has plenty of secrets to share. Powerful new millimeter observations have now provided insight into this complex satellite's surface.
The frozen, alien landscape of Ganymede contains a little of everything. Shadowy regions of ancient, battered dark terrain are cross-cut by n ... more |
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 Honolulu HI (SPX) Feb 05, 2021 
A team of astronomers using SPIRou, the spectropolarimeter / high-precision velocimeter at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), measured the mass and density of a close-in Neptune-like planet orbiting the hugely-active newborn star AU Microscopii (AU Mic), showing that this warm planet, named AU Mic b, orbits in the equatorial plane of its host.
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 Bay St. Louis MS (SPX) Feb 01, 2021  NASA plans to conduct a second Green Run hot fire test as early as the fourth week in February with the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket's core stage that will launch the Artemis I mission to the Moon. The Green Run is a comprehensive assessment of the rocket's core stage prior to launching Artemis missions.
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 01, 2021 
"Earnest and serious, considerate and meticulous, sound and reliable, and absolutely safe" is the motto of Guo Shiyu's father, the deputy chief engineer of an institution under China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The principle was first brought up in 1964 by then-Premier Zhou Enlai to guide the country's scientific research on national defense. It's also the goal of Guo, an ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2021 
NASA's Psyche mission has passed a critical milestone that moves it a step closer to launch. After an intense review of the mission's progress in building its science instruments and engineering systems, Psyche won clearance to progress into what NASA calls Phase D of its life cycle - the final phase of operations prior to its scheduled launch in August 2022.
Until now, the mission has foc ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Feb 01, 2021  The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate recently held its newest wargaming, modeling and simulation event at Kirtland Air Force Base.
The Directed Energy Utility Concept Experiment, or DEUCE, under the leadership of the directorate's wargaming team, brought together F-16 pilots, F-15E weapon systems officers and an Airborne Warning and Control System air battle manage ... more |
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 Washington DC (AFNS) Jan 25, 2021 
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is pleased to announce award of Other Transaction Agreements (OTA) with L3Harris Technologies, Inc and Northrop Grumman Systems Cooporation for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program's Phase IIb On-orbit Prototype Demonstration. Phase IIb will continue developing the capability to support Warfighter fire-control quality data requiremen ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Jan 22, 2021 
Rather like David versus Goliath, it appears that Saturn's tilt may in fact be caused by its moons. This is the conclusion of recent work carried out by scientists from the CNRS, Sorbonne University and the University of Pisa, which shows that the current tilt of Saturn's rotation axis is caused by the migration of its satellites, and especially by that of its largest moon, Titan.
Recent o ... more |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Jan 25, 2021  Metallurgists have all kinds of ways to make a chunk of metal harder. They can bend it, twist it, run it between two rollers or pound it with a hammer. These methods work by breaking up the metal's grain structure - the microscopic crystalline domains that form a bulk piece of metal. Smaller grains make for harder metals.
Now, a group of Brown University researchers has found a way to cust ... more |
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 Morgantown WV (SPX) Feb 05, 2021 
In data gathered and analyzed over 13 years, the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) Physics Frontiers Center (PFC) has found an intriguing low-frequency signal that may be attributable to gravitational waves.
NANOGrav researchers - including a number from West Virginia University's (WVU's) Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Center for Gravitati ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Feb 04, 2021 
A new study has found that electrons can reach ultra-relativistic energies for very special conditions in the magnetosphere when space is devoid of plasma. Recent measurements from NASA's Van Allen Probes spacecraft showed that electrons can reach ultra-relativistic energies flying at almost the speed of light.
Hayley Allison, Yuri Shprits and collaborators from the German Research Centre ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 3, 2021  Scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence system that uses radio wave signals and a deep-learning neural network to remotely detect a subject's emotions.
The novel system - described in a new paper, published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One - can identify heart rate and breathing patterns associated with anger, sadness, joy and pleasure.
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 Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Feb 01, 2021  Kongsberg Geospatial, developer of the TerraLens Geospatial SDK, uAvionix, creators of the PingStation Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) transponder, and Aireon, developers of a space-based ADS-B network announced that they will be demonstrating a horizonless air picture to help improve drone operations safety in an upcoming online seminar hosted by the Association for Unmanned ... more |
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