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  Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 The moon may be a mostly uniform expanse of gray, but if you look closely, you can still find a few nooks and crannies in its surface, from deep trenches to pits and maybe even caves. Now, researchers at CU Boulder have set out to explore what the environment might be like inside some of these shadowy features-many of which are too dark to see clearly from orbit. The team's preliminary results suggest that pits and caves on the moon showcase remarkably stable conditions. They don't seem to e ... read more |
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NASA begins testing robotics to bring first samples back from MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 15, 2021 Testing has already begun on what would be the most sophisticated endeavor ever attempted at the Red Planet: bringing rock and sediment samples from Mars to Earth for closer study. The multi-mission ... more 
Double drop test success for ExoMars parachutesParis (ESA) Dec 15, 2021 The largest parachute set to fly on Mars has completed its first successful high-altitude drop test, a critical milestone for ensuring the ExoMars mission is on track for launch in 2022. Both the fi ... more 
Sols 3326-3327: Backing away from the cliffPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 15, 2021 As we continue exploring Maria Gordon notch, we are planning a touch and go with lots of remote sensing activities between the "touch" and the "go." MSL is parked near the base of the cliff to ... more  
Dinosaurs' last spring: Study pinpoints timing of Chicxulub asteroid impactBoca Raton FL (SPX) Dec 10, 2021 A groundbreaking study led by researchers at Florida Atlantic University and an international team of scientists conclusively confirms the time year of the catastrophic Chicxulub asteroid, responsib ... more |
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Blood disc for astronaut diagnosisParis (ESA) Dec 10, 2021 Specially designed to operate in weightlessness, this diagnostic disc can identify diabetes, cardiovascular disease and high cholesterol from a single drop of astronaut blood. Future long dura ... more 
Scientists envision what Mars would look like as an exoplanetBoulder CO (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 In science fiction movies and television shows, real-life locations on Earth, such as California's Redwood National Forest and the Sahara Desert, have long been used to represent alien worlds. But r ... more  
Stellar "ashfall" could help distant planets growTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 The world's first 3D simulation simultaneously considering dust motion and growth in a disk around a young star has shown that large dust from the central region can be entrained by and then ejected ... more 
Innovative silicon nanochip can reprogram biological tissue in living bodyBloomington IN (SPX) Dec 10, 2021 A silicon device that can change skin tissue into blood vessels and nerve cells has advanced from prototype to standardized fabrication, meaning it can now be made in a consistent, reproducible way. ... more  
On they march as China records 401st flight of Long March rocket familyBeijing (XNA) Dec 15, 2021 China launched a relay satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China early on Tuesday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's major ... more |
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Lower atmospheric processes are crucial to understanding Martian water lossWashington DC (SPX) Dec 10, 2021 Lower atmospheric processes, such as convection, dust storms and gravity waves, are vital to understanding how Mars lost its water, writes Erdal Yigit in a Perspective. It's widely thought that most ... more 
Mirror, mirror, on the MoonParis (ESA) Dec 09, 2021 Mirror, mirror, on the Moon, how far away are you? MoonLIGHT or Moon Laser Instrumentation for General relativity/geophysics High-accuracy Tests is seeking the answer to this and more question ... more 
NASA Goddard helps ensure asteroid deflector hits targetGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 10, 2021 Although the chance of an asteroid impacting Earth is small, even a relatively small asteroid of about 500 feet (about 150 meters) across carries enough energy to cause widespread damage around the ... more 
Sol 3320: Flexibility is KeyPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 10, 2021 Curiosity is currently located within "Maria Gordon notch," which is a rather tight canyon surrounded by high rock walls located at the transition onto the Greenheugh Pediment. Her views are current ... more 
High-tech sleeping bag could solve vision issues in spaceDallas TX (SPX) Dec 10, 2021 A subtle smile emerged on Dr. James Leidner's face as he envisioned telling people of the unusual contribution he made to mankind's mission to Mars. For 72 straight hours, the study voluntee ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 
In science fiction movies and television shows, real-life locations on Earth, such as California's Redwood National Forest and the Sahara Desert, have long been used to represent alien worlds. But recently, in a Star Trek-style twist, a group of scientists, including researchers at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder, have been using a pl ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 
The moon may be a mostly uniform expanse of gray, but if you look closely, you can still find a few nooks and crannies in its surface, from deep trenches to pits and maybe even caves.
Now, researchers at CU Boulder have set out to explore what the environment might be like inside some of these shadowy features-many of which are too dark to see clearly from orbit.
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 Orlando FL (SPX) Dec 09, 2021 
As the new space race continues, a team of top researchers says one thing needs to be cleared up - what exactly is a planet?
In a study appearing recently in the journal Icarus, the researchers hope to set the record straight with a look at how a planet's definition has changed since the time of Galileo to the controversial decision the International Astronomical Union made in 2006 to crea ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 
The world's first 3D simulation simultaneously considering dust motion and growth in a disk around a young star has shown that large dust from the central region can be entrained by and then ejected by gas outflows, and eventually fall back onto the outer regions of the disk where it may enable planetesimal formation.
This process can be likened to volcanic "ashfall" where ash carried up b ... more |
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 Lynchburg VA (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 
BWX Technologies, Inc. has reached a critical milestone in the nation's pursuit of space nuclear propulsion by delivering coated reactor fuels to NASA in support of its space nuclear propulsion project within the agency's Space Technology Mission Directorate.
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) is one of the technologies that is capable of propelling a spacecraft to Mars and back. Innovative ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 15, 2021 
China launched a relay satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China early on Tuesday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's major space contractor.
A Long March 3B carrier rocket blasted off at 0:09 am and then deployed the Tianlian II-02 satellite into orbit, the State-owned company said in a statement. The mission marke ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 10, 2021 
Through a new 3D real-time visualization tool, you can now explore the asteroids and comets that approach Earth's orbital neighborhood - and the spacecraft that visit these objects - with a click or a swipe. NASA's Eyes on Asteroids brings this data to any smartphone, tablet, or computer with an internet connection - no download required.
Thousands of asteroids and dozens of comets are dis ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Nov 04, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate is partnering with The University of New Mexico (UNM) to establish a center for directed energy studies, a congressionally-funded endeavor.
The Directed Energy Center will be based at UNM and jointly managed by UNM's School of Engineering and UNM's Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM). AFRL is recognized as the nation's ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 15, 2021 
India may become the first in line to but Russian air defense system S-500, if it expresses such a desire, after the Russian Armed Forces receive them in required quantity, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov said.
"India will probably be the first on the list if it expresses a desire to buy these modern means," Borisov said in an interview with the RBC broadcaster.
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 Honolulu HI (SPX) Oct 18, 2021 
Strike-slip faulting, the type of motion common to California's well-known San Andreas Fault, was reported recently to possibly occur on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. New research, led by planetary scientists from the University of Hawai?i at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), suggests this tectonic motion may be active on Titan, deforming the icy surface.
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 Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 27, 2021 
It is an intuitive rule of thumb: if you reduce the density of a material, its stiffness will also be reduced. But scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US noticed that materials that are based on sandwich nanotubes retained their stiffness at lower densities.
Modelling by materials scientists from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) revealed how this ... more |
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 Goleta CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2021 
On April 18, 2019, the European Space Agency's Gaia Mission alerted astronomers worldwide to an unusually bright but fleeting celestial event: the gravitational microlensing event Gaia19bld. The temporary, chance alignment between two unrelated star systems produced twin images of the background star and gave scientists their first opportunity to actually observe the arc-shaped images move in re ... more |
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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 
Research using new antennas in the Australian hinterland has reduced background noise and brought us closer to finding a 13-billion-year-old signal
The early Universe was dark, filled with a hot soup of opaque particles. These condensed to form neutral hydrogen which coalesced to form the first stars in what astronomers call the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR).
"Finding the weak signal of thi ... more |
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 Delft, Netherlands (SPX) Dec 10, 2021 
How can humans instantly estimate the slipperiness of a surface and adjust their gripping, for instance when picking up a wet glass? Researchers from Delft University of Technology have, together with French and Australian colleagues, demonstrated that a (radial) strain of the skin of the fingertip is involved in the perception of slipperiness during initial contact. Robotics could use this info ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Dec 15, 2021 
Northrop Grumman has been issued a task order to support the Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) to begin engineering and planning work to reconfigure four United States Air Force EQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk aircraft for use in the SkyRange fleet of testing vehicles. Northrop Grumman provides support for TRMC's current fleet of Global Hawk aircraft.
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