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  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2017 A UCLA-led research team reports that the moon is at least 4.51 billion years old, or 40 million to 140 million years older than scientists previously thought. The findings - based on an analysis of minerals from the moon called zircons that were brought back to Earth by the Apollo 14 mission in 1971 - are published Jan. 11 in the journal Science Advances. The moon's age has been a hotly debated topic, even though scientists have tried to settle the question over many years and using a wide range ... read more |
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New map of the Moon under creation in ChinaChinese scientists are drawing a 1:2.5 million scale geological map of the Moon. Ouyang Ziyuan, first chief scientist of China's lunar exploration program, said five universities and research ... more 
How the Moons That Came Before Collided to Form the MoonThe Moon, and the question of how it was formed, has long been a source of fascination and wonder. Now, a team of Israeli researchers suggests that the Moon we see every night is not Earth's first m ... more 
Solar storms could spark soils at moon's polesPowerful solar storms can charge up the soil in frigid, permanently shadowed regions near the lunar poles, and may possibly produce "sparks" that could vaporize and melt the soil, perhaps as much as ... more 
China plans probes to far side, poles of MoonChina is planning missions to explore the far side of the Moon and to send robots to explore both lunar poles. Plans to send astronauts to the Moon are also being discussed, according to Wu Ya ... more |
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Lunar sonic boomsThe sonic boom created by an airplane comes from the craft's large, speeding body crashing into molecules in the air. But if you shrank the plane to the size of a molecule, would it still generate a ... more 
India Inc joins hands to bid for moon missionAn Indian aerospace start-ups's plans to send a mission to moon as part of the Google's Lunar XPRIZE challenge has received a major boost in funding from local corporate houses and entrepreneurs. A ... more 
TeamIndus signs contract with ISRO for lunar missionDomestic space technology startup TeamIndus on Thursday signed a first-of-its-kind contract with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to send a TeamIndus robot to the Moon. TeamIndus will l ... more 
Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin stable after South Pole health scareRetired astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, was recovering in a New Zealand hospital Friday after being medically evacuated from the South Pole while on a tourist trip, his management said. ... more 
Russian Space Agency Confirms Plans to Implement Lunar Sample-Return MissionRussia's space agency said that Roscosmos does not intend to abandon the implementation of the Luna-Grunt (Lunar Sample-Return) project aimed at delivering lunar soil to the Earth. Roscosmos does no ... more |
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 Skygazers gawp at extra bright 'supermoon'
There's an 'extra-super' Moon on the riseAn unusually large and bright Moon will adorn the night sky next Monday - the closest "supermoon" to Earth in 68 years and a chance for dramatic photos and spectacular surf. Weather permitting ... more
November 14th's Super-Close Full MoonThe full Moon on Monday, November 14th, will be a little bigger and brighter than normal, because on that day the Moon will be closer to Earth than it's been in nearly 69 years. At 6:23 a.m. E ... more |
  
The crew has been selected, and research studies confirmed for the 2017 mission of the University of Hawai?i at Manoa's Hawai?i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS).
At approximately 3:30 p.m. on January 19, 2017, six astronaut-like crewmembers will enter a geodesic dome atop Mauna Loa on the island of Hawai?i as part of an eight-month research study of human behavior and perf ... more New Year yields interesting bright soil for Opportunity rover Hues in a Crater Slope 3-D images reveal features of Martian polar ice caps |
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After a two-and-a-half-hour descent, the metallic, saucer-shaped spacecraft came to rest with a thud on a dark floodplain covered in cobbles of water ice, in temperatures hundreds of degrees below freezing. The alien probe worked frantically to collect and transmit images and data about its environs - in mere minutes its mothership would drop below the local horizon, cutting off its link to the ... more NASA image showcases Saturn's sun-soaked north pole Cassini offers a crash course in ring world orbital mechanics Saturn's bulging core implies moons younger than thought |
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Pluto's relationship with its moon Charon is one of the more unusual interactions in the solar system due to Charon's size and proximity. It's more than half of Pluto's diameter and orbits only 12,000 or so miles away. To put that into perspective, picture our moon three times closer to Earth, and as large as Mars.
A new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology provides additional in ... more Lowell Observatory to renovate Pluto discovery telescope Flying observatory makes observations of Jupiter previously only possible from space York U research identifies icy ridges on Pluto |
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French astronaut Thomas Pesquet floated into space on his first-ever spacewalk Friday, and helped install three new, refrigerator-sized lithium-ion batteries to upgrade the power system at the International Space Station.
Wearing a white spacesuit with the French flag emblazoned on one shoulder, Pesquet and US astronaut Shane Kimbrough switched on their spacesuits' internal battery power to ... more 'Hidden Figures' soars in second week atop box office The dust never settles on the Space Station Real time imaging and transcriptome analysis of medaka aboard space station |
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Shrinking the investigation of objects down to the nanometer scale often reveals new properties of matter that have no equivalent for their bulk analysis. This phenomenon is motivating many current studies of nanomaterials which can reveal fascinating new phenomena.
It inspired a group of researchers at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) to explore the extent of our ... more Nano-chimneys can cool circuits The researchers created a tiny laser using nanoparticles Nanoscale 'conversations' create complex, multi-layered structures |
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Orbital ATK has completed a significant mission milestone for NASA's next International Space Station cargo mission.
The Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) of the Cygnus spacecraft has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for processing and assembly before launch. The OA-7 mission is targeted to launch on Thursday, March 16 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in ... more Ruptured oxidant tank likely cause of Progress accident ISRO set to increase vehicle capacity to accommodate more space launches SpaceX launches, lands rocket for first time since Sept blast |
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The rocket Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) has sent three satellites into space in its first commercial mission on Monday.
The rocket, carrying the satellite JL-1 and two CubeSats XY-S1 and Caton-1, blasted off from northwestern China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at around 12:11 p.m. Monday Beijing Time, according to a statement from the center.
The KZ-1A was developed from the Kuaizhou-1 r ... more China Space Plan to Develop "Strength and Size" Beijing's space program soars in 2016 China Plans to Launch 1st Mars Probe by 2020 - State Council Information Office |
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York Space Systems, an aerospace company specializing in complete space segment customer solutions and the manufacture of small and medium class spacecraft, this week announced the execution of a Cooperative Research And Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), supporting the deployment of the Harbinger Mission.
Under the Agreement, York Sp ... more Artisan 3D radar completes sea trials Airbus supplying multi-mode radar for Coast Guard cutter Patent Awarded to Design and 3D Print Rocket Fuel |
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China is working to set up the world's highest altitude gravitational wave telescopes in Tibet Autonomous Region to detect the faintest echoes resonating from the universe, which may reveal more about the Big Bang.
Construction has started for the first telescope, code-named Ngari No.1, 30 km south of Shiquanhe Town in Ngari Prefecture, said Yao Yongqiang, chief researcher with the Nationa ... more MIT researchers reveal new technique for measuring gravity A population of neutron stars can generate gravitational waves continuously LISA Pathfinder's pioneering mission continues |
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The 11 farthest known stars in our galaxy are located about 300,000 light-years from Earth, well outside the Milky Way's spiral disk. New research by Harvard astronomers shows that half of those stars might have been ripped from another galaxy: the Sagittarius dwarf. Moreover, they are members of a lengthy stream of stars extending one million light-years across space, or 10 times the width of o ... more A dozen and one neutron stars Keck Cosmic Web Imager Ships from Caltech to Keck Observatory Photons Struggle to Escape Distant Galaxies |
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In the decade to come Russia will face strong competition from China for the commercial launch of satellites for developing countries, according to Ivan Moiseev, director of the Institute of Space Policy."China is trying to expand its space launching services, developing new boosters for different segments of the market," Moiseev told RIA Novosti.
"It has constructed a new spacecraft launc ... more Vega And Gokturk-1A are present for next Arianespace lightweight mission Antares Rides Again Four Galileo satellites are "topped off" for Arianespace's milestone Ariane 5 launch from the Spaceport |
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The rocket Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) has sent three satellites into space in its first commercial mission on Monday.
The rocket, carrying the satellite JL-1 and two CubeSats XY-S1 and Caton-1, blasted off from northwestern China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at around 12:11 p.m. Monday Beijing Time, according to a statement from the center.
The KZ-1A was developed from the Kuaizhou-1 r ... moreChina Space Plan to Develop "Strength and Size"Beijing's space program soars in 2016China Plans to Launch 1st Mars Probe by 2020 - State Council Information Office |
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A groundbreaking new optical device, developed at NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) to correct images of the Sun distorted by multiple layers of atmospheric turbulence, is providing scientists with the most precisely detailed, real-time pictures to date of solar activity occurring across vast stretches of the star's surface.
The observatory's 1.6-meter New Solar Telescope can now pr ... more NASA moon data provides more accurate 2017 eclipse path Moore Foundation provides libraries with a millione solar-eclipse viewers Preparing for the August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse |
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Hughes Network Systems reports that it has begun system level testing of its new EchoStar XIX satellite - the world's highest capacity broadband satellite - following successful placement into its permanent geosynchronous orbital slot at 97.1 West longitude.
Designed with Hughes JUPITER System high-throughput technology, EchoStar XIX is a multi-spot beam, Ka-band satellite that will power ... more OneWeb announces key funding from SoftBank Group and other investors Airbus DS and Energia eye new medium-class satellite platform Space as a Driver for Socio-Economic Sustainable Development |
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Discovered in 1852 by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis, Psyche is one of the ten most-massive asteroids in the asteroid belt. Although Psyche is thought to be a world made of metal, scientists have recently found the presence of water on this minor planet. The new findings which baffled researchers, could be confirmed and further studied by a newly announced NASA mission to this small sol ... more Asteroid sleuths go back to the future Asteroid buzzes Earth White House releases strategy in case of 'killer asteroid' |
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Textron Systems Unmanned Systems began on-water testing for the 4th-generation Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle, a project for the U.S. Navy.
The testing support's the U.S. Navy's Unmanned Influence Sweep System program. Textron Systems received a $33.8 million contract in October 2014 to provide a vessel for the project. The Navy tasked the company with designing, developing and qualify ... more Robots need 'kill switches', warn Euro MPs Cheery robots may make creepy companions, but could be intelligent assistants Amazon Alexa virtual assistant shines at tech show |
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