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Yuanwang-3 completes ship check mission, ready for Chang'e-5 lunar probe launch![]() Nanjing (XNA) Jul 02, 2017 Chinese space-monitoring ship Yuanwang-3 has completed a 27-day maritime calibration mission and returned to port in east China's Jiangsu Province Thursday. The ship will take part in six maritime space monitoring missions as a part of the space expeditions scheduled for the second half of the year, which will include the launch of the Chang'e-5 lunar probe and BeiDou-3 satellite. Yuanwang-3 has embarked on more than 40 expeditions in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans, sailing more tha ... read more |
Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by 2030Tokyo (AFP) June 30, 2017 Japan has revealed ambitious plans to put an astronaut on the Moon around 2030 in new proposals from the country's space agency. ... more
Japanese Space Agency Proposes Plan to Send Astronauts to MoonTokyo (Sputnik) Jun 29, 2017 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) proposed a plan on Wednesday to send the country's astronauts to the Moon after 2025, local media reported. According to the NHK broadcaster, the ... more
Trump declares 'patience is over' with North KoreaWashington (AFP) June 30, 2017 President Donald Trump declared that the US had run out of patience with North Korea over its nuclear drive Friday as he welcomed South Korea's new leader Moon Jae-In to talks at the White House. ... more
S. Korea to offer North treaty for denuclearisation: ministerSeoul (AFP) June 29, 2017 South Korea's new government will seek to sign a peace treaty with the North if it abandons its nuclear weapons, a minister said Thursday. ... more |
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South Korean president lobbies US leaders on North Korea policyWashington (AFP) June 29, 2017 South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In lobbied US leaders on Thursday to back his policy of engagement with North Korea, as the Trump administration vowed to increase pressure on Pyongyang over its nuclear program. ... more
Both tidal and circadian clocks guide the behavior of some animalsWashington (UPI) Jun 21, 2017 New research has revealed how circadian and tidal clocks interact to govern the behavior of some animals - like the crustacean species Scyphax ornatus, a sand-burrowing isopod native to the beaches of Australia. ... more
A new virtual approach to science in spaceTempe AZ (SPX) Jun 23, 2017 When Apollo astronauts on the Moon spoke with Mission Control on Earth, there was a noticeable time gap between a statement from Tranquility Base and its immediate acknowledgment from Houston. The g ... more
N.Korea conducts rocket engine test: US officialSeoul (AFP) June 23, 2017 North Korea has tested a rocket engine that could be fitted to an intercontinental ballistic missile, a US official said, in an apparent provocation ahead of a summit between President Donald Trump and the leader of South Korea. ... more
The curious case of the warped Kuiper BeltTucson AZ (SPX) Jun 23, 2017 An unknown, unseen "planetary mass object" may lurk in the outer reaches of our solar system, according to new research on the orbits of minor planets to be published in the Astronomical Journal. Th ... more
S. Koreans march to protest US missile defence systemSeoul (AFP) June 24, 2017 Thousands of protesters marched near the US embassy in Seoul on Saturday, accusing President Donald Trump of "forcing" South Korea to deploy a controversial American missile defence system opposed by China. ... more |
![]() Megamovie Project debuts simulator for August 21 total Solar Eclipse
S. Korea's Moon heads to US as North threat growsSeoul (AFP) June 26, 2017 South Korea's dovish new President Moon Jae-In - who backs engagement with the nuclear-armed North - heads to Washington this week for talks with his hawkish US counterpart Donald Trump, as Pyongyang defies international sanctions to accelerate its missile programme. ... more
Wet and stormy weather lashed California coast... 8,200 years agoNashville TN (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 The weather report for California 8,200 years ago was exceptionally wet and stormy. That is the conclusion of a paleoclimate study that analyzed stalagmite records from White Moon Cave in the Santa ... more
S. Korea to scrap all plans to build new nuclear reactorsSeoul (AFP) June 19, 2017 South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In vowed on Monday to scrap all plans to build new nuclear reactors as he seeks to steer Asia's fourth-largest economy clear of atomic power. ... more
Russian aerospace firm to cooperate with China on Lunar exploration missionsMoscow (Sputnik) Jun 16, 2017 Russia's Lavochkin Research and Production Association is ready to work with China on designing lunar exploration missions, including orbital and return ones, Sergei Lemeshevsky, the Russian company ... more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017
Opportunity is at the top of "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is completing the remaining science as part of a walkabout campaign above Perseverance Valley before the solar conjunction moratorium in July.
Although there are new considerations regarding steering (no use of the front steering actuators), Opportunity is continuing to drive. Solar conjunction is ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2017The Niagara Falls of Mars once flowed with lava Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017Russian Devices for ExoMars Mission to Be Ready in Fall 2017 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2017No One Under 20 Has Experienced a Day Without NASA at Mars |
Hull UK (SPX) Jul 04, 2017
A serendipitous detection of the organic molecule, methanol, around an intriguing moon of Saturn suggests that material spewed from Enceladus undertakes a complex chemical journey once vented into space. This is the first time that a molecule from Enceladus has been detected with a ground-based telescope. Dr. Emily Drabek-Maunder, of Cardiff University, will present the results on Tuesday 4th Ju ... more Ithaca NY (SPX) Jun 01, 2017In a Cosmic Hit-and-Run, Icy Saturn Moon May Have Flipped Pasadena CA (JPL) May 31, 2017Cassini Finds Saturn Moon May Have Tipped Over Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017Cassini Looks On as Solstice Arrives at Saturn |
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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
Subaru Telescope images reveal weather in Jupiter's atmosphere in the mid-infrared. Those images, taken multiple times over several months, support Juno spacecraft mission of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This article is part of a joint press release with ones from Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at California Institute of Technology and Gemini Observatory.
High-res ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017Earth-based Views of Jupiter to Enhance Juno Flyby Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017NASA's Juno Spacecraft to Fly Over Jupiter's Great Red Spot July 10 Atlanta GA (SPX) Jun 27, 2017Topsy-Turvy Motion Creates Light-Switch Effect at Uranus |
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot about Friday's Executive Order creating the National Space Council:
"I am pleased that President Trump has signed an executive order reestablishing the National Space Council. The council existed previously from 1989-1993, and a version of it also existed as the National Aeronautics and Space Council from 1958-197 ... more Paris (AFP) June 29, 2017Silicon-on-Seine: world's biggest tech incubator opens in Paris New Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017India, Portugal Shake Hands on Space Cooperation Chongqing, China (AFP) July 4, 2017Don't look down: glass bottom skywalk thrills in China |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
Engineers at Caltech have for the first time developed a light detector that combines two disparate technologies - nanophotonics, which manipulates light at the nanoscale, and thermoelectrics, which translates temperature differences directly into electron voltage - to distinguish different wavelengths (colors) of light, including both visible and infrared wavelengths, at high resolution.
... more Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Chemists perform surgery on nanoparticles Lund, Sweden (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Silver atom nanoclusters could become efficient biosensors Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Superconducting nanowire memory cell, miniaturized technology |
Paris (ESA) Jul 03, 2017
An Ariane 5 carrying two telecom satellites inside a new lighter fairing lifted off on the fourth mission from Europe's Spaceport in two months.
Liftoff came at 21:15 GMT (18:15 local time, 23:15 CEST) last night from Kourou, French Guiana on a mission lasting about 39 minutes to deliver Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S EAN and GSAT-17 into their planned orbits.
Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S Europe ... more Cape Canaveral (AFP) July 5, 2017After two delays, SpaceX launches broadband satellite for IntelSat Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Aerojet Rocketdyne advocates solar electric propulsion as central element of deep space exploration Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017Modified Proton-M carrier rocket to be first launched in 2019 |
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Beijing (AFP) July 2, 2017
China on Sunday announced the launch of a powerful rocket designed to carry communication satellites into orbit had been "unsuccessful", in a glitch for the country's ambitious space programme.
The Long March-5 Y2, Beijing's second heavy-lift rocket, blasted off at 7:23 pm (1123 GMT) Sunday from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the tropical island province of Hainan
"Abnormity was det ... more Nanjing (XNA) Jul 02, 2017Yuanwang-3 completes ship check mission, ready for Chang'e-5 lunar probe launch Beijing (AFP) July 1, 2017China prepares to launch second heavy-lift carrier rocket Beijing (XNA) Jun 27, 2017China to launch Long March-5 Y2 in early July |
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
Using a state-of-the-art device for measuring mass, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made their most precise determination yet of Planck's constant, an important value in science that will help to redefine the kilogram, the official unit of mass in the SI, or international system of units. Accepted for publication (link is external) in the journal Met ... moreThe sharpest laser in the world Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Space Debris Mitigation Mission Successfully Launched on June 23rd, 2017 Luxembourg (SPX) Jun 29, 2017SES and MDA Announce First Satellite Life Extension Agreement |
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Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jun 29, 2017
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam found that hidden dimensions - as predicted by string theory - could influence gravitational waves. In a recently published paper they study the consequences of extra dimensions on these ripples in space-time, and predict whether their effects could be detected.
LIGO's first detection of gravitational waves from ... more Hannover, Germany (SPX) Jun 28, 2017LISA Gravitational-Wave Observatory Selected as ESA L3 Mission Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 08, 2017Hubble Astronomers Measure White Dwarf's Mass with Relativity Experiment Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Jun 05, 2017Breaking Newton's Law |
Mumbai, India (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
Researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai have proposed a theory that predicts how dark matter may be annihilating much more rapidly in the Milky Way, than in smaller or larger galaxies and the early Universe.
Anirban Das, with his advisor Dr. Basudeb Dasgupta, pursued this possibility because almost all observations made so far indicate no signals of dark matter ... more Cambridge UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Magnetic memories of a metal world Boston MA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Tiny 'motors' are driven by light Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 28, 2017'Pompom' Stars May Solve Quasar Puzzle |
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Beijing (AFP) July 2, 2017
China on Sunday announced the launch of a powerful rocket designed to carry communication satellites into orbit had been "unsuccessful", in a glitch for the country's ambitious space programme.
The Long March-5 Y2, Beijing's second heavy-lift rocket, blasted off at 7:23 pm (1123 GMT) Sunday from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the tropical island province of Hainan
"Abnormity was det ... more Nanjing (XNA) Jul 02, 2017Yuanwang-3 completes ship check mission, ready for Chang'e-5 lunar probe launch Beijing (AFP) July 1, 2017China prepares to launch second heavy-lift carrier rocket Beijing (XNA) Jun 27, 2017China to launch Long March-5 Y2 in early July |
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Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2017 First reported by Spacedaily.com on December 20, 2016, the great American eclipse has been a daily occupation for my mind and wallet. Hours and hours have been spent with this NASA Total Solar Eclipse Interactive Map. Of course, Expedia played an important role in ruling out locations. Idaho? Forget about it. Oregon. Oh Oregon. I explored the trails of Oregon more that Lewis and Clark to find th ... more Hull UK (SPX) Jul 04, 2017Shining a Light on Solar Energetic Particles and Jets Washington DC (UPI) Jun 24, 2017Study suggests solar eruptions hit planet Earth like a sneeze Washington DC (SPX) Jun 23, 2017NASA Prepares for Aug. 21 Total Solar Eclipse with Live Coverage, Safety Information |
Luxembourg (SPX) Jun 21, 2017
SES has announced that, following a significant anomaly, the company is in the process of transferring capacity from its AMC-9 satellite.
The incident was noted on the morning of Saturday, 17 June 2017. SES has taken immediate action in contacting all customers and is working to transfer services to alternative satellite capacity in order to minimise disruption.
AMC-9 provided Ku-ban ... more McLean, VA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Second launch doubles number of Iridium NEXT satellites in orbit to 20 Paris, France (SPX) Jun 28, 2017HTS Capacity Lease Revenues to Reach More Than $6 Billion by 2025 Toulouse, France (SPX) Jun 28, 2017OneWeb inaugurates production line Assembly, Integration, and Test of OneWeb satellites |
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Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
In our solar system, an asteroid orbits the Sun in the opposite direction to the planets. Asteroid 2015 BZ509, also known as Bee-Zed, takes 12 years to make one complete orbit around the Sun. This is the same orbital period as that of Jupiter, which shares its orbit but moves in the opposite direction to the planet's motion.
The asteroid with the retrograde co-orbit was identified by Helen ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 30, 2017NASA is building computer models of possible asteroid impact scenarios Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017How a Speck of Light Becomes an Asteroid Paris (AFP) June 28, 2017Are asteroids humanity's 'greatest challenge'? |
Mountain View, CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
What do astrophysicist Steven Hawking, Queen guitarist Brian May and the country of Luxembourg have in common? They're all key figures in Asteroid Day - a UN sanctioned day of education to raise awareness about protecting our planet from dangerous impacts from space.
Asteroid Day is June 30th, the anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska impact, when a space rock, approximately 120 ft wide detonat ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017Scientists design robot to aid visually impaired schoolchildren Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 26, 2017AI Will Prepare Robots for the Unknown Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2017Snake robot could help maintain space station, explore moon |
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