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  Seoul (AFP) Aug 7, 2017 North Korea dismissed offers of talks from the South during a rare exchange between the two rivals' foreign ministers, Seoul's Yonhap news agency reported Monday after the UN imposed a new round of sanctions on nuclear-armed Pyongyang. News of the brief encounter on the sidelines of a regional forum in Manila came as the South's President Moon Jae-In urged a "peaceful resolution" to the tensions in a telephone conversation with his US counterpart Donald Trump. Even a conventional conflict on the ... read more |
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S. Korea seeks rare talks with North to ease military tensionsSeoul (AFP) July 17, 2017 South Korea on Monday offered to hold rare military talks with North Korea, aiming to ease tensions after Pyongyang tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile. ... more  
Sea Launch to be modernized for Russia's Soyuz-5 carrier rocketMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 01, 2017 The Sea Launch international spacecraft launch service will be modernized to be suited for launches of Soyuz-5 medium-launch carrier rocket, the director general of Russia's Roscosmos state space co ... more 
Aerojet Rocketdyne's RS-25 Flight Controller Goes Three for Three in SLS TestStennis Space Center MS (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 Aerojet Rocketdynehas tested its third RS-25 engine flight controller at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The RS-25 engine will propel America's next-generation heavy lift rocket, t ... more  
Florida startup boldly sets sights on moonWashington (AFP) July 30, 2017 Florida startup Moon Express is setting its sights high: ambitiously shooting to become the first private company to launch a small, unmanned craft to the moon before the year's out. ... more |
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National Solar Observatory Predicts Shape Of Solar Corona For August EclipseBoulder CO (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 August 21st will bring a history-making opportunity for the entire United States. On that day, every person in the country, including Hawaii and Alaska, will have an opportunity to witness at least ... more  
S. Korea speeds up US missile defence over North's missile testSeoul (AFP) July 29, 2017 North Korea's latest intercontinental ballistic missile test has prompted the South to speed up the deployment of a US missile defence system, Seoul's defence minister said Saturday, despite strong protests from China. ... more
Moon could be wetter than thought, say scientistsParis (AFP) July 24, 2017 The Moon, long thought to be a dry, inhospitable orb, hosts surprisingly large sub-surface water reserves, which one day may quench the thirst of lunar explorers from Earth, scientists said Monday. ... more 
How Light Looks Different on the Moon and What NASA Is Doing About ItMoffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 Things look different on the Moon. Literally. Because the Moon isn't big enough to hold a significant atmosphere, there is no air and there are no particles in the air to reflect and scatter sunligh ... more 
United Launch Alliance to launch Astrobotic mission to the MoonPittsburgh, PA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 Astrobotic and United Launch Alliance report that Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander will be onboard a ULA launch vehicle in 2019, during the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. "Astrobotic is thr ... more  
S. Korea's growth slows in Q2 amid falling exportsSeoul (AFP) July 27, 2017 South Korea's economic growth slowed in the past quarter, the central bank said Thursday, as a diplomatic row with top trading partner China over a US missile shield hit exports. ... more |
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 Chasing the Total Solar Eclipse from NASA's WB-57F Jets 
Scientists spy new evidence of water in the moon's interiorProvidence RI (SPX) Jul 25, 2017 A new study of satellite data finds that numerous volcanic deposits distributed across the surface of the Moon contain unusually high amounts of trapped water compared with surrounding terrains. The ... more 
Living in Deep Space: Lockheed Martin to Build Full-Scale Prototype of NASA Cislunar HabitatCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 Refurbishing a shuttle-era cargo container used to transfer cargo to the International Space Station, Lockheed Martin is prototyping a deep space habitat for NASA at Kennedy Space Center. This proto ... more 
The moon is front and center during a total solar eclipseGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 In the lead-up to a total solar eclipse, most of the attention is on the sun, but Earth's moon also has a starring role. "A total eclipse is a dance with three partners: the moon, the sun and ... more
Neil Armstrong moon bag sells for $1.8mn in New YorkNew York (AFP) July 20, 2017 A bag Neil Armstrong used to collect the first ever samples of the moon - which was once nearly thrown out with the trash - sold at auction Thursday for $1.8 million, Sotheby's said. ... more |
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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 01, 2017 
Opportunity is in Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater and the mission is now in its solar conjunction communications blackout period. The position of Mars as viewed from Earth will remain very close to the sun until early August. In this geometry, the solar corona degrades radio communications between the two planets and restricts spacecraft communication.
In advance of ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 03, 2017Five Years Ago and 154 Million Miles Away: Touchdown!  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2017For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the Sun  Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2017Tributes to wetter times on Mars |
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 Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is one of our solar system's most intriguing and Earth-like bodies. It is nearly as large as Mars and has a hazy atmosphere made up mostly of nitrogen with a smattering of organic, carbon-based molecules, including methane (CH4) and ethane (C2H6). Planetary scientists theorize that this chemical make-up is similar to Earth's primordial atmosphere.
The conditio ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 31, 2017NASA finds moon of Saturn has chemical that could form 'membranes'  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 25, 2017Saturn surprises as Cassini continues its Grand Finale Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017Titan's calm lakes offer space probes a smooth landing |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 04, 2017 
Spectacular sunsets and sunrises are enough to dazzle most of us, but to astronomers, dusk and dawn are a waste of good observing time. They want a truly dark sky. Not Ned Molter, a UC Berkeley astronomy graduate student. He set out to show that some bright objects can be studied just as well during twilight, when other astronomers are twiddling their thumbs, and quickly discovered a new feature ... more Washington DC (SPX) Aug 04, 2017Jovian storm looms large in the Jupiter's High North  Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2017New Horizons Video Soars over Pluto's Majestic Mountains and Icy Plains  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 01, 2017 
Humanity's farthest and longest-lived spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, achieve 40 years of operation and exploration this August and September. Despite their vast distance, they continue to communicate with NASA daily, still probing the final frontier.
Their story has not only impacted generations of current and future scientists and engineers, but also Earth's culture, including film, art and ... more Houston TX (SPX) Aug 04, 2017A look inside the Space Station's experimental BEAM module  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 03, 2017Two Voyagers Taught Us How to Listen to Space  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2017NASA Offers Space Station as Catalyst for Discovery in Washington |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 
Scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a new way to precisely pattern nanomaterials that could open a new path to the next generation of everyday electronic devices.
The new research, published July 28 in Science, is expected to make such materials easily available for eventual use in everything from LED displays to cellular phones to photod ... more Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Jul 21, 2017Nanoparticles could spur better LEDs, invisibility cloaks  Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Jul 18, 2017New material resembling a metal nanosponge could reduce computer energy consumption  Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 18, 2017How do you build a metal nanoparticle? |
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 Mojave CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2017 
It was a beautiful summer's morning here in Mojave today and a great day for flying! During the couple of months since VSS Unity's last flight, our teams have been focusing their efforts on a long list of ground-based test and installation activities.
With those successfully completed, it was time to get VSS Unity back into her natural environment. So, after an early start for the team, VM ... more Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 04, 2017Dragon to be packed with new experiments for International Space Station  Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017NASA taps BWXT for reactor design for future Mars missions  New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2017ISRO Develops Ship-Based Antenna System to Track Satellite Launches |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017 
China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official.
Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... more Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold |
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 Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 
A team of researchers from AMBER, the Science Foundation Ireland funded materials science centre based in Trinity College Dublin, have made a breakthrough in the area of material design - one that challenges the commonly held view on how the fundamental building blocks of matter come together to form materials.
Professor John Boland, Principal Investigator in AMBER and Trinity's School of ... more Sendai, Japan (SPX) Jul 27, 2017A new synthesis route for alternative catalysts of noble metals  Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017Synthetic materials systems that can "count" and sense their size  Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Scientists discover new magnet with nearly massless charge carriers |
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 Bozeman MT (SPX) Jul 26, 2017 
A Montana State University gravitational physicist has received funding for a research project that aims to answer fundamental questions about the universe.
NASA awarded $750,000 to Nicolas Yunes for his project "Exploring Extreme Gravity: Neutron Stars, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves." Yunes is a founding member of the MSU eXtreme Gravity Institute, known as XGI, and an associate pro ... more Hull UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017First look at gravitational dance that drives stellar formation  Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Telescope for detecting optical signals from gravitational waves launched  Hannover, Germany (SPX) Jun 28, 2017LISA Gravitational-Wave Observatory Selected as ESA L3 Mission |
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 Palo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 04, 2017 
Lockheed Martin has revealed the first images from an experimental, ultra-thin optical instrument, showing it could be possible to shrink space telescopes to a sliver of the size of today's systems while maintaining equivalent resolution.
Weighing 90 percent less than a typical telescope, the Segmented Planar Imaging Detector for Electro-Optical Reconnaissance (SPIDER) opens a path for ext ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 03, 2017Running out of gas: Gas loss puts breaks on stellar baby boom  Boston MA (SPX) Aug 01, 2017Astronomers discover "Heavy Metal" supernova  Garching, Germany (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Galactic David and Goliath |
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Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017
China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official.
Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... moreBeijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold |
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 London, UK (SPX) Aug 07, 2017 
The elemental composition of the Sun's hot atmosphere known as the 'corona' is strongly linked to the 11-year solar magnetic activity cycle, a team of scientists from UCL, George Mason University and Naval Research Laboratory has revealed for the first time.
The study, published in Nature Communications and funded by the NASA Hinode program, shows that an increase in magnetic activity goes ... more Paris (ESA) Aug 02, 2017Gravity waves detected in Sun's interior reveal rapidly rotating core  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Two weeks in the life of a sunspot  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 04, 2017Our solar system's 'shocking' origin story |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Aug 04, 2017 
Preliminary construction is underway on a new, $350 million Lockheed Martin facility that will produce next-generation satellites. The new facility, located on the company's Waterton Canyon campus near Denver, is the latest step in an ongoing transformation, infused with innovation to provide future missions at reduced cost and cycle time.
The new Gateway Center, slated for completion in 2 ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 18, 2017ASTROSCALE Raises a Total of $25 Million in Series C Led by Private Companies  Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2017LISA Pathfinder: bake, rattle and roll  Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 02, 2017Airbus DS to expand cooperation with Russia |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 04, 2017 
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) was part of an international team that recently discovered a relatively unpopulated region of the main asteroid belt, where the few asteroids present are likely pristine relics from early in solar system history. The team used a new search technique that also identified the oldest known asteroid family, which extends throughout the inner region of the main ast ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 31, 2017Asteroid Flyby Will Benefit NASA Detection and Tracking Network  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Supernova-Hunting Team Finds Comet with Aid of Amateur Astronomer  Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Upcoming asteroid flyby will help Planetary Defense Network |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 
On his first day at work as a security guard, Steve was greeted warmly, drawing attention from passersby, including some taking selfies with him at the tony retail-residential complex he patrolled. Then he fell into the fountain.
Steve was a security robot employed by the Washington Harbour center in the Georgetown district of the US capital.
According to some tech watchers, robots like ... more Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Why humans find faulty robots more likeable  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Somersaulting simulation for jumping bots  Nagoya, Japan (AFP) July 30, 2017Watch out Messi, here come the footballers at RoboCup |
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