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  Houston TX (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 A new study shows that an atmosphere was produced around the ancient Moon, 3 to 4 billion years ago, when intense volcanic eruptions spewed gases above the surface faster than they could escape to space. The study, supported by NASA's Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, was published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters. When one looks up at the Moon, dark surfaces of volcanic basalt can be easily seen to fill large impact basins. Those seas of basalt, known as maria, erupted wh ... read more |
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Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 missionBeijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017 China's Mars probe will carry 13 types of payload, including six rovers, in its first mission to the planet, scheduled for 2020. "The Mars exploration program is we ... more  
Lockheed Martin Reveals New Details to its Mars Base Camp VisionAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 This week at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia, Lockheed Martin engineers are revealing new details of its Mars Base Camp concept including how it aligns with NAS ... more  
Helicopter test for Jupiter icy moons radarFriedrichshafen, Germany (ESA) Oct 03, 2017 A long radar boom that will probe below the surface of Jupiter's icy moons has been tested on Earth with the help of a helicopter. ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, JUICE, is scheduled for launch in ... more 
Lockheed Martin unveils reusable water-powered Mars landerAdelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 A reusable, water-powered Mars lander that will allow humans to explore the Red Planet from an orbiting 'base camp' as early as the 2030s was unveiled Friday by US defence giant Lockheed Martin. ... more |
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Chinese moon missions delayed by rocket failure: reportBeijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 Two Chinese lunar missions will be delayed by the failed launch of a powerful rocket in July, a state-run newspaper said, in a setback for the country's ambitious space programme. ... more 
Moon village the first stop to Mars: ESAAdelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 Setting up a permanent village on the moon is the first step towards exploring Mars, the European Space Agency said Thursday as plans to reach and colonise the Red Planet gathered pace. ... more 
Russian space agency, NASA agree to co-build lunar-orbit space stationMoscow (XNA) Sep 28, 2017 Russia's Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States said Wednesday that they have agreed to cooperate on build ... more 
NASA, Roscosmos Sign Joint Statement on Researching, Exploring Deep SpaceWashington DC (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 Building a strategic capability for advancing and sustaining human space exploration in the vicinity of the Moon will require the best from NASA, interested international partners, and U.S. industry ... more 
'Crash Scene Investigation' Reveals Resting Place of SMART-1 on MoonRiga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 24, 2017 Observations of the Moon have revealed the final resting place of the European Space Agency's first lunar mission, SMART-1. The spacecraft was sent into a controlled impact with the lunar surface 11 ... more 
Russia, US shoot for the moon with joint lunar station projectMoscow (AFP) Sept 27, 2017 Russia and the United States agreed Wednesday to cooperate on a NASA-led project to build the first lunar space station, part of a long-term project to send humans to Mars. ... more |
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 First steps: returning humanity to the Moon 
Fly me to the Moon: For some, lunar village takes shapeRiga (AFP) Sept 22, 2017 By 2040, a hundred people will live on the Moon, melting ice for water, 3D-printing homes and tools, eating plants grown in lunar soil, and competing in low-gravity, "flying" sports. ... more  
At UN, world leaders confront North Korea crisisUnited Nations, United States Sept 21, 2017 North Korea's nuclear threat takes center stage at the United Nations on Thursday as US President Donald Trump holds talks with leaders of Japan and South Korea and the Security Council meets to push for sanctions to be enforced against Pyongyang. ... more 
Ice mined on Mars could provide water for humans exploring spaceSydney, Australia (The Conversation) Sep 19, 2017 As humans spread out across the Earth, the locations of new colonies were driven by the accessibility of resources: not only food and water, but also arable land, forests and minerals. Access ... more 
Researchers create first global map of water in moon's soilProvidence RI (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 In research that may prove useful to future lunar explorers, scientists from Brown University have created the first quantitative map of water and its chemical building blocks trapped in the uppermo ... more |
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  Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 
NASA's longest-lived mission to Mars has gained its first look at the Martian moon Phobos, pursuing a deeper understanding by examining it in infrared wavelengths.
The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter observed Phobos on Sept. 29, 2017. THEMIS Principal Investigator Philip Christensen and THEMIS Mission Planner, Jonathon Hill of ASU's School of ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 03, 2017Fresh Look at Old Data Yields Surprise Near Martian Equator  Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017Methane belches kept water flowing on ancient Mars  Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 05, 2017Another Chance to Put Your Name on Mars |
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 Tampa FL (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 
After 20 years in space, NASA's famed Cassini spacecraft made its final death plunge into Saturn on Friday, ending a storied mission that scientists say taught us nearly everything we know about Saturn today and transformed the way we think about life elsewhere in the solar system.
Cassini, an international project that cost $3.9 billion and included scientists from 27 nations, disintegrat ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 15, 2017Cassini Spacecraft Demise Is Bittersweet for PSI's Hansen  Sacramento CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion guides Cassini to its Grand Finale at Saturn  Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 14, 2017CU Boulder Scientists Ready for Cassini Mission to Saturn Grand Finale |
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 Friedrichshafen, Germany (ESA) Oct 03, 2017 
A long radar boom that will probe below the surface of Jupiter's icy moons has been tested on Earth with the help of a helicopter. ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, JUICE, is scheduled for launch in 2022, arriving seven years later.
JUICE will study Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere and vast magnetic fields, as well as the planet-sized moons Ganymede, Europa and Callisto. All three moons are ... more Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Solving the Mystery of Pluto's Giant Blades of Ice  Irwindale CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Global Aerospace Corporation to present Pluto lander concept to NASA  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 11, 2017Pluto features given first official names |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 4, 2017 
NASA unveiled a new space communications antenna at the Alaska Satellite Facility in Fairbanks this week. The new antenna, AS-2, which sits atop the Elvey building at University of Alaska Fairbanks, will retrieve data from NASA's spacecraft.
NASA operates three space communications networks, the Deep Space Network, Space Network and Near Earth Network. AS-2 will boost the capacity of th ... more Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2017USNO Astronomers Measure New Distances To Nearby Stars  Houston TX (SPX) Oct 05, 2017NASA May Extend BEAM's Time on the International Space Station  Paris (AFP) Oct 3, 2017OECD calls for tourism to be more sustainable |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2017 
As microchips become ever smaller and therefore faster, the shrinking size of their copper interconnects leads to increased electrical resistivity at the nanoscale. Finding a solution to this impending technical bottleneck is a major problem for the semiconductor industry.
One promising possibility involves reducing the resistivity size effect by altering the crystalline orientation of int ... more Houston TX (SPX) Oct 05, 2017Nanoscale islands dot light-driven catalyst  Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Paper-based supercapacitor uses metal nanoparticles to boost energy density  Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Nanoparticle supersoap creates 'bijel' with potential as sculptable fluid |
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 Lyon, France (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 
Thales Alenia Space, joint-venture between Thales and Leonardo, and Arianespace has signed a launch contract for two COSMO-SkyMed Second-Generation (CSG) satellites manufactured for the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Italian Ministry of Defense.
The signing ceremony was attended by French President Emmanuel Macron and Paolo Gentiloni, the President of the Council of Ministers of the It ... more Wellington NZ (XNA) Sep 29, 2017New Zealand opens first rocket launch site  Lyon, France (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Arianespace signs contract for 10 Vega and Vega C launchers  Bethesda, MD (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Launch Vehicle and Missile Ascent Trajectories |
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 Adelaide, Australia (XNA) Oct 03, 2017 
China is an active member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and is impressive in opening its space missions to other countries, said Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).
Di Pippo made the remarks when having an interview with Xinhua on Wednesday during the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC ... more Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017China launches three satellites Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission  Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab |
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 Amherst MD (SPX) Oct 06, 2017 
Commuters, skiers, crossing guards and others who endure frozen fingers in cold weather may look forward to future relief as manufacturers are poised to take advantage of a new technique for creating electrically heated cloth developed by materials scientist Trisha Andrew and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. They have made gloves that keep fingers as warm as the palm of the ... more Houston TX (SPX) Oct 06, 2017Unexpected discovery leads to new theory of liquid streaming  Korolyov, Russia (AFP) Oct 3, 2017Sputnik, the tiny sphere that launched the space race  Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017Saab supplying radar to U.S. Coast Guard |
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 University Park, PA (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 
For the first time, three detectors have tracked the gravitational waves emitted by a merger of two black holes - a critical new capability that allows scientists to more closely locate a gravitational wave's birthplace in space. Gravitational waves are ripples in space and time created when two massive, compact objects such as black holes merge. A paper about the new gravitational wave, known a ... more Oxford UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017Gravitational twists help theoretical physicists shed light on quantum complexity  London, UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017British Technology at Heart of Gravitational Wave Discovery  Hannover, Germany (SPX) Sep 28, 2017Three Ears Listen Even More Accurately Than Two |
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 Portsmouth, UK (SPX) Oct 06, 2017 
An international research team, including astronomers from the University of Portsmouth, has revealed evidence of dynamical dark energy. The discovery, recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy, found that the nature of dark energy may not be the cosmological constant introduced by Albert Einstein 100 years ago, which is crucial for the study of dark energy.
Lead author of the stu ... more Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017The Scientific Quest to Explain Kepler's Most Enigmatic Find  Washington (UPI) Oct 4, 2017Scientists still confounded by Milky Way's most mysterious star  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 05, 2017NASA's Webb Telescope to witness galactic infancy |
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Adelaide, Australia (XNA) Oct 03, 2017
China is an active member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and is impressive in opening its space missions to other countries, said Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).
Di Pippo made the remarks when having an interview with Xinhua on Wednesday during the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC ... moreBeijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017China launches three satellites Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017 
If governments and their space agencies are serious about protecting Earth from solar storms, one team of researchers argues a giant space shield is the most logical solution.
Much attention is paid to the threat of comets and asteroids. In the past, violent collisions have triggered mass extinctions. Solar storms - intense waves of high energy particles flung into space during coronal ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017Scientists model magnetic storm that inspired red aurora over Kyoto  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 03, 2017A RAVAN in the sun  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Parker Solar Probe Gets Its Revolutionary Heat Shield |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) Oct 9, 2017 
SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday carrying 10 satellites to bolster the global data communications network for Virginia-based company, Iridium.
The white rocket blasted off at 5:37 am (1237 GMT), before sunrise, from Vandenberg Air Force base in California.
About seven minutes after launch, the tall portion of the Falcon 9, known as the first stage, returned to Earth for an u ... more Montreal, Canada (SPX) Oct 03, 2017L-Band Satellite Operators Need To Reposition  Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2017Lockheed Martin Completes First Flexible Solar Array for LM 2100 Satellite  London, UK (The Conversation) Oct 05, 2017Private companies are launching a new space race |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 06, 2017 
A postgraduate of the Faculty of Geology at Moscow State University working as a part of an international team has assessed the oxidative environment and its changes inside asteroids from the core to the surface. This gives the authors of the study a better understanding of how the planets were formed. The paper was published in Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
Asteroids were formed by a ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Team led by UCLA astrophysicist observes primitive comet 2 billion kilometres from the sun  Riga, Latvia (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Studies of 'Crater Capital' in the Baltics Show Impactful History  Paris (ESA) Oct 02, 2017Unexpected Surprise: A Final Image from Rosetta |
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 Miami (AFP) Oct 5, 2017 
Two NASA astronauts wrapped up a successful spacewalk Thursday to repair the International Space Station's aging robotic arm, the US space agency said.
The outing by Americans Randy Bresnik and Mark Vande Hei ended at 3 pm (1900 GMT), marking a "very successful day," a NASA spokesman said.
The spacewalk lasted six hours and 55 minutes, almost a half hour longer than planned because the p ... more Hong Kong (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Servosila introduces Mobile Robots equipped with Software Defined Radio payloads  Washington (AFP) Oct 5, 2017Mattel scraps plan for digital assistant for kids  Raleigh NC (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Sensitivity to time improves performance at remotely controlling devices |
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