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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 21, 2017 NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded a panoramic view before entering the upper end of a fluid-carved valley that descends the inner slope of a large crater's rim. The scene includes a broad notch in the crest of the crater's rim, which may have been a spillway where water or ice or wind flowed over the rim and into the crater. Wheel tracks visible in the area of the notch were left by Opportunity as the rover studied the ground there and took images into the valley below for use in ... read more |
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Hubble sees Martian moon orbiting the Red PlanetGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 The sharp eye of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the tiny moon Phobos during its orbital trek around Mars. Because the moon is so small, it appears star-like in the Hubble pictures. ... more 
For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the SunPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2017 This month, movements of the planets will put Mars almost directly behind the sun, from Earth's perspective, causing curtailed communications between Earth and Mars. NASA will refrain from sen ... more 
Tributes to wetter times on MarsParis (ESA) Jul 14, 2017 A dried-out river valley with numerous tributaries is seen in this recent view of the Red Planet captured by ESA's Mars Express. This section of the Libya Montes region, which sits on the equator a ... more 
Opportunity will spend three weeks at current location due to Solar ConjunctionPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 14, 2017 Opportunity is in "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover has arrived at the location within the valley where she will spend the approximately three-week solar conjuncti ... more |
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Curiosity Mars Rover Begins Study of Ridge DestinationPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017 The car-size NASA rover on a Martian mountain, Curiosity, has begun its long-anticipated study of an iron-bearing ridge forming a distinctive layer on the mountain's slope. Since before Curios ... more  
Ancient, massive asteroid impact could explain Martian geological mysteriesBoulder CO (SPX) Jul 20, 2017 The origin and nature of Mars is mysterious. It has geologically distinct hemispheres, with smooth lowlands in the north and cratered, high-elevation terrain in the south. The red planet also has tw ... more 
Sol 1756: Closing timePasadena CA (JPL) Jul 20, 2017 This week marked the last chance for us to reliably command Curiosity before she, and Mars, disappear behind the Sun for about three weeks. This made today's planning feel as if the Sun were setting ... more  
Counting calories in spaceParis (ESA) Jul 10, 2017 Rockets and spacecraft may get us to Mars, but food must nourish us on the journey. Now researchers are using the International Space Station to look at how much food will be needed on a spacecraft ... more 
Space Race: NASA Faces Competition From SpaceX For First Mars MissionWashington DC (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2017 Current budget constraints mean that NASA has had to revise its plans to reach Mars in the 2030s, but the target remains feasible with more funding, Professor John Logsdon of George Washington Unive ... more  
Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the MoonBeijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017 The past decades have seen China making great progress, both economic and also in the field of space exploration. The construction of new space launch centers, ambitious lunar and Mars exploration p ... more |
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 6 teams share honors and money in NASA's 2nd 3-D Print a Habitat challenge 
Pitted Materials in Craters Could Indicate Buried Ice on AsteroidsTucson, AZ (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 Pitted terrains inside fresh complex craters on Ceres are similar to terrains seen Mars and Vesta, and are likely formed through the rapid evaporation of subsurface H2O, a new paper by Planetary Sci ... more 
Mars surface 'more uninhabitable' than thought: studyParis (AFP) July 6, 2017 Hopes of finding life on Mars, at least on the surface, were dealt a blow Thursday by a study revealing that salt minerals present on the Red Planet kill bacteria. ... more  
Magnetic memories of a metal worldCambridge UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 4.5 billion years ago in the violent, high-speed environment of the early solar system, a protoplanet roughly the size of Mars was involved in a series of fierce collisions with other large planetar ... more 
Mars Rover Opportunity continuing science campaign at Perseverance ValleyPasadena 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 ... more |
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  Paris (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.
"We found the signature of the lunar interior water globally using satellite data," Shuai Li, co-author of a study by scientists at Brown University in the United States, told AFP.
"Such wate ... more Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 21, 2017Living in Deep Space: Lockheed Martin to Build Full-Scale Prototype of NASA Cislunar Habitat  Providence RI (SPX) Jul 25, 2017Scientists spy new evidence of water in the moon's interior  New York (AFP) July 20, 2017Neil Armstrong moon bag sells for $1.8mn in New York |
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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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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 26, 2017 
Comets that take more than 200 years to make one revolution around the Sun are notoriously difficult to study. Because they spend most of their time far from our area of the solar system, many "long-period comets" will never approach the Sun in a person's lifetime. In fact, those that travel inward from the Oort Cloud - a group of icy bodies beginning roughly 186 billion miles (300 billion kilom ... moreBoulder CO (SPX) Jul 20, 2017Ancient, massive asteroid impact could explain Martian geological mysteries Tucson, AZ (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Pitted Materials in Craters Could Indicate Buried Ice on Asteroids  Orlando FL (SPX) Jul 06, 2017Bizarro comet challenging researchers |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2017 
In July 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sent home the first close-up pictures of Pluto and its moons - amazing imagery that inspired many to wonder what a flight over the distant worlds' icy terrain might be like.
Wonder no more. Using actual New Horizons data and digital elevation models of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, mission scientists have created flyover movies that offer s ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot  Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 13, 2017New evidence in support of the Planet Nine hypothesis  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 20, 2017NASA's New Horizons Team Strikes Gold in Argentina |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 25, 2017 
As NASA's Cassini spacecraft makes its unprecedented series of weekly dives between Saturn and its rings, scientists are finding - so far - that the planet's magnetic field has no discernible tilt. This surprising observation, which means the true length of Saturn's day is still unknown, is just one of several early insights from the final phase of Cassini's mission, known as the Grand Finale. ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017Titan's calm lakes offer space probes a smooth landing  Hull UK (SPX) Jul 04, 2017Methanol Points to Evolving Story of Enceladus's Plumes  Ithaca NY (SPX) Jun 01, 2017In a Cosmic Hit-and-Run, Icy Saturn Moon May Have Flipped |
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 Miami FL (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 
In a new study, scientists found that aerosol particles released into the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels are a primary driver of changes in rainfall patterns across the globe.
The results of the climate system-model simulations conducted by researchers Brian Soden and Eui-Seok Chung from the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science revealed ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 26, 2017NASA Solves a Drizzle Riddle  Stevenage UK (SPX) Jul 21, 2017Airbus built Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite ready for launch  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 20, 2017Early Airborne Results Address South Korean Air Quality |
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 Zhukovskiy (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2017 
A yet unidentified space tourist from an Asian country will be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) as a member of the crew in 2019, Russia's Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia Director General Vladimir Solntsev said Tuesday.
"The new space tourist, who is set to travel to the ISS in 2019, is being trained already. He is a national of one of the Asian countries," Solntsev ... more Washington (Sputnik) Jul 25, 2017Russian sanctions won't affect cooperation in space  Washington (UPI) Jul 21, 2017Astronauts grow cucumbers in space to help scientists understand root growth  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2017NASA Offers Space Station as Catalyst for Discovery in Washington |
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 Mountain View CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 
The SETI Institute and French startup Unistellar, have announced a partnership to commercialize a new telescope that promises to deliver an unparalleled view of the cosmos to amateur astronomers, and provide the opportunity to contribute directly to cutting-edge science.
Unistellar's new eVscope leverages "Enhanced Vision" imaging technology and now provides three unique features never before o ... more Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 24, 2017Holographic imaging could sample and identify living microbes in the outer solar system  Kobe, Japan (SPX) Jul 25, 2017New non-photosynthesizing plant species discovered on Ishigaki island, Japan  Paris, France (SPX) Jul 26, 2017Turbulence in planetary cores excited by tides |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 25, 2017 
UAS-manufacturer AeroVironment formally signed contracts on Tuesday to deliver its Wasp AE unmanned aerial system to the Australian Defense Force, the company announced on Tuesday.
The WASP UAS will be delivered over a three-year period AeroVironment, with Australian partner XTEK, will provide local maintenance, training and field support for the aircraft.
"This contract to suppl ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 20, 2017Leonardo DRS, Moog receive counter-UAS weapons contract Singapore (AFP) July 19, 2017Singapore offers Manila drones, urban warfare training Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017Explotrain develops drone-simulated IED training system |
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 Miami (AFP) July 21, 2017 
Millions of people, from students to rocket scientists, are poised to contribute to a massive scientific effort to study the total solar eclipse that will sweep across the United States August 21.
The entire country will fall into shadow as the "Great American Eclipse" passes, though the darkest path, or "totality," will be contained in a 70-mile (113-kilometer) ribbon that moves from Oregon ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 26, 2017Chasing the Total Solar Eclipse from NASA's WB-57F Jets  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 24, 2017The moon is front and center during a total solar eclipse  Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 26, 2017Solar Minimum is Coming |
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 Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 26, 2017 
For its eighth launch of the year, and the 10th Vega mission since this launcher began its career at the Guiana Space Center in 2012, Arianespace will orbit two Earth observation satellites for civil and military applications: OPTSAT-3000 for the Italian Ministry of Defence; and Venus, a mission of the Israel Space Agency (ISA) - a government body sponsored by the country's Ministry of Science a ... more Washington (AFP) July 20, 2017Elon Musk says successful maiden flight for Falcon Heavy unlikely  Zhukovskiy (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2017Russia to Supply Largest Ever Number of Space Rocket Engines to US This Year  New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2017ISRO Develops Ship-Based Antenna System to Track Satellite Launches |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 
A research team led by Adler Planetarium astronomer Dr. Grace Wolf-Chase has discovered new evidence of stars forming in our Milky Way Galaxy. By using a telescope equipped to detect infrared light invisible to our eyes, this exciting new science is revealing how stars, including our very own Sun, grow up within clusters and groups. The Astrophysical Journal has published a paper on the subject ... more London, UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2017Superluminous supernova marks the death of a star at cosmic high noon  Miami (AFP) July 21, 2017'Mystery' signal from space is solved. It's not aliens  London, UK (SPX) Jul 21, 2017Ground-Breaking Ground-Based Images of Planets from Pro-Am Team |
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 Hull UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Swirling motions in clouds of cold, dense gas have given, for the first time, an active insight into how gravity creates the compact cores from which stars form in the interstellar medium. The results will be presented, Thursday 6 July, by Gwen Williams at the National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Hull.
Williams, of Cardiff University, explains: "We've known for some time that du ... more 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  Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jun 29, 2017Hints of Extra Dimensions in Gravitational Waves |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 
In 1928, physicist Paul Dirac made the stunning prediction that every fundamental particle in the universe has an antiparticle - its identical twin but with opposite charge. When particle and antiparticle met they would be annihilated, releasing a poof of energy. Sure enough, a few years later the first antimatter particle - the electron's opposite, the positron - was discovered, and antimatter ... more Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Jul 20, 2017Evidence of the Higgs particle's decay in quarks  London, UK (SPX) Jul 21, 2017Spiral arms allow school children to weigh black holes  Stanford UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2017Stanford researchers discover biological hydraulic system in tuna fins |
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 Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 
At first glance, robots would appear to have exactly nothing in common with sweet peas or other climbing vines. Yet thanks to some innovative scientists, they now share at least one trait: the ability to extend their reach.
Inspired by the growing action of plants and other living things, researchers at UC Santa Barbara and Stanford University have developed a tubular robot that - much lik ... more Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 24, 2017Stanford researchers develop a new type of soft, growing robot  Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 24, 2017A new method of cooperative control of multiple unmanned surface vehicles  Sydney (AFP) July 21, 2017Australia's robo-footballers go for gold at world champs |
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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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