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  Moffett Field Ca (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 Due to its extreme dryness, the Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the most important environments on Earth for researchers who need to approximate the conditions of Mars. Working in 90-plus-degree heat in arguably the driest place on Earth, the team behind NASA's Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies, or ARADS, project just completed its second season of tests. The project aims to show that roving, drilling and life-detection can all happen together, with the goal of demonstrating the techni ... read more |
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NASA Mars Orbiter Tracks Back-to-Back Regional StormsPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017 A regional dust storm currently swelling on Mars follows unusually closely on one that blossomed less than two weeks earlier and is now dissipating, as seen in daily global weather monitoring by NAS ... more 
Opportunity Driving South to GullyPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017 Opportunity is located just outside the rim of Endeavour Crater, less than half a mile (700 meters) away from the next big science objective, a gully. The rover completed the last in-situ scie ... more 
Paleolake deposits on Mars might look like sediments in IndonesiaBoulder CO (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 In their GSA Bulletin article published online last week, Timothy A. Goudge and colleagues detail the clay mineralogy of sediment from Lake Towuti, Indonesia, using a technique called visible to nea ... more  
Indicators show potatoes can grow on MarsLima, Peru (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 The International Potato Center (CIP) launched a series of experiments to discover if potatoes can grow under Mars atmospheric conditions and thereby prove they are also able to grow in extreme clim ... more |
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Riding an asteroid: China's next space goalBeijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017 After sending a probe to Mars in 2020, China plans to explore three asteroids and land on one of them to conduct scientific research, according to a Chinese asteroid research expert. The "Chin ... more 
China Plans to Launch 1st Probe to Mars in Summer 2020Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017 China is expected to launch its first probe satellite to Mars in July or in August 2020, local media reported Tuesday. The People's Daily newspaper reported citing Wan Weixing, an academician ... more 
New evidence for a water-rich history on MarsBerkeley CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 Mars may have been a wetter place than previously thought, according to research on simulated Martian meteorites conducted, in part, at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laborato ... more 
Humans May Quickly Evolve on Mars, Biologist ClaimsHouston (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017 An evolutionary biologist has suggested that human colonists on Mars could go through rapid evolution, eventually becoming an entirely new human species. Scott Solomon, an evolutionary biologist wit ... more 
NASA Orbiter Steers Clear of Mars Moon PhobosPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 03, 2017 NASA's MAVEN spacecraft performed a previously unscheduled maneuver this week to avoid a collision in the near future with Mars' moon Phobos. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) space ... more  
Asteroid Split in Two and, Years Later, Developed TailsGranada, Spain (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Asteroids on the main belt, situated between Mars and Jupiter, move around the Sun in quasi circular orbits, so they do not undergo the temperature changes which, in comets, produce the characterist ... more |
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 Thinking Big: China Hopes to Conduct 2nd Mission to Mars by 2030 
Remnants of a mega-flood on MarsParis (ESA) Mar 03, 2017 ESA's Mars Express has captured images of one of the largest outflow channel networks on the Red Planet. The Kasei Valles channel system extends around 3000 km from its source region in Echus Chasma ... more 
NASA Explores Opportunity for Smaller Experiments to 'Hitch a Ride' to MarsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 NASA's goals for human deep space exploration are complex and ambitious. To maximize resources as it pushes the boundaries of exploration, the agency is exploring opportunities to take advantage of ... more 
Science checkout continues for ExoMars orbiterParis (ESA) Feb 28, 2017 Next week, the ExoMars orbiter will devote two days to making important calibration measurements at the Red Planet, which are needed for the science phase of the mission that will begin next year. T ... more 
Martian Winds Carve Mountains, Move Dust, Raise DustPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 28, 2017 On Mars, wind rules. Wind has been shaping the Red Planet's landscapes for billions of years and continues to do so today. Studies using both a NASA orbiter and a rover reveal its effects on scales ... more |
  Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017 
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said it has located its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft after disappearing for years.
JPL said scientists found the spacecrafts orbiting the moon by using a new technological application found on ground-based interplanetary radar.
"Finding LRO was relatively easy, as we were working with the mission's navigators a ... more Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Sun Devils working for a chance to induce photosynthesis on our lunar neighbor  Washington (AFP) March 12, 2017Under Trump, the Moon regains interest as possible destination  Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017India's Moon Mission on 2018 Target, Says ISRO Chief |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 
Chinese state media is reporting that the country's space program has developed a craft capable of both landing on the moon and flying in low-Earth orbit.
The new spacecraft is claimed to be able to accommodate multiple astronauts, according to spaceship engineer Zhang Bainian, who Science and Technology Daily cited as comparing the forthcoming ship to the Orion craft currently in developm ... more Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft  Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes  Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017Riding an asteroid: China's next space goal |
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 Chincoteague Island, VA (SPX) Oct 31, 2016 
This week, astronauts are unloading more than 5,000 pounds of cargo and crew supplies from the Cygnus spacecraft to support dozens of science and research investigations. However, this shipment has special significance. This shipment arrived via an Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
Rocket launches to the International Space ... moreMiami (AFP) Oct 23, 2016Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2016New Instrument on ISS to Study Ultra-Cold Quantum Gases  Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Oct 19, 2016Two Russians, one American blast off to ISS |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017 
NASA's upcoming mission to investigate the habitability of Jupiter's icy moon Europa now has a formal name: Europa Clipper.
The moniker harkens back to the clipper ships that sailed across the oceans of Earth in the 19th century. Clipper ships were streamlined, three-masted sailing vessels renowned for their grace and swiftness. These ships rapidly shuttled tea and other goods back and for ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2017Juno Captures Jupiter Cloudscape in High Resolution  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2017Juno to remain in current orbit at Jupiter  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017Europa Flyby Mission Moves into Design Phase |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 15, 2017 
In its season of "lasts," NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its final close approach to Saturn's moon Mimas on January 30, 2017. At closest approach, Cassini passed 25,620 miles (41,230 kilometers) from Mimas. All future observations of Mimas will be from more than twice this distance.
This mosaic is one of the highest resolution views ever captured of the icy moon. Close approaches to Mimas ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 15, 2017Cassini Sees Heat Below the Icy Surface of Enceladus  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017An Ice World...With an Ocean  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 31, 2017Close views show Saturn's Rings in unprecedented detail |
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During the second week of February in 2015, the meandering jet stream slipped steadily southward, pulling down icy fingers of Arctic air. In Buffalo, N.Y., Feb. 15 was the coldest day in 21 years, and record daily lows were recorded from the Great Lakes across the Eastern Seaboard. Nicknamed winter storm Neptune, the blizzard halted traffic with snowfall up to 2 feet, and winds in excess of 50 ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Additional Arctic weather data raises forecast accuracy of Japan cold waves  Cape Cod MA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Taking earth's inner temperature  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017NASA examines deadly spring-like weather with GPM satellite |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017  When you're in the business of unlocking the secrets of the universe, making plans 40 years in advance doesn't seem like a stretch. That's why hundreds of visionaries from planetary science, astrophysics, engineering, and other disciplines came together last week at NASA headquarters to break conceptual ground on humanity's future in space.
Now is an especially important time to be having ... more Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Campaign Tests Parachutes Designed to Provide Astronauts a Soft Landing  Houston TX (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Keeping Liquids Off the Wall  Paris (ESA) Mar 13, 2017International space docking standard updated |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 13, 2017  This animation shows the amount of light detected by each pixel in a small section of the camera onboard NASA's Kepler space telescope. The light collected from TRAPPIST-1, an ultra-cool dwarf star approximately 40 light-years from Earth, is at the center of the image. Not directly visible in the movie are the seven Earth-size planets that orbit TRAPPIST-1. ... more Boston MA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Could fast radio bursts be powering alien probes  Cambridge, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Enzyme-free krebs cycle may have been key step in origin of life on Earth  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 09, 2017Kepler Provides Another Peek at Ultra-cool Neighbor |
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 Washington (AFP) March 14, 2017 
President Donald Trump's administration has given new powers to the CIA to conduct drone strikes against extremist targets in the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
The move would represent a change from Obama-era policies that limited the spy agency's role in conducting paramilitary strikes, pushing responsibility for these to the Pentagon.
Obama had insisted on a mo ... more Washington (AFP) March 13, 2017US military deploys attack drones to S. Korea  London (UPI) Mar 8, 2017Leonardo subsidiary to buy laser technology company Daylight Solutions  London (UPI) Mar 07, 2017Kelvin Hughes launching counter-drone system |
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
Eruptions on the Sun's surface send clouds of electrically charged particles towards Earth, producing solar storms that - among other things - can trigger the beautiful Northern Lights over the Arctic regions. But the storms may also have a strong impact on the efficiency of communication and navigation systems at high latitudes. It is therefore important to study the phenomena.
New resear ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Studying magnetic space explosions with NASA missions  Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Mar 3, 2017Solar storms remove electrons from large portions of Earth's atmosphere  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017First Solar Images from NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
In the past, launch pads were used almost exclusively for government missions. To support a growing private sector space economy, NASA's Kennedy Space Center has transformed to a multi-user spaceport capable of handling the needs of a variety of companies from launch processing through recovery.
NASA, the FAA, and Air Force Space Command provide diverse launch operations, government and co ... more Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Designing new rocket engines that don't blow up  Eglin AFB FL (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Space squadron supports record-breaking satellites launch  Cayenne (AFP) March 7, 2017Europe launches fourth Earth monitoring satellite |
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 Saint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
Russian physicists with their colleagues from Europe through changing the light parameters, learned to generate quasiparticles - excitons, which were fully controllable and also helped to record information at room temperature.
These particles act as a transitional form between photons and electrons so the researchers believe that with excitons, they will be able to create compact optoelec ... more Madison WI (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Dark Matter Detection Receives 10-Ton Upgrade  San Francisco CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Bevy of quasars boosts understanding of galaxies' origins  Montreal, Canada (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Iota Orionis: Pulsating beacon of a constellation |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
Mammalian cells are optimally adapted to gravity. But what happens in the microgravity environment of space if the earth's pull disappears? Previously, many experiments exhibited cell changes - after hours or even days in zero gravity. Astronauts, however, returned to Earth without any severe health problems after long missions in space, which begs the question as to how capable cells are of ada ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining distant sources  Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Increasing the sensitivity of next-generation gravitational wave detectors |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
Observations in the past decade have demonstrated that extremely massive supermassive black holes were already in place when the Universe was less than 800 million years old. Supermassive black holes found at the centres of galaxies typically have masses of millions up to even billions of solar masses, whereas the black holes formed in the collapse of massive stars have masses around 5-20 solar ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Hubble dates black hole's last big meal  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Streamlining the measurement of phonon dispersion  Ames IA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Researchers propose technique for measuring weak or nonexistent magnetic fields |
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 Osaka, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
Music, more than any art, is a beautiful mix of science and emotion. It follows a set of patterns almost mathematically to extract feelings from its audience. Machines that make music focus on these patterns, but give little consideration to the emotional response of their audience. An international research team led by Osaka University together with Tokyo Metropolitan University, imec in Belgiu ... more Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017DARPA robotic servicing program has become stalled  Tel Aviv (UPI) Mar 8, 2017Rafael completes test firing with Protector USV  Providence RI (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Robot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligently |
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Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017
Chinese state media is reporting that the country's space program has developed a craft capable of both landing on the moon and flying in low-Earth orbit.
The new spacecraft is claimed to be able to accommodate multiple astronauts, according to spaceship engineer Zhang Bainian, who Science and Technology Daily cited as comparing the forthcoming ship to the Orion craft currently in developm ... moreWenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017Riding an asteroid: China's next space goal |
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