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  Paris (ESA) Jun 04, 2018 Fifteen years ago, ESA's Mars Express was launched to investigate the Red Planet. To mark this milestone comes a striking view of Mars from horizon to horizon, showcasing one of the most intriguing parts of the martian surface. On 2 June 2003, the Mars Express spacecraft lifted off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on a journey to explore our red-hued neighbouring planet. In the 15 years since, it has become one of the most successful missions ever sent to Mars, as demonstrated by this image of the regio ... read more |
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Mars Curiosity's Labs Are Back in ActionPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 05, 2018 NASA's Curiosity rover is analyzing drilled samples on Mars in one of its onboard labs for the first time in more than a year. "This was no small feat. It represents months and months of work ... more  
NASA CubeSats Steer Toward MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 03, 2018 NASA has achieved a first for the class of tiny spacecraft known as CubeSats, which are opening new access to space. Over the past week, two CubeSats called MarCO-A and MarCO-B have been firing thei ... more 
New image shows exposed bedrock in Hale Crater on MarsWashington (UPI) May 31, 2018 NASA has released a new image from its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that shows the red planet's Hale Crater - a large impact crater with more than 62 miles of intriguing physical features. ... more 
Opportunity Mars rover ready to study rock targets up closeMoscow (Sputnik) May 31, 2018 Opportunity is halfway down in "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater, pursuing hypotheses as to the origin of the valley. The rover is still positioned near some tabular ro ... more |
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Scientists Shrink Chemistry Lab to Seek Evidence of Life on MarsGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 25, 2018 An international team of scientists has created a tiny chemistry lab for a rover that will drill beneath the Martian surface looking for signs of past or present life. The toaster oven-sized lab, ca ... more 
Opportunity Collects Panoramas for Site Awareness and Future Drive PlanningPasadena CA (JPL) May 25, 2018 Opportunity is still about halfway down in "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater, pursuing hypotheses as to the origin of the valley. The rover is positioned next to some t ... more 
NASA's InSight Steers Toward MarsPasadena CA (JPL) May 24, 2018 NASA's InSight lander has made its first course correction toward Mars. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is the first mission d ... more 
Mars Society launches Kickstarter to create MarsVR Crew Training ProgramLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 22, 2018 The Mars Society, the world's largest space advocacy group dedicated to the human exploration and settlement of the planet Mars, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help raise $27,500 for a new o ... more 
NASA engineers teach Mars rover Curiosity to drill againWashington (UPI) May 18, 2018 Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are preparing to add percussion to an improvised drill technique already being used by the Curiosity rover on Mars. ... more |
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Sierra Nevada Corporation Hardware on NASA's Mars InSight MissionSparks NV (SPX) May 15, 2018 Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) hardware is once again on its way to Mars, this time aboard NASA's InSight Mars lander. SNC's actuators are a critical component on the robotic arm of the vehicle t ... more  |
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Dorset as model to help find traces of life on MarsLondon, UK (SPX) May 16, 2018 Imperial College London scientists have found traces of fatty acids - key building blocks of biological cells - in Dorset's acidic streams. They say that because of the similarity of acidic streams ... more 
Mars Helicopter to Fly on NASA's Next Red Planet Rover MissionPasadena CA (JPL) May 11, 2018 NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars. The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency's Mars 2020 rover mission, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demon ... more  
The challenge of space gardening: One giant 'leaf' for mankindMiami (AFP) May 11, 2018 It's not easy having a green thumb in space. ... more 
Opportunity team continues studies on origin of 'Perseverance Valley'Pasadena CA (JPL) May 14, 2018 Opportunity is only halfway down in "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour crater, pursuing several scientific hypotheses as to the origin of the valley including both water and wind ero ... more
NASA plans to send mini-helicopter to MarsTampa (AFP) May 11, 2018 The US space agency said Friday it plans to launch the first-ever helicopter to Mars in 2020, a miniature, unmanned drone-like chopper that could boost our understanding of the Red Planet. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 4, 2018 
SpaceX will not send tourists around the Moon this year as previously announced, and will delay the project until the middle of next year, US media reported on Monday.
"A new timetable for the flight - now postponed until at least mid-2019 and likely longer - hasn't been released" by the California-based company, said the report in The Wall Street Journal.
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 Vienna (Sputnik) Jun 05, 2018 
Experts commented on the new Chinese space exploration initiative announced by Shi Zhongjun, Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna.
"China is a pioneer in international collaboration of space exploration. It strives to demonstrate its leadership in the area" Shi said. "The Chinese space station is not only for China but for the whole world. All countries, re ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 04, 2018  A boulder-sized asteroid designated 2018 LA was discovered Saturday morning, June 2, and was determined to be on a collision course with Earth, with impact just hours away. Because it was very faint, the asteroid was estimated to be only about 6 feet (2 meters) across, which is small enough that it was expected to safely disintegrate in Earth's atmosphere. Saturday's asteroid was first discovere ... more |
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 Tampa (AFP) May 31, 2018 
Pluto is covered with surprising dunes made of methane ice, which have formed relatively recently despite the frigid dwarf planet's very thin atmosphere, international researchers said Thursday.
Pluto's atmosphere has a surface pressure 100,000 times lower than Earth's, which researchers suspected might be too little to allow tiny grains of solid methane to mobilize and become airborne.
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 Bern, Switzerland (SPX) May 22, 2018 
The small inner moons of Saturn look like giant ravioli and spaetzle. Their spectacular shape has been revealed by the Cassini spacecraft. For the first time, researchers of the University of Bern (Switzerland) show how these moons were formed. The peculiar shapes are a natural outcome of merging collisions among similar-sized little moons, as computer simulations demonstrate.
When Martin ... more |
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 Champaign IL (SPX) Jun 05, 2018 
Using a new algorithm, University of Illinois researchers may have found the solution to an age-old dilemma plaguing satellite imagery - whether to sacrifice high spatial resolution in the interest of generating images more frequently, or vice versa. The team's new tool eliminates this trade-off by fusing high-resolution and high-frequency satellite data into one integrated product, and can gene ... more |
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 Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP) June 3, 2018 
Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov made it back to Earth Sunday along with an official match football that could be used later this month in the opening game of the World Cup in Moscow.
Shkaplerov, Scott Tingle of the United States and Norishige Kanai of Japan touched down on the Kazakh steppe on time at 1239 GMT after a 168-day mission aboard the International Space Station.
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 Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 05, 2018 
In recent years, astronomers have discovered more than 4,000 exoplanets (and counting) - planets outside our solar system. The majority of those planets are Earth-sized, to about 2.5 times the size of Earth, and therefore considered to have the potential for facilitating the development of life.
But which ones, specifically, could harbor organisms?
One way to narrow the search for ha ... more |
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 Leibniz, Germany (SPX) Jun 04, 2018 
Ny-Alesund (Spitsbergen). Investigations of the atmosphere by means of unmanned mini-airplanes can contribute significantly to the investigation of the causes of Arctic climate change, as they provide an insight into ground-level air layers that are not monitored by other measuring stations. This is the conclusion drawn by a German research team from current measurements that have just taken pla ... more |
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 College Park MD (SPX) Jun 01, 2018 
As Earth orbits the sun at supersonic speed, it cuts a path through the solar wind. This fast stream of charged particles, or plasma, launched from the sun's outer layers would bombard Earth's atmosphere if not for the protection of Earth's magnetic field.
Just as a motorboat creates a bow-shaped wave ahead of itself as the hull pushes through the water, Earth creates a similar effect - ca ... more |
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 Selbyville DE (SPX) Jun 01, 2018  According to a new research report by the market research and strategy consulting firm, Global Market Insights, Inc, the Commercial Satellite Launch Service Market to hit $7bn by 2024.
Increasing usage of communication data-based services and GPS systems is driving the commercial satellite launch service market size over the forecast period. These services are adopted by various sectors su ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 31, 2018 
Astronomers have discovered a special kind of neutron star for the first time outside of the Milky Way galaxy, using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile.
Neutron stars are the ultra dense cores of massive stars that collapse and undergo a supernova explosion. This newly identified neutron star is a rare vari ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 01, 2018 
The spectacular merger of two neutron stars that generated gravitational waves announced last fall likely did something else: birthed a black hole. This newly spawned black hole would be the lowest mass black hole ever found.
A new study analyzed data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory taken in the days, weeks, and months after the detection of gravitational waves by the Laser Interfero ... more |
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 Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) May 31, 2018 
Even after the direct measurement of their gravitational waves, there are still mysteries surrounding black holes. What happens when two black holes merge, or when stars collide with a black hole?
This has now been simulated by researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt and the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) using a novel numerical method. The simulation code "ExaHyPE" i ... more |
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 Luxembourg (SPX) May 30, 2018 
Research led by scientists from the University of Luxembourg has shown the potential of liquid crystal shells as enabling material for a vast array of future applications, ranging from autonomous driving to anti-counterfeiting technology and a new class of sensors.
Liquid Crystals, already widely used in flat-screen TVs, are materials that are in a state between solid and liquid. Prof Jan ... more |
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Vienna (Sputnik) Jun 05, 2018
Experts commented on the new Chinese space exploration initiative announced by Shi Zhongjun, Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna.
"China is a pioneer in international collaboration of space exploration. It strives to demonstrate its leadership in the area" Shi said. "The Chinese space station is not only for China but for the whole world. All countries, re ... more |
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