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  Paris (ESA) May 28, 2019 Europe has been in orbit around Mars for more than 15 years and is almost a year away from launching its first rover mission, but ambitions are already running high to go one step further: returning a sample from the Red Planet. Has there ever been life on Mars? Reconstructing the history of our neighbouring planet and understanding how its evolution diverged from that of Earth is at the heart of Mars exploration missions. ESA's first journey on this quest began 16 years ago - on 2 June 2003 ... read more |
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Strange Martian mineral deposit likely sourced from volcanic explosionsProvidence RI (SPX) May 23, 2019 Ashfall from ancient volcanic explosions is the likely source of a strange mineral deposit near the landing site for NASA's next Mars rover, a new study finds. The research, published in the journal ... more 
Getting ready for Mars - on the Space StationParis (ESA) May 28, 2019 From disrupted biological clocks to radiation and contamination hazards, Europe is running experiments on the International Space Station to take human exploration one step closer to Mars. As ... more 
NASA's Mars 2020 Mission Drops in on Death ValleyPasadena CA (JPL) May 27, 2019 On a test flight in Death Valley, California, anAirbus helicopter carried an engineering model of the Lander Vision System (LVS) that will help guide NASA's next Mars mission to a safe touchdown on ... more 
NASA Closer to Discovering What Lies Beneath the Surface of Airless Planetary BodiesGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 22, 2019 NASA is a step closer to eventually discovering what lies up to 32 feet or 10 meters beneath the surfaces of Mars, the Moon or any airless body in the solar system - a region roughly the length of a ... more |
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Exploring life on Mars in the Gobi desertLanzhou (XNA) May 21, 2019 "Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids," as an Elton John hit goes. However, a Mars simulation base in the middle of China's Gobi desert might be the perfect place to introduce young ... more 
Fly over Mount Sharp on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) May 21, 2019 Ever wanted to visit Mars? A new animated video shows what it would be like to soar over Mount Sharp, which NASA's Curiosity rover has been climbing since 2014. This video highlights several r ... more 
Is NASA looking at the wrong rocks for clues to Martian life?Washington DC (SPX) May 21, 2019 In 2020, NASA and European-Russian missions will look for evidence of past life on Mars. But while volcanic, igneous rock predominates on the Red Planet, virtually the entire Earth fossil record com ... more 
Mars 2020 Is Coming TogetherPasadena CA (JPL) May 21, 2019 An engineer inspects the completed spacecraft that will carry NASA's next Mars rover to the Red Planet, prior to a test in the Space Simulator Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasaden ... more 
How the Sun pumps out water from Mars into spaceMoscow, Russia (SPX) May 15, 2019 Russian and German physicists have offered an explanation for the new data obtained by Martian satellites, capturing the "escape" of hydrogen atoms from the upper Martian atmosphere into outer space ... more |
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NASA's MRO Completes 60,000 Trips Around MarsPasadena CA (JPL) May 16, 2019 NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter hit a dizzying milestone this morning: It completed 60,000 loops around the Red Planet at 10:39 a.m. PDT (1:39 p.m. EDT). On average, MRO takes 112 minutes to circ ... more  |
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NASA Awards $106 Million to US Small Businesses for Technology DevelopmentWashington DC (SPX) May 15, 2019 Managing pilotless aircraft and solar panels that could help humans live on the Moon and Mars are among the technologies NASA is looking to develop with small business awards totaling $106 million. ... more  
How Venus and Mars can teach us about EarthParis (ESA) May 14, 2019 One has a thick poisonous atmosphere, one has hardly any atmosphere at all, and one is just right for life to flourish - but it wasn't always that way. The atmospheres of our two neighbours Venus an ... more 
For InSight, dust cleanings will yield new sciencePasadena CA (JPL) May 07, 2019 The same winds that blanket Mars with dust can also blow that dust away. Catastrophic dust storms have the potential to end a mission, as with NASA's Opportunity rover. But far more often, passing w ... more 
Why this Martian full moon looks like candyPasadena CA (JPL) May 10, 2019 For the first time, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has caught the Martian moon Phobos during a full moon phase. Each color in this new image represents a temperature range detected by Odyssey's infrare ... more 
Lockheed Martin completes testing milestone for Mars 2020 heat shieldDenver CO (SPX) May 05, 2019 Protecting against the extremes of space travel is critical to the success of any mission. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has successfully completed the flight hardware structure of the heat shield, va ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 23, 2019 
In one of the first steps of the agency's Artemis lunar exploration plans, NASA announced on Thursday the selection of Maxar Technologies, formerly SSL, in Westminster, Colorado, to develop and demonstrate power, propulsion and communications capabilities for NASA's lunar Gateway.
"The power and propulsion element is the foundation of Gateway and a fine example of how partnerships with U.S ... more |
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 Taiyuan (XNA) May 27, 2019  The attempt to launch a remote sensing Yaogan-33 satellite carried by a Long March-4C rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province was unsuccessful on Thursday morning.
The first and second stages of the rocket worked normally, while the third stage had abnormal operation.
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) May 21, 2019 
A Curtin University researcher has solved a nearly 100-year-old riddle by discovering that glass found in the Egyptian desert was created by a meteorite impact, rather than atmospheric airburst, in findings that have implications for understanding the threat posed by asteroids.
Published in leading journal Geology, the research examined tiny grains of the mineral zircon in samples of Libya ... more |
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 Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) May 21, 2019 
With less than a fifth of the Moon's mass, Pluto can still retain an atmosphere, though a tenuous envelope of gas produced by the periodical sublimation of nitrogen ices. A study that followed the evolution of Pluto's atmosphere for fourteen years shows its seasonal nature, and predicts that it will now start to condensate as frost.
This study1 was published in the journal Astronomy and As ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) May 01, 2019 
Rain, seas and a surface of eroding organic material can be found both on Earth and on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. However, on Titan it is methane, not water, that fills the lakes with slushy raindrops.
While trying to find the source of Titan's methane, University of Arizona researcher Caitlin Griffith and her team discovered something unexoldpected - a long ice feature that wraps nearl ... more |
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 Cardiff UK (SPX) May 21, 2019 
The chemical composition of the Earth's mantle is a lot more variable and diverse than previously thought, a new study has revealed.
According to a new analysis of cores drilled through the ocean crust, the mantle is made up of distinct sections of rock each with different chemical make-ups.
The chemical composition of the mantle has been notoriously difficult to determine with a hig ... more |
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 Glasgow UK (The Conversation) May 27, 2019 
In the Chinese science fiction film The Wandering Earth, recently released on Netflix, humanity attempts to change the Earth's orbit using enormous thrusters in order to escape the expanding sun - and prevent a collision with Jupiter.
The scenario may one day come true. In five billion years, the sun will run out of fuel and expand, most likely engulfing the Earth. A more immediate threat ... more |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) May 27, 2019 
Astronomers believe planets like Jupiter shield us from space objects that would otherwise slam into Earth. Now they're closer to learning whether giant planets act as guardians of solar systems elsewhere in the galaxy.
A UCR-led team has discovered two Jupiter-sized planets about 150 light years away from Earth that could reveal whether life is likely on the smaller planets in other solar ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) May 27, 2019 
Landing multi-rotor drones smoothly is difficult. Complex turbulence is created by the airflow from each rotor bouncing off the ground as the ground grows ever closer during a descent. This turbulence is not well understood nor is it easy to compensate for, particularly for autonomous drones. That is why takeoff and landing are often the two trickiest parts of a drone flight. Drones typically wo ... more |
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 Dublin, Ireland (SPX) May 27, 2019 
Scientists from Ireland and France have announced a major new finding about how matter behaves in the extreme conditions of the Sun's atmosphere.
The scientists used large radio telescopes and ultraviolet cameras on a NASA spacecraft to better understand the exotic but poorly understood "fourth state of matter". Known as plasma, this matter could hold the key to developing safe, clean and ... more |
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 Centennial CO (SPX) May 22, 2019 
United Launch Alliance leaders and engineers completed an important milestone with the conclusion of the system Critical Design Review (CDR) for the company's new Vulcan Centaur rocket. The system-level CDR is the final review of the design for the overall rocket.
"This is a tremendous accomplishment for the ULA team and a significant milestone in the development of a rocket - signaling th ... more |
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 Birmingham UK (SPX) May 24, 2019 
Chemical traces in the atmospheres of stars are being used to uncover new information about a galaxy, known as the Gaia Sausage, which was involved in a major collision with the Milky Way billions of years ago.
Astrophysicists at the University of Birmingham in collaboration with colleagues at European institutions in Aarhus, Bologna and Trieste, have been studying evidence of the chemical ... more |
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 Sendai, Japan (SPX) May 23, 2019 
One of the most unknown phenomena in modern physics is gravity. Its measurement and laws remain somewhat of an enigma. Researchers at Tohoku University have revealed important information about a new aspect of the nature of gravity by probing the smallest mass-scale.
Professor Nobuyuki Matsumoto has led a team of researchers to develop a gravity sensor based on monitoring the displacement ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 27, 2019 
The International Space Station will host the most precise clocks ever to leave Earth. Accurate to a second in 300 million years the clocks will push the measurement of time to test the limits of the theory of relativity and our understanding of gravity.
Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity predicted that gravity and speed influences time, the faster you travel the more time slow ... more |
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 Nicosia (AFP) May 22, 2019 
From monitoring inmates on suicide watch to detecting cryptic messages in phone calls, artificial intelligence is reshaping the way prisons are run, a Council of Europe director said Wednesday.
"Artificial intelligence and digital technology are not only here to stay, but can also help in offender management," said Jan Kleijssen, director of the council's department dealing with crime and in ... more |
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Taiyuan (XNA) May 27, 2019 The attempt to launch a remote sensing Yaogan-33 satellite carried by a Long March-4C rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province was unsuccessful on Thursday morning.
The first and second stages of the rocket worked normally, while the third stage had abnormal operation.
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