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NASA scientists find Sun's history buried in lunar crust![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 The Sun is why we're here. It's also why Martians or Venusians are not. When the Sun was just a baby four billion years ago, it went through violent outbursts of intense radiation, spewing scorching, high-energy clouds and particles across the solar system. These growing pains helped seed life on early Earth by igniting chemical reactions that kept Earth warm and wet. Yet, these solar tantrums also may have prevented life from emerging on other worlds by stripping them of atmospheres and zapping n ... read more |
NASA Invests $45M in US Small Businesses for Space Tech DevelopmentWashington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 American businesses will help NASA land astronauts on the Moon in five years and establish a sustainable presence there, as part of the agency's larger Moon to Mars exploration approach. NASA has se ... more
Meteors explain Mars' cloud coverWashington (UPI) Jun 17, 2019 New research suggests the wispy clouds found 18 miles above the Marian surface are made of icy dust produced by meteors hitting the Red Planet's atmosphere. ... more
The Mast is raised for NASA's Mars 2020 roverPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 17, 2019 In this image, taken on June 5, 2019, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, take a moment after attaching the remote sensing mast to the Mars 2020 rover in the Space ... more
Robotic arm will raise the support structure and help the Mole hammerBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 11, 2019 There is a new plan to support the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Mars 'Mole' that is part of NASA's InSight mission. The Heat Flow and Physical Properties ... more |
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New era for New Norcia deep space antennaParis (ESA) Jun 06, 2019 The 35-m deep space antenna in New Norcia, Western Australia, is being looked after by a new team, led for the first time by a female site manager, Suzy Jackson. The New Norcia station is key ... more
InSight's Team Tries New Strategy to Help the "Mole"Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 06, 2019 Scientists and engineers have a new plan for getting NASA InSight's heat probe, also known as the "mole," digging again on Mars. Part of an instrument called the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Pa ... more
Five Things to Know about NASA's Deep Space Atomic ClockPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 06, 2019 NASA is sending a new technology to space on June 22 that will change the way we navigate our spacecraft - even how we send astronauts to Mars and beyond. Built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Labora ... more
Massive Mars crater could have hosted lifeMoscow (Sputnik) Jun 06, 2019 Physicist Brian Cox says the Red Planet Mars, which looks like a rocky desert now, might have once been a true paradise with waterfall cascades and rivers, offering conditions that made life possibl ... more
Mars on Earth - what next?Paris (ESA) Jun 02, 2019 A Mars Sample Return campaign would bring samples of the Red Planet back to Earth for examination in the best terrestrial laboratories - but choosing the samples and storing them on Mars for later r ... more |
![]() 'Fettuccine' may be most obvious sign of life on Mars
NASA's Mars 2020 gets HD eyesPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 02, 2019 One of the first operations the Mars 2020 rover will perform after touching down on the Red Planet's Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, will be to raise its remote sensing mast (RSM), which carries imp ... more |
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NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Finds a Clay CachePasadena CA (JPL) May 30, 2019 NASA's Curiosity rover has confirmed that the region on Mars it's exploring, called the "clay-bearing unit," is well deserving of its name. Two samples the rover recently drilled at rock targets cal ... more
Comet inspires chemistry for making breathable oxygen on MarsPasadena CA (SPX) May 30, 2019 Science fiction stories are chock full of terraforming schemes and oxygen generators for a very good reason--we humans need molecular oxygen (O2) to breathe, and space is essentially devoid of it. E ... more
The radiation showstopper for Mars explorationParis (ESA) Jun 02, 2019 An astronaut on a mission to Mars could receive radiation doses up to 700 times higher than on our planet - a major showstopper for the safe exploration of our Solar System. A team of European exper ... more
A European mission control for the Martian roverParis (ESA) May 31, 2019 The ExoMars rover has a brand new control centre in one of Europe's largest Mars yards. The Rover Operations Control Centre (ROCC) was inaugurated in Turin, Italy, ahead of the rover's exploration a ... 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 |
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Ions Beams and Atom Smashers Expose Secrets of Moon Rocks Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 19, 2019
On July 20, 1969, as Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong climbed down the ladder from the "Eagle" lunar landing module, he found himself surrounded by a sea of grey - an expanse of powdery dust no human had ever seen in person. The iconic print made by his left boot marked but the first step on a long journey of discoveries about the Moon and our own world - both of which hold secrets that scientist ... more |
Luokung and Land Space to develop control system for space and ground assets Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2019
Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with Land Space Technology Corporation Ltd. ("Land Space"). The two parties will work together and take advantage of respective strength on commercial space cooperation with satellite remote sensing data applications as the main target market.
They will jointly develop domestic and foreign markets of products and services which ... more |
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NRL researchers find insights into the formation of the solar system in ancient comet dust Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2019
Materials science researchers with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have found a remnant of ancient dust from the early stages of the solar system inside a primitive meteorite, named La Paz Icefield 02342 after the location of its discovery in Antarctica.
NRL scientists Rhonda Stroud and Bradley De Gregorio contributed to a paper describing the find, which published in Nature Astronomy, ... more |
Table salt compound spotted on Europa Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 13, 2019
A familiar ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Using a visible-light spectral analysis, planetary scientists at Caltech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have discovered that the yellow color visible on portions of the surface of Europa is actually sodium chloride, a compound known on Earth as table salt, which is also th ... more |
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Cassini reveals new sculpting in Saturn rings Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 17, 2019
As NASA's Cassini dove close to Saturn in its final year, the spacecraft provided intricate detail on the workings of Saturn's complex rings, new analysis shows.
Although the mission ended in 2017, science continues to flow from the data collected. A new paper published June 13 in Science describes results from four Cassini instruments taking their closest-ever observations of the main rin ... more |
Satellite observations improve earthquake monitoring, response Ames IA (SPX) Jun 17, 2019 Researchers at the University of Iowa and the U.S. Geological Survey have found that data gathered from orbiting satellites can provide more accurate information on the impact of large earthquakes, which, in turn, can help provide more effective emergency response.
The satellite imagery provides detailed information about where the earthquakes occurred, how big the surface deformation was, ... more |
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NASA Invests $45M in US Small Businesses for Space Tech Development Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2019
American businesses will help NASA land astronauts on the Moon in five years and establish a sustainable presence there, as part of the agency's larger Moon to Mars exploration approach. NASA has selected 363 proposals from small businesses and research institutions across 41 states to help advance the types of capabilities needed for those future missions, as well as to support the agency in ot ... more |
View of the Earth in front of the Sun Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Jun 19, 2019
An international research team led by the University of Gottingen has discovered two new Earth-like planets near one of our closest neighboring stars. "Teegarden's star" is only about 12.5 light years away from Earth and is one of the smallest known stars.
It is only about 2,700C warm and about ten times lighter than the Sun. Although it is so close to us, the star wasn't discovered until ... more |
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New energy-efficient algorithm keeps UAV swarms helping longer Washington DC (SPX) Jun 17, 2019
A new energy-efficient data routing algorithm developed by an international team could keep unmanned aerial vehicle swarms flying - and helping - longer, report an international team of researchers this month in the journal Chaos, from AIP Publishing.
UAV swarms are cooperative, intercommunicating groups of UAVs used for a wide and growing variety of civilian and military applications. In ... more |
NASA scientists find Sun's history buried in lunar crust Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 18, 2019
The Sun is why we're here. It's also why Martians or Venusians are not.
When the Sun was just a baby four billion years ago, it went through violent outbursts of intense radiation, spewing scorching, high-energy clouds and particles across the solar system. These growing pains helped seed life on early Earth by igniting chemical reactions that kept Earth warm and wet. Yet, these solar tant ... more |
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Swedish Space Corporation to introduce a new service for easy access to space Torggatan, Sweden (SPX) Jun 19, 2019
SSC is currently developing Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden with both new capabilities and services. A testbed for reusable rockets is currently being established, and SSC aims at launching small satellites in a couple of years. In addition, SSC is now introducing a new flight ticket service for suborbital space flights, accessible and affordable for both current and new types of custome ... more |
Does the Gas in Galaxy Clusters Flow Like Honey? Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 19, 2019
We have seen intricate patterns that milk makes in coffee and much smoother ones that honey makes when stirred with a spoon. Which of these cases best describes the behavior of the hot gas in galaxy clusters? By answering this question, a new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has deepened our understanding of galaxy clusters, the largest structures in the Universe held together by gra ... more |
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Development of a displacement sensor to measure gravity of smallest source mass ever 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 |
How an Atomic Clock Will Get Humans to Mars on Time Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 17, 2019
NASA navigators are helping build a future where spacecraft could safely and autonomously fly themselves to destinations like the Moon and Mars.
Navigators today tell a spacecraft where to go by calculating its position from Earth and sending the location data to space in a two-way relay system that can take anywhere from minutes to hours to deliver directions. This method of navigation me ... more |
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I, Chatbot: Getting your news from a talkative automaton Paris (AFP) June 16, 2019
"Do you ever lie to your friends?," Jam asks, popping up in a private message box at the bottom of your screen.
If it seems like a personal question, don't worry - Jam isn't a person, but a chatbot, eager for a bubbly conversation about the news, environment, pop culture and more.
This particular cryptic query leads to Jam telling the story of Romain Gary, a French author who deceived t ... more |
Luokung and Land Space to develop control system for space and ground assets Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2019
Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with Land Space Technology Corporation Ltd. ("Land Space"). The two parties will work together and take advantage of respective strength on commercial space cooperation with satellite remote sensing data applications as the main target market.
They will jointly develop domestic and foreign markets of products and services which ... more |
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