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June 20, 2019
SOLAR SCIENCE
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

SPACE TRAVEL
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 se ... more
MARSDAILY
Meteors explain Mars' cloud cover
Washington (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
MARSDAILY
The Mast is raised for NASA's Mars 2020 rover
Pasadena 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
MARSDAILY
Robotic arm will raise the support structure and help the Mole hammer
Berlin, 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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MARSDAILY
Johnson-built device to help Mars 2020 rover search for signs of life
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 13, 2019
Next summer, NASA is launching the Mars 2020 robotic rover to the Red Planet, loaded with equipment to search for signs that there once was life on Mars. One device, called the Scanning Habitable En ... more
MARSDAILY
Mars 2020 will blaze a trail for humans
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 13, 2019
When a female astronaut first sets foot on the Moon in 2024, the historic moment will represent a step toward another NASA first: eventually putting humans on Mars. NASA's latest robotic mission to ... more
MARSDAILY
Mars Helicopter Testing Enters Final Phase
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 10, 2019
NASA's Mars Helicopter flight demonstration project has passed a number of key tests with flying colors. In 2021, the small, autonomous helicopter will be the first vehicle in history to attempt to ... more
ROBO SPACE
Investing in Tech Concepts Aimed at Exploring Lunar Craters, Mining Asteroids
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 12, 2019
Robotically surveying lunar craters in record time and mining resources in space could help NASA establish a sustained human presence at the Moon - part of the agency's broader Moon to Mars explorat ... more
MARSDAILY
Watch NASA Build Its Next Mars Rover
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 10, 2019
A newly installed webcam offers the public a live, bird's-eye view of NASA's Mars 2020 rover as it takes shape at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. You can watch as JPL engin ... more
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TECH SPACE
New era for New Norcia deep space antenna
Paris (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
MARSDAILY
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
TIME AND SPACE
Five Things to Know about NASA's Deep Space Atomic Clock
Pasadena 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
MARSDAILY
Massive Mars crater could have hosted life
Moscow (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
MARSDAILY
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

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NASA's Mars 2020 gets HD eyes
Pasadena 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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MARSDAILY
NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Finds a Clay Cache
Pasadena 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
MARSDAILY
Comet inspires chemistry for making breathable oxygen on Mars
Pasadena 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
MARSDAILY
The radiation showstopper for Mars exploration
Paris (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
MARSDAILY
A European mission control for the Martian rover
Paris (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
MARSDAILY
Getting ready for Mars - on the Space Station
Paris (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
+ Politics, lack of support, funding have foiled US plans to return to moon
+ Apollo moon rocks help transform understanding of the universe
+ NASA Reflects on Legacy of LRO as Moon-Orbiting Mission Reaches 10-Year Anniversary
+ Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter marks 10 years mapping Moon
+ 'Moon Rock Hunter' on quest to track down Apollo gifts
+ Man's first steps on the Moon, reported live by AFP
+ When the world stopped to watch Armstrong's moonwalk
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
+ Yaogan-33 launch fails in north China, Possible debris recovered in Laos
+ China develops new-generation rockets for upcoming missions
+ China's satellite navigation industry sees rapid development
+ China's Yuanwang-7 departs for space monitoring missions
+ China's tracking ship Yuanwang-2 starts new mission after retirement
+ China to build moon station in 'about 10 years'
+ China to enhance international space cooperation


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
+ Hera asteroid mission's brain to be radiation-hard and failure-proof
+ Ahuna Mons on Ceres: A New and Unusual Type of Volcanic Activity
+ Psyche Mission Has a Metal World in Its Sights
+ Uncovering the Hidden History of a Giant Asteroid
+ Scientists find largest meteorite impact in the British Isles
+ VLT Observes Passing Double Asteroid Hurtling by Earth
+ GomSpace to design world's first stand-alone nanosatellite asteroid rendezvous mission
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
+ On Pluto the Winter is approaching, and the atmosphere is vanishing into frost
+ Neptune's moon Triton fosters rare icy union
+ Juno Finds Changes in Jupiter's Magnetic Field
+ Gas insulation could be protecting an ocean inside Pluto
+ NASA's New Horizons Team Publishes First Kuiper Belt Flyby Science Results
+ Brazilian scientists investigate dwarf planet's ring
+ Next-Generation NASA Instrument Advanced to Study the Atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune
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
+ Researchers find ice feature on Saturn's giant moon
+ Giant planets and big data: What deep learning reveals about Saturn's storms
+ Deep learning takes Saturn by storm
+ NASA's Cassini Reveals Surprises with Titan's Lakes
+ New close-ups of the mini-moons in Saturn's rings
+ Scientist sheds light on Titan's mysterious nitrogen atmosphere
+ Cassini data show Saturn's Rings relatively new
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
+ TanDEM-X reveals glaciers in detail
+ Airbus built SEOSAT Ingenio is finished and ready for testing
+ SMOS joins forces with top weather forecasting system
+ Mapping our global human footprint
+ NGO works as high seas sleuth to track illegal fishing
+ Magnetism discovered in the Earth's mantle
+ Remote sensing of toxic algal blooms


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
+ With lions, elephants, Airbnb goes all-in on adventure tours
+ Science suffers collateral damage as US, China tensions rise
+ NASA renames street for 'hidden' black women mathematicians
+ India hopes to launch 'very small' space station after 2022
+ Xplore and the Arch Mission Foundation partner to fly Arch Libraries to space
+ NASA to open International Space Station to private astronauts
+ London leads Europe for tech investment: study
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
+ Most Comprehensive Search for Radio Technosignatures
+ Two Earth-like Planets Discovered Near Teegarden's Star
+ The formative years: giant planets vs. brown dwarfs
+ Jupiter-like exoplanets found in sweet spot in most planetary systems
+ Giant planets orbiting sun-like stars may be rare
+ Study Dramatically Narrows Search for Advanced Life in the Universe
+ Spectral Clues to Puzzling Paradox of Distant Planet


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
+ AFRL XQ-58A UAV completes second successful flight
+ Low-cost Valkyrie unmanned aircraft completes second test flight
+ MQ-9 Reaper drone shot down over Yemen on June 6, CENTCOM says
+ BAE Systems to install vehicle control systems on Boeing's MQ-25 refueling drones
+ Airbus and the Hauts-de-France region team up for UAV deliveries
+ Study of hawks' pursuit of prey could help scientists capture rogue drones
+ Uber eyes drones for food delivery, unveils new autonomous car
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
+ Solar activity forecast for next decade favorable for exploration
+ A new method for 3D reconstructions of eruptive events on sun
+ Solving the Sun's Super-Heating Mystery with Parker Solar Probe
+ Centuries-old drawings lead to better understanding of fan-shaped auroras
+ The sun follows the rhythm of the planets
+ Scientists uncover exotic matter in the sun's atmosphere
+ Strong Magnetic Storm May Cause Satellites to Deorbit - Russian Academy


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
+ European reusable launch systems for more sustainability in spaceflight
+ Arianespace and ESA announce launch contract for JUICE mission
+ Air Force tests hypersonic weapon aboard B-52 for first time
+ Raytheon, Northrop Grumman partner on hypersonic missile system
+ Viasat to become first commercial customer to launch aboard the Ariane 64
+ Sydney rocketry students first Australians to compete in US challenge
+ Used SpaceX rocket launches three Earth imaging satellites into orbit
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
+ American Astronomical Society to Acquire Sky and Telescope
+ Sailing among the stars: how photons could revolutionize space flight
+ Astronomers investigate invisible matter and the workings of the galactic ecosystem
+ A new study reveals 'hidden' phases of matter through the power of light
+ Fermi mission reveals its highest-energy gamma-ray bursts
+ How NASA's Spitzer has stayed alive for so long
+ Cool halo gas caught spinning like galactic disks


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
+ Gravitational waves leave a detectable mark, physicists say
+ UCLA students touch space with a microgravity experiment
+ LIGO and Virgo Detect Neutron Star Smash-Ups
+ Scientists Find More Evidence the Universe Is a Violent Place
+ What Earth's gravity reveals about climate change
+ Ten years before the detection of gravitational waves
+ Upgraded Detectors to Resume Hunt for Gravitational Waves
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
+ Planck Finds No New Evidence for Cosmic Anomalies
+ 'Best ever' simulation solves 40-year black hole mystery
+ Detection of powerful winds driven by a supermassive black hole
+ Cool, Nebulous Ring Around Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole
+ Five Things to Know about NASA's Deep Space Atomic Clock
+ A unique experiment to explore black holes
+ Most-detailed-ever simulations of black hole solve longstanding mystery


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
+ Investing in Tech Concepts Aimed at Exploring Lunar Craters, Mining Asteroids
+ Army project develops agile scouting robots
+ Better together: human and robot co-workers
+ British art dealer unveils pioneering robot artist
+ Robots activated by water may be the next frontier
+ Rise of the Machines: AI beats humans in multiplayer shooter
+ Artificial intelligence becomes life-long learner with new framework
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
+ Yaogan-33 launch fails in north China, Possible debris recovered in Laos
+ China develops new-generation rockets for upcoming missions
+ China's satellite navigation industry sees rapid development
+ China's Yuanwang-7 departs for space monitoring missions
+ China's tracking ship Yuanwang-2 starts new mission after retirement
+ China to build moon station in 'about 10 years'
+ China to enhance international space cooperation
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