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  Baltimore MD (SPX) Nov 08, 2021 NASA is continuing work to resolve an issue that has suspended science operations on the Hubble Space Telescope. The science instruments entered a safe mode configuration on Oct. 25 after detecting a loss of specific data synchronization messages. The Hubble team is focusing its efforts to isolate the problem on hardware that commands the instruments and is part of the Science Instrument Command and Data Handling Unit. Specifically, the team is analyzing the circuitry of the Control Unit, which ge ... read more |
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Tidying up planetary nurseriesHeidelberg, Germany (SPX) Nov 08, 2021 A group of astronomers, led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, propose and have tested a mechanism that explains most of the properties observed in dispersing planet-forming ... more 
Ultra-precise magnetic field detection using squeezed lightCastelldefels, Spain (SPX) Nov 08, 2021 Precise detection of magnetic fields is important for applications that range from magnetic brain imaging, to detection of sunken ships, to exploration of the solar system. For many of these applica ... more  
Electron family creates previously unknown state of matterDresden, Germany (SPX) Nov 08, 2021 Dissipationless electric energy transport-also known as superconductivity-is seen as a beacon of hope for the energy industry. Since its discovery more than 100 years ago, scientists around the worl ... more 
American Astronomical Society Supports Astro2020 Decadal SurveyWashington DC (SPX) Nov 05, 2021 The American Astronomical Society (AAS), a major international organization of professional astronomers, astronomy educators, and amateur astronomers, supports the decadal survey report identifying ... more |
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Next Generation Very Large Array strongly endorsed by Decadal SurveyCharlottesville VA (SPX) Nov 05, 2021 The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey (Astro2020) of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences has published its report and the Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) received high priority fo ... more 
To find life on other planets, NASA rocket team looks to the starsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 05, 2021 A NASA sounding rocket will observe a nearby star to learn how starlight affects the atmospheres of exoplanets - key information in the hunt for life outside our solar system. Using an updated ... more 
Star formation of Universe follows a simple mathematical formula commonly found in natureShanghai, China (SPX) Nov 05, 2021 Understanding how stars are formed in our Universe is one of the main objectives of Astrophysics. In order to answer this question, typically Astronomers rely on the Observed light they detect in th ... more 
Simulating galaxy formation for clues to the universeBoston MA (SPX) Nov 04, 2021 For all its brilliant complexity, the Milky Way is rather unremarkable as galaxies go. At least, that's how Mark Vogelsberger sees it. "Our galaxy has a couple features that might be a bit surprisin ... more 
Rocky Exoplanets Are Even Stranger Than We ThoughtKamuela HI (SPX) Nov 03, 2021 Astronomers have discovered thousands of planets orbiting stars in our galaxy - known as exoplanets. However, it's difficult to know what exactly these planets are made of, or whether any resemble E ... more |
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Gravitational 'kick' may explain the strange shape at the center of AndromedaBoulder CO (SPX) Nov 03, 2021 When two galaxies collide, the supermassive black holes at their cores release a devastating gravitational "kick," similar to the recoil from a shotgun. New research led by CU Boulder suggests that ... more 
Building planets from protoplanetary disksBoston MA (SPX) Nov 02, 2021 Planets and their stars form from the same reservoir of nebular material and their chemical compositions should therefore be correlated but the observed compositions of planets do not match complete ... more 
Hubble remains in safe mode, NASA team investigatingWashington DC (SPX) Nov 02, 2021 NASA is continuing to investigate why the instruments in the Hubble Space Telescope recently went into safe mode configuration, suspending science operations. The instruments are healthy and will re ... more 
A new way to generate light using pre-existing defects in semiconductorsBoston MA (SPX) Nov 02, 2021 Researchers from the Low Energy Electronic Systems (LEES) interdisciplinary research group at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, ... more 
New results from MicroBooNE provide clues to particle physics mysteryLos Alamos NM (SPX) Nov 03, 2021 New results from a more-than-decade long physics experiment offer insight into unexplained electron-like events found in previous experiments. Results of the MicroBooNE experiment, while not confirm ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 29, 2021 
New findings from NASA's Juno probe orbiting Jupiter provide a fuller picture of how the planet's distinctive and colorful atmospheric features offer clues about the unseen processes below its clouds. The results highlight the inner workings of the belts and zones of clouds encircling Jupiter, as well as its polar cyclones and even the Great Red Spot.
Researchers published several papers o ... more |
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 Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Nov 08, 2021 
A group of astronomers, led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, propose and have tested a mechanism that explains most of the properties observed in dispersing planet-forming disks around newborn stars for the first time. The key ingredients to this new physical concept are X-ray emissions from the central star and a calm inner disk, well shielded from the incident radiati ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 08, 2021 
With conjunction over and our first flight at 2,700 RPM behind us, Ingenuity is ready to begin the journey back to the Wright Brothers Field at the Octavia E. Butler landing site, before venturing beyond. The above figure depicts the mission ahead of Ingenuity, which is to join Perseverance in the trek north along the east edge of Seitah, before traveling west to reach the Jezero ancient river d ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2021 
International isolation experiment SIRIUS-21 to simulate the flight and landing on the moon started on Thursday in Moscow, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Six people went on a conditional trip to the moon: Oleg Blinov, an instructor of the Cosmonaut Training Center; Viktoria Kirichenko, a surgeon at the I ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Nov 08, 2021 
NASA is continuing work to resolve an issue that has suspended science operations on the Hubble Space Telescope. The science instruments entered a safe mode configuration on Oct. 25 after detecting a loss of specific data synchronization messages.
The Hubble team is focusing its efforts to isolate the problem on hardware that commands the instruments and is part of the Science Instrument C ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 08, 2021 
Landsat 9, a joint mission between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that launched Sept. 27, 2021, has collected its first light images of Earth.
The images, all acquired Oct. 31, are available online. They provide a preview of how the mission will help people manage vital natural resources and understand the impacts of climate change, adding to Landsat's unparalleled data record ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 08, 2021 
NASA plans to launch a spacecraft as early as Nov. 23 and crash it into an asteroid next year so scientists can try to understand how to redirect dangerous space objects away from potential catastrophic Earth collisions.
The mission is NASA's first flight demonstration for planetary defense, space agency officials said.
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, is scheduled for ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Nov 02, 2021 
NASA has selected the CubeSat Imaging X-Ray Solar Spectrometer (CubIXSS), led by Southwest Research Institute, to measure the elemental composition of hot, multimillion-degree plasmas in the Sun's corona - its outermost atmosphere. The nanosatellite is expected to be launched in 2024 as a secondary payload on another satellite launch. CubIXSS will determine the origins of hot plasma - highly ion ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 8, 2021 
Astronaut Wang Yaping became the first Chinese woman to walk in space, authorities said Monday, as her team completed a six-hour stint outside the Tiangong space station as part of its ongoing construction.
Tiangong - meaning "heavenly palace" - is the latest achievement in China's drive to become a major space power, after landing a rover on Mars and sending probes to the Moon.
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Baltimore MD (SPX) Nov 08, 2021
NASA is continuing work to resolve an issue that has suspended science operations on the Hubble Space Telescope. The science instruments entered a safe mode configuration on Oct. 25 after detecting a loss of specific data synchronization messages.
The Hubble team is focusing its efforts to isolate the problem on hardware that commands the instruments and is part of the Science Instrument C ... more |
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 Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Nov 08, 2021 
An international team of researchers, led by Professor Lee Berger from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (Wits University) has revealed the first partial skull of a Homo naledi child that was found in the remote depths of the Rising Star cave in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Describing the skull and its context in two separate papers in the Open Access journal, ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 08, 2021 
Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to host the Biden administration's first meeting of the National Space Council on Dec. 1.
Her announcement will come Friday during her visit to the Goddard Space Flight Center, which will focus on efforts to use space missions to monitor and address the climate crisis.
She will be accompanied by NASA administrator Bill Nelson and officials fr ... more |
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 Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Nov 08, 2021 
Over the past few decades, the annual average temperature in the Arctic has increased almost twice as fast as it has elsewhere in the world. Although the main driver of this warming is the global increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide, various climate forcers and feedback processes amplify Arctic warming. Black carbon (BC) aerosols in the Arctic have been attracting attention as a clima ... more |
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 Chicago (AFP) Nov 7, 2021 
On a fall night in 2019, Eric Brandt was awoken by the sound of steel rods cracking inside concrete.
"I heard the pings. I know the sound because I used to drill rebar into the top of coal mines," Brandt explained. "I couldn't even imagine what was happening out there."
But Brandt, a 69-year-old former mine worker, was nowhere near a coal mine. He was in bed in his condominium on the sho ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 03, 2021 
When two galaxies collide, the supermassive black holes at their cores release a devastating gravitational "kick," similar to the recoil from a shotgun. New research led by CU Boulder suggests that this kick may be so powerful it can knock millions of stars into wonky orbits.
The research, published Oct. 29 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, helps solve a decades-old mystery surrounding ... more |
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