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Solar orbiter's first science data shows the sun at its quietest
Three of the Solar Orbiter spacecraft's instruments, including Imperial's magnetometer, have released their first data.
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Flash in dark sky was probably random meteor, expert says
A flash that lit up the skies over parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio in the wee hours of Wednesday was probably a random meteor, an expert said.
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Titan's lakes can stratify like those on Earth
Lakes on Saturn's moon Titan, composed of methane, ethane, and nitrogen rather than water, experience density driven stratification, forming layers similar to lakes on Earth. However, whereas lakes on Earth stratify in response ...
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Sep 29, 2020
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Russia reports 'non-standard' air leak on Space Station
Russia said Tuesday that astronauts had found an air leak in its section of the International Space Station, with a senior space official calling the air loss beyond expected levels.
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Sep 29, 2020
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Solar storms could be more extreme if they 'slipstream' behind each other
Modeling of an extreme space weather event that narrowly missed Earth in 2012 shows it could have been even worse if paired with another event.
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Sep 29, 2020
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Mars: mounting evidence for subglacial lakes, but could they really host life?
Venus may harbour life some 50km above its surface, we learned a couple of weeks ago. Now a new paper, published in Nature Astronomy, reveals that the best place for life on Mars might be more than a kilometre below its surface, ...
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Sep 29, 2020
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Video: Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich preparing for launch
A European satellite built to carry out precise measurements of sea level changes has arrived in California in preparation for launch. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite forms part of the European Union's Copernicus ...
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Sep 29, 2020
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Video shows a meteoroid skipping off Earth's atmosphere
Here's something we don't see very often: an Earth-grazing meteoroid.
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Sep 29, 2020
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Satcom to foster resilient digital systems
Telecommunications are becoming increasingly crucial to our society, economy and security. ESA is supporting the European satellite communication industry's efforts to identify how to meet future worldwide demands for more ...
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Sep 29, 2020
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Machine-learning nanosats to inform global trade
The latest batch of tiny satellites to monitor trade on Earth from space have launched.
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Sep 29, 2020
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New insights into the origin of diamonds in meteorites
Scientists have offered new insights into the origin of diamonds in ureilites (a group of stony meteorites). These diamonds most likely formed by rapid shock transformation from graphite (the common low-pressure form of pure ...
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Sep 29, 2020
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United Arab Emirates to launch spacecraft to moon in 2024
The United Arab Emirates plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2024, a top Emirati official said Tuesday, the latest gamble in the stars by the oil-rich nation that could see it become only the fourth nation ...
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Sep 29, 2020
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Salty lake, ponds may be gurgling beneath Mars' South Pole
A network of salty ponds may be gurgling beneath Mars' South Pole alongside a large underground lake, raising the prospect of tiny, swimming Martian life.
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Sep 28, 2020
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New Mars rover is ready for space lasers
When the Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon, they brought devices with them called retroreflectors, which are essentially small arrays of mirrors. The plan was for scientists on Earth to aim lasers at them and calculate ...
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Sep 28, 2020
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New measurements show moon has hazardous radiation levels
Future moon explorers will be bombarded with two to three times more radiation than astronauts aboard the International Space Station, a health hazard that will require thick-walled shelters for protection, scientists reported ...
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Back to Venus: Upstart company wants to beat NASA in search for life
Can a small American aerospace company get to Venus before NASA returns to our superheated planetary neighbor?
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Sep 25, 2020
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US probe to touch down on asteroid Bennu on October 20
After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface on October 20, touching down for a few seconds to collect rock and dust samples, the agency said Thursday.
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Sep 25, 2020
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Air Force, SpaceX mum about sky-high rocket costs
Five years ago, Elon Musk, the multibillionaire CEO of the SpaceX rocket company, smashed his way into the business of launching U.S. military and intelligence satellites, a lucrative market that had been cornered for nearly ...
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Sep 24, 2020
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A minuscule spacecraft joins a pilot's epic journey to fly from pole to pole
On November 16, 2019, pilot and author Robert DeLaurentis took off on an ambitious adventure. Setting out from San Diego county's Gillespie Field, he banked toward Grand Prairie, Texas on the first leg of a pole to pole expedition. ...
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Sep 24, 2020
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Faint orbital debris that threatens satellites not being monitored closely enough, warn astronomers
University of Warwick astronomers are warning that orbital debris posing a threat to operational satellites is not being monitored closely enough, as they publish a new survey finding that over 75% of the orbital debris they ...
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Venus' ancient layered, folded rocks point to volcanic origin
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