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Sunday, 11 April 2021 09:15
How do we know if an asteroid headed our way is dangerous?
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There are a lot of things that pose a threat to our planet—climate change, natural disasters, and solar flares, for example. But one threat in particular often captures public imagination, finding itself popularised in books and films and regularly generating alarming headlines: asteroids.
In our solar system there are millions of space rocks known as asteroids. Ranging in size from a few metres to hundreds of kilometres, these objects are mostly left over from the formation of our planets 4.6 billion years ago. They are building blocks that didn't quite make it into fully fledged worlds.
Asteroids and other objects that make a closest approach to our sun of less than 1.3 astronomical units (1 astronomical unit, AU, is the Earth-Sun distance) are known as
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Sunday, 11 April 2021 11:55
Russians celebrate 60 years since Gagarin's spaceflight
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Moscow (AFP) April 12, 2021
Russians on Monday celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first manned flight to space carried out by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin as the Soviet hero remains one of the most admired figures in the country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to travel to Engels, a city in the south of the country on the banks of the Volga river, to the site of the cosmonaut's landing where a memorial stands to
Russians on Monday celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first manned flight to space carried out by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin as the Soviet hero remains one of the most admired figures in the country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to travel to Engels, a city in the south of the country on the banks of the Volga river, to the site of the cosmonaut's landing where a memorial stands to
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Sunday, 11 April 2021 07:49
Soviet cosmonaut made pioneering spaceflight 60 years ago
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Saturday, 10 April 2021 14:27
Long-awaited review reveals journey of water from interstellar clouds to habitable worlds
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Leiden, Germany (SPX) Apr 11, 2021
Dutch astronomer Ewine van Dishoeck (Leiden University, the Netherlands), together with an international team of colleagues, has written an overview of everything we know about water in interstellar clouds thanks to the Herschel space observatory.
The article, published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, summarizes existing knowledge and provides new information about the origin of
Dutch astronomer Ewine van Dishoeck (Leiden University, the Netherlands), together with an international team of colleagues, has written an overview of everything we know about water in interstellar clouds thanks to the Herschel space observatory.
The article, published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, summarizes existing knowledge and provides new information about the origin of
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Saturday, 10 April 2021 14:27
Amounts of organic molecules in planetary systems differ from early on
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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 11, 2021
An international group of scientists led by the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research have studied the chemical composition of 50 protoplanetary-disk forming regions in the Perseus Molecular Cloud, and found that despite being in the same cloud, the amounts of complex organic molecules they contain are quite different. Interestingly, the chemically rich young disks have similar compositions of o
An international group of scientists led by the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research have studied the chemical composition of 50 protoplanetary-disk forming regions in the Perseus Molecular Cloud, and found that despite being in the same cloud, the amounts of complex organic molecules they contain are quite different. Interestingly, the chemically rich young disks have similar compositions of o
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Saturday, 10 April 2021 14:27
The European Hexa-X project for the development of 6G technology starts
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Madrid, Spain (SPX) Apr 11, 2021
The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is participating in the development of the European Hexa-X project, through the Network Technologies research group and coordinated by Nokia, to promote the development of technologies that will make up 6G from Europe.
This project, funded by the European Commission within the framework of the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, also
The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is participating in the development of the European Hexa-X project, through the Network Technologies research group and coordinated by Nokia, to promote the development of technologies that will make up 6G from Europe.
This project, funded by the European Commission within the framework of the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, also
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Saturday, 10 April 2021 14:27
CO2 mitigation on Earth and magnesium civilization on Mars
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Mumbai, India (SPX) Apr 11, 2021
Excessive CO2 emissions are a major cause of climate change, and hence reducing the CO2 levels in the Earth's atmosphere is key to limit adverse environmental effects. Rather than just capture and store CO2, it would be desirable to use it as carbon feedstock for fuel production to achieve the target of "net-zero-emissions energy systems".
The capture and conversion of CO2 (from fuel gas o
Excessive CO2 emissions are a major cause of climate change, and hence reducing the CO2 levels in the Earth's atmosphere is key to limit adverse environmental effects. Rather than just capture and store CO2, it would be desirable to use it as carbon feedstock for fuel production to achieve the target of "net-zero-emissions energy systems".
The capture and conversion of CO2 (from fuel gas o
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Saturday, 10 April 2021 14:27
Acting NASA Administrator Statement on Agency FY 2022 Discretionary Request
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Washington DC (SPX) Apr 11, 2021
The Biden-Harris Administration submitted to Congress Friday the president's priorities for fiscal year 2022 discretionary spending. The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk on the funding request:
"This $24.7 billion funding request demonstrates the Biden Administration's commitment to NASA and its partners who have worked so hard this past year under diff
The Biden-Harris Administration submitted to Congress Friday the president's priorities for fiscal year 2022 discretionary spending. The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk on the funding request:
"This $24.7 billion funding request demonstrates the Biden Administration's commitment to NASA and its partners who have worked so hard this past year under diff
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Saturday, 10 April 2021 14:27
Progress MS-16 docking in February failed due to nose cone issues
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Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 11, 2021
A malfunction in the nose cone of the Soyuz launch vehicle led to an incident during the docking of Russia's Progress MS-16 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) in February, the general director of the Progress space rocket centre, Dmitry Baranov, said on Saturday.
"The commission will work until 30 April. The problem is in the nose cone", Baranov told reporters.
A malfunction in the nose cone of the Soyuz launch vehicle led to an incident during the docking of Russia's Progress MS-16 cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) in February, the general director of the Progress space rocket centre, Dmitry Baranov, said on Saturday.
"The commission will work until 30 April. The problem is in the nose cone", Baranov told reporters.
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Saturday, 10 April 2021 14:27
Rocket Lab to recover Electron Booster on next mission
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Long Beach CA (SPX) Apr 11, 2021
Rocket Lab reports that on its next mission the company will attempt to bring a rocket back from space, slowing the Electron launch vehicle down from speeds of >Mach 8 as it re-enter's Earth's atmosphere before splashing the rocket down in the ocean.
The complex mission is the next major step toward making Electron the first orbital-class reusable small launch vehicle, enabling rapid-turna
Rocket Lab reports that on its next mission the company will attempt to bring a rocket back from space, slowing the Electron launch vehicle down from speeds of >Mach 8 as it re-enter's Earth's atmosphere before splashing the rocket down in the ocean.
The complex mission is the next major step toward making Electron the first orbital-class reusable small launch vehicle, enabling rapid-turna
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