{"id":226900,"date":"2017-07-10T04:38:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T08:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/space-exploration-news-space-news-space-exploration.php"},"modified":"2017-07-10T04:38:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T08:38:32","slug":"space-exploration-news-space-news-space-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/space-exploration\/space-exploration-news-space-news-space-exploration.php","title":{"rendered":"Space Exploration News &#8211; Space News, Space Exploration &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>NASA FDL developing new approaches to asteroid, comet and solar    threats using AI        <\/p>\n<p>      What do astrophysicist Steven Hawking, Queen guitarist Brian      May and the country of Luxembourg have in common? They're all      key figures in Asteroid Day - a UN sanctioned day of      education to raise awareness about protecting ...    <\/p>\n<p>      A venerable U.S.\/European oceanography satellite mission with      NASA participation that has expanded our knowledge of global      sea level change, ocean currents and climate phenomena like      El Nio and La Nia will take on an ...    <\/p>\n<p>      Just days after celebrating its first anniversary in Jupiter      orbit, NASA's Juno spacecraft will fly directly over      Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the gas giant's iconic,      10,000-mile-wide (16,000-kilometer-wide) storm. This will ...    <\/p>\n<p>      Telescopes in Hawaii have obtained new images of Jupiter and      its Great Red Spot, which will assist the first-ever close-up      study of the Great Red Spot, planned for July 10. On that      date, NASA's Juno spacecraft will fly directly ...    <\/p>\n<p>      British billionaire Richard Branson's prolific Virgin brand      has spanned a broad range of businesses, including record      stores, banks, phones, airlines and spaceships.    <\/p>\n<p>      China on Sunday announced the launch of a powerful rocket      designed to carry communication satellites into orbit had      been \"unsuccessful\", in a glitch for the country's ambitious      space programme.    <\/p>\n<p>      China is preparing to launch a powerful rocket on Sunday as      the country presses on with its ambitious space program.    <\/p>\n<p>      Japan has revealed ambitious plans to put an astronaut on the      Moon around 2030 in new proposals from the country's space      agency.    <\/p>\n<p>      On the first day of the year 1801, Italian astronomer      Gioacchino Giuseppe Maria Ubaldo Nicol Piazzi found a      previously uncharted \"tiny star\" near the constellation of      Taurus. The following night Piazzi again observed this ...    <\/p>\n<p>      Subaru Telescope images reveal weather in Jupiter's      atmosphere in the mid-infrared. Those images, taken multiple      times over several months, support Juno spacecraft mission of      National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...    <\/p>\n<p>      Very detailed Gemini Observatory images peel back Jupiter's      atmospheric layers to support the NASA\/JPL Juno spacecraft in      its quest to understand the giant planet's atmosphere.    <\/p>\n<p>      When an asteroid struck the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in      2013, the blast from the asteroid's shock wave broke windows      and damaged buildings as far away as 58 miles (93      kilometers), injuring more than 1,200 people.    <\/p>\n<p>      An Ariane 5 carrying two telecom satellites inside a new      lighter fairing lifted off on the fourth mission from      Europe's Spaceport in two months.    <\/p>\n<p>      3-D-printed scale models of asteroids and other planetary      bodies are used for real-life testing of spacecraft      navigation and landing systems  martian moon Phobos seen in      the foreground here.    <\/p>\n<p>      There are no mechanics on Mars, so the next best thing for      NASA's Curiosity rover is careful driving.    <\/p>\n<p>      Scientists pursue research through observation,      experimentation and modeling. They strive for all of these      pieces to fit together, but sometimes finding the unexpected      is even more exciting.    <\/p>\n<p>      Various researchers are often preoccupied with the quest for      flowing water on Mars. However, this image from NASA's Mars      Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), shows one of the many examples      from Mars where lava (when it was molten) ...    <\/p>\n<p>      Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been      repeatedly pummelled by space rocks that have caused anything      from an innocuous splash in the ocean to species      annihilation.    <\/p>\n<p>    The results, which include information during the last glacial    and interglacial periods, showed that relief from the current    dry spell across the interior of the Middle East is unlikely    within the next 10,000 years.  <\/p>\n<p>    Elon Musk's Tesla will build what the maverick entrepreneur    claims is the world's largest lithium ion battery within 100    days, making good on a Twitter promise to ease South    Australia's energy woes.  <\/p>\n<p>    Google parent Alphabet is spinning off a little-known unit    working on geothermal power called Dandelion, which will begin    offering residential energy services.  <\/p>\n<p>    Throughout the last 800,000 years, Antarctic temperatures and    atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have showed a similar    evolution. However, they were different during the transition    to the last ice ageapproximately ...  <\/p>\n<p>    Qualcomm on Thursday escalated its legal battle with Apple,    filing a patent infringement lawsuit and requesting a ban on    the importation of some iPhones, claiming unlawful and unfair    use of the chipmaker's technology.  <\/p>\n<p>    Scientists have identified patterns in the Earth's magnetic    field that evolve on the order of 1,000 years, providing new    insight into how the field works and adding a measure of    predictability to changes in the field not ...  <\/p>\n<p>    Those who crave brownies or hot cocoa may be happy to hear that    heroes too small to be seen may help to protect the world's    chocolate supply. Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical    Research Institute (STRI) in Panama found ...  <\/p>\n<p>    Proteins in lipid membranes are one of the fundamental building    blocks of biological functionality. Lawrence Livermore    researchers have figured out how to mimic their role using    carbon nanotube porins.  <\/p>\n<p>    Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign    and Princeton University have theoretically predicted a new    class of insulating phases of matter in crystalline materials,    pinpointed where they might be found ...  <\/p>\n<p>    In today's increasingly powerful electronics, tiny materials    are a must as manufacturers seek to increase performance    without adding bulk.  <\/p>\n<p>    New research shows a species of diatom, a single-celled algae,    thought to be asexual does reproduce sexually, and scientists    learned it's a common compound - ammonium - that puts the    ubiquitous organism in the mood.  <\/p>\n<p>    Chemists have long sought to develop new reactions for the    direct conversion of simple hydrocarbon building blocks into    valuable materials such as pharmaceuticals in a way that    dependably creates the same chemical bonds and ...  <\/p>\n<p>    IC 342 is a challenging cosmic target. Although it is bright,    the galaxy sits near the equator of the Milky Way's galactic    disk, where the sky is thick with glowing cosmic gas, bright    stars, and dark, obscuring dust.  <\/p>\n<p>    The last time you watched a spider drop from the ceiling on a    line of silk, it likely descended gracefully on its dragline    instead of spiraling uncontrollably, because spider silk has an    unusual ability to resist twisting ...  <\/p>\n<p>    The orangutan population on the island of Borneo has shrunk by    a quarter in the last decade, researchers said Friday, urging a    rethink of strategies to protect the critically-endangered    great ape.  <\/p>\n<p>    AMOLF researchers have developed nanoscale strings whose motion    can be converted to light signals with unprecedented strength.    This could allow for extremely precise sensors and comes with    an important side effect. \"Analogous ...  <\/p>\n<p>    During their research for a new paper on quantum computing,    HongWen Jiang, a UCLA professor of physics, and Joshua    Schoenfield, a graduate student in his lab, ran into a    recurring problem: They were so excited about the progress ...  <\/p>\n<p>    Type I diabetes patients typically inject insulin several times    a day, a painful process that reduces quality-of-life.    Injectable medications are also associated with noncompliance,    which can result in long-term complications ...  <\/p>\n<p>    A team led by Gang Han, PhD, has designed a human    protein-based, tumor-targeting Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)    contrast that can be easily cleared by the body. The discovery    holds promise for clinical application, including ...  <\/p>\n<p>    A new low-temperature solution printing technique allows    fabrication of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells with    large crystals intended to minimize current-robbing grain    boundaries. The meniscus-assisted solution printing ...  <\/p>\n<p>    As the old saying goes, teaching someone to fish is far more    helpful than just giving them a fish. Now, research from    WorldFish and MIT takes that adage a step further: Better yet,    the study found, is working with the fishermen ...  <\/p>\n<p>    Spilt crude oil has repeatedly polluted and even destroyed    marine ecosystems. An effective measure would be to remove    spilt oil slicks by absorption into a separable solid phase. As    Indian scientists now report in the journal ...  <\/p>\n<p>    Today at the EPS Conference on High Energy Physics in Venice,    the LHCb experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider has    reported the observation of cc++ (Xicc++) a new particle    containing two charm quarks and one up quark. ...  <\/p>\n<p>    France will end sales of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 as    part of an ambitious plan to meet its targets under the Paris    climate accord, new Ecology Minister Nicolas Hulot announced    Thursday.  <\/p>\n<p>    Under business-as-usual greenhouse gas emissions, climate    models predict California will get warmer during the rest of    the century and most also predict the state will get drier.  <\/p>\n<p>    In the battle of the batteries, lithium-ion technology is the    reigning champion, powering that cellphone in your pocket as    well as an increasing number of electric vehicles on the road.  <\/p>\n<p>    If there is anywhere for carbon dioxide to disappear in large    quantities from the atmosphere, it is into the Earth's oceans.    There, huge populations of plankton can soak up carbon dioxide    from surface waters and gobble it ...  <\/p>\n<p>    Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National    Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have made the    first direct measurements, and by far the most precise ones, of    how electrons move in sync with atomic vibrations ...  <\/p>\n<p>    A project that explores whether there is a musical equivalent    to the curvature of spacetime will be presented on Thursday    6July by Gavin Starks at the National Astronomy Meeting    at the University of Hull.  <\/p>\n<p>    Scientists have created new 2-D nanostructured surfaces which    appear as realistic 3-D objects  including shading and shadows    - using cutting edge nano-engineering.  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>See more here: <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/space-news\/space-exploration\/\" title=\"Space Exploration News - Space News, Space Exploration ...\">Space Exploration News - Space News, Space Exploration ...<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> NASA FDL developing new approaches to asteroid, comet and solar threats using AI What do astrophysicist Steven Hawking, Queen guitarist Brian May and the country of Luxembourg have in common?  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/space-exploration\/space-exploration-news-space-news-space-exploration.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[431611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-exploration"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}