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  Berlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 In the summer of 2018, the asteroid Ryugu, which measures only approximately 850 metres across, was visited by the Japanese Hayabusa2 spacecraft. On board was the 10-kilogram German-French Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) - a lander no bigger than a microwave oven and equipped with four instruments. On 3 October 2018 MASCOT, operated by the control centre at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Cologne, separated from its mother craft 41 metres above the ... read more |
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Thomas Pesquet on a new underwater lunar adventureParis (ESA) Aug 21, 2019 Over the next two weeks ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronaut Drew Feustel and Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai will take part in a new NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) m ... more  
South Korea to scrap military intel-sharing pact with JapanSeoul (AFP) Aug 22, 2019 South Korea said Thursday it will terminate its military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, sparking protest from both Tokyo and Washington amid an intensifying trade and diplomatic dispute between the Asian neighbours. ... more 
S. Korea says will share military intel with Japan through USSeoul (AFP) Aug 23, 2019 South Korea said Friday it will share military intelligence with Japan through the United States after terminating a pact that enabled the two key Washington allies to exchange such information directly. ... more  
China hosts Japan and South Korea in show of regional unityBeijing (AFP) Aug 21, 2019 Foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea made commitments Wednesday to diffuse regional tensions and make progress towards the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, although there was no sign of improving ties between Tokyo and Seoul. ... more |
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Japan's new emperor speaks of 'deep remorse' in 1st speech marking WWIITokyo (AFP) Aug 15, 2019 Japan's new emperor spoke Thursday of "deep remorse" over the country's wartime past, in his first speech to commemorate the end of World War II since his enthronement in May. ... more  
Powerful Japan storm turns deadly, snarls holiday travelTokyo (AFP) Aug 15, 2019 A powerful tropical storm lashed Japan on Thursday, bringing strong winds and torrential rain that claimed at least one life, prompted warnings of landslides and flooding, and sparked evacuation advisories and travel chaos at a peak holiday period. ... more  
Dutch Japanese Instrument Measures 49 Shades of Far-InfaredAmsterdam, The Netherlands (SPX) Aug 07, 2019 The Dutch-Japanese made DESHIMA instrument has passed its first practical tests when measuring the distances and ages of distant galaxies. The core of the instrument is a chip the size of two euro c ... more  
How do atoms vibrate in graphene nanostructures?Vienna, Austria (SPX) Aug 13, 2019 In order to understand advanced materials like graphene nanostructures and optimize them for devices in nano-, opto- and quantum-technology it is crucial to understand how phonons - the vibration of ... more 
Pentagon chief makes rare visit to MongoliaUlaanbaatar (AFP) Aug 8, 2019 US Defense Secretary Mark Esper made a rare visit to Mongolia on Thursday - the latest leg of an Asian tour aimed at shoring up partnerships to counter China's growing influence in the region. ... more |
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Japan to Create Military Space Unit to Catch Up With RivalsTokyo, Japan (Sputnik) Aug 07, 2019 The Japanese government intends to create a military space unit of the country's Self-Defence Forces in 2020 in connection with the increased use of space for defense purposes by other countries, in ... more  |
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Japan urged to sign UN nuke ban on Hiroshima anniversaryTokyo (AFP) Aug 6, 2019 The mayor of Hiroshima urged Japan to sign a landmark UN treaty banning nuclear weapons as the city Tuesday marked 74 years since being targeted in the world's first atomic attack. ... more  
Extraordinarily thick organic light-emitting diodes solve nagging issuesFukuoka, Japan (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 By combining thin organic layers with thick layers of hybrid perovskite, researchers at Kyushu University in Japan have developed micrometer-thick organic light-emitting diodes that could improve th ... more  
Japan's MOMO-F4 private rocket falls into ocean minutes after takeoffTokyo, Japan (Sputnik) Jul 30, 2019 A Japanese space company Interstellar Technologies said on Saturday that its privately developed sounding rocket MOMO-F4 had successfully launched but fell down into the ocean shortly after due to a ... more  
Japan's space agency develops new filter to recycle urineWashington DC (UPI) Jul 26, 2019 July 25 (UPI) - Japan's astronauts could be drinking water distilled from their own urine in the near future, thanks to the latest innovation from Japan's space agency. Japan Aerospace Explora ... more 
Japan's Noguchi to Be 1st Foreign Astronaut to Join New US Spacecraft Crew for ISS MissionMoscow (Sputnik) Jul 24, 2019 Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi has been assigned to the crew of a new US spacecraft that will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) in the near future thus becoming the first foreign astro ... more |
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 Ignalina, Lithuania (AFP) Aug 19, 2019 
Walking along the top of Lithuania's decommissioned nuclear reactor, the set of HBO's critically acclaimed "Chernobyl" TV series, tourist Vytas Miknaitis says he's not "afraid at all".
"They know what they're doing," the retired computer engineer from Chicago says, referring to organisers of the three-hour tour of the Ignalina power station in eastern Lithuania.
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Aug 23, 2019 
In anticipation of the world's largest astronomical instrument, Beijing is set to construct a permanent regional data hub that will house its Tianhe-2 supercomputer to make sense of reams of data acquired from space.
A recent Xinhua report revealed that China's Tianhe-2, once known as the world's fastest supercomputer, will work on astronomical data following the 2020 construction of the S ... more |
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 Koror, Palau (AFP) Aug 22, 2019 
Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu warned Pacific island nations Thursday against "empty promises" of financial aid from China, as the Solomon Islands considers switching diplomatic allegiance from Taipei to Beijing.
Visiting Palau to shore up Taiwan's relations in the Pacific - where six of its 17 diplomatic allies are located - Wu said democratic nations were concerned about Chinese inroa ... more |
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 Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
Theoretical physicists at Trinity College Dublin are among an international collaboration that has built the world's smallest engine - which, as a single calcium ion, is approximately ten billion times smaller than a car engine.
Work performed by Professor John Goold's QuSys group in Trinity's School of Physics describes the science behind this tiny motor. The research, published in intern ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 22, 2019 
The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it is terminating a troubled billion-dollar program to develop a ballistic missile interceptor, citing design problems.
The Defense Department said it would seek bids for a new version of the weapons system called the Redesigned Kill Vehicle, or RKV. The program was being led by Boeing.
"Ending the program was the responsible thing to do," said Micha ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 21, 2019 
China's new communication satellite ChinaSat 18, sent into space on Monday, has experienced abnormalities, and space engineers are investigating the cause.
The ChinaSat 18 satellite was launched at 8:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The satellite separated with the carrier rocket a ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Aug 22, 2019 
Russia on Thursday launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the International Space Station.
Named Fedor, for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research with identification number Skybot F850, the robot is the first ever sent up by Russia.
Fedor blasted off in a Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft at 6:38 am Moscow ... more |
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 Montreal (AFP) Aug 21, 2019  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday that Canada will stand up to China in a deepening diplomatic and trade spat, while renewing calls for de-escalation of Hong Kong protest tensions.
"We must recognize that China is a growing power and increasingly assertive towards its place in the international order. But make no mistake: we will always defend Canadians and Canadian interests," Tr ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 21, 2019 
In May 2019, after the wettest 12 months ever recorded in the Mississippi River Basin, the region was bearing the weight of 8 to 12 inches (200 to 300 millimeters) more water than average. New data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission, which launched in May 2018, showed that there was an increase in water storage in the river basin, extending east arou ... more |
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 London (AFP) Aug 21, 2019  British supermarkets are starting to go "nude".
Bowing to pressure from environmentally conscious consumers, big brand shops have begun taking steps to strip their shelves of plastic wrapping over concerns about saving the oceans from waste.
"Nude zones" and "Food in the Nude" campaigns are already being rolled out in places such as New Zealand and South Africa, where many fresh fruits a ... more |
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 Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
A new study indicates that some exoplanets may have better conditions for life to thrive than Earth itself has. "This is a surprising conclusion", said lead researcher Dr Stephanie Olson, "it shows us that conditions on some exoplanets with favourable ocean circulation patterns could be better suited to support life that is more abundant or more active than life on Earth."
The discovery of ... more |
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 Butembo, Dr Congo (AFP) July 18, 2019 
The UN is about to pound the drum for millions of dollars to stiffen the fight against Ebola in DR Congo, but at the heart of the epidemic, a money influx may worsen grassroots problems.
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the nearly year-old outbreak was a "public health emergency of international concern" - a rarely-invoked step to beef up global response.
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 Ouagadougou (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 
The death toll from an attack Monday on a military base in northern Burkina Faso rose to 24, the military said, in an unprecedented blow to the army in its campaign against jihadist insurgents.
Seven people were wounded and five others were missing, armed forces headquarters said in a statement Tuesday.
The previous toll from the attack, at Koutougou in Soum province near the border wit ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 21, 2019  NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan will conduct a spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday to install a docking adapter, NASA said on Tuesday.
"NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan, assigned as flight engineers for Expedition 60 aboard the International Space Station, will begin a planned six-and-a-half-hour s ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 19, 2019  The US Defense Department on Monday announced the test of a medium-range ground-launched cruise missile, just weeks after tearing up the Cold War-era pact with Russia eliminating that class of nuclear-capable weapons.
The missile was launched on Sunday from the US Navy-controlled San Nicolas Island off the coast of Los Angeles, California.
"The test missile exited its ground mobile launc ... more |
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