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Space Exploration News
Dark, dangerous asteroids found lurking near EarthNASA's WISE mission has spotted 16 near-Earth objects that had previously been hidden in the dark
Space Exploration News | Sunday, 7 March 2010 |
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Knowing the mind of God: Seven theories of everythingWe still don't have a theory that describes the fundamental nature of the universe, but there are plenty of candidates
Space Exploration News | Sunday, 7 March 2010 |
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Universe's high-energy haze gets murkierAn unexpectedly small fraction of the gamma-ray light that pervades the universe comes from gluttonous black holes – the source of the rest is unknown
Space Exploration News | Sunday, 7 March 2010 |
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A measure for the multiverseIs our universe just one of many? The idea divides physicists, but now one researcher has found the first hint that the multiverse really exists
Space Exploration News | Sunday, 7 March 2010 |
Mars rover Spirit could rise again
NASA's declaration a month ago that the rover would henceforth be a stationary lander was "a little bit premature", says a rover scientist read full article
Student Teams Ready to Battle Lunar Terrain at NASA's 17th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race
More than 100 student teams from around the globe will drive their specially crafted lunar rovers through a challenging course of rugged, moon-like terrain at NASA's 17th annual Great Moonbuggy Race in Huntsville, Ala., April 9-10. read full article
Is That Saturn's Moon Titan or Utah? (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Planetary scientists have been puzzling for years over the honeycomb patterns and flat valleys with squiggly edges evident in radar images of Saturn's moon Titan. Now, working with a "volunteer researcher" who has put his own spin on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, they have found some recognizable analogies to a type of spectacular terrain on Earth known as karst topography. A poster session today, Thursday, March 4, at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woo
NASA's high-tech GOES-P weather satellite lifts off
NASA on Thursday launched the latest in its family of high-tech meteorological satellites, adding to a constellation of spacecraft that watch storm development and weather conditions on Earth. read full article
Relevant Technology Developments
Build your own space stationNew Scientist is ready for the next step in human space exploration – we've built our own space station
Relevant Technology Developments | Sunday, 7 March 2010 |
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NASA turned on by blow-up space stationsThe agency is to invest in the idea of fabric spacecraft that can be folded up for launch and inflated in orbit – here is New Scientist's briefing
Relevant Technology Developments | Sunday, 7 March 2010 |
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Dark matter could meet its nemesis on EarthA spinning disc may be all that is needed to overturn Newton's second law of motion – and could call off the hunt for dark matter
Relevant Technology Developments | Sunday, 7 March 2010 |
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Satelloons and lunar lasers: communicating in spaceNASA is revamping how it transmits signals to spacecraft both near and far – New Scientist takes a look at the history and future of its space-communication projects
Relevant Technology Developments | Sunday, 7 March 2010 |
Webb Telescope's first primary mirror meets cold temperature specifications, sets program landmark
The James Webb Space Telescope reached a mission-readiness landmark today when its first primary mirror segment was cryo-polished to its required prescription as measured at operational cryogenic temperatures. This achievement sets the stage for a successful polishing process for the remaining 18 flight mirror segments. read full article
Salt-Seeking Satellite Shaken By Quake, But Not Stirred
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Aquarius instrument, and the Argentinian spacecraft that will carry it into space, the Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas (SAC-D), successfully rode out one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history Feb. 27 with no problems. read full article
Junctionless transistor makes its debut
First proposed in 1925, device could revolutionize electronics read full article
Both answers correct in century-old optics dilemma
Different momenta of light reflect wave-particle duality read full article
Habitable Planets News
Galileo backed Copernicus despite dataStars viewed through early telescopes suggested that Earth stood still.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/rss/news_s15/~4/Nl5X-H4pIJ0" height="1" width="1"/> Habitable Planets News | Wednesday, 3 March 2010 |
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Volunteer army catches interstellar dust grainsStardust mission finds particles that represent the building blocks of the Solar System. Habitable Planets News | Wednesday, 3 March 2010 |
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Planet-hunting space telescope makes ESA shortlistThe European Space Agency's shortlist of three missions for two launch slots includes PLATO, which would search nearby star systems for signs of life
Habitable Planets News | Sunday, 28 February 2010 |
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Six tricks that alien trackers could useWe could find evidence of interstellar engineering projects or other signs of alien intelligence – even if no one is deliberately trying to contact us
Habitable Planets News | Sunday, 28 February 2010 |
ESA chooses 3 scientific missions for further study
Dark energy, habitable planets around other stars, and the mysterious nature of our own Sun, have been chosen by ESA as candidates for two medium-class missions to be launched no earlier than 2017. read full article
Detecting Our Martian Cousins
The iguanas of the Galapagos Islands have evolved many unique characteristics due to their isolation from mainland iguanas. Because they can't swim long distances, biologists believe that the first Galapagos iguanas arrived on natural rafts made from vegetation. read full article
Down to Earth: Technique Lets Ground-Based Telescopes Parse Exoplanet Atmospheres
In the 15 years since the first planet orbiting a sunlike star outside our solar system was conclusively discovered, astronomers have compiled a vast and diverse menagerie of such so-called exoplanets. Of the more than 400 now known, many are large--10 times the mass of Jupiter or more--and a precious few are small, just a few times Earth's mass. Little is known about these faraway worlds beyond bulk properties such as their orbital periods, estimated masses and, on relatively rare occasions,
South African science: black, white and grey
The release of Nelson Mandela sent optimism coursing through South Africa's research community. Twenty years on, Michael Cherry finds that it is still struggling to get on its feet.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/rss/news_s15/~4/EtxgjafrXKo" height="1" width="1"/> read full article
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