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Space Exploration News
Colliding Galaxies Swirl in Dazzling New PhotoA spectacular new image of two colliding galaxies shows a cosmic region teeming with stellar activity. Space Exploration News | Sunday, 8 August 2010 |
Senate Approves NASA Bill, Extra Space Shuttle FlightThe U.S. Senate passed a NASA authorization bill Thursday that would add a space shuttle flight to the manifest next year, and require the space agency to get started immediately on a heavy-lift rocket capable of supporting manned missions beyond low-Earth orbit. Space Exploration News | Sunday, 8 August 2010 |
Solar Tsunami Revealed in New PhotoA dramatically vivid new image of the sun shows the Aug. 1 solar eruption in the star's northern hemisphere that blasted charged particles in Earth's direction, triggering stunning aurora displays and geomagnetic storms that lasted about 12 hours. Space Exploration News | Sunday, 8 August 2010 |
Looking for the Moon? It Rises at DawnMany stargazers enjoy the challenge of spotting the moon in the evening twilight sky as soon after its dark new moon phase as possible. But this month, moon lovers should rise at dawn. Space Exploration News | Sunday, 8 August 2010 |
Space Station Crew Safe From Sun's Wrath as Flare Strikes
A solar flare from the sun this week poses no threat to astronauts on the International Space Station or plans for vital spacewalk repairs on the orbiting lab, NASA officials have said. read full article
Poll: Do We Need A New International Space Station?
A major malfunction of the International Space Station's cooling system has pushed the 12-year-old orbiting laboratory into the spotlight. Does the ISS need replacing? read full article
NASA: Third Spacewalk Required to Fix Space Station Cooling System
Astronauts on the International Space Station will have to perform a third unplanned spacewalk beyond two already set to replace a broken cooling system pump. read full article
Record-Setting Spacewalk at Space Station Falls Short on Repairs
Two astronauts took an extra-long spacewalk outside the International Space Station Saturday to repair a crucial cooling system, but ran out of time before they could replace a broken ammonia pump - their primary goal. read full article
Relevant Technology Developments
Silicon melts in reverseThermodynamic quirk could benefit semiconductor industry Relevant Technology Developments | Sunday, 8 August 2010 |
Cities may be attracting hurricanesModelling shows that a built-up coast can alter the path of tropical cyclones Relevant Technology Developments | Sunday, 8 August 2010 |
A global map of forest heightsUS researcher sees the wood for its trees Relevant Technology Developments | Sunday, 8 August 2010 |
'Straintronics' debuts in graphene'Wonder material' has yet another wondrous property Relevant Technology Developments | Sunday, 8 August 2010 |
Mobile electrons spotted on topological insulator
Experiment confirms high surface conductivity read full article
Rolling rubber bands stretch students
Tumbling ribbons have surprising shapes read full article
Walking robot navigates bumpy ground (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A robot named MABEL with a human-like gait can walk over rough terrain in University of Michigan electrical engineering professor Jessy Grizzle's lab. read full article
Nanomaterials poised for big impact in construction
Nanomaterials are poised for widespread use in the construction industry, where they can offer significant advantages for a variety of applications ranging from making more durable concrete to self-cleaning windows. But widespread use in building materials comes with potential environmental and health risks when those materials are thrown away. Those are the conclusions of a new study published by Rice University engineering researchers this month in ACS Nano. read full article
Habitable Planets News
Tilting solar sails will ease geostationary congestionSatellites can be made to hover above a fixed point on the ground without having to orbit exactly on the equator
read full article ... Habitable Planets News | Sunday, 8 August 2010 |
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Chlorine study suggests moon is dry after allA new analysis of Apollo samples throws cold water on the notion of a damp moon
read full article ... Habitable Planets News | Sunday, 8 August 2010 |
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Deep impact market: the race to acquire meteoritesIn a trade that extends from Moroccan souks to eBay, scientists are in a controversial race with dealers to acquire precious specimens
read full article ... Habitable Planets News | Sunday, 8 August 2010 |
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Giant balloons could clear out space junkSatellites in low-Earth orbit could blow helium bubbles at the end of their lives, increasing their drag through the atmosphere
read full article ... Habitable Planets News | Sunday, 8 August 2010 |
The sun sends a charged cloud hurtling our way
Any time now, when the energetic particles hit, they could spark aurorae in the polar skies and even pose a threat to satellites read full article
Is a cosmic chameleon driving galaxies apart?
A shape-shifting fifth fundamental force could neatly explain the mystery of dark energy – and some other puzzling astronomical observations read full article
Solar cycle may drive Venice's floods
If you want to see Venice with dry feet, don't go when the sun has lots of spots. Peaks in solar activity cause the city to flood more often read full article
What's the best way to eject astronauts during lift-off?
For half a century, engineers have placed escape rockets on top of crew capsules – future craft may stow them below read full article
- 11 May 2010 03:21 Untangling the quantum entanglement behind photosynthesis
- 11 May 2010 03:20 Hot new material can keep electronics cool
- 11 May 2010 03:19 Did phosphorus trigger complex evolution -- and blue skies?
- 10 May 2010 03:17 Rensselaer researchers to send bacteria into orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis
- 10 May 2010 03:14 Air Force Treating Wounds With Lasers and Nanotech
- 10 May 2010 03:11 Probe detects 2,000 viruses and 900 bacteria within 24 hours
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