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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2008 
Jupiter has a rocky core that is more than twice as large as previously thought, according to computer calculations by a University of California, Berkeley, geophysicist who simulated conditions inside the planet on the scale of individual hydrogen and helium atoms. The results were published in Astrophysical Journal Letters. The simulation predict the properties of hydrogen-helium mixture ... read more 
New York NY (SPX) Nov 26, 2008NASA awards $7.5 million grant to create the New York Center for Astrobiology. E.T. may have "phoned home" back in 1982, but in the world outside of popular cinema the hunt for extraterrestrial life continues. Today, with a $7.5 million grant from NASA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute extends the search with the opening of the New York Center for Astrobiology, which will be part of the ... more
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London, UK (SPX) Nov 26, 2008Scientists have detected an organic sugar molecule that is directly linked to the origin of life, in a region of our galaxy where habitable planets could exist. The discovery, part funded by the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), is published on the Astro-ph website. The international team of researchers, including a researcher at University College London (UCL), used ... more  
Austin TX (SPX) Nov 26, 2008On Dec. 7, radio stations across the United States, Mexico, and Central America will broadcast the 5,000th episode of Universo to its 2.22 million listeners nationally and internationally. The daily, two-minute Spanish-language radio program from The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory covers topics in skywatching, the science of astronomy, the contributions of Latino ... more  
Los Angeles CA (AFNS) Nov 26, 2008Solid leadership and the coordination of resources will enable the United States to retain its leadership in space, Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley said Nov. 21 during the Air Force Association's Global War Symposium in Los Angeles. Strong government and collaboration among leaders also will be required, said Secretary Donley, who described Airmen as "the connective tissue" ... more  
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 26, 2008Something vital is missing in the far distant reaches of the Universe: hydrogen - the raw material for stars, planets and possible life. The discovery of its apparent absence from distant galaxies by a team of Australian astronomers is puzzling because hydrogen gas is the most common constituent of normal matter in the Universe. If anything, hydrogen was expected to be more abundant so ... more |
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Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 26, 2008The Operational Land Imager (OLI) being built by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), the eighth in the Landsat satellite series, has successfully passed the Instrument Critical Design Review (ICDR). The ICDR, a four-day process in Boulder, included more than 60 representatives from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center project office and ... more  
Bethesda, Md. (UPI) Nov 25, 2008 U.S. scientists are looking for a way to clear the clutter in space, which some say is becoming troublesome on the heavenly highways. Launchspace Training, an organization that trains space professionals in Bethesda, Md., is asking for suggestions on cleaning up the litter, Space.com reported. So far, ideas have fallen into two buckets - limiting new debris and eliminating existing deb ... more  
Ottawa (AFP) Nov 25, 2008Meteorite craters are a rare find on Earth, numbering only 175 at last count, but a Canadian researcher unveiled Tuesday a new computer tool for locating hundreds more from even the tiniest of clues. According to observations of the Moon and Mars, a small meteorite is predicted to impact Earth every 10 years. Mars Orbiter Camera has shown, for example, that at least 20 such impacts formed on ... more |
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