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Northern Lights hit 100-year low pointHelsinki (AFP) Sept 28, 2010 The Northern Lights have petered out during the second half of this decade, becoming rarer than at any other time in more than a century, the Finnish Meteorological Institute said Tuesday. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, generally follow an 11-year "solar cycle", in which the frequency of the phenomena rises to a maximum and then tapers off into a minimum and then repeats the cycle. "The solar minimum was officially in 2008, but this minimum has been going on and on and on," researcher ... read more |
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Brunswick, Germany (SPX) Sep 28, 2010It is to become the largest X-ray telescope ever: The International X-Ray Observatory (IXO), which has been planned in a cooperation between NASA, ESA and Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA, will be launched into space in 2021 and provide the world with brand new information about black holes and, thus, about the origin of the universe. Its dimensions are gigantic: The surface of th ... more  
Sydney (AFP) Sept 28, 2010Long-lost footage of Neil Armstrong descending the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module will be screened in public for the first time in Sydney next week, a prominent astronomer told AFP. The footage runs for a few minutes and is considered to be some of the best footage of the historic 1969 moonwalk, but the film was lost in archives for many years and was badly damaged when found, said Joh ... more  
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Sep 28, 2010Cryocoolers built by Northrop Grumman for satellite applications have recently accumulated over 100 years of flawless on-orbit performance. The company's long-life, pulse-tube cryocoolers are used to cool a wide variety of space-borne detectors used in missile warning, Earth and climate sciences, astronomy and cryogenic propellant management. Using four sizes of non-wearing compressors and ... more |
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ADI Advances US Legislative Campaign Against Planned NASA Primate ExperimentsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2010 Animal Defenders International (ADI), the leading animal welfare organization that works globally for the protection of animals, launched a major U.S. educational and legislative campaign to secure public and government support to prevent NASA from proceeding with irradiating squirrel monkeys to study adverse effects of space radiation. The centerpiece of the legislative campaign is a compelling 4-minute video entitled 'Space Experiments on Monkeys - One Giant Leap Backwards' which recaps the prio ... read more |
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