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July 29, 2014

Alien Atmospheres - Methane, CFCs and other signs of smart ETs
Moffet Field CA (NASA) Jul 29, 2014
Sometimes we get lucky: an exoplanet many light-years away passes in front of its star at the perfect angle. This transit allows us to read certain features of that planet's atmosphere. The resulting spectra - lines made by molecules like oxygen and methane - allow us a peek into that planet's chemical anatomy. Certain features of those atmospheres make it more likely that something, or someone, inside is breathing. In the last few months, we've found even better ways of looking for these signs of ... read more

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Russian Bio-Satellite Back From The Dead Experiments on board Russia's Foton-M bio satellite will continue despite the spacecraft's failure to reach the designated orbit, the head of the spacecraft's manufacturer TsSKB-Progress said Monday ... more		NASA's Mars Spacecraft Maneuvers to Prepare for Close Comet Flyby NASA is taking steps to protect its Mars orbiters, while preserving opportunities to gather valuable scientific data, as Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring heads toward a close flyby of Mars on Oct. 19. ... more		China releases geoinformation industry plan China issued its first development plan for the geographic information industry, according to an announcement from China's National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation. Chi ... more
				Bepicolombo Integration Testing Completed At Thales Integration and functional testing activities for the protoflight models of the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter, Mercury Transfer Module, and Magnetospheric Orbiter Sunshield and Interface Str ... more		Hubble Finds Three Surprisingly Dry Exoplanets Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have gone looking for water vapor in the atmospheres of three planets orbiting stars similar to the sun - and have come up nearly dry. The thre ... more

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Amber Straughn - Drawn to the Skies Initially drawn to the sky through the stars, astrophysicist Amber Straughn now flies through it as a private pilot. For as long as she can remember, Amber Straughn has always been drawn to anything ... more		Mysterious black holes may be exploding into 'white holes' A new scientific theory suggests that when black holes reach the end of their lifespan, they explode into "white holes" and release all of their matter into space. If true, the theory could help put ... more		Russia says neutralised 20 drones, 2 missiles Russian missile barrage on Ukraine city kills 18 Solomons' PM contender vows to abolish China security pact		NASA Long-Lived Mars Opportunity Rover Passes 25 Miles of Driving NASA's Opportunity Mars rover, which landed on the Red Planet in 2004, now holds the off-Earth roving distance record after accruing 25 miles (40 kilometers) of driving. The previous record was held ... more
				Putting It All Together The New Horizons mission will provide the first in situ investigation of objects in the Kuiper belt, making it a unique voyage of discovery. And it's unlikely we'll see a similar venture into the so ... more		Lead Pollution Beat Explorers to South Pole, Persists Today Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole in December 1911. More than 100 years later, an international team of scientists that includes a NASA researcher has pr ... more

Timely arrival of Pharao space clock ESA has welcomed the arrival of Pharao, an important part of ESA's atomic clock experiment that will be attached to the International Space Station in 2016. Delivered by France's CNES space ag ... more		Measuring Gravitational Waves with eLISA Puffs of smoke waft from a circuit board as interns solder tiny circuits for the Evolved Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. "We're looking for evidence of black holes," Robert Buttles said. " ... more		Indonesia evacuating thousands after volcano erupts, causes tsunami threat Vote counting starts in Solomon Islands as China, US trade barbs 'Human-induced' climate change behind deadly Sahel heatwave: study		SSTL marks completion of TechDemoSat-1 LEOP phase with a "selfie" Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) releases an image taken by an inspection camera on board TechDemoSat-1 to mark the completion of the Launch and Early Operations Phase (LEOP) for the satellite ... more
Thales Alenia Space to build Telkom-3S satellite for Indonesia Thales Alenia Space announced that it has signed a contract with the leading telecom services company in Indonesia, PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia TbK (Telkom), to build a new telecommunications satel ... more		What's the hold up, El Nino? In the July 10 update and ENSO discussion, we said the atmospheric part of ENSO doesn't seem to be responding to the ocean. El Nino requires that both be in sync and coupled with each other. Why is ... more		Venus Express: up above the clouds so high ESA's Venus Express spacecraft has climbed to a new orbit following its daring aerobraking experiment, and will now resume observations of this fascinating planet for at least a few more months. ... more		Virgin Galactic Announces Todd Ericson As Space Pilot Virgin Galactic, the privately-funded space company owned by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi's aabar Investments PJS, has announced that Todd 'Leif' Ericson, former Operations and M ... more

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