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August 15, 2014
DEEP IMPACT
Research uncovers forces that hold gravity-defying asteroid together
Knoxville TN (SPX) Aug 15, 2014
Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have made a novel discovery that may potentially protect the world from future collisions with asteroids. The team studied near-Earth asteroid 1950 DA and discovered that the body, which rotates so quickly it defies gravity, is held together by cohesive forces called van der Waals, never detected before on an asteroid. The findings, published in this week's edition of the science journal Nature, have potential implications for defending ... read more
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OUTER PLANETS

From Pinpoint of Light to a Geologic World
I'm an astronomer and I've been studying Pluto as a pinpoint of light for over 25 years. It will be so exciting to see this little white dot turn into a geologic world in a matter of weeks. Wh ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Stardust Team Reports Discovery of First Potential Interstellar Particles
Seven rare, microscopic interstellar dust particles that date to the beginnings of the solar system are among the samples collected by scientists who have been studying the payload from NASA's Stard ... more
GPS NEWS

First operational Galileo GPS satellites integrated for Soyuz launch
"Doresa" and "Milena" have met for the first time, paving the way for their upcoming role in advancing the European Galileo space-based navigation system. The join-up of Doresa and Milena - Europe's ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

XCOR Lynx Spacecraft Lands at Monterey Jet Center
XCOR Aerospace presents its XCOR Lynx spacecraft full scale model as part of tonight's Gordon McCall's Motorworks Revival 2014, at the Monterey Jet Center. Dubbed a "Space Corvette" by Popular Mecha ... more


MARSDAILY

Tall Boulder Rolls Down Martian Hill, Lands Upright
A track about one-third of a mile (500 meters) long on Mars shows where an irregularly shaped boulder careened downhill to its current upright position, seen in a July 3, 2014, image from the High R ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Optus 10 delivered to French Guiana for Ariane 5 Sept launch
The return of Optus 10 to French Guiana has set the stage for a new phase of payload preparations at the Spaceport with Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission, which is scheduled for a September liftof ... more
DEEP IMPACT

Monitoring Meteor Showers from Space
Those who enjoy the spectacle of the Perseids, Geminids or other annual meteor showers likely aren't thinking about where these shooting stars originated or whether they might pose a danger. Scienti ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Russia to Develop New Satellite Communication System
Russia intends to create a new powerful satellite communication system that will provide global coverage and communication security, Izvestia newspaper reported Thursday. The development of su ... more
SPACE SCOPES

Hubble Revisits a Globular Cluster's Age
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the globular cluster IC 4499. Globular clusters are big balls of old stars that orbit around their host galaxy. It has long been believed t ... more
SPACEMART

ADS selected for UK Ministry of Justice electronic tagging program
Airbus Airbus Defence and Space has been contracted to provide a sophisticated mapping and monitoring service for the UK Ministry of Justice's (MOJ) new Electronic Monitoring programme, supporting t ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Study finds physical link to strange electronic behavior
Scientists have new clues this week about one of the baffling electronic properties of the iron-based high-temperature superconductor barium iron nickel arsenide. A Rice University-led team of ... more
CHIP TECH

NIST ion duet offers tunable module for quantum simulator
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a pas de deux of atomic ions that combines the fine choreography of dance with precise individual control. ... more
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BLUE SKY

Trapped atmospheric waves triggered more weather extremes
It has been linked to a recently discovered mechanism: the trapping of giant waves in the atmosphere. A new data analysis now shows that such wave-trapping events are indeed on the rise. "The ... more
ICE WORLD

Sulfur signals in Antarctic snow reveal clues to climate, past and future
Sulfur signals in the Antarctic snow have revealed the importance of overlooked atmospheric chemistry for understanding climate, past and future. Eruptions of huge volcanoes, the disruptive we ... more
ICE WORLD

Megascale icebergs run aground
Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), have found between Greenland and Spitsbergen the scours left behind on the sea bed by gigantic ice ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA

Water 'microhabitats' in oil show potential for extraterrestrial life, oil cleanup
An international team of researchers has found extremely small habitats that increase the potential for life on other planets while offering a way to clean up oil spills on our own. Looking at ... more
WATER WORLD

Photon hunting in the twilight zone
The eyes of deep-sea bioluminescent sharks have a higher rod density when compared to non-bioluminescent sharks, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Julien M. Claes ... more

ICE WORLD

Melt Ponds Shine in NASA Laser Altimeter Flight Images
Even from 65,000 feet above Earth, aquamarine melt ponds in the Arctic stand out against the white sea ice and ice sheets. These ponds form every summer, as snow that built up on the ice melts, crea ... more
BLUE SKY

Study of Aerosols Stands to Improve Climate Models
Aerosols, tiny particles in the atmosphere, play a significant role in Earth's climate, scattering and absorbing incoming sunlight and affecting the formation and properties of clouds. Current ... more
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ICE WORLD

University of Minnesota researcher finds cooling effect in warming Arctic lakes

EARTH OBSERVATION

TechDemoSat-1 video from orbit captures spectacular view of Earth and a flypast of the launcher

TIME AND SPACE

All-You-Can-Eat at the End of the Universe

EXO LIFE

Follow the radio waves to exomoons

TIME AND SPACE

NASA's NuSTAR Sees Rare Blurring of Black Hole Light

LAUNCH PAD

Ariane 5 is readied for Arianespace's September launch with MEASAT-3b and Optus 10

SPACE SCOPES

James Webb Space Telescope "Pathfinder" Backplane's Path to NASA

NANO TECH

Super-Black Nano-Coating to Be Tested for the First Time in Space

SATURN DAILY

Cassini Tracks Clouds Developing Over a Titan Sea

IRON AND ICE

Colliding Atmospheres: Mars vs Comet Siding Spring

Small, origami-inspired pop-up robots function autonomously

US names New York test site for small drones

RRC supports Navy's Satellite Communications Facility in Virginia

German coalition bickers over arms exports

Robots inspired by origami can fold selves, walk away

Self-assembly of gold nanoparticles into small clusters

Light pulses control graphene's electrical behavior

Robots to up-end the world of work, for good and bad

Electrons moving in a magnetic field exhibit strange quantum behavior

NASA's Space Station Fix-It Demo for Satellites Gets Hardware for 2.0 Update

ATV completes final automated docking

Ride Shotgun With NASA Saucer As It Flies to Near Space

New Horizons Spies Charon Orbiting Pluto

Ten-year study highlights sleep issues in space

Last European cargo ship docks with space station

Triangulum galaxy snapped by VST

Study Compiles Data on Problem of Sleep Deprivation in Astronauts

Astrophysicists Detect Destruction of Three Stars by Black Holes

White dwarfs crashing into neutron stars explain loneliest supernovae

N. Korea fires rockets as Pope arrives in South

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