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September 08, 2014

How NASA's New Carbon Observatory Will Help Us Understand Alien Worlds
Moffet Field CA (SPX) Sep 08, 2014
On July 2, NASA successfully launched the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2), a remote sensing satellite on a mission to precisely measure carbon dioxide levels in our planet's atmosphere. As a bonus OCO-2 will also help prepare us for eventually probing the atmospheres of alien worlds in sharper detail. Why study carbon dioxide? This gas essentially serves as Earth's thermostat. As a "greenhouse gas," carbon dioxide absorbs radiation emitted by the planet's surface that would otherwise escape ... read more

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Robots do battle over Mars exploration Robots built to traverse the rugged terrain of Mars battled it out in Poland on Friday in a competition to find the best way to explore the Red Planet. ... more		World's Largest Spacecraft Welding Tool for Space Launch System Completed NASA's new Vertical Assembly Center (VAC), a 170-foot-high marvel of machinery that will be used to assemble elements of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS), now is complete and ready to weld par ... more		Geopolitical Tensions Not to Affect ISS Cooperation The current geopolitical situation will not interfere with the joint work of Russian and American astronauts, ISS crew members told journalists on Friday. "We carry out work that is necessary ... more
				Station Trio Preps for Departure as Expedition 40 Nears End As the Expedition 40 crew members head into their final weekend together aboard the International Space Station, the six astronauts and cosmonauts spent Friday preparing for the arrival of a cargo c ... more		NASA's RapidScat: Some Assembly Required - in Space NASA's ISS-RapidScat wind-watching scatterometer, which is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station no earlier than Sept. 19, will be the first science payload to be robotically assemb ... more

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Hubble Sees Spiral in Serpens This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a beautiful spiral galaxy known as PGC 54493, located in the constellation of Serpens (The Serpent). This galaxy is part of a galaxy cluster that ... more		Bardarbunga Belches Satellites are showing clouds of sulphur dioxide from Iceland's restive Bardarbunga volcano. ESA's Volcanic Ash Strategic Initiative Team (VAST) and Support to Aviation Control Service (SACS) ... 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		Dot Against the Dark As if trying to get our attention, Mimas is positioned against the shadow of Saturn's rings, bright on dark. As we near summer in Saturn's northern hemisphere, the rings cast ever larger shadows on ... more
				More Than Meets the Eye: NASA Scientists Listen to Data Robert Alexander spends parts of his day listening to a soft white noise, similar to water falling on the outside of a house during a rainstorm. Every once in a while, he hears an anomalous sound an ... more		Rosetta Comet is Darker than Charcoal Rosetta scientists also discovered the comet's surface so far shows no large water-ice patches. The team expected to see ice patches on the comet's surface because it is too far away for the sun's w ... more

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

NASA Awards Ozone Mapping and Profiling Suite Modification for JPS-2 Mission NASA has awarded a sole source contract modification to Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, for the Ozone Mapping and Profiling Suite (OMPS) for flight on the Joint Polar Satel ... more		DNA May Have Had Humble Beginnings As Nutrient Carrier New research intriguingly suggests that DNA, the genetic information carrier for humans and other complex life, might have had a rather humbler origin. In some microbes, a study shows, DNA pulls dou ... 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		Comet to pass Earth close enough for binoculars For those of us who are interested in astronomy but don't have the equipment to really take a peer into space, there will be an interesting opportunity this week. A comet named "Comet Jacques" will be passing Earth close enough to be viewed by binoculars. The people at the Southern Observatory for Near Earth Astroids Research (SONEAR) in Brazil saw the comet months ago with their high tech equipment, but now you can see it with something many people only use for looking at birds. ... more
Cosmic forecast: Dark clouds will give way to sunshine Lupus 4 is located about 400 light-years away from Earth, straddling the constellations of Lupus (The Wolf) and Norma (The Carpenter's Square). The cloud is one of several affiliated dark clouds fou ... more		International Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Data Goes Public The most accurate and comprehensive collection of rain, snowfall and other types of precipitation data ever assembled now is available to the public. This new resource for climate studies, weather f ... more		Hawaii scientist maps, names Laniakea, our home supercluster of galaxies University of Hawaii at Manoa astronomer R. Brent Tully, who recently shared the 2014 Gruber Cosmology Prize and the 2014 Victor Ambartsumian International Prize, has led an international team of as ... more		China launches two satellites via one rocket A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying Chuangxin-1-04 flies in the sky at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 4, 2014. China successfully launched t ... more

	Engineers Conduct Low Light Test On Webb Telescope Component NASA engineers inspect a new piece of technology developed for the James Webb Space Telescope, the micro shutter array, with a low light test at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Mary ... more		Small Asteroid to Safely Pass Close to Earth Sunday A small asteroid, designated 2014 RC, will safely pass very close to Earth on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. At the time of closest approach, based on current calculations to be about 2:18 p.m. EDT (11:18 a ... more

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GPM Mission's How-to Guide for Making Global Rain Maps		Expedition 40 Heads Into Final Week on ISS		Robotic Satellite-Servicing Capabilities in Geostationary Earth Orbit		Researcher advances a new model for dark matter		Researchers Discover New Clues to Determining the Solar Cycle
China Sends Life to Moon		Four Decades of Sea Ice From Space: The Beginning		Surface level ultraviolet spectra of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko obtained		How much gravity is enough?		Single laser stops molecular tumbling motion instantly

Computer simulations visualize ion flux

Nanoscale assembly line

UO-Berkeley Lab unveil new nano-sized synthetic scaffolding technique

Historic comet landing site to be unveiled on Sept 15

Say hello to Laniakea, our cosmic neighbourhood

Russian Navy to Get New Space Tracking System

3-D Printer Could Turn Space Station into 'Machine Shop'

Visit Rosetta's birthplace at Europe's Space Hub this October

First Ever RQ-4 Global Hawk Hits 100th Flight on NASA Mission

Unmanned Aircraft Partnership Reaches Major Milestone

RQ-4 Global Hawk Demonstrates Expanded Mission Capabilities

Global Hawk Variants Surpass 100,000 Operational Hours

INFORMS Study on Iron Dome Asks: What Was its Impact?

Russia Proceeding With Plans for Grouped Military Satellites

Raytheon AI3 missile intercepts first cruise missile target

Argonne scientists pioneer strategy for creating new materials

Cool Calculations for Cold Atoms

Engineers develop new sensor to detect tiny individual nanoparticles

War between bacteria and phages benefits humans

Scottish independence may force UK nuclear deterrent rethink

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