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June 30, 2015

String of cargo disasters puts pressure on space industry
Miami (AFP) June 29, 2015
The global space industry is reeling after three cargo disasters in less than a year have delivered a costly blow to efforts to supply astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The explosion of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday also raised new questions about whether US rockets are safe enough to start launching astronauts to space as planned in 2017. "It is unfortunately part of the business. The idea of 100 percent reliability is just not there," said Eric Stallmer, president of the ... read more

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China set to bolster space, polar security China has included security of its activities and assets in outer space, on the international sea bed and in polar regions in a draft national security law, the latest move to improve the legal fram ... more		What cargo was lost in the SpaceX explosion? While NASA and SpaceX continue to search for answers to the questions of why and how the latest resupply mission prematurely ended in a dramatic explosion, others are mourning the loss of cargo. ... more		NASA Wants to Nuke Asteroids That Threaten to Destroy Earth NASA has joined forces with a nuclear arms agency to learn more about how to deflect, or possibly destroy with nuclear power, asteroids or comets that may collide with Earth and obliterate the plane ... more
				Earth's daily rotation period encoded in an atomic-level protein structure A collaborative group of Japanese researchers has demonstrated that the Earth's daily rotation period (24 hours) is encoded in the KaiC protein at the atomic level, a small, 10 nm-diameter biomolecu ... more		CDF Studies three candidates for ESA's next medium-class science mission Exoplanets, plasma physics and the X-ray Universe are the topics chosen by ESA to be considered for the fourth medium-class mission in its Cosmic Vision science programme, for launch in 2025 and lik ... more

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Hubble sees a 'behemoth' bleeding atmosphere around a warm exoplanet Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered an immense cloud of hydrogen dubbed "The Behemoth" bleeding from a planet orbiting a nearby star. The enormous, comet-like feature is ... more		Giant galaxy is still growing Astronomers expect that galaxies grow by swallowing smaller galaxies. But the evidence is usually not easy to see - just as the remains of the water thrown from a glass into a pond will quickly mer ... more		Space Operations Command takes control of Space-Based Infrared System UK aims to boost economic defences against security risks Air Force Leadership Stresses Modernization and Timely Congressional Funding		FAA: Atlanta fireball was a meteor, not a plane crash A bright fiery object was seen streaking across the night sky in Atlanta and throughout the Southeast in the early hours of Monday morning. ... more
				How the brightest lights in the universe 'flicker' Supermassive black holes pull in gas with great force from their surroundings. As the gas rotates around the black hole, it becomes progressively hotter through friction and begins to radiate. This ... more		Astronomers explain why a star is so hot right now Astronomers have solved a mystery over small, unusually hot blue stars, 10 times hotter than our Sun, that are found in the middle of dense star clusters. The international team found the so-called ... more

McCain Blows His Top Over US Inability to Abandon Russian Rocket Engines US Senator John McCain is blowing a gasket over America's inability to find a suitable substitution for Russia's RD-180 engines, accusing his Republican fellows of playing into Moscow's hands, US jo ... more		Intense radio emission from tiny binary star calls for stellar model rethink A study led by researchers in the Group of Radio Astronomy of the University of Valencia has determined the mass of a tiny binary star thanks to its intense radio emissions -rare in such small stars ... more		Aral Sea's shrinkage boosts Central Asian dust emission by 7 percent Atomic-level study of brain protein opens door to new neurological treatments Desert soil microbes adapt to thrive in extreme dry conditions		Spiral arms cradle baby terrestrial planets New work from Carnegie's Alan Boss offers a potential solution to a longstanding problem in the prevailing theory of how rocky planets formed in our own Solar System, as well as in others. The snag ... more
The quantum spin Hall effect is a fundamental property of light In a paper that crystalizes knowledge from a variety of experiments and theoretical developments, scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science in Japan have demonstrated that the qua ... more		Robust new process forms 3-D shapes from flat sheets of graphene Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new approach for forming 3D shapes from flat, 2D sheets of graphene, paving the way for future integrated systems of ... more		Discovery paves way for new kinds of superconducting electronics Physicists at UC San Diego have developed a new way to control the transport of electrical currents through high-temperature superconductors - materials discovered nearly 30 years ago that lose all ... more		Engineers develop micro-tentacles so tiny robots can handle delicate objects The tiny tube circled an ant's thorax, gently trapping the insect and demonstrating the utility of a microrobotic tentacle developed by Iowa State University engineers. "Most robots use two fingers ... more

	Researchers confirm novel method for controlling plasma rotation Rotation is key to the performance of salad spinners, toy tops, and centrifuges, but recent research suggests a way to harness rotation for the future of mankind's energy supply. In papers published ... more		Giving atoms their marching orders Chemistry professor Linda Shimizu oversees a series of crowd-pleasing chemistry demonstrations in middle and high schools throughout central South Carolina every year. They are spirited affairs, and ... more

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Russia to Land Space Vessel on Moon's Polar Region in 2019

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ESA's parabolic flight opportunities for students restart

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