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Worlds In Collision Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 
Two terrestrial planets orbiting a mature sun-like star some 300 light-years from Earth recently suffered a violent collision, astronomers at UCLA, Tennessee State University and the California Institute of Technology will report in a December issue of the Astrophysical Journal, the premier journal of astronomy and astrophysics. "It's as if Earth and Venus collided with each other," said ... read moreGMV To Provide Ground System Support For Landsat 
Rockville MD (SPX) Oct 01, 2008GMV has announced it will provide support to The Hammers Company for a $14.9 million contract with NASA to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Mission Operations Element (MOE). The satellite ground segment software company will provide the following parts of the five-year contract: The Mission Planning and Scheduling system including the command load generator based upon GMV ... more |
G20 billionaires could end world poverty in one year's earnings: Oxfam
Australia set to cede COP31 hosting rights to Turkey COP30 dragged into clash over gender language Brazil's Lula hunts for deal at Amazon climate summit EU states back new delay to anti-deforestation rules Lula lands in Amazon to press for climate deal To combat climate anxiety, COP negotiator recommends meditation Nations 'still far' from deal at UN climate talks: France Nearly a third of women face partner or sexual violence: WHO Belgian climate case pits farmer against TotalEnergies 
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Echostar Satellite Services Delivers Transponder Solution
Englewood CO (SPX) Oct 01, 2008EchoStar and its EchoStar Satellite Services have announced that it has entered into an agreement with SkyWay USA to provide transponder service to support SkyWay USA's satellite broadband Internet service. Through the agreement, EchoStar will provide SkyWay USA with domestic Ku-band satellite bandwidth. "We are pleased to enter into this agreement with SkyWay USA to provide them with ... more APSCC 2008 Attracts Global Interest 
Seoul, Korea (SPX) Oct 01, 2008The APSCC 2008 Satellite Conference and Exhibition ended on September 25th at Jeju Island marking another success. Under the theme of "Satellites on the Move," APSCC 2008 highlighted key issues impacting the development of the satellite industry in the Asia-Pacific region, including new satellite application technologies, services strategies and regulatory issues currently faced by the ... more Dawn Reaches It's First Anniversary 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2008On the first anniversary of its departure from Earth, Dawn continues with what it has been doing for most of its time in space: with the greatest patience it is gently reshaping its orbit around the Sun with its ion propulsion system. In its first year of travels, the spacecraft has thrust for a total of about 253 days, or 69% of the time. Dawn has been in powered flight for 85% of the ... more  |
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The Hibernating Stellar Magnet
Paris, France (ESO) Oct 01, 2008Astronomers have discovered a most bizarre celestial object that emitted 40 visible-light flashes before disappearing again. It is most likely to be a missing link in the family of neutron stars, the first case of an object with an amazingly powerful magnetic field that showed some brief, strong visible-light activity. This weird object initially misled its discoverers as it showed up as a ... more Vadero Looks To KVH TracPhone V7 For Lower Costs At Sea 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2008Businesses around the globe are working to balance cost with performance in many areas, including communications, and shipping companies are no different. However, conducting business aboard a fleet of tankers, often thousands of miles away from each other and from offices on shore, brings its own challenges. That's why Vadero Ship Management, Inc., based in Sweden, turned to KVH Industries ... more Trouble on Hubble delays last shuttle service mission: NASA 
Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2008NASA on Monday delayed the final service mission of the Atlantis space shuttle to the Hubble space telescope, probably until early 2009, after a "significant anomaly" occurred on the orbiting telescope. "It's obvious that October 14 is off the table" for launching Atlantis, John Burch, the shuttle program manager at NASA's space center in Houston, Texas, told a telephone news conference. ... more Nicaraguan Volcano Provides Insight Into Early Mars 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2008Volcanic eruptions were commonplace on ancient Mars, when vents and fissures spewed out gases like water vapor, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide. Such locales were very hot and very acidic - characteristics that would seem to be inhospitable to life. But in recent years researchers have discovered a vast array of primitive organisms living in analogous environments on Earth. ... more |
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