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In the hit 1998 movie Armageddon, Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck blew up an asteroid to save the world. While the film was science fiction, the chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth one day are very real ? and blowing up an asteroid in real life, says a Tel Aviv University researcher, will be more complicated than in the movies. Astrophysicists agree that the best method for avoiding a ... read more 
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 05, 2008NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will launch two years later than previously planned, in the fall of 2011. The mission will send a next-generation rover with unprecedented research tools to study the early environmental history of Mars. A launch date of October 2009 no longer is feasible because of testing and hardware challenges that must be addressed to ensure mission success. The window ... more |
China's power paradox: record renewables, continued coal
US sinks international deal on decarbonising ships US puts plan to cut ship emissions in troubled waters Water salinity hurting farmers, livestock in Iraq Maritime sector to decide on plan to cut emissions opposed by US Nearly 900 mn poor people exposed to climate shocks, UN warns 'Good riddance': Fed clash over scrapping climate risk guidance 'Bigger, hotter, faster': extreme blazes drive rise in CO2 fire emissions Fatal bear attacks in Japan hit record number Fatal bear attacks hit new record in Japan 
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Paris, France (SPX) Dec 05, 2008Three undergraduate students, from Leiden University in the Netherlands, have discovered an extrasolar planet. The extraordinary find, which turned up during their research project, is about five times as massive as Jupiter. This is also the first planet discovered orbiting a fast-rotating hot star. The students were testing a method of investigating the light fluctuations of thousands of stars ... more 
London (UPI) Dec 2, 2008 A U.S.-led group, the Association of Space Explorers, says the international community must develop a coordinated response to the threat of asteroids. The group, which represents 320 individuals from 34 nations who have flown in space, said the asteroid Apophis is to pass close to the Earth in 2036, with a one in 45,000 chance of a collision. An impact by Apophis would generate the ... more 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2008The possibility of life on Mars has been debated almost since the invention of the telescope-annual growth and shrinkage of the martian ice caps and seasonal changes in color were observed by astronomers such as Herschel and Whewell in the 18th and 19th centuries. Late in the 19th century, Schiaparelli reported the existence of linear features he called "canali", and this led to ... more 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 05, 2008Astronomers from Caltech and NASA say a strong shower of Leonid meteors is coming in 2009. Their prediction follows an outburst on Nov. 17, 2008, that broke several years of "Leonid quiet" and heralds even more intense activity next November. "On Nov. 17, 2009, we expect the Leonids to produce upwards of 500 meteors per hour," says Bill Cooke of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. "That ... more |
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Beyond Gravity boosts Swiss production of solar array mechanismsZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 Beyond Gravity has expanded its Swiss production capacity for solar array drive mechanisms (SADMs) by doubling its manufacturing floor area, enabling a fivefold increase in annual output from 36 to ... more  
Liquid metal templating boosts printable perovskite solar cell efficiencyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 15, 2025 A research team from Yunnan University has achieved a major advance in printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cells (p-MPSCs) by introducing liquid gallium nanodroplets as heteroepitaxial templates t ... more 
Next-generation LEDs and solar cells powered by new spinel-type sulfide semiconductorTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 A new spinel-type sulfide semiconductor capable of emitting light from violet to orange at room temperature could pave the way for advanced LEDs and solar cells, according to researchers from the In ... more
  
Physics informed AI forecasts safer tokamak rampdowns for future fusion plantsCambridge MA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 MIT researchers have unveiled a prediction method that blends a physics-based plasma model with machine learning to manage tokamak rampdowns more safely and reliably. The approach targets disruption ... more 
Compact fusion boom propels PLD REBCO tape production while spotlighting cost and stability hurdlesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 10, 2025 The rapid rise of compact fusion has ignited demand for high temperature superconducting tapes, creating a major opening for the HTS industry. Manufacturers are scaling pulsed laser deposition REBCO ... more
World's largest superconducting fusion system will use American technology to measure the plasma withinPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 When the experimental fusion system known as JT-60SA comes online in 2026, it will be the world's largest fusion machine: a crowning achievement for Japan and Europe, which partnered to build it. No ... more |
Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 05, 2008NASA's Space Shuttle Program on Thursday successfully conducted a test firing of a space shuttle reusable solid rocket motor in Utah. The flight support motor, or FSM-15, burned for approximately 123 seconds, the same time each reusable solid rocket motor burns during an actual space shuttle launch. The test evaluated possible performance changes as shuttle motors age. Space shuttle ... more  
Columbus, Ohio (UPI) Dec 2, 2008 U.S. and French scientists say they've developed a new understanding of a process called adiabaticity that's used to control atoms in magnetic resonance. Adiabatic processes are what physicists and engineers use to control atoms in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and during magnetic resonance imaging. Researchers at Ohio State University and three French institutions ... more  
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 05, 2008NASA announced Thursday that space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted to launch May 12, 2009. The final servicing mission to Hubble was delayed in September when a data handling unit on the telescope failed. Since then, engineers have been working to prepare a spare for flight. They expect to be able to ship the spare, known as the ... more |
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SpaceX launches 21 satellites for U.S. military from CaliforniaWashington DC (UPI) Oct 15, 2025 SpaceX on Wednesday launched 21 satellites from California for the U.S. military's Space Development Agency. ... more 
Shield or Spark? The U.S. Golden Dome and the New Missile Arms RaceBudapest, Hungary (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 The launch of the US 'Golden Dome' missile defence initiative has already set in motion ripple effects across the globe. Rival nations are considering their own layered missile defence architectures ... more 
Sierra Space clears design milestone for missile tracking satellites in SDA Tranche 2Louisville CO (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 Sierra Space has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Space Development Agency's (SDA) Tranche 2 Tracking Layer, confirming readiness to begin production of missile tracking satellites ... more
  
Artificial plant device cleans radioactive soil using only sunlightTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 A research group at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), led by Professor Seongkyun Kim from the Department of Physics and Chemistry, has developed a solar-powered artifi ... more 
Poisson model solved opening path to stronger materials better groundwater management and safer nuclear waste storageLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 10, 2025 Stanford researchers report an exact solution to a long-standing statistical model for heterogeneous materials, enabling precise predictions about where components appear within complex mixtures suc ... more 
Ukrainian nuclear plant to be repaired 'soon': watchdogVienna (AFP) Oct 15, 2025 The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, said Wednesday that he expects repairs to begin "soon" to restore the power supply to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. ... more
  
Lebanon, Syria commit to new path for strong partnershipWashington DC (UPI) Oct 10, 2025 Lebanon and Syria announced Friday the opening of a new chapter in their relations nearly 10 months after the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad. ... more 
Divine deterrence could support modern sustainability goalsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 Across ancient civilizations, belief in nature-linked deities often governed how people interacted with the environment. Sacred groves, rivers, and mountains were protected by spiritual taboos, disc ... more 
Unexploded bombs pose 'enormous' risks in Gaza, NGO warnsJerusalem (AFP) Oct 14, 2025 Unexploded ordnance in Gaza poses "enormous" risks for displaced people returning home during a US-led ceasefire, the NGO Handicap International warned Tuesday, calling for the entry of equipment needed for demining. ... more |
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