April 22, 2009 Space News from SpaceDaily.com SpaceDaily Advertising Kit
Hubble Celebrates 19th Anniversary With Fountain Of Youth
Garching, Germany (SPX) Apr 22, 2009
To commemorate the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's 19 years of success, the orbiting telescope has photographed a peculiar system of galaxies known as Arp 194. This interacting group contains several galaxies along with a "cosmic fountain" of stars, gas, and dust that stretches over 100,000 light years. Over the past 19 years Hubble has taken dozens of exotic pictures of galaxies going " ... read more

Chandra Shows Shocking Impact Of Galaxy Jet
Hatfield UK (SPX) Apr 22, 2009
A survey by the Chandra X-ray observatory has revealed in detail, for the first time, the effects of a shock wave blasted through a galaxy by powerful jets of plasma emanating from a supermassive black hole at the galactic core. The observations of Centaurus A, the nearest galaxy that contains these jets, have enabled astronomers to revise ... more

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Hubble Survey Reveals The Formation Of The First Massive Galaxies
Hatfield UK (SPX) Apr 22, 2009
First results from the GOODS NICMOS survey, the largest Hubble Space Telescope program ever led from outside of the United States, reveal how the most massive galaxies in the early Universe assembled to form the most massive objects in the Universe today. Dr. Chris Conselice from the University of Nottingham will present the results at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science at the Univ ... more

Astronomers Discover Youngest And Lowest Mass Dwarfs
Hatfield UK (SPX) Apr 22, 2009
Astronomers have found three brown dwarfs with estimated masses of less than 10 times that of Jupiter, making them among the youngest and lowest mass sub-stellar objects detected in the solar neighborhood to date. The observations were made by a team of astronomers working at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire de Grenoble (LAOG), France, using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telesc ... more

Most Distant Detection Of Water In The Universe
Hatfield UK (SPX) Apr 22, 2009
Astronomers have found the most distant signs of water in the Universe to date. Dr. John McKean of the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) will be presenting the discovery at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science in Hatfield on Wednesday 22nd April. The water vapor is thought to be contained in a jet ejected from a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy ... more

Web-only newspapers? Don't junk the presses just yet
Paris (AFP) April 21, 2009
More than a half-a-dozen newspapers in the United States and Europe have gone "Web only" in the past year in a bid to stave off bankruptcy. But the first cold-eyed analysis of this approach is not encouraging. A study by two researchers at City University in London dissects in excruciating detail the ill-fated move by an economic daily in Finland, Taloussanomat.fi, which shed its printing ... more

 

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  • Raytheon Lands Army Contract To Improve Battlefield Networked Communications
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    SOLAR DAILY
    Space solar power study outlines potential role in Europes clean energy future
    London, UK (SPX) Aug 22, 2025
    Space-based solar power could significantly reshape Europe's energy system by 2050, according to new research in the journal Joule. The study estimates the technology could reduce Europe's reliance ... more
    Mitsubishi Electric to Lead JAXA Fund Project on Next Generation Solar Cells for Satellites
    Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 2, 2025
    Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) has been chosen as a representative organization under JAXA's Space Strategy Fund for the initiative "Development of Domestic Solar Cells, Cover Glass, ... more
    SolarDaily Exclusive: One Small Contractor Forces CPUC to Blink on 150% Storage Rule
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2025
    On August 13 at exactly 4:38 p.m., Southern California Edison (SCE) pressed send on an email that landed like a hammer blow across California's solar industry. The subject was clinical: "Suspension ... more


    ENERGY TECH
    Researchers use electrochemistry to boost nuclear fusion rates
    Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Aug 22, 2025
    Using a small bench-top reactor, researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have demonstrated that electrochemically loading a solid metal target with deuterium fuel can boost nuclear f ... more
    Is Fusion Energy Becoming the Space Race of This Century
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2025
    Encouraged by the potential of clean, continuous, high-density power, commercial investment in fusion energy has grown to more than US$9.6 billion over the last five years, according to IDTechEx ana ... more
    German firm gives 'second life' to used EV batteries
    Aachen, Germany (AFP) Aug 21, 2025
    A German company is putting used electric vehicle batteries to new use by stacking them into fridge-size units that homes and businesses can use to store their excess solar and wind energy. ... more
     
    Japan products found on NKorea missile kit vessel: report
    Tokyo (AFP) April 19, 2009
    Japanese high-tech items were found among missile-manufacturing equipment confiscated on a North Korean freighter a decade ago, a report said late Saturday. The North Korean cargo, detained at an Indian port in June 1999, contained a three-dimensional measuring device, special steel and other Japanese high-tech products, Kyodo News reported citing a former senior Indian official. Tokyo ... more

    India launches spy satellite
    Bangalore (AFP) April 20, 2009
    India put an Israeli-built spy satellite into orbit Monday, aimed at boosting its defence surveillance capabilities in the aftermath of the Mumbai militant attacks. The satellite, which can see through clouds and carry out day-and-night all-weather imaging, has been a long-standing demand of the Indian military. Its acquisition was fast-tracked after the November 26-29 Mumbai siege in wh ... more

    Asia militants get more sophisticated online: study
    Singapore (AFP) April 19, 2009
    Southeast Asian militants have grown more sophisticated in using the Internet to spread radical ideas, recruit and train supporters, according to a new study urging governments to take action. The Internet's role as a training and recruitment tool is likely to increase in significance and could threaten the region if it is not countered effectively, the study said. "To put it bluntly: se ... more

     

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    MISSILE DEFENSE
    CerraCap backs Space Kinetic to accelerate space superiority and missile defense
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2025
    CerraCap Ventures has invested in Space Kinetic Corp., a cleared national security innovator based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The move aligns with CerraCap's push to speed space defense technologies and bolster the United States strategic edge as space becomes increasingly contested ... more
    Germany to start deliveries of two Patriot systems to Ukraine
    Berlin (AFP) Aug 1, 2025
    Germany said on Friday it will soon start delivering two more US-made Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine, as Kyiv faces a growing number of Russian drone and missile attacks. ... more
    Israel military intercepts Huthi missile fired from Yemen; Gaza civil defence says Israel strikes kill 30
    Jerusalem (AFP) July 29, 2025
    Sirens sounded in several Israeli cities, including Jerusalem, on Tuesday as the military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, with Huthi rebels later claiming the attack. ... more

    CIVIL NUCLEAR
    Fire at nuclear plant after Russia downs Ukrainian drone
    Moscow (AFP) Aug 24, 2025
    A fire broke out Sunday at a Russian nuclear power plant after the country's military downed a Ukrainian drone, the facility said after the blaze was put out. The "device detonated" upon imp ... more
    Taiwan vote on restarting nuclear plant fails
    Taipei (AFP) Aug 23, 2025
    A Taiwanese referendum on whether to restart a nuclear power plant failed on Saturday after the number of votes in favour fell short of the legally required threshold. Ma'anshan Nuclear Powe ... more
    Sweden picks mini-reactors for first nuclear expansion in 50 years
    Stockholm (AFP) Aug 22, 2025
    Sweden said Thursday that it had selected so-called small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) for its first nuclear power expansion in a half-century. The government said three or five of the ne ... more

    DISASTER MANAGEMENT
    12 dead, 4 missing after bridge collapses in China
    Beijing (AFP) Aug 22, 2025
    Twelve people were killed and four are missing after part of a bridge under construction collapsed Friday in northwest China, state media reported. A video published by state broadcaster CC ... more
    Robots deployed for Fukushima radioactive debris removal
    Tokyo (AFP) Aug 20, 2025
    Japanese technicians at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant have sent in remote-controlled robots to one of the damaged reactor buildings as part of preparations to remove radioactive debris. ... more
    Survivors claw through rubble after deadly Pakistan cloudburst
    Bar Dalori, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 19, 2025
    In the middle of the night, by the glow of their mobile phones, rescuers and villagers dug through the concrete remains of flattened houses after massive rocks crashed down on a remote Pakistani ... more
     

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  • Air China says yet to receive state aid despite request
  • Luxury carmakers trying to create Chinese dream
  • Self-Assembled Nanowires Could Make Chips Smaller And Faster
  • NATO satellite launched on Russian-Ukrainian rocket

  • SpaceX Delays Falcon 1 Razaksat Launch
  • JPL Analyzing Spirit Computer Reboots And Amnesia Events
  • Spitzer sees asteroids around dead suns
  • Safety panel endorses ending shuttle ops
  • PSLV Launches RISAT-2 And ANUSAT Satellites
  • The End Of Denial
  • Sea Launch Delivers SICRAL 1B Satellite To Orbit
  • SES ASTRA And Yahsat Team Up On DTH Television

  • LockMart Friction Stir Weld Now Under Way On Orion Test Article
  • Launch of Herschel, Planck telescopes postponed: ESA
  • Critical Missile Warning Payload For Second SBIRS GEO Satellite
  • Harris OS/COMET Satellite Control Business Introduces NEO
  • Hubble Payload Ready For Atlantis
  • ISRO Going Full Blast With Chandrayaan-2
  • India Launches Spy Satellite
  • RISAT2 Can See Through Thick Clouds



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