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Expedition 21 Crew Lands In KazakhstanHouston TX (SPX) Dec 02, 2009 As the International Space Station's smaller, two-person, Expedition 22 crew enjoyed its first full day alone in orbit, Mission Control monitored a small piece of space junk until tracking updates showed it would not come close enough to require precautions. At 11:25 a.m. EST, Flight Director Dana Weigel decided not to awaken the crew based on the latest tracking data on the piece of a ... read more |
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Blushing Dusty Nebula
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 02, 2009A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of part of NGC 7023, or the Iris Nebula, highlights a perfect dust laboratory in the sky. On Earth, we tend to find dust nothing more than a nuisance that blankets our furniture and causes us to sneeze. Cosmic dust can also be a hindrance to astronomers because cameras using visible light cannot see through it. However, studying cosmic dust in ... more Black Hole Caught Zapping Galaxy Into Existence
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 02, 2009Which come first, the supermassive black holes that frantically devour matter or the enormous galaxies where they reside? A brand new scenario has emerged from a recent set of outstanding observations of a black hole without a home: black holes may be "building" their own host galaxy. This could be the long-sought missing link to understanding why the masses of black holes are larger in ... more Astronomy Question Of The Week: Is There A Photograph Of The Universe
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Dec 02, 2009If the question means "Has anyone stepped outside of the universe with a camera and taken a picture of it?" then the answer is, of course, no. The concept of 'universe' means the totality of all things, including space and time. So logically, there can be no 'outside' to the universe. (Although speculative cosmological theories propose other concepts.) One - very abstract - representation ... more |
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![]() ESA Astronaut Frank De Winne Safely Back On Earth ![]() Chang'e-1 Has Blazed A New Trail In China's Deep Space Exploration ![]() Canadian Astronaut Robert Thirsk Lands On Earth |
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Boeing Ships High-Def Broadcasting Satellite DIRECTV 12 To Launch Site
El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2009Boeing announced today that DIRECTV 12 was shipped Nov. 25 from Boeing's satellite manufacturing facility in El Segundo to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch facility in Kazakhstan. Upon arrival, the satellite will undergo final preparations for a December launch aboard an International Launch Services Proton/Breeze M rocket. "Boeing has provided advanced satellite systems to DIRECTV for more ... more LHC Sets New World Record
London, UK (SPX) Dec 01, 2009CERN's Large Hadron Collider has today become the world's highest energy particle accelerator, having accelerated its twin beams of protons to an energy of 1.18 TeV in the early hours of the morning. This exceeds the previous world record of 0.98 TeV, which had been held by the US Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's Tevatron collider since 2001. It marks another important milestone on ... more Superior Super Earths
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 01, 2009Astronomers have discovered hundreds of Jupiter-like planets in our galaxy. However, a handful of the planets found orbiting distant stars are more Earth-sized. This gives hope to astrobiologists, who think we are more likely to find life on rocky planets with liquid water. The rocky planets found so far are actually more massive than our own. Dimitar Sasselov, professor of astronomy at ... more |
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