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January 05, 2010
India Aims For Chandrayaan-II Lunar Mission In 2013
Tiruchi, India (PTI) Jan 05, 2010
The launch of India's next moon mission, Chandrayaan-II, will be in the first quarter of 2013 as per schedule, its project head said here on Sunday. The project is shaping up as per schedule, Mylswamy Annadurai, project director, Chandrayaan-I and II of the Indian Space Research Organization, told reporters. Chandrayaan II, the second lunar mission, a four-year project under Indo-Russian collaboration, is being executed by ISRO after the success of Chandrayaan I. ... read more

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Giant Intergalactic Gas Stream Longer Than Thought
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Y2X credit card bug spreads
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Mars Spirit Rover Facing End Of Mission Decision
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Solar Eclipses Reveal Iron Line In Solar Corona
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Revealing The Explosive Heart Of Eta Carinae
Hilo HI (SPX) Jan 05, 2010
Using adaptive optics to remove atmospheric blurring, Gemini Observatory has released an image showing previously hidden forensic secrets at the ballistic core of the Homunculus Nebula, part of the explosive Eta Carinae star system. The infrared image, revealed at the 215th American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, DC, is a high-resolution view of the complex tendrils and puffs ... more

T Pyxidis Soon To Be A Type Ia Supernova
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 05, 2010
Astronomers have uncovered evidence that a massive, explosive white dwarf star in a binary star system with a Sun-like star in our Milky Way Galaxy is growing in mass and is much closer to our solar system than previously thought. The report is being presented by Drs. Edward M. Sion, Patrick Godon and student Timothy McClain of Villanova University at the 215th meeting of the American Astr ... more

Runaway Anti-Matter Makes For Massive Stellar Explosion
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 05, 2010
University of Notre Dame astronomer Peter Garnavich and a team of collaborators have discovered a distant star that exploded when its center became so hot that matter and anti-matter particle pairs were created. The star, dubbed Y-155, began its life around 200 times the mass of the sun but probably became "pair-unstable" and triggered a runaway thermonuclear reaction that made it visible nearly ... more

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The PARASOL Satellite Moving Off The A-Train Track


Mars rover Spirit's 6-year stint may be ending: NASA


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Aegis BMD System Upgrade Tracks Sophisticated Missile Targets

Russia needs new arms to counter US shield: Putin

LM Achieves Critical Global BMD Milestones In 2009

Israel balks at U.S. arms deals with Arabs

UK Approves Third F-35B Joint Strike Fighter Purchase

Kuwaiti firm in talks with US to settle fraud case

US drone attack kills five in Pakistan: officials

Hunter UAV Gets Tactical Common Data Link

Turkey, Israel agree on Heron drones deal

Greenpeace urges Denmark to release detained members

Global Warming Likely To Be Amplified By Slow Changes To Earth Systems

NASA Calculates A Carbon Budget For California

Iran in new threat over uranium swap deal

Brazil nuclear plants may close as floods kill 68

Soviet-era Lithuanian nuclear plant shuts down under EU deal

China amendment to boost renewable energy

Taiwan unveils Asia's biggest solar plant: govt

China adopts law to boost renewable energy industry

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Geospatial Technology Seminars Scheduled For SE Asia
Redlands CA (SPX) Jan 05, 2010
ESRI and GIS Development will present free seminars to mapping agencies in Southeast Asia. The Geospatial Technology Update seminars will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia; Bangkok, Thailand; Hanoi, Vietnam; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Manila, Philippines; beginning in January 2010. The seminars will outline technology trends in the geospatial community including how to take advantage of th ... more

Astronomers Discover Waltzing Black Holes
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 05, 2010
Astronomers have discovered 33 pairs of waltzing black holes in distant galaxies. This result were presented by Dr. Julia Comerford of the University of California, Berkeley, to the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, DC. This result is particularly important because it shows that supermassive black hole pairs are more common than previously known from observations, and be ... more

Lava tube could house moon colony
Tokyo (UPI) Jan 2, 2009
A deep lava tube discovered on the moon could shield human colonists from harsh temperatures and meteorites, Japanese scientists said. The tube, in the Marius Hills on the moon's near side, is believed to be 213-feet wide and more than 260-feet deep, said Junichi Haruyama, a researcher with the Japanese space agency JAXA. The tube was discovered through images taken by the Japanese moon ... more

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Massive Black Hole Implicated In Stellar Destruction


Booz Allen Hamilton To Transform LA Spacelift Range


Kepler Space Telescope Discovers Five Exoplanets
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Refurbished computers aid Kenyan farmers

Guinea's junta celebrates first year in power

Security chiefs 'dominate diamond trade'

Geely Automobile mulls ways to collaborate with Volvo

GM China reports record sales in 2009

Chinese car park makes space for women only

2010 tech bug hits German credit cards

Astronomers Discover Waltzing Black Holes

Massive Black Hole Implicated In Stellar Destruction

Mini-Research Module MRM1 At Cape For Shuttle Processing

Astronauts Dock At ISS

Expedition 22 Keeps Busy While Awaiting Additional Crew Members

Shuttle Endeavour readied for a space trip

Space shuttle Atlantis lands back on Earth

Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday

Rocket-Motor Test Supports NASA, DOD And Commercial Missions

New Materials Designed To Deal With Hypersonic And Supersonic Hot Stuff

Milt Thompson's Wild Ride

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ALMA Test Sharpens The Vision Of New Observatory

Lakeside On Ancient Mars

Crises to greet Obama's return to Washington

S.Korea seeks 'turning point' in ties with North

US says door still open on Iran nuclear issue

Russia says arms talks at risk

Lax US rules let Chinese evade Iran sanctions: study

A Fountain Of Youth For Stem Cells

Carbon Nanotubes Show Promise For High-Speed Genetic Sequencing

Glacier Melt Adds Ancient Edibles To Marine Buffet

Poisonous Prehistoric Raptor Discovered

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Formation Of The Gulf Of Corinth Rift, Greece

Researchers Use New Acoustic Tools To Study Marine Mammals And Fish

Powerful quake strikes near Solomon Islands

Brazilian floods kill 72, hopes dim amid grim search

First Molars Provide Insight Into Evolution Of Great Apes And Humans

China oil spill threatens Yellow River

Greenpeace urges Denmark to release detained members

GM China reports record sales in 2009

Geely Automobile mulls ways to collaborate with Volvo

Suzaku Spies Treasure Trove Of Intergalactic Metal

Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official

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