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Mystery Of Missing DebrisHuntsville AL (SPX) Jun 15, 2010 On June 3rd, 2010, something hit Jupiter. A comet or asteroid descended from the black of space, struck the planet's cloudtops, and disintegrated, producing a flash of light so bright it was visible in backyard telescopes on Earth. Soon, observers around the world were training their optics on the impact site, waiting to monitor the cindery cloud of debris which always seems to accompany a strike of this kind. They're still waiting. "It's as if Jupiter just swallowed the thing whole," says A ... read more |
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Ithaca, N.Y. (UPI) Jun 11, 2010 A Cornell University expert on global positioning and satellite systems is warning they will be challenged as solar flare activity rises. Paul Kintner.a professor of electrical and computer engineering, says an increasingly complex and brittle U.S. technical infrastructure has been created since 2004 - a period of minimum solar flare activity. And during future periods of solar activit ... more  
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 15, 2010The pancam mast assembly (PMA) azimuth error from Sol 2257 (May 30, 2010), is still being resolved on Opportunity, although with a likely explanation in hand. Diagnostics were run on Sols 2259, 2261, 2262 and 2265 (June 1, 3, 4 and 8). In every case, the diagnostics indicated a healthy PMA azimuth actuator. Further investigation now suggests that the miniature thermal emission spectr ... more  
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2010The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin have announced that they have successfully completed a significant test milestone for the first satellite in the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) program. A next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system, MUOS will provide the warfighter with the latest mobile technology such as simultaneous voice, video and data, as well as improve ... more |
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UN warns rival Koreas against escalating tensionUnited Nations (AFP) June 14, 2010 The UN Security Council warned South and North Korea Monday against escalating regional tension after hearing briefings by both sides on the sinking of a South Korean warship which Seoul blames on the North. The Security Council made a "strong call to the parties to refrain from any act that could escalate tension in the region" and to preserve peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, according to its president, Mexican Ambassador Claude Heller. Heller told reporters after the twin briefings ... read more |
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