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Cluster Helps Disentangle Turbulence In The Solar WindWashington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2010 From Earth, the Sun looks like a calm, placid body that does little more than shine brightly while marching across the sky. Images from a bit closer, of course, show it's an unruly ball of hot gas that can expel long plumes out into space - but even this isn't the whole story. Surrounding the Sun is a roiling wind of electrons and protons that shows constant turbulence at every size scale: long streaming jets, smaller whirling eddies, and even microscopic movements as charged particles circle in m ... read more |
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Turkey To Launch Intelligence Satellite In 2012
Istanbul, Turkey (XNA) Oct 04, 2010Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey would launch a national intelligence satellite in 2012. The intelligence satellite named "Gokturk" was being built by Turkish engineers, the prime minister said during an amphibious ship launching ceremony in Tuzla, Istanbul. The semi-official Anatolia news agency quoted him as saying: " Thus, we have ended our ... more Knot In The Ribbon At The Edge Of The Solar System "Unties"
San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 04, 2010The unusual "knot" in the bright, narrow ribbon of neutral atoms emanating in from the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space appears to have "untied," according to a paper published online in the Journal of Geophysical Research. Researchers believe the ribbon, first revealed in maps produced by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, forms in response to ... more US President Obama's National Space Policy: New Analysis Available
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 04, 2010Secure World Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of a new analysis of President Barack Obama's National Space Policy (NSP). The new NSP released in June is a White House directive that provides broad guidance on how the United States intends to conduct activities in outer space. This review - The 2010 Obama Space Policy: Sustainability, International Engagement and Sta ... more |
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Google brings 'Street View' to AntarcticaWashington (AFP) Oct 1, 2010 Google's "Street View" imagery has sparked privacy concerns in some countries but that's unlikely to be the case with its latest destination - Antarctica, populated mostly by penguins. The Internet giant announced on Friday that Street View, which shows street-level pictures of cities around the world, now encompasses all seven continents with the inclusion of images from Antarctica. The Street View pictures of Antarctica are limited for the moment to user-contributed shots of penguins on Half ... read more |
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