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Andromeda's Once And Future StarsParis, France (ESA) Jan 06, 2011 Two ESA observatories have combined forces to show the Andromeda Galaxy in a new light. Herschel sees rings of star formation in this, the most detailed image of the Andromeda Galaxy ever taken at infrared wavelengths, and XMM-Newton shows dying stars shining X-rays into space. During Christmas 2010, ESA's Herschel and XMM-Newton space observatories targeted the nearest large spiral galaxy M31. This is a galaxy similar to our own Milky Way - both contain several hundred billion stars. This is the ... read more |
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  Arianespace Will Have A Record Year Of Launch Activity In 2011 Arianespace will use the "world's best operational launch team" to meet its goal of performing a planned total of 12 missions in 2011, when the expanded launcher family of Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega w ... more | .. |
  Dawn Has A Consistent 2010 Dawn finishes 2010 much as it began the year, thrusting with its ion propulsion system in steady pursuit of a distant world. During the next year, the probe will arrive there and begin its scrutiny. ... more | .. |
  SSTL Wins ESA Environmental Monitoring Payload Contract Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has won a euros 10.69m contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) via Dutch Space to provide a Short Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) spectrometer as part of the ... more | .. |
  ISRO To Implement Regional Navigation Satellite System The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to implement the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) to provide India and neighbouring countries with the Position Navigation and ... more |
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 ISRO To Launch Two Communication Satellites This Year ISRO said on Wednesday, it plans to launch at least two large communication satellites within this calendar year to tide over the scarcity of transponders due to the failure of two consecutive GSLV ... more | .. |
 Andromeda Is So Hot 'n' Cold This mosaic of the Andromeda spiral galaxy highlights explosive stars in its interior, and cooler, dusty stars forming in its many rings. The image is a combination of observations from the He ... more | .. |
  New Images Indicate Tectonic Activity On Rhea Newly released images of Saturn's second largest moon Rhea obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show dramatic views of fractures cutting through craters on the moon's surface, revealing a history o ... more | .. |
  Seeing Through The Layers Of The Sun One can virtually peer through layers of the Sun to see different kinds of features using images taken at almost the same time (Dec. 19, 2010). Each STEREO spacecraft images the Sun in four wa ... more |
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  Nigeria Microsat Passes Pre-Launch Test The replaced Nigerian satellite, NIGCOMSAT-1R, has undergone and passed a major performance test and activities are in top gear for its launch in 2011, an official has said. Timasaniyu Ahmed-R ... more | .. |
 Auroral Rocket In Norway The aurora borealis and aurora australis - the northern and southern lights - are visible manifestations of a connection between the Sun and Earth. Blasts of energy and magnetically charged particle ... more | .. |
 Japan eyes building its own GPS system Japan is considering launching new satellites to establish its own global positioning system (GPS) in a bid to reduce its reliance on the US navigation network, officials said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  NASA Checking On Rover Spirit During Martian Spring Nine months after last hearing from the Mars rover Spirit, NASA is stepping up efforts to regain communications with the rover before spring ends on southern Mars in mid-March. Spirit landed o ... more |
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 Smithsonian Instrument Fills The Gap During a total eclipse of the Sun, skywatchers are awed by the shimmering corona - a faint glow that surrounds the Sun like gossamer flower petals. This outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere is, ... more | .. |
  Dynetics Awarded Contract To Provide Candidate Flight Hardware Dynetics, corporate team leader for the Rocket City Space Pioneers (RCSP), the Huntsville-based Google Lunar X PRIZE team, is one of only three organizations selected to supply flight component test ... more | .. |
  Another Space Shot From UA Astronomer On the first day of the new year, NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day published University of Arizona astronomer and astrophotographer Adam Block's 50th image on that site. Block's photo of th ... more | .. |
  Trillion-dollar forecast for gadget sales As the top US consumer electronics trade show prepares to open this week, organizers are forecasting that global gadget sales may top one trillion dollars this year for the first time ever. ... more |
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 Rover Will Spend Seventh Birthday At Stadium-Size Crater The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a Dec. 31, 2010, view of the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on the southwestern rim ... more | .. |
 Turkey To Launch First Home-Made Communications Test Satellite Turkey plans to send its first home-made communications test satellite into orbit in September next year, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Tuesday. The satellite, 3USAT, will pr ... more | .. |
 2011: The Arianespace Family Takes Shape After reaffirming its world leadership in 2010, Arianespace is now actively preparing for the maiden launches of Soyuz and Vega from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. Since being found ... more | .. |
 ISRO To Launch Singapore's First Satellite In Orbit In February The launch of the satellite, dubbed X-Sat, has been delayed since 2007. Experts estimated that the delay has raised the cost of satellite four-fold to more than 40 million Singaporean dollar from ea ... more |
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  Shuttle's Stringer Work Begins Today Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will begin modifications to 34 support beams, called stringers, on space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank today. Crews will fit piec ... more | .. |
 Magellan Introduces New Member To eXplorist Family Magellan has announced the introduction of the Magellan eXplorist 310 GPS receiver, a power-packed, waterproof, and rugged handheld GPS designed for essential outdoor navigation. The newest ad ... more | .. |
 Networks Of Up To 2 Million Cells Now Supported By GeoLENs Location Platform Touting one of the wireless industry's most comprehensive location platforms, Andrew Solutions, the CommScope, Inc. division that is a global leader in wireless communication systems and products, h ... more | .. |
 Software Will Take Half Of The Total Nav Market By 2016 Industry experts have long ago decided which side of the "software is killing the dedicated in-car navigation device" debate they are on. However, in a market with traditionally long product life-cy ... more |
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