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Detecting Wandering Worlds That Host LifeMoffett Field CA (SPX) May 13, 2011 Interstellar planets - those without stars to orbit - could serve as havens for life. They are often thought to be nearly invisible, since they are much dimmer than stars and do not have any suns nearby to illuminate them. Now, however, research suggests these worlds might be detected by their auroras. Interstellar planets might either be rogue planets that were originally born around a star and were later cast out by gravitational tugs of war, or sub-brown dwarfs that formed alone in interstellar ... read more |
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  NASA's Dawn Captures First Image of Nearing Asteroid NASA's Dawn spacecraft has obtained its first image of the giant asteroid Vesta, which will help fine-tune navigation during its approach. Dawn is expected to achieve orbit around Vesta on July 16, ... more | .. |
  ESA's water mission keeps tabs on dry spring soils Western Europe's exceptionally dry spring is clear to see in maps generated using data from SMOS. While these maps offer an interesting view of the stark difference in soil moisture compared to a ye ... more | .. |
  Endeavour crew in Florida for shuttle launch Six astronauts arrived at Kennedy Space Center on Thursday ahead of the second to last US space shuttle flight, with Endeavour set to lift off on Monday after a technical delay. ... more | .. |
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 NASA Goddard Managed Comet Hopper Mission Selected for Further Study NASA selected the Comet Hopper mission to continue in its mission concept phase. If chosen to move forward for a 2016 mission, the project would be managed by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Gre ... more | .. |
  Carbon, Carbon, Everywhere But Not From the Big Bang As Star Trek is so fond of reminding us, we're carbon-based life forms. But the event that jump-started the universe, the Big Bang, didn't actually produce any carbon, so where the heck did it - and ... more | .. |
  Andrews Space Delivers Cargo Module Power Unit for Orbital's Cygnus Spacecraft Andrews Space (Andrews) has announced that it has successfully delivered the first of four fight-qualified Cargo Module Power Units (CMPUs) that will supply power to payloads aboard Orbital's Cygnus ... more | .. |
  NASA's Galileo reveals magma 'ocean' beneath surface of Jupiter's moon A new analysis of data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft has revealed that beneath the surface of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io is an "ocean" of molten or partially molten magma. The finding, from a ... more |
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SDA expands Tracking Layer satellite awards and related missile defense contracts
Space Systems Command activates System Delta 80 for assured space access
Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions to provide SAR reconnaissance data to German military | .. |
  CryoSat Greenland camp receives royal guest ESA's CryoSat team working on the Greenland ice sheet has been honoured with a visit from a Dutch delegation including HRH Prince of Orange. The visit is part of a tour to learn more about climate c ... more | .. |
 The Sabatier System: Producing Water on the ISS Drinkable water is one of the primary and most important assets for human survival. So when preparing for a journey, whether to sea or to space, planners must take this vital resource into considera ... more | .. |
  JPL Facility has Built Famed Spacecraft for 50 Years The Spacecraft Assembly Facility of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., was constructed in 1961 to support NASA's Ranger and Mariner missions to the moon, Venus and Mars. Ame ... more | .. |
 Argentina joins satellite building project Argentina's National University of La Plata is joining hands with NASA and Dassault Systems Solutions in a project that will see the Argentine engineering and aeronautics experts collaborating in the building of a climate change monitoring satellite. ... more |
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  'Dwarf planet' is covered in crystal ice A bizarre mini-planet that orbits the Sun in deep space is covered with crystallised water, European astronomers reported on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Flipping Hot Jupiters More than 500 extrasolar planets - planets that orbit stars other than the sun - have been discovered since 1995. But only in the last few years have astronomers observed that in some of these syste ... more | .. |
  Russian firm accused of selling rocket engines to US at half cost Russian engineering corporation Energomash sold rocket engines to the United States at half production cost, losing $32 million as a result, the Russian Comptroller's Office said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Science Highlights from Mercury's Orbit As the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury, MESSENGER has the opportunity to make many observations of the Solar System's innermost planet that had not previously been possible. Each of MES ... more |
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Philosopher argues AI consciousness may remain unknowable
Climate driven model explores Neanderthal and modern human overlap in Iberia
Economic losses from natural disasters down by a third in 2025: Swiss Re | .. |
 Texas Space Alliance Celebrates New Space "Tourism" Law The Texas Space Alliance congratulated the governor and legislature on passing what it hopes will be the first of a new wave of pro-commercial space laws in the last weeks, and called for the Texas ... more | .. |
 India designing reusable spacecraft Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, P S Veeraraghavan on Wednesday said India`s space scientists are designing a reusable space craft, which is likely to be launched ... more | .. |
  Mayflower Test Satellite Proves Successful During Recent SpaceX Mission Northrop Grumman and Applied Minds have announced the success of a recent launch and orbit of a Mayflower test microsatellite. Data gathered from around the world was analyzed, showing all tested sy ... more | .. |
 Astronauts Learn Ropes Strapping in Crews Astronauts climbing into a space shuttle are typically thinking about lots of things, from trajectories and abort scenarios to systems and when to talk to the launch team and mission controllers. No ... more |
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 Aquarius to Illuminate Links Between Salt and Climate When NASA's salt-seeking Aquarius instrument ascends to the heavens this June, the moon above its launch site at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base won't be in the seventh house, and Jupiter's l ... more | .. |
 Dawn - first visual contact with Vesta The camera system on board the Dawn spacecraft has acquired its first image of the massive asteroid Vesta. Although the mission's first target is still about 975,000 kilometres away, appearing as ju ... more | .. |
 Mississippi Flooding Captured by NASA Satellites The Mississippi River reached nearly 48 feet in Memphis, Tenn., on May 10, according to the U.S. National Weather Service. It was the highest water level for Memphis since 1937. Several of NAS ... more | .. |
  NASA's Fermi Spots 'Superflares' in the Crab Nebula The famous Crab Nebula supernova remnant has erupted in an enormous flare five times more powerful than any flare previously seen from the object. On April 12, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ... more |
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The Quantum Age will be Powered by Fusion
Physicists map axion production paths inside deuterium tritium fusion reactors
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 What a scorcher: 'Hot Jupiter' puzzle explained Scientists on Wednesday said they could explain why heat-seared giant planets in other solar systems can mysteriously orbit their star the "wrong" way. ... more | .. |
  Worried on China, US seeks rules in space The United States said Wednesday it wanted to set guidelines with China on the use of space, voicing worries that the Asian power is increasingly able to destroy or jam satellites. ... more | .. |
 Google notebooks challenge Microsoft Notebook computers powered by Google software are heading to market in a direct assault on the Windows operating system at the heart of Microsoft's technology empire. ... more | .. |
  Israel to spend $2B on missile defense Israel's announcement that it will spend $2 billion on building up its anti-missile defense system over the next few years, on top of whatever it can squeeze out of the Americans, underlines the military's deep concerns that the country faces a new kind of war. ... more |
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  Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Develop EHF SatComms Antenna for B-2 Bomber A new antenna system now under development by Northrop Grumman will enable the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber to send and receive battlefield information securely by satellite up to 100 times faster than ... more | .. |
  Russian defense ministry may broadcast live Bulava missile launches The Russian Defense Ministry plans to broadcast live test launches of the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on its new website, spokesman Igor Konashenkov said. Russia plans t ... more | .. |
 United States unfolding missile defense in Europe de facto says Rogozin The United States is already deploying its missile defense system in Europe without waiting for an agreement with Russia, Russia's envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said. Romania announced on Tuesd ... more | .. |
  Israeli researcher develops nano-scale gyroscope Jerusalem, Israel (XNA) May 11, 2011 Israeli researcher Jacob (Koby) Scheuer, from the Tel Aviv University (TAU) School of Electrical Engineering, has developed a nano-scale gyroscope, the Ha'aretz ... more |
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