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Searching for Aliens on Kepler's PlanetsMoffett Field CA (SPX) May 19, 2011 Now that NASA's Kepler space telescope has identified 1,235 possible planets around stars in our galaxy, astronomers at the University of California, Berkeley, are aiming a radio telescope at the most Earth-like of these worlds to see if they can detect signals from an advanced civilization. The search began on Saturday, May 8, when the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope - the largest steerable radio telescope in the world - dedicated an hour to eight stars with possible planets. Once UC Berkeley ... read more |
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  Researchers Gain New Insights Into Comet Hartley 2 A tumbling comet nucleus with a changing rotational rate has been observed for the first time, according to a new paper by a Planetary Science Institute researcher. These findings, as well as ... more | .. |
  APL-Built Plasma Detector Launches on Space Shuttle Endeavour A highly sensitive and extremely compact instrument for plasma monitoring known as Canary, developed and built by researchers at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laur ... more | .. |
 NASA selects SwRI mass spectrometer for technology development NASA has selected Southwest Research Institute's MAss Spectrometer for Planetary EXploration (MASPEX) for technology development funding. Originally offered as part of the Primitive Material Explore ... more | .. |
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 STS-134 Arrives, Crew Begins Work at Station Endeavour docked with the International Space Station at 5:14 a.m. CDT Wednesday, bringing an advanced scientific instrument that could answer basic questions about our universe, perhaps shedding li ... more | .. |
  Cadets Test-Fire Falcon launch Rocket Academy Astronautics cadets and the Space Systems Research Center successfully completed its static fire of the FalconLaunch-T1 rocket motor on Monday in Jack's Valley. The motor burned for approxim ... more | .. |
  Mars Rover Driving Leaves Distinctive Tracks A dance-step pattern is visible in the wheel tracks near the left edge of this scene recorded by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity during the 2,554th Martian day, or ... more | .. |
 Free-Floating Planets May be More Common Than Stars Astronomers, including a NASA-funded team member, have discovered a new class of Jupiter-sized planets floating alone in the dark of space, away from the light of a star. The team believes these lon ... 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 | .. |
  NASA Denies Entry To Chinese Journalists For Shuttle Launch U.S. space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, kicking off its 25th and final mission. The event was important to the eyes of media and scientists in China because the ... more | .. |
  Mitchell Foundation Commits $25 Million to Giant Magellan Telescope Houston businessman George P. Mitchell has taken another pioneering step in his personal quest to position Texas A and M University as an international leader in fundamental physics and astronomy. ... more | .. |
 Upcoming Ariane 5 mission with GSAT-8 and ST-2 is given its "go" for launch Arianespace's third Ariane 5 flight of 2011 has been approved for its May 20 liftoff following a successful launch readiness review, which was performed at the Spaceport in French Guiana. The ... more | .. |
  Departure of Astra 1N to Kourou Astra 1N satellite designed and manufactured by Astrium for the satellite operator SES Astra has left Astrium's facility in Toulouse, where it had undergone its final integration and test campaign. ... more |
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  TerraSAR-X images Urban sprawl around Istanbul Nobody knows exactly how many people live in Istanbul, but there are thought to be about 15 million inhabitants of this city on two continents. Images from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zen ... more | .. |
 Mapping the impact of a deadly mosquito ESA is helping to take the bite out of mosquitoes and their deadly diseases by tracking their distribution and habitat via observation satellites, satnav, and mobile communications. The Vecmap ... more | .. |
 Ball Aerospace Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing Of NPOESS Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing for NASA's NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite to advance the spacecraft closer to a planned October 25 ... more | .. |
  Astronauts inspect damaged tiles on shuttle Astronauts are examining several heat shield tiles that appear to have been damaged during the shuttle Endeavour's ascent into orbit, but NASA said Wednesday there was no cause for concern. ... more |
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Philosopher argues AI consciousness may remain unknowable
Climate driven model explores Neanderthal and modern human overlap in Iberia
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 US shuttle Endeavour docks at space station: NASA The US space shuttle Endeavour, with six astronauts on board including an Italian, docked at the International Space Station on Wednesday, NASA said. ... more | .. |
  Oldest 'space dust' on Earth found A Japanese geologist says he's discovered the oldest known bits of micrometeorites - space dust - to have fallen on the Earth, 240 million years ago. ... more | .. |
 New SETI survey focuses on Kepler's top Earth-like planets Now that NASA's Kepler space telescope has identified 1,235 possible planets around stars in our galaxy, astronomers at the University of California, Berkeley, are aiming a radio telescope at the mo ... more | .. |
  "Wolf Clause" betrays China-U.S. cooperation U.S. space shuttle Endeavor blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, kicking off its 25th and the last space mission in history, which draws great attention from media worldwi ... more |
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 Paul Dembling, Co-Author of Space Act, Dies at 91 Paul G. Dembling, co-author of the legislation that founded NASA, died on Monday, May 16, in Florida. He was 91 years old. As general counsel to NASA's precursor, the National Advisory Committee for ... more | .. |
 Out-of-this-world ideas on offer Is your company on the hunt for out-of-this-world business concepts? ESA is placing information on its intellectual property rights online, aiming to promote the commercialisation of these patents i ... more | .. |
 "Canary" is Bound for ISS A highly sensitive and extremely compact instrument for plasma monitoring known as Canary, developed and built by researchers at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laur ... more | .. |
 Utah USTAR Professor's Invention Approved by NASA for Long-Term Use Aboard ISS After more than 12 months of testing aboard the International Space Station (ISS), an experimental water quality monitoring kit based on technology developed by USTAR professor Marc D. Porter and Un ... 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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Hall Statement on Final Flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Ralph Hall (R-TX), made the following statement after the successful launch of the STS-134 mission, representing the final mission of the ... more | .. |
  Setting Sight on a Single Star NASA recently selected 20 small satellites to fly as auxiliary cargo aboard rockets that are planned to launch in 2011 and 2012. These small "CubeSats" are nanosatellites, measuring approximat ... more | .. |
 At the Heart of Hartley-2, a New Breed of Comet? At the heart of every comet lies a remnant of the dawn of the solar system. Or is that remnants? Astronomers don't know, but the answer would give them a clearer picture of exactly how comets were b ... more | .. |
 STS-134 Crew Completes First Full Day in Space Endeavour's astronauts performed an inspection of the orbiter's thermal protection system. They also checked out spacesuits and rendezvous tools in preparation for Wednesday's docking with the Inter ... more |
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 NASA Mission Will Observe Earth's Salty Seas Final preparations are under way for the June 9 launch of the international Aquarius/SAC-D observatory. The mission's primary instrument, Aquarius, will study interactions between ocean circulation, ... more | .. |
  ADTI Launches High Performance Antenna Arrays Protype Program Advanced Defense Technologies has announced the Company (ADTI) in collaboration with Texas A and M University has designed and developed high performance antenna arrays from 2 GHz to 40 GHz. T ... more | .. |
 Study suggest water on distant planet Mounting evidence indicates a planet orbiting a star 20 light years away could be the first habitable planet other than Earth, French researchers say. ... more | .. |
 NASA ocean-watch satellite ready for June launch The US space agency said Tuesday it is preparing to launch a satellite to observe levels of salt on the surface of the world's oceans and how changes in salinity may be linked to future climate. ... more |
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