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Seeing the Planets for the TreesMoffett Field CA (SPX) May 20, 2011 In the search for life on other planets, scientists are looking beyond single-celled organisms and are developing techniques that would help them detect multicellular life. In a recent study published in the journal Astrobiology, researchers are proposing a particular mathematical technique to detect tree-like multicellular structures on extrasolar planets. "This technique allows us to identify planets that potentially have complex life and distinguish them from planets with simple life," said lea ... read more |
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  Ariane 5 is in the launch zone for dual-payload mission launch The 58th Ariane 5 to be launched from the Spaceport has rolled out for Arianespace's dual-payload flight tomorrow from French Guiana, carrying satellites for Asia and India. For this third Ari ... more | .. |
  A Timeline to Launch for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS, was carried into orbit on STS-134 on a mission to the International Space Station. While it may sound like just another instrument, in actuality it is the la ... more | .. |
  Landsat Offers Stunning Comparison Of Flooding Extreme rainfall and heavy snowmelt have combined this spring to bring the Mississippi River roaring beyond its banks. While humans on the ground have scrambled to evacuate, build sandbag walls and ... more | .. |
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  AMS: ready to discover the particle universe The largest and most complex scientific instrument yet to be fitted to the International Space Station was installed Thursday. Taken into space by the Space Shuttle, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer ... more | .. |
  New form of girl's best friend is lighter than ever By combining high pressure with high temperature, Livermore researchers have created a nanocyrstalline diamond aerogel that could improve the optics for something as big as a telescope or as small a ... more | .. |
  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 | .. |
  Galaxy Evolution Explorer Helps Confirm Nature of Dark Energy A five-year survey of 200,000 galaxies, stretching back seven billion years in cosmic time, has led to one of the best independent confirmations that dark energy is driving our universe apart at acc ... 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 | .. |
  Measuring the Magnetic Field of Mercury MESSENGER carries a sensitive Magnetometer that measures the vector magnetic field at the location of the spacecraft. The instrument is mounted on the end of a 3.6-m-long boom that extends away from ... more | .. |
  GMV provides the flight dynamics system for the O3b constellation Thales Alenia Space has awarded GMV a contract to supply the flight dynamics system for the O3b satellite constellation that will be set up by O3b Networks Ltd (Other 3 billion). The constellation, ... more | .. |
  NASA's Two Lunar-Bound Spacecraft, Vacuum-Packed NASA's two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (Grail) spacecraft have completed all assembly and testing prior to shipment to Florida. As seen in the photo, taken April 29, technicians i ... more | .. |
  AIA Says US Human Spaceflight At Critical Juncture The future of the U.S. human spaceflight program is at a critical juncture, said Aerospace Industries Association Vice President for Space Frank Slazer. "Cutting exploration budgets any furthe ... more |
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  ISRO begins sounding rocket launches on regular basis ISRO has resumed monthly launches of sounding rockets from the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) under Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) here to conduct studies of upper atmospher ... more | .. |
  Looking Deep into a Huge Storm on Saturn ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has teamed up with NASA's Cassini spacecraft to study a rare storm in the atmosphere of the planet Saturn in more detail than has ever been possible before. The new ... more | .. |
 Scheduling the Unknown What's the most effective way to explore an unknown world? That's one question that members of the Pavilion Lake Research Project (PLRP), with a bit of help from NASA mission planners, hope to addre ... more | .. |
  Antibody production gets confused during long-term spaceflight The trip to Mars just got a little more difficult now that French researchers have discovered that antibodies used to fight off disease might become seriously compromised during long-term space flig ... 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 |
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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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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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 Searching for Aliens on Kepler's 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  "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 | .. |
  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 |
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