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June 09, 2011
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
New data still have scientists in dark over dark matter
Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 09, 2011
A dark-matter experiment deep in the Soudan mine of Minnesota now has detected a seasonal signal variation similar to one an Italian experiment has been reporting for more than a decade. The new seasonal variation, recorded by the Coherent Germanium Neutrino Technology (CoGeNT) experiment, is exactly what theoreticians had predicted if dark matter turned out to be what physicists call Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). "We cannot call this a WIMP signal. It's just what you might e ... read more

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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

New class of stellar explosions found
They're bright and blue-and a bit strange. They're a new type of stellar explosion that was recently discovered by a team of astronomers led by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Amon ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Rosetta comet probe enters hibernation in deep space
The final command placing ESA's Rosetta comet-chaser into deep-space hibernation has been sent. With virtually all systems shut down, the probe will now coast for 31 months until waking up in 2014 f ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

ISRO to begin flight testing of GSLV MkIII in next two years
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday said it will start flight testing of the GSLV Mk III for launching four-tonne class of satellites in the next two years. Addressing the ... more
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SPACEMART

New NSR Report Projects Over 1,600 Satellites To Be Launched Over The Next 15 Years
According to NSR's newest market research report, Global Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Markets, the industry should launch satellites worth collectively over $250 Billion over the next 15 years ... more
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MERCURY RISING

A Mariner 10 Perspective on MESSENGER: A First-person Account
Forty years ago, in 1971, I became a member of the Mariner 10 imaging science team. This Mercury flyby mission was intended to gather atmospheric data at Venus and geological and geophysical data at ... more
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SPACEMART

Help ESA to name Europe's next mission to Space Station
Now that Paolo Nespoli has returned from the International Space Station, we are looking forward to Europe's next mission. Andre Kuipers will be launched to the orbital outpost in November - but his ... more
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TECH SPACE

TacSat-3 Reaches 2-year Anniversary
Space professionals at Air Force Space Command recently marked the two-year anniversary of the launch of the Tactical Satellite 3 and its primary payload ARTEMIS, the Advanced Responsive Tactically ... more
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Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
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
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GPS NEWS

Helping shape space-based technology policies
A Colorado State University professor known as an international expert in the use of GPS in agriculture has been named to a federal panel that helps shape national policy on space-based technologies ... more
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MOON DAILY

NASA Releases New Lunar Eclipse Video
In anticipation of the upcoming lunar eclipse later this month, NASA has released a new video that shows how lunar eclipses work. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team will release anoth ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

VLT Survey Telescope Offer Spectacular Views Of Omega Nebula
The VLT Survey Telescope (VST), the latest addition to ESO's Paranal Observatory, has made its first release of impressive images of the southern sky. The VST is a state-of-the-art 2.6-metre telesco ... more
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MARSDAILY

New solar system formation models indicate that Jupiter's foray robbed Mars of mass
Planetary scientists have long wondered why Mars is only about half the size and one-tenth the mass of Earth. As next-door neighbors in the inner solar system, probably formed about the same time, w ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Hot Towers in First Tropical Depression of the Eastern Pacific
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite called TRMM has the ability to see rainfall rates and heights of thunderstorm clouds within a tropical cyclone, and data from the satellite confirme ... more
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VSAT NEWS

Romantis Goes Global
Romantishas announced the formation of its new entity, Romantis Inc., headquartered in Montreal, Canada with offices in the United States. Romantis in close cooperation with the other group members ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA Spending Shift to Benefit Centers Focused on Science and Technology
Euroconsult along with the consulting firm Omnis have announced the findings of a study foreseeing a significant shift in NASA spending toward Earth science and R and D programs and away from legacy ... more
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VSAT NEWS

KVH's mini-VSAT Broadband SATCOM Service Makes ECDIS Compliance More Affordable
In a move to increase safety and efficiency at sea, the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) new Electronic Chart and Display Information System (ECDIS) regulations require certain commercial ... 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
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SPACEMART

MEASAT orders latest satellite from Astrium
MEASAT Global Berhad has selected Astrium to build MEASAT-3b, a new satellite to augment its core Ku-band business in Malaysia, India and Indonesia. Planned to be launched in 2013 and positioned at ... more
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WATER WORLD

NASA Goes Below the Surface to Understand Salinity
When NASA's Aquarius mission launches this week, its radiometer instruments will take a "skin" reading of the oceans' salt content at the surface. From these data of salinity in the top 0.4 inch (1 ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Aquarius to Study the Power of Sea Salt
A new observatory is about to leave Earth to map a powerful compound of global importance: Common everyday sea salt. Researchers suspect that the salinity of Earth's oceans has far-reaching effects ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Catches "Surfer" Waves on the Sun
Cue the surfing music. Scientists have spotted the iconic surfer's wave rolling through the atmosphere of the sun. This makes for more than just a nice photo-op: the waves hold clues as to how energ ... more
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STATION NEWS

Soyuz heads to ISS carrying Russian, US, Japanese astronauts
A Soyuz spacecraft lifted off on Tuesday with a Russian, a US and a Japanese astronaut aboard headed for the International Space Station (ISS). ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

'Dramatic' solar flare could disrupt Earth communications
An unusual solar flare observed by a NASA space observatory on Tuesday could cause some disruptions to satellite communications and power on Earth over the next day or so, officials said. ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

NASA releases first photo of shuttle docked in space
NASA on Tuesday released the first ever pictures of a US space shuttle docked at the International Space Station, taken by astronauts aboard a departing Russian spacecraft last month. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Apple takes a giant leap into the 'iCloud' cloud
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs on Monday interrupted his medical leave to unveil a free service called iCloud that stores music, photos and other content on the Web and shares it across multiple devices. ... more
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The Quantum Age will be Powered by Fusion
Physicists map axion production paths inside deuterium tritium fusion reactors
Hybrid excitons speed ultrafast energy transfer at 2D organic interface
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Weizmann Institute Observatory Captures Images of a New Supernova
Exploding stars are the "factories" that produce all the heavy elements found, among other places, in our bodies. In this sense, we are all stardust. These exploding stars - supernovae - are highly ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

Astrophysicists use X-ray fingerprints to study eating habits of giant black holes
By studying the X-rays emitted when superheated gases plunge into distant and massive black holes, astrophysicists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have provided an important test of a long-st ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

Building harmonious outer space to achieve inclusive development
China hopes all countries would continue to strengthen open and inclusive international cooperation characterized by equality and mutual benefit and further improve related laws in outer space explo ... more
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SPACEMART

Mitsubishi Electric to Double Satellite Production Capacity
Mitsubishi Electric has announced that under a plan to double annual satellite production capacity from four satellites to eight, it will invest approximately 3 billion JPY to enlarge and upgrade it ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

'Live' airborne astronomy
I had already been working on the SOFIA project for some years, when back in 1998, a consortium of German research institutes (Max-Planck Institute of Radio Astronomy in Bonn, University of Cologne, ... more
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

Indra To Supply Satellite Communications Systems To Brazil's MoD
Indra will provide rapid deployment satellite communications systems to Brazil's armed forces. The contract was awarded through public tender where Indra competed with the main companies of the sect ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

FOGE Reaches 10
On June 4th, the Federation of Galaxy Explorers (FOGE) celebrated its tenth anniversary with a formal gala event. For those of you who do not know about FOGE, it is a non-profit educational organiza ... more
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STATION NEWS

Soyuz heads to ISS carrying Russian, US, Japanese astronauts
A Soyuz spacecraft lifted off on Tuesday with a Russian, a US and a Japanese astronaut aboard headed for the International Space Station (ISS). ... more
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