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Extremely little telescope discovers pair of odd planetsAnchorage, AK (SPX) Jun 14, 2012 Even small telescopes can make big discoveries. Though the KELT North telescope in southern Arizona carries a lens no more powerful than a high-end digital camera, it's just revealed the existence of two very unusual faraway planets. One planet is a massive, puffed-up oddity that could change ideas of how solar systems evolve. The other orbits a very bright star, and will allow astronomers to make detailed measurements of the atmospheres of these bizarre worlds. Ohio State University doctoral stud ... read more |
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  No evidence for 'knots' in space Theories of the primordial Universe predict the existence of knots in the fabric of space - known as cosmic textures - which could be identified by looking at light from the cosmic microwave backgro ... more | .. |
 Alien Earths Could Form Earlier than Expected Building a terrestrial planet requires raw materials that weren't available in the early history of the universe. The Big Bang filled space with hydrogen and helium. Chemical elements like silicon a ... more | .. |
 NuSTAR opens out of this world view thanks to Lab technology For astrophysicist Bill Craig and his team, NASA's NuSTAR will open up a whole new world. In fact, NuSTAR will allow them to observe a new class of objects in space, called extreme objects, which ha ... more | .. |
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  Orbital Launches Company-Built NuSTAR Satellite Aboard Pegasus Rocket for NASA Orbital Sciences reports that its Pegasus rocket has successfully launched the company-built Nuclear Spectroscopic Array Telescope (NuSTAR) satellite for the National Aeronautics and Space Administr ... more | .. |
 Planets can form around different types of stars It had previously been thought that planets were more likely to form around a star if the star had a high content of heavier elements. But new research from the University of Copenhagen, among other ... more | .. |
  Media Tonedown for Tiangong Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 14, 2012 The launch of the first crew to China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory is a major step forward for China's astronaut program. It's attracted the attention of the w ... more | .. |
  X-ray telescope to focus on hottest regions of black holes, supernovas NASA is scheduled to launch an orbiting X-ray satellite on Wednesday, June 13, that will open a new window on the universe, allowing scientists to probe the roiling edges of black holes, the turbule ... more |
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 Tiangong's Big Tasks The flight of the first crew to China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory is another step in China's most ambitious human spaceflight project to date. While much of the mission has yet to be completed, Ti ... more | .. |
 With some help from Stanford and SLAC, an orbiting telescope sees the universe's X-rays NASA's newest telescope headed for orbit Wednesday, developed with help from researchers from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford's main campus. Its rocket ignited in the night skies s ... more | .. |
 Small Planets Don't Need 'Heavy Metal' Stars to Form The formation of small worlds like Earth previously was thought to occur mostly around stars rich in heavy elements such as iron and silicon. However, new ground-based observations, combined with da ... more | .. |
 NASA's NuSTAR Mission Lifts Off NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) launched into the morning skies over the central Pacific Ocean at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) Wednesday, beginning its mission to unveil secrets of bu ... more |
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 China's manned spacecraft in final preparations for mid-June launch China's Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft is in final preparations for its launch in mid-June, paving the way for China's first manned space docking mission, as well as the country's first space mission ... more | .. |
  Nanoparticles found in moon glass bubbles explain weird lunar soil behaviour A stunning discovery by QUT soil scientist Marek Zbik of nano particles inside bubbles of glass in lunar soil could solve the mystery of why the moon's surface topsoil has many unusual properties. D ... more | .. |
  GPS being used as weather forecast tool Australian scientists say the global positioning system can make weather forecasting more accurate by providing a new type of temperature observation. ... more | .. |
 Successful launch for NASA's 'black hole hunter' telescope A sophisticated orbiting telescope that uses high-energy X-ray vision to hunt for black holes in the universe launched on Wednesday after an aircraft-to-rocket takeoff, NASA said. ... more |
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Japan deploys troops after wave of deadly bear attacks
New Copernicus Satellite Strengthens Earth Observation Programme
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  US drone kills three militants in Pakistan: officials A US drone attack killed at least three militants early Thursday in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, known as a hotbed of Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants, security officials said. ... more | .. |
  US says raised concerns to China on N.Korea missiles The United States said Wednesday it raised concerns to China over allegations it supported North Korea's missile program, after charges that Beijing provided technology to its UN-sanctioned ally. ... more | .. |
 Russia presses Iran ahead of nuclear talks Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov flew into Iran on Wednesday for a brief visit to discuss upcoming international talks over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme. ... more | .. |
  Raytheon receives contract to link Navy Multiband Terminal to USAF's Polar Satellite Raytheon has received a $19 million contract to modify the Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) to link it with the Air Force's Enhanced Polar Satellite (EPS). The link will allow U.S. Navy and Air Force w ... more |
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 Raytheon receives $79 million award for US Navy Multiband Terminal systems Raytheon has received a $79 million contract from the U.S. Navy for 47 more Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) systems. NMT is one of three Raytheon Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) terminals tha ... more | .. |
  Boeing, US Navy Conduct FA-18EF Satellite Communications Test Boeing and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed an in-flight demonstration of a satellite communications (SATCOM) system that, if implemented, will enable F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircrews to con ... more | .. |
  NTU researchers study little mighty creature for scientific breakthrough A scientist from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) may be onto an ocean of discovery because of his research into a little sea creature called the mantis shrimp. The research is likely to lead ... more | .. |
  Boeing Receives It's First International Cybersecurity Contract Boeing reports that Sojitz Corporation, a global trading company headquartered in Tokyo, has entered into an agreement with Boeing's Information Solutions division for advanced network assessment. ... more |
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 Unique Program to Educate Next Gen US Cybersecurity Leaders The University of Maryland and Northrop Grumman will launch a landmark honors program designed to educate a new generation of advanced cybersecurity professionals. The unique program, Advanced Cyber ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Awarded Cybersecurity Contract Northrop Grumman has been awarded a cybersecurity contract to develop, integrate and sustain cloud-based information repositories in an integrated product development team environment with the gover ... more | .. |
  Javelin Missile Proves New Capability during Vehicle-Launched Norwegian Tests Lockheed Martin and Raytheon's Javelin Joint Venture recently demonstrated the capability to launch Javelin missiles from a vehicle in winter conditions at a test range in Norway. In a Norwegi ... more | .. |
 Swedish Defence Materiel Administration Orders AeroVironment Puma AE and Wasp Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems AeroVironment has received a firm fixed-price order for 12 hybrid small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Forsvarets Materielverk) on behalf of the Sw ... more |
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OPEC chief says against Iran oil embargo '100 percent' OPEC chief Abdullah El-Badri spoke out against looming new sanctions against cartel member Iran on Wednesday at the start of a two-day oil conference in Vienna. ... more | .. |
 Corruption causes Cold War arms to still kill in Bulgaria Twenty years after the disbanding of the communist Warsaw Pact alliance, its weapons still kill in Bulgaria as lack of money and suspected corruption hinder the dismantling of tons of old munitions. ... more | .. |
China shipped missile vehicles to N.Korea: report China shipped missile launch vehicles to North Korea last year in breach of UN resolutions, but was never rebuked because the US did not want to embarrass Beijing, a Japanese newspaper said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Iran's parliament softens stance on nuclear talks Iran's parliament stressed Wednesday that Tehran will not back down from its nuclear "rights" in talks with world powers - but softened its stance on the key thorny issue of higher-level uranium enrichment. ... more |
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