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November 08, 2013

Theory of Earth's special place in the universe proven unfounded
Hanover, N.H. (UPI) Nov 7, 2013
A theory that Earth has a special place in the universe and the accelerating expansion of the universe is an illusion has been discounted, U.S. physicists say. The discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, which sparked the awarding of a Nobel Prize in 2011, led to the theory of dark energy, a mysterious force thought to make up almost three-fourths of the energy in the universe and which has so far eluded detection. But some scientists had proposed a theory that Eart ... read more

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From One Collapsing Star, Two Black Holes Form and Fuse From One Collapsing Star, Two Black Holes Form and FuseBlack holes-massive objects in space with gravitational forces so strong that not even light can escape them-come in a variety of sizes. On the ... more		BRRISON Lifts Off To Study Comet ISON The Balloon Rapid Response for ISON (BRRISON) payload lifted off at 8:10 p.m. EDT from Ft. Sumner, N.M., on a mission that primarily includes the sun-grazing Comet ISON as one of its observation tar ... more		Wind Tunnel Testing Used to Understand the Unsteady Side of Aerodynamics Think about a time you've been a passenger in a car and stuck your hand out the window. As your speed increases, so do the vibrations in your hand. Trying to keep those fingers steady as the wind wh ... more
				Mythbusting India's Mars Mission The successful launch of India's Mars Orbiter Mission is a major step forward for an advancing Asian space power. The global space community has applauded the flight, which will help the world to be ... more		Moon mission yields clues to face of 'man in the moon' Scientists using data from twin lunar-orbiting spacecraft are gaining new insight into how the face of the moon received its rugged good looks, NASA reports. ... more

Six-tailed asteroid stuns scientists A strange asteroid that appears to have multiple rotating tails has been spotted with NASA's Hubble telescope between Mars and Jupiter, astronomers said Thursday. ... more		NASA Technologists Embrace Laser Instrument Challenge In 2007, the National Research Council threw down a challenge: Design a space-based laser altimeter that could measure the height of Earth's surface everywhere to wi ... more		Britain to purchase 12 nuclear weapons-capable F-35 jets from U.S. Russian strikes kill 19 in Ukraine region under pressure Iran willing to return to talks as ceasefire with Israel takes hold		NASA Pursues New Geodesy Application for Emerging Atom-Optics Technology NASA technologists working to advance a pioneering technology that promises to detect tiny perturbations in the curvature of space-time now want to apply the same technique to map variations in Eart ... more
				High Energy Prairie View A and M Interns Collaborate with NASA Goddard on Radiation Effects Research When Alvin Boutte presented his graduate work at the 2010 National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Aerospace Systems Conference in Los Angeles, Calif., he had no idea that he was about to connect ... more		New Video Shows Arrival of Webb Telescope 'Super-eye' at NASA A new NASA video gives viewers an up close view of the arrival of the James Webb Space Telescope's "Super-eye." The Webb telescope's Near-Infrared Spectrometer, or NIRSpec, instrument arrived by tru ... more

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It's Complicated: Dawn Spurs Rewrite of Vesta's Story Just when scientists thought they had a tidy theory for how the giant asteroid Vesta formed, a new paper from NASA's Dawn mission suggests the history is more complicated. If Vesta's formation ... more		Network Innovations appointed as value added reseller for Inmarsat Global Xpress Inmarsat has signed an agreement with Network Innovations Inc, appointing the specialised managed satellite services provider as a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Global Xpress, serving Government ma ... more		Meteorite amino acid triggers nanocavity formation in common clay UC Davis and Proteus Space to launch first-ever dynamic digital twin into space Why the sun is so good at evaporating water		Robots to help elderly or paint nails at Tokyo expo Pneumatic muscle suits and a walking stick that behaves like a guide dog competed for attention with an industrial robot that can paint fingernails at a huge expo in Tokyo Thursday. ... more
				Surprising Recent Discoveries of Three Large Near-Earth Objects Two surprisingly large Near-Earth Asteroids have been discovered in just the last week or so, as well as a third moderately large asteroid which surprisingly has also gone undetected until now, even ... more		Astronomers Establish the Strength of High-Inclination Asteroids A team of astronomers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and the University of Hyogo used the Subaru Prime Focus Camera (Suprime-Cam) mounted on the Subaru Telescope to observe fain ... more

Moon mission yields clues to face of 'man in the moon'

Shanghai-built lunar rover set for lunar landing

Crowdfunded Lunar Spacecraft Reaches Funding Milestone

Multiple Missions Will Get China Moving On Mars

Mythbusting India's Mars Mission

India reaches for Mars on prestige space mission

NASA Selects Research Teams for New Virtual Institute

UCF Lands NASA-Funded Center, Linchpin for Future Space Missions

From North Pole to the stars: Russia's thrill-seeking tycoon

China shows off moon rover model before space launch

China providing space training

China launches experimental satellite Shijian-16

	NASA Selects Research Teams for New Virtual Institute NASA has selected nine research teams from seven states for a new institute that will bring researchers together in a collaborative virtual setting to focus on questions concerning space science and ... more		UCF Lands NASA-Funded Center, Linchpin for Future Space Missions UCF will be home to NASA's Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science (referred to as CLASS) beginning later this year, thanks to a $6 million grant awarded this week to UCF physics professor Dan ... more		Russia launches Sochi Olympic torch into space Russia on Thursday launched into space a trio of Russian, Japanese and US astronauts carrying an unlit Olympic torch that will for the first time be taken on a spacewalk to mark the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. ... more		Multiple Missions Will Get China Moving On Mars In early December, China will land its first robot spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. Shortly after landing, the Chang'e-3 lander will release a six-wheeled rover that will trundle across the re ... more

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How pigeons may smell their way home		Chelyabinsk asteroid measured 12,000 tonnes		UK conservationists using location-based system ManagePlaces		Inmarsat and ORBCOMM to form strategic alliance to collaborate on M2M opportunities		Lockheed Martin, MDA anbd Navy Demonstrate Ashore Missile Defense System

Aerostructures Validate Triton Unmanned Aircraft Wing Strength

Israel drone manufacturing booms

NASA Kepler Results Usher in a New Era of Astronomy

The biggest mass extinction and Pangea integration

Astronomers answer key question: How common are habitable planets?

Gravity and the robot satellite attitude problem

Robots from Space Lead to One-Stop Cancer Diagnosis Treatment

Comet ISON Roars Through Leo

A fiery end to a perfect mission: ATV Albert Einstein

Search on for oldest antarctic ice in hunt for ancient climate clues

Aluminum alloy can store hydrogen, could be fuel cell material

N. Korea progressing on ICBM to strike US: think-tank

Sensor Payloads Lift Off With Availability of Complete Hyperspectral Airborne Solution

Researchers Turn to Technology to Discover a Novel Way of Mapping Landscapes

Astrium partners with information and analytics specialist IHS to support GEOINT community

Primary GOES-R Instrument Ready to be Installed Onto Spacecraft

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Breakthrough in study of aluminum should yield new technological advances

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US civilian drone operators to detail data use: regulators

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