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February 21, 2014

ESA selects planet-hunting PLATO mission
Paris (ESA) Feb 21, 2014
A space-based observatory to search for planets orbiting alien stars has been selected as ESA's third medium-class science mission. It is planned for launch by 2024. The PLATO - Planetary Transits and Oscillations of stars - mission was selected by ESA's Science Programme Committee for implementation as part of its Cosmic Vision 2015-25 Programme. The mission will address two key themes of Cosmic Vision: what are the conditions for planet formation and the emergence of life, and how does the Solar ... read more

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Russia's PM Medvedev to visit Plesetsk cosmodrome Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will make a working tour to the city of Mirny, Arkhangelsk Region, and visit the Plesetsk space launch center. A government press service official said ... more		Strange explosion in Argentina, scientists probe meteor link "This happened at an altitude of approximately 70 kilometers", said Argentine space expert Jorge Coghlan who added that as the "space rock penetrates the atmosphere; in a radius of forty kilometers ... more		No Call for Yutu Well over a week since daylight returned to its landing site, China's Yutu Moon rover seems to be damaged beyond any practical use. That's the only reliable conclusion this analyst can reach after d ... more
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RXTE Reveals the Cloudy Cores of Active Galaxies Picture a single cloud large enough to span the solar system from the sun to beyond Pluto's orbit. Now imagine many such clouds orbiting in a vast ring at the heart of a distant galaxy, occasionally ... more		Rife with hype, exoplanet study needs patience and refinement Imagine someone spent months researching new cities to call home using low-resolution images of unidentified skylines. The pictures were taken from several miles away with a camera intended for port ... more		EU states to hold talks on 'drone wall' to protect bloc Denmark military intel fails to identify source of drone flights Lithuania eases rules on shooting down drones		A forgotten model of the universe A paper published in EPJ H provides the first English translation and an analysis of one of Albert Einstein's little-known papers, "On the cosmological problem of the general theory of relativity." ... more
				NASA's Chandra Sees Runaway Pulsar Firing an Extraordinary Jet NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has seen a fast-moving pulsar escaping from a supernova remnant while spewing out a record-breaking jet - the longest of any object in the Milky Way galaxy - of hig ... more		NASA Satellites See Arctic Surface Darkening Faster The retreat of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is diminishing Earth's albedo, or reflectivity, by an amount considerably larger than previously estimated, according to a new study that uses data from in ... more

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Europe mulling plans for huge, next-generation atom smasher Scientists at Europe's particle physics laboratory CERN say they're considering a successor to the world's largest, most powerful and expensive atom smasher. ... more		Ancient helium rising to the surface in Yellowstone National Park Helium, trapped underground for 2 billion years, is bubbling to the surface from steam vents and hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, U.S. researchers say. ... more		NASA ISRO radar satellite beams first Earth images from space Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survival China warns Papua New Guinea over Australian defence deal		Apollo-Soyuz cosmonaut Valery Kubasov dies at 79 Soviet cosmonaut Valery Kubasov, who took part in the first docking of a US Apollo spacecraft with a Soviet Soyuz, has died aged 79, the Russian spacecraft corporation said Thursday. ... more
				Lunar ownership laws: a future necessity? Private settlements and raw materials extraction enterprises could appear on the Moon in the future, thus leading to territorial disputes between their owners. In order to avoid that one must now re ... more		New Russian Rocket Mock-Up Rolls Out to Launch Pad A full-scale mock-up of Russia's first large post-Soviet rocket has been rolled out to a launch pad at the Plesetsk space center. The mock-up of the Angara, built by the Khrunichev aerospace r ... more

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LADEE Sends Its First Images of the Moon Back to Earth

NASA Mars Orbiter Views Opportunity Rover on Ridge

Curiosity Adds Reverse Driving for Wheel Protection

Curiosity Drives On After Crossing Martian Dune

Orion Underway Recovery Testing Begins off the Coast of California

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	NASA Mars Orbiter Views Opportunity Rover on Ridge A new image from a telescopic camera orbiting Mars shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity at work on "Murray Ridge," without any new impact craters nearby. The Feb. 14 view from the H ... more		Arianespace to launch OPTSAT 3000 and VENuS satellites Arianespace and Italian company CGS S.p.A. announced the launch contract for the OPTSAT 3000 satellite today in Rome. Arianespace also announced that it had signed a launch contract with the Israeli ... more		Sharp-Eyed Proba-V Works Around The Clock More than 5000 images, 65 daily global maps and six 10-day global syntheses, plus a quick peek at the Olympics: in its first two months of work, the vegetation-monitoring Proba-V minisatellite has y ... more		Huge asteroid passes Earth nearly one year after Chelyabinsk meteorite A massive asteroid is scheduled to make its way past Earth Monday night. Scientists advise it will not make contact with our planet, while amateur astronomers will be able to watch its flight online ... more

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Busy Week of Imaging and Robotic Arm Studies

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How evolution shapes the geometries of life

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Northrop Grumman Awarded U.S. Military Contract for Navigation Systems

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