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June 10, 2014

Could Exomoons Give False Positives In Search For Life?
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 10, 2014
Oxygen and methane should destroy each other when they are in the same atmosphere, breaking down into carbon monoxide and water. On Earth, however, these elements co-exist. That's because they're continually being replenished at a faster rate than they are destroyed. Oxygen is coming mainly from plants, while methane can be emitted by animals and volcanoes. Seeing this co-existence from afar could be a "bio signature," an indication that our planet has life on it. Finding such bio signatures ... read more

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Space weather report for an alien world For the first time, ESA is providing regular space-weather reports for a spacecraft orbiting another planet. When your spacecraft is surfing deep into the atmosphere of an alien world, you need the ... more		Western sanctions unlikely to affect Russian space program Russia is capable of further developing its national space program despite recently imposed Western sanctions over Moscow's stance on the situation in neighboring Ukraine, the head of the Russian Fe ... more		Asteroid Discovered by NASA to Pass Earth Safely A newfound asteroid will safely pass Earth on June 8 from a distance of about 777,000 miles (1.25 million kilometers), more than three times farther away than our moon. Designated 2014 HQ124, the as ... more
				Assessing Pluto from Afar CAPTION with LINK a href="http://guinan.space.swri.edu/nhcs/files/young_pluto_v3.pdf">What observations can the New Horizons team expect from Earth? /a> When New Horizons speeds past Pluto in July ... more		NASA Beams 'Hello, World!' Video from Space via Laser NASA successfully beamed a high-definition video 260 miles from the International Space Station to Earth Thursday using a new laser communications instrument. Transmission of "Hello, World!" as a vi ... more

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SpaceX sues USAF, citing unfair contractor monopoly Elon Musk, the inventor and technology billionaire who recently debuted a rocket that he hopes will travel to Mars, has filed suit against the US Air Force claiming the military currently relies on ... more		Russia may join forces with China to compete with US, European satnavs Russia and China are eyeing a number of joint high-tech projects, ranging from creation of a new long-range passenger plane to joining forces on a satellite navigation system to compete with America ... more		US Ukraine proposals 'not a real plan': Germany Russian says key city falls;. Missiles kill 10; Zelensky tries to revive peace efforts UK and MBDA announce major anti-drone laser contract		Russia Says GLONASS Accuracy Could Be Boosted to Two Feet GLONASS accuracy could be boosted from nine to two feet by 2020, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said at the "Tekhnoprom" forum in Novosibirsk. "In 2013, our main task was to ens ... more
				Submarine for Saturn's moon Titan picked for NASA's 'dream fund' NASA has granted seed money to 12 zany ideas as part of its Innovative Advanced Concepts Program (NIAC). Each concept will be granted $100,000 for a nine-month study. If scientists prove their project's worth, they can request another $500,000 for a more in-depth follow-up study. ... more		Supercomputer emulates teenager to pass 'Turing Test' A Russian supercomputer posing as a 13-year-old boy has convinced judges that it is human, becoming the first to pass the "Turing Test" in a historic moment in artificial intelligence, British scientists said. ... more

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Quantum criticality observed in new class of materials Quantum criticality, the strange electronic state that may be intimately related to high-temperature superconductivity, is notoriously difficult to study. But a new discovery of "quantum critical po ... more		WSU researchers confirm 60-year-old prediction of atomic behavior Researchers at Washington State University have used a super-cold cloud of atoms that behaves like a single atom to see a phenomenon predicted 60 years ago and witnessed only once since. The phenome ... more		Study reveals why mysterious structures within Earth's mantle hold clues to life here Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use Boos, blowups and last-minute pause as a chaotic COP30 closes out		No evidence of the double nature of neutrinos Neutrinos are tiny, neutral elementary particles that, contrary to the standard model of physics, have been proven to have mass. One possible explanation for this mass could be that neutrinos are th ... more
Toronto physicists take quantum leap toward ultra-precise measurement For the first time, physicists at the University of Toronto (U of T) have overcome a major challenge in the science of measurement using quantum mechanics. Their work paves the way for great advance ... more		Here come the 'brobots' A team of researchers at the University of Twente (Netherlands) and German University in Cairo (Egypt) has developed sp*rm-inspired microrobots, which can be controlled by oscillating weak magnetic ... more		Controlling Complex Systems Comprising Many Quantum Particles At TU Vienna, a new method was developed to utilize quantum mechanical vibrations for high precision measurements. The well-known concept of the Ramsey interferometer is applied to a complex multi p ... more		'Star Trek' teleportation style works on sub-atomic particles Scientists at a university in Netherlands said it could be possible to beam people up - a la Star Trek - sometime in the future. ... more

	Final frontier now complex domain for space safety culture Space, long thought to be America's final frontier, has transformed over the past several decades into a complex domain the Air Force must operate in safely. Recent Hollywood productions depicting d ... more		Dell's COTS technologies used for X-47B system Dell is spotlighting the role of its data center solutions in the U.S. Navy/Northrop Grumman program for the X-47B unmanned combat air system. ... more

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