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September 04, 2014

Say hello to Laniakea, our cosmic neighbourhood
Paris (AFP) Sept 03, 2014
Astronomers said Wednesday they have mapped the galaxy supercluster of which our Solar System forms a tiny part, and named the mighty mass Laniakea, or "immense heaven" in the language of Hawaii. Laniakea comprises some 100,000 galaxies with about a hundred million billion suns, they reported in the journal Nature. It would take 500 million years, travelling at the speed of light, to travel from one end of the supercluster to the other. Galaxies are not distributed randomly throughout the Un ... read more

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RQ-4 Global Hawk Demonstrates Expanded Mission Capabilities With several test flights this summer, the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk Wide Area Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) proved its ability to operate with an expanded variety of intelligenc ... more		Global Hawk Variants Surpass 100,000 Operational Hours Two U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in Northrop Grumman's high altitude long endurance (HALE) series safely surpassed 100,000 combat/operational support hours. The ... more		US sanctions suppliers in Russia, China over Ukraine war Russian missile attack injures 13 in Ukraine's Odesa: mayor Pentagon leaker facing separate Air Force charges		INFORMS Study on Iron Dome Asks: What Was its Impact? A new study published by The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) examines the strengths and weaknesses of the Iron Dome system, which Israeli authorities have cre ... more
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Radio telescopes settle controversy over distance to Pleiades

NASA Telescopes Uncover Early Construction of Giant Galaxy

Mysteries of space dust revealed

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Quantum physics enables revolutionary imaging method

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Memory Reformat Planned for Opportunity Mars Rover

Russia's Foton-M Satellite Landing Scheduled for September 1

US sending 200 troops for drills in Ukraine: Pentagon

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