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November 08, 2014

Europe set to make space history with comet landing
Paris (AFP) Nov 08, 2014
One of the biggest gambles in space history comes to a climax on Wednesday when Europe attempts to make the first-ever landing on a comet. Speeding towards the Sun at 65,000 kilometres (40,600 miles) per hour, a lab called Philae will detach from its mothership Rosetta, heading for a deep-space rendezvous laden with risk. The 100-kilogram (220-pound) probe will seek out a minuscule landing site on the treacherous surface of an object darker than coal, half a billion kilometres (300 million miles ... read more

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From doomsday to fact: Science lifts veil on comets For millennia, the sight of a comet filled humans with awe or dread. ... more		Lockheed Martin partners for space debris research Lockheed Martin is co-operating the largest infrared telescope in the Western Hemisphere to study space debris and for other research studies. ... more		Virgin Galactic could resume test flights in six months Virgin Galactic could resume test flights with a new spaceship within six months, the company said Friday, a week after the fatal crash of SpaceShipTwo in the Californian desert. The United St ... more
				Rosetta Races Toward Comet Touchdown After sailing through space for more than 10 years, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is now less than a week shy of landing a robotic probe on a comet. The mission's Philae (fee- ... more		NASA's Hubble Surveys Debris-Strewn Exoplanetary Construction Yards Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have completed the largest and most sensitive visible-light imaging survey of dusty debris disks around other stars. These dusty disks, likely created ... more

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Japanese Satellites Orbited as Part of Russia-Ukraine Program A converted RS-20B (SS-18 Satan) intercontinental ballistic missile has placed five Japanese satellites into orbit as part of a joint Russia-Ukraine program, a spokesperson for the Russian Strategic ... more		Birth of planets revealed in concentric rings of comets, asteroids and dust Astronomers have captured the best image ever of planet formation around an infant star as part of the testing and verification process for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array's (ALMA) ... more		Japan, US sign agreement to develop hypersonic missile interceptor Xi, Putin hail ties as 'stabilising' force in chaotic world US forces lose strategic African position in Niger		Boeing demos use of anti-jamming system with existing satellite Boeing reports that its anti-jamming communications, using a protected tactical waveform, can be used with existing satellites and ground terminals. ... more
				Orion launch to test human flight risks in deep space With memories still fresh of two commercial space flight accidents in the past 10 days, NASA is readying its first test flight of the Orion spacecraft that could one day carry humans to Mars. ... more		Rare 2.5-billion-year-old rocks reveal hot spot of sulfur-breathing bacteria Wriggle your toes in a marsh's mucky bottom sediment and you'll probably inhale a rotten egg smell, the distinctive odor of hydrogen sulfide gas. That's the biochemical signature of sulfur-using bac ... more

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Lack of oxygen delayed the rise of animals on Earth Geologists are letting the air out of a nagging mystery about the development of animal life on Earth. Scientists have long speculated as to why animal species didn't flourish sooner, once sufficien ... more		CERN discovery could be Higgs, could be another particle Scientists were quite excited when researchers last year announced they had observed the Higgs particle in the CERN particle accelerator known as the Large Hadron Collider. Prior to this discovery, the Higgs boson was a subatomic particle whose existence was predicated solely on theory, not direct evidence. ... more		Indonesia raises volcano alert level to highest after huge eruption Gov. Ron DeSantis signs law erasing climate change from Florida policy Climate change could force Bangkok to move, official warns		Penguin-bot is a happy feat for science Brazenly, the down-covered baby penguin lookalike rolls in on four wheels for a huddle with real-life chicks, right under the noses of adult birds which seem to pay it no heed. ... more
International Space Station astronauts put GoPro camera in a floating ball of water How cool is it to be an astronaut? Pretty incredibly cool. ... more		Comet flyby of Mars changed chemistry of atmosphere: NASA Last month, an exotic deep space comet flew by Mars and unleashed an unexpectedly strong meteor shower that briefly changed the chemistry of the Red Planet's upper atmosphere, NASA said Friday. ... more		Vast geographic change may have triggered explosion of animal life A new analysis of geologic history may help solve the riddle of the "Cambrian explosion," the rapid diversification of animal life in the fossil record 530 million years ago that has puzzled scienti ... more		Berkeley Lab scientists ID new driver behind Arctic warming Scientists have identified a mechanism that could turn out to be a big contributor to warming in the Arctic region and melting sea ice. The research was led by scientists from the US Departmen ... more

	French watchdog urges no 3D for under sixes A French health watchdog recommended Thursday that children under six be denied access to 3D films, computers and video games, and that those up to 13 have "moderate" access. ... more		Putting batteries in a kidsafe coat of armor A Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) led team has developed a simple "coat of armor" to encase small batteries, rendering them harmless if they are ever swallowed. Children, particularly infants and ... more

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