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December 15, 2014

NASA Voyager: 'Tsunami Wave' Still Flies Through Interstellar Space
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 16, 2014
The "tsunami wave" that NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft began experiencing earlier this year is still propagating outward, according to new results. It is the longest-lasting shock wave that researchers have seen in interstellar space. "Most people would have thought the interstellar medium would have been smooth and quiet. But these shock waves seem to be more common than we thought," said Don Gurnett, professor of physics at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Gurnett presented the new data Monday, ... read more

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Plans to Create Russian National Orbital Station Confirmed Russia's space agency Roscosmos is currently looking at plans to create a national space station that may be included in the new Federal Space Program, Roscosmos head Oleg Ostapenko said Monday. "I ... more		MAVEN Identifies Links in Chain Leading to Mars Atmospheric Loss Early discoveries by NASA's newest Mars orbiter are starting to reveal key features about the loss of the planet's atmosphere to space over time. The findings are among the first returns from ... more		Moon Express testing compact lunar lander at Kennedy NASA is working with U.S. industry to develop the capabilities and cutting-edge technologies that will help send astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit. To achieve this goal, space travelers will need th ... more
				Opportunity Flash-Memory Resets Continue Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards 'Marathon Valley,' a putative location for abundant clay minerals only about a mile (about 1 kilometer) to the south. Because ... more		Mars Mountain was All Wet Observations by NASA's Curiosity Rover indicate Mars' Mount Sharp was built by sediments deposited in a large lake bed over tens of millions of years. This suggests ancient Mars maintained a climate ... more

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ILS Proton launches Yamal-401 satellite marking 400th Proton mission International Launch Services (ILS), a leader in providing mission integration and launch services to the global commercial satellite industry, successfully launched the Yamal-401 satellite into geo ... more		ISRO to Test-Fly Heaviest Rocket, Crew Module on December 18 India will test-fly its heaviest and upgraded rocket - the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mark III) - on December 18, space agency ISRO said Friday. According to a tweet by the Indian ... more		US Space Force renews partnership with L3Harris for space domain awareness Russia fires nine drones at Ukraine, damages hotel in city of Mykolaiv French FM calls for greater cooperation on European defence		Russia launches Yamal-401 communication satellite Russia has successfully launched a telecommunication satellite which was put on orbit by the jubilee mission of the Proton rocket, Roscosmos Federal Space Agency said Monday. "Yamal-401 satell ... more
				SpaceX Soon To Try Landing First Stage on Floating Platform SpaceX plans to try a recovery of a Falcon 9 first stage on an ocean going floating platform during its next cargo launch to the International Space Station (ISS), now planned for this Friday. ... more		Assertive Russia causes military rethink in Sweden With an assertive Russia next door, Sweden has started to beef up its military after a decade of downsizing, but a credible deterrent may take years to achieve, analysts warn. ... more

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Scientists measure speedy electrons in silicon The entire semiconductor industry, not to mention Silicon Valley, is built on the propensity of electrons in silicon to get kicked out of their atomic shells and become free. These mobile electrons ... more		Nanoshaping method points to future manufacturing technology A new method that creates large-area patterns of three-dimensional nanoshapes from metal sheets represents a potential manufacturing system to inexpensively mass produce innovations such as "plasmon ... more		New technique allows low-cost creation of 3-D nanostructures Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new lithography technique that uses nanoscale spheres to create three-dimensional (3-D) structures with biomedical, electronic and p ... more		Nanoscale resistors for quantum devices Researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology have made new compact, high-value resistors for nanoscale quantum circuits. The resistors could speed the development of quantum devices for com ... more

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Galactic Gathering Gives Sparkling Light Display

Interstellar Mystery Solved by Supercomputer Simulations

Researchers detect possible signal from dark matter

USS Ponce: Navy tests laser weapon in Persian Gulf

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From Myth to Legend: Orion Test a Success

New generation of Star Tracker from Terma

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Interstellar Mystery Solved By Supercomputer Simulations

Observing Solar System Worlds as if They Were Distant Exoplanets

Help U.S. Cope with Climate Change: Enter NASA-USGS Data App Challenge

Cosmic Impacts Might Help Synthesize Organic Compounds

Uruguay's OpenSky Orders Gilat VSATs for ANTEL

Galactic Get-Together Has Impressive Light Display

Building a Worldwide Genetic Library BRIC-by-BRIC

Researchers detect possible signal from dark matter

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Trimble UX5 drone allowed for commercial operations

Early adoption of robotic surgery leads to organ preservation for kidney cancer patients

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