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January 08, 2015

Potential Signs of Ancient Life in Mars Rover Photos
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2015
A careful study of images taken by the NASA rover Curiosity has revealed intriguing similarities between ancient sedimentary rocks on Mars and structures shaped by microbes on Earth. The findings suggest, but do not prove, that life may have existed earlier on the Red Planet. The photos were taken as Curiosity drove through the Gillespie Lake outcrop in Yellowknife Bay, a dry lakebed that underwent seasonal flooding billions of years ago. Mars and Earth shared a similar early history. The Red Plan ... read more

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Navy orders rail gun battery system fron K2 Energy Solutions An intermediate energy storage battery system for the U.S. Navy's electromagnetic rail gun is to be designed and engineered by K2 Energy Solutions Inc. ... more		NASA Robot Plunges Into Volcano to Explore Fissure Volcanoes have always fascinated Carolyn Parcheta. She remembers a pivotal moment watching a researcher take a lava sample on a science TV program video in 6th grade. "I said to myself, I'm going to ... more		A New, Public View of the Sky For the first time, scientists and the public are beginning to see the large-scale structure of the universe, thanks to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. UA scientists provide scientific expertise and c ... more
				SDSS: Sloan Survey Opens New Public View of the Sky Today, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) issues its latest public data release, the final release of the third epoch of the survey (SDSS-III). Weighing in at more than 100 terabytes, "Data Release ... more		Rosetta in 2015 Before the Christmas break we left you with a bounty of comet images to create a movie - if you took on the challenge, do post links to your videos on the relevant post: CometWatch - the movie. We a ... more

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W3C and OGC to Collaborate to Integrate Spatial Data on the Web The W3C and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) have announced a new collaboration to improve interoperability and integration of spatial data on the Web. Spatial data - describing geographic locat ... more		CfA: Eight New Planets Found in "Goldilocks" Zone Astronomers have announced that they have found eight new planets in the "Goldilocks" zone of their stars, orbiting at a distance where liquid water can exist on the planet's surface. This doubles t ... more		UK charges three for allegedly assisting Hong Kong intel services China accused of targeting overseas citizens for political activism China accused of targeting overseas citizens for political activism		NASA observatories combine to observe Eta Carinae Eta Carinae, the most luminous and massive stellar system within 10,000 light-years of Earth, is known for its surprising behavior, erupting twice in the 19th century for reasons scientists still do ... more
				NOAA's DSCOVR to provide 'EPIC' views of earth NASA has contributed two Earth science instruments for NOAA's space weather observing satellite called the Deep Space Climate Observatory or DSCOVR, set to launch in January 2015. One of the instrum ... more		Comet Lovejoy Glows Brightest During Mid-January Comet Lovejoy, already being tracked by backyard astronomers worldwide, is entering its best and brightest two weeks for viewing. From about January 7th through 24th the comet is predicted to be glo ... more

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

Planet-hunting satellite observes supermassive black hole Step outside of your house tonight, look up towards the sky, focus your view between the constellations of Cygnus and Lyra, and then zoom in about 100 million light years. That's the home of a ... more		Unusual Light Signal Hints at Distant Black Hole Merger The central regions of many glittering galaxies, our own Milky Way included, harbor cores of impenetrable darkness - black holes with masses equivalent to millions, or even billions, of suns. What's ... more		Identity crisis: Climate destroying wonders that gave US parks their names In US national parks, a historical wound begins to heal Loss and hope: US park rangers' climate crisis fight		Study casts doubt on mammoth-killing cosmic impact Rock soil droplets formed by heating most likely came from Stone Age house fires and not from a disastrous cosmic impact 12,900 years ago, according to new research from the University of California ... more
GAO denies Sierra Nevada protest, OKs NASA crew contracts Several months after the Sierra Nevada Corporation filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office, asserting NASA had unfairly awarded contracts to Boeing and SpaceX, the watchdog agency dismissed the claims. ... more		N. Korea has 'significant' tech to build mini nuclear device: South South Korea's defence ministry said Tuesday that North Korea appeared to have achieved a "significant" level of technology to miniaturise a nuclear device to be fitted on the tip of a missile. ... more		New technology enables ultra-fast steering and shaping of light beams A team of engineers has developed a new acousto-optic device that can shape and steer beams of light at speeds never before achieved. The new technology will enable better optical devices to be made ... more		New technology focuses diffuse light inside living tissue Lihong Wang, PhD, continues to build on his groundbreaking technology that allows light deep inside living tissue during imaging and therapy. In Nature Communications, Wang, the Gene K. Beare ... more

	The fractional quantum Hall effect helps progress computing applications The Hall effect, discovered in 1879, is observable when a Hall voltage perpendicular to the current is produced across a conductor under a magnetic field. Although the Hall effect was discovered in ... more		June 30 will be one second longer this year The guardians of time have spoken, and this year June 30 will be one second longer. A so-called leap second will be added to the world's clock at the end of June. ... more

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