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January 28, 2015

Dawn ahead!
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned the sharpest images ever seen of the dwarf planet Ceres. The images were taken 147,000 miles (237,000 kilometers) from Ceres on Jan. 25, and represent a new milestone for a spacecraft that soon will become the first human-made probe to visit a dwarf planet. "We know so little about our vast solar system, but thanks to economical missions like Dawn, those mysteries are being solved," said Jim Green, Planetary Science Division Director at NASA Headquarters in Wash ... read more

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Kepler astronomers discover ancient star with 5 Earth-size planets Astronomers poring over four years of data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft have discovered a star that's 11.2 billion years old and has at least five Earth-size planets. "We thus show that Earth ... more		Galactic bubbles offer clues to dark matter Compared to other galaxies, the Milky Way is a peaceful place. But it hasn't always been so sleepy. In 2010, a team of scientists working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovere ... more		What are yellowballs Some four years ago, a citizen scientist helping the Milky Way Project study Spitzer Space Telescope images for the tell-tale bubble patterns of star formation noticed something else. "Any ide ... more
				Surface composition of BL86 studies during Earth flyby Planetary Science Institute researchers Vishnu Reddy and Driss Takir studied the surface composition of near-Earth asteroid 2004 BL86 during its close flyby of Earth early this morning. Remote ... more		An Astro-archaeological find from the dawn of time Scientists led by University of Birmingham asteroseismologists have discovered a solar system with 5 Earth-sized planets dating back to the dawn of the Galaxy. Thanks to the NASA Kepler missio ... more

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Building a Better Weather Forecast? SMAP May Help If you were trying to forecast tomorrow's weather, you would probably look up at the sky rather than down at the ground. But if you live in the U.S. Midwest or someplace with a similar climate, one ... more		Satellites for peat's sake Satellites can help us to safeguard nature's richest carbon storehouses - peatlands. Peatlands make up just 3% of land but capture twice as much carbon as all forests combined. They are also an impo ... more		Russia offers to extend nuclear arms limits with US Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact Brazil, Chile sign defense agreement		SMAP Will Track a Tiny Cog That Keeps Cycles Spinning When you open the back of a fine watch, you see layer upon layer of spinning wheels linked by interlocking cogs, screws and wires. Some of the cogs are so tiny they're barely visible. Size doesn't m ... more
				More weather tantrums predicted for 'La Nina' says study La Nina, a weather phenomenon that periodically causes devastating droughts and storms, will likely occur more frequently and more violently this century as a result of global warming, researchers said Monday. ... more		Sailing spacecraft LightSail to harness power of solar wind Why burn expensive fuel, when you can harness the kinetic power of the wind - solar wind. It's always been a dream of aerospace engineers to set sail in the cosmos. ... more

Drone entrepreneur settles US 'reckless flying' case A European entrepreneur who challenged the right of US authorities to regulate small drones has settled his case with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), his lawyer said Thursday. ... more		Climate models disagree on why temperature 'wiggles' occur A new Duke University-led study finds that most climate models likely underestimate the degree of decade-to-decade variability occurring in mean surface temperatures as Earth's atmosphere warms. The ... more		Ex-US climate envoy: Trump threatening 'consensus science' worldwide How did an Indian zoo get the world's most endangered great ape? Australian scientists grapple with 'despicable' butterfly heist		Nanoshuttle wear and tear: It's the mileage, not the age As nanomachine design rapidly advances, researchers are moving from wondering if the nanomachine works to how long it will work. This is an especially important question as there are so many potenti ... more
Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials Sound waves passing through the air, objects that break a body of water and cause ripples, or shockwaves from earthquakes all are considered "elastic" waves. These waves travel at the surface or thr ... more		Researchers make magnetic graphene Graphene, a one-atom thick sheet of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice, has many desirable properties. Magnetism alas is not one of them. Magnetism can be induced in graphene by doping it ... more		Exotic, gigantic molecules fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls University of Chicago scientists have experimentally observed for the first time a phenomenon in ultracold, three-atom molecules predicted by Russian theoretical physicsist Vitaly Efimov in 1970. In ... more		Is glass a true solid? Does glass ever stop flowing? Researchers at the University of Bristol and Kyoto University have combined computer simulation and information theory, originally invented for telephone communication ... more

	Visualizing interacting electrons in a molecule Understanding this kind of electronic effects in organic molecules is crucial for their use in optoelectronic applications, for example in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic field-effect ... more		Australian sharks to be tracked at any time The exact location of 40 Australian sharks will soon be known at any time of the day. In an Australian first, scientists will be given greater access than ever before due to the shark tagging and re ... more

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New telescope concept would image objects far better than Hubble		Ancient star system has Earth-sized planets forming near start of universe		SpaceBillboard, the first billboard in Space ready for launch		Black Hole Chokes on a Swallowed Star		Vanguard Delivers Advanced EHF Bus Structure Assembly
Canadian students design robotic sailboat for Atlantic challenge		Russian Scientists Study Cosmic Dust at Unique Open-Air Lab in Antarctic		Satellites catch Austfonna shedding ice		New HESS discovery in Science		NASA Data Peers into Greenland's Ice Sheet

Russia to Launch Three Communications Satellites

Congressman claims relying on GLONASS jeopardizes US lives

SOHO and Hinode Offer New Insight Into Solar Eruptions

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Russia Develops Two New Drones, Ready for Testing

Establishing a CODE for UAVs to fly together

Davos elites warned about catastrophic cyberattacks

Elon Musk says SpaceX using electric rockets is 'impossible' after 'Simpsons' episode

Scientists set quantum speed limit

DSCOVR set for voyage to "far out" orbit

Swarm of microprobes to head for Jupiter

NASA, Boeing, SpaceX Outline Objectives to ISS Flights

In theory black holes exist with unbounded speeds of propagation

Space Launch System Booster Aimed and Ready to Fire

Asteroid That Flew Past Earth Has Moon

M-TeX and MIST Experiments Launched from Alaska

Gigantic ring system around J1407b much larger, heavier than Saturn's

NASA's CATS Installed on ISS by Robotic Handoff

Virgin Galactic Appoints Mark Stucky as Pilot

Colorado scientists pitch concept for telescope better than Hubble

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