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February 05, 2015

New Horizons snaps new images of Pluto en route to historic flyby
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 05, 2015
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft returned its first new images of Pluto on Wednesday, as the probe closes in on the dwarf planet. Although still just a dot along with its largest moon, Charon, the images come on the 109th birthday of Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered the distant icy world in 1930. "My dad would be thrilled with New Horizons," said Clyde Tombaugh's daughter Annette Tombaugh, of Las Cruces, New Mexico. "To actually see the planet that he had discovered, and find out more about it - to g ... read more

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NASA Plans Mission to Look for Alien Life on Jupiter's Moon Europa NASA's mission to determine whether life is lurking beneath the frozen surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa is about to take a big step forward. NASA announced that it will develop a mission t ... more		Rosetta swoops in for a close encounter ESA's Rosetta probe is preparing to make a close encounter with its comet on 14 February, passing just 6 km from the surface. Yesterday was Rosetta's last day at 26 km from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Geras ... more		LRO finds lunar hydrogen more abundant on Moon's pole-facing slopes Space travel is difficult and expensive - it would cost thousands of dollars to launch a bottle of water to the moon. The recent discovery of hydrogen-bearing molecules, possibly including water, on ... more
				Mars Orbiter Spies Curiosity Rover at Work A Dec. 13, 2014, image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera orbiting Mars shows NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on the rover's walkabout examination of the "Pahrump Hills" ... more		Q&A on NOAA's DSCOVR Mission NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Feb. 8 at 6:10 p.m. EDT and is a joint mission with NASA and the U.S. Air Force. Recently, t ... more

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VISTA stares right through the Milky Way As one of its major surveys of the southern sky, the VISTA telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile is mapping the central regions of the Milky Way in infrared light to search for new and hid ... more		Sea Launch considers replacement of Zenit-3SL rockets A decision on the replacement of Ukrainian-made carrier rockets for space launches from a floating platform in the equatorial Pacific Ocean could be made by April, the Sea Launch SA company said Wed ... more		Russia offers to extend nuclear arms limits with US Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact Brazil, Chile sign defense agreement		SMAP Satellite utilizes Northrop Grumman's AstroMesh Reflector On January 30th, NASA successfully launched the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base, on its mission to provide global measurements of soil moisture. A key f ... more
				Fajr satellite serves no military purpose Director of space projects at Iran Electronics Industries Company Mehdi Sarvi told IRNA that Fajr satellite which was successfully placed into orbit by Safir satellite carrier, serves no military pu ... more		Engineers uses disorder to control light on a nanoscale A breakthrough by a team of researchers from UCLA, Columbia University and other institutions could lead to the more precise transfer of information in computer chips, as well as new types of optica ... more

Physicists observe motion of skyrmions Small magnetic whirls may revolutionize future data storage and information processing if they can be moved rapidly and reliably in small structures. A team of scientists of Johannes Gutenberg Unive ... more		Rediscovering spontaneous light emission Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a nano-sized optical antenna that can greatly enhance the spontaneous emission of light from atoms, molecules and semiconductor quantum dots. This advance ope ... 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		The rarely understood ammonium carbonate monohydrate New structural studies of the superficially simple ammonium carbonate monohydrate could shed light on industrial processes, biochemistry and even the interstellar building blocks of life. Rese ... more
"Vulcan Planets" - Inside-Out Formation of Super-Earths NASA's Kepler telescope has discovered many strange, new worlds. None are stranger than the planetary systems that are commonly seen orbiting very close to their host star. These planets are typical ... more		Gravitational Waves from Early Universe Remain Elusive A joint analysis of data from the Planck space mission and the ground-based experiment BICEP2 has found no conclusive evidence of gravitational waves from the birth of our universe, despite earlier ... more		IXV: 100 minutes of critical teamwork During its brief but crucial mission, experts on three continents and the high seas will work in close cooperation for ESA's IXV spaceplane mission, monitoring its free flight in space, spectacular ... more		'Live fast, die young' galaxies lose the gas that keeps them alive Galaxies can die early because the gas they need to make new stars is suddenly ejected, research published this week suggests. Most galaxies age slowly as they run out of raw materials needed for gr ... more

	Pentagon asks for more funds for high-tech weapons In a bid to keep the US military's technological edge, President Barack Obama's proposed budget for 2016 calls for an increase in defense spending to pay for high-tech weapons and training. ... more		NASA planning Europa mission, Jupiter's potentially life-hosting moon The big ticket items - the Space Launch System, the Orion capsule, the Commercial Crew program - grabbed the big bucks and the headlines, as NASA unveiled the White House's 2015 budget proposal. But some astronomers and science fans are most excited about the inclusion of a new mission: a trip to Europa, Jupiter's fourth largest moon. ... more

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Pakistan tests cruise missile, India its Agni-V missile		Germany joins Space Situational Awareness program		India tests long-range missile from mobile launcher		NASA gets $18.5 billion in White House budget proposal		To speed up magma, add water
Global warming slowdown: No systematic errors in climate models		L-3 Communications continues support work for NSA		US Missile Defense Agency spends $58M on new Alabama facility		BAE Systems tapped to train intel agency analysts		Worms lead way to test nanoparticle toxicity

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Spire unveils nanosatellite to make weather predictable to navigate

Dance of the nanovortices

NASA hails spending boost under Obama budget proposal

Mini Models Fire Up for SLS Base Heating Tests

How spaceflight ages the immune system prematurely

Iran Launches Satellite Into Space, First Since 2012

Meteorite may represent 'bulk background' of Mars' battered crust

Still doubts on gravitational waves

The Strange Way Fluids Slosh on the International Space Station

Moog Supports Delta 2 of SMAP satellite

New pathway to valleytronics

Researchers use oxides to flip graphene conductivity

The tell-tale signs of a galactic merger

Lofar's record-sharp image gives new view of galaxy M 82

Could a new proposed particle help to detect dark matter?

CAT scan of nearby supernova remnant reveals frothy interior

US Senator says GPS often fails to track emergency calls

Pentagon Asks for $9.6Bln to Counter Missile Threat From Iran, NKorea

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