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February 18, 2015

Close Encounters of a Scholz Kind
Rochester NY (SPX) Feb 17, 2015
group of astronomers from the US, Europe, Chile and South Africa have determined that 70,000 years ago a recently discovered dim star is likely to have passed through the solar system's distant cloud of comets, the Oort Cloud. No other star is known to have ever approached our solar system this close - five times closer than the current closest star, Proxima Centauri. In a paper published in Astrophysical Journal Letters, lead author Eric Mamajek from the University of Rochester and his collaborat ... read more

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Russian-Ukrainian Satan Rocket to Launch South Korean Satellite as Planned The joint Russian-Ukrainian company Kosmotras will go ahead with the launches of commercial and scientific satellites and spacecraft it had planned for 2015 using the Dnepr-1 rocket, including a Sou ... more		Be My Valentine: Rosetta Spacecraft Makes Close Pass by Comet 67P The probe passed mere 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from the surface of the ice ball in a unique display of affection on the Valentine's Day. The Rosetta spacecraft has just scored another historic first ... 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		Interstellar technology throws light on spinning black holes The team responsible for the Oscar-nominated visual effects at the centre of Christopher Nolan's epic, Interstellar, have turned science fiction into science fact by providing new insights into the ... more
				NASA Team Develops New Ka-Band Communications System to Break Through the Noise The radio frequency band that many NASA missions use to communicate with spacecraft - S-band - is getting a bit crowded and noisy, and likely to get more jammed as science missions demand higher and ... more		Apollo Lunar Samples Provide More Information on Early Earth Formation Arizona State University researchers studied the timeline of meteorite impacts on the moon through a ground-breaking application of laser microprobe technology. A team led by Arizona State Uni ... more

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