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February 19, 2015

China's Hypersonic Glide Vehicle: A Threat to the United States
New Delhi, India (SPX) Feb 18, 2015
Beijing's significant military advance has been furthered with its venture into hypersonic weapons systems. China is working on hypersonic cruise missiles for which it is working on scramjet engines and also on Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV). In 2014, Beijing has conducted three test-firings of its HGV, the Wu-14. The first test-firing was conducted in January, while the second one was conducted in August and the latest one has been conducted in December and witnessed both success and failure with ... read more

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NASA preparing to reassemble International Space Station On Friday, astronauts aboard the International Space Station will initiate the station's first reassembly in several years. The station will be reconfigured to create two new docking ports for the space taxis NASA hopes to have launched by the end of 2017 as part of its Commercial Crew program. ... more		In the quantum world, the future affects the past We're so used murder mysteries that we don't even notice how mystery authors play with time. Typically the murder occurs well before the midpoint of the book, but there is an information blackout at ... more		The mystery of cosmic oceans and dunes Simulations by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tsinghua University indicate that Earth-like planets are more likely to be found orbiting Sun-like stars rather than lower-mass stars ... more
				Dark matter guides growth of supermassive black holes Every massive galaxy has a black hole at its center, and the heftier the galaxy, the bigger its black hole. But why are the two related? After all, the black hole is millions of times smaller and le ... more		Why do starburst galaxies 'burst'? Starburst galaxies transmute gas into new stars at a dizzying pace - up to 1,000 times faster than typical spiral galaxies like the Milky Way. To help understand why some galaxies "burst" while othe ... more

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With new data, Planck satellite brings early universe into focus From its orbit 930,000 miles above Earth, the Planck space telescope spent more than four years detecting the oldest light in the universe, called the cosmic microwave background. This fossil ... more		The strange case of the missing dwarf Some pairs of stars consist of two normal stars with slightly different masses. When the star of slightly higher mass ages and expands to become a red giant, material is transferred to other star an ... more		Terran Orbital Chosen by Lockheed Martin for SDA Satellite Buses Contract Magic Lane secures 3 million euro to enhance location intelligence capabilities UK charges three for allegedly assisting Hong Kong intel services		For the first time, spacecraft catch a solar shockwave in the act On Oct. 8, 2013, an explosion on the sun's surface sent a supersonic blast wave of solar wind out into space. This shockwave tore past Mercury and Venus, blitzing by the moon before streaming toward ... more
				The highest plume ever observed on Mars In the thin, cold, dry atmosphere of Mars the winds blow and raise the dust from the surface to an altitude of about 50 km. In its core thin clouds of ice and carbon dioxide crystallites are formed; ... more		Stars akin to the sun also explode when they die The birth of planetary nebulae, resulting from the death of low and intermediate mass stars, is usually thought of as a slow process, in contrast with the intense supernovae that massive stars produ ... more

Mystery Mars plume baffles scientists Plumes seen reaching high above the surface of Mars are causing a stir among scientists studying the atmosphere on the Red Planet. On two separate occasions in March and April 2012, amateur astronom ... more		Up, Up and Away! First Humans Chosen for Mission to Mars One hundred people from around the world have been shortlisted for a mission to Mars. Fifty men and fifty women are all hoping to become the first human beings to walk on the red planet. They ... more		Identity crisis: Climate destroying wonders that gave US parks their names In US national parks, a historical wound begins to heal Flour and Oats Power Biohybrid Robot for Reforestation		Forget the Higgs Boson, Massively Upgraded LHC to Search for 'Squark' The Earth's most powerful particle accelerator is returning to action next month after a two-year break. Scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider [LHC] are optimistic of a new breakthrough ... more
Slovakia becomes ninth ESA European Cooperating State Slovakia becomes the ninth country to sign the European Cooperating State Agreement with ESA. This agreement strengthens Slovakia's relations with ESA, after the signature of the first Cooperation A ... more		Exotic states materialize with supercomputers Scientists used supercomputers to find a new class of materials that possess an exotic state of matter known as the quantum spin Hall effect. The researchers published their results in the journal S ... more		Half spheres for molecular circuits Imagine taking a fullerene (C60) and cutting it in half like a melon. What you get is a corannulene (C20H10), a molecule that, according to a just-published study conducted with SISSA's collaboratio ... more		NASA photographs fireball streaking across Pennsylvania skies NASA cameras, along with several hundred amateur astronomers, caught a glimpse of an impressive fireball as it streaked across the Mid-Atlantic late Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning. Sightings were reported in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. ... more

	A new spin on spintronics A team of researchers from the University of Michigan and Western Michigan University is exploring new materials that could yield higher computational speeds and lower power consumption, even in har ... more		Breakthrough may lead to industrial production of graphene devices With properties that promise faster computers, better sensors and much more, graphene has been dubbed the 'miracle material'. But progress in producing it on an industrial scale without compromising ... more

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