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March 17, 2015

Colorful life-form catalog will help discern if we're alone
Ithaca NY (SPX) Mar 17, 2015
While looking for life on planets beyond our own solar system, a group of international scientists has created a colorful catalog containing reflection signatures of Earth life forms that might be found on planet surfaces throughout the cosmic hinterlands. The new database and research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, gives humans a better chance to learn if we are not alone. "This database gives us the first glimpse at what diverse worlds out there could look lik ... read more

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Scientists fly kites on Earth to study Mars Scientists of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory have taken to kites that they fly above lava flows blanketing the Hawaiian landscape to unravel the past mysteries that shape ... more		Sixth Galileo satellite reaches corrected orbit The sixth Galileo satellite of Europe's navigation system has now entered its corrected target orbit, which will allow detailed testing to assess the performance of its navigation payload. Lau ... more		Clyde Space wins Outernet contract Clyde Space has signed a 1 million pound deal to build three CubeSats for American global broadcast company Outernet Inc in an international partnership deal funded by the UK Space Agency. Out ... more
				A second minor planet may possess Saturn-like rings There are only five bodies in our solar system that are known to bear rings. The most obvious is the planet Saturn; to a lesser extent, rings of gas and dust also encircle Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptu ... more		Spacetime Foam Not Slowing Down Photons From Gamma Ray Burst One hundred years after Albert Einstein formulated the general theory of relativity, an international team has proposed another experimental proof. In a paper published in Nature Physics, researcher ... more

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NASA spacecraft in Earth's orbit, preparing to study magnetic reconnection Following a successful launch at 10:44 p.m. EDT Thursday, NASA's four Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft are positioned in Earth's orbit to begin the first space mission dedicated to the stu ... more		New Mercury surface composition maps illuminate the planet's history Two new papers from members of the MESSENGER Science Team provide global-scale maps of Mercury's surface chemistry that reveal previously unrecognized geochemical terranes - large regions that have ... 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		ESA minisatellites to follow Europe's solar eclipse On Friday morning, 20 March, Europe will experience a partial solar eclipse. Only a partial solar eclipse will be visible from continental Europe, but the Agency's Sun-watching Proba-2 minisatellite ... more
				Predicting which African storms will intensify into hurricanes Hurricanes require moisture, the rotation of the earth, and warm ocean temperatures to grow from a mere atmospheric disturbance into a tropical storm. But where do these storm cells originate, and e ... more		Detumbling a Spacecraft Uncontrolled tumbling of a spacecraft may result from collision, malfunction or other disabling event associated with the application of a large disturbing torque or breakup of a vehicle. Since ther ... more

The physics of clouds In 1941, Russian physicist Andrey Kolmogorov developed a theory of turbulence that has served as the basic foundation for our understanding of this important naturally occurring phenomenon. Tu ... more		Advances of alternating EM field for earthquake monitoring in China The paper summed the progress of the alternating EM field technique for earthquake monitoring and prediction after 1966 when Xingtai earthquake in Hebei province occurred, expounded the theoretical ... 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		New clues from the dawn of the solar system A research group in the UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory has found evidence in meteorites that hint at the discovery of a previously unknown region within the swirling disk of dust and gas known as ... more
Rosetta: OSIRIS detects hints of ice in the comet's neck The Hapi region on the neck of Rosetta's comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko reflects red light less effectively than most other regions on the comet. It thus appears slightly blueish. The Hapi region i ... more		Anti-robot march held at SXSW At South by Southwest this weekend, the week-long event commonly known as SXSW featured an outburst of dissent. The target wasn't what one might expect - police brutality or border security. The demonstrators gathered to shout down robots. ... more		The chameleon reorganizes its nanocrystals to change colors Many chameleons have the remarkable ability to exhibit complex and rapid color changes during social interactions. A collaboration of scientists within the Sections of Biology and Physics of the Fac ... more		China's ambitious IT sector lays claim to global role China's huge IT sector is out in force in Germany this week, signalling to the world it is ready to not just copy but lead as a tech superpower. ... more

	Frozen highly charged ions for highest precision spectroscopy A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt in Braunschweig and the University of Aarhus in Denmark demonstrated ... more		Seeing tiny twins To fully understand how nanomaterials behave, one must also understand the atomic-scale deformation mechanisms that determine their structure and, therefore, their strength and function. Resea ... more

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Roscosmos: Manned Flight to Mars Will Be Impossible Without Russia's Help

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China's Yutu rover reveals Moon's "complex" geological history

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