Space News From SpaceDaily.Com

September 11, 2015

SETI reborn: The New Search for Intelligent Life
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2015
A new influx of money has saved the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) from collapse, but what does the future hold for our quest to discover intelligent life in the Universe? In July 2015 Russian billionaire philanthropist Yuri Milner announced that his Breakthrough Prize Foundation would donate $100 million over the course of 10 years to fund the biggest SETI project ever attempted. Prior to this, the field of SETI had effectively been the pauper of the astronomical sciences, shorn ... read more

Previous Issues

Sep 10

Sep 09

Sep 08

Sep 07

Sep 05

Sweeping over the south pole of Mars An unusual observation by Mars Express shows a sweeping view over the planet's south polar ice cap and across its ancient, cratered highlands. The image was taken by the high-resolution stereo ... more		Metal-eating microbes in African lake could solve mystery of the planet's iron deposits An isolated, iron-rich bay in the heart of East Africa is offering scientists a rare glimpse back into Earth's primitive marine environment, and supports theories that tiny microbes created some of ... more		Moon's crust as fractured as can be Scientists believe that about 4 billion years ago, during a period called the Late Heavy Bombardment, the moon took a severe beating, as an army of asteroids pelted its surface, carving out craters ... more
				Underground magma ocean could explain Io's 'misplaced' volcanoes Tides flowing in a subsurface ocean of molten rock, or magma, could explain why Jupiter's moon Io appears to have its volcanoes in the "wrong" place. New NASA research implies that oceans beneath th ... more		Understanding of complex networks could help unify gravity and quantum mechanics Mathematicians investigating one of science's great questions - how to unite the physics of the very big with that of the very small - have discovered that when the understanding of complex networks ... more

The World's Largest Commercial Drone Conference and Expo - Sept 9 - Las Vegas

Nuclear Decommissioning And Used Fuel Market 2015

Solar systems for home and business installations

NASA Telescopes Find Galaxy Cluster with Vibrant Heart Astronomers have discovered a rare beast of a galaxy cluster whose heart is bursting with new stars. The unexpected find, made with the help of NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, suggests t ... more		'Littlest' quark-gluon plasma revealed by physicists using Large Hadron Collider Researchers at the University of Kansas working with an international team at the Large Hadron Collider have produced quark-gluon plasma - a state of matter thought to have existed right at the birt ... more		U.S. defense in free fall U.S. and Saudis conduct Middle East's largest counter-drone exercise Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact		Nanoparticles - small but unique Scientists at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a new way to study nanoparticles one at a time, and have discovered that individual particles that may seem identical in fact can have ... more
				Paper tubes make stiff origami structures From shipping and construction to outer space, origami could put a folded twist on structural engineering. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Georgia Institut ... more		Nanoporous gold sponge makes DNA detector Sponge-like nanoporous gold could be key to new devices to detect disease-causing agents in humans and plants, according to UC Davis researchers. In two recent papers in Analytical Chemistry, ... more

Nuclear Operations and Maintenance Efficiency Summit USA 2015

Long-sought chiral anomaly detected in crystalline material A study by Princeton researchers presents evidence for a long-sought phenomenon - first theorized in the 1960s and predicted to be found in crystals in 1983 - called the "chiral anomaly" in a metall ... more		Researchers use laser to levitate, glowing nanodiamonds in vacuum Researchers have, for the first time, levitated individual nanodiamonds in vacuum. The research team is led by Nick Vamivakas at the University of Rochester who thinks their work will make extremely ... more		Fossil fuels harm health from 'cradle to grave': report Trash, mulch and security: All jobs for troops in Washington Rising oceans to threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050: report		Making nanowires from protein and DNA The ability to custom design biological materials such as protein and DNA opens up technological possibilities that were unimaginable just a few decades ago. For example, synthetic structures made o ... more
Corvus Energy tests lithium ion battery in critical fire event Testing of Corvus battery technology was conducted over a three week period at the SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden in the city of Boras. The tests were conducted with a multiple-battery pa ... more		An engineered surface unsticks sticky water droplets The leaves of the lotus flower, and other natural surfaces that repel water and dirt, have been the model for many types of engineered liquid-repelling surfaces. As slippery as these surfaces are, h ... more		Gaming computers offer huge, untapped energy savings potential In the world of computer gaming, bragging rights are accorded to those who can boast of blazing-fast graphics cards, the most powerful processors, the highest-resolution monitors, and the coolest de ... more		The multiferroic sandwich Magnetism and ferroelectricity: two properties which are particularly important for technology. The former is well known in empirical uses: it makes the needle of the compass point towards the North ... more

	Team harnesses intense X-ray beam to observe unusual phenomenon Using an enormous X-ray laser - one of only two such machines on Earth - University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicist Matthias Fuchs and scientists from around the world beat formidable odds to observe ... more		AF Space Command Scholars program aims to develop space, cyber experts The Air Force Space Command Scholars program allows space and cyber operators to study at some of the nation's most prestigious universities. AFSPC Scholars provides funding for one 13SX, spac ... more

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

New Horizons Probes the Mystery of Charon's Red Pole		Ceres' Bright Spots Seen in Striking New Detail		Mercury's Movements Give Scientists Peek Inside the Planet		Opportunity Driving West To Reach New Rock Target		Celeste: A new model for cataloging the universe
Canada Dominates European Rover Challenge 2015		The Secrets of NASA's Webb Telescope's "Deployable Tower Assembly"		US and and Germany partner in trail blazing biomedical research study		Construction Begins on Test Version of Important Connection for SLS		ISS Crew Enjoy Kharcho Soup, Mare's Milk in Orbit

China aims to land Chang'e-4 probe on far side of moon

BridgeSat And Draper Laboratory to Develop Ground Control Stations

Lowly dwarf galaxy becomes star-forming powerhouse

Parsing photons in the infrared

Teeny Tiny Guardians of Our Chips

Microscopic animals inspire innovative glass research

New findings move flexible lighting technology toward commercial feasibility

New material science research may advance tech tools

New nanomaterial maintains conductivity in three dimensions

Comet Hitchhiker Would Take Tour of Small Bodies

Self-sweeping laser could dramatically shrink 3-D mapping systems

One small step for man as astronaut controls robot from space

Dark matter: CRESST searches for 'lightweights'

Soyuz ready for liftoff with two Galileo satellites

Volunteer black hole hunters as good as the experts

China Plans Lunar Rover For Far Side of Moon

Nordnet Orders Gilat SkyEdge II-c HTS Consumer Kits for High-Speed Internet Access in France

Soyuz set to launch 2 Galileo navigation satellites

China's Xi stands tall but challenges mounting: analysts

British Military to Buy Solar-Powered Drones Flying on Edge of Space

Buy Advertising

Media Advertising Kit

Editorial & Other Enquiries

Privacy statement

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2014 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement All images and articles appearing on Space Media Network have been edited or digitally altered in some way. Any requests to remove copyright material will be acted upon in a timely and appropriate manner. Any attempt to extort money from Space Media Network will be ignored and reported to Australian Law Enforcement Agencies as a potential case of financial fraud involving the use of a telephonic carriage device or postal service.