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October 21, 2015

New Details Emerge About China's Military Space Program
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 20, 2015
New details about China's space-weapons program have been released ahead of a congressional annual report outlining Beijing's plans to destroy or jam US satellites and limit American combat operations. The final report by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission examining China's programs, dubbed counterspace arms, is due to be published next month. A late draft of the commission's annual report, obtained by Inside the Ring, states: "China is pursuing a broad and robust arr ... read more

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Surprising source for ancient life biomarker found Stanford scientists have discovered a surprising source for an organic molecule used as an indicator for life on early Earth. Tetrahymanol is a fatty molecule, or lipid, found in the membranes enclo ... more		Can ballet bugs help us build better robots When it's time to design new robots, sometimes the best inspiration can come from Mother Nature. Take, for example, her creepy, but incredibly athletic spider crickets. Johns Hopkins engineering stu ... more		Iridium Completes First Iridium Certus Broadband Call Iridium Communications Inc. has successfully conducted the first ever voice and data ground test call over the next-generation Iridium Certus broadband network, currently under development. Iridium ... more
				10th Anniversary of the Final Titan It was 10 years ago when Barb Sande gazed upward to watch the last Titan rocket soar into a cloudless, blue sky from its launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. "My husband and I attend ... more		ASU to help high schoolers build satellites in national CubeSat competition The White House has announced the creation of a nationwide "CubeSat competition" that partners high school students with leading universities for the development and operation of small space satelli ... more

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First discovery of a magnetic field in a normal delta Scuti star Coralie Neiner, from the Observatoire de Paris (LESIA/CNRS/UPMC/Universite Paris Diderot) and Patricia Lampens, from the Royal Observatory of Belgium discovered the first magnetic delta Scuti star t ... more		Hubble Maps Show Jupiter Changes and Prepare for Juno New maps of Jupiter, produced using images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, provide a detailed window on the giant planet's dynamic features. The views come as the agency prepares for its J ... 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		Journaling: Astronauts chronicle missions Remember those old math questions you had in Algebra class? Where water is entering a container at a certain rate and leaving at a different rate and you need to figure out when it'll be empty? Well ... more
				IBEX sheds new light on solar system boundary In 14 papers published in the October 2015 Astrophysical Journal Supplement, scientists present findings from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, mission providing the most definitive an ... more		IBEX sets standard for understanding galactic material around solar system NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) reached a milestone in its seven-year mission today with the publication of 14 papers in a special issue of The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. Data fr ... more

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3 SOPS accepts SCA of WGS-7 The 3rd Space Operations Squadron accepted satellite control authority of the Wideband Global Satcom-7 satellite here Oct. 13, following a three month launch and early orbit checkout period. "Our te ... more		Chinese kept hacking after pact with US: researchers Hackers linked to the Chinese government kept up efforts to break into US computer networks even after a cybersecurity agreement between the two countries announced last month, researchers said Monday. ... 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		What are these nanostars in 2-D superconductor supposed to mean Physicists from France and Russia have discovered magnetic disturbances in 2D superconductor layer, resembling little oscillating stars. These star-like excitations are caused by a single magnetic a ... more
Brands eye big bucks with 'Back to the Future' nostalgia The dog-walking drones and flying cars of Marty McFly's fictional 21st century are still the stuff of sci-fi in real-life 2015 - but savvy brands from Pepsi to Toyota have rolled out gadgets and gimmicks tapping into "Back to the Future" nostalgia. ... more		Orionid meteor showers to peak Thursday The annual Orionid meteor showers will reach their climax in the wee hours of Thursday morning this week. ... more		Triggered earthquakes give insight into changes below Earth's surface It is well known that an earthquake in one part of the world can trigger others thousands of kilometers away. But in a paper published in the journal Science Advances, researchers reveal that these ... more		New 'geospeedometer' confirms super-eruptions have short fuses Repeatedly throughout Earth's history, giant pools of magma greater than 100 cubic miles in volume have formed a few miles below the surface. They are the sources of super-eruptions - gigantic ... more

	Lockheed Martin develops laser weapon turret for aircraft Lockheed Martin is developing a laser weapon turret for aircraft that will allow the weapon to be fired in any direction. ... more		Study questions dates for cataclysms on early moon, Earth Phenomenally durable crystals called zircons are used to date some of the earliest and most dramatic cataclysms of the solar system. One is the super-duty collision that ejected material from Earth ... more

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VLA Reveals Spectacular "Halos" of Spiral Galaxies

New Horizons team publishes first research paper presenting numerous Pluto system findings

New Horizons reveals Pluto's striking surface variations and unique moon rotations

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US and Russia bicker over satellite positioning in Earth's orbit

Israel prepares to unveil latest anti-drone system

Canada election results threaten F-35 program

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