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December 04, 2015

Event Horizon Telescope reveals magnetic fields in central black hole
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 04, 2015
Most people think of black holes as giant vacuum cleaners sucking in everything that gets too close. But the supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies are more like cosmic engines, converting energy from infalling matter into intense radiation that can outshine the combined light from all surrounding stars. If the black hole is spinning, it can generate strong jets that blast across thousands of light-years and shape entire galaxies. These black hole engines are thought to be powered by ... read more

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DXL-2: Studying X-ray emissions in space The blackness of space. There isn't much visible light in space - but there are numerous other wavelengths of light and scientists want to know what's out there and where it comes from. Diffus ... more		What kinds of stars form rocky planets As astronomers continue to find more and more planets around stars beyond our own Sun, they are trying to discover patterns and features that indicate what types of planets are likely to form around ... more		ESA station tracks Earth flyby mission An ESA deep-space ground station will lend a helping ear as Japan's Hayabusa-2 asteroid mission visits Earth on Thursday. Hayabusa is on an audacious six-year journey to rendezvous with the 900 m-di ... more
				Earth-sized telescope finds clue to black hole growth A new discovery, published in the journal Science, has greatly deepened our understanding black holes, which are believed to be the gravitational engines at the centres of most galaxies, including o ... more		Magnified image of faintest galaxy from early universe Astronomers harnessing the combined power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have found the faintest object ever seen in the early universe. It existed about 400 million years after the b ... more

LISA Pathfinder carries advanced NASA thruster tech The LISA Pathfinder spacecraft is on its way to space, having successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana (Dec. 3 local time/Dec. 2 PST). On board is the state-of-the-art Disturbance Reduction ... more		Space mission to test gravitational wave detector lifts off The LISA Pathfinder mission was successfully this week and is now on its way to demonstrate technology for observing gravitational waves from space. Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of ... more		North Korea declares nuclear statehood 'permanently enshrined' ArianeGroup to develop next-generation M51.4 missile for French nuclear deterrent Comtech modem earns first sovereign certification for SES O3b mPOWER network		Rotational movies of Pluto and Charon It's amazing that we've come such a long way in our exploration of the Pluto system, and it's only been five months since the close flyby of New Horizons. From the exceptionally young ice-covered pl ... more
				NASA team discover how water escapes from Saturn A University of Montana professor who studies astrophysics has discovered how water ions escape from Saturn's environment. His findings recently were published in the journal Nature Physics. UM Prof ... more		Fermi-type acceleration of interstellar ions driven by high-energy lepton plasma flows Stochastic acceleration and shock acceleration are well recognized as key mechanisms for cosmic ray generation since first proposed by Fermi. So far, these two mechanisms have been investigated wide ... more

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Space Training Transformation is underway The Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) Commander, General John Hyten, as the Space Professional Functional Authority, directed implementation of a more robust Undergraduate Space Training Air Force Spe ... more		Russian Strategic Missile Forces to Receive New ICBMs in 2015 Russia's Strategic Missile Forces will receive more than 50 modern pieces of weaponry in 2015, including intercontinental ballistic missiles and launch platforms, Strategic Missile Forces' press spo ... more		New U.S.-European Sea Level Satellite Will Help Safeguard Ships at Sea Planet captures first light from Pelican-3 satellite as constellation expands Trump signs memorandum to deploy U.S. National Guard troops to Memphis		Intelsat General applies best defense is a good offense to prevent jamming When encountering satellite jamming, organizations try to resolve the problem diplomatically. But until that process and standards can be streamlined, diplomacy will be secondary to technology that ... more
Japan asteroid probe conducts 'Earth swing-by' in space quest A Japanese space probe launched last year passed by Earth on Thursday to harness the planet's gravitational pull to propel it toward a far away asteroid in its quest to study the origin of the solar system, authorities said. ... more		Japan shows off disaster-response robots at android fair Japan on Wednesday displayed a pair of two-legged humanoid robots that can operate in harsh conditions as the country prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions prepares for the next catastrophe. ... more		Strolling salamanders offer clues on move water to land Around 390 million years ago, the first vertebrate animals moved from water onto land, necessitating changes in their musculoskeletal systems to permit a terrestrial life. Forelimbs and hind limbs o ... more		Dimensionality transition in a newly created material Iron oxides occur in nature in many forms, often significantly different from each other in terms of structure and physical properties. However, a new variety of iron oxide, recently created and tes ... more

	New 'self-healing' gel makes electronics more flexible Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a first-of-its-kind self-healing gel that repairs and connects electronic circuits, creating opp ... more		LISA Pathfinder en route to gravitational wave demonstration ESA's LISA Pathfinder lifted off earlier today on a Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on its way to demonstrate technology for observing gravitational waves from space. ... more

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