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January 26, 2016

Lonely Planet Finds a Mum a Trillion Km Away
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jan 26, 2016
Astronomers studying a lonely planet drifting through space have found its mum; a star a trillion kilometers away. The planet, known as 2MASS J2126-8140, has an orbit around its host star that takes nearly a million Earth years and is more than 140 times wider than Pluto's. This makes it easily the largest solar system ever found. "We were very surprised to find such a low-mass object so far from its parent star," said Dr. Simon Murphy of The Australian National University (ANU) Research Sch ... read more

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Arianespace's year-opening Ariane 5 mission is approved for launch The first Arianespace flight in 2016 has been given the "go" for its liftoff on Wednesday following today's successful launch readiness review, conducted at the Spaceport in French Guiana. Thi ... more		The Path to the Pad 2016 is well underway. Another year over, another year begun. For the SLS program, it means we're even further past the halfway point toward launch readiness. It's been only four years since t ... 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		SpaceX Falcon 9 upgrade certified for National Security Space launches Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space and Space and Missile Systems Center commander, updated the certified baseline configuration of SpaceX's Falcon 9 Launch System ... more
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China's progress in developing hypersonic weapons unsettles Pentagon Although Beijing has repeatedly stated that its efforts to modernize its military are aimed strictly at boosting China's defense capabilities, US military officials never miss an opportunity to pres ... more		SBIRS Full Constellation testing going well Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center and the 460th Space Wing have confirmed the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate's ongoing success of the Space-Based Infrared System's Block ... more		Neutral result charges up antimatter research Scientists of the international ALPHA Collaboration have once again pushed the boundaries of antimatter research with their latest breakthrough studying the properties of antihydrogen. published in ... more		A fast way of electron orbit simulation in complex magnetic fields In a storage ring like BESSY II electrons circulate nearly with the speed of light passing complex magnetic structures. These magnets guide the electron beam and focus it on the ideal orbit. They ar ... more

	After repeated pounding, antihydrogen reveals its charge: Zero An eight-hour experiment using the ALPHA trap at CERN confirmed with 20 times greater precision than before that the charge of the antihydrogen atom - the antimatter counterpart of the hydrogen atom ... more		Molecular-like photochemistry from semiconductor nanocrystals Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated the transfer of triplet exciton energy from semiconductor nanocrystals to surface-bound molecular acceptors, extending the lifetime ... more

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