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October 05, 2016

Milkway's most-mysterious star is even stranger than astronomers thought
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 04, 2016
A star known by the unassuming name of KIC 8462852 in the constellation Cygnus has been raising eyebrows both in and outside of the scientific community for the past year. In 2015 a team of astronomers announced that the star underwent a series of very brief, non-periodic dimming events while it was being monitored by NASA's Kepler space telescope, and no one could quite figure out what caused them. A new study from Carnegie's Josh Simon and Caltech's Ben Montet has deepened the mystery. Simon and ... read more

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A Second Look at Plumes and the Search for life on Europa Once can be a coincidence. Twice can be luck. Seeing a hundred-mile-high column of water spew out of Jupiter's icy moon Europa three times in a row has been cited as a good reason to get excited. ... more		Beijing exhibition means plenty of "space" for everyone It is almost closing time at the China Science and Technology Museum (CSTM) and six-year-old Shi Jiajun is still standing in line, somewhat forlornly, in front of a "spacecraft," waiting for a "ride ... more		Australia's coordinates out by more than 1.5 metres: scientist Australia has had to change its position on world maps four times in the past 50 years. The country happens to be located on one of the world's fastest-moving tectonic plates, travelling about 2.7 i ... more
				Lockheed gets $106 million Trident II missile contract modification Lockheed Martin Space Systems has been awarded a $106 million U.S. Navy contract modification for Trident II D5 missile procurement and support. ... more		Ice cores reveal slow decline in oxygen over past 800K years Princeton University researchers have compiled 30 years of data to construct the first ice core-based record of atmospheric oxygen concentrations spanning the past 800,000 years, according to a pape ... more

Transition from Operations to Decommissioning by Preparing a Safe, Cost-Effective Shut Down and Waste Management Strategy

Students team up with NASA for space coms and navigation Millions of students across the country take on internships every year, but not all have the chance to be part of an innovative team pushing the boundaries of space communications. Summer interns wi ... more		Space for Shenzhou 11 China's state media are quiet right now about the upcoming Shenzhou 11 mission. This spacecraft will carry two astronauts to the Tiangong 2 space laboratory, which seems to have passed all of its on ... more		Chinese defence minister tells US counterpart containing China 'futile' China chides 'economic pressure' over Trump threat of Russian oil tariffs Russian drones in Poland put NATO to the test		A terrible rift When Doug Wiens approached Minnesota farmers to ask permission to install a seismometer on their land, he often got a puzzled look. "You could tell they were thinking 'Why are you putting a seismome ... more
				Recent atmospheric behavior disrupts earth's most regular climate cycles A team of scientists has discovered an unexpected disruption in one of the most repeatable atmospheric patterns. The normal flow of air high up in the atmosphere over the equator, known as the quasi ... more		QinetiQ, Milrem debut Titan unmanned ground vehicle QinetiQ North America and Milrem debuted their Titan unmanned ground vehicle this week at the 2016 Association of the United States Army event. ... more

6th Annual Modular Construction Summit for Oil and Gas Agenda - December 7-9 - Houston

Nuclear Plant Digitalization Conference - Nov 15-16 - Charlotte NC USA

Russia sends S-300 missile system to Syria port Russia said Tuesday it has sent an advanced missile system to the Syrian port of Tartus, as tensions escalate between Moscow and Washington over the five-year conflict. ... more		BAE, Boeing receive Trident missile contracts BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services and Boeing have each received U.S. Navy contracts for work on the Trident II missile system. ... more		AI tool accelerates SAR image analysis with automated object detection Fossil energy 'significant' driver of climate-fuelled heatwaves: study Asteroid tells secrets of Earth's 'far wetter' building blocks		Researchers discover more efficient way to split water, produce hydrogen Hydrogen is often considered a fuel for the future, in the form of fuel cells to power electric motors or burned in internal combustion engines. But finding a practical, inexpensive and nontoxic way ... more
Turning to the brain to reboot computing Computation is stuck in a rut. The integrated circuits that powered the past 50 years of technological revolution are reaching their physical limits. This predicament has computer scientists scrambl ... more		Australian Navy gets first upgraded SM-2 missile The Royal Australian Navy has received its first upgraded Standard Missile-2 for the Hobart-class air warfare destroyers the country is building. ... more		Diamond proves useful material for growing graphene Graphene is the stuff of the future. For years, researchers and technologists have been predicting the utility of the one-atom-thick sheets of pure carbon in everything from advanced touch screens a ... more		Advancing lithium-air batteries with development of novel catalyst Lithium-air batteries are viewed by many as a potential next-generation technology in energy storage. With the highest theoretical energy density of all battery devices, Li-air could revolutionize e ... more

	Rice explores cement's crystalline nature to boost concrete performance Rice University scientists working to develop a deeper understanding of the world's most widely used man-made material, concrete, have detailed previously unexplored aspects that affect the energy r ... more		Color-changing smart material sensor to alert user to get out of sun According to the American Cancer Society approximately 5.4 million basal and squamous cell skin cancers are diagnosed each year. Yet, the sun does contribute to the production of Vitamin D, which is ... more

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A 'nano-golf course' to assemble precisely nanoparticules		New oscillating material may tap unused electromagnetic spectrum		Geologic imaging technique measures strength of Earth's outer shell		ULA gets $860 million contract modification for expendable launch vehicle		Putin scraps plutonium disposal deal with 'unfriendly' US
Clean room helps NASA robot explore frontiers of materials science		New Zealand government open-minded on space collaboration		Pioneering Space Requires Living Off the Land in the Solar System		Welding on massive fuel tank for first flight of SLS completed		Work underway on hardware that will do double duty on first SLS flight

Ascent Trajectories and the Gravity Turn

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Magnetic oceans and electric Earth

NASA's Curiosity Rover Begins Next Mars Chapter

Rocket launch site to open up New Zealand space industry: Minister

Unusual Martian region leaves clues to planet's past

Yorkshire salt mine could help shed light on Martian life

SMC, ULA enter into CRADA to certify Vulcan Launch Vehicle

NASA, China to collaborate on Air Traffic Management Research

Major construction complete on first Space Launch System test stand

Airbus DS and Neumann Space sign payload agreement for ISS

Third party satellite launch order bookings for Isro stands at $42 million

Work underway on hardware that will do double duty on first SLS Flight

DG's Basemap expanded to include 250M square kilometers at 30cm

Deakin builds world-first robotic surgical system with sense of touch

Germany and France to share military facilities, aircraft

Poland drops talks in 3 bn euro Airbus chopper deal: ministry

Top UN court to decide fate of Marshalls epic nuclear case

Canada watchdog warns of faulty nuclear monitoring

Saab launches Giraffe 1X radar in U.S. market

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