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Cassini Approaches Third Titan Flyby
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 09, 2005The third targeted flyby of Titan occurs on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at 6:58 SCET (Ground: 8:06 UTC - 12:06 AM Pacific time). Cassini�s closest approach to Saturn�s largest satellite is at an altitude of 1577 km (980 miles) above the surface at a speed of 6.1 kilometers per second (14,000 mph). Scientists Announce Smallest Extra-Solar Planet Yet Discovered 
University Park PA (SPX) Feb 08, 2005Penn State's Alex Wolszczan, the discoverer in 1992 of the first planets ever found outside our solar system, now has discovered with Caltech's Maciej Konacki the smallest planet yet detected. Astronomers Discover Beginnings Of 'Mini' Solar System 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Feb 08, 2005Moons circle planets, and planets circle stars. Now, astronomers have learned that planets may also circle celestial bodies almost as small as planets. |
Space Entrepreneurs To Create Industry Group To Promote Safety Standards
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2005Leaders from the newly emerging Personal Spaceflight Industry have announced their intent to organize an industry federation to design and uphold the standards and processes necessary to ensure public safety and promote growth of the personal spaceflight industry. PoliSci: Inflation Cuts Research Budget 
Washington (UPI) Feb 07, 2005Federal funding for basic research will hold steady, which means it will be cut by inflation, under the Bush administration's proposed budget for fiscal year 2006. New Twist Put On Spin Hall Effect 
College Station (SPX) Feb 08, 2005An international team of physicists has announced the discovery of a new spintronic effect in semiconductor chips, the intrinsic spin Hall effect, which creates the possibility for novel circuits with low energy consumption. |
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The Impact Of Satellite Technology On Maritime Legislation
Paris (ESA) Feb 08, 2005The results obtained over the last ten years thanks to the interpretation of data from remote sensing satellites have demonstrated the possibilities afforded by space-based techniques for applications in oceanography. Raytheon Achieves NPOESS Ground System Milestone On Schedule 
Aurora CO (SPX) Feb 08, 2005Raytheon Company has completed a major development milestone on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System program, the nation's next-generation meteorological satellite system. Climate: The Sensitivity Question 
Boulder CO (UPI) Feb 07, 2005One of the things scientists and policymakers need to know about the climate is how much it will warm in response to increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide. |
Tsunami Death Toll Tops 295,000
Jakarta (AFP) Feb 07, 2005The number of people believed killed in December's tsunami disaster topped 295,000 Monday, six weeks after the catastrophe, as Indonesia again increased its number of dead. Seismic Network Could Improve Disaster Response 
Washington (SPX) Feb 08, 2005While nothing can undo the devastation from the massive tsunami that recently struck in Southeast Asia, lives can be saved in the future if scientists can rapidly characterize the earthquakes that cause tsunami. ImageCat Investigates Tsunami Damage Using DigitalGlobe Satellite Imagery 
Longmont CO (SPX) Feb 08, 2005DigitalGlobe has announced that ImageCat is using DigitalGlobe's QuickBird satellite imagery to assess damage resulting from the massive Indian Ocean tsunami that was triggered by an earthquake on Dec. 26, killing more than 226,000 people. |
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