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Missing Mass Found In Recycled Dwarf Galaxies
Washington DC (SPX) May 10, 2007Astronomers studying dwarf galaxies formed from the debris of a collision of larger galaxies found the dwarfs much more massive than expected, and think the additional material is "missing mass" that theorists said should not be present in this kind of dwarf galaxy. The scientists used the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array radio telescope to study a galaxy called NGC 529 ... more Hyper-Accurate Clocks - The Beating Heart Of Galileo 
Paris, France (ESA) May 11, 2007Travellers have relied on accurate timekeeping for navigation since the development of the marine chronometer in the eighteenth century. Galileo, Europe's twenty-first century navigation system, also relies on clocks - but they are millions of times more accurate than those earlier timepieces. The operational Galileo satellites will carry two types of clocks - passive hydrogen masers and ... more Cassini Spacecraft Reveals Evidence Of Tholin Formation At High Altitudes In Titan's Atmosphere 
San Antonio TX (SPX) May 11, 2007Scientists have long known that the lower atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan contains organic aerosols, or tholins, formed from simple organic molecules, such as methane and nitrogen. Researchers had assumed these tholins formed at altitudes of several hundred kilometers, but new information gathered by three particle spectrometers aboard the Cassini spacecraft shows tholin formation happens in ... more Space Systems/Loral Awarded Contract To Build High-Power Satellite For SES New Skies 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) May 11, 2007Space Systems/Loral has announced that it has been awarded a contract to manufacture a new spacecraft for SES New Skies, a subsidiary of SES Global. NSS-12 will be used to enable communications services for telecommunications providers, broadcasters, corporations and governments in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India and other parts of Asia. NSS-12 is the first satellite contract ... more India To Launch Three More Foreign Satellites 
New Delhi, India (AFP) May 10, 2007India, which placed an Italian satellite into orbit last month, plans to launch three more foreign satellites, a government minister said Thursday. "The Indian Space Research Organisation has already signed agreements for putting into space three more foreign satellites," Prithviraj Chavan, a minister in the prime minister's office, told parliament. Chavan did not elaborate on the a ... more |
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Washington (UPI) May 10, 2007Democrats on Capitol Hill have declared war on the ambitious Airborne Laser anti-ballistic missile program, but the three giant aerospace contractors who are building the ABL are already fighting back. War was declared on Tuesday when the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives announced it was slashing $400 million from the $517 million ... more Nuclear Powers Clash With Iran At Non-Proliferation Conference 
Vienna (AFP) May 10, 2007Nuclear weapons states warned Thursday that peaceful use of nuclear energy requires honoring the Non-Proliferation Treaty but Iran rejected charges it is failing to do this. "The Iranian nuclear program does not currently respect the conditions set in the treaty for the right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy," French ambassador Jean-Francois Dobelle told 130 states at a conference in ... more Key Arms Control Treaty On Verge Of Collapse Says Russian General 
Brussels (AFP) May 10, 2007Russia's top general said Thursday that an important Soviet-era arms treaty frozen by Moscow last month was "on the verge of collapse. Today I can say the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty is on the verge of collapse," General Yuri Baluyevskyi, the chief of Russia's armed forces, told reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels. "But Russia did not want it," he said, following talk ... more Warming In Asia And Africa Threatens US 
Washington (AFP) May 09, 2007From the Niger delta to weather-blighted Somalia and teeming South Asia, global warming poses daunting risks and a knock-on threat to US national security, retired military brass and US senators warned Wednesday. Higher global temperatures, melting polar ice and rising sea waters endanger millions of people, and the US armed forces must be ready for a new age when strife in volatile regions is ... more Northrop Grumman Communicates Over-the-Horizon Using Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 
Baltimore MD (SPX) May 11, 2007Northrop Grumman, in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research, has successfully demonstrated the ability to extend communications range and capability using the Killer Bee tactical unmanned aerial vehicle built by Swift Engineering, Inc. "When military units need to communicate over long distances through mountainous or urban terrain, connectivity becomes a challenge," ... more |
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Cambridge, MA (SPX) May 10, 2007Researchers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have learned what the weather is like on two distant, exotic worlds. One team of astronomers used the infrared telescope to map temperature variations over the surface of a giant, gas planet HD 189733b, revealing it likely is whipped by roaring winds. Another team determined that gas planet HD 149026b is the hottest yet discovered. Both findings a ... more Faster And Better Emergency Response Through Satellite Telecoms 
Paris, France (ESA) May 10, 2007When emergency teams are well informed and governments can coordinate their efforts, lives and property can be saved. The Health Early Warning System, a project supported by ESA, is intended to bring this benefit to Europe. Extreme natural phenomena like tsunamis, earthquakes and hurricanes have featured prominently in the news. So, too, has the rapid spread of new diseases such as SARS and avia ... more NASA And FAA Team Up To Encourage Aviation And Space Careers 
Washington (UPI) May 9, 2007NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration have agreed to cooperate in developing U.S. students' skills in science, technology, engineering and math. The agreement signed Wednesday supports the FAA's mission to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's mission to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific d ... more More Progress At Space Station Soon 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) May 10, 2007A new Progress freighter is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station at 11:25 p.m. EDT Friday, May 11, with more than 2.5 tons of fuel, air, water and other supplies and equipment aboard. The station's 25th Progress unpiloted cargo carrier will bring to the orbiting laboratory more than 1,050 pounds of propellant, almost 100 pounds of air, more than 925 pounds of water and 3,042 po ... more Methane May Allow Rockets To Go Beyond The Fringes Of Space 
Washington (ANI) (SPX) May 10, 2007Engineers at XCOR Aerospace say that methane gas can be better used as a fuel to power rockets in the future. Its abundance on several planets of the solar system, including Mars, holds promise of making interplanetary flights free from dependence on earthly fuels if spaceships have to travel to other planets in a timely fashion. "It's not as nice as kerosene. But it's available on Mars an ... more
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