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NASA Selects Astrophysics Projects For New Science On The Moon
Washington (SPX) Aug 03, 2007NASA has selected four proposals focusing on astrophysics priorities in lunar science to facilitate the nation's exploration program. The proposed studies are part of a NASA effort to develop new opportunities to conduct important science investigations during the planned renewal of human exploration of the moon. The newly-announced proposals for concept studies may lead to experiments placed on ... more Black Holes In Feeding Frenzy 
Honolulu, HI (SPX) Aug 06, 2007Two UH astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope believe they have identified what makes at least some quasars shine: the black hole at the center of a massive galaxy with little gas of its own is gobbling up material from a colliding gas-rich galaxy. The merging of two galaxies has long been thought to be an efficient way of driving gas deeply into a galaxy to feed the central black hole, bu ... more The Planet, The Galaxy And The Laser 
Paranal, Chile (ESO) Aug 05, 2007On the night of 21 July, ESO astronomer Yuri Beletsky took images of the night sky above Paranal, the 2600m high mountain in the Chilean Atacama Desert home to ESO's Very Large Telescope. The amazing images bear witness to the unique quality of the sky, revealing not only the Milky Way in all its splendour but also the planet Jupiter and the laser beam used at Yepun, one of the 8.2-m telescopes ... more Star Caught Smoking Stellar Trash 
Nice, France (SPX) Aug 06, 2007Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers from France and Brazil have detected a huge cloud of dust around a star. This observation is further evidence for the theory that such stellar puffs are the cause of the repeated extreme dimming of the star. R Coronae Borealis stars are supergiants exhibiting erratic variability. Named after the first star that showed such behaviour, t ... more A Conteki Return To Encke 
Cameron Park CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2007Our long-range spectral surveys of different comets have shown for a long time that they differ dramatically in their compositions -- in the various amounts of water and other frozen volatile ices making them up, their total ratio of ices to the carbonaceous-rock dust that's mixed into them, and apparently also to some extent even in the minerals within that rock dust. ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Aug 04, 2007A US space probe embarked Saturday on a 10 month journey to Mars, where it will dig through Martian soil in a search for signs of life in a frigid region of the Red Planet. The Phoenix Mars Lander separated from a Delta II rocket after blasting off into the dark sky at 5:36 am (0936 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Powered by solar panels, Phoenix, whose launch was ... more Teacher Going Into Space 21 Years After Challenger Disaster 
Washington, DC (VOA) Aug 05, 2007Engineers with the U.S. space agency NASA are fixing a cabin leak discovered earlier this week in the space shuttle Endeavour. Officials are saying the problem will not delay the scheduled August 7 launch to the International Space Station. The historic mission will be the first for a teacher since the disastrous Challenger accident 21 years ago. VOA's Paul Sisco reports. Barbara Morgan, 5 ... more Progress 26 To Dock Sunday At Station 
Houston TX (JSC) Aug 05, 2007The ISS Progress 26 (P26) is on course to arrive at the International Space Station just about on time, but the space shuttle Endeavour is going to be a little later than planned. The station crew members, Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Oleg Kotov and Clay Anderson, got an early start to their weekend with a light-duty day on Friday. It was scheduled because Sunday will be a bu ... more Successful Jules Verne Rendezvous Simulation At ATV Control Centre 
Toulouse, France (ESA) Aug 05, 2007For the first time, three human spaceflight mission control centres - located in three countries - have this week successfully simulated the critical rendezvous of the Automated Transfer Vehicle, the largest and most complex automatic spacecraft, with the International Space Station. The actual rendezvous will take place early in 2008 with the launch and docking of the most sophisticated spacecr ... more Planet Orbiting A Giant Red Star Discovered With Hobby-Eberly Telescope 
University Park PA (SPX) Aug 03, 2007A planet orbiting a giant red star has been discovered by an astronomy team led by Penn State's Alex Wolszczan, who in 1992 discovered the first planets ever found outside our solar system. The new discovery is helping astronomers to understand what will happen to the planets in our solar system when our Sun becomes a red-giant star, expanding so much that its surface will reach as far as Earth' ... more |
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San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2007The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman, a six-year, $635.8 million contract to conduct the first ever at-sea carrier launches and recoveries with a fixed-wing unmanned air system (UAS), the X-47B. The Navy's program, known as the Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration (UCAS-D), will demonstrate the capability of an autonomous, low-observable air vehicle. The UCAS-D effort will matu ... more China Shows Off New Military Hardware 
Hong Kong (UPI) Aug 03, 2007China is flexing its military muscle by exhibiting a model and photos of its new DF31A intercontinental ballistic missile and type 093 nuclear attack submarine, or SSN, at the People's Liberation Army's 80th Anniversary exhibition held in Beijing. Also on exhibit are the DF21 intermediate-range ballistic missile and DF11 short-range ballistic missile. The DF31A ICBM photo has been released for t ... more Democrats Back Israeli Missile Defense Program 
Washington (UPI) Aug 03, 2007Republicans backed Israel's ballistic missile defense programs and industries to the hilt when they ran the U.S. Congress. But now that the Democrats have taken over, the good times for Israel look like they are getting even better. As we noted in our companion BMD Watch column earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives has raised U.S. financial support for Israel's Arrow and short-ran ... more Beyond Mesopotamia: A Radical New View Of Human Civilization 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 03, 2007A radically expanded view of the origin of civilization, extending far beyond Mesopotamia, is reported by journalist Andrew Lawler in the 3 August issue of Science. Mesopotamia is widely believed to be the cradle of civilization, but a growing body of evidence suggests that in addition to Mesopotamia, many civilized urban areas existed at the same time - about 5,000 years ago - in an arc that ex ... more Experts Revise Hurricane Forecast Downward To Eight Storms 
Miami (AFP) Aug 03, 2007Eight hurricanes are likely to form in the Atlantic this year, with four expected to reach intense strength, experts said Friday in a downward revision of earlier forecasts. The forecast also said there is a 68 percent chance of an intense hurricane slamming ashore in the United States this year. In all, 15 named storms are expected to form in the Atlantic Basin, according to prominent experts W ... more
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