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US plans GPS satellite navigation upgrade to rival EU
Washington (AFP) Nov 26, 2007The US military is working on super-powerful updates to its GPS satellite navigation technology to try to trump the rival European Galileo project which just received key funding, experts say. European Union lawmakers agreed last week on a budget to include 2.4 billion euros (3.5 billion dollars) for the stalled Galileo satellite-navigation project, now set to be deployed by 2013, the EU pre ... more EU satnav project edges towards launch pad 
Brussels (AFP) Nov 27, 2007EU nations are poised to break months of deadlock over their Galileo satellite navigation programme on Thursday, although they still face the sticky question of carving up the project's coveted contracts. Budget ministers and EU lawmakers paved the way for an agreement on Galileo's future on Friday by striking a deal on how to fund the project, removing a major obstacle. They agreed to f ... more EU antitrust regulators to probe GPS devices deal 
Brussels (AFP) Nov 28, 2007EU regulators on Wednesday opened a detailed probe of Dutch technology group TomTom's takeover of Dutch firm Tele Atlas on concerns the deal could stifle competition in the market for hand-held navigation devices. The European Commission said it would rule by mid April whether to allow the 2.9-billion-euro (4.3-billion-dollar) takeover of Tele Atlas, a leading maker of digital maps, by TomTo ... more Venus inferno due to 'runaway greenhouse effect', say scientists 
Paris (AFP) Nov 28, 2007Once styled as Earth's twin, Venus was transformed from a haven for water to a fiery hell by an unstoppable greenhouse effect, according to an investigation by the first space probe to visit our closest neighbour in more than a decade. Like peas in a cosmic pod, the second and third rocks from the Sun came into being 4.5 billion years ago with nearly the same radius, mass, density and chemic ... more NASA Scientist Confirms Light Show On Venus 
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 29, 2007Venus is a hellish place of high temperatures and crushing air pressure. The European Space Agency's Venus Express mission adds into this mix the first confirmation that the Venusian atmosphere generates its own lightning. The discovery is part of the Venus Express science findings that appear in a special section of the Nov. 29 issue of the journal Nature. "In addition to all the pressure ... more |
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Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Nov 29, 2007It is now 40 years since the University of Adelaide played a key role in launching Australia's first satellite. Wresat, named after the former Weapons Research Establishment (WRE), was the name of the first Australian satellite, which was launched from Woomera, South Australia, on 29 November 1967. It was a joint venture of the WRE and the University of Adelaide's Physics Department. The W ... more Organic Building Blocks Discovered In Titan's Atmosphere 
London UK (SPX) Nov 29, 2007Scientists analysing data gathered by the Cassini spacecraft have confirmed the presence of heavy negative ions in the upper regions of Titan's atmosphere. These particles may act as organic building blocks for even more complicated molecules and their discovery was completely unexpected because of the chemical composition of the atmosphere (which lacks oxygen and mainly consists of nitrogen and ... more Youthful Star Sprouts Planets Early 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Nov 29, 2007A stellar prodigy has been spotted about 450 light-years away in a system called UX Tau A by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Astronomers suspect this system's central sun-like star, which is just one million years old, may already be surrounded by young planets. Scientists hope the finding will provide insight into when planets began to form in our own solar system. "This result is excitin ... more UNH Scientists Report First Findings On Key Astrophysics Problem 
Durham NH (SPX) Nov 29, 2007In a paper published recently in the journal Nature Physics, an international team of space scientists led by researchers from the University of New Hampshire present findings on the first experimental evidence that points in a new direction toward the solution of a longstanding, central problem of plasma astrophysics and space physics. The mystery involves electron acceleration during mag ... more Chandra Discovers A Cosmic Cannonball 
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 29, 2007Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered one of the fastest stars ever seen. It's a "cosmic cannonball" that is challenging theories to explain its blistering speed. The name of the star is RX J0822-4300. It's a neutron star created by the Puppis A supernova explosion about 3700 years ago. Three Chandra observations clearly show the neutron star moving away from the cen ... more |
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St. Louis MO (SPX) Nov 29, 2007Boeing has successfully demonstrated the communications and transmission security architecture of its proposed Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT). During recent tests, Boeing used TEAM TSAT partner General Dynamics C4 Systems' Advanced INFOSEC Machine (AIM) to demonstrate how TSAT will send and receive encrypted messages once operational. "This is exactly the kind of t ... more Study Supports Single Main Migration Across Bering Strait 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Nov 29, 2007Did a relatively small number of people from Siberia who trekked across a Bering Strait land bridge some 12,000 years ago give rise to the native peoples of North and South America? Or did the ancestors of today's native peoples come from other parts of Asia or Polynesia, arriving multiple times at several places on the two continents, by sea as well as by land, in successive migrations that be ... more Beyond Books: Virginia Tech Libraries In The Digital Age 
Blacksburg VA (SPX) Nov 29, 2007A fisherman catches something he can't identify. He photographs it with his cell phone, sends the image to a database, and is able to identify what's in his boat--all before going ashore, where he can use a tablet PC to show the results to his friends and family. The technology to make such identifications is being developed in a project on archiving digital images led by Virginia Tech com ... more Australia risks breaching Kyoto: expert 
Sydney (AFP) Nov 28, 2007Australia's new government must move quickly to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions after ratifying the Kyoto Protocol or risk breaching the pact, an expert warned Wednesday. Labor leader Kevin Rudd was swept to victory in a landslide on Saturday on a mandate that included signing up to the UN-backed Kyoto process to limit carbon pollution, a policy he flagged as his first priority ... more The Hills And Valleys Of Earth's Largest Salt Flat 
Oxford, UK (SPX) Nov 29, 2007Using a new twist on standard Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, a team of scientists has found that Earth's largest salt flat is rougher than expected, according to a new report led by Adrian Borsa of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and published in Geophysical Journal International. Borsa and his team studied the salar de Uyuni in southwestern Bolivia, which is bot ... more
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