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Asteroid could hit Mars next month: NASA
Los Angeles (AFP) Dec 21, 2007An asteroid hurtling towards Mars has a one in 75 chance of chance of scoring a direct hit on the red planet next month, NASA experts said in a statement Friday. The US space agency's Near Earth Object Program (NEOP) revealed that the asteroid's exact course was difficult to predict, but said it could slam into Mars on January 30, leaving a crater measuring an estimated 1 kilometer across. ... more China's rolls out first home-made commercial jet 
Shanghai (AFP) Dec 21, 2007China's first home-made passenger airliner rolled off the production line on Friday in an event hailed as a milestone in the nation's ambition to become a giant of the global aviation industry. The mid-range ARJ-21 was unveiled at its Shanghai assembly plant in a glitzy nationally televised ceremony which was as much an advertisement for potential customers around the world as a boost to nat ... more Earth Would Stand Out As Living Planet To Curious Aliens 
Gainesville FL (SPX) Dec 21, 2007With powerful instruments scouring the heavens, astronomers have found more than 240 planets in the past two decades, none likely to support Earth-like life. But what if aliens were hunting life outside their own planet? Armed with telescopes only a bit bigger and more powerful than our own, could they peer through the vastness of space and lock in onto Earth as a likely home to life? That ... more Suzaku Explains Cosmic Powerhouses 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 21, 2007By working in synergy with a ground-based telescope array, the joint Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/NASA Suzaku X-ray observatory is shedding new light on some of the most energetic objects in our galaxy, but objects that remain shrouded in mystery. These cosmic powerhouses pour out vast amounts of energy, and they accelerate particles to almost the speed of light. But very l ... more Dutch cops to ditch helicopters for airships in green bid: agency 
The Hague (AFP) Dec 20, 2007Dutch police Thursday said they would do their bit to fight climate change by using airships instead of helicopters to monitor protests and port security in Rotterdam. "We want to do our little bit," the Police Chief for Rotterdam, Aad Meijboom, told the ANP news agency. The German-made airships will be equipped with cameras and will be deployed from next year, he said. They will also be ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 21, 2007Astronomers have at last found definitive evidence that the universe's first dust - the celestial stuff that seeded future generations of stars and planets - was forged in the explosions of massive stars. The findings, made with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, are the most significant clue yet in the longstanding mystery of where the dust in our very young universe came from. Scientists ha ... more COROT Surprises A Year After Launch 
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 21, 2007The space-borne telescope, COROT (Convection, Rotation and planetary Transits), has just completed its first year in orbit. The observatory has brought in surprises after over 300 days of scientific observations. Pioneering precision measurement over long periods of time COROT is observing a large number of stars, up to 12 000, simultaneously, at a very high precision - unprecedented in ground-b ... more Christmas Eve Sky Show 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 21, 2007It's Christmas Eve, and you're snuggled cozily in your den. A glowing fire gently crackles and pops in the fireplace, and your head starts to droop as you nod off. Just then, something cold and wet nudges your cheek. You open your eyes to stare directly into a large black nose. It's time to take the dog for his walk. Grumbling in vain, you put on your coat, snap the leash onto the wiggling ... more Modernized GPS Satellite Built By Lockheed Martin Launched From Cape Canaveral 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Dec 21, 2007A U.S. Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin, was launched successfully from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II launch vehicle. Designated GPS IIR-18M, the satellite is the fifth in a series of eight Block IIR-M spacecraft that Lockheed Martin Navigation Systems has ... more Nuclear India moves closer to missile defence shield 
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 21, 2007India announced Friday a final successful test of the surface-to-air Akash missile before starting mass production under an ambitious plan to build a national missile defence shield. The missile blasted off from the Chandipur-on-Sea testing site, 200 kilometres (125 miles) northeast of Orissa state capital Bhubaneswar and hit an unmanned flying target, defence ministry spokesman Sitanshu Kar ... more |
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Haifa, Israel (UPI) Dec 20, 2007 The Israel Defense Forces this week announced progress in testing a new Patriot missile launching system in southern Israel. "(The system's) updated design, developed by the Americans -- primarily with the help of lessons learned from the war in Iraq -- was installed and successfully tested with one of the Israeli Patriot missiles," the IDF said in a statement from the spokesman. ... more Indian court orders probe into French submarine deal 
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 20, 2007An Indian court on Thursday ordered police to complete a probe into charges that a bribe was paid in a multi-billion dollar deal to buy Scorpene submarines from a French defence firm. The Delhi High Court told the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to complete its inquiry within three months and report back to a two-judge bench. The judges also told the CBI to press criminal charges a ... more Outside View: Arms control sense -- Part 1 
Moscow (UPI) Dec 20, 2007 As the rhetoric about basic treaties signed at the end of the Cold War -- the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty-1 -- START 1, the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty -- INF, the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty -- CFE -- intensifies, it is becoming clear that collective security in Europe and the world needs new approaches and perhaps a complete overhaul. The present conflict is based ... more Soft, green rock plays role in earthquakes: study 
Washington (AFP) Dec 20, 2007A dark green, unusually soft layer of rock known as serpentine, which coats tectonic plates, plays a key role in the emergence of powerful earthquakes, a US-French study said Thursday. Serpentine forms deep in the ocean, up to 200 kilometers below the surface, home to some of the world's deadliest earthquakes such as the massive 9.0-magnitude quake that triggered the devastating tsunami off ... more Global warming causing China's glaciers to melt quickly: survey 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2007Global warming has caused some of China's glaciers -- a source for many of Asia's greatest rivers -- to have melted by more than 18 percent over the past five years, state media reported Friday. A survey of nearly 20,000 square kilometres (8,000 square miles) of China's glaciers showed they were on average 7.4 percent smaller than five years ago, Caijing magazine said, citing a government-fu ... more
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