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Japanese satellite flops at map-making: official
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 9, 2008An advanced Japanese surveying satellite launched two years ago is proving to be a disappointment, producing images too blurry for map-makers, officials said Wednesday. The 457.8-million-dollar "Daichi" satellite was sent into space to create detailed maps of remote parts of Japan, but the images have not been of sufficient quality, the government's Geographical Survey Institute said. "F ... more Alaska researcher changes asteroid orbit 
Anchorage, Alaska (UPI) Jan 8, 2008An astrophysicist at the University of Alaska uncovered the information that narrowed the odds of an asteroid hitting Mars. Andrew Puckett, who is doing post-doctoral research in Anchorage, found archival NASA data while using the Christmas break as a working vacation, the Anchorage Daily News reported. After he supplied the information to NASA, agency scientists increased the possibili ... more Mystery gamma-ray source pinned to vampire stars 
Paris (AFP) Jan 9, 2008An intriguing source of gamma rays linked to the high-energy collision of fundamental particles in the centre of our galaxy has been traced to vampire-like binary stars, a study says. The big smash comes from negatively-charged electrons colliding with their corresponding positively-charged "antiparticle," known as positrons. When electrons and positrons meet, the event is very brief, fo ... more MESSENGER Team Receives First Optical Navigation Images Of Mercury As Flyby Approaches 
Laurel MD (SPX) Jan 10, 2008MESSENGER mission operators at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., have received the first eight optical navigation images from the spacecraft. "We're going to be taking these images every day, up until just before the flyby, to make sure that we are on target for our aim point above the surface of Mercury," said Louise Prockter of APL, the instrument sc ... more ATK To Acquire Information Systems And Geospatial Businesses Of MacDonald Dettwiler And Associates 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jan 10, 2008Alliant Techsystems has negotiated definitive agreements with Canadian-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, to acquire its Information Systems and Geospatial Information Services businesses for $1.325 billion (CDN). The company expects that this acquisition will provide a higher growth and earnings profile, and be neutral to earnings per share (EPS) in fiscal year 2009 (FY09) an ... more |
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Austin TX (SPX) Jan 10, 2008Astronomers studying a nearby galaxy have spied a rare type of star system -- one that contains a black hole that suddenly began glowing brightly with X-rays. Though this type of star system is supposed to be rare, it's the second such system discovered in that galaxy, called Centaurus A. The discovery suggests that astronomers have more to learn about the lives and deaths of massive stars in ga ... more Galaxy May Hold Hundreds Of Rogue Black Holes 
Nashville TN (SPX) Jan 10, 2008If the latest simulation of what happens when black holes merge is correct, there could be hundreds of rogue black holes, each weighing several thousand times the mass of the sun, roaming around the Milky Way galaxy. "Rogue black holes like this would be very difficult to spot," says Vanderbilt astronomer Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, who is presenting the results of the supercomputer simulatio ... more Pakistan hits out at UN nuclear chief 
Islamabad (AFP) Jan 9, 2008Pakistan rejected the UN nuclear chief's criticism of its atomic weapons safety Wednesday, saying its arsenal would not fall into the hands of extremists and chastising his "irresponsible" remarks. Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Sadiq told a weekly press briefing that Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), should "be careful about his statements and ough ... more Northrop Grumman Team To Compete For US Army Aerial Common Sensor 
Reston VA (SPX) Jan 10, 2008Northrop Grumman announced that it will lead a team to compete for the U.S. Army's Aerial Common Sensor (ACS), an airborne platform that will provide the warfighter with actionable intelligence, reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition capability. Northrop Grumman's ACS team includes AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems Corporation; General Dynamics C-4 Systems, ... more Commentary: Bipartisan manifesto 
Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2008The bipartisan conclave in Oklahoma this week was designed as a bridge between moderate Republicans and moderate Democrats who seek to use "smart power" to build a new world order. Smart power is the skillful conjugation of soft (diplomacy) and hard (military intervention) power, which kept the world at peace for half of the 20th century. (Wars in Korea and Vietnam were bumps in the road.) ... more |
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New York NY (SPX) Jan 10, 2008Zigzagging some 60,000 kilometers across ocean floors, earth's system of mid-ocean ridges plays a pivotal role in many workings of the planet, from its plate-tectonic movements to heat flow from the interior, and the chemistry of rock, water and air. It was not until the late 1970s that scientists discovered the existence of vast plumbing systems under the ridges, which pull in cold water, super ... more New Book Reveals An Evolutionary Journey Of The Human Body 
Chicago IL (SPX) Jan 10, 2008Paleontologist Neil Shubin unites the discoveries of fossils and the sciences of paleontology and genetics with his experience of teaching human anatomy into a written voyage of evolution, titled Your Inner Fish: A Journey Through the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body. "The best road maps to human bodies lie in the bodies of other animals," Shubin writes in his new book, which wil ... more Powerful earthquake strikes Tibet: officials 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2008An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale shook a sparsely populated area of China's mountainous Tibetan region on Wednesday, Chinese authorities said. The quake struck in Gaize county around 4:30 pm (0830 GMT) about 550 kilometres (350 miles) northwest of Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, the regional seismological bureau and the China Earthquake Administration reported. "We have no st ... more Automobile's future is electronic and green: GM chief 
Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 8, 2008The automobile's future is electronic and green, using alternate fuels and slick technology to protect both people and the environment, the head of the world's largest car company said Tuesday. General Motors chief executive Rick Wagoner's prediction came in an unprecedented address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). He capped his presentation by unveiling a prototype Cadillac Provo ... more Sustainable Fuel For Road, Rail, Air And Sea Transport 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jan 10, 2008CSIRO's newly formed Future Fuels Forum (FFF) is bringing together community, industry and government to plan for the future of transport fuels in Australia. Emissions trading, future fuels and international oil supply are just some of the factors that will be considered as the Forum articulates the main challenges for our nation in arriving at a secure and sustainable transport fuel mix for roa ... more
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