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Herschel's HIFI Follows The Trail Of Cosmic WaterParis, France (ESA) May 11, 2010 Herschel's HIFI instrument was especially designed to follow the water trail in the Universe over a wide range of scales, from the Solar System out to extragalactic sources. Early results, presented this week at the Herschel First Results Symposium, demonstrate how HIFI uses water to probe the physical and chemical conditions in different regions of the cosmos. Water is an extremely important molecule in the Universe, abundant in a large variety of cosmic environments - from our own blue planet an ... read more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) May 10, 2010The U.S. Space Shuttle program may not come to an end this year, Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said in a statement, citing International Space Station (ISS) manager. According to Michael Suffredini, the space shuttle Atlantis may be launched to the ISS in summer 2011. "In this case, additional scientific equipment and components for system of water regeneration from condensa ... more  
Canoga Park CA (SPX) May 10, 2010Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne received a $1.8 million contract from United Launch Alliance to help design and develop an Emergency Detection System (EDS) for human spaceflights to be proposed for Atlas V and Delta IV launch vehicles. The EDS is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program, which aims to stimulate efforts within the private sector to develop, demonstrate and ac ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) May 10, 2010The first scientific results from ESA's Herschel infrared space observatory are revealing previously hidden details of star formation. New images show thousands of distant galaxies furiously building stars and beautiful star-forming clouds draped across the Milky Way. One picture even catches an 'impossible' star in the act of formation. Presented during a major scientific symposium held a ... more |
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Japan's controversial nuclear reactor reaches criticalityTokyo (AFP) May 8, 2010 Japan's controversial "fast-breeder" nuclear reactor reached criticality - the point when a nuclear chain reaction becomes self-sustaining - on Saturday following 14 years of suspension. The Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor, located in a coastal town 350 kilometres (220 miles) west of Tokyo, cleared the first hurdle of its test operations on the road to generating power at full capacity in 2013. "It has reached criticality with no problems," said Katsuya Kinjo, a spokesman for the Japan A ... read more |
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