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January 11, 2011
EXO WORLDS
Kepler Mission Discovers Its First Rocky Planet
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NASA's Kepler mission confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet, named Kepler-10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it is the smallest planet ever discovered outside our solar system. The discovery of this so-called exoplanet is based on more than eight months of data collected by the spacecraft from May 2009 to early January 2010. "All of Kepler's best capabilities have converged to yield the first solid evidence of a rocky planet orbiting a star other than our sun," said Nata ... read more

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ICPMSE-10J: Protection of Materials and Structures from Space Environment Conference The effects of differing space environments on materials and structures.
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SOLAR SCIENCE

New Insights Into Sun's Photosphere
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SATURN DAILY

Cassini To Probe Rhea For Clues To Saturn Rings
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OPINION SPACE

"Me-Too-Ism" Is Alive, But Not Well
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Moon becomes little more out of reach for NASA's VIPER rover
ispace Achieves Key Mission 2 Milestone with Successful Lunar Orbit Entry
Rocket Lab sets May launch for latest iQPS satellite mission
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Possible Missing Link Between Young And Old Galaxies
University of California, Berkeley, astronomers may have found the missing link between gas-filled, star-forming galaxies and older, gas-depleted galaxies typically characterized as "red and dead." ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

NASA's Hubble Finds That Puny Stars Pack A Big Punch
A deep survey of more than 200,000 stars in our Milky Way galaxy has unveiled the sometimes petulant behavior of tiny red dwarf stars. These stars, which are smaller than the Sun, can unleash powerf ... more
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MARSDAILY

Rover Continues To Explore Santa Maria Crater
As the New (Earth) Year begins, Opportunity is continuing to explore the 80-meter (262-foot) diameter Santa Maria crater. The exploration campaign consists of wide-baseline imaging surveys wit ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

JWST Makes Significant Progress In 2010
Highlighted by the completion of its most important milestone to date, Mission Critical Design Review, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope made significant progress throughout 2010. Northrop Grumman C ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

Hubble Snaps Image Of Space Oddity
In this image by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, an unusual, ghostly green blob of gas appears to float near a normal-looking spiral galaxy. The bizarre object, dubbed Hanny's Voorwerp (Hanny's ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

NASA's Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter Into Space
Scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before. Scientists think the antimatter ... more
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SPACEMART

RaySat And FUNTORO Offer LIVE Infotainment Systems To Mass Transportation Market
RaySat and FUNTORO announce their global cooperation to promote and distribute their complementary products for LIVE satellite infotainment systems on buses, trains and ferries. This cooperation wil ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Under Pressure: Stormy Weather Sensor For Hurricane Forecasting
It's hard to believe that, in this day and age, we don't have a way to measure sea-level air pressure during hurricanes. NASA researchers, however, are working on a system that will improve forecast ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

In Distant Galaxies, New Clues To Century-Old Molecule Mystery
In a study that pushes the limits of observations currently possible from Earth, a team of NASA and European scientists recorded the "fingerprints" of mystery molecules in two distant galaxies, Andr ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Ex-NASA worker charged military tech sale to SKorea
An American who worked for NASA was charged with illegally shipping infrared military technology to South Korea, the Department of Justice announced Monday. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center Goes Live
Lockheed Martin has announced that the satellite command and control system - the Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center Ground System Architecture- recently went operational with the successful ... more
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GPS NEWS

China schools issue GPS phones to boost safety
Schools in Beijing are giving GPS-equipped mobile phones to students, as China seeks to tackle the twin problems of missing children and campus violence, state press said Monday. ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Longstanding Mystery of Sun's Hot Outer Atmosphere Solved
One of the most enduring mysteries in solar physics is why the Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, is millions of degrees hotter than its surface. Now scientists believe they have discovered a ... more
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MOON DAILY

Lunar water may have come from comets - scientists
Water on the Moon came in large part from comets which bombarded the lunar surface in its infancy, a study published on Sunday suggests. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Hong Kong researchers store data in bacteria
The US' national archives occupy more than 500 miles (800 kilometres) of shelving; France's archives stretch for more than 100 miles of shelves, as do Britain's. ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA Image Shows La Nina-Caused Woes Down Under
The current La Nina in the Pacific Ocean, one of the strongest in the past 50 years, continues to exert a powerful influence on weather around the world, affecting rainfall and temperatures in varyi ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION
First Super-Earth Atmosphere Analyzed

Kepler Mission Discovers Its First Rocky Planet

NASA spots tiny Earth-like planet, too hot for life

EARTH OBSERVATION
Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center Goes Live

Goodrich delivers 331st sonar window

Hong Kong researchers store data in bacteria

EARTH OBSERVATION
China schools issue GPS phones to boost safety

Another GPS Software Upgrade Completed

GPSCaddy Golf App Now Offers Free Course Maps

EARTH OBSERVATION
China Builds Theme Park In Spaceport

Tiangong Space Station Plans Progessing

China-Made Satellite Keeps Remote Areas In Venezuela Connected

EARTH OBSERVATION
Meteorite Just One Piece Of An Unknown Celestial Body

Building Blocks of Life Created In "Impossible" Place

Peak viewing for 'shooting stars' meteor show

EARTH OBSERVATION
A Look Into Vesta's Interior

Dawn Has A Consistent 2010

Asteroid Itokawa Sample Return

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SOLAR SCIENCE

ESA Spacecraft Model Magnetic Boundaries
European scientists have used observations from ESA's Cluster and Venus Express spacecraft to improve models of the interaction of Earth and Venus with the solar wind, the perpetual stream of electr ... more
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AEROSPACE

Russian Firm Builds Another Aerostat System For China
Russia's Augur-RosAeroSystems will finish in 2011 the construction of a third large-size tethered aerostat under a contract with a Chinese firm, the company's president said. The Puma aerostat ... more
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GPS NEWS

Another GPS Software Upgrade Completed
As part of a larger ongoing effort by Air Force officials to improve and maintain the current GPS ground system, Air Force Space Command officials completed another sustainment software release for ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

An Escalator To Space - Not Very Far Away
The day may not be far away when an elevator attendant asks your preferred destination - low earth orbit (LEO) or geostationary orbit (GSO). Research is fast progressing in advanced countries on des ... more
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SKY NIGHTLY

First Lights: Easy Targets For Your New Telescope
Every holiday season, hundreds of thousands of shiny new telescopes are given to good girls and boys (and moms and dads) around the world. Be it a long, sleek tube or a compact marvel of computerize ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

Surprise: Dwarf Galaxy Harbors Supermassive Black Hole
The surprising discovery of a supermassive black hole in a small nearby galaxy has given astronomers a tantalizing look at how black holes and galaxies may have grown in the early history of the Uni ... more
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ENERGY TECH

From 'Star In A Jar' To Spaceflight, One Experimenter Has High Hopes For Fusion
Dr. Robert Goddard, the inventor of the liquid-fuel rocket engine, conducted most of his pioneering work alone and with a close-knit group of technicians. Working alone, he was derided by scientists ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Home appliances get 'smart' at CES
Mobile phones aren't the only things getting smart. Home appliances are too. ... more
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