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Earth's Cloudy Past Could Reveal Exoplanet DetailsMoffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2012 Two astronomers from Spain are trying to determine how brightly Earth would shine in the age of the dinosaurs. Their results not only reveal how Earth would look to a distant observer, but could also help astronomers determine the layout of landforms on faraway planets. Rather than relying on climate models, the pair analyzed the relationship between cloud cover and landforms to calculate how clouds would gather over different regions. "When you look at the planet...it has a given distributi ... read more |
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  The Rings of Pluto In the distant outer Solar System, rings are nearly ubiquitous. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all have rings, leaving Pluto as the only outer planet without rings. But PSI Senior Scient ... more | .. |
  The two faces of Titan's dunes A new analysis of radar data from the international Cassini spacecraft has revealed regional variations amongst Titan's sand dunes. The result yields new clues to the giant moon's climatic and geolo ... more | .. |
  Ball Aerospace Makes Progress for NASA's Joint Polar Satellite System-1 Spacecraft Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. expects to have initiated the procurement of the majority of avionics and electronics components required to build the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) spa ... more | .. |
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  Russia Readies ISS Space Freighter Launch A Soyuz-U launch vehicle carrying the Progress M-14M cargo spacecraft will be transported to a launch site at the Baikonur space center on Tuesday, Russian space agency Roscosmos said. "A stat ... more | .. |
 Mimas And Dione Saturn's moon Mimas peeks out from behind the night side of the larger moon Dione in this Cassini image captured during the spacecraft's Dec. 12, 2011, flyby of Dione. Dione is 698 miles, or 1 ... more | .. |
  U.S. Denies Link to Mars Mission Failure A spokesperson at the Department of State denied information that the crash of the Phobos-Grunt probe to the Martian moon Phobos could have been caused by a powerful electromagnetic emission from a ... more | .. |
  Comet Corpses in the Solar Wind A paper published in Science raises an intriguing new possibility for astronomers: unearthing comet corpses in the solar wind. The new research is based on dramatic images of a comet disintegrating ... more |
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  Extreme Life at the Bottom of a Glacier The bottom of a glacier is not the most hospitable place on Earth, but at least two types of bacteria happily live there, according to researchers. The bacteria - Chryseobacterium and Paenispo ... more | .. |
  ASU acquires exotic piece of Mars ASU's Center for Meteorite Studies has acquired a significant new sample for its collection: a rare Martian meteorite that fell in southern Morocco in July 2011. It is the first Martian fall in abou ... more | .. |
 Australia joins the fight against space junk Australia is backing a proposal to minimise the amount of 'space junk' circling the planet. The plan has been put forward by the EU, and calls for an international code of conduct for outer sp ... more | .. |
  Biggest solar storm since 2005 pummels Earth A potent solar flare has unleashed the biggest radiation storm since 2005 and could disrupt some satellite communications in the polar regions, US space weather monitors said Monday. ... more |
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  Warrant needed for GPS tracking: US Supreme Court The US Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police need a search warrant before tracking a suspect with a GPS device, in a case involving privacy and 21st century technology. ... more | .. |
  A Salt-Free Primordial Soup The saltiness of our blood is often cited as evidence that life originated in the ocean. However, some researchers contend that the first chemical steps toward biology would have been easier in fres ... more | .. |
  Snakes Improve Search-and-Rescue Robots Designing an all-terrain robot for search-and-rescue missions is an arduous task for scientists. The machine must be flexible enough to move over uneven surfaces, yet not so big that it's restricted ... more | .. |
  T-rays technology could help develop Star Trek-style hand-held medical scanners Scientists have developed a new way to create electromagnetic Terahertz (THz) waves or T-rays - the technology behind full-body security scanners. The researchers behind the study, published recentl ... more |
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FARMing with Data OpenET Introduces FARMS Tool to Aid Water Management
Heat from the Sun Linked to Seismic Activity on Earth
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  Delta 4 Launches Air Force Wideband Global SATCOM-4 Satellite A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying the Wideband Global SATCOM-4 (WGS-4) satellite for the United States Air Force lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 Thursday evening y at 7:38 p. ... more | .. |
 Stratolaunch Systems Announces Ground Breaking At Mojave Stratolaunch Systems announced Friday the ground breaking on a production facility and hangar at the Mojave Air and Space Port. Stratolaunch Systems, founded by Paul G. Allen, is a private aer ... more | .. |
  Fourth WGS Satellite Sends First Signals from Space Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the fourth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite it is delivering to the U.S. Air Force. The signals indicate that WGS-4, the first in the Block ... more | .. |
 Third ATV Launch Campaign Proceeding Towards March Launch Fueling is underway for Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) at the Spaceport in French Guiana, which will be launched by Arianespace in March aboard an Ariane 5 on an International Space ... more |
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  Leap Second To Be Added to Clocks on June 30th On June 30, 2012, a "leap second" will be added to the world's clocks at 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This corresponds to 7:59:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, wh ... more | .. |
  The Helix in New Colors ESO's VISTA telescope, at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, has captured a striking new image of the Helix Nebula. This picture, taken in infrared light, reveals strands of cold nebular gas that are ... more | .. |
 Scientists Make First-Ever Observations Of Comet's Demise Deep Inside Solar Atmosphere In a paper to be published tomorrow in the journal Science, for the first time ever scientists at the Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL) at the Advanced Technology Center (ATC ... more | .. |
 NASA Joins MIT and DARPA for Out-of-This-World Student Robotic Challenge NASA will join the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and high school student teams from the U.S. and abroad for the third annual Zero ... more |
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 Planck Telescope Warms up as Planned The High Frequency Instrument aboard the Planck space telescope has completed its survey of the remnant light from the Big Bang explosion that created our universe. The sensor ran out of coolant on ... more | .. |
 International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities The long-term sustainability of our space environment is at serious risk from space debris and irresponsible actors. Ensuring the stability, safety, and security of our space systems is of vital int ... more | .. |
 Raytheon sonars and desktops heading south U.S. Raytheon has received an $80.8 million modification contract to provide 25 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar systems to the Australian navy's air fleet. ... more | .. |
 U.S. denies radar affected spacecraft The United States has denied powerful electromagnetic emission from a U.S. radar caused the failure of a Russian spacecraft that fell to Earth. ... more |
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 Inaugural Vega Mission Ready For Liftoff Final checkout of Europe's new Vega launcher was completed last Friday, marking another milestone towards its maiden flight from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The first Vega lau ... more | .. |
  China plans to launch 21 rockets, 30 satellites this year China plans to launch 21 rockets and 30 satellites this year, exceeding its record of 19 rockets and 22 satellites launched in 2010, the main contractor for the country's space program told Xinhua o ... more | .. |
 Three Generations of Rovers with Crouching Engineers Two spacecraft engineers join a grouping of vehicles providing a comparison of three generations of Mars rovers developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. The setting is JPL's M ... more | .. |
 Adjusting Robotic Arm on Amboy Rock Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production. Opportunity is conduc ... more |
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