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VLT rediscovers life on Earth By looking at the moonMunich, Germany (SPX) Mar 02, 2012 "We used a trick called earthshine observation to look at the Earth as if it were an exoplanet," says Michael Sterzik (ESO), lead author of the paper. "The Sun shines on the Earth and this light is reflected back to the surface of the Moon. The lunar surface acts as a giant mirror and reflects the Earth's light back to us - and this is what we have observed with the VLT." The astronomers analyse the faint earthshine light to look for indicators, such as certain combinations of gases in the Earth's ... read more |
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  Slight Cleaning of Opportunity Mars Rover Solar Panels 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. While positioned for ... more | .. |
  New model provides different take on planetary accretion The prevailing model for planetary accretion, also called fractal assembly, and dating back as far as the 18th century, assumes that the Solar System's planets grew as small grains colliding chaotic ... more | .. |
  Europe's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security Program Examined Collecting environmental information about the present and future of home planet Earth is of critical importance. Space-based systems can help to appreciate how our planet and its climate are changi ... more | .. |
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 Researchers say galaxy may swarm with 'nomad planets' Our galaxy may be awash in homeless planets, wandering through space instead of orbiting a star. In fact, there may be 100,000 times more "nomad planets" in the Milky Way than stars, according ... more | .. |
 Sciamachy - 10 years monitoring climate in space How has our ozone layer changed in the last 10 years? How do trace gases like nitrous oxides, carbon dioxide and methane influence our climate? How do environmental protection measures work? T ... more | .. |
  ATV-3 set to provide ESA's annual service to ISS ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo ferry, Edoardo Amaldi, is ready for launch on an Ariane 5 to the International Space Station on 9 March from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. ... more | .. |
  Young Stars Flicker Amidst Clouds of Gas and Dust Astronomers have spotted young stars in the Orion nebula changing right before their eyes, thanks to the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The co ... more |
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Macron proposes French nuclear extension, Ukraine troop deployment
China says to hike defence spending by 7.2% this year
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 ISS Orbit Adjusted for Docking The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) will be raised by 2.1 kilometers (1.3 miles) on Wednesday to ensure the best conditions for the docking of Russia's Progress M-15M cargo spacecraft ... more | .. |
 Andre On A PromISSe For Extended Space Station Mission ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers will stay on the International Space Station for more than a month longer than originally planned. In addition to his normal routine he will spend some of the extra time ... more | .. |
  MSU satellite surpasses goal; NASA taps MSU to queue up for another launch The Montana State University satellite that rode into space on a NASA rocket has now gathered information longer than the historic U.S. satellite it was built to honor, says the director of MSU's Sp ... more | .. |
  Arianespace maintains its open dialog with the space insurance sector Arianespace has a high-profile presence at this week's World Space Risk Forum in Dubai, where the company's activities include a half-day briefing for the space insurance sector's major players. ... more |
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 The initial Ariane 5 for launch in 2012 completes its final assembly Arianespace's heavy-lift Ariane 5 for the orbiting of Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is now complete following installation of its payload fairing - marking an important step as fin ... more | .. |
 Private rocket assembled for space launch A private spaceship is close to heading to the International Space Station as SpaceX's Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket have been joined, the company says. ... more | .. |
  Wish for city of the future takes shape at TED The innovation group TED has given its coveted annual prize for the first time to an idea - the city of the future. ... more | .. |
 Camera on NASA Mars Odyssey Tops Decade of Discovery Ten years ago, on Feb. 19, 2002, the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS), a multi-band camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, began scientific operations at the Red Planet. Since then the camer ... more |
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Chinese Remote Sensing Constellation Expands for Global Market
BAE Systems selected to develop NOAA's next-generation space weather satellite
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  LightSquared Undertakes Search for New CEO LightSquared has announced that Sanjiv Ahuja has resigned his position as chief executive officer. He will continue to serve as chairman of the board. Doug Smith, currently chief network officer, an ... more | .. |
 Proposed Mars Mission Has New Name A proposed Discovery mission concept led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., to investigate the formation and evolution of terrestrial planets by studying the deep interior of Mar ... more | .. |
 NASA Official Announces Chair of New Mars Program Planning Group NASA's associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, John Grunsfeld, has named former veteran NASA program manager Orlando Figueroa to lead a newly established Mars Program Planning G ... more | .. |
 SwRI and XCOR agree to pioneering research test flight missions Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has reached an agreement with XCOR Aerospace, Inc. to conduct pioneering suborbital space missions with Institute payload specialist astronauts flying aboard one ... more |
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  Lockheed Martin Team Completes On-Orbit Testing Of First AEHF Satellite Lockheed Martin reports the successful completion of on-orbit testing for the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications space vehicle (SV-1). The AEHF system will ... more | .. |
  BepiColombo Mercury mission to be launched in 2015 BepiColombo, an ESA mission to the planet Mercury in collaboration with the Japanese space agency, JAXA, is now planned for launch in a window opening in August 2015. While ESA had previously ... more | .. |
  Scientists Shed Light On Lunar Impact History A team of researchers from the NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., have discovered that debris that caused a "lunar cataclysm" on the moon 4 bi ... more | .. |
 Rocket launches from Poker Flat Research Range On Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8:41 p.m. Alaska time, scientists launched a NASA sounding rocket from Poker Flat Research Range into a brilliant aurora display. The rocket mission, designed to gather infor ... more |
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 Antarctic salty soil sucks water out of atmosphere: Could it happen on Mars? The frigid McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica are a cold, polar desert, yet the sandy soils there are frequently dotted with moist patches in the spring despite a lack of snowmelt and no possibility ... more | .. |
 Surface of Mars an unlikely place for life after 600 million year drought Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, according to researchers who have been carrying out the painstaking ta ... more | .. |
  Asteroid 2011 AG5 - A Reality Check Asteroid 2011 AG5 has been receiving a lot of attention lately because of a very unlikely scenario which would place it on an Earth-interception course 28 years from now. Here is a scientific realit ... more | .. |
  Space department denies information to ex-ISRO chief The Department of Space (DoS) has declined to provide key documents sought by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair to know the basis on which the government debarred him and three other retired space scientists in January from holding official posts. ... more |
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  IBM takes giant step to faster, quantum computers IBM researchers have taken a leap in computing by using quantum mechanics to harness the power of atoms and molecules, a move likely to lead to vast increases in speed and security of computers and other devices. ... more | .. |
  A bad day on Venus gets even worse Contrary to its alluring name, Venus is the planet from hell, with an atmosphere so hot, toxic and heavy that any visitor would risk being simultaneously melted, suffocated and crushed. ... more | .. |
TED titans see through eyes of young innovators Titans of Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and finance gazed through the eyes of young innovators as the renowned TED conference formally got under way on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  XCOR Aerospace Closes $5 Million Round of Investment Capital XCOR Aerospace reports that it recently closed a $5 million round of equity funding. The round, combined with cash on hand plus anticipated and existing contracts should fund the company through pro ... more |
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