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December 14, 2012

ASU researchers propose new way to look at the dawn of life
Tempe AZ (SPX) Dec 14, 2012
One of the great mysteries of life is how it began. What physical process transformed a nonliving mix of chemicals into something as complex as a living cell? For more than a century, scientists have struggled to reconstruct the key first steps on the road to life. Until recently, their focus has been trained on how the simple building blocks of life might have been synthesized on the early Earth, or perhaps in space. But because it happened so long ago, all chemical traces have long been oblitera ... read more

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Alcohol constrains Physical Constant in the Early Universe Radio-astronomical observations of a distant galaxy indicate that the ratio of the proton's mass to that of the electron has hardly changed over cosmic history. This fundamental constant of na ... more		12 Matter Particles Suffice in Nature How many matter particles exist in nature? Particle physicists have been dealing with this question for a long time. The 12 matter particles contained in the standard model of particle physics? Or a ... more		24-armed Giant to Probe Early Lives of Galaxies A powerful new instrument called KMOS has just been successfully tested on ESO's Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. KMOS is unique as it will be able to observe not just one, ... more
				ISRO planning 10 space missions in 2013 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to accomplish 10 space missions in the next one year, parliament was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State in the Prime Minister's ... more		NASA's Hubble Provides First Census of Galaxies Near Cosmic Dawn Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered a previously unseen population of seven primitive galaxies that formed more than 13 billion years ago, when the universe was less than ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Six satellites for Globalstar's close-out Soyuz mission ready for launch The remaining two Globalstar satellites for next February's Arianespace/Starsem Soyuz mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome are now at the Kazakhstan launch site, joining four other spacecraft for checko ... more		Opportunity Checking Out Some Rocks At Matijevic Hill Opportunity is located at a place named "Matijevic Hill" (named in honor of Jake Matijevic) at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 3153 (Dec. 6, 2012), the rov ... more		U.S. sides with Russia in U.N. resolution votes on Ukraine war Taiwan says detains Chinese-crewed ship after subsea cable cut Air alert across Ukraine, missiles incoming: authorities		NASA Gravity Probes Prepare to Hit the Moon A pair of NASA spacecraft that have been studying the Moon's gravitational field are being prepared for a controlled descent into a mountain near the Moon's north pole. Impact is expected at about 2 ... more
				NASA Awards Commercial Crew Certification Contracts NASA announced Dec. 10 the next step in its plan to launch American astronauts from U.S. soil, selecting three companies to conduct activities under contracts that will enable future certification o ... more		Hubble plumbs the universe, yields images of early galaxies The Hubble Space Telescope is giving scientists a look at the oldest galaxies ever seen, dating back some 13.3 billion years - providing a glimpse into how the cosmos must have looked right after the Big Bang. ... more

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Fast20XX research project - ideas for travelling at hypersonic speed The vision is enticing - board in Europe, sit back, and disembark 90 minutes later on the other side of the world, in Australia. But before the SpaceLiner, which is being developed by the Institute ... more		Hat Trick for X-37B The third launch of the US Air Force's X-37B robot spaceplane opens new challenges to this robust spacecraft. For the first time, an X-37B mission is underway with a used vehicle. The spaceplane tha ... more		Harnessing Fog for Water Supply in the World's Driest Regions Glacial Fracking Identified as Undetected Arctic Methane Source Countries lock horns over cash for nature at rebooted UN talks		North Korea launches long-range rocket North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Wednesday, in defiance of UN sanctions threats over what Pyongyang's critics insist is a disguised ballistic missile test. ... more
				Curiosity Rover Nearing Yellowknife Bay The NASA Mars rover Curiosity drove 63 feet (19 meters) northeastward early Monday, Dec. 10, approaching a step down into a slightly lower area called "Yellowknife Bay," where researchers intend to ... more		Student Team Provides Real-Time Video of Asteroid Toutatis An asteroid that some day might threaten Earth is passing relatively close by on the night of December 11-12, and its gliding path among the stars will be tracked by a team of high-school students a ... more

NASA Gravity Probes Prepare to Hit the Moon

Apollo's Lunar Dust Data Being Restored

To the moon and back for less than 2 billion dollars

Opportunity Checking Out Some Rocks At Matijevic Hill

Charitum Montes: a cratered winter wonderland

Opportunity Continues Rock Studies

China patent office becomes world's largest: WIPO

What happens to plant growth when you remove gravity?

NASA Awards Commercial Crew Certification Contracts

Mr Xi in Space

China plans manned space launch in 2013: state media

China to launch manned spacecraft

	Cassini Spots Mini Nile River on Saturn Moon Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spotted what appears to be a miniature, extraterrestrial likeness of Earth's Nile River: a river valley on Saturn's moon Titan that stretches more than 20 ... more		New knowledge about the remarkable properties of black holes Black holes are surrounded by many mysteries, but now researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, among others, have come up with new groundbreaking theories that can explain several of their propert ... more		Shadows on ice: Proba-1 images Concordia south polar base ESA's Earth-observing microsatellite Proba-1 has glimpsed one of the loneliest places on Earth - Concordia research base in the heart of Antarctica. This image was acquired by the High-Resolution Ca ... more		Big Asteroid Tumbles Harmlessly Past Earth This week, NASA's Goldstone radar is tracking a large asteroid as it passes by Earth, and obtaining images of unprecedented clarity. "At closest approach on Dec. 12th, asteroid 4179 Toutatis will be ... more

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Fermi Improves its Vision for Thunderstorm Gamma-Ray Flashes

Unvieling diffuse x-ray emission from nearby galaxies

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NASA Astrobiology Institute Shows How Wide Binary Stars Form

Nearby star much older than thought

Wildfires Light Up Western Australia

Apollo's Lunar Dust Data Being Restored

To reach final frontier, NASA can't go it alone: analysts

What happens to plant growth when you remove gravity?

Russia and Kazakhstan to run Baikonur together

Rock Comet Meteor Shower

Environmental satellite produces first photo of Earth

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Medical Ops, Fan Checks for Space Crew; New Trio Checks Soyuz

Little Telescope Spies Gigantic Galaxy Clusters

Charitum Montes: a cratered winter wonderland

Search for life extends to the stars

Opportunity Continues Rock Studies

Chandra Observes Ring Galaxy NGC 922

Raytheon wins DARPA contract to design new military imaging satellites

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