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May 16, 2013

Huge detector under Antarctic ice may have seen first cosmic neutrinos
Madison, Wis. (UPI) May 15, 2013
A giant experiment buried beneath the South Pole's ice has recorded the first neutrinos ever detected originating outside our solar system, researchers say. Neutrinos are produced in our atmosphere but the IceCube experiment - a cubic kilometer of sensitive detectors sunk into the Antarctic ice - has seen the first "cosmic neutrinos," they said. IceCube consists of 86 strings, each with 60 sensitive light detectors strung along it like "fairy lights," sunk deep into the ice. Rar ... read more

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US Navy and Lockheed Martin Deliver Newest Secure Communications Satellite for Mobile Users The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin have delivered the second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) spacecraft to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., where it will be prepared for a July liftoff abo ... more		ESSM intercept of high-diving threat proves expanded defensive capability Raytheon's Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) destroyed a high-diving, supersonic threat during a recent firing from the U.S. Navy's Self-Defense Test Ship. "The success of this firing, highlig ... more		Airbus awarded Oberon satellites contract by UK MOD Ariane 6 to deliver inaugural Galileo 2nd Gen satellites as European industry backs Arianespace BlackSky and Rocket Lab Set Launch Date for First Gen-3 Satellite		Western Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami hazard potential greater than previously thought Earthquakes similar in magnitude to the 2004 Sumatra earthquake could occur in an area beneath the Arabian Sea at the Makran subduction zone, according to recent research published in Geophysical Re ... more
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