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October 13, 2013

Kepler Finds First Signs of Other Earths
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A new analysis of observations from the Kepler spacecraft reveals what may be the first earth-sized planets with earthlike temperatures found orbiting sunlike stars. Until now, Kepler's nearly continuous observations of over 150,000 stars have confirmed the existence of Earth-sized planets in the hot regions close to their star. Larger planets, some as small as one and a half times the Earth's diameter, have been found in the Habitable Zone, where the amount of heat they receive from their star ma ... read more

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US shutdown not to hit Indian Mars mission The partial shutdown of the US government would not affect the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) scheduled for launch Oct 28, the Indian space agency said Saturday. "National Aeronautics Space ... more		Circadian rhythms in skin stem cells protect us against UV rays Human skin must cope with UV radiation from the sun and other harmful environmental factors that fluctuate in a circadian manner. A study published by Cell Press on October 10th in the journal Cell ... more		LSU Researchers Discover How Microbes Survive in Freezing Conditions Most microbial researchers grow their cells in petri-dishes to study how they respond to stress and damaging conditions. But, with the support of funding from NASA, researchers in LSU's Department o ... more
				Watery asteroid discovered in dying star points to habitable exoplanets Astronomers have found the shattered remains of an asteroid that contained huge amounts of water orbiting an exhausted star, or white dwarf. This suggests that the star GD 61 and its planetary syste ... more		Raytheon completes critical design review for GPS OCX software Raytheon has completed software Iteration 1.5 Critical Design Review (iCDR) for the Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX). The Iteration 1.5 software ... more

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Comet ISON's chances of surviving close brush with the Sun The much-anticipated close approach of comet ISON to the Sun this November may be spectacular as viewed from Earth, but it's unlikely to spell the end of the comet, according to a numerical-simulati ... more		Soft shells and strange star clusters PGC 6240 is an elliptical galaxy that resembles a pale rose in the sky, with hazy shells of stars encircling a very bright centre. Some of these shells are packed close to the centre of the galaxy, ... more		One in Four Chance Annually of Rocket Debris Entering High-Traffic Airspace Urban Sky Secures $30 Million in Series B Round to Advance Stratospheric Innovation New Zealand voices 'concern' as Cook Islands seeks China deal		Sunshield preparations bring Gaia closer to deep-space Soyuz launch Payload preparations for Arianespace's next Soyuz launch are progressing well at the Spaceport in French Guiana, where the Gaia billion-star surveyor is receiving its sunshield for in-orbit telescop ... more
				ESA's test rover begins exploring Atacama Desert ESA's test rover has been fitted with scientific instruments and made its first tracks in the sands of Chile's Atacama Desert. Meanwhile, team members have explored the area to select a suitable sit ... more		Lockheed Martin's Aegis BMD System Completes Highest Target Intercept Yet The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin team have intercepted a threat representative, medium-range, separating ballistic missile target using the second generation Aegis Bal ... more

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Raytheon's newest Standard Missile-3 intercepts medium-range ballistic missile target In a Missile Defense Agency test, the U.S. Navy fired a Standard Missile-3 Block IB, made by Raytheon, from the USS Lake Erie. The SM-3 eliminated the medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target. ... more		Giant channels discovered beneath Antarctic ice shelf Scientists have discovered huge ice channels beneath a floating ice shelf in Antarctica. At 250 metres high, the channels are almost as tall as the Eiffel tower and stretch hundreds of kilometres al ... more		Efforts to Detect Alien Life Advanced by Simple Microbe Mobility Test How Early Earth Supported the Formation of Polyester Protocells Lightning strikes link weather on Earth and weather in space		Unlocking Biology With Math Scientists at USC have created a mathematical model that explains and predicts the biological process that creates antibody diversity - the phenomenon that keeps us healthy by generating robust immu ... more
				Ultraviolet light to the extreme When you heat a tiny droplet of liquid tin with a laser, plasma forms on the surface of the droplet and produces extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light, which has a higher frequency and greater energy than ... more		Quantum computers: Trust is good, proof is better A quantum computer can solve tasks not tractable with conventional supercomputers. The question of how one can, nevertheless, verify the reliability of a quantum computer was recently answered in an ... more

NASA's moon landing remembered as a promise of a 'future which never happened'

Russia could build manned lunar base

China unveils its first and unnamed moon rover

ESA's test rover begins exploring Atacama Desert

US shutdown not to hit Indian Mars mission

Martian settlement site to be printed on a printer

US universities make big bets on startups

Iran plans new monkey space launch

Scott Carpenter, second American in orbit, dies at 88

Ten Years of Chinese Astronauts

NASA vows to review ban on Chinese astronomers

China criticises US space agency over 'discrimination'

	Disney Research discovers rubbing, tapping paper-like material creates electrical current Electric current sufficient to light a string of LEDs, activate an e-paper display or even trigger action by a computer can be generated by tapping or rubbing simple, flexible generators made of pap ... more		Controllers prepare to awaken comet hunter from deep-space sleep European space mission controllers say they're preparing to wake a comet-hunting spacecraft from a two-year deep-space hibernation as it nears its cosmic goal. ... more		Iran plans new monkey space launch Iran is planning to send another live monkey into space within a month, a top space official said in remarks reported by media Sunday. ... more		Tracking devices to go toe-to-toe with smartwatches Tech watchers with their gazes fixed on the wrists of gadget aficionados to watch the developing battle between Apple, Samsung and others to offer wearable "smartwatch" computers may have ignored another growing niche of wearable tech - fitness devices. ... more

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Climate puzzle over origins of life on Earth		Exceptional fossil fish reveals new evolutionary mechanism for body elongation		US universities make big bets on startups		Russia replaces space agency chief in reform bid		Ten Years of Chinese Astronauts
Plan maps development of China's sat-nav industry		Martian settlement site to be printed on a printer		Archival Hubble Images Reveal Neptune's "Lost" Inner Moon		Russia may build its own space station after 2020		Russian booster 'not the culprit in saiga kill'

Ukraine targets 50 percent increase in space industry output by 2017

I2BF Global Ventures Invests $20M in Dauria Aerospace

NASA vows to review ban on Chinese astronomers

Scott Carpenter, second American in orbit, dies at 88

Spacecraft snaps dramatic images of giant scar on the surface of Mars

Space 'graveyard' reveals bits of an Earth-like planet

Diamond 'super-earth' may not be quite as precious

Evidence for a new nuclear 'magic number'

Iron melt network helped grow Earth's core

NAU researcher's closer look at Mars reveals new type of impact crater

Northwestern Researchers Develop Compact, High-Power Terahertz Source at Room Temperature

Approaching Earth flyby to slingshot Juno to Jupiter

Methane seeps of the deep sea: A bacteria feast for lithodid crabs

First ever evidence of a comet striking Earth

Search for alien life more complicated than thought, scientists say

Russia announces plans to consolidate its space industry

NASA ban on Chinese scientists 'inaccurate': lawmaker

Lonely planet without a star discovered wandering our galaxy

China criticises US space agency over 'discrimination'

Ahead of talks, Iran rejects shipping out uranium

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