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May 26, 2013

Researchers Explain Magnetic Field Misbehavior in Solar Flares
Baltimore MD (SPX) May 27, 2013
When a solar flare filled with charged particles erupts from the sun, its magnetic fields sometime break a widely accepted rule of physics. The flux-freezing theorem dictates that the magnetic lines of force should flow away in lock-step with the particles, whole and unbroken. Instead, the lines sometimes break apart and quickly reconnect in a way that has mystified astrophysicists. But in a paper published in the May 23 issue of the journal Nature, an interdisciplinary research team led by a John ... read more

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Ecuador satellite hits Soviet-era space junk A tiny Ecuadoran satellite that collided in space with the remains of a Soviet rocket survived the crash, but was damaged and is not transmitting, Quito's space agency said Thursday. ... more		Professor who once had to work at Subway makes math breakthrough A virtually unknown U.S. professor has taken a major step in solving a numerical problem that has baffled mathematicians for centuries, experts said. ... more		Ecuador's only satellite may have been damaged in space collision Ecuador's first satellite, launched last month, has collided with debris from an old Russian rocket but it is unclear if it has been damaged, officials say. ... more
				Wild Weather Could Be Ahead on Titan Saturn's moon Titan might be in for some wild weather as it heads into its spring and summer, if two new models are correct. Scientists think that as the seasons change in Titan's northern hemispher ... more		Researchers reveal model of Sun's magnetic field Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Chicago have uncovered an important mechanism behind the generation of astrophysical magnetic fields such as that of the Sun. Scientists have known ... more

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Satellites See Storm System that Created Oklahoma Tornado On May 20, 2013, NASA and NOAA satellites observed the system that generated severe weather in the south central United States and spawned the Moore, Okla., tornado. The tornado that struck Mo ... more		Fragile Mega-Galaxy Is Missing Link in Cosmic History Two hungry young galaxies that collided 11 billion years ago are rapidly forming a massive galaxy about 10 times the size of the Milky Way, according to UC Irvine-led research published Wednesday in ... more		EADS sweetens KF-X offering Syria opposition demands 'goodwill gestures' from Assad Row on arming Syria rebels deeply divides EU Gunmen kill NATO driver in Pakistan: officials Frigid Heat: How Ice can Menace a Hot Engine Palestinian-Israeli peace deal 'still possible': Abbas Manila confirms boost to military spending		World's largest undersea methane seep harbors variety of life U.S. researchers say they've discovered what may be the world's largest methane seep on the ocean floor, where life thrives under extreme conditions. ... more
				Arctic bacteria found living in Mars-like environment Scientists say they've found bacteria growing in the Canadian arctic at temperatures below freezing, nearly as cold as the surface of Mars. ... more		Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves into Development OSIRIS-REx, the $1 billion asteroid sample return mission led by the University of Arizona, reached a major milestone on May 16: The project passed the agency-level confirmation review called Key De ... more

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Ground and Space-based Observations Unveil Future of Sun A team of astronomers led by Jose Dias do Nascimento (Department of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte [DFTE, UFRN], Brazil) has found the farthest kno ... more		IRIS Mission Readies For a New Challenge The time draws near. NASA is getting ready to launch a new mission, a mission to observe a largely unexplored region of the solar atmosphere that powers its dynamic million-degree outer atmosphere a ... more		Drought makes Borneo's trees flower at the same time CT detects twice as many lung cancers as X-ray at initial screening exam Researchers analyse the hunting behaviour of fish larvae in virtual reality Thinking 'big' may not be best approach to saving large-river fish Encouraging signs for bee biodiversity Massive Far East quake felt in Moscow, no casualties Source of life running out: water scientists		Moon being pushed away from Earth faster than ever Earth is pushing the moon away faster now than it has for most of the past 50 million years, mostly a result of tides, a U.S. researcher says. ... more
				Never-before-seen energy pattern observed at National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Two research teams at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab) broke through a nearly 40-year barrier recently when they observed a never-before-seen energy pattern. The butterfly- ... more		Coming into existence: Quantum Style Entanglement, by general consensus of physicists, is the weirdest part of quantum science. To say that two particles, A and B, are entangled means that they are actually two parts of an inseparable ... more

Planning Accelerates For Pluto Encounter

'Vulcan' wins Pluto moon name vote

Public to vote on names for Pluto moons

Arctic bacteria found living in Mars-like environment

World's largest undersea methane seep harbors variety of life

A Roadmap for the Future of Astrobiology

Critical Kepler Reaction Wheel Fails: Mission End In Sight

Sifting Through the Atmosphere's of Far-Off Worlds

New Method of Finding Planets Scores its First Discovery

Curiosity Drills Second Rock Target

Mars Rover Opportunity Examines Clay Clues in Rock

Opportunity Rides Into History For Offworld Drive

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Tests lead to doubling of fuel cell life

Renewables the light at the end of the power price tunnel

Most Energy Execs Indicate Potential For US Energy Independence By 2030

Genscape Creates Largest Land and Sea Oil Supply Chain Monitoring Network

European and US Cellulase Patents granted to Direvo Industrial Biotechnology

Czech minister baulks at cost of nuclear plant bids

Commodity markets spooked by Bernanke, China data

NASA Launching Experiment to Examine the Beginnings of the Universe		Three Planets Converge In Western Twilight May 25-28		Galaxy's Ring of Fire		Scientists capture first direct proof of Hofstadter butterfly effect		New method proposed for detecting gravitational waves from ends of universe
Weather on the Outer Planets Only Goes So Deep		Billion-year-old water could hold clues to life on Earth and Mars		Activity Continues On the Sun		Cassini Shapes First Global Topographic Map of Titan		Orion's Hidden Fiery Ribbon

NASA says meteor impact on the moon glowed like a star

NASA says sun eruption sending billions of tons of particles at Earth

Bright Explosion on the Moon

Critical Kepler Reaction Wheel Fails: Mission End In Sight

Sifting Through the Atmosphere's of Far-Off Worlds

A space-time magnifying glass

NASA Develops Key To Cosmic Carbon's Molecular Evolution

NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves into Development

New Method of Finding Planets Scores its First Discovery

Hubble Tells a Tale of Galactic Collisions

Asteroid 1998 QE2 To Sail Past Earth Nine Times Larger Than Cruise Ship

"Kepler's Dozen" - 13 Stories About Distant Worlds That Really Exist

Team Takes Part in Discovering New Planet

Sun unleashes four potent solar flares

Impacts of Strong Solar Flares

New principle may help explain why nature is quantum

Quantum Physics: Look But Don't Touch

Physicists light 'magnetic fire' to reveal energy's path

Australian sky-gazers witness 'ring of fire' eclipse

Scientists demonstrate pear shaped atomic nuclei

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