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a timely reality check |
 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2009 
Biologists have found microbes that live in the hottest, coldest, driest and most unpleasant places on Earth. Many of these bugs don't adapt well to new surroundings, but one microbe is remarkable for withstanding a wide range of conditions. This quality might make this unique organism suitable for adapting to life on Mars. This ultimate survivor is called Methanosarcina barkeri. As its ... read more 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2009The "From Earth to the Universe" exhibition (FETTU) has opened outside the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. This display of some 50 large-scale astronomical images will be available to the public through the end of July. Also arriving in Washington, DC, later this month will be FETTU panels for the visually impaired. These panels will feature tactile displays ... more
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Manchester, UK (SPX) Jul 14, 2009Scientists from the University of Manchester have worked with an international team of astronomers using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope to get a new look at the spinning cosmic lighthouses known as pulsars. In two studies published in Science Express, the team has analyzed gamma-rays from two dozen pulsars - including eight of the most rapidly rotating pulsars. These ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2009Forty years ago, on 21 July 1969 at 03:56:20 (Central European Time), Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the Moon. All (six to date) Moon landings took place between 1969 and 1972 and a total of 12 people, all of them American astronauts, have walked on the Moon's surface. They brought rock samples from the Moon back to Earth with them. The analysis of this rock was ... more 
Washington (AFP) July 12, 2009With one small step off a ladder, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, before the eyes of hundreds of millions of awed television viewers worldwide. With that step, he placed mankind's first footprint on an extraterrestrial world and gained instant hero status. His first words upon stepping on the lunar surface have since been etched in ... more  
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jul 13, 2009Since the February 10, 2009 collision of Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251, the Department of Defense has begun to ramp-up its efforts to warn satellite operators of high-risk, close approaches by debris and other satellites. The latest population estimates of maneuverable spacecraft are as high as 800. However, since all operators do not report on satellite status, some fraction of these may ... more |
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Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 12, 2009For the man of faith, walking on the moon challenged and redefined his concept of God and creation. For the scientist, it was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to deepen his knowledge. But astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Harrison Schmitt can agree on one thing: mankind has a duty and a responsibility to continue its adventure in space in our solar system and beyond. Aldrin, now 79, landed on the ... more 
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Jul 10, 2009The historic moment almost 40 years ago when man first set foot on the Moon had enormous impact on those who watched, often inspiring them to pursue space or science careers. This is the picture painted by the more than 100 recollections of the Apollo 11 Moon landing being published on the Space Foundation's website this week and next. The brief comments come from a wide range of ... more 
Menlo Park CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2009The earliest stars in the universe formed not only as individuals, but sometimes also as twins, according to a paper published in Science Express. By creating robust simulations of the early universe, astrophysicists Matthew Turk and Tom Abel of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, located at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and ... more  
Rochester NY (SPX) Jul 10, 2009The tight cluster of stars surrounding a supermassive black hole after it has been violently kicked out of a galaxy represents a new kind of astronomical object and a fossil record of the kick. A paper published in the July 10 issue of The Astrophysical Journal discusses the theoretical properties of "hypercompact stellar systems" and suggests that hundreds of these faint star clusters ... more |
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DAMPE space telescope finds universal spectral feature that narrows field on cosmic ray origins
Oxford Physicists Reach Fourth-Order Quantum Squeezing With Trapped Ion
Sub-Neptunes Vanish Around Red Dwarf Stars in McMaster Exoplanet Survey |
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