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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 08, 2009 
Since its discovery by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens in 1655, Saturn's most massive moon, Titan, has been known as a place of mystery and intrigue. The large, cloud-enshrouded moon is such a scientific enigma that for the past five years, it has been targeted by NASAs Cassini spacecraft with more than 60 probing flybys. One of its latest findings could be a valuable asset to future ... read more 
Kingston, Canada (SPX) Sep 08, 2009An international team of astronomers, including Queen's University physicist Larry Widrow, have uncovered evidence of a nearby cosmic encounter. Their study indicates that the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies, the two galaxies closest to our own, collided about two to three billion years ago. "The encounter forever changed the structure of the galaxies," says Dr. Widrow, a professor of ... more
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 04, 2009The sun is in the pits of the deepest solar minimum in nearly a century. Weeks and sometimes whole months go by without even a single tiny sunspot. The quiet has dragged out for more than two years, prompting some observers to wonder, are sunspots disappearing? "Personally, I'm betting that sunspots are coming back," says researcher Matt Penn of the National Solar Observatory (NSO) in ... more  
Paris (AFP) Sept 3, 2009A powerful orbital telescope launched in March with a mission to look for habitable counterparts to Earth should also be able to detect small moons that could nurture life, scientists said Thursday. The NASA spacecraft Kepler is designed to monitor more than 100,000 stars over the next three years, looking for telltale dips in their brightness as orbiting planets pass in front of them. ... more 
Moffett Field (SPX) Sep 04, 2009The Miller-Urey experiment, conducted by chemists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey in 1953, is the classic experiment on the origin of life. It established that the early Earth atmosphere, as they pictured it, was capable of producing amino acids, the building blocks of life, from inorganic substances. Now, more than 55 years later, two scientists are proposing a hypothesis that could add a ... more |
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Columbia MO (SPX) Sep 02, 2009Scientists using a continent-wide array of radio telescopes have made an extremely precise measurement of the curvature of space caused by the Suns gravity, and their technique promises a major contribution to a frontier area of basic physics. "Measuring the curvature of space caused by gravity is one of the most sensitive ways to learn how Einsteins theory ... more  
New Delhi, India (XNA) Sep 02, 2009Less than a year after its launch, India's first unmanned lunar mission, Chandrayan I, knocked off the country's endeavor to assert its power in space, after it lost radio contact with the mission control following a technical glitch believed to have been caused by a burst of sun spot activity. Though the state-run Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) hailed the moon mission a "great ... more 
Canberra, Australia (XNA) Sep 02, 2009A multi-million dollar astronomy research center opened in Western Australia (WA) on Tuesday, with backers hoping it would boost the nation's bid to secure the world's largest telescope. The International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) is designed to underpin the country's campaign to build the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), which could one day help unlock the secrets of the ... more |
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