|
|
 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 30, 2009 
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has made the first unambiguous detection of high-energy gamma-rays from an enigmatic binary system known as Cygnus X-3. The system pairs a hot, massive star with a compact object - either a neutron star or a black hole - that blasts twin radio-emitting jets of matter into space at more than half the speed of light. Astronomers call these systems ... read more 
Esrange Space Center, Sweden (SPX) Nov 30, 2009During the last week two sounding rockets with microgravity experiments were successfully launched from Esrange Space Center, the operational space facility of the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC). The Brazilian motor VSB-30 was used during both flights. The TEXUS project is a sounding rocket program with the primary aim to investigate the properties and behaviour of materials, chemicals ... more
|
Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
| |||||||||||||||
| Previous Issues | Nov 29 | Nov 27 | Nov 26 | Nov 25 | Nov 24 |
| . |
 
Houston TX (PTI) Nov 27, 2009In a discovery that may solve the mystery behind the source of moon's water, an evidence from NASA's LCROSS mission suggested that much of it was delivered by comets that slammed into the Earth's satellite billions of years ago. Previous missions had also found hints of lunar water but its source was never clear. One idea is that it forms when hydrogen atoms from the solar wind latch onto ... more  
Laurel MD (SPX) Nov 27, 2009The Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft completed its fifth and final deep-space maneuver of the mission today, providing the expected velocity change needed to place the spacecraft on course to enter into orbit about Mercury in March 2011. A 3.3-minute firing of its bi-propellant engine provided nearly all of the probe's 177 meter per second (396 mile per hour) increase in its speed ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2009The diminutive moon Prometheus whips gossamer ice particles out of Saturn's F ring in this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 21, 2009. The moon and the ring have eccentric, offset orbits, so Prometheus dips in and out of the F ring as it travels around Saturn. Its gravitational force drags the dust-sized particles at the edge of the F ring along for the ride. ... more |
. |
|
|
. |
 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 25, 2009Sometimes you really can believe your eyes. That's what NASA's STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) spacecraft are telling researchers about a controversial phenomenon on the sun known as the "solar tsunami." Years ago, when solar physicists first witnessed a towering wave of hot plasma racing along the sun's surface, they doubted their senses. The scale of the thing was ... more  
Orlando FL (SPX) Nov 25, 2009A UCF physics experiment that could help explain the birth of the solar system has been selected to fly aboard a new generation of rocket ship. The experiment, which will gather data and test theories on the formation of planets, will fly aboard New Shepard. Blue Origin, which is developing the next-generation vehicle, is among several companies seeking commercial flight opportunities as ... more 
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 24, 2009Access to data from the ESA-NASA SOHO mission has just become easier with the launch of a new SOHO science archive with enhanced capabilities for searching and visualising the vast SOHO data archive. This is the first in a new generation of science archives under development at ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre. Since operations began in 1995 the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory ... more |
. |
| Previous Issues | Nov 29 | Nov 27 | Nov 26 | Nov 25 | Nov 24 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2009 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
