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December 03, 2009
Mars Meteorite Debate Continues
Houston TX (SPX) Dec 03, 2009
Using more advanced analytical instruments now available, a Johnson Space Center research team has reexamined the 1996 finding that a meteorite contains strong evidence that life may have existed on ancient Mars. The new research focused on investigating alternate proposals for the creation of materials thought to be signs of ancient life found in the meteorite. The new study argues that ... read more

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A Superbright Supernova That's The First Of Its Kind
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Data From Outer Space Opens New Frontiers
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Dawn Enters The Asteroid Belt
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Black Hole Caught Zapping Galaxy Into Existence
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Memory Foam Mattress Review & Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison

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Blushing Dusty Nebula
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 02, 2009
A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of part of NGC 7023, or the Iris Nebula, highlights a perfect dust laboratory in the sky. On Earth, we tend to find dust nothing more than a nuisance that blankets our furniture and causes us to sneeze. Cosmic dust can also be a hindrance to astronomers because cameras using visible light cannot see through it. However, studying cosmic dust in ... more

Astronomy Question Of The Week: Is There A Photograph Of The Universe
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Dec 02, 2009
If the question means "Has anyone stepped outside of the universe with a camera and taken a picture of it?" then the answer is, of course, no. The concept of 'universe' means the totality of all things, including space and time. So logically, there can be no 'outside' to the universe. (Although speculative cosmological theories propose other concepts.) One - very abstract - representation ... more

Rocket Test Will Carry Purdue Experiment
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 02, 2009
Purdue University researchers are designing and building an experiment that will operate during a test flight of a new type of reusable rocket to be launched by aerospace company Blue Origin. The experiment will be used to study how fluids behave in low gravity, providing information that could help engineers design better components for a variety of technologies used both on the Earth and ... more

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LHC Sets New World Record


Superior Super Earths


Scientists Explain Puzzling Lake Asymmetry On Titan
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Data From Outer Space Opens New Frontiers

A Superbright Supernova That's The First Of Its Kind

Fermi Telescope Peers Deep Into Microquasar

Superior Super Earths

UCF Space Experiment To Fly On New Rocket Ship

SOFIA Seeks Secrets Of Planetary Birth

Black Hole Caught Zapping Galaxy Into Existence

LHC Sets New World Record

Two Circulating Beams Bring First Collisions In LHC

Uracil Made In The Lab

Detecting Life-Friendly Moons

Astronomers Again Find Organic Molecules Around Gas Planet

Dawn Enters The Asteroid Belt

Restoration Of HAYABUSA's Return Cruise

Dawn Enters Asteroid Belt - For Good

Herschel's Splendid Spectra

NJIT Receives NSF Funding To Improve Big Bear Telescope

Spitzer Telescope Observes Baby Brown Dwarf

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Fermi Telescope Peers Deep Into Microquasar
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 ... more

Two Successful Rockets With Experiments In Weightlessness
Esrange Space Center, Sweden (SPX) Nov 30, 2009
During 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

Lunar Water Probably Came From Comets
Houston TX (PTI) Nov 27, 2009
In 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

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Deep-Space Maneuver Positions MESSENGER For Mercury Orbit Insertion


Prometheus Plays Tug Of War With One Of Saturn's Rings


Cassini Captures Ghostly Dance Of Saturn's Northern Lights
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Nigerian group to facelift a notorious Lagos slum

China tells West to heed poor nations on climate change

Climate change may be dire for Nigeria, minister warns

Hybrid-Electric Supercar With Microturbine Technology To Debut At LA Auto Show

GM's China sales speed past those in US

China's Geely to own Volvo technology: report

Black Hole Caught Zapping Galaxy Into Existence

LHC Sets New World Record

Two Circulating Beams Bring First Collisions In LHC

Expedition 21 Crew Lands In Kazakhstan

Four "Butterflynauts" Emerge On ISS

ISS Crew Members Prepare For Departure

Space shuttle Atlantis lands back on Earth

Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday

Shuttle undocks from station, returns to Earth

NZ Rocket's GPS Battery Dies

NASA Uses Twin Processes To Develop New Tank Dome Technology

Rocket Stars: The Guys Making Rocket Science A Career

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Cosmic "Dig" Reveals Vestiges Of Milky Way's Building Blocks

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Ready For Launch On December 9

Partial Gravity And The Moon

Cosmic Slot Machine Matches Galaxy Collisions

First Black Holes May Have Incubated In Giant Cocoons

Monster Waves On The Sun Are Real

UCF Space Experiment To Fly On New Rocket Ship

ESA's New SOHO Science Archive Now Online

More Indigenous Components In Second Moon Mission: ISRO

Vast Scope For Research On Moon

T2K Neutrino Experiment Starts Its Search For The Unknown

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Two Circulating Beams Bring First Collisions In LHC

Visual Assistance For Cosmic Blind Spots

Cassini's Big Sky: The View From The Center Of Our Solar System

Astronomy Question Of The Week: What Happens On The Moon During A Lunar Eclipse

The Crab Nebula: A Cosmic Icon

Image Of Circumstellar Disk Illuminates Massive Star Formation

Cassini Sends Back Images Of Enceladus As Winter Nears

Watching A Cannibal Galaxy Dine

Restoration Of HAYABUSA's Return Cruise

CERN atom-smasher restarts after 14-month hiatus: official

SOFIA Seeks Secrets Of Planetary Birth

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