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December 29, 2009
Cassini Team Showcase Saturn Moon Movies And Raw Images
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 28, 2009
Like sugar plum fairies in "The Nutcracker," the moons of Saturn performed a celestial ballet before the eyes of NASA's Cassini spacecraft. New movies frame the moons' silent dance against the majestic sweep of the planet's rings and show as many as four moons gliding around one another. To celebrate the holidays, the Cassini imaging team has created a video collection of "mutual events," ... read more

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Curtain falling on 'Digital Decade'
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Vampires And Collisions Rejuvenate Stars
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Stellar Mosh Pit Of Crashing Stars Resolves A Mystery
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Studying The Surface Of Titan
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Memory Foam Mattress Review & Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison

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Kansas Scientists Probe Mysterious Possible Comet Strikes On Earth
Lawrence KS (SPX) Dec 22, 2009
It's the stuff of a Hollywood disaster epic: A comet plunges from outer space into the Earth's atmosphere, splitting the sky with a devastating shock wave that flattens forests and shakes the countryside. But this isn't a disaster movie plotline. "Comet impacts might be much more frequent than we expect," said Adrian Melott, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Kansas. ... more

Avatar Moon Pandora Could Be Real
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 22, 2009
In the new blockbuster Avatar, humans visit the habitable - and inhabited - alien moon called Pandora. Life-bearing moons like Pandora or the Star Wars forest moon of Endor are a staple of science fiction. With NASA's Kepler mission showing the potential to detect Earth-sized objects, habitable moons may soon become science fact. If we find them nearby, a new paper by Smithsonian ... more

Space Debris A Concern In Satellite Launch
Zirakpur, India (SPX) Dec 23, 2009
Only 20% of the 12,000-odd artificial objects, including satellites, are operational in space, but unwanted "debris" are causing a lot of problem in launching new ones, former ISRO director Suresh Naik said. There are around 12,000 satellites and other artificial objects in the space, out of which only 20% are active. Satellites have a life of 15-20 years, and then they get lost in space ... more

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Brown Dwarf Pair Mystifies Astronomers


A Reflecting Surface Of A Lake On Saturn's Moon Titan


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Vampires And Collisions Rejuvenate Stars

Stellar Mosh Pit Of Crashing Stars Resolves A Mystery

Brown Dwarf Pair Mystifies Astronomers

Avatar Moon Pandora Could Be Real

Astronomers Find World With Inhospitable Atmosphere And Icy Heart

First Super-Earths Discovered Around Sun-Like Stars

You couldn't make it up: offbeat stories from 2009

Events that marked the start of the 21st century

Large Hadron Collider shut down until February

Icy Moons Of Saturn And Jupiter May Have Conditions Needed For Life

Uracil Made In The Lab

Detecting Life-Friendly Moons

Kansas Scientists Probe Mysterious Possible Comet Strikes On Earth

Dawn Enters The Asteroid Belt

Restoration Of HAYABUSA's Return Cruise

Prepping WISE To Pop Its Lens Cap

Initial Results From Herschel's Science Demonstration Phase

Silicon Technology Offers Extended X-Ray Vision Of High-Energy Cosmos

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A Blue Moon For New Year's Eve
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Dec 22, 2009
When you hear someone say "Once in a Blue Moon" you know what they mean. They're usually talking about something rare, silly, and even absurd. After all, when was the last time you saw the moon turn blue? Well, rare or not, we're having one this month, and according to astronomer David Reneke from Australasian Science magazine, it's going to happen on New Year's Eve! It's not at all clear ... more

Meteor Hunt In Beijing Continues
Beijing, China (XNA) Dec 22, 2009
The search continues for a full moon-bright meteoroid likely to have landed in west suburban Beijing on Wednesday in what astronomers said could lead to one of the biggest discoveries in Beijing this year. Witnesses in Beijing and nearby Tianjin recorded a clearly visible fireball-like meteorite descending near the west horizon of Beijing at 10:23 pm on Dec 16. The surveillance ... more

Solar Ultraviolet Imager For GOES-R Satellite Passes CDR
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Dec 21, 2009
The Lockheed Martin team, awarded a contract by NASA in 2007 to design and build the agency's Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Series, has met the requirements of a Critical Design Review. The review was conducted last week at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto by a group of ... more

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Scientist Uncovers Relics Of Ancient Cosmos


Earth's moon gets down to -416F


Astronomers Find World With Inhospitable Atmosphere And Icy Heart
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Refurbished computers aid Kenyan farmers

Guinea's junta celebrates first year in power

Security chiefs 'dominate diamond trade'

Geely's Volvo bid highlights China's global car ambition

Swedish press sceptical on Chinese takeover of Volvo

China's Geely: from fridge parts to car giant

You couldn't make it up: offbeat stories from 2009

Events that marked the start of the 21st century

Large Hadron Collider shut down until February

Astronauts Dock At ISS

Expedition 22 Keeps Busy While Awaiting Additional Crew Members

Astronauts blast off on Christmas space voyage

Shuttle Endeavour readied for a space trip

Space shuttle Atlantis lands back on Earth

Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday

New Materials Designed To Deal With Hypersonic And Supersonic Hot Stuff

Milt Thompson's Wild Ride

X-51A WaveRider Gets First Ride Aboard B-52

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Supernova Explosions Stay In Shape

Messenger Team Releases First Global Map of Mercury

Sunglint Confirms Liquid In Titan Northern Lake District

Large Hadron Collider shut down until February

Inside The Dark Heart Of The Eagle

Hubble's Festive View of a Grand Star-Forming Region

Images of Chi Cygni reveal Sol's fate

LHC Produces First Physics Results

Icy Moons Of Saturn And Jupiter May Have Conditions Needed For Life

A New Way To Shine, A New Kind Of Star

First Super-Earths Discovered Around Sun-Like Stars

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Astronomy Question Of The Week: Where Are The Nearest Islands Of Stars

Born In Beauty: Proplyds In The Orion Nebula

Galaxy Collision Switches On Black Hole

No Need To Worry On Solar Storm In 2012

Low Mass Planets May Be Common Around Nearby Stars

Space Debris Remediation Seen As A New Business Area

Biosatellite To The Moon

ESA's Tigers On Prowl For Solar Corona's Secrets

First Known Binary Star Is Discovered To Be A Sextuplet System

Magnetic Dance Of Titan And Saturn To Be Main Attraction During Flyby

A 200 Million Mile Long Lab Bench For Turbulence Research

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