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August 10, 2010
DEEP IMPACT
Perseid Meteors Return: Viewing Conditions Excellent
Palm Coast FL (SPX) Aug 10, 2010
The Perseid meteor shower, an annual celestial event beloved by millions of skywatchers around the world, returns to the night sky this week. And because the Moon is new, there will be no moonlight to hinder the view. Sky and Telescope magazine predicts that the Perseid shower will be at or near its peak late on Wednesday night (the night of August 11-12) and, probably even better, late on Thursday night (August 12-13). "The moonless sky this year means the viewing will be ideal," notes Alan MacRo ... read more

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SOLAR SCIENCE

M-Class Solar Flare Erupts
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DEEP IMPACT

Bright Fireball Kicks Off Perseid Meteor Shower
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MOON DAILY

NASA Seeks Data From Innovative Lunar Demonstrations
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MOON DAILY

Mimicking The Moon's Surface In The Basement
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Satellite Services supplies on-board sub-systems for smallsats and microsats.

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SOLAR SCIENCE

Activity From August First CME Subsides
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EXO LIFE

Looking For The Coolest Forms Of Life On Earth
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DEEP IMPACT

How To See The Best Meteor Showers Of The Year
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

A Galactic Spectacle
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Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review
SKY NIGHTLY

Three Planets Gather In Twilight
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EXO LIFE

Diving Robot Discovers Life In Slow Lane
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DEEP IMPACT

Planets Align For The Perseid Meteor Shower
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

NASA Reveals Key To Unlock Mysterious Red Glow In Space
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SKY NIGHTLY

From Stone Age To Space Age
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SATURN DAILY
Discovery Of Saturn's Auroral Heartbeat
Leicester, UK (SPX) Aug 05, 2010
An international team of scientists led by Dr Jonathan Nichols of the University of Leicester has discovered that Saturn's aurora, an ethereal ultraviolet glow which illuminates Saturn's upper atmosphere near the poles, pulses roughly once per Saturnian day. The length of a Saturnian day has been under much discussion since it was discovered that the traditional 'clock' used to measure the ... more

MOON DAILY
Russia To Launch Moon Probe In 2012
Razvilka, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 05, 2010
Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos will launch a probe bearing a neutron generator to study the moon's surface in 2012, a leading space researcher said on Tuesday. "Roscosmos plans to send to the moon a spacecraft bearing a neutron generator developed by our institute to study lunar surface," said Yevgeny Bogolyubov, deputy chief designer of the Automation Engineering Scientific Resea ... more

MERCURY RISING
NASA probe closing in on Mercury
Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2010
A NASA probe heading for Mercury is already making valuable observations although still months away from entering an orbit about the planet, scientists say. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's MESSENGER mission will establish an orbit around Mercury next March to start creating the most detailed maps ever made of the planet, SPACE.com reports. As it heads toward o ... more

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SOLAR SCIENCE

Coronal Mass Ejection Headed For Earth

MOON DAILY

Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, to turn 80


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Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar
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CAR TECH
Planets In Unusually Intimate Dance Around Dying Star

Detector Technology Could Help NASA Find Earth-Like Exoplanets

NASA Finds Super-Hot Planet With Unique Comet-Like Tail

CAR TECH
Russia works with CIS to upgrade radar

Google phones unseat BlackBerry as top sellers in US

Acoustic Tests On New Glonass-K Satellite Completed

CAR TECH
Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellite Surpasses 10 Years On-Orbit

Runzheimer International Reduces Corporate Mileage Expenses

Sea Star Line GUARDIAN SERVICE Offers Reefer Monitoring, Tracking, Tracing And Control

CAR TECH
China Contributes To Space-Based Information Access A Lot

China Sends Research Satellite Into Space

China eyes Argentina for space antenna

CAR TECH
Perseid Meteors Return: Viewing Conditions Excellent

The Impact That Shattered Santa Fe

Bright Fireball Kicks Off Perseid Meteor Shower

CAR TECH
WISE Discovers Over 90 Near-Earth Objects

'Sample return' space missions examined

Fascinating Images From A New World

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TECH SPACE
Safe And Efficient De-Orbit Of Space Junk Without Making The Problem Worse
Altadena CA (SPX) Aug 03, 2010
Global Aerospace Corporation (GAC) announced that Dr. Kristin L. Gates will present a paper on de-orbiting space junk at the August 2 Artificial and Natural Space Debris session of the AIAA Astrodynamics Specialists Conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Gates will describe GAC's Gossamer Orbit Lowering Device (GOLD) for safe and efficient removal from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) of dangerous space objects. The patented GOLD system concept uses a very large ultra thin balloon envelope to increase t ... read more

TECH SPACE
Pounding Particles To Create Neptune's Water In The Lab

Course Correction Keeps New Horizons On Path To Pluto

Scientists See Billions Of Miles Away

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TECH SPACE
Looking For The Coolest Forms Of Life On Earth

Diving Robot Discovers Life In Slow Lane

Orion Nebula Gives Clues To Origin Of Life On Earth

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TECH SPACE
Planets In Unusually Intimate Dance Around Dying Star

Detector Technology Could Help NASA Find Earth-Like Exoplanets

NASA Finds Super-Hot Planet With Unique Comet-Like Tail

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TECH SPACE
Spirit In Sweep And Beep Mode

Opportunity Performs Science And Rolls To Endeavour Crater

Hundreds Of New Views From Telescope Orbiting Mars

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TECH SPACE
NASA Seeks Data From Innovative Lunar Demonstrations

Mimicking The Moon's Surface In The Basement

Russia To Launch Moon Probe In 2012

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