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Knot In The Ribbon At The Edge Of The Solar System "Unties"San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 04, 2010 The unusual "knot" in the bright, narrow ribbon of neutral atoms emanating in from the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space appears to have "untied," according to a paper published online in the Journal of Geophysical Research. Researchers believe the ribbon, first revealed in maps produced by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, forms in response to interactions between interstellar space and the heliosphere, the protective bubble in which the Earth and oth ... read more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 30, 2010Turning a midsummer night's dream into reality, NASA's Cassini spacecraft begins its new mission extension - the Cassini Solstice Mission - today. The mission extension will take Cassini a few months past Saturn's northern summer solstice (or midsummer) through September 2017. It will enable scientists to study seasonal changes and other long-term weather changes on Saturn and its moons. C ... more  
Helsinki (AFP) Sept 28, 2010The Northern Lights have petered out during the second half of this decade, becoming rarer than at any other time in more than a century, the Finnish Meteorological Institute said Tuesday. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, generally follow an 11-year "solar cycle", in which the frequency of the phenomena rises to a maximum and then tapers off into a minimum and then repeats the cycle. ... more  
Haleakala HI (SPX) Sep 28, 2010The University of Hawaii's Pan-STARRS PS1 telescope on Haleakala has discovered an asteroid that will come within 4 million miles of Earth in mid-October. The object is about 150 feet in diameter and was discovered in images acquired on September 16, when it was about 20 million miles away. It is the first "potentially hazardous object" (PHO) to be discovered by the Pan-STARRS survey and h ... more |
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UN denies naming 'ambassador' to aliensUnited Nations, N.Y. (UPI) Sep 27, 2010 The United Nations is set to appoint the world's first ambassador to greet any aliens trying to contact Earth, authorities said. Malaysian astrophysicist Mazlan Othman, 58, would be responsible for co-coordinating humanity's response if and when extraterrestrials make contact, Britain Daily Telegraph reported Sunday. Othman will discuss the details of her proposed new role at a Royal Society conference in England this week, the newspaper said. She is currently head of the little-k ... read more |
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