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Cassini Back To Normal, Ready For EnceladusPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 25, 2010 NASA's Cassini spacecraft resumed normal operations, Nov. 24. All science instruments have been turned back on, the spacecraft is properly configured and Cassini is in good health. Mission managers expect to get a full stream of data during next week's flyby of the Saturnian moon Enceladus. Cassini went into safe mode on Nov. 2, when one bit flipped in the onboard command and data subsystem computer. The bit flip prevented the computer from registering an important instruction, and the space ... read more |
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 Major Collision In Local Galaxy Cluster Six Billion Years Ago Did a major collision between two massive galaxies occur in the Local Group 6 billion years ago? Numerical simulations made by six researchers from Paris Observatory, CNRS, and NAOC suggest this. Th ... more | .. |
 Cosmic Dust And Gas Shape Galaxy Evolution Astronomers find cosmic dust annoying when it blocks their view of the heavens, but without it the universe would be devoid of stars. Cosmic dust is the indispensable ingredient for making stars and ... more |
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 Mission to far side of moon proposed A U.S. aerospace company says it is proposing a mission to send a crew to a stationary spot in orbit over the far side of the moon. ... more | .. |
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  Magnetic Trapping Will Help Unlock The Secrets Of Anti-Matter A clearer understanding of the Universe, its origins and maybe even its destiny is a significant step closer, thanks to new research. As part of a major international experiment called ALPHA, based ... more |
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 Researchers Uncover Surprise Link Between Weird Quantum Phenomena Researchers have uncovered a fundamental link between the two defining properties of quantum physics. Stephanie Wehner of Singapore's Centre for Quantum Technologies and the National University of S ... more | .. |
 Getting Bubbles Out Of Fuel Pumps For more than 250 years, researchers have known that under certain conditions vapor bubbles can form in fluids moving swiftly over a surface. These bubbles soon collapse with such great force that t ... more | .. |
 Issue Brief Details Space Situational Awareness Sharing Program Sharing information on the location of space objects and debris is a prime example of addressing collective problems in space through cooperative solutions. As Earth orbit grows more congested ... more | .. |
  NASA Spacecraft Burns For Another Comet Flyby Eighty-six days out from its appointment with a comet, NASA's Stardust spacecraft fired its thrusters to help refine its flight path. The Stardust-NExT mission will fly past comet Tempel 1 next Vale ... more |
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 HP to focus more on software, new CEO says Hewlett-Packard plans to increase its focus on software, new chief executive Leo Apotheker said Monday, as the US computer giant posted fourth quarter results that topped Wall Street's expectations. ... more | .. |
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 New Evidence For Supernova-Driven Galactic Fountains In Milky Way Observing the X-ray-bright gas in the halo of the Milky Way, ESA's XMM-Newton has gathered new data which favour a process involving fountains of hot gas in our Galaxy. Such a scenario, with t ... more | .. |
 Hayabusa's Harvest The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed that the tiny particles inside the Hayabusa spacecraft's sample return container are in fact from the asteroid Itokawa. Scientists e ... more |
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 Comet Snowstorm Engulfs Hartley 2 NASA has just issued a travel advisory for spacecraft: Watch out for Comet Hartley 2, it is experiencing a significant winter snowstorm. Deep Impact photographed the unexpected tempest when it ... more | .. |
 The Enigma Of The Missing Stars In Space May Be Solved New stars are born in the Universe around the clock - on the Milky Way, currently about ten per year. From the birth rate in the past, we can generally calculate how populated space should actually ... more |
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