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Record space junk cloud could threaten ISS: reportMoscow (AFP) Oct 26, 2012 The explosion of a failed Russian rocket upper stage has created a space junk cloud of 500 pieces which could threaten the International Space Station, a report said Thursday. In one of the biggest orbital debris incidents of recent years the Briz-M rocket stage exploded in mid-October, two months after causing a key launch of telecom satellites to fail in the latest embarrassing mishap for the embattled Russian space programme. "Right now there are about 500 pieces of debris that were creat ... read more |
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  Astrium presents results of its study into automatic landing near the Moon's south pole What technologies are needed to ensure a safe, accurate Moon landing and in-situ lunar research? Astrium is currently investigating this question in Lunar Lander studies for the European Space Agenc ... more | .. |
  Astronomers report dark matter 'halos' may contain stars, disprove other theories Could it be that dark matter "halos" - the huge, invisible cocoons of mass that envelop entire galaxies and account for most of the matter in the universe - aren't completely dark after all but cont ... more | .. |
 84 Million Stars and Counting Using a whopping nine-gigapixel image from the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory, an international team of astronomers has created a catalogue of more than 84 million star ... more | .. |
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 Galaxies: some assembly required New research using the world's largest telescope at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii has revealed two distinct populations of star clusters surrounding galaxies that have radically different chemical ... more | .. |
 NASA's Spitzer Sees Light of Lonesome Stars A new study using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggests a cause for the mysterious glow of infrared light seen across the entire sky. It comes from isolated stars beyond the edges of gal ... more | .. |
  NASA Study Using Cluster Reveals New Insights Into Solar Wind A new study based on data from European Space Agency's Cluster mission shows that it is easier for the solar wind to penetrate Earth's magnetic environment, the magnetosphere, than had previously be ... more | .. |
  Revealing a Mini-Supermassive Black Hole One of the lowest mass supermassive black holes ever observed in the middle of a galaxy has been identified, thanks to NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and several other observatories. The host gala ... more |
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China launches international association to boost global access to deep space research
Planet secures 240 million euro satellite services contract with German government
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 A 84-million star color-magnitude diagram of the Milky Way bulge Astronomy and Astrophysics published the first analysis of a catalog of 84 million individual stars in the Milky Way bulge as a part of the VVV ESO public survey. This gigantic data set allows build ... more | .. |
 NASA's NuSTAR Spots Flare From Milky Way's Black Hole NASA's newest set of X-ray eyes in the sky, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), has caught its first look at the giant black hole parked at the center of our galaxy. The observations ... more | .. |
  Monitoring Io's Insane Volcanic Activity from the Comfort of Earth Watching active volcanic eruptions should definitely be done from a distance, but a group of California researchers has figured out how to do it from the comfort of home. Using an ingenious combinat ... more | .. |
 Quasar May Be Embedded in Unusually Dusty Galaxy Hubble astronomers have looked at one of the most distant and brightest quasars in the universe and are surprised by what they did not see: the underlying host galaxy of stars feeding the quasar. Th ... more |
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 50-year-old computer restored in Britain Two British computer enthusiasts say they have restored to working order a 50-year-old computer that once appeared as a prop in a James Bond movie. ... more | .. |
  Sonic boom rocks southwest England Police in southwest England say they were inundated with calls after a sonic boom, believed to be caused by a meteor, rocked Devon and Cornwall counties. ... more | .. |
 European mission to search for moon water A European mission to the moon will search for signs of water that could allow future astronauts to set up habitats on its surface, scientists say. ... more | .. |
 SwRI to build miniature solar observatory for manned suborbital flight Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has received funding from NASA to build a miniature, portable solar observatory for developing and testing innovative instrumentation in suborbital flight. ... more |
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Consortium plans global shift toward net negative carbon economy
Six satellites launched for ICEYE as constellation expansion gains momentum
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 Milky Way's black hole getting ready for snack Get ready for a fascinating eating experience in the center of our galaxy. The event involves a black hole that may devour much of an approaching cloud of dust and gas known as G2. A supercomp ... more | .. |
 Split-Personality Elliptical Galaxy Holds a Hidden Spiral Most big galaxies fit into one of two camps: pinwheel-shaped spiral galaxies and blobby elliptical galaxies. Spirals like the Milky Way are hip and happening places, with plenty of gas and dust to b ... more | .. |
 Astronomers study two million light year 'extragalactic afterburner' Blasting over two million lights years from the centre of a distant galaxy is a supersonic jet of material that looks strikingly similar to the afterburner flow of a fighter jet, except in this case ... more | .. |
 Astronomers Uncover A Surprising Trend in Galaxy Evolution A comprehensive study of hundreds of galaxies observed by the Keck telescopes in Hawaii and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed an unexpected pattern of change that extends back 8 billion yea ... more |
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 Hubble Sees Galaxy in a spin NGC 3344 is a glorious spiral galaxy around half the size of the Milky Way, which lies 25 million light-years distant. We are fortunate enough to see NGC 3344 face-on, allowing us to study its struc ... more | .. |
  New small satellite will study super-Earths for ESA Studying planets around other stars will be the focus of the new small Science Programme mission, Cheops, ESA announced Friday. Its launch is expected in 2017. Cheops - for CHaracterising ExOP ... more | .. |
 Radioactive decay of titanium powers supernova remnant Astronomers using INTEGRAL have detected the first direct signature of titanium-44 in the remnant of the nearby supernova 1987A. The discovery reveals a large amount of this key isotope in the remna ... more | .. |
  NASA Pursues Atom Optics to Detect the Imperceptible A pioneering technology capable of atomic-level precision is now being developed to detect what so far has remained imperceptible: gravitational waves or ripples in space-time caused by cataclysmic ... more |
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 Heliophysics Nugget: Gradient Sun Watching a particularly beautiful movie of the sun helps show how the lines between science and art can sometimes blur. But there is more to the connection between the two disciplines: science and a ... more | .. |
 Poetry in Motion: Rare Polar Ring Galaxy Captured in New Image These words, which open Shelley's poem "When the Lamp is Shattered," employ visions of nature to symbolize life in decay and rebirth. It's as if he had somehow foreseen the creation of this new Gemi ... more | .. |
  Curious About Life: Interview with Jen Eigenbrode The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has 10 science instruments, and each will be used in the coming weeks and months to help characterize the environment of Mars and determine if the planet ... more | .. |
 Most Planetary Systems are 'Flatter than Pancakes' Our solar system looks like many others, "flatter than pancakes," report UCLA astronomers who were able to statistically determine the properties of planetary systems using the latest data from NASA ... more |
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 Proof at last: Moon was created in giant smashup It's a big claim, but Washington University in St. Louis planetary scientist Frederic Moynier says his group has discovered evidence that the Moon was born in a flaming blaze of glory when a body th ... more | .. |
 Jupiter: Turmoil from Below, Battering from Above Jupiter, the mythical god of sky and thunder, would certainly be pleased at all the changes afoot at his namesake planet. As the planet gets peppered continually with small space rocks, wide belts o ... more | .. |
  Giant impact scenario may explain the unusual moons of Saturn Among the oddities of the outer solar system are the middle-sized moons of Saturn, a half-dozen icy bodies dwarfed by Saturn's massive moon Titan. According to a new model for the origin of the Satu ... more | .. |
 Model reconciles Lunar Earth composition with giant impact theory The giant impact believed to have formed the Earth-Moon system has long been accepted as canon. However, a major challenge to the theory has been that the Earth and Moon have identical oxygen isotop ... more |
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