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May 24, 2013

Ecuador's only satellite may have been damaged in space collision
Quito, Ecuador (UPI) May 23, 2013
Ecuador's first satellite, launched last month, has collided with debris from an old Russian rocket but it is unclear if it has been damaged, officials say. The Pegasus nanosatellite, designed and built in Ecuador, was launched into orbit April 25 by China. The Joint Space Operations Center in the United States, which monitors all artificial Earth-orbiting objects, said there had been no head-on crash but "data indicated a lateral collision with particles" of the Soviet-era rocket, Satel ... read more

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Wild Weather Could Be Ahead on Titan Saturn's moon Titan might be in for some wild weather as it heads into its spring and summer, if two new models are correct. Scientists think that as the seasons change in Titan's northern hemispher ... more		Researchers reveal model of Sun's magnetic field Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Chicago have uncovered an important mechanism behind the generation of astrophysical magnetic fields such as that of the Sun. Scientists have known ... more		Satellites See Storm System that Created Oklahoma Tornado On May 20, 2013, NASA and NOAA satellites observed the system that generated severe weather in the south central United States and spawned the Moore, Okla., tornado. The tornado that struck Mo ... more
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Team Takes Part in Discovering New Planet

Sun unleashes four potent solar flares

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