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October 14, 2014

Leaky, Star-Forming Galaxies Help Understanding The Universe
Baltimore MD (SPX) Oct 15, 2014
By focusing on large, star-forming galaxies in the universe, researchers at Johns Hopkins University were able to measure its radiation leaks in an effort to better understand how the universe evolved as the first stars were formed. Sanchayeeta Borthakur, an assistant research scientist in the university's Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, reports in a paper published online Oct. 9, in the journal Science, that an indicator used for studying star-formi ... read more

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Hubble Catches a Dusty Spiral in Virgo This magnificent new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 4206, located about 70 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo ... more		Measurements on Cl-36 samples refute decay rate on distance between Earth and Sun A group of US American scientists had recently published measurement data concerning the radioactive isotope chlorine-36. The measurement values showed fluctuations according to the seasons, which t ... more		China's ailing moon rover weakening China's ailing moon rover Yutu has entered its 11th dormancy as the lunar night falls, with its functions degrading gracefully, its designer said Friday. The rover is currently in good condition and ... more
				Moons Can Help Planets Remain Stable Long Enough for Life to Form The Moon is more than just Earth's partner in space - it may have helped stabilize Earth's orbit enough for it to become hospitable for the evolution of complex forms of life. A new study suggests t ... more		Alternative Earths Team To Join NASA Astrobiology Institute If we're looking at Mars, or planets in solar systems far, far away, how can we tell whether they support life? Researchers at the University of California, Riverside will share a $50 million grant ... more

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Russian Luna-25 Mission to Cost Billions The Luna-25 exploration mission will cost tens of billions of rubles, an official from Russian Federal Space Agency said Friday. "Let's say, we are talking tens of billions of rubles because i ... more		New Batch of Lunar Soil to be Delivered to Earth in 2023-2025 New samples of lunar soil will be delivered to Earth in 2023-2025, an official from a Russian aerospace company said Friday. "The program currently has four missions: the first demonstration l ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		NASA Mission Finds Widespread Evidence of Young Lunar Volcanism NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has provided researchers strong evidence the moon's volcanic activity slowed gradually instead of stopping abruptly a billion years ago. Scores of dis ... more
				Russia to make Moon exploration core part of space program Russia will take the Moon exploration as a core of its space program for the next decade, Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said Friday. "This year Roscosmos has prepared a long-term program of d ... more		Zooming in on 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko The European Space Agency (ESA) has posted new and impressive images of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on the Rosetta blog. The images were returned by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft, which arrived a ... more

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