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October 30, 2014

New insights into the physics of space weather
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 29, 2014
Each second, the sun hurls millions of tons of hot, charged plasma gas into space. This volatile "solar wind" buffets the magnetosphere, the magnetic field that surrounds the Earth, and can whip up geomagnetic storms that disrupt cell phone service, damage satellites and blackout power grids. Precise predictions of such outbursts could prompt measures to cope with them, just as forecasts here on Earth warn of approaching hurricanes and thunderstorms. Researchers throughout the United States are us ... read more

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Here's Looking at You: Spooky Shadow Gives Jupiter a Giant Eye This trick that the planet is looking back at you is actually a Hubble treat: An eerie, close-up view of Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system. Hubble was monitoring changes in Jupit ... more		NASA's LRO Spacecraft Captures Images of LADEE's Impact Crater NASA'S Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has spied a new crater on the lunar surface; one made from the impact of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission. ... more		New evidence for an exotic, predicted superconducting state Superconductors and magnetic fields do not usually get along. But a research team led by a Brown University physicist has produced new evidence for an exotic superconducting state, first predicted a ... more
				Experiment provides route to macroscopic high-mass superpositions University of Southampton scientists have designed a new experiment to test the foundations of quantum mechanics at the large scale. Standard quantum theory places no limit on particle size an ... more		Spotlighting the sun Astronomers with the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) captured pictures not only of Thursday's partial solar eclipse, but also of the "monster" ... more

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NASA Identifies Ice Cloud Above Cruising Altitude on Titan NASA scientists have identified an unexpected high-altitude methane ice cloud on Saturn's moon Titan that is similar to exotic clouds found far above Earth's poles. This lofty cloud, imaged by ... more		Rosetta: the ambition to turn science fiction into science fact Imagine: with a wasteland as their canvas, a Master and his young Apprentice set about turning rubble into planets and moons, asteroids and comets. They levitate the worlds above their heads, spinni ... more		India signs $7 bn deal for 97 domestically made fighter jets France doubles down on threat to build future fighter jet alone US approves $1.2 bn missile sale to Germany		Third of Four Planned Maneuvers Extends Messenger Orbital Operations Messenger mission controllers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., conducted the third of four maneuvers to raise the spacecraft's minimum altitude sufficiently ... more
				Churyumov-Gerasimenko Scrambling Its Jets This image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, taken by Rosetta's Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) on Sept. 20, from a distance of 4.5 miles (7.2 kilometers), show ... more		NASA Team Proposes to Use Laser to Track Orbital Debris As participation in space exploration grows worldwide, so does the impact of orbital debris - man-made "space junk" that poses significant hazards to live spacecraft and astronauts should they cross ... more

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

'Cloud' lifts Microsoft earnings above expectations Microsoft on Thursday reported quarterly profits ahead of most expectations, as revenues got a boost from its Xbox consoles and Internet "cloud" services for enterprises. ... more		Hubble Views the Whirling Disk of NGC 4526 This neat little galaxy is known as NGC 4526. Its dark lanes of dust and bright diffuse glow make the galaxy appear to hang like a halo in the emptiness of space in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubb ... more		Simulations of Exoplanet Formation May Help Inform Search for Extraterrestrial Life Ancient hot springs reveal how microbes thrived before Earth gained oxygen Framework proposed to study planetary scale impact of life		MAVEN Ultraviolet Image of Comet Siding Spring's Hydrogen Coma NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft obtained this ultraviolet image of hydrogen surrounding comet Siding Spring on Friday, Oct. 17, two days before the comet's closest a ... more
NASA opens library of cosmic audio to the public American space agency NASA has made available to the public over 60 audio samples recorded on various manned and unmanned space missions. ... more		Illusions in the Cosmic Clouds Pareidolia is the psychological phenomenon where people see recognizable shapes in clouds, rock formations, or otherwise unrelated objects or data. There are many examples of this phenomenon on Eart ... more		First time-lapse images of exploding fireball from a 'nova' star Astronomers at the University of Sydney are part of a team that has taken images of the thermonuclear fireball from a 'nova star' for the first time tracking the explosion as it expands. The researc ... more		From the mouths of young fireballs The first images of a nova during its early fireball stage - when it ejects material, and gases expand and cool - show that this activity is more complicated than predicted. That is the conclu ... more

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Uranium enrichment: Why Iran refuses to step back

Redwire to Deliver Solar Array Wings for Axiom Station's First Module

Germany's Merz rejects claims he is slowing green shift

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Next Chinese mission to moon will return to Earth

NASA-led study sees Titan glowing at dusk and dawn

Galactic wheel of life shines in infrared

Two families of comets found around nearby star

Suomi team ward off recent space debris threat

New window on the early universe

Organic molecules in Titan's atmosphere are intriguingly skewed

NASA's Fermi Satellite Finds Hints of Starquakes in Magnetar 'Storm'

Partial solar eclipse to cast a shadow over the sun Thursday

POLARBEAR detects B-modes in the cosmic microwave background

Cosmic rays threaten future deep-space astronaut missions

POLARBEAR seeks cosmic answers in microwave polarization

Big Black Holes Can Block New Stars

Mars Orbiter Image Shows Comet Nucleus is Small

Hubble Finds Extremely Distant Galaxy through Cosmic Magnifying Glass

In a first, astronomers map comets around another star

Mars Odyssey Orbiter Watches Comet Fly Near

Seeking 'absolute zero', copper cube gets chillingly close

'Twisted rope' clue to dangerous solar storms

Hubble uses gravity lense to find extremely distant galaxy

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