The Sky Tonight

October 28, 2015

Study reveals origin of organic matter in Apollo lunar samples
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 29, 2015
A team of NASA-funded scientists has solved an enduring mystery from the Apollo missions to the moon - the origin of organic matter found in lunar samples returned to Earth. Samples of the lunar soil brought back by the Apollo astronauts contain low levels of organic matter in the form of amino acids. Certain amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, essential molecules used by life to build structures like hair and skin and to regulate chemical reactions. Since the lunar surface is complet ... read more

Previous Issues

Oct 27

Oct 26

Oct 23

Oct 22

Oct 21

All-female Russian crew starts Moon mission test Six Russian women on Wednesday clambered into a mock spaceship to begin a unique experiment testing how an all-female crew would interact on a trip to the Moon and back. ... more		The Exoplanet Era Throughout the history of science, moments periodically arrive when new fields of knowledge and discovery just explode. Cosmology was a kind of dream world until Edwin Hubble established that the un ... more		Dawn Heads Toward Final Orbit NASA's Dawn spacecraft fired up its ion engine on Friday, Oct. 23, to begin its journey toward its fourth and final science orbit at dwarf planet Ceres. The spacecraft completed two months of observ ... more
				Probing the mysteries of Europa, Jupiter's cracked and crinkled moon Jupiter's moon Europa is believed to possess a large salty ocean beneath its icy exterior, and that ocean, scientists say, has the potential to harbor life. Indeed, a mission recently suggested by N ... more		Russia touts plan to land a man on the Moon by 2029 A manned lunar landing by Russian cosmonauts is planned for 2029, the head of the Russian Space Agency Energia said Tuesday. "A manned flight to the moon and lunar landing is planned for 2029, ... more

Solar systems for home and business installations

Black Hole Has Major Flare The baffling and strange behaviors of black holes have become somewhat less mysterious recently, with new observations from NASA's Explorer missions Swift and the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Arr ... more		Artificial intelligence finds messy galaxies An astrophysics student at The Australian National University (ANU) has turned to artificial intelligence to help her to see into the hearts of galaxies. PhD student Elise Hampton was inspired ... more		Trump to U.N.: 'Your countries are going to hell' Taiwan running out of time for satellite communications, space chief tells AFP US lawmaker warns of military 'misunderstanding' risk with China		Close Encounter with Enceladus Over 980 million miles or about 1.6 billion kilometers from home, NASA's Cassini spacecraft hurtles through the starry expanse of space. From its vantage point orbiting Saturn, Earth is nothing more ... more
				Physicists learn how to control the movement of electrons in a molecule Researchers have, for the first time, been able to track the movement of an electron in a molecule in real time and have demonstrated that these processes can be controlled - in the future this will ... more		Lobster-Inspired Mirror Chosen for New Gamma-Ray-Burst Mission The University of Leicester has announced the signature of a contract to develop an innovative new type of X-ray mirror for a telescope to be flown on an orbiting observatory to be launched in 2021. ... more

Nuclear Operations and Maintenance Efficiency Summit USA 2015

Scientists Predict that Rocky Planets Formed from "Pebbles" Using a new process in planetary formation modeling, where planets grow from tiny bodies called "pebbles," Southwest Research Institute scientists can explain why Mars is so much smaller than Earth. ... more		Seven Key Facts About Cassini's Oct 28 Plume Dive NASA's Cassini spacecraft will sample the ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Wednesday, Oct. 28, when it flies through the moon's plume of icy spray. Cassini launched in 1997 and entered orbi ... more		Philippines 'ghost' flood projects leave residents stranded Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles fires 'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UN		Suzaku Finds Common Chemical Makeup at Largest Cosmic Scales A new survey of hot, X-ray-emitting gas in the Virgo Galaxy Cluster shows that the elements needed to make stars, planets and people were evenly distributed across millions of light-years early in c ... more
Spacecraft Discovers Thousands of Doomed Comets For an astronomer, discovering a comet can be the highlight of a lifetime. Great comets carry the names of their discoverers into history. Comet Halley, Comet Lovejoy, Comet Hale-Bopp are just a few ... more		NASA Calls for American Industry Ideas on ARM Spacecraft Development NASA, through its Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has issued a callo American industry for innovative ideas on how the agency could obtain a core advanced solar electric propulsio ... more		Researchers catch Comet Lovejoy giving away alcohol Comet Lovejoy lived up to its name by releasing large amounts of alcohol as well as a type of sugar into space, according to new observations by an international team. The discovery marks the first ... more		Chinese scientists probe mystery of solar storms An aurora dancing in the sky reminds scientist Liu Ying of the skirt of a ballerina. But this poetic image belies a potential source of disaster. How does a super solar storm, which can cause ... more

	Suzaku satellite reveals the average chemical composition of our Universe All of the chemical elements that are heavier than carbon, the oxygen we breathe, the silicon that makes up the sand on the beach, were produced inside stars through nuclear fusion and released by s ... more		Smallest galaxies are yielding big answers An international research team led by Yale University postdoctoral researcher Hakim Atek recently discovered more than 250 distant galaxies, including some of the faintest, smallest galaxies in the ... more

How quantum computers can be validated when solving unsolvable problems

Neutrinovoltaic master formula published as pathway to scalable clean energy

Boeing defense workers reject deal to end strike

Watch worn by US astronaut on Moon sells for $1.6 mn		Comet Lovejoy found to emit alcohol, sugar into space		Astronomers peer inside stars, finding giant magnets		NASA's K2 Finds Dead Star Vaporizing a Mini 'Planet'		Space Junk Predicted to Enter Earth's Atmosphere
Deutsche Telekom, Huawei in cloud link to rival Amazon		Milky Way photo with 46 billion pixels		Halloween Asteroid a Treat for Radar Astronomers		NASA Goddard Scientist Gives 'Outlaw' Particles Less Room to Hide		NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Begins Environmental Testing

First discovery of a magnetic field in a normal delta Scuti star

Cosmic 'Death Star' is destroying a planet

Magnetic hide and seek

Looking at the earliest galaxies

Final kiss of 2 stars heading for catastrophe

Hubble spies Big Bang frontiers

Historic Delft experiments tests Einstein's 'God does not play dice' theory

Evolution of the universe in an unmatched precision

Astronomers catch a black hole shredding a star to pieces

Most earth-like worlds have yet to be born, according to theoretical study

Hubble Maps Show Jupiter Changes and Prepare for Juno

IBEX sheds new light on solar system boundary

Europe-Russia Lunar mission will make them friends again

IBEX sets standard for understanding galactic material around solar system

Satellite with UNH components sheds new light on solar system boundary

Orionid meteor showers to peak Thursday

First movie of stellar-surface evolution beyond our Solar System

IBM plays down earnings miss as part of evolution

Western Digital buys SanDisk in $19 bn tech deal

ALMA Unveils Rapid Star Formation in Distant Galaxies

Buy Advertising

Media Advertising Kit

Editorial & Other Enquiries

Privacy statement

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2014 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement All images and articles appearing on Space Media Network have been edited or digitally altered in some way. Any requests to remove copyright material will be acted upon in a timely and appropriate manner. Any attempt to extort money from Space Media Network will be ignored and reported to Australian Law Enforcement Agencies as a potential case of financial fraud involving the use of a telephonic carriage device or postal service.