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12 Mar 2010, 11:00 UTC
ESA PR 2010-05 A crew of six, including two Europeans, will soon begin a simulated mission to Mars in a mockup that includes an interplanetary spaceship, a Mars lander and a martian landscape. The Mars500 experiment, as long as a real journey to Mars, will be second to none as the ultimate test of human endurance.
Media opportunity: ESA presents European participants in 520-day simulated mission to Mars
12 Mar 2010, 11:00 UTC
ESA PR 2010-05 A crew of six, including two Europeans, will soon begin a simulated mission to Mars in a mockup that includes an interplanetary spaceship, a Mars lander and a martian landscape. The Mars500 experiment, as long as a real journey to Mars, will be second to none as the ultimate test of human endurance.
Gemini Observatory Press Releases and Websplashes
11 Mar 2010, 22:34 UTC
Galaxies are the building blocks of the universe, so accounting for their formation is an essential problem in astronomy. Most galaxies are either spiral or elliptical, with the latter tending to be larger and more massive. One suggestion that is grounded in fundamental measurements of the universe as a whole is that merging spiral galaxies form elliptical galaxies. A way to test the predictions of this merger hypothesis is to observe examples of galaxy merging in process. Barry Rothberg and Jacqueline Fischer of the Naval Research Laboratory (US) have done that, drawing important conclusions about the objects they observed and the techniques astronomers use to measure them. read more
Underweight or Blinded by Youth? Finding the True Mass of Galaxy Mergers
11 Mar 2010, 22:34 UTC
Galaxies are the building blocks of the universe, so accounting for their formation is an essential problem in astronomy. Most galaxies are either spiral or elliptical, with the latter tending to be larger and more massive. One suggestion that is grounded in fundamental measurements of the universe as a whole is that merging spiral galaxies form elliptical galaxies. A way to test the predictions of this merger hypothesis is to observe examples of galaxy merging in process. Barry Rothberg and Jacqueline Fischer of the Naval Research Laboratory (US) have done that, drawing important conclusions about the objects they observed and the techniques astronomers use to measure them. read more
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
11 Mar 2010, 21:22 UTC
In an attempt to explain away invisible dark matter and dark energy, some theorists have offered new theories of gravity that try to improve on Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. A new study inspired by the work of a Berkeley Lab cosmologist indicates that at least one of these new theories is wrong.
Foiling an Attack on General Relativity
11 Mar 2010, 21:22 UTC
In an attempt to explain away invisible dark matter and dark energy, some theorists have offered new theories of gravity that try to improve on Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. A new study inspired by the work of a Berkeley Lab cosmologist indicates that at least one of these new theories is wrong.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
11 Mar 2010, 20:03 UTC
By precisely tracking NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its low swoops over Saturn's moon Titan, scientists have determined the distribution of materials in the moon's interior.
Cassini Data Show Ice and Rock Mixture Inside Titan
11 Mar 2010, 20:03 UTC
By precisely tracking NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its low swoops over Saturn's moon Titan, scientists have determined the distribution of materials in the moon's interior.
ESA Top News
11 Mar 2010, 09:15 UTC
ESA PR 2010-04 The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States met in Tokyo, Japan, on 11 March 2010, to review ISS cooperation. With the assembly of the ISS nearing completion and the capability to support a full-time crew of six established, they noted the outstanding opportunities now offered by the ISS for on-orbit research and for discovery including the operation and management of the world’s largest international space complex.
Joint Statement: International Space Station Heads of Agency
11 Mar 2010, 09:15 UTC
ESA PR 2010-04 The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States met in Tokyo, Japan, on 11 March 2010, to review ISS cooperation. With the assembly of the ISS nearing completion and the capability to support a full-time crew of six established, they noted the outstanding opportunities now offered by the ISS for on-orbit research and for discovery including the operation and management of the world’s largest international space complex.
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
11 Mar 2010, 00:30 UTC
Astronomers have used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope rather like a doctor's stethoscope to listen in on the "heartbeat" of star formation in our galaxy, a finding that will help trace the "life" of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
Whats Happening: Spitzer Detects the "Heartbeat" of Star Formation in the Milky Way Galaxy
11 Mar 2010, 00:30 UTC
Astronomers have used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope rather like a doctor's stethoscope to listen in on the "heartbeat" of star formation in our galaxy, a finding that will help trace the "life" of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
Science and Technology Facilities Council News and Press Releases
10 Mar 2010, 15:48 UTC
In December 2009, the Science and Technology Facilities Council announced that as part of its science prioritisation, the United Kingdom Infra Red Telescope, UKIRT, in Hawaii would be subject to a managed withdrawal
Update from UKIRT
10 Mar 2010, 15:48 UTC
In December 2009, the Science and Technology Facilities Council announced that as part of its science prioritisation, the United Kingdom Infra Red Telescope, UKIRT, in Hawaii would be subject to a managed withdrawal
Royal Astronomical Society
10 Mar 2010, 09:24 UTC
Scientists have found evidence of a catastrophic event they believe was responsible for halting the birth of stars in a galaxy in the early Universe. They report their results in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. (Image: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss)
“Catastrophic event” behind the halt of star birth in early galaxy formation
10 Mar 2010, 09:24 UTC
Scientists have found evidence of a catastrophic event they believe was responsible for halting the birth of stars in a galaxy in the early Universe. They report their results in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. (Image: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss)
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SpaceTech 2010 - UK space scientists reveal the many bene...
Some of the UK's leaders in space technology gathered this week to demonstrate how cutting edge technologies originally developed for space activities are successfully transferred to terrestrial applications, having a ...
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Talking Science comes to Swindon
Prof Brian Cox - 'Exploring the Universe - from Voyager to the Large Hadron Collider' - the next in the STFC Talking Science series at the County Ground, Swindon on ...
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ESA Top News
Signature secures future Sentinels for GMES
Marking another significant step in the GMES initiative, ESA and Thales Alenia Space recently signed a contract worth €270 million to build the second Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-3 satellites.
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NASA Breaking News
NASA Announces Systems Engineering Student Competition
NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate is inviting teams of undergraduate and graduate students throughout the country to participate in the fourth annual Systems Engineering Paper Competition.
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- 11 Mar 2010
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Science@NASA
Did the Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis?
Last month's 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile was so strong it might have shifted the axis of the entire Earth.
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Galaxies are the building blocks of the universe, so accounting for their formation is an essential problem in astronomy. Most galaxies are either spiral or elliptical, with the latter tending ...
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Foiling an Attack on General Relativity
In an attempt to explain away invisible dark matter and dark energy, some theorists have offered new theories of gravity that try to improve on Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. ...
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Cassini Data Show Ice and Rock Mixture Inside Titan
By precisely tracking NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its low swoops over Saturn's moon Titan, scientists have determined the distribution of materials in the moon's interior.
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ESA Space Science
Shocking recipe for making killer electrons
Take a bunch of fast-moving electrons, place them in orbit and then hit them with the shock waves from a solar storm. What do you get? Killer electrons. That’s the ...
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Joint Statement: International Space Station Heads of Age...
ESA PR 2010-04 The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States met in Tokyo, Japan, on 11 March 2010, to ...
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NASA Breaking News
NASA TV Provides Coverage of One Space Station Crew's Ret...
NASA Television will cover the landing of two current International Space Station crew members and the launch of three upcoming station residents later in March and April.
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NASA Breaking News
NASA TV Media Channel Provides Clean Feeds for News Organ...
NASA Television provides a standard digital television channel as a resource for news media.
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NASA Breaking News
NASA Offers 'FAST' Opportunities For Zero-G Technology Te...
NASA has announced opportunities to test emerging technologies during flights on an airplane that simulates the weightless conditions of space.
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NASA Breaking News
Heads of Agency International Space Station Joint Stateme...
The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia, and the United States met in Tokyo, Japan, on March 11, 2010, to review ISS cooperation.
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Whats Happening: Spitzer Detects the "Heartbeat" of Star ...
Astronomers have used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope rather like a doctor's stethoscope to listen in on the "heartbeat" of star formation in our galaxy, a finding that will help trace ...
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Science@NASA
- 10 Mar 2010
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15:48 UTC
Science and Technol...
Update from UKIRT
In December 2009, the Science and Technology Facilities Council announced that as part of its science prioritisation, the United Kingdom Infra Red Telescope, UKIRT, in Hawaii would be subject to ...
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Science and Technol...
Particle Physics Masterclass
A-level students visiting the STFC's Cheshire and Oxfordshire laboratories next week (15-19 March 2010) will join nearly 6000 other students from 23 countries across the world taking part in annual ...
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“Catastrophic event” behind the halt of star birth in ear...
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The History of Iolkam Du'ag and the Birth of Kitt Peak Na...
Our national astronomy observatory was dedicated on Kitt Peak 50 years ago in March 1960. In celebration of the 50th anniversary, Kitt Peak National Observatory’s first Director Dr. Aden B. ...
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NASA's Ames Researc...
Kepler Mission Manager Update, March 10, 2010
The Kepler spacecraft has been performing well since the Safe Mode event of Feb. 2, 2010.
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Japan Aerospace Exp...
[release] Symposium of "Expectations to the Climate Chang...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is holding a symposium titled "Expectations for C
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James Webb Space Te...
Web Feature: Go into a NASA Clean Room Daily with the Web...
How often can you say that you've seen the components of a space telescope being worked on at NASA? The answer is probably "rarely, if ever." However, thanks to NASA's ...
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- 9 Mar 2010
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Carnegie Institute
Big Bang 2.0 in Switzerland
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Lawrence Berkeley N...
Alvarez Theory on Dinosaur Die-Out Upheld: Experts Find A...
An international panel of experts has ruled in favor of the theory proposed in 1980 by the late Berkeley Lab physicist Luis Alvarez and his son Walter, a UC Berkeley ...
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Capillarity in action – a lesson from space
In space, many things work differently, but not always. Take the movement of liquid in fine tubes. Gravity has something to do with this capillary action, but what? Students using ...
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Keck Observatory
Keck telescope confirms smallest known star duo
Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory have identified the smallest known binary system to date. The system, called HM Cancri, consists of two dead stars that revolve around each ...
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Keck Observatory
Keck telescope confirms smallest known star duo
Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory have identified the smallest known binary system to date. The system, called HM Cancri, consists of two dead stars that revolve around each ...
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Keck Observatory
Keck telescope confirms smallest known star duo
Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory have identified the smallest known binary system to date. The system, called HM Cancri, consists of two dead stars that revolve around each ...
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NASA Breaking News
NASA Extends Johnson Safety and Mission Assurance Contrac...
NASA has exercised a $60 million, one-year extension option for a contract with Science Applications International Corporation of Houston to provide support to safety and mission assurance activities at the ...
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NASA's Ames Researc...
NASA Launches Interactive Simulation
NASA today unveiled an interactive computer simulation for virtual explorers of all ages.
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NASA Breaking News
NASA Launches Interactive Simulation of Satellite Communi...
NASA today unveiled an interactive computer simulation that allows virtual explorers of all ages to dock the space shuttle at the International Space Station, experience a virtual trip to Mars ...
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Carnegie Institute
- 8 Mar 2010
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NASA's Jet Propulsi...
Historic Deep Space Network Antenna Starts Major Surgery
Like a hard-driving athlete whose joints need help, the giant "Mars antenna" at NASA's Deep Space Network site in Goldstone, Calif. has begun major, delicate surgery.
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Earthquake in Chile
The astronomical community will be relieved to learn that, we understand, most astronomers working in Chile have been accounted for, and are safe and well , and that the observatories ...
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STFC makes a BIG Bang in Manchester
Scientists from across the STFC are heading to Manchester to take part in the largest science fair in the UK for students, the Big Bang Fair at Manchester Central, 11th ...
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ESA Top News
How ESA got its tweet back
On Friday, Esa Alanen and family visited the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, as guests of ESA, to say thanks for relinquishing the Twitter name www.twitter.com/esa.
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NASA Breaking News
NASA Hosts First-Ever Water Sustainability Forum March 16...
NASA today announced its founding partnership of Launch, an initiative to identify, showcase and support innovative approaches to sustainability challenges through a series of forums.
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- 5 Mar 2010
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NASA's Jet Propulsi...
Watch Students Compete Using Lego Robotics
Watch school teams test their software-enabled Lego robots via a live Internet program during the annual Southern California NASA Explorer Schools Robotics Competition.
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ESA Top News
Earth from Space: Icebreaker event
This animation, made up of eight Envisat radar images, shows the 97-km long B-9B iceberg (right) ramming into the Mertz Glacier Tongue in Eastern Antarctica in early February. The collision ...
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ESA Top News
New investment fund backs space technologies finding uses...
For years, ESA has been bringing space technologies down to Earth through its Technology Transfer Programme and Business Incubation initiatives. Now, the Agency will strengthen these initiatives by supporting new ...
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Student Teams Ready to Battle Lunar Terrain at NASA's 17t...
More than 100 student teams from around the globe will drive their lunar rovers through a course of moon-like terrain at NASA's 17th annual Great Moonbuggy Race April 9-10.
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NASA Breaking News
NASA Briefing Highlights Education Outreach During Next S...
NASA will highlight the educational activities planned on the next space shuttle mission during a news briefing at 12 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, March 9.
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James Webb Space Te...
Talk: Visualizing James Webb Space Telescope Science
If you're at NASA Goddard, come see this talk on science visualizations by an Academy Award nominee. March 11th. More info at the link!
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NASA's Jet Propulsi...
- 4 Mar 2010
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NASA's Jet Propulsi...
Is That Saturn's Moon Titan or Utah?
Planetary scientists, who have been puzzling for years over the surface features on Saturn's moon Titan, have now found some recognizable analogies to a type of terrain on Earth known ...
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NASA's Jet Propulsi...
NASA's Kepler Mission Celebrates One Year in Space
One year ago this week, NASA's Kepler mission soared into the dark night sky, leaving a bright glow in its wake as it began to search for other worlds like ...
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20:03 UTC
NASA's Jet Propulsi...
Mars Dunes: On the Move?
Mars has diversity. In at least one area, Martian sand dunes are actively migrating. In another, they have been stationary for 100,000 years.
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NASA's Jet Propulsi...
Herschel Finds Possible Life-Enabling Molecules in Space
The Herschel Space Observatory has revealed the chemical fingerprints of potentially life-enabling organic molecules in the Orion nebula.
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Lawrence Berkeley N...
STAR Discovers the Strangest Antimatter Yet
The strangest form of antimatter ever seen has been discovered by the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), at DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. The ...
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RAS / IoP response to restructuring of the Science and Te...
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) and the Institute of Physics (IOP) have responded to the statement by Lord Drayson, Minister of Science and Innovation, setting out reforms to the structure ...
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ESA Science & Techn...
Hubble:Bully galaxy rules the neighbourhood [heic1004]
In general, galaxies can be thought of as "social" - hanging out in groups and frequently interacting. However, this recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image highlights how some galaxies appear ...
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NASA's Jet Propulsi...
