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| Uncertainty over shuttle launch |
Dec 28, 2007 |
| Ariane rocket ends 2007 on high |
Dec 23, 2007 |
| Alien astronomers could discern
Earth's features |
Dec 22, 2007 |
| Asteroid may hit Mars in January |
Dec 21, 2007 |
| Greenhouse clue to water on Mars |
Dec 21, 2007 |
| Moon is younger and more Earth-like
than thought |
Dec 20, 2007 |
| 'Active glacier found' on Mars |
Dec 19, 2007 |
| Cosmic explosion detonates in
empty space |
Dec 19, 2007 |
| Small asteroids can pack a mighty
punch |
Dec 19, 2007 |
| ET too bored by Earth transmissions
to respond |
Dec 19, 2007 |
| Galaxy is
'blasted' by black hole |
Dec 17, 2007 |
| Sodium issue
clouds Enceladus |
Dec 17, 2007 |
| Antarctic
sub to test waters for Jupiter moon mission |
Dec 15, 2007 |
| Saturn's rings
'may live forever' |
Dec 13, 2007 |
| Milky Way's
two stellar halos have opposing spins |
Dec 13, 2007 |
| Great beasts
peppered from space |
Dec 12, 2007 |
| Mars robot
unearths microbe clue |
Dec 11, 2007 |
| 'Twilight
zones' on scorched planets could support life |
Dec 11, 2007 |
| Voyager 2
probe reaches solar system boundary |
Dec 10, 2007 |
| Shuttle launch
delayed until 2008 |
Dec 9, 2007 |
| Intergalactic
particle beam is longest yet found |
Dec 8, 2007 |
| Saturn's 'flying
saucer' moons built of ring material |
Dec 7, 2007 |
| Roiling magnetic
waves explain solar enigma |
Dec 7, 2007 |
| Meteorite
dates lunar volcanoes |
Dec 6, 2007 |
| Planets can
survive extreme roasting by their stars |
Dec 6, 2007 |
| Embryonic
star captured with jets flaring |
Dec 6, 2007 |
| Mars rover
Spirit escapes from sandy 'dungeon' |
Dec 5, 2007 |
| Sun-like stars
get a kick out of death |
Dec 5, 2007 |
| European lab
'is ready for space' |
Dec 5, 2007 |
| Universe's
first stars may have been dark |
Dec 4, 2007 |
| Is Mercury's
magnetic field sapped by solar wind? |
Dec 3, 2007 |
| Probing the
nurseries of miniature planetary systems |
Dec 2, 2007 |
| Massive black
hole smashes record |
Dec 1, 2007 |
Uncertainty over shuttle launch
(Dec 28, 2007)
While NASA reassesses plans to launch Europe's Columbus laboratory,
preparations continue for the debut flight of Europe's cargo ship
to the International Space Station. Repairing the space shuttle's
faulty fuel sensor system will probably postpone Columbus' arrival
at the orbital outpost to late January or February.
Read
more. Source: BBC |
Ariane rocket ends 2007 on high
(Dec 23, 2007)
Europe's Ariane 5 rocket
has completed its sixth and final flight of 2007. The vehicle, launched
from Kourou in French Guiana, lofted two satellites with a combined
mass of 5.5 tonnes. The RASCOM-QAF1 spacecraft will deliver TV and
other telecom services to Africa while the Horizons-2 platform will
do the same for North America.
Read
more. Source: BBC |
Alien astronomers could discern Earth's
features
(Dec 22, 2007)
Aliens spying on us from another star system might be able to discern
continents and oceans on our planet, using technology barely more
advanced than our own. In imaginary form, these inquisitive extraterrestrials
have been helping astronomers work out how much detail the next generation
of space telescopes could reveal on Earth-like planets orbiting other
stars.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Asteroid may hit Mars in January
(Dec 21, 2007)
A newly discovered asteroid
has a 1 in 75 chance of hitting Mars
on 30 January, according to preliminary calculations of its orbit.
If it does hit, it will offer scientists an unprecedented opportunity
to observe a brand new crater from orbit, and possibly even the impact
itself.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Greenhouse clue to water on Mars
(Dec 21, 2007)
A new idea could explain how the climate of early Mars
became warm enough to support oceans. Scientists believe sulphur dioxide
released from ancient volcanoes created a balance similar to Earth's
carbon cycle, which controlled the climate. The notion, outlined in
the journal Science, could explain why Mars rovers have found sulphur
minerals on the surface but no limestone like on Earth.
Read
more. Source: BBC |
Moon is younger and more Earth-like than
thought
(Dec 20, 2007)
It's a good thing the Moon
doesn't have any feelings to hurt. New research suggests it is actually
30 million years younger than anyone had thought, and that it is merely
a 'chip off the old block' of Earth rather than being made up of the
remnants of a Mars-sized body that slammed into Earth billions of
years ago.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
'Active glacier found' on Mars
(Dec 19, 2007)
A probable active glacier has been identified for the first time on
Mars. The icy feature
has been spotted in images from the European Space Agency's Mars
Express spacecraft. Ancient glaciers, many millions of years old,
have been seen before on the Red Planet, but these ones may only be
several thousand years old.
Read
more. Source: BBC |
Cosmic explosion detonates in empty space
(Dec 19, 2007)
Astronomers are puzzling over a powerful cosmic explosion that seems
to have detonated in a region of empty space, far away from any nearby
galaxy. It may have been the death cry of a star that was born from
debris strewn out of a past galactic dustup.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Small asteroids can pack a mighty punch
(Dec 19, 2007)
Beware the blast from above: small asteroids
that explode before they hit the ground may be more dangerous than
we thought. Asteroids a few tens of metres in diameter rip through
the atmosphere at between 40 and 60 times the speed of sound, and
many explode before they hit Earth.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
ET too bored by Earth transmissions to
respond
(Dec 19, 2007)
Messages sent into space directed at extraterrestrials may have been
too boring to earn a reply, say two astrophysicists trying to improve
on their previous alien chat lines. Humans have so far sent four messages
into space intended for alien listeners. But they have largely been
made up of mathematically coded descriptions of some physics and chemistry,
with some basic biology and descriptions of humans thrown in.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
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