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NASA calls for ambitious outer solar system
mission
(Feb 5, 2008)
NASA is planning a major new mission to the outer solar system, along
with three new robotic missions to the Moon, and two new Earth science
missions, according to its 2009 budget request. President George W
Bush requested a total of $17.614 billion dollars for the agency in
fiscal year 2009, up 2.9% over NASA's actual budget for 2008.
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more. Source: New Scientist |
X-rays betray giant particle accelerator
in the sky
(Feb 4, 2008)
ESA's orbiting gamma-ray observatory, Integral,
has made the first unambiguous discovery of highly energetic X-rays
coming from a galaxy cluster. The find has shown the cluster to be
a giant particle accelerator.
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more. Source: ESA |
Beatles hit to be played in space
(Feb 3, 2008)
Across the Universe by the Beatles will become the first song ever
to be beamed directly into space next week, US space agency NASA has
announced. The track will be transmitted through the Deep
Space Network – a network of antennas – on the 40th
anniversary of the song being recorded. It will be aimed at the North
Star, Polaris, 431
light-years from Earth.
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more. Source: BBC |
Conjoined space telescopes could see alien
worlds
(Feb 1, 2008)
A pair of infrared telescopes attached together in space could determine
the chemical makeup of alien planet atmospheres at a fraction of the
cost of NASA's Terrestrial
Planet Finder (TPF), which has been delayed indefinitely, a new
study says.
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more. Source: New Scientist |
Unusual supernovae may reveal intermediate-mass
black holes
(Feb 1, 2008)
A strange and violent fate awaits a white
dwarf star that wanders too close to a moderately massive black
hole. According to a new study, the black hole's gravitational
pull on the white dwarf would cause tidal forces sufficient to disrupt
the stellar remnant and reignite nuclear burning in it, giving rise
to a supernova explosion
with an unusual appearance.
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more. Source: U. of California, Santa Cruz |
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