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| Space radiation hits record
high |
Sep 30, 2009 |
| Mercury looms large as probe
closes in for final flyby |
Sep 30, 2009 |
| Target crater changed for
Moon crash |
Sep 29, 2009 |
| Rocket racers lose their
'launch pad' |
Sep 29, 2009 |
| LHC gets warning system upgrade |
Sep 28, 2009 |
| No home in the galactic outer
suburbs |
Sep 27, 2009 |
| NASA spacecraft sees ice
on Mars exposed by meteor impacts |
Sep 25, 2009 |
| How far could you travel
in a spaceship? |
Sep 24, 2009 |
| Spitzer spots clump of swirling
planetary material |
Sep 24, 2009 |
| Satellite to begin gravity
quest |
Sep 24, 2009 |
| Widespread
water may cling to Moon's surface |
Sep 24, 2009 |
| Found:
62 meteor showers new to science |
Sep 23, 2009 |
| Cassini
reveals new ring quirks, shadows during Saturn equinox |
Sep 22, 2009 |
| Artificial
cloud created at the edge of space |
Sep 21, 2009 |
| Wind,
not water, may explain Red Planet's hue |
Sep 20, 2009 |
| Moon is
coldest place in the solar system |
Sep 19, 2009 |
| Station
grabs Japanese freighter |
Sep 18, 2009 |
| Planck
telescope's first glimpses |
Sep 17, 2009 |
| First
rocky planet found outside solar system |
Sep 17, 2009 |
| Ear to
the Universe starts listening |
Sep 17, 2009 |
| Too much
radiation for astronauts to make it to Mars |
Sep 16, 2009 |
| Could
we create quantum creatures in the lab? |
Sep 16, 2009 |
| Lightning
storm on Saturn is longest in solar system |
Sep 16, 2009 |
| Jupiter
had brief encounter with icy companion |
Sep 15, 2009 |
| Crunch
time for Russia Mars probe |
Sep 14, 2009 |
| Target
crater revealed for LCROSS lunar south pole impacts |
Sep 14, 2009 |
| US space
shuttle returns to Earth |
Sep 12, 2009 |
| Physicists
propose 'Schrödinger's virus' experiment |
Sep 11, 2009 |
| Mighty
Mouse takes off – thanks to magnets |
Sep 11, 2009 |
| Japan's
space freighter in orbit |
Sep 10, 2009 |
| Upgraded
Hubble telescope spies cosmic 'dragon' |
Sep 10, 2009 |
| Black
holes are the ultimate particle smashers |
Sep 9, 2009 |
| Underfunding
shackles NASA vision |
Sep 9, 2009 |
| Egyptian
temples followed heavenly plans |
Sep 8, 2009 |
| Earth-sized
planets are just right for life |
Sep 7, 2009 |
| Astronauts
make final spacewalk |
Sep 6, 2009 |
| XMM-Newton
uncovers a celestial Rosetta stone |
Sep 5, 2009 |
| 'Overwhelming'
evidence for monopoles |
Sep 4, 2009 |
| Galaxy's
'cannibalism' revealed |
Sep 3, 2009 |
| Spaceship
passes critical review |
Sep 2, 2009 |
| British
plan to tackle asteroids |
Sep 1, 2009 |
Space radiation hits record high
(Sep 30, 2009)
Like a wounded Starship Enterprise, our solar system's natural
shields are faltering, letting in a flood of cosmic
rays. The sun's recent listlessness is resulting in record-high
radiation levels that pose a hazard to both human and robotic
space missions.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Mercury looms large as probe closes
in for final flyby
(Sep 30, 2009)
NASA's Messenger
spacecraft is set to make its third and final flyby of Mercury
on Tuesday. If all goes well, the maneuver will use Mercury's
gravity to slow the probe down enough to go into orbit around
the planet in 2011. Until Messenger's first flyby of Mercury last
year, the only spacecraft to view the diminutive planet up close
was NASA's Mariner 10.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Target crater changed for Moon crash
(Sep 29, 2009)
Scientists have picked a new target for the planned 9 October
crash of a NASA spacecraft into a crater near the Moon's south
pole. The Lunar Crater Remote Observation and Sensing Satellite
(LCROSS) will now plough into Cabeus, a 100-kilometer-wide crater,
in the hopes of kicking up some ice along with the rock and dust
of the lunar soil.
Read
more. Source: Nature |
Rocket racers lose their 'launch pad'
(Sep 29, 2009)
Rocket racing is proving to be rather slow out of the blocks.
The organization behind the plan to race rocket-powered planes
(the Rocket
Racing League) has lost its lease on land at its intended
headquarters in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and officials say the
first races, originally set to take place in 2007, will not begin
until at least 2011.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
LHC gets warning system upgrade
(Sep 28, 2009)
Engineers hope an early warning system being installed at the
Large
Hadron Collider could prevent incidents of the kind which
shut the machine last year. The helium leak last September, which
resulted from a "faulty splice" between magnets, has delayed the
start of science operations by more than a year. Officials aim
to re-start the collider, known as the LHC, in mid-November.
Read
more. Source: BBC |
No home in the galactic outer suburbs
(Sep 27, 2009)
Talk about location, location, location. If the Sun had been born
near the edge of the galaxy, chances are neither the Earth nor
life would have arisen. That's the implication of the first search
for planet-forming disks on the Milky Way's outskirts.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
NASA spacecraft sees ice on Mars exposed
by meteor impacts
(Sep 25, 2009)
NASA's Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed frozen water hiding just
below the surface of mid-latitude Mars.
The spacecraft's observations were obtained from orbit after meteorites
excavated fresh craters on the Red Planet. Scientists controlling
instruments on the orbiter found bright ice exposed at five Martian
sites with new craters that range in depth from approximately
half a meter to 2.5 meters.
Read
more. Source: NASA/JPL |
How far could you travel in a spaceship?
(Sep 24, 2009)
How far could an astronaut travel in a lifetime? Billions of light
years, it turns out. But they ought to be careful when to apply
the brakes on the return trip. Accelerating at around 9 meters
per second per second – which would feel roughly like a
comfortable 1 g – a craft could get 99 per cent of the way
to the expansion "horizon".
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Spitzer spots clump of swirling planetary
material
(Sep 24, 2009)
Astronomers have witnessed odd behavior around a young star called
LRLL 31. Something, perhaps another star or a planet, appears
to be pushing a clump of planet-forming material around. The observations,
made with NASA's Spitzer
Space Telescope, offer a rare look into the early stages of
planet formation.
Read
more. Source: NASA/Spitzer |
Satellite to begin gravity quest
(Sep 24, 2009)
A European spacecraft will begin its quest this week to make the
most detailed global map of the Earth's gravity field. The arrow-shaped
GOCE satellite can
sense tiny variations in the planet's tug as it sweeps around
the world at the very low altitude of just 255km. The map will
help scientists understand better how the oceans move.
Read
more. Source: BBC |
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