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- 3 Dec 2009
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05:00 UTC
NASA Breaking News
NASA TV Covers Next Space Station Crew's Journey to Orbit
NASA Television will air the events surrounding the launch and delivery of the next three residents to the International Space Station.
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00:00 UTC
Arianespace Press R...
ARIANESPACE MARKS 30th ANNIVERSARY OF ARIANE'S FIRST FLIG...
Thirty years of launch services excellence with the Ariane launcher family was celebrated by Arianespace in Washington, D.C. Chairman & CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall recalled the maiden flight of Ariane ...
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05:00 UTC
NASA Breaking News
- 2 Dec 2009
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22:00 UTC
South African Astro...
Travelling to the Kalahari in a spaceship
That's exactly what future space travellers might just do. That's of course if “Kalahari” is the winning name of South Africa's “Name our Asteroid” competition. The competition, which is open ...
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18:57 UTC
Lawrence Berkeley N...
A Superbright Supernova That’s the First of Its Kind
A superbright supernova found in a dwarf galaxy by the Nearby Supernova Factory based at Berkeley Lab is the first confirmed example of a pair-instability supernova, the result of the ...
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18:28 UTC
Keck Observatory
First of its kind superbright supernova
Berkeley, Calif. – A discovery of an extraordinarily bright, extraordinarily long-lasting supernova named SN 2007bi turns out to be the first known example of the earliest types of stars that ...
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17:00 UTC
NASA: GALEX News
GALEX Status Update: December 2, 2009
Engineers and scientists have several laboratory activities underway that are expected to aid in recovering the far-ultraviolet instrument on NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.
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12:00 UTC
Jodrell Bank Centre...
Newly discovered star one of hottest in Galaxy
Astronomers at The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics have discovered one of the hottest stars in the Galaxy - with a surface temperature of around 200,000 degrees, ...
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00:00 UTC
Arianespace Press R...
ARIANESPACE'S LAST ARIANE 5 FLIGHT OF 2009 ENTERS FINAL P...
Ariane 5 is being readied for its year-end launch with France's Helios 2B military observation satellite. This seventh mission of 2009 is set for 1:26 p.m. on December 9 from ...
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00:00 UTC
International Centr...
Agreement brings State one step closer to SKA
The Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) Indigenous land use agreement is now in place.
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22:00 UTC
South African Astro...
- 1 Dec 2009
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20:12 UTC
NASA's Jet Propulsi...
Another Stall of Right-Rear Wheel Ends Drive
Spirit's right-rear wheel stalled again on Sol 2099 (Nov. 28, 2009) during the first step of a two-step extrication maneuver.
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18:54 UTC
Gemini Observatory
December 2009 Issue of GeminiFocus Available
Please help us to evaluate and assess the possible futures of GeminiFocus by taking our short online survey.read more
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11:00 UTC
Hubble Space Telesc...
Photo Release: Blushing dusty nebula
A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of part of NGC 7023, or the Iris Nebula, highlights a perfect dust laboratory in the sky.
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08:05 UTC
ESA Human Spaceflig...
ESA astronaut Frank De Winne safely back on Earth
ESA PR 30-2009. The Soyuz TMA-15 reentry module landed safely in Kazakhstan at 13.15 local time (08.15 CET), bringing ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian ...
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05:00 UTC
NASA's Ames Researc...
LCROSS Press Conference
Miss the Nov. 13 announcement about preliminary LCROSS results?
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00:00 UTC
Surrey Satellite Te...
Space pioneer Sir Martin Sweeting awarded the IET’s Farad...
Sir Martin Sweeting of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been awarded the Faraday Medal, the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) most prestigious award, for his outstanding contribution to ...
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00:00 UTC
James Webb Space Te...
News article: Minus K Technology's Negative-Stiffness Vi...
Minus K Technology, Inc. has been selected by ITT Space Systems, LLC, subcontractor to Northrop Grumman Corporation, to provide vibration isolators for the ground testing of the new James Webb ...
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20:12 UTC
NASA's Jet Propulsi...
- 30 Nov 2009
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20:11 UTC
NASA's Jet Propulsi...
Scientists Explain Puzzling Lake Asymmetry on Titan
Researchers suggest that the eccentricity of Saturn's orbit around the sun may be responsible for the unusually uneven distribution of lakes over the polar regions of the planet's largest moon, ...
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20:11 UTC
NASA's Jet Propulsi...
Orbiter Puts Itself Into Safe Standby
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter put itself into a safe standby mode on Saturday, Nov. 28, and the team operating the spacecraft has begun implementing careful steps designed to resume Odyssey's ...
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20:11 UTC
NASA's Jet Propulsi...
WISE Snug in Its Nose Cone
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has been wrapped in the outer nose cone, or 'fairing,' that will protect it during its scheduled Dec. 9 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, ...
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19:00 UTC
NASA's Spitzer Spac...
Press Release: Spitzer to Unveil Biggest Milky Way View a...
In an unveiling of truly galactic proportions, the world's largest image of our Milky Way galaxy, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, will be unveiled at the Adler Planetarium in ...
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16:03 UTC
Royal Astronomical ...
Space and astronomy digest: December 2009 (RAS PN 09/60)
The latest digest of astronomy and space news, from the Royal Astronomical Society. This month sees the launch of a mission mapping the Universe in infrared light, the maximum of ...
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11:00 UTC
ESO Top News
Black Hole Caught Zapping Galaxy into Existence?
ESO 46/09 - Science Release: Which come first, the supermassive black holes that frantically devour matter or the enormous galaxies where they reside? A brand new scenario has emerged from ...
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09:00 UTC
CERN
LHC sets new world record
Geneva, 30 November 2009. CERN1’s Large Hadron Collider has today become the world’s highest energy particle accelerator, having accelerated its twin beams of protons to an energy of 1.18 TeV ...
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07:00 UTC
National Optical As...
NEWFIRM Discovery of Warm Molecular Hydrogen in the Wind ...
Using NEWFIRM on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak, Veilleux, Rupke and Swaters have reported the discovery of warm H2 gas in the prototypical galactic wind of M82. They ...
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07:00 UTC
National Optical As...
NEWFIRM Discovery of Warm Molecular Hydrogen in the Wind ...
Using NEWFIRM on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak, Veilleux, Rupke and Swaters have reported the discovery of warm H2 gas in the prototypical galactic wind of M82. They ...
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05:00 UTC
NASA Breaking News
NASA Sets Briefing to Discuss Ares I-X Launch Data
NASA will host a media teleconference with Bob Ess, Ares I-X mission manager, at 1 p.m. CST on Thursday, Dec. 3.
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05:00 UTC
Planetary Society P...
News: Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Turns Wheels...
Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Turns Wheels, Opportunity Rests at Rare Martian Rock
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20:11 UTC
NASA's Jet Propulsi...
- 27 Nov 2009
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12:00 UTC
Herschel Results
Spectrum of massive star VY Canis Majoris
Spectroscopy of the largest known star in our Galaxy, VY Canis Majoris, has shown the presence of water in its outer atmosphere. The star VY Canis Majoris is the largest ...
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11:00 UTC
Herschel News
Seeing Between the lines: First spectra from SPIRE
Thumbnail: The first spectra from SPIRE and the other instruments on Herschel have been released. SPIRE spectrum of the giant star VY Canis Majoris, with the inset showing the star ...
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10:32 UTC
Science and Technol...
Herschel takes a peek at the ingredients of the galaxies
The European Space Agency has today (25th Nov) released spectacular new observations from the Herschel Space Observatory, including the UK-led SPIRE instrument.
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05:00 UTC
NASA Breaking News
Space Shuttle Crew Returns Home after 11-Day Mission
Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts ended an 11-day journey of nearly 4.5 million miles with a 9:44 a.m. EST landing Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ...
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12:00 UTC
Herschel Results
- 26 Nov 2009
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10:29 UTC
ASI Agenzia Spazial...
Inauguration of site of Galileo station at Kourou
The site, which was made available by France's Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES), will play an essential role in the setting up of the Galileo system, since it will accommodate ...
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09:21 UTC
ESA Top News
ESA supports the European launch of Oceans
Oceans cover nearly three-quarters of Earth's surface, yet they remain the least explored territories of our planet. Oceans, a new film produced by filmmaker Jacques Perrin, captures the mysterious and ...
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08:21 UTC
ESA Human Spaceflig...
Fly me to ... a lunar parabola
Parabolic flights with aircraft have provided microgravity conditions for scientific research, technology testing and astronaut training for the last 25 years in Europe. Now the flights can reach further into ...
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05:00 UTC
Japan Aerospace Exp...
[release] Japanese Kibo Mission MAXI acquires all-sky X-r...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and RIKEN have successfully acquired an all-sky X-ray
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10:29 UTC
ASI Agenzia Spazial...
- 25 Nov 2009
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20:43 UTC
Keck Observatory
A Galactic “fossil” in the core of the Milky Way
KAMUELA, HI—Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory and the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope have identified two distinct groups of stars within the Milky Way Galaxy’s globular cluster ...
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20:11 UTC
NASA's Jet Propulsi...
No Wheel Stall in Diagnostic Drive
On Sol 2095 (Tuesday, Nov. 24), Spirit performed a set of diagnostic actions related to a stall of the right-rear wheel on the previous drive, three days earlier.
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20:11 UTC
NASA's Jet Propulsi...
Prometheus Plays Tug of War with One of Saturn's Rings
The diminutive moon Prometheus whips gossamer ice particles out of Saturn's F ring in this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 21, 2009.
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20:11 UTC
NASA's Jet Propulsi...
Gullies and Flow Features on Crater Wall
This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a sample of the variety and complexity of processes that may occur on ...
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18:00 UTC
ESO Top News
Cosmic "Dig" Reveals Vestiges of the Milky Way's Building...
ESO 45/09 - Science Release: Peering through the thick dust clouds of our galaxy's "bulge" (the myriads of stars surrounding its centre), and revealing an amazing amount of detail, a ...
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12:43 UTC
ESA Top News
‘Keys’ to GOCE satellite handed over
ESA’s GOCE gravity mission has achieved another major milestone as control of the satellite is transferred to the operations teams, marking the end of its commissioning and calibration phase.
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05:00 UTC
NASA Breaking News
NASA'S WISE Spacecraft Ready for Launch Dec. 9 from Calif...
The launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, aboard a Delta II rocket is scheduled to occur between 9:09 a.m. and 9:23 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Dec. 9, ...
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05:00 UTC
NASA Breaking News
Space Shuttle Atlantis Crew Set to Land in Florida Friday
Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew are expected to return to Earth on Friday, Nov. 27, after an 11-day mission.
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00:11 UTC
NASA's Jet Propulsi...
Team Plans Uplink of Protective Files
The team operating NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter plans to uplink protective files to the spacecraft next week as one step toward resuming the orbiter's research and relay activities.
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00:00 UTC
Arianespace Press R...
THE FIRST DELIVERY OF SOYUZ LAUNCHERS TO FRENCH GUIANA IS...
All elements of the initial two Soyuz vehicles shipped to the Spaceport have now been brought ashore and are on French Guiana soil. This completes a three-day unloading process from ...
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20:43 UTC
Keck Observatory
- 24 Nov 2009
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19:08 UTC
NASA's Jet Propulsi...
Cassini Captures Ghostly Dance Of Saturn's Northern Light...
In the first video showing the auroras above the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the tallest known "northern lights" in the solar system, flickering in shape and brightness ...
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10:44 UTC
Science and Technol...
T2K neutrino experiment starts its search for the unknown
UK particle physicists working on the T2K (Tokai-to-Kamioka) neutrino experiment in Japan celebrated today (24th Nov) as the experiment detected its first neutrinos - fundamental particles which are amongst the ...
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10:11 UTC
ASTRON
Vidi grant for ASTRON astronomer Marijke Haverkorn
Marijke Haverkorn, astronomer at ASTRON, has received a Vidi grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, NWO. With this grant, Marijke will investigate the magnetic field of the Milky ...
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05:00 UTC
NASA Breaking News
NASA Honors Biloxi's Apollo Astronaut Fred Haise with Moo...
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will present astronaut Fred Haise, Jr., with NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award during a ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Gorenflo Elementary School in Biloxi, ...
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05:00 UTC
NASA Breaking News
NASA TV to Broadcast Space Station Crew Soyuz Landing Eve...
NASA Television will air the events surrounding the landing of three International Space Station crew members who will return to Earth Dec. 1.
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19:08 UTC
NASA's Jet Propulsi...



