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| October 13, 2013 |
 Kepler Finds First Signs of Other Earths Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 14, 2013 - A new analysis of observations from the Kepler spacecraft reveals what may be the first earth-sized planets with earthlike temperatures found orbiting sunlike stars. Until now, Kepler's nearly continuous observations of over 150,000 stars have confirmed the existence of Earth-sized planets in the hot regions close to their star. Larger planets, some as small as one and a half times the Ear ... more |  |
 US shutdown not to hit Indian Mars mission Bangalore (IANS) Oct 14, 2013 - The partial shutdown of the US government would not affect the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) scheduled for launch Oct 28, the Indian space agency said Saturday. "National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) authorities of the US have reaffirmed support to our Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft, scheduled for launch Oct 28," the state-run Indian Spac ... more |  |
 Circadian rhythms in skin stem cells protect us against UV rays London, UK (SPX) Oct 14, 2013 - Human skin must cope with UV radiation from the sun and other harmful environmental factors that fluctuate in a circadian manner. A study published by Cell Press on October 10th in the journal Cell Stem Cell has revealed that human skin stem cells deal with these cyclical threats by carrying out different functions depending on the time of day. By activating genes involved in UV protection ... more |  |
 LSU Researchers Discover How Microbes Survive in Freezing Conditions Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Oct 14, 2013 - Most microbial researchers grow their cells in petri-dishes to study how they respond to stress and damaging conditions. But, with the support of funding from NASA, researchers in LSU's Department of Biological Sciences tried something almost unheard of: studying microbial survival in ice to understand how microorganisms could survive in ancient permafrost, or perhaps even buried in ice on Mars. ... more |  |
 Watery asteroid discovered in dying star points to habitable exoplanets Cambridge UK (SPX) Oct 14, 2013 - Astronomers have found the shattered remains of an asteroid that contained huge amounts of water orbiting an exhausted star, or white dwarf. This suggests that the star GD 61 and its planetary system - located about 150 light years away and at the end of its life - had the potential to contain Earth-like exoplanets, they say. This is the first time that both water and a rocky surface - two ... more |  |
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 Raytheon completes critical design review for GPS OCX software Aurora, CO (SPX) Oct 09, 2013 - Raytheon has completed software Iteration 1.5 Critical Design Review (iCDR) for the Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX). The Iteration 1.5 software development provides the mission-critical Launch and Checkout System (LCS) software to support the first GPS III satellite launch and serves as the cyber-hardened baseline to which additional capabil ... more |  |
Comet ISON's chances of surviving close brush with the Sun Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 14, 2013 - The much-anticipated close approach of comet ISON to the Sun this November may be spectacular as viewed from Earth, but it's unlikely to spell the end of the comet, according to a numerical-simulation study performed by scientists at the Lowell Observatory and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). The comet already has achieved significant notice based on its potential brightness as it make ... more |  |
 Soft shells and strange star clusters Garching, Germany (SPX) Oct 14, 2013 - PGC 6240 is an elliptical galaxy that resembles a pale rose in the sky, with hazy shells of stars encircling a very bright centre. Some of these shells are packed close to the centre of the galaxy, while others are flung further out into space. Several wisps of material have been thrown so far that they appear to be almost detached from the galaxy altogether. Astronomers have studied PGC 6 ... more |  |
 Sunshield preparations bring Gaia closer to deep-space Soyuz launch Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 14, 2013 - Payload preparations for Arianespace's next Soyuz launch are progressing well at the Spaceport in French Guiana, where the Gaia billion-star surveyor is receiving its sunshield for in-orbit telescope protection as well as power generation. This sunshield is one of the final elements in completing the European Space Agency's Gaia, the installation of which has been performed by the assembly ... more |  |
ESA's test rover begins exploring Atacama Desert Atacama Desert, Chile (ESA) Oct 14, 2013 - ESA's test rover has been fitted with scientific instruments and made its first tracks in the sands of Chile's Atacama Desert. Meanwhile, team members have explored the area to select a suitable site for testing, flying a drone to produce an aerial map. This week's Sample Acquisition Field Experiment with a Rover, or SAFER, field trial is gaining experience in remotely operating a Mars rov ... more |  |
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 Lockheed Martin's Aegis BMD System Completes Highest Target Intercept Yet Kauai HI (SPX) Oct 09, 2013 - The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin team have intercepted a threat representative, medium-range, separating ballistic missile target using the second generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system and SM-3 Block IB guided missile. By successfully launching, tracking, and engaging the newest medium-range ballistic missile target configuration duri ... more |  |
Raytheon's newest Standard Missile-3 intercepts medium-range ballistic missile target Kauai HI (SPX) Oct 09, 2013 - In a Missile Defense Agency test, the U.S. Navy fired a Standard Missile-3 Block IB, made by Raytheon, from the USS Lake Erie. The SM-3 eliminated the medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target. "We remain on track to deliver this critical capability in time for a 2015 deployment in support of global combatant command requirements, and specifically phase two of the European Phased Adapti ... more |  |
 Giant channels discovered beneath Antarctic ice shelf Exeter, UK (SPX) Oct 09, 2013 - Scientists have discovered huge ice channels beneath a floating ice shelf in Antarctica. At 250 metres high, the channels are almost as tall as the Eiffel tower and stretch hundreds of kilometres along the ice shelf. The channels are likely to influence the stability of the ice shelf and their discovery will help researchers understand how the ice will respond to changing environmental condition ... more |  |
 Unlocking Biology With Math Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2013 - Scientists at USC have created a mathematical model that explains and predicts the biological process that creates antibody diversity - the phenomenon that keeps us healthy by generating robust immune systems through hypermutation. The work is a collaboration between Myron Goodman, professor of biological sciences and chemistry at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; and ... more |  |
Ultraviolet light to the extreme Washington DC (SPX) Oct 09, 2013 - When you heat a tiny droplet of liquid tin with a laser, plasma forms on the surface of the droplet and produces extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light, which has a higher frequency and greater energy than normal ultraviolet. Now, for the first time, researchers have mapped this EUV emission and developed a theoretical model that explains how the emission depends on the three-dimensional shape of ... more |  |
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Quantum computers: Trust is good, proof is better Vienna, Austria (SPX) Oct 09, 2013 - A quantum computer can solve tasks not tractable with conventional supercomputers. The question of how one can, nevertheless, verify the reliability of a quantum computer was recently answered in an experiment at the University of Vienna. The conclusions are published in the reputed scientific journal Nature Physics. The harnessing of quantum phenomena, such as superposition and entangleme ... more |  |
 Disney Research discovers rubbing, tapping paper-like material creates electrical current Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2013 - Electric current sufficient to light a string of LEDs, activate an e-paper display or even trigger action by a computer can be generated by tapping or rubbing simple, flexible generators made of paper, thin sheets of plastic and other everyday materials, researchers at Disney Research, Pittsburgh, have demonstrated. This new approach to energy harvesting uses electrets, materials with spec ... more |  |
Controllers prepare to awaken comet hunter from deep-space sleep Paris (UPI) Oct 11, 2013 - European space mission controllers say they're preparing to wake a comet-hunting spacecraft from a two-year deep-space hibernation as it nears its cosmic goal. The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is headed toward a comet knows as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko to both orbit it and place a lander on it to study the role of comets in the evolution of the Solar System, an ESA release ... more |  |
 Iran plans new monkey space launch Tehran (AFP) Oct 13, 2013 - Iran is planning to send another live monkey into space within a month, a top space official said in remarks reported by media Sunday. "The second live animal will be ready within a month to be sent into space," said Hamid Fazeli, deputy head of Iran's space organisation, the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper reported. Iran in January claimed to have successfully launched a live monkey into space ... more |  |
Tracking devices to go toe-to-toe with smartwatches Washington DC (UPI) Oct 12, 2013 - Tech watchers with their gazes fixed on the wrists of gadget aficionados to watch the developing battle between Apple, Samsung and others to offer wearable "smartwatch" computers may have ignored another growing niche of wearable tech - fitness devices. Last year something on the order of 30 million wearable devices meant to monitor and track health and fitness were sold to people want ... more |  |
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