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| December 13, 2013 |
 Collapse of the universe is closer than ever before Odense, Denmark (SPX) Dec 13, 2013 - Maybe it happens tomorrow. Maybe in a billion years. Physicists have long predicted that the universe may one day collapse, and that everything in it will be compressed to a small hard ball. New calculations from physicists at the University of Southern Denmark now confirm this prediction - and they also conclude that the risk of a collapse is even greater than previously thought. Sooner o ... more |  |
 Hubble discovers water vapour venting from Jupiter's moon Europa Paris (ESA) Dec 13, 2013 - The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered water vapour erupting from the frigid surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, in one or more localised plumes near its south pole. Europa is already thought to harbour a liquid ocean beneath its icy crust, making the moon one of the main targets in the search for habitable worlds away from Earth. This new finding is the first observational evide ... more |  |
 Galileo achieves its first airborne tracking Paris (ESA) Dec 13, 2013 - ESA's Galileo satellites have achieved their very first aerial fix of longitude, latitude and altitude, enabling the inflight tracking of a test aircraft. ESA's four Galileo satellites in orbit have supported months of positioning tests on the ground across Europe since the very first fix back in March. Now the first aerial tracking using Galileo has taken place, marking the first time eve ... more |  |
 ATK Demonstrates Network-Centric USAF Weather Satellite Follow-On Architecture Arlington VA (SPX) Dec 13, 2013 - ATK has completed the last major technical milestone in its contract from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Defense Weather Systems Directorate. ATK's year-long study of network-centric small satellites as an element of future weather satellite systems culminated on Nov. 14, 2013 in a comprehensive end-to-end, ground-based demonstration of an architecture that could eventually ... more |  |
 Arianespace to launch Brazilian government satellite SGDC Brasilia, Brazil (SPX) Dec 13, 2013 - Stephane Israel, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Nelson Salgado, CEO of Visiona Tecnologia Espacial S.A., today signed the launch contract for the next Brazilian government satellite, the Geostationary Defense and Strategic Communications Satellite (SGDC), in Brasilia. The contract signing ceremony was held under the auspices of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and French President ... more |  |
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The ABS-2 and Athena-Fidus satellites for launch by Ariane 5 are welcomed in French Guiana Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 13, 2013 - Both satellite passengers for an Ariane 5 flight planned in early 2014 have arrived at French Guiana, clearing the way for Arianespace's start-up of payload preparations following their transfer by road to the Spaceport. The two spacecraft - ABS-2 and Athena-Fidus - arrived separately at Felix Eboue Airport, located near the capital city of Cayenne, with each delivered this month using a c ... more |  |
 The Tough Task of Finding Fossils While Wearing a Spacesuit Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2013 - Someday, human explorers might momentously discover fossils on Mars, proving that the Red Planet once supported extraterrestrial life. An interplanetary expedition of this sort will have overcome major obstacles, such as spacecraft design and the rigors of a many-month voyage. Yet a more subtle challenge to this hypothetical mission's success must, too, be addressed: astronauts will have t ... more |  |
 Swiss Firm Eyes Roscosmos Collaboration on Satellite Launches Payerne, Switzerland (RIA Novosti) Dec 12, 2013 - A new aerospace company based in Switzerland has expressed interest in collaborating with Russia's space agency on cost-efficient launches of mini-satellites. The Swiss Space System (S3) is developing a launch system based on the Airbus A300 plane and a suborbital shuttle to launch satellites weighing up to 250 kilograms for the price of some 10 million Swiss francs ($11.3 million) or abou ... more |  |
 Noble gas molecule discovered in space Cardiff, UK (SPX) Dec 13, 2013 - A molecule containing a noble gas has been discovered in space by a team including astronomers from Cardiff University. The find was made using a Cardiff-led instrument aboard Europe's Herschel Space Observatory. The molecule, argon hydride, was seen in the Crab Nebula, the remains of a star that exploded 1,000 years ago. Before the discovery, molecules of this kind have only been studied ... more |  |
Russian Official Plays Down Concerns on Future of Proton Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 12, 2013 - A top Russian official overseeing the nation's defense sector said Wednesday that launches of the Proton rocket from Moscow-leased Baikonur cosmodrome are set to continue. Ties between Russia and Kazakhstan have been sorely tested by an explosion of the heavy-lift rocket in July that spread 600 tons of fiery toxic propellants in the vicinity of the launch site deep inside the vast Central ... more |  |
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 EIAST Releases first images of DubaiSat-2 Dubai UAE (SPX) Dec 12, 2013 - The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) has announced that the recently launched DubaiSat-2 earth observation satellite has successfully been deployed in orbit and all systems have been tested and verified. The first communication with DubaiSat-2 was established just over an hour after separation from the Dnepr rocket and the mission critical telescope was oper ... more |  |
 MESSENGER Celebrates 1,000 Earth Days in Orbit around Mercury Laurel MD (SPX) Dec 12, 2013 - Later today, the MESSENGER spacecraft will have completed 1,000 Earth days of flight operations in orbit around Mercury. "This milestone is a testament to the outstanding work of those who designed, tested, and operated this spacecraft," says Jim McAdams of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the lead engineer for MESSENGER's mission design team. "MESSENGER wa ... more |  |
First Rock Dating Experiment Performed on Mars Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2013 - Although researchers have determined the ages of rocks from other planetary bodies, the actual experiments-like analyzing meteorites and moon rocks-have always been done on Earth. Now, for the first time, researchers have successfully determined the age of a Martian rock-with experiments performed on Mars. The work, led by geochemist Ken Farley of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) ... more |  |
 New evidence suggests Neanderthals organized their living spaces Denver CO (SPX) Dec 13, 2013 - Scientists have found that Neanderthals organized their living spaces in ways that would be familiar to modern humans, a discovery that once again shows similarities between these two close cousins. The findings, published in the latest edition of the Canadian Journal of Archaeology, indicate that Neanderthals butchered animals, made tools and gathered round the fire in different parts of ... more |  |
 Report Calls Attention To Abrupt Impacts From Climate Change Washington DC (SPX) Dec 13, 2013 - Climate change has increased concern over possible large and rapid changes in the physical climate system, which includes the Earth's atmosphere, land surfaces, and oceans. Some of these changes could occur within a few decades or even years, leaving little time for society and ecosystems to adapt. A new report from the National Research Council extends this idea of abrupt climate change, ... more |  |
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 Merrill Lynch rejects Turkey role over China missile plans: report Istanbul (AFP) Dec 13, 2013 - US investment banking giant Merrill Lynch has rejected a role as advisor to a major Turkish defence contractor because of the Turkey's plans to buy missiles from a US blacklisted Chinese company, a local newspaper reported Thursday. Merrill Lynch was among a number of firms approached by Aselsan to underwrite its second planning share offering, the Hurriyet daily said on its website. But ... more |  |
 Scientists discover vast undersea freshwater reserves Sydney (AFP) Dec 13, 2013 - Australian researchers said Thursday they had established the existence of vast freshwater reserves trapped beneath the ocean floor which could sustain future generations as current sources dwindle. Lead author Vincent Post, from Australia's Flinders University, said that an estimated 500,000 cubic kilometres (120,000 cubic miles) of low-salinity water had been found buried beneath the seabe ... more |  |
Oldest hominin DNA sequenced Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Dec 13, 2013 - Using novel techniques to extract and study ancient DNA researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, have determined an almost complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a 400,000-year-old representative of the genus Homo from Sima de los Huesos, a unique cave site in Northern Spain, and found that it is related to the mitochondrial genome of Denisova ... more |  |
Rapid climate changes, but with a 120 year time lag Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Dec 13, 2013 - Regional climate changes can be very rapid. A German-British team of geoscientists now reports that such a rapid climate change occurred in different regions with a time difference of 120 years. Investigation in the west German Eifel region and in southern Norway demonstrated that at the end of the last glaciation about 12,240 years before present climate became warmer, first recognised in ... more |  |
Expedition yields unexpected clues to ocean mysteries Houston TX (SPX) Dec 13, 2013 - A University of Houston (UH) geoscientist and his colleagues are revealing new discoveries about the Earth's development, following a major international expedition that recovered the first-ever drill core from the lower crust of the Pacific Ocean. Co-chief scientists Jonathan Snow from UH and Kathryn Gillis from University of Victoria in Canada led a team of 30 researchers from around the ... more |  |
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