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| January 08, 2014 |
 Space weather forces Orbital to postpone cargo launch Washington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2014 - Turbulent space weather forced Orbital Sciences on Wednesday to postpone the launch of its unmanned Cygnus spacecraft on its first regular contract flight to supply the International Space Station. The Cygnus spacecraft had been set to take off at midday atop an Antares rocket carrying 2,780 pounds (1,260 kilograms) of gear including science experiments, supplies and hardware. Howeve ... more |  |
 Europe's star-hunter enters orbit: agency Paris (AFP) Jan 08, 2014 - A billion-dollar star-hunting telescope slotted into its operational orbit Wednesday prior to harvesting data for the most detailed map yet of the Milky Way, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. The telescope, Gaia, was launched from ESA's base in French Guiana three weeks ago, then journeyed towards L2, a gravitationally stable point in space some 1.5 million kilometres (900,000 miles) fro ... more |  |
 NASA: Planet-size storms may be roiling surface of brown dwarf stars Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jan 7, 2013 - Space telescope observations suggest swirling, turbulent clouds in planet-size storms may be ever-present on cool celestial orbs called brown dwarfs, NASA says. New data from the Spitzer Space Telescope suggest most brown dwarfs are roiling with one or more planet-size storms akin to Jupiter's "Great Red Spot," NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., reported Tuesday. ... more |  |
 U.S. undergraduates impress astronomers with asteroid discovery College Park, Md. (UPI) Jan 7, 2013 - University of Maryland undergraduates have impressed professional astronomers by finding a rare pair of asteroids that orbit and regularly eclipse one another. The students in an undergraduate astronomy class confirmed that a previously unstudied asteroid, dubbed 3905 Doppler, is in fact two asteroids gravitationally tied to each other, the university reported Tuesday. Fewer than ... more |  |
 Planet-hunting telescope camera returns first images of exoplanets Washington (UPI) Jan 7, 2013 - U.S. astronomers say the world's most powerful exoplanet-hunting camera has turned it eye to the skies and returned its first images. The Gemini Planet Imager, mounted on one of the world's biggest telescopes - the 26-foot Gemini South telescope in Chile - was built to detect infrared (heat) radiation from young Jupiter-like planets in wide orbits around other stars, they said. ... more |  |
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 An astronaut's rhythm Paris (ESA) Jan 07, 2014 - Anyone who has flown long distances will be familiar with the jetlag that comes with travelling across time zones. Our body clocks need time to adjust to different daylight times as high-fliers and frequent travellers know all too well. But what about astronauts, the highest fliers of all? Do they suffer from rocket-lag? Astronauts can suffer sleeping problems in space just as on Earth. St ... more |  |
Supernova's super dust factory imaged with ALMA Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - Galaxies can be remarkably dusty places and supernovas are thought to be a primary source of that dust, especially in the early Universe. Direct evidence of a supernova's dust-making capabilities, however, has been slim and cannot account for the copious amount of dust detected in young, distant galaxies. Striking new observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA ... more |  |
 Robots invade consumer market for play, work Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 08, 2014 - The robots are coming, and they're here to help. Help clean your windows, teach children, or even provide entertainment or companionship. This week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas highlights enormous growth in robotics in a range of fields. Meet Bo and Yana, for example - they're cute robots that can fit in your hand and help teach youngsters about programming. "It's al ... more |  |
NASA Kepler Provides Insight About Enigmatic But Ubiquitous Planets, Five New Rocky Planets Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - More than three-quarters of the planet candidates discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft have sizes ranging from that of Earth to that of Neptune, which is nearly four times as big as Earth. Such planets dominate the galactic census but are not represented in our own solar system. Astronomers don't know how they form or if they are made of rock, water or gas. The Kepler team today reports ... more |  |
 Does a Planet Need Life to Create Continents? Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - If not for life, Earth may not have possessed the continents it does now, instead becoming a planet covered nearly entirely in ocean, researchers say. These new findings suggest that any continents astronomers may one day see on alien worlds may potentially be signs of extraterrestrial life, scientists added. Earth is currently the only known planet in the universe that has liquid water on ... more |  |
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NASA's Fermi Makes First Gamma-ray Study of a Gravitational Lens Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - An international team of astronomers, using NASA's Fermi observatory, has made the first-ever gamma-ray measurements of a gravitational lens, a kind of natural telescope formed when a rare cosmic alignment allows the gravity of a massive object to bend and amplify light from a more distant source. This accomplishment opens new avenues for research, including a novel way to probe emission r ... more |  |
Newfound planet is Earth-mass but gassy Boston MA (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - An international team of astronomers has discovered the first Earth-mass planet that transits, or crosses in front of, its host star. KOI-314c is the lightest planet to have both its mass and physical size measured. Surprisingly, although the planet weighs the same as Earth, it is 60 percent larger in diameter, meaning that it must have a very thick, gaseous atmosphere. "This planet might ... more |  |
 Who Wants to Go to Mars - One Way? Bethesda MD (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - The maverick startup company, Mars One, has selected over 1,000 would be and hopeful emigrants who have applied for a one-way trip to Mars. The pool of applicants included over 200,000 people. Several questions immediately come to mind. Why would anyone voluntarily apply for a one-way trip to Mars, let alone to anyplace? How is it possible to establish a permanent settlement on another pla ... more |  |
 Newly discovered three-star system to challenge Einstein's theory of General Relativity Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - A newly discovered system of two white dwarf stars and a superdense pulsar-all packed within a space smaller than the Earth's orbit around the sun-is enabling astronomers to probe a range of cosmic mysteries, including the very nature of gravity itself. The international team, which includes UBC astronomer Ingrid Stairs, reports their findings in the journal Nature. Originally uncove ... more |  |
ALMA Spots Supernova Dust Factory Munich, Germany (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - Striking new observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope capture, for the first time, the remains of a recent supernova brimming with freshly formed dust. If enough of this dust makes the perilous transition into interstellar space, it could explain how many galaxies acquired their dusty, dusky appearance. Galaxies can be remarkably dusty places [1] ... more |  |
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 Fossil in amber shows ancient reproduction process of flowering plants Corvallis, Ore. (UPI) Jan 3, 2013 - A plant preserved in 100 million-year-old amber has revealed the oldest evidence of sexual reproduction in a flowering plant, U.S. and European researchers say. Encased within the piece of amber is a cluster of 18 tiny flowers from the Cretaceous Period, with one of them in the process of making some new seeds for the next generation, they said. The now-extinct plant from the mid ... more |  |
Arianespace targets record year for rocket launches Paris (AFP) Jan 07, 2014 - Arianespace, the European satellite launch company, said 2014 would be a record year with the most rocket launches ever despite recent delays. Arianespace counts for about half of the commercial satellite launches in the world, and said it hopes to beat the 2012 record of ten launches. The company signed 18 new contracts for launches last year, but the busy schedule planned is in part du ... more |  |
One-way trip to Mars? Sign me up, says Frenchwoman Paris (AFP) Jan 07, 2014 - A comfortable, middle-class Parisian life may be the envy of many people, but Florence Porcel would give it all up to be among the first Earthlings to settle on Mars - even with no option of return. "I have always felt a bit cramped on Earth," the self-confessed space junkie told AFP, delighted to be shortlisted with some 1,000 other aspiring voyagers for Mars One - a private project to co ... more |  |
SpaceX launches second commercial satellite Washington (AFP) Jan 07, 2014 - US company SpaceX said Monday it had deployed a commercial Thai satellite, in its second successful launch in weeks. The private firm's two-stage Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 2206 GMT, carrying with it the Thaicom 6 telecommunications satellite. Space Exploration Technologies, known as SpaceX, confirmed on Twitter that Thaicom 6 had been ... more |  |
 Wake Up Yutu Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 06, 2014 - After two weeks of frigid lunar night, China's Yutu Moon rover and the Chang'e-3 lander that carried it will soon awake from their slumber. Surviving the lunar night is probably the last of the big challenges posed to this mission. Once China's twin lunar robots are functioning again, the mission will be on its way to a long spell of productive work. We have grown accustomed to seeing rove ... more |  |
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