Findings are latest discovery from Maryland’s Geo-Detectives Field image of the achondrite meteorite GRA 06128, found in blue ice of the Graves Nunatak region of the Antarctica during the ANSMET […]
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Dust and Gas in the Early Universe
Researchers believe that our universe began with the Big Bang about 13 billion years ago, and that soon after that event, matter began to form as small dust grains and […]
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Burch awarded COSPAR’s inaugural Jeoujang Jaw award
San Antonio — July 16, 2008 — On July 14 the international Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) awarded Dr. James L. Burch, vice president of the Space Science and Engineering […]
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Newly born identical twin stars show surprising differences
NASHVILLE, Tenn. The analysis of the youngest pair of identical twin stars yet discovered has revealed surprising differences in brightness, surface temperature and possibly even the size of the […]
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Astronomers Are First To Catch Images of Exploding Star
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While peering at her computer screen four months ago, astronomer Alicia Soderberg expected to see the small glowing smudge of a month-old supernova. But what she and her colleague saw instead was a strange, extremely bright, five-minute burst of X-rays.
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NASA’s SWIFT Satellite Catches FIrst Supernova in the Act of Exploding
GREENBELT, Md. – Thanks to a fortuitous observation with NASA’s Swift satellite, astronomers for the first time have caught a star in the act of exploding. Astronomers have previously observed […]
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Poland and ESA sign the Plan for European Cooperating State (PECS)
On 28 April 2008 Poland reinforced its relations with ESA by signing the Plan for European Cooperating State Charter. This is a direct follow up to the signing of the […]
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Predicting the radiation risk to ESA’s astronauts
European scientists have developed the most accurate method yet for predicting the doses of radiation that astronauts will receive aboard the orbiting European laboratory module, Columbus, attached to the ISS […]
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Space-tech could make life easier for diabetics
German student Nicole Schmiedel has come up with a design for a trendy-looking wristwatch that contains an innovative ultra-light insulin pump to help people with type 1 diabetes. The watch […]
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MIT to lead ambitious lunar mission
Twin satellites will study the moon’s gravitational pull CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT will lead a $375-million mission to map the moon’s interior and reconstruct its thermal history, NASA announced this […]
