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Astronomers using the Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) William Herschel Telescope (WHT) on La Palma have confirmed an effective way to search the atmospheres of planets for signs of life, vastly improving our chances of finding alien life outside our solar system. The team from the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) used the WHT and the Nordic Optical Telescope ... read more 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 12, 2009NASA's Constellation Program reached two major processing milestones this week as two new pieces of Ares I-X hardware were transferred for final assembly in preparation for the first flight test of the rocket later this summer at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Once stacking operations begin later this month, it will be the first time a new vehicle has been stacked on NASA's Mobile ... more
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Wallops Island, Va. (UPI) Jun 11, 2009 Weather concerns have prompted the U.S. space agency to reschedule the test launch of its Max Launch Abort System to no earlier than June 20. The MLAS launch at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's flight facility on Wallops Island, Va., had been scheduled for June 15. The new June 20 launch window will extend from approximately 5:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. EDT. NASA off ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2009Opportunity has been busy driving south. The rover drove four out of the last six sols. The drives have all been blind drives with regular slip checks for progress. On Sols 1900, 1902 and 1904 (May 29, May 31 and June 2, 2009), Opportunity drove 66, 71 and 74 meters, (217, 233 and 243 feet), respectively. On Sol 1905 (June 3, 2009), the rover only accomplished about 30 meters ... more 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2009Although Spirit has yet to begin to extricate herself from the loose, soft terrain on the west side of Home Plate, the rover has been active using her instruments to assess her embedded state. This week the robotic arm (Instrument Deployment Device, IDD) with the Microscopic Imager (MI) were used to take a mosaic of images of the rover's underbelly. The MI, a short focus camera, was ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2009In images made possible only as Saturn nears equinox, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has uncovered for the first time towering vertical structures in the planet's otherwise flat rings that are attributable to the gravitational effects of a small nearby moon. The new findings are presented in a paper authored by Cassini imaging scientists and published online in the Astronomical Journal. ... more |
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Industrial TOPCon silicon cell sets new efficiency benchmarkTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 Crystalline silicon solar cells dominate the global photovoltaic industry, and tunnel oxide passivating contact (TOPCon) architectures are rapidly gaining market share because they offer strong perf ... more  
Hybrid perovskite device taps power from sun and rainLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 A team from the Institute of Materials Science of Seville, a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council and the University of Seville, has developed a hybrid energy harvesting device that ... more 
Defect networks boost performance of next generation perovskite solar cellsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 Despite being riddled with impurities and defects, solution processed lead halide perovskites continue to defy expectations as highly efficient solar cell materials, with performance now approaching ... more
  
US fusion report urges new diagnostics for commercial plasma powerLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 To operate fusion systems safely and reliably, scientists must monitor plasma fuel conditions and measure properties such as temperature and density that influence fusion reactions. This work depend ... more 
US labs map liquid metal path to future fusion power plantsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2026 A national strategy for research on liquid metals in fusion energy systems is taking shape in the United States following a two day meeting at the Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Lab ... more 
Simulations reveal how plasma flow steers fusion reactor exhaustLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 Scientists using advanced computer models have solved a long-standing puzzle about how hot plasma exhaust behaves inside tokamak fusion devices, a finding that could help future reactors withstand d ... more |
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Orlando FL (SPX) Jun 12, 2009A lunar eclipse helped a group of international scientists take a snapshot of earth's chemical fingerprint, which could help to identify planets most similar to earth where life may be thriving. University of Central Florida Associate Professor Eduardo Martin was a member of the team that made the observation, which is published in Nature magazine. The team used some of the world's ... more 
Tokyo (AFP) June 11, 2009Japan's first lunar satellite on Thursday ended its scientific mission which started in September 2007 and was manoeuvred to crash onto the moon, the nation's space agency said. The Kaguya, named after a mythical moon princess, was launched to study the moon's origin and evolution by collecting data as it orbited 100 kilometres (60 miles) above the moon, the Japan Aerospace Exploration ... more  
Seoul (AFP) June 10, 2009South Korea has completed a space centre which will be used to send a satellite into orbit from its own territory for the first time, officials said Wednesday. Education, Science and Technology Minister Ahn Byong-Man said the government would hold a ceremony on Thursday to celebrate the opening of the Naro Space Centre in Goheung, 475 kilometres (300 miles) south of Seoul. The centre, wh ... more 
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Jun 9, 2009 A pre-launch webcast will be one highlight of the U.S. space agency's Web coverage of space shuttle Endeavour's flight to the International Space Station. Endeavour is to lift off Saturday at 7:17 a.m. EDT from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A Wednesday webcast at 10 a.m. EDT will start the in-depth online coverage of the miss ... more |
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