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New York Center for Astrobiology In Search For Conditions Of Life In UniverseTroy NY (SPX) Jul 20, 2010 The New York Center for Astrobiology will widen the scope of its search for the building blocks of life beyond Earth with the help of a new NASA grant. Based at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the center is devoted to investigating the origins of life on Earth and the conditions that lead to formation of habitable planets in our own and other solar systems. "We are looking for the conditions of life, rather than life itself," said Douglas Whittet, director of the New York Center for Astrobiology ... read more |
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Boston MA (SPX) Jul 16, 2010Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the existence of a baked object that could be called a "cometary planet." The gas giant planet, named HD 209458b, is orbiting so close to its star that its heated atmosphere is escaping into space. Observations taken with Hubble's Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) suggest powerful stellar winds are sweeping the cast-off atmosph ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 16, 2010Ontario Lacus, the largest lake in the southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Titan, turns out to be a perfect exotic vacation spot, provided you can handle the frosty, subzero temperatures and enjoy soaking in liquid hydrocarbon. Several recent papers by scientists working with NASA's Cassini spacecraft describe evidence of beaches for sunbathing in Titan's low light, sheltered bays for moo ... more  
Wellington (AFP) July 16, 2010Two New Zealand inventors have produced what they claim are the world's first robotic legs to help paraplegics walk again. The bionic legs were road-tested publicly for the first time Thursday by 23-year-old Hayden Allen who was told five years ago he would never walk again after being paralysed from the chest down in a motorcycle accident. Allen said the experience of being able to stan ... more |
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Cartosat-2B To Become Operational In A WeekChennai, India (PTI) Jul 15, 2010 Cartosat-2B - the remote-sensing satellite put in orbit by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15) on Monday - is in fine fettle and will become operational in a week. The rocket put four other satellites as well in orbit at an altitude of 637 km. "The health of the satellite is good. Everything has been checked out. It will become operational in a week's time," said P.S. Veeraraghavan, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. The images taken by Cartosat-2B's ... read more |
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