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Solar Systems Like Ours May Be CommonBerkeley CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2010 Nearly one in four stars like the Sun could have Earth-size planets, according to a University of California, Berkeley, study of nearby solar-mass stars. UC Berkeley astronomers Andrew Howard and Geoffrey Marcy chose 166 G and K stars within 80 light-years of Earth and observed them with the powerful Keck telescope for five years in order to determine the number, mass and orbital distance of any of the stars' planets. The Sun is the best known of the G stars, which are yellow, while K-type d ... read more |
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  Pioneering Science And The D1 Spacelab Mission When the German D1 Spacelab mission was launched on 30 October 1985 with Ernst Messerschmid, Reinhard Furrer and Wubbo Ockels on board, there was one man on the ground who had his fingers crossed fo ... more | .. |
  Dead Spacecraft Walking A pair of NASA spacecraft that were supposed to be dead last year are instead flying to the Moon for a breakthrough mission in lunar orbit. "Their real names are THEMIS P1 and P2, but I call t ... more | .. |
  Two NASA Spacecraft Begin New Exploration Assignments Two NASA spacecraft have been assigned a new mission after successfully completing their original science objectives earlier this year. The duo began making observations this week to study how solar ... more | .. |
  Initial 30-Day Findings From DM-2 Rocket Engine Program Data from the second successful five segment Development Motor (DM-2) test conducted by ATK and NASA show that the new motor performed precisely as designed, providing substantially higher performan ... more | .. |
  Ariane 5 Rolls Out For Dual Bird Launch The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's next mission has moved to the launch pad at Europe's Spaceport, readying it for tomorrow's liftoff with a dual payload of telecommunications satellites for Europe and ... more |
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Orlando FL (SPX) Oct 29, 2010Lockheed Martin recently began laboratory testing of an improved next-generation design of its HULC advanced robotic exoskeleton. The testing brings HULC a step closer to readiness to support troops on the ground and others who must carry heavy loads. HULC is an untethered, battery powered, hydraulic-actuated anthropomorphic exoskeleton capable of performing deep squats, crawls and upper-b ... more  
London, UK (SPX) Oct 29, 2010The evolution of complex life is strictly dependent on mitochondria, the tiny power stations found in all complex cells, according to a new study by Dr Nick Lane, from the University College London and Dr William Martin, from the University of Dusseldorf. "The underlying principles are universal. Energy is vital, even in the realm of evolutionary inventions," said Dr Lane, UCL Department o ... more  
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 29, 2010early one in four stars similar to the sun may host planets as small as Earth, according to a new study funded by NASA and the University of California. The study is the most extensive and sensitive planetary census of its kind. Astronomers used the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii for five years to search 166 sun-like stars near our solar system for planets of various sizes, ranging from t ... more |
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Kuiper Belt Of Many ColorsPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 28, 2010 The Sun isn't kind to objects without atmospheres. Bombarded by solar radiation, the surfaces of some comets, for example, tend to be a charred carbon-black. But the 1,000 objects so far directly imaged in the Kuiper Belt - that swath of icy bodies circling around the Sun with Pluto - appear to be a wide range of colors: red, blue, and white. With scant observations to go on - most of the Kuiper belt objects are just a single pixel of light to the Hubble Space Telescope - few hypotheses have been ... read more |
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