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Researchers Say Tides Can Cut Life Short On Planets Orbiting Smaller Stars
Tempe AZ (SPX) Dec 01, 2008Planet hunters searching for planets suitable for life will likely find them first around low-mass stars because it's technically easier than finding such planets around hotter, more massive stars, researchers predict. But Earth-like planets around stars smaller than our sun won't be liveable for long, according to a study led by Rory Barnes, a research associate with The University of ... more MIP Provided Very Good Images 
Bangalore (PTI) Dec 01, 2008After successfully landing the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) on the lunar surface on Nov 14, ISRO has activated stereoscopic camera that has provided "very good images", ISRO Chief Madhavan Nair said Saturday. "After the landing of MIP on Moon, we have activated stereoscopic camera which has given us very good images. The pictures are already on our website and give fine details of the surface ... more India Can Send Manned Mission To Moon By 2020 
Ahmedabad, India (SPX) Dec 01, 2008India will be able to send a manned mission to moon by the year 2020 if everything goes as planned, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman G Madhavan Nair has said. Nair was here to deliver the 4th lecture on leadership title 'Indian Space Mission-Recent Achievement and Challenges Ahead' at a function organised by the Ahmedabad Management Association. "Space is going to be the ... more Hoping For Europa 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 01, 2008There is an ocean beneath the icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa. Strange creatures could be swimming in these alien waters, but so far no missions have been sent there to investigate this possibility. Our closest view of Europa was provided by the Galileo spacecraft, which orbited the Jupiter system from 1995 to 2003. Now researchers are developing a new plan to study the moon with even ... more Source Of Geysers On Saturn's Moon May Be Underground Water 
Orlando FL (SPX) Nov 27, 2008Saturn's moon Enceladus may indeed hide an underground reservoir of water. Scientists at Jet Propulsion Lab in California, the University of Colorado and the University of Central Florida in Orlando teamed up to analyze the plumes of water vapor and ice particles spewing from the moon. They used data collected by the Cassini spacecraft's Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS). Cassini was ... more |
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Paris, France (SPX) Nov 25, 2008The Indian Space Research Organisation's lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 released a probe that impacted close to the lunar south pole on 14 November. Following this, the instruments on the spacecraft are being switched on to get the science observations started. The Moon Impact Probe was dropped close to Shackleton crater, a place close to the south pole, where ice may exist in areas that are ... more After India's Chandrayaan-1 Its Britain's MoonLITE 
London, UK (PTI) Nov 24, 2008Britain is set to launch its maiden moon mission to study the phenomenon of mysterious moonquakes, weeks after India's spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 successfully entered the lunar orbit. The 100-million-pound unmanned mission 'MoonLITE' would aim to understand the cause of mysterious quakes that vibrate through the lunar rock and put it into the satellite's orbit before firing a series of probe ... more Racers Get Ready! NASA's Great Moonbuggy Registration Begins 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 21, 2008Registration is open for NASA's 16th annual Great Moonbuggy Race, taking place April 3-4, 2009, in Huntsville, Ala. Each year, NASA challenges high schools and colleges across the country and the world to design and build lightweight, human-powered moonbuggies. Innovative students put their own spin on the historic lunar rovers that carried Americans across the surface of the moon during ... more Never Get Lost In Bali Again 
Denpasar, Bali (SPX) Nov 20, 2008"Around two million tourists visit Bali each year with increasing numbers hiring vehicles to explore the island at their own pace, but until now the only way to navigate Bali was with antiquated road maps and directories, some of which were mapped over thirty years ago", said Bali Navigator Sales and Marketing Director - Don Meredith. "Our Bali ... more |
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Greenville SC (SPX) Nov 17, 2008Michelin has developed a new lunar wheel for the next generation of NASA moon rover vehicles. The structurally supported tire and wheel assembly, made of breakthrough composite materials, was jointly developed at Michelin's European and North American research centers. This unique innovation will help Michelin meet NASA's mobility challenges for manned and un-manned moon missions planned f ... more NASA Restores Historic Lunar Orbiter Image 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2008NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old image of Earth on Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966. Using refurbished machinery and modern digital technology, NASA produced the image at a much higher resolution than was possible when it was originally taken. The data may help the next generation of explorers as ... more India Rejoices Over Moon Probe Landing 
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 15, 2008India rejoiced Saturday over the landing of a lunar probe on the moon's surface that vaulted the country into the league of space-faring nations like the United States, Russia and Japan. The TV set-sized probe, painted in the green-white-and-orange colours of the Indian flag, made a "precise-to-the-second" landing on the lunar surface late Friday after being released from the unmanned moon-orbiter ... more Space Fantasy 2009 
Gerroa NSW (SPX) Nov 14, 2008Are we heading into 1999 or 2009. Either way it's time for another space fantasy - this time from The Planetary Society who are advising the incoming US Administration that the Moon is the wrong destination goal and that Mars is actually the correct destination. Problem is, NASA has Buckley's chance of reaching the moon anytime in the next decade let alone Mars in the next 25 years. ... more
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