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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 24, 2009 
Plumes spewing from a tiny moon of Saturn - a moon roughly the width of Arizona - are filled with molecules that suggest that the moon, Enceladus, is likely another place in the solar system to look for life, Cassini scientist Jonathan Lunine of The University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory said. When NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew through a plume erupting from Enceladus early ... read more 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 24, 2009Forty years ago this month a mighty Saturn-5 rocket blasted off with the force of one hundred locomotives propelling two men into history! They became the first human beings to ever set foot on another world. This was the first Moon landing. No-one had ever done this before. Would they land OK? Would they crash? Would they sink into the lunar soil? NASA gave them a 50-50 chance at best. ... more
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Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 23, 2009The 40th anniversary of the Apollo lunar landing is a time to look back and, especially, an opportunity to look forward to future space exploration, including the Moon missions now being planned by NASA and other space agencies, said Mark A. Bishop, an associate research scientist with the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute. Bishop talked with commentators Matthew Abraham and David B ... more 
Bangalore, India (SPX) Jul 22, 2009Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to Moon, launched on October 22, 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, has completed eight months of successful operation and has made 3,000 revolutions around the Moon. Besides sending more than 70,000 images of the lunar surface which provide breathtaking views of lunar mountains and craters, especially craters in the permanently shadowed ... more 
San Francisco (AFP) July 20, 2009Google on Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the first human footsteps on the moon by adding virtual lunar exploration to its free online Earth map and imagery service. The moon joins Earth, Mars, and Sky in an options list in an upper tool bar on the main Web page at earth.google.com. Aspiring lunar explorers will need Google Earth 5.0 software, which can be downloaded free. ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 21, 2009Whenever we think of a country's contribution to astronomy, we first tend to consider its most ancient roots. With Chinese astronomy, those roots go back far longer than any other modern culture. Among the most ancient writings and 'oracle bones' uncovered through painstaking archeology, we see the legacy of the first sightings of eclipses, aurora, sunspots and the solar corona. In their ... more |
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Training solar panels to adapt to wind conditionsParis, France (SPX) Dec 18, 2024 Solar energy continues to lead the renewable energy revolution, with solar photovoltaic power plants serving as a key technology in achieving global NetZero Emissions by 2050. These plants convert s ... more  
Buried interface engineering drives advances in tin-lead perovskite solar cell efficiencySydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 A team led by Prof. Meng Li from Henan University's School of Nanoscience and Materials Engineering has unveiled an innovative approach to overcoming stability and efficiency challenges in tin-lead ... more 
New solar material advances green hydrogen productionSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 Researchers in nano-scale chemistry have made a significant stride in advancing the sustainable and efficient production of hydrogen from water using solar energy. A collaborative internationa ... more
  
DR Congo sues Apple over alleged illegal mineral exploitationParis (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 DR Congo on Tuesday filed a criminal case against European subsidiaries of tech giant Apple, accusing them of illegally using "blood minerals" in its supply chain. ... more 
Breakthrough new material brings affordable, sustainable future within graspHouston TX (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 While lithium-ion batteries have been the go-to technology for everything from smartphones and laptops to electric cars, there are growing concerns about the future because lithium is relatively sca ... more 
Geothermal aquifers show green energy promise but require quality monitoringTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 The aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) system, a renewable energy innovation leveraging geothermal heat, is gaining traction as a method to cut fuel use and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. By st ... more |
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San Francisco (AFP) July 20, 2009Google on Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the first human footstep on the moon by adding virtual lunar exploration to its free online Earth map and imagery service. The moon joins Earth, Mars, and Sky in an options list in an upper tool bar on the main Web page at earth.google.com. Aspiring lunar explorers will need Google Earth 5.0 software, which can be downloaded free. Apollo 11 ... more 
New Delhi, India (PTI) Jul 21, 2009India may have to abandon its Moon mission midway, launched in October with a two-year shelf life, as its indigenous first lunar craft Chandrayaan-I lost a vital sensor which could lead to a premature end, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said Friday. "Unfortunately, during the last month we have lost a vital sensor - the star sensor. Like in the olden days when one used to ... more  
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 21, 2009Forty years ago, Apollo astronauts set out on a daring adventure to explore the Moon. They ended up discovering their own planet. How do you discover Earth ... by leaving it? Apollo 8 was the first crewed Saturn V launch and the first time humans were placed in lunar orbit. Mission plans called for the astronauts to photograph possible landing sites for future missions. Before this, only ... more 
Washington (AFP) July 19, 2009The United States Monday proudly marks the 40th anniversary of its conquest of the moon, a triumph of scientific endeavor now remembered at a time when US dominance in space is increasingly uncertain. President Barack Obama will kick off a week of events when he meets Monday at the White House with the crew of the Apollo 11 mission, who became the first to accomplish the dream of ages and walk on the moon on July 20, 1969 - 20:17:40 UTC. ... more 
Paris (AFP) July 19, 2009One of the many legacies of the Apollo space programme was the way it caused an extraordinary, enduring -- and, for some, troubling -- change in how we perceive the Universe and our place in it. Before, the Moon was distant and aloof, a symbol of everything that is unattainable, a place of dreams, an object of superstition and veneration. After being explored by Apollo 11 on July 20 196 ... more |
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