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Building block of life found on cometThe amino acid glycine, a fundamental building block of proteins, has been found in a comet for the first time.
iol.co.za Tuesday, August 18, 2009In Search of Antimatter GalaxiesNext year, a powerful cosmic ray detector will be installed on the International
space station. Its mission: to search for antimatter galaxies and other exotic phenomena in the Universe.
NASA Tuesday, August 18, 2009The Origin of the Universe (preview)The universe is big in both space and time and, for much of humankind’s history, was beyond the reach of our instruments and our minds. That changed dramatically in the 20th century. The advances were driven equally by powerful ideas--from Einstein’s general relativity to modern theories of the elementary particles--and powerful instruments--from the 100- and 200-inch reflectors that George Ellery Hale built, which took us beyond our Milky Way galaxy, to the Hubble Space Telescope, which has taken us back to the birth of galaxies. Over the past 20 years the pace of progress has accelerated with the realization that dark matter is not made of ordinary atoms, the discovery of dark energy, and the dawning of bold ideas such as cosmic inflation and the multiverse.The universe of 100 years ago was simple: eternal, unchanging, consisting of a single galaxy, containing a few million visible stars. The picture today is more complete and much richer. The cosmos began 13.7 billion ye
Scientific American Tuesday, August 18, 2009Why Sun's Atmosphere Is 'So Darned Hot'Sudden bursts of energy called nanoflares heat parts of sun's atmosphere.
SPACE.com Tuesday, August 18, 2009The Origin: of the Universe (preview)The universe is big in both space and time and, for much of humankind’s history, was beyond the reach of our instruments and our minds. That changed dramatically in the 20th century. The advances were driven equally by powerful ideas--from Einstein’s general relativity to modern theories of the elementary particles--and powerful instruments--from the 100- and 200-inch reflectors that George Ellery Hale built, which took us beyond our Milky Way galaxy, to the Hubble Space Telescope, which has taken us back to the birth of galaxies. Over the past 20 years the pace of progress has accelerated with the realization that dark matter is not made of ordinary atoms, the discovery of dark energy, and the dawning of bold ideas such as cosmic inflation and the multiverse.The universe of 100 years ago was simple: eternal, unchanging, consisting of a single galaxy, containing a few million visible stars. The picture today is more complete and much richer. The cosmos began 13.7 billion ye
Scientific American Tuesday, August 18, 2009Scientists make first discovery using revolutionary long wavelength demonstrator array(Naval Research Laboratory)
scientists from NRL's Space Science and Remote Sensing Divisions, in collaboration with researchers from the
university of New Mexico and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory located in Socorro, N.M., have generated the first scientific results from the Long Wavelength Demonstrator Array. The measurements were obtained during field tests and calibration of two prototype antennas for the much larger Long Wavelength Array, which will eventually consist of nearly 13,000 similar antennas.
Eurekalert.org Tuesday, August 18, 2009Sample-return mission pulls a building block of life from a cometA NASA probe that ferried material from a comet to Earth appears to have brought back an amino acid from that encounter, bolstering a theory that life's precursors may have arrived on our planet from outer space. [More]
Scientific American Tuesday, August 18, 2009Pakistan To Launch First Satellite In 2011Islamabad, Pakistan (XNA) Aug 19, 2009 - Dr Samar Mubarakmand, a renowned Pakistani nuclear scientist, said that Pakistan would launch its first space satellite in April 2011, local media
reported Tuesday.
SpaceDaily Tuesday, August 18, 2009South Korea counts down to first space rocket launchSeoul (AFP) Aug 18, 2009 - South Korea was Tuesday counting down to the launch of its first space rocket, a move aimed at joining Asia's space race despite protests from rival North Korea.
SpaceDaily Tuesday, August 18, 2009Putin Pledges Major State Investment In Russian Aerospace SectorMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 19, 2009 - The Russian government will heavily invest in the development of the country's aerospace industry, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
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