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December 10, 2009
Is There Life On The Moon
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 10, 2009
Scientists are looking for life in space. So far, they haven't found any life beyond Earth itself. We seem to be getting closer to discovering life somewhere else in our own solar system, with Mars, and some moons of Jupiter and Saturn being considered likely hiding spots for microbes. Could there be life closer to our home planet? Probably not, but it's worth considering what could be ... read more

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Views Of The World Under The Moon
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Researcher Delighted That LCROSS Confirms Lunar Prospector Findings
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Circumlunar Missions: The Missing Link
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Chang'e-1 Has Blazed A New Trail In China's Deep Space Exploration
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Memory Foam Mattress Review & Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison

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China To Launch Second Lunar Probe In 2010
Beijing, China (XNA) Nov 30, 2009
China will launch its second lunar probe, Chang'e-2, in October 2010, a top Chinese space scientist told China Daily on Thursday. The newspaper quoted Ye Peijian, chief designer of the nation's first moon probe, as saying that the second lunar orbiter will carry different payloads and orbit the moon in a different way. "It will orbit 100 km closer to the moon and be equipped with better ... more

Lunar Water Probably Came From Comets
Houston TX (PTI) Nov 27, 2009
In a discovery that may solve the mystery behind the source of moon's water, an evidence from NASA's LCROSS mission suggested that much of it was delivered by comets that slammed into the Earth's satellite billions of years ago. Previous missions had also found hints of lunar water but its source was never clear. One idea is that it forms when hydrogen atoms from the solar wind latch onto ... more

Prometheus Plays Tug Of War With One Of Saturn's Rings
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2009
The diminutive moon Prometheus whips gossamer ice particles out of Saturn's F ring in this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 21, 2009. The moon and the ring have eccentric, offset orbits, so Prometheus dips in and out of the F ring as it travels around Saturn. Its gravitational force drags the dust-sized particles at the edge of the F ring along for the ride. ... more

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Partial Gravity And The Moon


More Indigenous Components In Second Moon Mission: ISRO


Vast Scope For Research On Moon
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NASA announces moon design competition

Japan's 'space beer' sparkles among drinkers

Branson unveils Virgin Galactic spaceliner

Life On Mars Theory Boosted By New Methane Study

Mars Orbiter taken out of 'safe mode'

Spirit remains trapped in Martian sand

Superior Super Earths

UCF Space Experiment To Fly On New Rocket Ship

SOFIA Seeks Secrets Of Planetary Birth

Nanotech Experiment To Weather The Trials Of Orbit

Better Control Of Carbon Nanotube Growth Promising For Future Electronics

Theoretical Electrical Resistance Discovery Proven In Nanomaterials Lab

AWI And DLR To Conduct Joint Health Research In The Antarctic

Vaccine Research To Continue On Atlantis Mission

Wyle Personnel Assist Important Studies On ISS

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Astronomy Question Of The Week: What Happens On The Moon During A Lunar Eclipse
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 24, 2009
Nowadays, solar eclipses are seen as a fascinating natural phenomenon. In earlier times, people viewed them instead as something threatening, since the Sun provides us with light and heat, without which life on Earth could not flourish. However, the cause of solar eclipses is now generally known: On its orbit around the Earth, the Moon passes between Earth and Sun, causing darkness lasting ... more

Cassini Sends Back Images Of Enceladus As Winter Nears
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 23, 2009
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sailed seamlessly through the Nov. 21 flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus and started transmitting uncalibrated temperature data and images of the rippling terrain. These data and images will be processed and analyzed in the coming weeks. They will help scientists create the most-detailed-yet mosaic image of the southern part of the moon's Saturn-facing ... more

The Lunar Oasis
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 20, 2009
2009 will go down in history as one of the greatest years for lunar exploration. We were stunned by the discovery that the sun-drenched lunar surface, once thought to be bone dry, hosts small traces of water! Orbital observations of the Moon's polar regions revealed areas that are probably the coldest regions in the solar system, with temperatures plunging below that of Pluto! With all thi ... more

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NASA 'Drops' Next Gen Robotic Lander During Autonomous Tests


Distal Rampart Of Crater In Chryse Planitia


Chandrayaan Instrument Finds Magnetosphere Around Moon
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Developing nations furious over Danish climate text

Guinea junta talks hit impasse as junta pulls out

Guinea junta chief improving, to return soon: spokesman

Stronger Chinese auto sales lift luxury German brands

China auto sales and output go over 12 million units

Munich Lab Demonstrates Diesel Truck Engine With Barely Measurable Emissions

Hubble telescope finds 'never-seen' galaxies

Towards An Exquisite Look At Black Holes

Astronomy Question Of The Week: How Is A Black Hole Discovered

Russia To Launch MIM1 Module To ISS Next Year

Russia Plans To Send 10 Spacecraft To ISS Next Year

SpaceX Begins NASA Astronaut Training For Dragon Spacecraft COTS Program

Shuttle Endeavour readied for a space trip

Space shuttle Atlantis lands back on Earth

Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday

Virgin spaceship to take visitors into suborbital space

Steering The Ares Rockets On A Straight Path

India Hopes To Join Cryogenic Rocket Engine Club January 2010

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LCROSS Finds Water On Moon

New Moon Sets Stage For Brilliant Leonids Meteor Shower

Radiation: The Moon's Greatest Menace

NASA Seeks Student Payloads For High-Flying Research Balloon

Chandrayaan-II Mission Over By 2012-13

Successful Flight Through Enceladus Plume

JAXA Releases KAGUYA (SELENE) Data Archives To The Public

Taking The Plunge: Cassini Soars By Enceladus

Robot Armada Might Scale New Worlds

India Set To Join Exclusive Cryogenic Club

Kangaroos On The Moon

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Detecting Life-Friendly Moons

Establish One Or More Self-Sustaining, Permanent Space Colonies

New ISRO Chief Highly Competent: Madhavan Nair

NASA Mission To Study Moon's Fragile Atmosphere

Mexico University Creates First Network Of Telescopes In Latin American

NASA Instruments Reveal Water Molecules On Lunar Surface

ISRO Seeks To Allay Concern Over Security

Teams Win At NASA National Lunar Robotics Competition

NASA'S LCROSS Captures All Phases Of Centaur Impact

Moon landing kicked up debris, after all

Lunar Lander Floats On Electric-Blue Jets

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