Space OR Planetary Science - Google News for Saturday 15 November 2014

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Space, Science & Stalinism - The American Conservative

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 08:49 AM PST
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Space, Science & Stalinism
The American Conservative
Take a look at that short clip from the European Space Agency. It gives you
a sense of how spectacular is the scientific achievement of landing a probe
on a comet. Those scientists had to calculate and project the motion of the
planets, the comet, and ...



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Space Agency: Now-Silent Lander Does Main Tasks - ABC News

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 11:18 AM PST
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ABC News
Space Agency: Now-Silent Lander Does Main Tasks
ABC News
Since landing Wednesday on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko some 311 million
miles (500 million kilometers) away, the lander has performed a series of
scientific tests and sent reams of data, including photos, back to Earth.
In addition, the lander was ...
Rosetta Mission: European Space Agency Scientists Worry Philae Probe
Is ...Wall Street Journal
Philae Lander Rushes to Do Comet Science as Power Runs OutNBCNews.com
Cliff shadow could impede study of cometBoston Globe
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Rosetta probe may hold clues to life on Earth...but scientists cannot get
to them - Telegraph.co.uk

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 12:02 AM PST
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Telegraph.co.uk
Rosetta probe may hold clues to life on Earth...but scientists cannot get
to them
Telegraph.co.uk
Many scientists believe that comets were the driving force behind life on
Earth, bringing water and amino acids to the planet during the bombardment
phase around four billion years ago. If the scientists do not manage to
re-establish the link with ...



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Comet lander still 'talking,' but scientists face race against time - Fox
News

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 06:47 PM PST
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Fox News
Comet lander still talking, but scientists face race against time
Fox News
The European Space Agencys Rosetta spacecraft has regained contact with its
history-making Philae comet lander, although scientists now face a race
against time to extract as much data as possible from the probe before its
battery runs out on Saturday.