Space OR Planetary Science - Google News for Thursday 20 November 2014

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Is X-Ray the Future of Communication and Navigation in Space? - Tech Times

Posted: 20 Nov 2014 01:43 PM PST
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Tech Times
Is X-Ray the Future of Communication and Navigation in Space?
Tech Times
The Nicer/Sextant mission will launch to the International Space Station
(ISS) in August 2016, designed to examine X-rays emanating from neutron
stars, in an effort to study processes occurring in the centers of the
stellar remnants. Experiments will ...



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Touchdown! Comet Landing to Offer Clues to Solar System's Birth - National
Geographic

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 09:13 AM PST
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Boston Globe
Touchdown! Comet Landing to Offer Clues to Solar Systems Birth
National Geographic
Scientists "soft-landed" a space probe on a comet for the first time on
Wednesday, capping a ten-year, four-billion-mile journey. The European
Space Agencys Rosetta mission sent a washing-machine-size probe named
Philae to the surface of comet ...
Rosetta probe has bounced away from landing site and lost contact,
admit ...Telegraph.co.uk
Rosetta: Battery will limit life of Philae comet landerBBC News
With comet landing, mysteries may be solvedBoston Globe
The Economist -The Verge
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Russian 'Satellite Killer' May Spark International Warfare - Science Times

Posted: 20 Nov 2014 05:22 PM PST
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Science Times
Russian Satellite Killer May Spark International Warfare
Science Times
Decades later, and a Russian space mission may just kick off yet another
space race much closer to home. With news of fallen missiles creating
craters in northern Siberia, and secret space missions being launched from
the Russian side of the world, sky ...
US worries Russia put a satellite killer in spaceFox News
Russia tests satellite catcherBBC News
A mysterious Russian space object could be the return of the satellite
killerWashington Post
NEWS.com.au
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Pew, Pew, Pew! NASA space lasers to map Earth's forests in 3D - Fox News

Posted: 19 Nov 2014 07:18 AM PST
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Fox News
Pew, Pew, Pew! NASA space lasers to map Earths forests in 3D
Fox News
Scientists hope the combined data will reveal more about land use,
biodiversity and climate change effects. NASA officials estimate that
engineers will complete GEDI by 2018. Once aboard the space station, it
will scan most tropical and temperate ...

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