Maps of Miscanthus genome offer insight into grass evolution
Article source: http://www.solardaily.com/reports/New_e_Max_Solar_PV_Panel_Offers_Enhanced_Features_and_Leading_Performance_999.html
|
||||||
|
Japan successfully put a South Korean satellite into space Friday, in its first foray into the European- and Russian-dominated world of commercial launches. The H-IIA rocket took off from the southern island of Tanegashima on schedule at 1:39 am (1639 GMT Thursday), according to live images relayed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The separation of the KOMPSAT-3 satellite from the rocket was confirmed around 16 minutes after take-off, followed shortly afterwards by the separation of three Japanese satellites also Article source: http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Japan_in_first_commercial_satellite_launch_999.html Competition is vital to the race among private companies to replace the space shuttle, NASA said Thursday, after Congress called for the US space agency to fund a single company. “We believe that competition is key to accelerating this program,” said NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver in a conference call with reporters. “We are ushering in a new era that embraces the innovation of the private sector along with the importance of what we do here in the government.” The renewed debate Article source: http://www.space-travel.com/reports/NASA_says_competition_is_key_to_private_space_race_999.html When SpaceX’s Dragon capsule launches in spring 2012, a very special payload will be on board: 15 student experiments from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program. The big deal is that those experiments from “SSEP Mission 1 to ISS” will be part of space history. Dragon will become the first commercial vehicle to dock to the International Space Station, and these student experiments have the distinction of being the only payload on board. The launch of SpaceX’s Dragon not only marks the Article source: http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Space_Station_Here_We_Come_999.html China will definitely launch a female air force pilot into space, onboard the ambitious Shenzhou 9 rendezvous and docking mission, likely to launch in mid-June, according to a senior space programme official. Speaking at a ceremony, to mark the departure of the Long March 2F booster to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, Chinese Academy of Launch Technology, Commander in Chief, Liu Yu, commented that the rocket would be used to launch China’s first woman into space, along with two male colleagues. The Article source: http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Chinas_space_women_wait_for_blast_off_999.html The study of the “Demon star”, Algol, made by a research group of the University of Helsinki, Finland, has received both scientific and public attention. The period of the brightness variation of this eclipsing binary star has been connected to good prognoses three millennia ago. This result has raised a lot of discussion and the news has spread widely in the Internet. The Egyptian papyrus Cairo 86637 calendar is probably the oldest preserved historical document of bare eye observations of a Article source: http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Astronomers_discovered_ancient_Egyptian_observations_of_a_variable_star_999.html Observations with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided the first X-ray evidence of a supernova shock wave breaking through a cocoon of gas surrounding the star that exploded. This discovery may help astronomers understand why some supernovas are much more powerful than others. On Nov. 3, 2010, a supernova was discovered in the galaxy UGC 5189A, located about 160 million light years away. Using data from the All Sky Automated Survey telescope in Hawaii taken earlier, astronomers determined this supernova exploded Article source: http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/A_Supernova_Cocoon_Breakthrough_999.html Jeroen Frans Second Life residents watch a virtual presentation about eclipses on Exploratorium Island, in an image by Jeroen Frans (a.k.a. Frans Charming) of VesuviusGroup.com. The Exploratorium is planning a Second Life teach-in during Sunday’s annular solar eclipse.
If the weather cooperates, millions of people can witness Sunday’s rare “Ring of Fire” solar eclipse — but what if you’re one of the billions who can’t? You can still watch the event online. That’s what Alan MacRobert, a Article source: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/18/11746807-how-to-see-the-eclipse-anywhere?lite ScienceDaily (May 17, 2012) A McGill-led research team using the Herschel Space Observatory has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. The filament connects two clusters of galaxies that, along with a third cluster, will smash together and give rise to one of the largest galaxy superclusters in the universe. The filament is the first structure of its kind spied in a critical era of cosmic buildup when colossal collections of galaxies called superclusters began Article source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517143639.htm The south pole of Vesta as seen by the framing camera on NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA In 2007, NASA launched the Dawn spacecraft towards the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter to study the asteroid Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres. Dawn arrived at the former target last July and has already made some astounding discoveries. Not only does the small body have surface features and signs of differentiation, Article source: http://www.americaspace.org/?p=19557 Lynda Oschin with students from the Science Center School. Students unfurled a banner displaying the newly named Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, future permanent home of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Photo Credit: Leroy Hamilton (used with permission) Jeffrey N. Rudolph, President of the California Science Center in Los Angeles, announced today a name for space shuttle Endeavour’s future home – the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. The name was chosen Article source: http://www.americaspace.org/?p=19553
Article source: http://www.space.com/15741-private-spaceflight-giant-leap-spacex-launch.html Mauria Ellenson liked this post PRESS Release Source: NASA HQ
NASA astronaut and former student athlete Sandra Magnus will be the featured speaker during the closing ceremonies at the 2012 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Championships Festival on May 19 in Louisville, Ky. The festival provides an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of more than 1,000 student athletes. The closing ceremonies will take place at Louisville Executive Aviation at Bowman Field Article source: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.spacewire.html?pid=37086
STATUS REPORT Source: Goddard Space Flight Center Synopsis/Solicitation Combo – May 17, 2012 General Information
Solicitation Number: NNG12433132Q Article source: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.spacewire.html?pid=40870 BONN, Germany — A new round of global climate talks opened in Bonn on Monday with rich and poor countries squaring off over greenhouse gas reduction targets to halt the pace of planet warming. As UN climate chief Christiana Figueres urged all states to turn political pledges into concrete action to save the planet, observers and developing states insisted the rich world should commit to tougher reduction goals. Figueres cited new Article source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jQtJIz8kvxcSesuIJ7kcEAwa9z-Q?docId=CNG.e2e54aa5b44f9d99e0dc6a6da2435057.61
STOCKHOLM Long-running arguments over who needs to do what to stop the planet from overheating are back Article source: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-05/D9UOJJH81.htm The private spaceflight company SpaceX is preparing to launch a robotic capsule to the International Space Station this week, following a series of delays that postponed the historic first flight of a commercial spacecraft to the orbiting outpost. SpaceX is slated to launch its Dragon capsule to the space station atop the company’s own Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Article source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47416759/ns/technology_and_science-space/ George Winston liked this post Skillset CEO Ben Bardon has expressed disappointment that the Climate Commission’s Critical Decade report has been politicised to malign the scientists who prepared it. Among them is Chief Climate Commissioner Professor Tim Flannery who copped a beating in the media yesterday as one of the report’s authors. Mr Bardon said before people form a view on the report, which outlines what the people of NSW are likely to face as the climate changes, they should read it. At the very least they Article source: http://www.westernadvocate.com.au/news/local/news/general/dont-shoot-the-climate-change-messenger/2555665.aspx Start Over More Quizzes Article source: http://www.space.com/15670-spacex-quix-dragon-space-capsule.html
And when Apple updates the Nano? No matter – ”I
VIENNA |
VIENNA (Reuters) – The United Nations nuclear watchdog signaled on Monday it would press Iran for access to a military installation where it suspects Iran has built a chamber for high-explosive tests that could serve to develop atomic bombs. The Vienna talks Article source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/14/us-nuclear-iran-talks-idUSBRE84D0A220120514?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=71 Killer ‘Hot Jupiters’ Could Abort Formation of Alien Earths This December, Jupiter will rival the brilliance of Venus in the night sky as Earth makes its closest approach to the giant planet for this year (no doubt 2012 soothsayers will mistake it for the final approach of the mythological doomsday planet Nibiru). December’s “Christmas Star” appearance of Jupiter will belie the fact that this 318 Earth-mass monster had the potential to snuff-out Earth’s formation 4.5 billion years ago. keep Article source: http://discoverynews.tumblr.com/post/23040776000/killer-hot-jupiters-could-abort-formation-of Greenpeace are concerned about the growing number of ships on the Great Barrier Reef. WHALES and the coal industry are on a collision course. That’s according to Greenpeace who claim a study in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series raises serious concerns over the likely impact of the coal and gas rush on humpback whales. A specific area of concern is the breeding and calving grounds offshore from Mackay. Speaking exclusively to the Daily Mercury yesterday, Greenpeace campaigner John Hepburn said the humpback population was Article source: http://www.dailymercury.com.au/story/2012/05/14/whales-and-coal-collision-course/ Advertisement
Article source: http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/diablo-fans-already-queuing-for-hmv-launch/095998
Originally published: May 14, 2012 5:52 AM By Quick ReadThe Internet company’s next challenge will be convincing its restless shareholders and demoralized employees that the turnaround work started during Article source: http://www.newsday.com/business/technology/revolving-door-yahoo-ushers-out-another-ceo-1.3716184 Australian and New Zealand pregnant women who weigh more than 140kg are at greater risk of complications including gestational diabetes and caesarean section deliveries, new figures show. Almost 750 pregnant women in Australia and New Zealand are extremely morbidly obese, according to fresh data from the Australasian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System (AMOSS). These women have a body mass index (BMI) greater than 50 or weigh more than 140kg. A healthy adult BMI is between 20 and 25. The figures, to be presented Article source: http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/13682727/pregnant-obese-women-face-birth-risks/ <!– The Reserve Bank says up to half of all new jobs created in the next few years are likely to be in mining and related industries. However, the RBA’s deputy governor Philip Lowe says far from inhibiting other parts of the economy, the mining sector is playing a role in offsetting some of the effects of cautious consumers intent on paying off debt. –> MARK COLVIN: The Reserve Bank has continued its efforts to convince more Australians that Article source: http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2012/s3502563.htm
The on-again, off-again SpaceX mission to the ISS is back on with the scheduled launch of May 19. That launch date is this coming Saturday and barring any other delays it will be the first privately funded cargo mission to the ISS. The launch is scheduled for 4:55 AM Eastern time. The rocket will lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Launch will be aired by NASA television starting at 3:30 AM allowing space geeks to follow all Article source: http://www.slashgear.com/spacex-iss-mission-to-launch-may-19-14228069/
An Australian university has embarked upon an ambitious project – hailed as the first of its kind in the world – to simulate how the environment would cope with runaway climate change. The decade-long study, at the University of Western Article source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/14/australia-runaway-climate-change It sounds like a routine event for NASA: At 4:55 a.m. on Saturday, a rocket is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., and carry cargo — but no people — to the International Space Station. But if all goes as planned, that morning will mark something transformative for the space industry: a victory for capitalism in what has been for decades a government-run enterprise. The Article source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/science/space/contracts-help-private-sector-edge-deeper-into-space.html Updated A Queensland academic says authorities may have to consider moving shipping lanes if increased coal exports put whales at risk. A University of Queensland study has found the ‘hot spots’ for whales in Queensland are in waters off the coast of Article source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-14/coal-ship-movements-spark-fears-for-whales/4009684/?site=tropic§ion=news Almost 90 per cent of Australians who have cared for a spouse or relative with mental health issues reported a harmful impact on their own physical and mental health, according to a report by national welfare organisation, Wesley Mission. Wesley has released an eight-point plan to help support people caring for relatives with mental health issues after its study of more than 1000 Australians revealed that caring comes at a profound personal cost. The Wesley Report, Keeping minds well: Caring till it Article source: http://www.probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2012/05/wesley-study-reveals-family-carers-carry-long-term-cost BY AMIR EFRATI AND JOANN S. LUBLIN
|
Australian Camping Holiday |
|||||
|
Copyright © 2012 Space News Daily - All Rights Reserved |
||||||