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1. Snapshot of the International Space Station

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... signal it transmits. Smooth surfaces such as those on the station's solar generators or the radiator panels used to dissipate excess heat, unless directly facing the radar antenna, tend to deflect rather ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

2. Astronomy Without A Telescope – The Hitchhikers Guide To The Solar System

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   Short on fuel, but good at astrophysics? It is possible to tour the solar system on less than 30 Altairian dollars a day by using the Interplanetary Transport Network (ITN).(...) Read the rest of Astronomy ... Saturday, 06 March 2010

3. USAF Eyes Mini-Thrusters For Use In Satellite Propulsion

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... the latest CubeSats, to perform space maneuvers and undertake formidable tasks like searching for planets beyond our solar system. ... Wednesday, 03 March 2010

4. Scientists now listen to the solar wind

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   Ann Arbor, Mich. (UPI) Mar 2, 2009 - U.S. scientists say they have "sonified" solar wind data, allowing researchers to listen to the solar wind that's usually represented as numbers or graphs. ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

5. How To Hunt For Exoplanets

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2010 - A new report launched by the Institute of Physics (IOP) Exoplanets - The search for planets beyond our solar system explains how new technological advances have seen ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

6. Phoenix Still Silent as Martian Ice Recedes

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... and disappearance of ice at her location in the martian north polar regions. In theory, the return of abundant sunshine striking the twin energy producing solar arrays could again power up the science ... Monday, 01 March 2010

7. LockMart Solar X-ray Imager To Be Launched On NOAA GOES-P

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   Palo Alto CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument, designed and built by Lockheed Martin at its Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) is ready for flight. ... Monday, 01 March 2010

8. First Measurement Of The Age Of Cometary Material

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   Livermore, CA (SPX) Mar 01, 2010 - Though comets are thought to be some of the oldest, most primitive bodies in the solar system, new research on comet Wild 2 indicates that inner solar system material ... Sunday, 28 February 2010

9. Improving the Conversation: NASA Begins Upgrade to Deep Space Network

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... the robotic missions to various points in our solar system wouldn't be possible if not for the Deep Space Network. It's not just sending commands and receiving data, but also orbit determination, ... Friday, 26 February 2010

10. New Results from Stardust Mission Paint Chaotic Picture of Early Solar System

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... from the Stardust mission – which returned comet dust samples to Earth in 2006 – is that comets don't just consist of particles from the icy parts of the outer solar system, which was the common assumption, ... Friday, 26 February 2010

11. Journey To The Center Of Mars

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... its belly in sand, it has struggled to tilt its solar panels toward the sun and collect just enough power to survive the perilously cold Martian winter. If Spirit can make it through to spring, the feisty ... Thursday, 25 February 2010

12. Ripped to Shreds, Exoplanet Suffers Painful Death

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ...  Post tags: Extrasolar Planets, Super Earths, tidal energy, tidal forces Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh  ... Thursday, 25 February 2010

13. Into A Volcano To Test Suitcase-Sized Science Lab

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... on moons, asteroids, and planets across the solar system. ... Wednesday, 24 February 2010

14. Watching A Planetary Death March

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    Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Feb 25, 2010 - An international group of astrophysicists has determined that a massive planet outside our Solar System is being distorted and destroyed by its host star - a finding ... Wednesday, 24 February 2010

15. New Citizen Science Opportunity: Solar Storm Watch

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    A Coronal Mass Ejection. Credit: Solar Storm Watch Sun-worshiper alert! Now you can have the chance to help scientists spot and track solar storms and be involved in the latest solar research. The ... Wednesday, 24 February 2010

16. Solar Stormwatch Asks Public For Help In Understanding The Sun

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... Solar Stormwatch, a new web project where anyone can help spot and track solar storms and be involved in the latest solar research. ... Tuesday, 23 February 2010

17. Cool Movie: SDO Destroys A Sundog

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 22, 2010 - Last week, on Feb. 11th, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) lifted off from Cape Canaveral on a five-year mission to study the sun. Researchers have called the advanced ... Monday, 22 February 2010

18. ESA's Tough Choice: Dark Matter, Sun Close Flyby, Exoplanets (Pick Two)

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... (PLATO); take the closest look at our Sun yet possible, approaching to just 62 solar radii (Solar Orbiter) … but only two! What would be your picks? These three mission concepts have been chosen by the ... Saturday, 20 February 2010

19. Astronomers Find Youngest Exoplanet Yet

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    ... Youngest Exoplanet Yet (234 words) © nancy for Universe Today, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Extrasolar Planets Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh  ... Thursday, 18 February 2010

20. Obama Talks With ISS/Shuttle Crews

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... investing back here on the ground in a whole array of solar and other renewable energy projects. So to find out you're doing this up there at the space station is very exciting." Obama added, ... Thursday, 18 February 2010