Black hole found spinning near the relativistic limit – physicsworld.com
A composite X-ray image of the galaxy NGC1365 taken by NuSTAR and XMM-Newton. (Courtesy: Guido Risaliti) Black hole found spinning near the relativistic limit Feb 27, 2013 The best evidence yet that...
View ArticleHow to cook a spacecraft / Technology / Our Activities / ESA
Mercury Planetary Orbiter being placed in Phenix thermal vacuum facility How to cook a spacecraft 27 February 2013 The faint aroma of hot metal filled the surrounding cleanroom as the hatch to ESA’s...
View ArticleGiant NASA spider robots could 3D print lunar base using microwaves (Wired UK)
Giant NASA spider robots could 3D print lunar base using microwaves By Ian Steadman 01 March 13 The first lunar base on the Moon may not be built by human hands, but rather by a giant spider-like...
View ArticleEuropean launchers powering Europe into space — ESA
European launchers powering Europe into space Published on Mar 5, 2013 by ESA Europe can now launch any satellite on any orbit thanks to its complete portfolio: Ariane, Soyuz and Vega, all ready to...
View ArticleHerschel to finish observing soon / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA
Herschel and Rosette Nebula Herschel’s cryostat vacuum vessel Integrating the instruments Herschel Herschel to finish observing soon 5 March 2013 ESA’s Herschel space observatory is expected to...
View ArticleESA’s climate-eye dilemma : Nature News & Comment
Measurements from ESA’s SMOS mission show the thickness of seasonal sea ice. ESA NATURE | NEWS ESA’s climate-eye dilemma Scientists face difficult choice for Europe’s next Earth-observation mission....
View ArticleOrbital Delivery | INFOgraphics | RIA Novosti
Orbital Delivery Four types of unmanned cargo spacecraft are currently in use. A new spacecraft (Cygnus) is to join them soon. Home Top of page
View ArticleNASA – Hubble Finds Birth Certificate of Oldest Known Star
This is a Digitized Sky Survey image of the oldest star with a well-determined age in our galaxy. The aging star, cataloged as HD 140283, lies 190.1 light-years away. The Anglo-Australian Observatory...
View ArticleGOCE: the first seismometer in orbit / GOCE / Earth Explorers / The Living...
Loading… GOCE: THE FIRST SEISMOMETER IN ORBIT 8 March 2013 Satellites map changes in Earth’s surface caused by earthquakes but never before have sound waves from a quake been sensed directly in space –...
View ArticleEXOMARS: ESA AND ROCOSMOS SET FOR MARS MISSIONS — ESA
EXOMARS: ESA AND ROCOSMOS SET FOR MARS MISSIONS Signing partnership agreement for ExoMars 14 March 2013 ESA and the Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, have signed a formal agreement to work...
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