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A Superbright Supernova That's The First Of Its Kind.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2009, 2009 An extraordinarily bright, extraordinarily long-lasting supernova named SN 2007bi, snagged in a search by a robotic telescope, turns out to be the first example of the kind of stars...

After Landslides, Soil Carbon Storage Recovers Rapidly.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Dec 03, 2009, 2009 Soils comprise the largest non-marine carbon pool, exceeding that of the atmosphere and terrestrial biosphere combined. The high carbon storage potential of forest soils and the...

Ameren Launches Major Solar Initiative In Illinois And Missouri.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers St. Louis MO (SPX) Dec 04, 2009, 2009 Ameren and its utility companies in Illinois and Missouri have launched a major solar energy initiative that will span both states. As a first step, the corporation is installing...

Another Stall Of Right-Rear Wheel Ends Drive.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2009, 2009 Spirit's right-rear wheel stalled again on Sol 2099 (Nov. 28, 2009) during the first step of a two-step extrication maneuver. This stall is different in some characteristics from the...

Ariane 5 Getting Ready To Launch Helios 2B Reconn Satellite.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Dec 04, 2009, 2009 Arianespace's wrap-up Ariane 5 flight of 2009 has entered final preparations for its liftoff next week with France's Helios 2B military observation satellite. This...

Astronomy Question Of The Week: Is There A Photograph Of The Universe.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Bonn, Germany (SPX) Dec 02, 2009, 2009 If the question means "Has anyone stepped outside of the universe with a camera and taken a picture of it?" then the answer is, of course, no. The concept of 'universe' means the...

Australian Greens Vote Down Carbon Emission Trading Laws.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Simon Mansfield Publisher Space Media Network, 2009 Gerroa, Australia (SPX) Dec 02, 2009 In a sociopathic act of defiance the Australian Greens have voted down Australia's first round of carbon economy reform. Via a critical...

Black Hole Caught Zapping Galaxy Into Existence.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Dec 02, 2009, 2009 Which come first, the supermassive black holes that frantically devour matter or the enormous galaxies where they reside? A brand new scenario has emerged from a recent set of...

Blushing Dusty Nebula.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Boston MA (SPX) Dec 02, 2009, 2009 A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of part of NGC 7023, or the Iris Nebula, highlights a perfect dust laboratory in the sky. On Earth, we tend to find dust nothing more...

Boeing Ships High-Def Broadcasting Satellite DIRECTV 12 To Launch Site.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2009, 2009 Boeing announced today that DIRECTV 12 was shipped Nov. 25 from Boeing's satellite manufacturing facility in El Segundo to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch facility in Kazakhstan....

Canadian Astronaut Robert Thirsk Lands On Earth.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Longueuil, Canada (SPX) Dec 02, 2009, 2009 Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Astronaut Robert Thirsk landed on the plains of Kazakhstan in a Russian Soyuz Capsule at 2:17 a.m. EST after completing an exceptional 188-day...

Chang'e-1 Has Blazed A New Trail In China's Deep Space Exploration.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Shanghai, China (SPX) Dec 02, 2009, 2009 A huge amount of scientific data have been accumulated by the CE-1 lunar orbiter. Using laser altimeter data, Jinsong Ping and Qian Huang et al obtained improved 3D lunar...

Climate Change In Kuwait Bay.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Southhampton, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2009, 2009 Since 1985, seawater temperature in Kuwait Bay, northern Arabian Gulf, has increased on average 0.6 degrees C per decade. This is about three times faster than the global average...

Construction Contract Awarded For Spaceport America's Terminal Hangar Facility.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Las Cruces NM (SPX) Dec 02, 2009, 2009 The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) has selected a New Mexico contractor to provide construction services for Spaceport America's Terminal Hangar Facility (THF). The facility...

Danish Eco City Proves Waste Management Can Reverse Greenhouse Trend.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Dec 02, 2009, 2009 Cities can progress from consuming energy and emitting greenhouse gases (GHG) to actually producing energy while saving on GHG emissions, due to substitution of fossil fuels...

Data From Outer Space Opens New Frontiers.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Hamilton, Canada (SPX) Dec 04, 2009, 2009 The latest data delivered back to Earth by the Herschel Space Observatory (HSO)-launched in May by the European Space Agency-has opened a new window on galaxies for researchers...

Expedition 21 Crew Lands In Kazakhstan.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Dec 02, 2009, 2009 As the International Space Station's smaller, two-person, Expedition 22 crew enjoyed its first full day alone in orbit, Mission Control monitored a small piece of space junk until...

Four <Q>Butterflynauts</Q> Emerge On ISS.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Dec 04, 2009, 2009 As of Dec. 1, four Painted Lady butterflies are living aboard the International Space Station. These "butterflynauts" are part of an educational experiment that was launched Nov. 16 on...

Galician Waves Are Best For Producing Energy.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 02, 2009, 2009 The best coastal areas in the Iberian Peninsula in terms of harnessing wave energy are the Costa da Morte and Estaca de Bares, in La Coruna, Galicia, according to two pioneering...

Hybrid-Electric Supercar With Microturbine Technology To Debut At LA Auto Show.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Chatsworth CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2009, 2009 Capstone Turbine is pushing traditional hybrid-electric vehicle barriers with the introduction of the CMT-380, a high-performance, hybrid-electric supercar powered by traditional...

Judith Highlands Energy Begins Development Of Community-Owned Wind Project.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Billings MT (SPX) Dec 04, 2009, 2009 National Wind, working with area ranchers and Billings-based, Montana Wind Resources, has announced the formation of Judith Highlands Energy, LLC. Judith Highlands Energy plans to...

Mars Meteorite Debate Continues.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Dec 03, 2009, 2009 Using more advanced analytical instruments now available, a Johnson Space Center research team has reexamined the 1996 finding that a meteorite contains strong evidence that life may...

Maryland's Largest Solar Farm.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Silver Spring MD (SPX) Dec 04, 2009, 2009 CPV Renewable Energy (CPV REC) has announced plans for a 10 megawatt (MW) solar farm in southern Maryland to be co-located with the proposed natural gas combined-cycle CPV St....

Nanowires Key To Future Transistors, Electronics.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 03, 2009, 2009 A new generation of ultrasmall transistors and more powerful computer chips using tiny structures called semiconducting nanowires are closer to reality after a key discovery by...

NASA Uses Twin Processes To Develop New Tank Dome Technology.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 02, 2009, 2009 NASA has partnered with Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, Colo., and MT Aerospace in Augsburg, Germany, to successfully manufacture the first full-scale friction stir welded...

Oceanic Crust Formation Is Dynamic After All.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Providence RI (SPX) Dec 04, 2009, 2009 Imagine the Earth's crust as the planet's skin: Some areas are old and wrinkled while others have a fresher, more youthful sheen, as if they had been regularly lathered with lotion....

Orbiter Puts Itself Into Safe Standby.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2009, 2009 NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter put itself into a safe standby mode on Saturday, Nov. 28, and the team operating the spacecraft has begun implementing careful steps designed to resume...

Progress Energy Carolinas Plans To Retire Remaining Unscrubbed Coal Plants.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Raleigh NC (SPX) Dec 04, 2009, 2009 Progress Energy Carolinas has announced that by the end of 2017, the company intends to permanently shut down all of its remaining N.C. coal-fired power plants that do not have...

Rafael Releases New Member of Spike Family - Spike NLOS.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Haifa, Israel (SPX) Dec 02, 2009, 2009 Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announces the release of the Spike NLOS weapon system. The Spike NLOS is an electro-optically guided missile for ranges of up to 25 km with pinpoint...

Rocket Test Will Carry Purdue Experiment.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 02, 2009, 2009 Purdue University researchers are designing and building an experiment that will operate during a test flight of a new type of reusable rocket to be launched by aerospace...

TacSat-4 Spacecraft Complete And Awaiting Launch.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Dec 03, 2009, 2009 Naval Research Laboratory engineers have completed all environmental and performance testing on the TacSat-4 COMMx payload. This completes the entire TacSat-4 spacecraft as the...

Technology To Combat Piracy In The High Seas.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Dec 02, 2009, 2009 A sophisticated electronic early warning system aimed at combating soaring levels of piracy on the high seas has been developed by engineers at BAE Systems. The company is working...

Traditional Indigenous Fire Management Techniques Deployed.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2009, 2009 A landmark Australian project that mitigates the extent and severity of natural savannah blazes by deploying traditional Indigenous fire management techniques is being hailed as a...

USAF And LockMart Complete Environmental Testing Of Missile Warning Satellite.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2009, 2009 The joint U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin-led team announced that it has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous...

WISE Spacecraft Ready For Launch Dec 9.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2009, 2009 The launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, aboard a Delta II rocket is scheduled to occur between 9:09 a.m. and 9:23 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Dec. 9, from...

World Forest Observatory Needed.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Leeds, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2009, 2009 A new scientific organisation is needed to monitor the commitments that will be made by developing countries at Copenhagen to cut their deforestation rates, according to research at the...

Young Arabs Can Be The Next Generation Of Space Engineers.
December 3, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Dec 04, 2009, 2009 Rapid development in the Middle East space industry is building a strong demand for a skilled and well-trained workforce to take it forward, creating opportunities for young Arabs...