European scientists want to develop energy Earth from orbit
Specialists from EADS Atrium, Europe's largest aerospace company, plans to put into orbit a few dozen satellites that would collect solar energy, concentrating it into a powerful laser beams, (more...)
Radio communication in space and on Earth’s orbit
Electromagnetic waves, through which the radio signal is transmitted in space, moving with a giant speed - the speed of light. On Earth, the delay in the transfer of almost non-existent, but with the astronauts in orbit have to say is already delayed. (more...)
Earthlings will drop instruments from space
According to scientists, today, July 28, the Earth could fall
remains instruments, NASA astronaut lost during the exit into open space in
November last year. Initially, the researchers talked about the beginning of
"rain" July 25, but later came to the conclusion that it will happen today.
Unfortunately, scientists and have not determined where it will drop toolkit
astronaut Heidemarie [...]
Second Earth found among the rings of Saturn
Recent studies have shown that Titan resembles Earth more
than any other object in the solar sisteme.Odin of Saturn’s moons interested
scientists from the U.S. aerospace agency. Recent studies have shown that Titan
resembles Earth more than any other object in the solar system that transmits
data received Ytro.ru.Spetsialisty NASA space exploration space probe Cassini.
On Earth, started the season ozone holes
The site appeared NASA video of this process in the period
from 1 July to 10 September, writes Lenta.ru.
According to researchers, the final hole is formed in about four weeks.
Millions Will See Solar Eclipse
On August 11th Central Europe will witness its first total solar eclipse in nearly 40 years — and the last total eclipse of the Sun anywhere during the 20th century. But North America won’t miss out entirely. Residents of the northeastern United States and Canada’s maritime provinces will be treated to a partial eclipse at [...]
The Japanese space budget stopped in its tracks
The Japanese space budget for FY2010 (beginning 1 April 2010) amounted to 339 billion yen (2.5 billion euros), equivalent to a decrease of 2.6 per cent the previous year. The usual procedure of budget request this time was upset by the arrival in power of the Democratic Party of Japan. Indeed,
In video: SMOS first satellite to map the salinity of the seas
Projects of the ESA (European Space Agency), European satellites SMOS (Mission study soil moisture and salinity of the oceans) and Proba-2 has just been launched by a Russian rocket from the Baikonur Rockot Russian Plesetsk. Launched this Monday, November 2, 2009 at 2 am 50, the satellite SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) will be [...]
In Plesetsk preparing to export satellites “SIOS” and “Trial-2″ rockets to the launch pad “Rokot”
Yesterday at the Plesetsk space center have been working on the final assembly of the head of the space rocket “Rokot”, which on Nov. 2 should be put into orbit two satellites for the European Space Agency: “SIOS» (SMOS) and sample-2 »(Proba-2). Build HGC concluded a long period of joint operations in preparation for the [...]
Mars Atmospheric Acquisition and Compression (MAAC)
The most readily available resource on Mars is the atmosphere. Hence, carbon dioxide (CO2), which makes up more than 95% of the atmosphere, is the primary resource being considered for early Mars missions. However, the Mars atmospheric pressure is only 6 to 10 torr (0.1 to .15 psi), while most ISPP processes [...]
AUSSIES FIRST TO SEE LIKELY BLACK HOLE BIRTH
Australian astronomers may be witnessing what has never been seen before - a black hole being born as the core of a super-massive star collapses in on itself.And they have been pulling out all the stops in the [...]
The asteroid Pallas seen by Hubble a protoplanet in the freezer
Taken in 2007 by the Hubble telescope, an image of the surface of the asteroid Pallas eventually talk. It reveals what planetary scientists have suspected for some time. Pallas is a protoplanet in the freezer, instructive relic of the early days of the formation of solar tendering system leads.
The theory of the formation of planets [...]
The Montparnasse Tower is also a particle detector
As part of the International Year of Astronomy and the European Week of Physics of Astrophysics, various events are held and will end October 17, 2009. On this occasion, the Montparnasse tower acts as a detector of cosmic rays! Astroparticle physics has recently incorporated as a separate discipline, like the astrophysical relativity and especially of [...]
WorldView-2 Released
DigitalGlobe, commercial company dedicated to capturing high-resolution images of the earth’s surface, has placed its new WorldView-2 satellite in synchronous orbit. The launch ramp was from SLC-2W Vandenberg base in California, by a Delta rocket, 7920, at 18:51 UTC on 8 October. Released at 62 minutes into flight, the satellite is a new step forward [...]
A giant new ring around Saturn!
Some astrophysicists and foresaw the coming of the show through the instruments of Spitzer, before its reserves of helium liquid being exhausted. There is a ring of dust around Saturn associated with Phoebe, one of its moons. It is the largest of all the rings of Saturn and it could provide an explanation to the [...]
