2015年1月26日 星期一

2015-01-27 U.S. Science


SlashGear
   
A huge asteroid is about to buzz Earth   
SlashGear
Try not to let it worry you, but a 550 meter wide chunk of space rock is going to hurtle past Earth at more than 33,000 mph very soon, another near-miss asteroid a celestially-slight 745,000 miles from our planet. While it may not sound all that close - the moon ...

That Big Asteroid Whizzing By Earth Has Its Own Moon   Forbes
Flyby Asteroid Has its Own Moon   Discovery News
Huge asteroid hurtling past Earth has its own moon   Christian Science Monitor
The Nation   
CTV News   
Business Standard   
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Daily Mail
   
The revolutionary space telescope 1000 times sharper than Hubble   
Daily Mail
Researchers have revealed plans for a revolutionary space telescope that could provide images up to 1,000 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. The concept being developed by Nasa and the University of Colorado Boulder consists of an ...

CU-Boulder pitches telescope that could image at higher-res than Hubble   Fox News
CU-Boulder Seeking Funds to Produce a Telescope Sharper Than Hubble   University Herald
Colorado scientists pitch concept for telescope better than Hubble   UPI.com
Vox   
The Space Reporter   
Tech Times   
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Businessweek
   
Yep, Climate Change Is Still Causing Insane Storms   
Businessweek
Forecasters are projecting "crippling snowfall amounts and life-threatening blizzard conditions" throughout the Northeast. They may as well toss in a 100 percent likelihood of jokes from American conservative media about how snow invalidates the idea of ...

Nor'easters May Become More Intense with Climate Change   Scientific American
Is Climate Change To Blame For The Northeast Snow Storm?   Huffington Post
How Climate Change May Lead to Bigger Blizzards   FRONTLINE
The Guardian   
Full-Time Whistle   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
What is comet dust made of? Rosetta finds out.   
Christian Science Monitor
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, currently in orbit around Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, is examining the dust being shed by the comet as it hurtles toward the sun. By Kulvinder Singh, Sen January 26, 2015. close. Rosetta's ...

Rosetta watches comet shed its dusty coat   Astronomy Magazine
Is Rosetta's 67P Comet Breaking Apart?   Design & Trend
Rosetta spacecraft deepens mystery of comet's origin   The Star Online
Sen (subscription)   
The News   
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TIME
   
Monster Ring System Circles Giant Alien Planet   
Discovery News
If you thought Saturn's ring system was impressive, spare a thought for the rings surrounding the giant exoplanet J1407b — the rings of J1407b wouldn't only dwarf Saturn's, the system is so big that it eclipses the massive world's host star! J1407b's ring ...

This planet's rings make Saturn look puny   Washington Post
Exoplanet J1407b is much larger than Jupiter and has rings that dwarf Saturn's   National Monitor
Study reveals planet with rings 200 times larger than Saturn's   UPI.com
Nature World News   
Science Recorder   
The Space Reporter   
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New York Daily News
   
NASA Designing a Copter Drone for Mars   
PC Magazine
NASA may send a helicopter drone to Mars in 2020 to accompany a six-wheeled land vehicle being designed for the space agency's next rover mission. The drone, being developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., weighs 2.2 ...

Could the Skies of Mars One Day Be Filled with Drones   Science Times
NASA to use 'toy helicopter' for exploring Mars   Science Recorder
Mars panorama marks rover's 11th anniversary   EarthSky
Design & Trend   
TechnoBuffalo   
PopHerald Technology News   
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Science Times
   
Evidence of Water Flows Found on Vesta   
Science Times
NASA has revealed that new data from the Dawn spacecraft indicates that there may have once been short-lived water flows on the second largest body in the asteroid belt, known to us as Vesta. Nobody ever expected to find evidence of water on Vesta, as it ...

Dawn Spacecraft Finds Evidence of Water on Asteroid Vesta   Pioneer News
Gullies suggest comet Vesta once had flowing water on its surface   National Monitor
Questions Raised Over Whether Vesta Once Had Flowing Water   Popular Science
Science Recorder   
Full-Time Whistle   
Arizona Daily Star (blog)   
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VentureBeat
   
With innovators from around the globe digging in, moon travel may be only 20 ...   
VentureBeat
Five teams competing for the $30 million Google Lunar XPRIZE have just been awarded a combined $5.25 million for meeting significant milestones in developing a robot that can safely land on the surface of the moon, travel 500 meters over the lunar surface ...

Team Indus wins major prize in Google Lunar race   Times of India
Google Lunar Xprize Awards $5.25 Million In Competitive Race To The Moon   TechCrunch
Millions Paid by X Prize Foundation for Progress Toward Trip to Moon   New York Times
Space.com   
San Jose Mercury News   
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Reuters
   
Commercial space rides for US astronauts to save millions: NASA   
Reuters
Astronauts onboard the International Space Station successfully capture the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with the robotic arm as the station travels over the Mediterranean Sea at 05:54 EST (10:45 GMT) January 12, 2015. Credit: Reuters/NASA TV/Handout via ...

21st century space race is on   San Antonio Express-News
NASA greenlights SpaceX and Boeing to carry crew to ISS in 2017   The Register
NASA and partners confirm: Astronauts to take part in commercial launches in ...   SpaceFlight Insider
CNBC   
Space.com   
Washington Times   
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Slate Magazine
   
Watch: Vampire bat robot uses its wings for walking   
Los Angeles Times
This robot is so talented it's scary. Scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne have built a robot inspired by the vampire bat that can walk and fly using its foldable wings. lRelated The rise of jaws? Tiny fossil sheds light on fishy origins.
Bat-Like Bot May Soon Fly Its Way Into Space—The New Drone Frontier   Science Times
DALER – A Vampire Bat Robot, Just As Helpful As A Batman   Geek Infinite
DALER Robot Strolls, Flies Like A Vampire Bat   Frontline Desk
National Monitor   
Daily Science Journal   
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