2015年6月8日 星期一

2015-06-09 U.S. Science


Christian Science Monitor
   
LightSail recovers from second glitch, deploys sail (+video)   
Christian Science Monitor
The tiny solar-powered spacecraft operated by a space exploration nonprofit overcame a battery problem on Sunday and deployed its solar sail. By Mike Wall, Space.com June 8, 2015. Save For Later Saved · About video ads. A spacecraft designed to surf on ...

Bill Nye's bonkers LightSail spaceship unfurls solar sails at last   The Register
'Sail Has Deployed!' on Bill Nye's LightSail Spacecraft   Newsweek
LightSail's solar sails photographed after deployment   The Space Reporter
NPR   
Spaceflight Now   
Discover Magazine (blog)   
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Mashable
   
Hawaii: Nasa Test Fails   
New York Times
NASA's test run of a Mars landing system came to a quick end on Monday when the saucer-shaped vehicle's parachute tore away after partly unfurling over the Pacific Ocean, a NASA TV broadcast showed. A similar problem bedeviled the system, the Low ...

Botched parachute bedevils NASA 'flying saucer' test for second time   Reuters
NASA launches 'flying saucer' test flight, suffers chute snafu   Fox News
NASA tests 'flying saucer' over the Pacific Ocean   CNN
USA TODAY   
Sky News   
NDTV   
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STGIST
   
Astronomers Use ALMA And Gravitational Lensing To Examine A Distant Galaxy   
STGIST
Using gravitational lensing, scientists found a nursery of stars located more than 11.6 billion light years from Earth. The technique combined a “much closer” galaxy as the natural telescope, and ALMA, or the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array.
Science Scanner: Monster Galaxy; Mars Missions On Vacation; Birth Month ...   Voice of America (blog)
Gravity distorts light to provide most detailed view of stars being formed   Daily Mail
ALMA Images Reveal The Most Detailed Star Formations So Far   Clapway
Science World Report   
(e) Science News (press release) (registration)   
From Quarks to Quasars   
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Brisbane Times
   
Google Street View heads to the Barrier Reef   
Brisbane Times
After four years of underwater mapping, Google creates a new twist on Street View, making a "digital record of the ocean". PT1M29S 620 349. Autoplay OnOff; Video feedback; Video settings. Google's Street View has visited the Great Barrier Reef. Street View ...

Google Launches Ocean View for World Oceans Day   iDigitalTimes.com
Google Builds Underwater Street View   The Maritime Executive
Google Street View Features Underwater Attractions For World Oceans Day   Tech Times
CT News (blog)   
Bay News 9   
TravelPulse   
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Clapway
   
Lonely Stars Lead Us to a Type Ia Supernova   
Clapway
Loneliness is a universal truths in the universe. How universal? The Hubble Space telescope (HST) reveals that even stars can get lonely. And in that loneliness, lonely stars–far away from their parent galaxies–just might die. A lonely death, at that.
'Thank You NASA!'   Huffington Post (blog)
NASA Hubble Captures Supernova Explosion   Yibada (English Edition)
Watch: NASA's Hubble Telescope Analyzes Exoplanets' Atmospheres to Detect ...   Outer Places
Discovery News   
Pulse Headlines   
Apex Tribune   
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ABC Online
   
How do astronauts breathe in space?   
ABC Online
Astronauts on the International Space Station breathe air almost identical to the stuff we breathe on Earth. Dr Karl explains where it comes from. By Karl S. Kruszelnicki · Astronaut on ISS. When they go to sleep, the inhabitants of the ISS have to make sure that ...

Space Station Crew Returning to Earth After Delay   Discovery News
International Space Station Adjusts Orbit to Evade Space Junk   Sputnik International
Three astronauts rescheduled to depart orbiting lab   NYC Today
Space Fellowship   
NDTV   
PerfScience   
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Discovery News
   
Samurai Robot Challenges Human Sword Master   
Discovery News
This just in from the robot samurai desk: The Japanese robotics company Yaskawa Electric Corporation has released a pretty slick video — already going viral — that depicts a katana-wielding robot matching a world champion sword master stroke for stroke.
Robot Outclassed 5-time Guinness World Record Holder In Samurai Duel   Times Gazette
One-Armed Robot Beats Samurai In Sword Competition   Popular Science
Japan Robot Perfects Art of Samurai Swordsmanship   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Daily Mail   
Newsmax   
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National Post
   
Japan, Canada in firing line over climate pledges   
The Australian
New analysis released at the G7 summit in Germany confirms that major economies stand to gain massive benefits as the result of their latest climate action pledges, with "laggards" Japan and Canada bucking the trend due to their weak plans, climate groups ...

Taking climate change seriously in school   Washington Post
G7 agrees to stamp out fossil fuels, but what does it mean?   Sydney Morning Herald
G7 pledges to end greenhouse emissions this century (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
BBC News   
Al Jazeera America   
Reuters   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
South Korean team wins $2 million to design robots for humanitarian aid (+video)   
Christian Science Monitor
Twenty-five teams compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge finals, making strides in robotic technology. By Tanya Lewis, Livescience.com June 8, 2015. Save For Later Saved · About video ads. Teams from across the globe competed in the DARPA ...

Bits | Looking for Robots That Will Cooperate, Not Terminate   New York Times (blog)
Darpa robot challenge showcases further potential for automation   The Guardian
The machines that rose to DARPA's robotics challenge   Engadget
CCTV-America   
Ars Technica (blog)   
Gizmag   
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CBS Local
   
NASA Finds Glass On Mars That Could Reveal Clues About Past Life On Red ...   
CBS Local
Researchers have found deposits of impact glass (in green) preserved in Martian craters, including Alga Crater, shown here. The detection is based on data from the instrument Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) on NASA's ...

NASA spacecraft spots glass on Mars   CNET
Glass spotted on Mars, could contain signs of life   Sydney Morning Herald
Glass on Mars: Nasa's key clue to past life on Red Planet?   Emirates 24/7
The Space Reporter   
NetIndian   
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