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A Reflecting Surface Of A Lake On Saturn's Moon TitanBonn, Germany (SPX) Dec 22, 2009 There are more and more signs that lakes exist on Saturn's moon Titan, filled with liquid hydrocarbons. Scientists from the German Aerospace Center have made another important discovery. With a spectrometer onboard the planetary space probe Cassini, they found glints that have their origin in reflections of the Sun's radiation from the surface of a large lake near Titan's North Pole. "We are confident that these reflections come from a standing body of liquid," Dr Katrin Stephan and Prof Ralf Jaumann from DLR's Institute of Planetary Exploration jointly explain. ... read more |
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 18, 2009A network of cameras deployed around the Arctic in support of NASA's THEMIS mission has made a startling discovery about the Northern Lights. Sometimes, vast curtains of aurora borealis collide, producing spectacular outbursts of light. Movies of the phenomenon were unveiled at the Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. "Our jaws dropped when we saw the movies for ... more  
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 18, 2009NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan, confirming the presence of liquid on the part of the moon dotted with many large, lake-shaped basins. Cassini scientists had been looking for the glint, also known as a specular reflection, since the spacecraft began orbiting Saturn in 2004. But Saturn's northern hemisphere ... more  
Tehran (UPI) Dec 16, 2009 Iran claimed to have successfully tested an advanced variant of its Sajjil-2 ballistic missile Wednesday, thumbing its nose at possible air and missile strikes by the United States and Israel to cripple its nuclear ambitions. But, as tensions in the Gulf swell once more, the Americans say they will conduct a test of their own in January -- countering a simulated Iranian missile attack. ... more |
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (UPI) Dec 11, 2009 BAE Systems has had talks with the government over resuming Malaysia's light frigate program, which has been on hold for more than a year. The global defense, security and aerospace company received a letter of intent from the Malaysian government in July 2006 to procure two new frigates based on the Lekiu design of which Malaysia already operates two. However, Prime Minister Dat ... more  
New Delhi (UPI) Dec 10, 2009 EADS Innovation Works, the European aerospace and defense group's research and development network, has opened a facility in Bangalore. The facility, located within the premises of the Airbus Engineering Center India, is part of the EADS "global research and technology strategy," EADS Chief Technical Officer Jean Botti said at the opening ceremony. Yann Barbaux, head of the EADS ... more  
Palmdale CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2009The first Block 40 configuration of the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) successfully completed its first flight on Nov. 16. Designated AF-18, the advanced capability aircraft flew for approximately two hours from Northrop Grumman's manufacturing facility in Palmdale, Calif., to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. "AF-18, the eleventh of the ... more |
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