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Raisin' Mountains On Saturn's Moon TitanPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 13, 2010 Saturn's moon Titan ripples with mountains, and scientists have been trying to figure out how they form. The best explanation, it turns out, is that Titan is shrinking as it cools, wrinkling up the moon's surface like a raisin. A new model developed by scientists working with radar data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows that differing densities in the outermost layers of Titan can account for the unusual surface behavior. Titan is slowly cooling because it is releasing heat from its orig ... read more |
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Bonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 04, 2010Bonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 04, 2010 If an oil spill wasn't responsible for the formations in these TerraSAR-X images, they might seem like the work of an artist. The images were acquired over the Gulf of Mexico on 9 July 2010. For researchers, such imagery is key in forecasting the distribution of the oil slick. TerraSAR-X mapped the oil-polluted area in the Gulf of Mexico in a series of ima ... more  
Seoul (AFP) Aug 4, 2010North Korea moved long-range anti-aircraft missiles close to the border with South Korea as tensions rose over the sinking of one of Seoul's warships, a newspaper reported Wednesday. Chosun Ilbo quoted a military source as saying the North moved some SA-5 missiles from the southwestern province of Hwanghae to areas near the border, where they pose a potential threat to South Korean jets. ... more  
New Delhi (UPI) Jul 29, 2010 BAE Systems has won a contract to supply products and services for another 57 Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers to be built under license in India. Under the $700 million deal 40 Hawks will go to the Indian air force and the navy will get 17 aircraft. The final terms and conditions for the contract were signed by Guy Griffiths, group managing director international at BAE Systems and BA ... more |
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Mexican navy aircraft to use TelephonicsMexico City (UPI) Aug 3, 2010 The Mexican navy is equipping its CN-235 marine patrol aircraft with U.S. manufacturer Telephonics' APS-143C(V)3 radar as part of its refurbishment program. The CN-235 is an old workhorse originally developed by the former CASA of Spain, now part of EADS Airbus Military, and IPTN of Indonesia as a regional airliner and military transport. Telephonics Corp. said it received the contract, worth more than $2 million, from EADS Airbus Military and would supply the APS-143C(V)3 radar systems ... read more |
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