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The man who is widely credited with the development of the original Xbox home gaming console at Microsoft says that, down on its luck, publisher THQ lacked a strategy for the digital space, which lead to the deal that the company has with Innovative Leisure.
Speaking to Eurogamer, Seamus Blackley, who is the leader ... |
9 February 2012
20:21 GMT |
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According to the results of new observations conducted with the NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory, it would appear that the supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Way – called Sagittarius A* – is growing by nibbling on asteroids that stray too close to its surface.
The data indicate that the spa... |
9 February 2012
03:08 GMT |
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All space agencies in the world managed to conduct only 5 or 6 successful sample-return missions since 1969. RosCosmos was the most active, sending 7 spacecraft, and succeeding with 3. But the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) sent only one, and succeeded. Following the success of the first Hayabusa mission, ... |
1 February 2012
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Planetary scientists say that the giant asteroid Vesta may contain large amounts of water-ice, which may be able to endure there for billions of years. The conclusion came from a new analysis of the protoplanet's surface, as well as its average temperatures.
The NASA Dawn spacecraft has been orbiting Vesta sin... |
26 January 2012
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By intersecting a laser beam with a stream of atoms inside a copper box, researchers at the Rice University are able to excite atoms to a level where they become almost as large as the dot at the end of a sentence. This allowed them to emulate the behavior of the Trojan asteroids in our solar system.
These space roc... |
25 January 2012
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A popular theory among astronomers is that the inner solar system was subjected to a large number of impacts shortly after the planets were formed. Meteorites, asteroids and comets struck everything in their path, especially Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury and the Moon. The idea provides an elegant explanation for why Ea... |
5 January 2012
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A massive extinction event that occurred at the end of the Triassic Period still has researchers baffled. It represents one of the most mysterious mass dyings in the history of the planet, and some believe that it was caused by an asteroid. Scientists are currently looking for a potential impact crater.
The event o... |
29 December 2011
10:10 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency admitted recently that numerous Moon rocks, and meteorite and gas samples, cannot be accounted for, after being loaned to various research groups, museums and universities around the country.
An internal report compiled by NASA Inspector General Paul Martin revealed that 517 s... |
9 December 2011
10:01 GMT |
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Relatively-new craters on the surface of the protoplanet Vesta have been revealed by the NASA Dawn spacecraft. The probe's framing cameras managed to find the structures even if they were partially concealed by a layer of sediments and other debris.
In fact, it would now appear that Vesta – the largest as... |
8 December 2011
09:39 GMT |
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In a new image the NASA Dawn spacecraft collected of the giant asteroid Vesta, the geological layers and ingredients that make up the space rock are made clearly visible. The false-color photo depicts the protoplanet in never-before-seen detail.
The photo has a resolution of 480 meters per pixel, and was captured u... |
6 December 2011
07:31 GMT |
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Experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, have just released a new video showing the largest asteroid in our solar system, Vesta, in 3D. The short clip was put together from data collected by the NASA Dawn mission, which is currently orbiting the space rock.
The spacecraft entere... |
2 December 2011
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Shortly after the Sun formed, the protoplanetary disk around it began to differentiate, showing signs of clumping. The largest such clumps grew even larger, and eventually became planets, but others still turned into large asteroids. A new study indicates asteroid 21 Lutetia as such a space rock.
The main batch of ... |
11 November 2011
07:05 GMT |
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Experts operating the NASA Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission pointed the satellite towards the aircraft carrier-sized asteroid 2005 YU55 on Wednesday, November 9. This was when the space rock flew closest to Earth during its latest flyby.
Numerous professional and amateur telescopes were trained on the asteroid, but th... |
11 November 2011
05:54 GMT |
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On Monday, November 7, the scientists with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, California, used the agency's Deep Space Network (DSN) antenna, in Goldstone, to conduct radio observations of the incoming asteroid 2005 YU55. The team was able to create a short film following the campaign. The clip f... |
9 November 2011
03:07 GMT |
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The Goldstone, California-based NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) antenna has collected the first close-up images of asteroid 2005 YU55. The space rock caused quite a stir among those who are frightful that the world will end soon. Other observations of the asteroid will begin today.
The DSN is a 70-meter (230-foot) rad... |
8 November 2011
02:48 GMT |
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Former NASA astronaut and current chairman of the B612 Foundation, Rusty Schweickart, says that the chances of any rogue organization or nation using asteroids or meteorites to rain down death and destruction on its enemies are extremely remote.
The expert believes that space rocks may terribly be ineffective weapo... |
7 November 2011
04:30 GMT |
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A week from now, on November 8, the aircraft carrier-sized asteroid 2005 YU55 will zip past Earth at a safe distance. But Purdue University researchers recently conducted a study seeking to determine what would happen if this space rock were to strike our planet, and the results are not encouraging.
The primary res... |
1 November 2011
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According to the conclusions of a new study conducted by an international team of astronomers, it would appear that some of the weird, donut-shaped dust clouds observed around supermassive black holes may contain debris left behind by high-speed collisions between extrasolar planets and asteroids.
The violent cosmic... |
1 November 2011
07:08 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency say that an asteroid about four football fields in diameter will zip past Earth on November 8. While not dangerous during its current path, the space rock may pose a risk to Earth in the far future.
Dubbed 2005 YU55, this object is no less than 1,300 feet (400 meters ) wide. W... |
28 October 2011
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Investigators at the Princeton University announce the creation of a new computer model that can be used to determine how seismic waves would affect the planet, were Earth to be hit by a meteorite.
Such a study could have important applications if a space rock were ever to be detected heading our way. Naturally, the... |
27 October 2011
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The 15th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO15) expedition should have begun this Monday, October 17, but bad weather off Key Largo, Florida, prevented the six aquanauts from descending under the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.
The purpose of this expedition is to simulate the conditions astronauts wou... |
21 October 2011
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Since July 16, when it entered orbit around the solar system's largest asteroid, the NASA Dawn space probe has been collecting a wealth of data on the space rock. Now, mission controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, are sharing the findings with their colleagues.The early sci... |
18 October 2011
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According to officials from the American space agency, the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO 15) expedition to the ocean floor has been canceled due to stormy weather off the coasts of Key Largo, Florida. A crew of six astronauts was supposed to enter the sea, and take up residence in the Aquarius Un... |
18 October 2011
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Representatives from the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that a team of amateur astronomers managed to discover a new near-Earth asteroid (NEO) on October 12. The object will be added to the ever-growing databases of asteroids, meteorites and comets that orbit very close to our planet.
The new asteroid, call... |
13 October 2011
10:55 GMT |
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California Institute of Technology (Caltech) scientists are a quirky bunch, as demonstrated by a recent workshop they held, assessing the challenges associated with capturing a near-Earth asteroid from its peaceful orbit, and dragging it closer to our planet.
The goal of doing this – other than to prove tha... |
5 October 2011
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A team of astronomers from the Queens University Belfast (QUB), led by Dr. Pedro Lacerda, announced the analysis of a very weird object in the Kuiper Belt, a space rock that looks and spins like a propeller. The findings were presented at a meeting yesterday.
Another interesting aspect of Kuiper Belt object 2011Q... |
4 October 2011
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Since arriving in orbit around the giant asteroid Vesta, in mid-July this year, the NASA Dawn space probe changed two observations orbits. This allowed it to compile interesting maps of the largest asteroid in our solar system, showing it to be more geologically diverse than researchers first estimated.
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4 October 2011
04:56 GMT |
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The most recent investigations conducted with the NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft suggest that the family of asteroids which was widely believed to have been responsible for the extinction event that killed off all the dinosaurs is in fact innocent of all charges.
Dinosaurs were wiped f... |
20 September 2011
04:15 GMT |
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Eager to make the most of Dawn mission to the large asteroid Vesta, mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, are putting the spacecraft through its paces. Over the past few weeks, the probe has snapped a large numbers of photos depicting the space rock.
The reason w... |
16 September 2011
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Most of the precious metals that exist on Earth today may have been brought here by comets and asteroids billions of years ago. At that time, the entire inner solar system passed through a violent phase called the Late Heavy Bombardment.
During those times, vast numbers of comets, asteroids, meteorites and other s... |
8 September 2011
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Since it formed about 4.5 billion years ago, our planet has suffered catastrophic collisions with other space bodies, which sometimes led to extinction events here. However, it could be that the same instances led to the spreading of basic lifeforms to other celestial bodies in our solar system.In a new study publish... |
22 August 2011
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In the long run, asteroid impacts are one of the main challenges to our species' survival on this planet. While we are in no immediate danger, it's more than certain that massive impacts are imminent. Still, politicians apparently find it hard to agree that this is the case, and that we need defenses.If we ... |
17 August 2011
09:43 GMT |
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Mission controllers for the Dawn spacecraft were surprised to see an unexpected formation on the surface of the massive asteroid Vesta, in the latest batch of images the orbiter sent back to Earth. The photos show a region of the large space rock that is riddled with craters, of which several were formed in a strange... |
3 August 2011
04:58 GMT |
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After successfully entering orbit around Vesta – the largest space rock in the Inner Asteroid Belt – the NASA Dawn space probe is now getting ready to move into its first science orbits. During the year it will spend at the protoplanet, the spacecraft will take on a total of four such orbits.The orbiter i... |
2 August 2011
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NEOWISE, the extended mission of the NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), is currently helping astronomers to keep track of near-Earth objects (NEO) that may pose a threat to the planet. Just a few days ago, it found Earth's first Trojan. Every planet or moon out there has five special points in thei... |
1 August 2011
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Astronomers say that they may have discovered the trails left behind by a comet passing through our neighborhood recently. The object itself has yet to be identified, but researchers say that it could pose a threat to our planet. Investigators base their conclusions on an analysis of a surprising meteor shower, that ... |
28 July 2011
04:28 GMT |
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Astronomers long ago proposed the existence of asteroids or other space rocks that trail or precede our planet in its orbit around the Sun. The first such object was recently discovered, confirming that theoretical predictions were correct.Experts say that this class of objects is characterized by the fact that they ... |
28 July 2011
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Just a couple of days after becoming the first probe to orbit a body in the Inner Asteroid Belt, the NASA Dawn spacecraft managed to send back the first close-up images of the giant asteroid Vesta.
The object is the largest known space rock in the solar system, bordering on being classified as a protoplanet. The ... |
19 July 2011
02:28 GMT |
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Mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, confirmed that the Dawn spacecraft successfully entered orbit around the giant asteroid Vesta, on Saturday, July 16. The maneuver took place 117 million miles away from Earth. This achievement marks the first time that a spacecr... |
18 July 2011
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Paleontologists have recently determined that the end of the Age of Dinosaurs came about abruptly, in one fell swoop, rather than progressively, as other researchers suggested in the past. These conclusions are based on a thorough analysis of a single dinosaur horn. The issue as to whether the extinction of these gia... |
13 July 2011
07:24 GMT |
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One of the most debated mysteries surrounding the large asteroid/protoplanet Vesta is whether the celestial body has a moon or not. As Dawn gets ready to enter orbit around the space rock, the issue is about to be resolved, scientists on both sides of the fence believe. There are many things that experts hope the NAS... |
11 July 2011
08:27 GMT |
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Well underway to enter orbit around the largest asteroid in our solar system, the NASA Dawn space probe has just sent back a series of new images of the enormous rock. The levels of detail we now have on the object are higher than ever before. Dawn is currently expected to start orbiting its target on July 16, and to... |
8 July 2011
02:46 GMT |
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With the passing of a medium-sized asteroid past Earth on June 27, the issue of space impactors has again been brought to the spotlight. Based on historical evidence, astronomers are wondering whether our planet is indeed overdue for a huge collision. Over millions of years, numerous comets and asteroids have slammed... |
28 June 2011
09:37 GMT |
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Next month, researchers at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will have an important reason to celebrate, when the Dawn spacecraft will finally reach Vesta, the most massive asteroid in our solar system. The probe is now scheduled to enter orbit around the large space rock on July 16. According to mission ... |
24 June 2011
03:13 GMT |
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As the NASA Dawn spacecraft is heading for a July 2011 rendezvous with Vesta, the largest asteroid in the solar system, the cameras on the probe have put together a short clip of the approaching space rock.The new data will help mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California,... |
13 June 2011
11:04 GMT |
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Molecules without which life would have not appeared and developed on Earth appear to be produced in large quantities on asteroids. The space rock then spread their “products” via meteorites through solar systems, and on nearby planets. The same thing happened on Earth. Even now, molecules produced by the... |
10 June 2011
05:16 GMT |
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The Dawn space probe is scheduled to soon enter orbit around the largest asteroid in the solar system, Vesta. The massive space object is already within reach, and instruments aboard the probe can already see it as a very distant object. At this point, the massive asteroid is located about 143 million miles from Eart... |
10 June 2011
03:00 GMT |
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Astronomers say that the asteroid Kleopatra is home to two twin moons, each of which is very small, yet noticeable using telescopes. The new discovery has important implications for the way we understand comets, experts add. Until now, the debate on whether comets were solid objects or not has been raging on in the i... |
2 June 2011
09:12 GMT |
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The radio science component of the OSIRIS-REx mission will be managed by experts at the University of Colorado in Boulder (UCB). Experts here will be in charge of mapping the asteroid, in order to understand how the space rock formed and evolved over the eons.
The spacecraft, which NASA plans to launch in 2016, w... |
28 May 2011
04:46 GMT |
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As early as 2016, the American space agency will launch a new sample-return mission, which will target a study campaign of the asteroid 1999 RQ36 in 2020. The mission will provide invaluable data on this object, experts at NASA announced on Wednesday, May 25.
The flight will be carried out by an unmanned spacecraft ... |
26 May 2011
02:43 GMT |
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