2014年11月21日 星期五

2014-11-22 Australia Science

  Sky News Australia   
European space plane launch date set  Sky News Australia
Europe's first-ever 'space plane' will be launched on February 11 next year, rocket firm Arianespace says after a three-month delay to fine-tune the flight plan. The unmanned, car-sized vessel will be sent into low orbit by Europe's Vega light rocket, on a ...

European space plane for February launch   SBS
European space plane set for February launch   Courier Mail

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  The Age   
Hot air balloon wraps itself around light pole at Aranda oval  Sydney Morning Herald
A hot air balloon wrapped itself around a light pole at Aranda Playing Fields while landing, causing minor damage to the balloon but left 16 passengers and its pilot uninjured. ACT firefighters had to come and cut down the balloon which had been finishing its ...

Hot air balloon gets stuck on light pole at Aranda playing field in Canberra   Yahoo!7 News

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  The Age   
Australia will miss emissions target due to Direct Action, UN says  The Age
A United Nations report says Australia will miss its CO2 emissions target for 2020. Photo: Andrew Meares. Australia is "no longer on track" to meet its 2020 emissions target and the Abbott government's decision to axe the carbon tax is to blame, the United ...

US Can Slash Its Fossil Fuel Emissions By 85 Percent By 2050, New Climate ...   International Business Times
China is world's largest carbon cesspool   Communities Digital News
India needs to improve energy efficiency by 2030: UN report   IBNLive
Central Queensland news   
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Umpila country – the land of the living  Sydney Morning Herald
In Cape York, the Umpila people are marking their return to country after more than 70 years in exile with an environmental audit. It's hard to get to Umpila country, even if you belong here. Spread along the eastern edge of Cape York, over an area roughly the ...


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  Express.co.uk   
What WAS that? Shocking footage captures moment a FIREBALL lights up the sky  Express.co.uk
The mysterious ball of flame appeared over a road near Yekaterinburg, 1,000 miles east of Moscow. It was caught by a driver's dash-cam as it flashed across the sky, but no sound was recorded. The bizarre blast, which turned from orange to yellow to bright ...


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  Forbes   
Virgin Galactic Crash Puts Journalist On Other Side Of Questions  Forbes
As a print journalist, I am used to asking the questions. But the recent crash of a Virgin Galactic test flight put me squarely on the other, receiving, end of them. It was eye-opening, to say the least. When SpaceShipTwo disintegrated on Oct. 31, media crews ...

Virgin Galactic states its case anew, but there are issues   Crikey (blog)

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  Gizmag   
VLT telescope reveals mysterious alignment of quasars with the Universe's large ...  Gizmag
An artist's impression of the alignment of quasars with the large-scale structure of the Universe (Image: ESO/M. Kornmesser). Image Gallery (2 images). Astronomers using the ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have discovered an unexpected ...

Astronomers find odd alignment between quasars far apart   Sen (subscription)
Spooky Alignment of Quasars across Universe   Fars News Agency
Unique Alignment of Black Holes May Suggest that Universe has an Order   American Live Wire
Tech Times   
PerfScience   
The Space Reporter   
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  The Inquisitr   
Physicist Claims Evidence Ancient Nuclear Explosions Ended Life On Mars  The Inquisitr
A plasma physicist is advancing a theory in which he claims to have evidence of two ancient nuclear explosions on Mars, events that he believes wiped out an ancient civilization on the red planet. According to the Daily Mail, Dr. John Brandenburg is set to ...

Physicist claims Earth in danger from Alien nuclear strike   mySanAntonio.com
Ancient Martian civilisation was wiped out by nuclear bomb-wielding aliens - and ...   Daily Mail

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  Zee News   
This weekend, ISS astronauts will get their first zero-g coffee maker  Washington Post
This weekend, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoferetti will travel to the International Space Station with precious cargo in tow -- a specially designed espresso machine that will produce the authentic Italian brew in zero gravity. In addition to being Italy's first ...

A Giant Step for Coffee Lovers: Italian Espresso Headed To Space   ABC News
Space Camp alumna set to launch to the International Space Station this Sunday   AL.com
Space station rarity: 2 women on long-term crew   The Seattle Times
Daily Mail   
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Spiraling Light, Nanoparticles, and Insights Into Life's Structure  Controlled Environments Magazine
A twisted ribbon of cadmium telluride nanoparticles. University of Michigan engineering researchers have discovered that As hands come in left and right versions that are mirror images of each other, so do the amino acids and sugars within us. But unlike ...

CP light creates chiral nanostructures   nanotechweb.org
Circularly Polarized Light Enables Chiral Templating of Self-Assembling ...   AZoNano.com

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