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IBEX collecting science data, building first all-sky map of the edge of the solar system

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Following two months of commissioning, during which the spacecraft and sensors were tuned for optimum mission performance, the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft began gathering data to build the first maps ...





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New celestial map gives directions for GPS

New Celestial Map Gives Directions for GPS

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many of us have been rescued from unfamiliar territory by directions from a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigator. GPS satellites send signals to a receiver in your GPS navigator, which ...


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Google unveils free GPS navigation for mobile phones

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Google unveiled a free navigation system for mobile phones on Wednesday in a move seen as a potential challenge to the makers of GPS navigation devices.


Final look at ESA's SMOS and Proba-2 satellites

Final look at ESA's SMOS and Proba-2 satellites

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As preparations for the launch of SMOS and Proba-2 continue on schedule, the engineers and technicians at the Russian launch site say goodbye as both satellites are encapsulated within the half-shells of the ...


First IBEX maps reveal fascinating interactions occurring at the edge of the solar system

Galactic magnetic fields may control the boundaries of our solar system

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2

The first all-sky maps developed by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, the initial mission to examine the global interactions occurring at the edge of the solar system, suggest that the galac ...


New study provides insight on energy development and sage-grouse habitat in the intermountain West

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study released October 14th in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE will shed new light on oil and gas development potential in the Intermountain West. Maps accompanying the study show the impacts to gre ...


Cassini Data Help Redraw Shape of Solar System

Cassini Data Help Redraw Shape of Solar System (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Images from the Ion and Neutral Camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft suggest that the heliosphere, the region of the sun's influence, may not have the comet-like shape predicted by existing ...


UNH space scientists help catch the interstellar wind

Scientists Explore Galactic Frontier, Release First-Ever All-Sky Map (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (23) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft has made it possible for scientists to construct the first comprehensive sky map of our solar system and its location in the Milky ...


Flu surveillance boosts control, treatment options (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Because pandemics unfold in unpredictable ways, surveillance of travel-related illness is among the most powerful tools health officials and doctors can use to detect and respond to new pathogens like the novel H1N1 influenza, ...


Study pinpoints key mechanism in brain development, raising question about use of antiseizure drug

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a key molecular player in guiding the formation of synapses — the all-important connections between nerve cells — in the brain. This discovery, based ...


Huelva is swallowing up coastal lagoons in Doņana

Huelva is swallowing up coastal lagoons in Donana

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A team of Spanish scientists from a variety of fields has analysed the effects of human activity on the peridunal lagoons in the Doņana National Park. Results show that the lagoons are in the process of regressing, ...



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