This fascinating space wallpaper records more than a thousand movements made by ESA’s XMM-Newton space telescope as it shifts its gaze from one X-ray object to another. …read more
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Laser communications set for Moon mission
An advanced laser system offering vastly faster data speeds is now ready for linking with spacecraft beyond our planet following a series of crucial ground tests. Later this year, ESA’s observatory in Spain will use the laser to communicate with a NASA Moon orbiter. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
Deep-space stations gain made-in-Europe hearing boost
Picking up ultra-weak signals from spacecraft exploring deep in our Solar System requires cooling a detector to within a few degrees of absolute zero. Thanks to ESA’s support, the technology is now available in Europe for the first time. …read more
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Giant Winged UFO Passes Past Earths Sun In SOHO/NASA Photo On July 11, 2013.
By ScottCWaring
Date of sighting: July 11, 2013
Location of sighting: Earths Sun
This giant winged mothership was caught on NASA/SOHO images this week and proves once and for all that aliens do exist and they are flying through our very own solar system! If this UFO is near the sun…then we can assume it is 4-5 times that of Earths size, however I believe it to be closer and caught in between making it about 5-7 km across from wing tip to wing tip. Look at the prefect dimensions of this ship. It’s balance and shape mimic our own craft and that of a bird. We here are not looking for the answer of the question…do aliens exist? We have already proved they do through thousands of NASA, SOHO, JAXA, ESA photos. What we want to do is greet them in person. Amazing catch by “Streetcap1” of Youtube, and please check out his other videos. Streetcap1 is credited for advancing UFOlogy a lot with his amazing NASA discoveries. SCW
UFO Investigates NASA Orbiter While USAF Jet Investigates UFO In NASA Archives!
By ScottCWaring
Date of discovery: April 2013
Location of sighting: Earths Orbit
Credit to NASA For UFO. Please help us search NASA, ESA, JAXA photo to find proof of aliens. UFOs in Gov photos cannot be debunked! They are indisputable as a source!
Notice the brown UFO at the bottom of the NASA photo. Look carefully and you will notice that it has a bird-like shape. The right wing is in closer view so it is larger…going off screen. The left wing is shorter and behind its body, meaning its pointed down so we can’t see much of it. The tail is wide like a birds and its body is round like an insect or bird. Also there is a jet in the background. I altered the contrast to bring out the detail and you can see its nose, body and tail of the aircraft. Clearly the USAF was investigating this UFO as the UFO was investigating the NASA craft in low orbit. SCW
Eyewitness states:
I found this NASA photo rather odd. It appears to have some sort of creature at the bottom of the frame. Is it Godzilla or the Loch Ness? I cant seem to figure it out. What do you think this creature could be? Maybe it is a dinosaur?
From: http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/2013/04/ufo-investigates-nasa-orbiter-while.html
Eyes on our Sun: ESA opens new space weather centre in Brussels
This week, ESA opened a new Space Weather Coordination Centre to gather up-to-date information on our Sun. It is the first such data coordination centre opened under the Agency’s Space Situational Awareness Programme. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
Scientists generate thousands of simulations to analyze flood of data from the Planck mission
(Phys.org) —To make the most precise measurement yet of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) – the remnant radiation from the big bang – the European Space Agency’s (ESA‘s) Planck satellite mission has been collecting trillions of observations of the sky since the summer of 2009. On March 21, 2013, ESA and NASA, a major partner in Planck, will release preliminary cosmology results based on Planck’s first 15 months of data. The results have required the intense creative efforts of a large international collaboration, with significant participation by the U.S. Planck Team based at NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). …read more
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ESA, Roscosmos sign deal on Mars exploration
The European Space Agency says it has signed an agreement with its Russian counterpart to work together toward two missions to Mars.
The partnership comes after NASA pulled out of the ExoMars program with ESA last year due to budget cuts.
ESA said in a statement Thursday that it and Roscomos aim to launch missions in 2016 and 2018 to try to establish whether life ever existed on Mars.
The two sides have agreed to a “balanced sharing of responsibilities” and will cooperate on scientific research.
Among ESA‘s contributions will be the ExoMars rover, which is being built for the 2018 mission to search the planet’s surface for signs of life and able to drill to depths of two meters.
The rover will be delivered by a Russian descent module.
Tracking trains with satellite precision
Taking a cue from how ESA controls satellites, Spanish railways now have their own high-tech upgrade to keep travellers abreast of when the next train is going to pull into the station. …read more
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Time for Europe to beef up asteroid vigilance, ESA says
Europe must strengthen its watch for dangerous space rocks, the head of the European Space Agency‘s asteroid surveillance programme said Thursday, a week after a meteor struck Russia in a blinding fireball. …read more
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Russia asteroid impact: ESA update and assessment
The first firm details of the 15 February asteroid impact in Russia, the largest in more than a century, are becoming clear. ESA is carefully assessing the information as crucial input for developing the Agency’s asteroid-hunting effort. …read more
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NOAA fisheries finds ESA listing of Alaska cold-water corals is not warranted
NOAA Fisheries has concluded that a petition to list 44 species of cold water corals off Alaska as threatened or endangered does not present substantial information that listing under the Endangered Species Act may be warranted. The agency will not conduct a formal status review of the species. …read more
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Stranger in the night: space rock to make close Earth flyby
(Phys.org)—A little-known asteroid will skim past Earth on 15 February, passing just 28 000 km from our planet. The 50 m-diameter chunk of space rock was discovered last year by ESA-sponsored amateur astronomers in Spain. …read more
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Finding the key to immunity, ESA way
Living in space weakens astronauts’ immune systems, researchers have discovered. The findings are providing clues on how to tackle diseases on Earth before symptoms appear.
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Cool Andromeda
In this new view of the Andromeda galaxy from ESA’s Herschel space observatory, cool lanes of forming stars are revealed in the finest detail yet. The image was released Jan. 28 2013.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Space.com
Building a lunar base with 3D printing
(Phys.org)—Setting up a lunar base could be made much simpler by using a 3D printer to build it from local materials. Industrial partners including renowned architects Foster + Partners have joined with ESA to test the feasibility of 3D printing using lunar soil.
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Smooth ride at 300 km/h
Serious shocks need serious shock absorption, in space as well as on the ground. Now high-performance racing cars are driving more smoothly on space-ready rubber from ESA spacecraft.
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Depression-era drainage ditches emerge as sleeping threat to Cape Cod salt marshes
Cape Cod, Massachusetts has a problem. The iconic salt marshes of the famous summer retreat are melting away at the edges, dying back from the most popular recreational areas. The erosion is a consequence of an unexpected synergy between recreational over-fishing and Great Depression-era ditches constructed by Works Progress Administration (WPA) in an effort to control mosquitoes. The cascade of ecological cause and effect is described by Tyler Coverdale and colleagues at Brown University in a paper published online this month in ESA‘s journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
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ESA: 2013 to be bumper year for space science
European probes this year will return a treasure trove of data from explorations into the Big Bang, water on Mars and climate change, European Space Agency (ESA) chief Jean-Jacques Dordain said on Thursday.
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Phys.org
ESA workhorse to power NASA's Orion spacecraft
(Phys.org)—The ATV-derived service module, sitting directly below Orion’s crew capsule, will provide propulsion, power, thermal control, as well as supplying water and gas to the astronauts in the habitable module.
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