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News | Archive (July 2007)
Impact craters in Tyrrhena Terra on Mars
— 31 Jul 2007 | AstronomyThe High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express obtained images of the Tyrrhena Terra region on Mars. On 10 May 2007, the pictures of the region located at 18 South and 99 East were taken during orbit number 4294 with a ground resolution of approximately 15 metres per pixel…
Hubble uncovers the Veil Nebula
— 31 Jul 2007 | AstronomyThe NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has photographed three magnificent sections of the Veil Nebula - the shattered remains of a supernova that exploded some 5-10.000 years ago. The new Hubble images provide beautiful views of the delicate, wispy structure resulting from this cosmic explosion…
Waters off Washington state only second place in world where glass sponge reefs found
— 31 Jul 2007 | BiologyThirty miles west of Grays Harbor, University of Washington scientists have discovered large colonies of glass sponges thriving on the seafloor. The species of glass sponges capable of building reefs were thought extinct for 100 million years until they were found in recent years in the protected waters of Canada's Georgia and Hecata straits, the only place in the world they've been observed until now. The discovery in Washington waters extends the range of reef-building glass sponges into open ocean…
Satellites unveil new type of active galaxy
— 30 Jul 2007 | AstronomyAn international team of astronomers using NASA's Swift satellite and the Japanese/US Suzaku X-ray observatory has discovered a new class of active galactic nuclei (AGN). By now, you'd think that astronomers would have found all the different classes of AGN - extraordinarily energetic cores of galaxies powered by accreting supermassive black holes. AGN such as quasars, blazars, and Seyfert galaxies are among the most luminous objects in our Universe, often pouring out the energy of billions of stars from a region no larger than our solar system…
Researchers find pathway that controls cell size and division
— 30 Jul 2007 | BiologyOrganisms precisely regulate cell size to ensure that daughter cells have sufficient cellular material to thrive or to create specific cell types: a tiny sperm versus a gargantuan egg for example. In single-celled organisms such as yeast and bacteria nutrient availability is the primary determinant of cell size. In animal cells size is controlled in large part by a molecule that senses the blood sugar dependent hormone insulin…
Report says US astronauts drank before flying
— 28 Jul 2007 | AstronomyNASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale said the agency is moving forward to implement many of the recommendations contained in two studies released Friday about astronaut health and behavioural assessments. The two reviews were made public prior to a news conference in Washington, five months after the agency requested that an independent external committee conduct a comprehensive review of health services available to astronauts. Both studies were initiated in the aftermath of the arrest in February of former astronaut Lisa Nowak…
Search for life on Mars relies on technology supplied by Imperial College London
— 28 Jul 2007 | AstronomyThe Martian surface will be explored for conditions favourable for past or present life thanks to micro-machine technology supplied by Imperial College London. The NASA mission, planned for August 2007, represents the first chance for UK hardware to contribute to the exploration of Mars since the failed Beagle 2 spacecraft launched in 2003…
NASA selects lightning protection system contractor
— 28 Jul 2007 | AstronomyNASA has selected Ivey's Construction Inc of Merritt Island, Florida, to build a new lightning protection system for Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Centre. The system will support launches of the Constellation Program's Ares I rockets…
Mars winds could pose challenges, but manageable ones, for Phoenix spacecraft team
— 27 Jul 2007 | AstronomyMartian winds probably won't cause serious problems for NASA's upcoming Phoenix Mars Lander mission but could complicate efforts to collect soil and ice at the landing site, according to University of Michigan atmospheric scientist Nilton Renno. New results from University of Michigan wind tunnel tests suggest that winds could blow away some of the laboriously collected soil and ice, but probably not enough to affect onboard laboratory experiments, said Renno, a member of the Phoenix science team…
X-48B takes first flight
— 27 Jul 2007 | AstronomyNASA's Dryden Flight Research Centre in Edwards, California, provided critical support for the first flight on 20 July of the X-48B. The 21-foot wingspan, 500-pound remotely piloted test vehicle took off for the first time at 8:42 AM PDT and climbed to an altitude of 7 500 feet before landing 31 minutes later. The Boeing Co of Seattle developed the blended wing body research aircraft. 'Friday's flight marked yet another aviation first achieved by a very hard-working Boeing, NASA and Cranfield team,' said Gary Cosentino, Dryden's Blended Wing Body project manager.…
Ancient sea reptile named for Calgary scientist after being unearthed at Syncrude mine
Mysterious joint structure in the hand bones of ancient lemur