Monday 26 September 2016

Geysers May Erupt on Europa, Jupiter’s Moon

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There is new evidence that plumes of water erupt through the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa.
via New York Times

Rosetta on the Way to Crash Into a Comet

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As the European Space Agency prepares to bring its most ambitious mission to an end, data gathered by the spacecraft will help scientists understand how Earth and other planets formed.
via New York Times

Single photon light emitting diodes for on-chip integration

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Researchers have used layered materials to create an all-electrical quantum light emitting diodes (LED) with single-photon emission. These LEDs have potential as on-chip photon sources in quantum information applications.
via Science Daily

NASA's Hubble Spots Possible Water Plumes Erupting on Jupiter's Moon Europa


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New findings from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show suspected water plumes erupting from Jupiter's icy moon Europa. These observations bolster earlier Hubble work suggesting that Europa is venting water vapor. A team of astronomers, led by William Sparks of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, observed these finger-like projections while viewing Europa's limb as the moon passed in front of Jupiter. The team was inspired to use this observing method by studies of atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars.


via HubbleSite NewsCenter -- Latest News Releases
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2016/33/

For Rosetta, a Landing and an Ending on a Comet

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The spacecraft is to end its two-year examination of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on Friday. Here is what the European Space Agency mission found out.
via New York Times

Gaia: Here Comes the Sun

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To the Moon, North Korea? Or Does a Rocket Have a Darker Aim?

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The North explains a rocket engine test as a moonshot, but intelligence agencies are exploring another option: the beginnings of a missile that could reach the American mainland.
via New York Times