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March 07, 2013

Mysterious electron stash found hidden among Van Allen belts
Los Alamos NM (SPX) Mar 07, 2013
U.S. researchers, including a trio from Los Alamos National Laboratory, have witnessed the mysterious appearance of a relatively long-lived zone of high-energy electrons stored between Earth's Van Allen radiation belts. The surprising findings, discovered by NASA's Van Allen Probes (formerly known as the Radiation Belt Storm Probes), were outlined Thursday in Science Express and during a press conference at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. The research was led by Dan Baker of the University o ... read more

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UK's TechDemoSat-1 to launch Q3 2013 Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has signed an agreement with Glavkosmos / NPO Lavotchkin for the launch of the UK technology demonstration mission, TechDemoSat-1, by the Soyuz launch vehi ... more		Third radiation belt discovered with UNH-led instrument suite Although scientists involved in NASA's Van Allen Probes mission were confident they would eventually be able to rewrite the textbook on Earth's twin radiation belts, getting material for the new edi ... more		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. Drawin ... more
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				Global tipping point not backed by science A group of international ecological scientists led by the University of Adelaide have rejected a doomsday-like scenario of sudden, irreversible change to the Earth's ecology. In a paper in the ... more		NASA's Van Allen Probes Discover a Surprise Circling Earth After most NASA science spacecraft launches, researchers wait patiently for months as instruments on board are turned on one at a time, slowly ramped up to full power, and tested to make sure they w ... more

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Cathay Pacific orders 3 Boeing 747-8 cargo planes

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U.N. committee to discuss space weather

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