2014年11月10日 星期一

2014-11-11 Canada English Science

  Telegraph.co.uk   
Mission to land robot on comet to take final step  The Globe and Mail
Half a billion kilometres from Earth and 10 years into its remarkable journey, a small robot is about to plunge into space history. Pending a final green light from mission controllers on Tuesday night, the robot – nicknamed Philae (fee-lay) – will detach from its ...

5 things you need to know about the Rosetta landing   Toronto Sun
Where no probe has gone before: bid to land on comet   Irish Independent
The countdown to comet interception is on at Blackrock Castle   Irish Examiner
New York Times   
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  Christian Science Monitor   
Soyuz spacecraft returns astronauts to Earth  Christian Science Monitor
After more than five months in orbit aboard the International Space Station, three astronauts – an American, a Russian, and a German – are back on Earth, courtesy of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
Three space station crewmen return safely to Earth in Kazakhstan   Reuters
How Reid Wiseman Tweeted Through His Space Mission   Newsweek
3 astronauts land safely in Kazakhstan steppe   Washington Post
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  Bay Today   
Swiss Space Systems tests at Jack Garland Airport  Bay Today
The company announced on June 26th that it would test and launch sub-orbital satellites in the development phase of a reusable suborbital shuttle. "Drop test flights are very important to any space company" Feierbach told BayToday. "They validate for us ...

Swiss Space Systems concludes 1st phase drop-test...   NorthBayNipissing.com

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  The University of Hawaii Kaleo   
UH scientists announce discovery of 'unusual' space objects from Oort Cloud  The University of Hawaii Kaleo
Images of P/2013 P2 (left) obtained using the Gemini North 8-meter telescope on 2013 September 4 when it was 3.2 AU from the sun, and of P/2014 S3 obtained using the CFHT in late September, 2014 when it was 2.1 AU from the sun. Both images have ...

First observations of the surfaces of objects from the Oort Cloud   UHM News
'Naked' Comets Could Expose Solar System's Ancient Origin Story   Universe Today

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  De Smog Blog (blog)   
Clean Energy as an Economic Catalyst for Divestment  De Smog Blog (blog)
Seeing the words “350 Million” and “Public Health” caused me to wonder if this pledge marked the beginning of a new era at Harvard. Was this the donation that would change everything? Maybe it was inspired by a collegial relationship with Harvard ...


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  Nature World News   
Bees and Flowers Out of Sync, Climate Change Blamed  Nature World News
A new study has revealed that more and more specialized flowering plants may wind up missing out on pollinators as the spring season grows warmer for many parts of the world. As net temperatures continue to climb, researchers have found that bees are ...

Global Warming May Be Disrupting Bees During Pollination Season   E Canada Now
Climate change causes bees to fall out of sync with plants   agprofessional.com

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  BBC News   
Hawaii lava destroys first home in Pahoa  BBC News
A stream of lava that has been creeping towards a Hawaii town for months has now destroyed one of the houses. It set the home on fire just before noon on Monday, said Hawaii County Civil Defense Director Darryl Oliveira. Tenants living in the house in ...

Slow moving lava enters Hawaii town, damages property   Firstpost
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano: First home incinerated since lava began flowing ...   ABC Online
Lava flow from volcano incinerates home on Hawaii's Big Island   Toronto Sun
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  Reuters   
The Climate Change Game: A Two-Minute Warming  Huffington Post
The international renewable energy landscape is dynamic, competitive, and often a provocative and polarizing plotline. Dynamics are such that our world has experienced a lift in technological advancements that allow us to understand the need for ...

Global warming 'will require more UK troops sent to fight overseas'   Telegraph.co.uk
Climate change 'will see more UK forces deployed in conflicts around world'   The Guardian
Welsh Government challenged for details on how it plans to hit climate change ...   WalesOnline
Times of India   
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  Bloomberg   
Volcano Eruption Forces Icelanders to Hide as Europe Forgets  Bloomberg
For the kids at the Graenuvellir kindergarten in Husavik, north Iceland, going out to play was not an option. They were kept inside on Nov. 4 to protect them from sulfur-dioxide gases spewing from the Holuhraun lava field near the Bardarbunga volcano.

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  Gizmag   
VLT's MUSE sheds light on distant galactic crash  Gizmag
This image shows the motion of gas filaments from ESO 137-001, with red material moving away from the Earth, and blue approaching it (Image: ESO/M. Fumagalli). Image Gallery (2 images). ESO astronomers have used the Very Large Telescope's (VLT) ...

Epic space collision rips away galactic gas   New Scientist
ESO Very Large Telescope Captures Spectacular Cosmic Crash   Science World Report
A Snapshot of a Galactic Crash   Universe Today
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