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Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics Center

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Name: Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics Center

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

U.S. speculates China's May 13 rocket launch as test of anti-satellite muscle

The U.S. government claimed on Wednesday that a Chinese missile launch this week was the first test of a new interceptor that could be used to destroy a satellite in orbit.China launched a rocket into space on Monday, but no objects were placed into orbit, ... [Published China Economic Net - May 17 2013]

Entities: China, Speculations, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Magnetosphere, Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics Center

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Harvard University

The trouble with Kepler

16Thursday, May. 16, 2013 Partly Cloudy, 81$ F Skip navigationText size:AAA A A By Alvin PowellHarvard Staff WriterThursday, May 16, 2013File photo by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff PhotographerIn discussing the troubled , Harvard Professor of Astronomy ... [Published Harvard University Gazette - May 16 2013]

Entities: Spectrograph, Harvard University, Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics Center, Alvin Powell

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

NASA

NASA’s Kepler space telescope suffers failure that endangers planet-hunting mission

The Kepler Space Telescope, an instrument that altered our sense of our place in the universe by revealing that Earth-sized planets orbited other stars, has suffered a malfunction with a mechanism that helps point the telescope.NASA officials were not ... [Published Boston Globe - May 15 2013]

Entities: David Charbonneau, NASA, Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics Center, Solar System

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

NASA shows how black hole powered jets turned a galaxy into a giant doughnut

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for AstrophysicsThis composite image of a galaxy illustrates how the intense gravity of a supermassive black hole can be tapped to generate immense power. The image contains X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory ... [Published National Post - Top Stories - May 16 2013]

Entities: NASA, Black Hole, Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics Center, Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Mike Rogers

US sees China's missile launch as test of anti-satellite muscle, say source

Washington: The US government believes a Chinese missile launch this week was the first test of a new interceptor that could be used to destroy a satellite in orbit, one US defence official told Reuters on Wednesday.China launched a rocket into space ... [Published NDTV - May 16 2013]

Entities: missile, China, Magnetosphere, Mike Rogers, Interceptor

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 5 reports

U.S. sees China launch as test of anti-satellite muscle - source

China launched a large missile on Monday that reached 10,000 km (6,250 miles) above the earth, the highest suborbital launch seen worldwide since 1976, according to Jonathan McDowell at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.China has said the ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 15 2013]

Entities: China, Payload, United States, Xichang Satellite Launch Center

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Rumored UFO in fact a rocket

China has launched a research rocket to gather high-altitude scientific data, with the experiment attracting widespread public attention because it was visible in the evening sky across many provinces.Scientists conducted the test Monday for research ... [Published News Guangdong - May 16 2013]

Entities: Rumours, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Barium Sulfate, Zhaoqing

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

'Einstein's planet' discovered by relativistic beaming

Artist illustration of Kepler-76b, dubbed 'Einstein's planet'. Credit: David A. Aguilar (CfA)(Sen) - Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet using a new method that relies on Einstein's special theory of relativity. The planet, Kepler-76b, is one of ... [Published SEN - May 14 2013]

Entities: Tel Aviv University, Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics Center, Jupiter, David A Aguilar, Avi Loeb

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 10 reports

Exoplanet discovered with new technique that uses Einstein's relativity

Artist's conception of Kepler-76b, orbiting its elongated starDavid A. Aguilar (CfA)Data from the Kepler telescope has been used to discover another gas giant orbiting a star, but this time via a totally new technique that relies upon Einstein's special ... [Published Wired.co.uk - May 14 2013]

Entities: Exoplanet, Relativity, Abraham (Avi) Loeb

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 2 reports

BEER Method Of Finding Planets Scores Its First Discovery

Detecting alien worlds is a significant challenge since they are small, faint, and close to their stars. The two most prolific techniques for finding exoplanets are radial velocity (looking for wobbling stars) and transits (looking for dimming stars). ... [Published Scientific Blogging - May 13 2013]

Entities: Tel Aviv University, Radial Velocity, Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics Center, Exoplanet

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 2 reports

Big Pic: Watch The Moon Swallow The Sun In X-Ray

Last week's annular solar eclipse was only visible from cruises in the Pacific Ocean, but the international fleet of solar-observing spacecraft had a great view. The Hinode telescope, which orbits Earth and observes the sun in X-ray, optical, and extreme ... [Published Popular Science - May 13 2013]

Entities: Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics Center, Lunar eclipse, Solar Eclipse

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 3 reports

Astronomers find “life-friendly” planets

SAN FRANCISCO: A team of international astronomers has reportedly discovered two planets they believe could support life much in the same way as our own Earth. They said that two planets are in ideal positions and are of ideal size for supporting lif ... [Published Masress.com - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: NASA, Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics Center, Solar Radiation

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"I want to emphasize that China has consistently advocated for the peaceful use of outer space and opposes the weaponization of outer space as well as an arms race in outer space."

U.S. speculates China's May 13 rocket launch as test of anti-satellite muscle [Published China Economic Net - May 17 2013]

Representative Mike Rogers, chairman of the US house intelligence committee, declined to comment on the rocket launch, but said: "Any time you have a nation-state looking to have a more aggressive posture in space, it’s very concerning."

China missile launch is interceptor test claims US [Published The Scotsman - May 17 2013]

In discussing the troubled , Harvard Professor of Astronomy Dimitar Sasselov said Kepler "has provided us with a mother lode of planetary systems that we will be exploring for decades in the future, not just a few years, but decades. Kepler has already delivered beyond expectations. So it was worth every penny."

The trouble with Kepler [Published Harvard University Gazette - May 16 2013]

"According to a preliminary analysis by the NSSC [National Space Science Center], the experiment has reached expected objectives by allowing scientists to obtain first-hand data regarding the space environment at different altitudes." However, a U S defense official said intelligence showed that the rocket could be used in the future to carry an anti-satellite payload on a similar...

China 'launches' satellite destroyer in new space race as Pentagon claims rocket was highest for ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 16 2013]

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How Einstein's theory of special relativity hel... [Published Christian Science Monitor - May 15 2013]
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'Einstein's planet' discovered by relativistic ... [Published SEN - May 14 2013]
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Einstein's BEER Planet Discovered [Published Discovery Health - May 14 2013]
'Einstein's Planet': New Alien World Revealed b... [Published Yahoo! News - May 14 2013]
"Einstein's planet" becomes first exoplanet dis... [Published Gizmag - May 14 2013]
Einstein, Kepler combine to discover Earth-like... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 14 2013]
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'Einstein's Planet': New Alien World Revealed b... [Published Space.com - May 13 2013]
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BEER Method Of Finding Planets Scores Its First... [Published Scientific Blogging - May 13 2013]
New method of finding planets scores its first ... [Published EarthSky - May 13 2013]

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BEER Method Of Finding Planets Scores Its First... [Published Scientific Blogging - May 13 2013] Detecting alien worlds is a significant challenge since they are small, faint, and close to their stars. The two most prolific techniques for finding exoplanets are radial velocity (looking for wobbling stars) and transits (looking for dimming stars). ...
New method of finding planets scores its first ... [Published EarthSky - May 13 2013] Detecting alien worlds presents a significant challenge since they are small, faint, and close to their stars. The two most prolific techniques for finding exoplanets are radial velocity (looking for wobbling stars) and transits (looking for dimming ...
Water Worlds in the Habitable Zone [Published Centauri Dreams - Apr 18 2013] “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” Thus Cassius speaking to Brutus in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, trying to convince him that what happens to us comes not from some malign fate but from our own ...
Super-Earth search: Newfound 'water worlds' cou... [Published Cosmic Log - Apr 18 2013] Find out more about the alien super-Earths known as Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f in a video from NASA's Ames Research Center. /div>By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News Follow @b0yle !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");/div> ...
Kepler mission makes big splash with possibly h... [Published Cosmic Log - Apr 18 2013] David A. Aguilar / CfA This artist's conception shows Kepler-62f as an ice-covered world, and Kepler-62e as an Earthlike planet with dense clouds. Other planets follow closer-in orbits. /div>By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News Follow @b0yle ...