Tracking satellites and a newly found moon in space news
NASA offers J-Pass sky chart software to track satellites including Mir and the ISS. An 18th moon has been found orbiting Uranus near Saturn, photographed by Voyager 7 data and Arizona researchers, awaiting IAU naming with many moons named after Shakespeare characters.
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Dave
Ines
Eile
Bose
National Aeronautics and Space
NASA
Mshnasa
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
Mars
Earth
Pluto
Voyager
University of Arizona
International Astronomical Union
Shakespeare
Desdemona
Oberon
Juliet
Thick-waisted women may have more sons study suggests
Rutgers University researchers analyzed 14 Jamaican women and found that those with thicker waists had about 30 percent more sons than average. Similar patterns were noted in two other groups, potentially explaining why some societies value sons over daughters and prefer tubular body types.
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Robert Trivers
Rutgers University
Venus dominates western sky in 2010s to August 20
Venus has lit up western evenings since early year, reaching a cycle peak this week. The guide explains map use for a 9 p.m. Sunday sky and notes Venus will shift toward greatest brilliancy on July 14, then fade as its crescent thins, with a transit near Aug. 20, compiled by Joe Rao of the Hayden Planetarium.
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Venus
Earth
How rivers get their bends and meander spread
The piece explains river channel patterns straight, meandering, and braided with shifting stretches over time. It notes that erosion concentrates where velocity is highest on the outside of bends, depositing point bars inside. Meanders migrate as currents shift, sometimes rapidly, shaping evolving river courses.
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Prank Press
Raymond Siever
W.H. Freeman & Co
NASA maps grand vision for space 2030s and beyond
Thirty years after the Moon landing NASA envisions an era beyond sci fi with possible interstellar craft, autonomous robot colonies, an interplanetary internet and sunbeam powered ships. Dan Goldin predicts a 2030s mission to a distant star as researchers fund more than a dozen advanced concepts including a 30 mile tether to boost payloads from Earth.
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Ashington
Tian
Moon
NASA
Space
Dan Goldin
Earth
Robert Cassanova
Institute of Advanced Con
Institute
Space Agency
Cassanova
Mars
Tethers Unlimited Inc
Clinton, Wash
Ames Research Center
Mountain View
Cali
Cabrol
Dean Eppler
California
Mojave Desert
Cabral
Cabrel
Goldin
Alpha Centaur
Yoda
Venneri
NASA plots bold Mars plans with robot precursors and star voyage
NASA envisions constructing robot colonies on Mars to scout terrain and aid astronauts, with humans living off the land. Projects include 2001 plans to convert atmospheric carbon dioxide, rover collaborations in Mojave tests, and exotic concepts like light sails and antimatter propulsion for interstellar travel.
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Cenaun
Mars
Goldin
NASA
Red Planet
Sam Venners
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