Sunday, April 7, 2013

[Science] NASA plans to lasso asteroid, bring it closer to Earth, senator says

NASA plans to lasso asteroid, bring it closer to Earth, senator says
http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Senator-NASA-to-lasso-asteroid-bring-it-closer-4413087.php
WASHINGTON - NASA is planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore, a top senator said Friday.

Kepler 2.0: Next-Gen Exoplanet Hunter Approved
http://www.news.com.au/technology/google-sponsored-planetary-search-satellite-slated-to-be-launched-in-2017/story-e6frfro0-1226614208447
NASA has selected a $200 million mission to carry out a full-sky survey for exoplanets orbiting nearby stars. The space observatory, called the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), is scheduled for a 2017 launch.

Japanese fish hitch ride on boat to Wash. beach
http://www.nwcn.com/news/oregon/201689191.html
What a long, strange trip it's been for a small striped fish native to Japan that apparently hitched a cross-Pacific ride in a small boat believed to be part of a tide of debris from that country's March 2011 tsunami.

Environment: Climate puzzle-pieces falling into place
http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/thin-clouds-drove-greenland-s-record-breaking-2012-ice-melt_840067.html
FRISCO - While a handful of hardcore climate-science deniers are still trying to cast doubt on the legitimacy of what now amounts to decades of research, it's pretty clear that some of long-term data trends are all pointing in the same direction.



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