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Hubble: Hubble directly observes planet orbiting Fomalhaut [heic0821]
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible light snapshot of a planet circling another star.
http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=43721
2008-11-13 11:30:0
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LISA Pathfinder: Latest LISA Pathfinder hardware is a little gem
A stunning sapphire and gold casket is the latest addition to the LISA Pathfinder flight hardware collection. Designed to house the LISA Technology Package proof masses the casket is now undergoing experiment characterisation tests in Italy.
http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=43744
2008-11-18 3:15:0
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Planck: Planck Reaches 0.1 K
The thermal balance and thermal vacuum (TBTV) test campaign for the Planck spacecraft has been completed. During this campaign the spacecraft and payload were subjected to near-flight conditions inside a thermal vacuum chamber at the Centre Spatiale de Liège (CSL) test facilities. Over the course of about five weeks the spacecraft and payload were cooled down to operational temperatures. The extremely low operational temperature required for the HFI instrument was achieved on 22 July 2008 when the HFI bolometers reached 0.1 K (see Figure 1).
http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=43564
2008-11-17 6:5:0
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XMM-Newton: New model promises to unify view of magnetars
A recent model of the emission from ultra-magnetized neutron stars (magnetars) shows great promise in offering a unified view of the high energy emission from these objects. This is reported by Nanda Rea and colleagues in a recent issue of the Astrophysical Journal. The results are based on the systematic analysis of data collected with XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL.
http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=43736
2008-11-14 8:18:0
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XEUS/IXO: IXO Science Meeting
An IXO science meeting will be held on 28-29 January, 2009 in Cambridge, MA, USA, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel. Members of the scientific community are invited to participate. The meeting will focus on preparing for the upcoming U.S. Decadal Survey, and will feature presentations by the Science Definition Team, the Instrument Working Group, the Telescope Working Group, and the ESA, JAXA and NASA projects.
There will be updates on the mission configuration from both the recent ESA Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) effort as well as the latest developments in the NASA Mission Studies. The overall science goals of the IXO mission will be discussed and the status of preparing the science case for submission to the Decadal Survey presented. Please see the mission web sites ( http://ixo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ and http://sci.esa.int/ixo) which will be updated shortly with details of the meeting, or contact Mike Garcia ( mgarcia@cfa.harvard.edu ).
http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=43739
2008-11-14 2:2:0
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Cosmic Vision: Industry Space Day for the
Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Technology Plan
Programme of Work 2008-2011
European companies and institutes active in the space sector are invited to attend an Industry Space Day during which the programme of work for the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Technology Plan will be presented. This Industry Space Day takes place on 21 November 2008 at the European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=43661
2008-11-4 6:56:0
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Astrophysics: Suzaku 4th Announcement of Opportunity
Dear Colleague,
I am pleased to invite you to respond to the "Announcement of Opportunity" to submit proposals for observations to be performed with Suzaku.
http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=43365
2008-9-8 1:46:0
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Conferences: Fifth European Space Weather Week [Mon, 17 Nov 2008]
The fifth European Space Weather Week (ESWW) is held in Brussels and will discuss recent advances in both scientific and applications based domains and how these advances relate to user needs. It will also provide an opportunity to discuss the Space Weather community's contribution to possible future ESA action in the area of Space Situational Awareness. New data, tools and techniques will also be discussed and demonstrated during the workshop with a view to aiding the transition between new scientific results and user-oriented space weather services.
http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=43227
2008-8-6 2:35:0
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SOHO: Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and Atmosphere of the Sun [Tue, 02 Dec 2008]
The meeting will review the current status of magnetic field measurements and their implications in the light of the recent physical theories and numerical modeling that address the fundamental scales and processes in the highly magnetized turbulent plasma.
Another motivation for this meeting is the commemoration of the Centenary of the discovery of the Evershed effect at Kodaikanal, India in 1909.
http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=43689
2008-11-7 8:52:0
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Herschel: Herschel Pre-Launch Data Processing Workshop [Thu, 04 Dec 2008]
Herschel is the first space facility dedicated to the submillimetre and far-infrared, and will be operated as a multiuser astronomical observatory that will provide observation opportunities to the entire astronomical community. This workshop is targetted to an audience of Key Programme users.
http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=43742
2008-11-17 6:55:0
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