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New class of black hole could explain cosmic leviathans

AFP - Wednesday, July 1 06:12 pm

PARIS (AFP) - Astronomers on Wednesday said they had identified an intermediate class of black hole that could explain how supermassive, light-sucking monsters develop in the heart of galaxies. More »

Shuttle launch delayed by gas leak
ITN - Thursday, June 18 10:01 am
A potentially dangerous hydrogen leak has forced Nasa to cancel the launch of space shuttle Endeavour for a second time. More »
Gas leak delays space shuttle launch for second time
Reuters - Wednesday, June 17 09:55 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA cancelled the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday for the second time after a potentially dangerous hydrogen gas leak surfaced while the ship was being fuelled for flight. More »
Space shuttle launch postponed again by gas leak
Reuters - Wednesday, June 17 07:02 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA postponed the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday due to a hydrogen gas leak that developed during fuelling, a space agency official said. More »
Tube strike talks break down
ITN - Monday, June 8 09:33 pm
London Underground workers will go ahead with a two-day strike after last-minute talks with bosses broke down. More »
US manned space flight in doubt 40 years after moon walk
AFP - 9 hours 6 mins ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US ambitions to send astronauts back to the moon as a prelude to missions to Mars have been put in doubt by budgetary constraints 40 years after man's triumphant landing on Earth's nearest neighbor. More »
European rocket hoists biggest-ever telecoms satellite
AFP - Thursday, July 2 07:45 am
KOUROU, French Guiana (AFP) - A European rocket placed the world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite into geostationary orbit, launch operator Arianespace said. More »
Indonesia launches rocket into space
AFP - Thursday, July 2 07:12 am
JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia has successfully launched a home-grown rocket into space as part of plans to send a satellite into orbit by 2014, according to officials. More »
Accenture Wins European Space Agency Contract
Computer Business Online - Thursday, June 25 06:43 am
IT services vendor Accenture has won a four-and-a-half-year contract from the European Space Agency, ESA, to support the agency's financial management reform program and implement an agency-wide financial management model and related information systems. Datamonitor estimates the contract to be worth approximately $90m. More »
Citrix and TCS Provide Satellite Comms System for US Army
Computer Business Online - Friday, June 12 06:43 am
Citrix Systems' Government Systems team has partnered with TeleCommunication Systems, TCS, on its Secure Internet Protocol Router, Non-secure Internet Protocol Router, Access Point, SNAP, program for the US Army. More »