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New class of black hole could explain cosmic leviathans

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

    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 »

  • An empty astronaut van is parked outside of the crew quarters after the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour was canceled at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, June 17, 2009. REUTERS/Scott Audette

    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 under way

    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

    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

    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

    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 »

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