UK Mars rover hopes face set-back Jul 8, 2008
" Tight budget ExoMars is part of the European Space Agency's (Esa) Aurora space exploration programme. The robotic mission is being prepared by teams across Europe, with help from the United States, Canada and Russia. It is set to leave Earth in 2013 and land on the Red Planet in 2014. The LMC would look for specific molecules associated with life The cut-back does not affect the industrial project to construct the rover vehicle and its various sub-systems - for which UK companies continue to... (BBC News -- Science)
Share your penny-pinching techniques with us Jul 8, 2008
The entry titled "How are you pinching pennies?," and any of the comments about it. Commenting is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. M-F. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Bobbleheads set forth from Cenergy Jul 8, 2008
A traveling baseball exhibit featuring giant bobbleheads, pitching and hitting simulators and a karaoke machine for fans is scheduled to depart East Aurora for Philadelphia Thursday ... of East Aurora completed the exhibit, designed to promote ' broadcasts of Sunday games throughout the summer ... Diagonal to the Cenergy offices on Main Street in East Aurora, in a parking lot on Pine Street, the trailer is being attended to by a team of marketing experts working busily like technicians preparing... (Buffalo Business First, NY)
Xcel offers discount for Saver's Switch enrollment Jul 4, 2008
Saver's Switch is available in the following areas: Arvada, Aurora, Boulder, Bow Mar, Broomfield, Castle Rock, Centennial, Cherry Hills Village, Clifton, Columbine Valley, Denver, Edgewater, Englewood, Erie, Evans, Federal Heights, Fruita, Golden, Grand Junction, Greeley, Greenwood Village, Highlands Ranch, Lafayette, Lakeside, Lakewood, Littleton, Lone Tree, Longmont, Louisville, Morrison, Mountain View, Northglenn, Palisade, Platteville, Sheridan, Superior, Thornton, Westminster, Wheat Ridge... (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Bioscience industry to get $40M shot in the arm Jul 3, 2008
The Webb-Waring Institute will relocate from CU's former health sciences campus at Ninth Avenue and Colorado Boulevard to the 's Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. The institute, named for tuberculosis research pioneers Drs. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Survey: Minneapolis among best cities to get rich Jul 3, 2008
Rounding out the top five cities where it's easiest to get rich include No. 2 Aurora, Colo ... - Aurora Health Care - Physician Services and Recruitment ... - Aurora Health Care - Physician Services and Recruitment. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
CHS students and teacher showcase solar car Jul 3, 2008
Jesse Williams/Staff Photo From back center: Coach Mike Yakubovsky and his students construct their solar car, Aurora, for the Dell-Winston Solar Car Challenge. At the Patriotic Parade this Friday, Coach Mike Yak Yakubovsky, who teaches pre-college engineering at Coppell High School (CHS) and his students will showcase their solar car, Aurora which will compete in the Dell-Winston Solar Car Challenge from 9 a.m. July 7 through 4 p.m. July 10. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Earth's ear-splitting sounds are fine 'hello' to aliens Jul 2, 2008
It is related to the phenomenon that generates the colorful aurora, or Northern Lights ... The Auroral Kilometric Radiation (AKR), as it is called, is beamed out in a narrow plane, as if someone had put a mask over a torch and left a slit for the radiation to escape ... They could also learn more about Jupiter and Saturn by studying AKR, which should emit from the auroral activity on those worlds, too. (USA Today -- Tech)
Satellites Pinpoint Earth's Auroral Radio Chatter Jul 1, 2008
U.S. astronomers used data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Cluster satellites to track auroral kilometric radiation (AKR), radio emissions that accompany the dazzling lights of the around Earth's polar regions ... These are the same solar wind particles that generate the aurora at a height of about 60 miles (100 kilometers) above the surface of the planet ... They traced the origins of the pulses to areas in the upper atmosphere measuring a few tens of kilometers wide and located... (Scientific American)
Celebrity Development buys Douglas County home sites Jul 1, 2008
Developments where the company builds range from Tollgate Crossing in Aurora and Spring Mesa in Arvada to Sapphire Point in Castle Rock. Reader Comments. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Earth's Cries Recorded in Space Jul 1, 2008
The Auroral Kilometric Radiation (AKR), as it is called, is beamed out in a narrow plane, as if someone had put a mask over a torch and left a slit for the radiation to escape ... They could also learn more about Jupiter and Saturn by studying AKR, which should emit from the auroral activity on those worlds, too ... "Whenever you have aurora, you get AKR," said Robert Mutel, a University of Iowa researcher involved in the work. (Yahoo News)
Charlotte ranks high for building wealth Jul 1, 2008
Plano, Texas, tops the list, followed in order by Aurora, Colo. Omaha, Neb. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)
Cluster Satellites Listen To Sounds Of Earth Jun 29, 2008
In reality, they are the sounds that accompany the aurora ... Scientists call this radio emission the Auroral Kilometric Radiation (AKR) ... It is generated high above the Earth, by the same shaft of solar particles that then causes an aurora to light the sky beneath. (Science Daily)
Trying to catch alien whispers from outer space Jun 29, 2008
Washington: If aliens were hovering high above the earth, the first sounds they would be chirps and whistles - the sounds that accompany an aurora ... Scientists call this radio emission Auroral Kilometric Radiation (AKR), that is generated by the same shaft of solar particles that causes an aurora to light up the sky beneath ... These were located a few thousand kilometres above where the light of the aurora is formed. (Sify.com, India)
Canada: Magna to make Porsches Jun 27, 2008
"Flabbergasted" NASA scientists said on Thursday that Martian soil appeared to contain. Get the daily headlines emailed to you every morning with the Ottawa Citizen newsletter. (Ottawa Citizen)
Saturn's Aurora Differs In Origin From Earth's Jun 21, 2008
Saturn s Secondary Aurora Is Much More Like Jupiter s In Origin Than It Is The Earth s ... Saturn s Secondary Aurora Is Much More Like Jupiter s In Origin Than It Is The Earth s ... ScienceDaily (June 21, 2008) A UK team of researchers have discovered a secondary aurora sparkling on Saturn and also started to unravel the mechanisms that drive the process. (Science Daily)
New type of light displays spotted on Saturn: study Jun 20, 2008
The natural coloured light displays, known as auroras, are usually observed at night, particularly in the polar zone. Saturn has oval-like auroras that periodically brighten its poles when the solar wind crosses paths with the magnetic fields of the planets ... This type of aurora, named after the Roman goddess of dawn, is thought to be much like the Earth's, which is caused by the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emanating from the Sun. (Hindu)
Space science simulation at UNH now better, faster, cheaper Jun 19, 2008
The Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms or THEMIS mission hopes to resolve one of the oldest mysteries in space physics - what physical process in near-Earth space initiates the violent eruptions of the aurora that occur during a period of one hour or less ... The two-year mission consists of five identical probes that will study the violent, colorful eruptions of auroras. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Whale birth captured on video Jun 12, 2008
She has remained in the aquarium with her mother Aurora, who is 21 years old. SEE ALSO. (BBC News -- Science)
Space Weather: Interfering With The Global Positioning System Jun 12, 2008
One team of researchers has recently observed Earth's aurora, which is a prominent manifestation of ionospheric electrical activity, in the act of disrupting GPS equipment ... Smith et al. GPS scintillation in the high arctic associated with an auroral arc ... The Aurora Australis as seen from the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-39. (Science Daily)
General Mills buys Humm Foods Jun 11, 2008
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Human Control Of Earth's Radiation Belt Jun 6, 2008
20, 2003) The spectacular aurora borealis displays that light up the northern nights could be powered by a gigantic "slinky" effect in Earth's magnetic field lines, according to research performed. (Dec. (Science Daily)
Astrophotography Jun 4, 2008
Auroras appear just inches in front of your nose ... "Lately we've been having some extraordinary auroras," he reports ... Long before he went to live onboard the space station, Pettit was an avid aurora watcher. (FirstScience.com)
S.I.P. STUDENT CAFE PROVIDES FUNDS FOR SCHOLARSHIP Jun 2, 2008
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New thrills at theme parks May 28, 2008
The coaster comes to Virginia from Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, which is now a water park, Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom ... Relocated from Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, which is now a water park. (CNN -- Travel)
Angel answers prayers May 25, 2008
Horne, a fine-boned, straightforward 26-year-old native of Aurora, Ont. was up to play the plum part of young Hagar Shipley, the heroine from the Margaret Laurence classic that was being directed by Kari Skogland. (Calgary Herald)
Thrill rides May 24, 2008
The coaster comes to Virginia from Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, which is now a water park, Geauga Lake s Wildwater Kingdom ... Relocated from Geauga Lake in Aurora, Ohio, which is now a water park. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Astronomers discover missing matter May 13, 2008
"So far we could only see the clusters, the dense knots of the web. Now we are starting to see the connecting wires of the immense cosmic spider web," said MPE study team member Aurora Simionescu of the discovery of this missing baryonic matter. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Piece of missing cosmic matter found May 13, 2008
"So far we could only see the clusters, the dense knots of the web. Now we are starting to see the connecting wires of the immense cosmic spider web," said MPE study team member Aurora Simionescu of the discovery of this missing baryonic matter. A similar baryonic haze, 150 times hotter than the sun's surface, was indirectly detected surrounding the Milky Way and connecting about three dozen other galaxies known collectively as the Local Group in 2003 by astronomers at Harvard and Ohio State... (USA Today -- Tech)
European satellite spots some of universe's missing matter May 8, 2008
"So far we could only see the clusters, the dense knots of the web. Now we are starting to see the connecting wires of the immense cosmic spider web," said Max Planck Institute astrophysicist Aurora Simionescu, co-author of a paper presenting the findings in the May issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters. Story Tools: | | Text Size. (CBC.ca)
Plan To Send A Probe To The Sun May 3, 2008
3, 1999) Blobs of electrified particles spew violently from the Sun, zoom at "warp speed" toward Earth's magnetic field, and trigger an unusual form of aurora, scientists have discovered using an. . (Science Daily)
Magnetic Substorms From Ground And Space Apr 6, 2008
Best seen from within the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, the northern and southern lights (aurora borealis and aurora australis) are the most visible way in which the Sun affects the upper atmosphere and magnetic field of the Earth ... Substorms result from a build up of energy deposited by the solar wind into the near-Earth environment and at their onset there is a dramatic increase in the intensity and activity of the aurora ... The ground-based Rainbow cameras designed by the University of... (Science Daily)
Another miner goingnowhere in Indonesia Apr 4, 2008
The project was first developed by Aurora Gold, an Australian Stock Exchange-listed company that acquired the original contract of work in 1995. By mid-1997, Aurora had completed a feasibility study and was preparing to raise funds for actual gold production when the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis hit and financing dried up ... Aurora sold its interest in Toka Tindung to the well-known Indonesian Tahija family, long the local partner of choice for big foreign miners including Newmont Mining... (Asia Times Online)
Scientists seek climate clues on Antarctic voyage Mar 23, 2008
Rintoul is leading an international team of researchers aboard the Aurora Australis that left the southern Australian city Hobart, in Tasmania, on Saturday. The scientists from Australia, Britain, France and the United States, will spend nearly a month taking measurements of the Southern Ocean between Antarctica and Hobart to see how the ocean is changing and what those changes might mean for the world's climate. (AlertNet)
Endeavour crew rests before trip home Mar 23, 2008
In this image provided by NASA a STS-123 Endeavour crewmember captured the glowing green beauty of the Aurora Borealis while docked and onboard the International Space Station. Looking northward across the Gulf of Alaska, over a low pressure area (cloud vortex), the aurora brightens the night sky. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Io creates glowing spots on Jupiter Mar 18, 2008
Among many other auroral structures, the Io footprint is the most equator-ward feature close to the center of the image ... Io also causes hundreds of miles across on its mother planet that are similar to the aurora borealis or northern lights in the Northern Hemisphere on Earth ... As Io orbits the planet, plasma surges around it like rivers do around boulders, creating waves that blast Jupiter's atmosphere with electrons to create auroras. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Classifieds 3/5/08 Mar 6, 2008
Apply at 1700 N. Aurora St. Pontiac. HELP WANTED Full time legal secretary. (Pontiac Daily Leader, IL)
FEATURE - Remote Canada town a hub for Northern Lights seekers Mar 3, 2008
More formally known as aurora borealis, the lights have made the northern mining center of Yellowknife -- population roughly 20,000 -- a travel hub for mostly Japanese tourists eager to take advantage of the town's nearly ideal viewing conditions ... As well, the city's proximity to the "aurora oval", a magnetic band that circles the magnetic pole in the upper Northern Hemisphere, means the lights can occur at nearly any point in the sky ... Hideo Nagatani, manager of local operator Aurora... (Planet Ark, United States)
Mercury has a 1.6-million-mile long glowing tail of sodium atoms Mar 1, 2008
These could be the product of the planet s mineralogy, topography or have something to do with how the planet s magnetic field channels in particles from the sun - similar to how Earth does the same thing and creates aurora light shows near the poles. The secrets of these hotspots are likely to be revealed by the Messenger spacecraft, said Mercury researcher Ann Sprague of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona in Tucson. (Thaindian.com)
'Northern lights lab' switched on Feb 29, 2008
Aurora observatory opens on remote Arctic island. Eyes on the sky: the Svalbard observatory is ideally placed to watch the aurora ... For them, the Arctic darkness gives them the perfect view of the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights. (Nature News Service)
New Solar Cycle Could Spell Trouble For Farmers’ Cell Phones, GPS, More Feb 29, 2008
These same storms illuminate night skies with brilliant rippling sheets of red and green, known as auroras, or the northern (or southern) lights, depending where you live ... The aurora is a dynamic and visually delicate manifestation of solar-induced geomagnetic storms ... As the storm intensifies, aurora spread toward the equator. (Agri-View, WI)
Classifieds 2/27/08 Feb 28, 2008
Send resume to: Evergreen FS, Inc. Attn: Mike Legner 1505 N. Aurora St. Pontiac, IL 61764 815-844-3974. HELP WANTED Johnson Press of America, Inc.. (Pontiac Daily Leader, IL)
A New Antarctic Observatory Feb 23, 2008
Two cameras from Caltech make up the Gattini instrument, which will measure sky's brightness and aurora. A radio telescope dubbed Pre-HEAT from the University of Arizona and the University of Exeter will observe at submillimeter wavelengths to measure water vapor in the air and glimpse interstellar clouds. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Scientists Capture Giant Antarctic Sea Creatures Feb 20, 2008
"Gigantism is very common in Antarctic waters -- we have collected huge worms, giant crustaceans and sea spiders the size of dinner plates," Australian scientist Martin Riddle, voyage leader on the research ship Aurora Australis, said on Tuesday ... The three ships, the Aurora Australis, France's L'Astrolabe and Japan's Umitaka Maru docked in Hoabrt on Australia's southern island state of Tasmania, with their decks full of an array of sealife including unknown species of sea creatures collected... (Planet Ark, United States)
Lunar exploration -- potential UK and NASA collaboration Feb 16, 2008
Professor Mason added, This joint report between the UK and NASA, coupled with the UKs major role in ESAs Aurora programme of planetary exploration and our involvement in helping to shape a Global Exploration Strategy, means the UK is fully exploiting and strategically maximising its technological and scientific strengths in space exploration. . (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Race takes center stage in 'Satellites' Feb 3, 2008
Aurora Theatre, 2081 Addison St., Berkeley ... It's also the setting and catalyst for the action next door at the Aurora Theatre, where Diana Son's engrossing "Satellites" opened Thursday for its West Coast premiere ... Under Kent Nicholson's sure-handed direction, the Aurora cast brings them rivetingly to life. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Life Transitions: For some, retirement requires uneasy adjustment Jan 30, 2008
Aurora Hayes is Green Valley resident, originally from California. Her graduate degree is in adult counseling. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Reserve features winter tracking, snowshoeing Jan 24, 2008
Session two, which is at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, focuses on space weather, how the sun affects life in space and on Earth, sunspots, flares, the solar wind, seasons and aurora. Sessions will include solar observing, weather permitting. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Rocket could bring hundreds of jobs to Fla. Jan 22, 2008
Rocket could bring hundreds of jobs to Fla. 30-day news archives. (Florida Today)
Alliant gets $50M NASA solar-array contract Jan 12, 2008
- Aurora Health Care - Physician Services and Recruitment. - Aurora Health Care - Physician Services and Recruitment ... - Aurora Health Care - Physician Services and Recruitment. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
New Ship Breaks New Grounds, And Old Ice Jan 1, 2008
So far, Aurora Borealis is the most unusual ship that has never been built, and it represents a floating laboratory for European science, a breakthrough for polar research and a very big headache for international lawyers ... Aurora Borealis will be the first ever international ship, the brainchild of the European Science Federation, the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Maritime Research in Germany and the Germany Federal Ministry of Research and Education ... Aurora Borealis will be the... (Science Daily)
Are plastic grocery bags endangered? Dec 22, 2007
Are plastic grocery bags an endangered species. The entry titled "Are plastic grocery bags an endangered species?," and any of the comments about it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Earth's Magnetosphere: On the Ropes Dec 15, 2007
Few spectacles in nature top a really good aurora ... Auroras glow and dance ... Scientists have understood the basics of auroras namely, that electrons rain down onto the upper atmosphere and cause the gases way up there to fluoresce for decades. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Magnetic ropes power 40,000kmh aurora storm Dec 13, 2007
We believe that solar wind particles flow in along these ropes, providing energy for geomagnetic storms and auroras, says David Sibeck, project scientist for the mission at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center ... Main image: photo of the March 23 aurora taken by Daryl Pederson. (Nature News Service)
Northern Lights Race Across the Sky Dec 12, 2007
A new NASA spacecraft caught the show, called an aurora, and has shed light on the source of the magnetic storm's energy. On March 23, an auroral substorm erupted over Alaska and Canada and produced spectacular auroras for more than two hours, caught on camera by NASA's THEMIS satellite ... "The auroras surged westward twice as fast as anyone thought possible, crossing 15 degrees of longitude in less than one minute," said mission scientist Vassilis Angelopoulos. (Space.com)
POLAR BEARS 'NOT AT THREAT FROM GLOBAL WARMING'... Dec 8, 2007
He took an icy dip with mystical white beluga whales and marvelled at the most breathtaking light show on Earth: the Aurora Borealis. Inevitably, after studying the bears for 80 days and speaking to the people who live among them, he formed his own view about "the disappearing polar bear" controversy. (The Drudge Report)
Is Victoria's Secret worth a look? Dec 6, 2007
I know Aurora, and it s sad. There seems to be this mentality that these children are grown at 15/16 yrs. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Dazzling delights go on display Nov 29, 2007
One of these loans includes the famous Aurora Collection, which consists of hundreds of exceptionally rare diamonds, ranging in colour from blood red to emerald green. "Gems like these were not meant to be imprisoned in a dark underground safe for the momentary pleasure of a few eyes," said Alan Bronstein, the co-owner of the collection. (BBC News -- Science)
Is the earth unique in the universe? Nov 26, 2007
"Hometown: Grew up in Ottawa, Ontario; lives in Brookline.Education: Studied math, physics, and astronomy at the University of Toronto, where he graduated in 1996. Earned a doctorate in astronomy at Harvard in 2001 and did his post-doctoral work at the California Institute of Technology.Family: His wife, Margaret Bourdeaux, is a physician. They have two daughters with out-of-this world names: Stella, 2, and Aurora, 6 months.Hobbies: Though he enjoys home-brewing beer and an occasional game of... (Boston Globe)
Typhoon Rains Kill Six in Philippines Nov 26, 2007
Mitag, packing winds of 160 km per hour (100 miles per hour) at its centre, was slowly moving northwest and poised to make landfall late on Sunday night in the northern provinces of Aurora and Isabela, weather officials said ... Thousands of people were being evacuated from coastal areas of Aurora and Isabela after Mitag, which was earlier poised to hit Bicol, changed course and veered north. (Planet Ark, United States)
Astronauts rehearse for launch of Atlantis Nov 21, 2007
The thing I remember is the aurora that I saw on the last flight (2003). When we were getting ready to undock from the space station, we went through a night pass of the Southern Hemisphere, right near Australia and the aurora was going through the southern latitude at that moment. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Full Story » Nov 9, 2007
He flew the second orbital flight in a Mercury capsule on May 24, 1962 and he piloted the Aurora 7 spacecraft through three revolutions of Earth, reaching a maximum altitude of 164 miles. He later served as an aquanaut aboard SEALAB, giving him the distinction of being the first human being to conduct missions in both outer and inner space. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
Letters for Sunday, November 4, 2007 Nov 4, 2007
Alanna Agustin, Jesse Vaughn, Camela G, Corazon Suguitan, Jerry Lazzo, L. Gojario, Rhonda Morris, Earl Montes, Marlene Morton, Aurora Reposas, Jen Gaveas. 0. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Aurora Stamps Have Appeal Oct 19, 2007
Just when I'd grown really weary of seeing cutesy Sun-and-Moon motifs on everything from coffee mugs to toilet-seat covers, along comes the US Postal Service, which surprised me with some nicely done aurora stamps one each for the northern and southern lights. On October 1, 2007, the USPS issued 80 million stamps bearing photos of auroras from the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Volcanic moons gassy mystery solved Oct 16, 2007
The image shows four different exposures of the moon's nightside, where volcanic activity generated auroral activity at the equator. Because Io's volcanic gas stays warm enough not to freeze and creates , scientists were able to find out how much the volcanoes supply Io's atmosphere by measuring the moon's nightside aurora ... New Horizons used its Alice ultraviolet spectrograph to capture images of Io's auroras on to Pluto, which mission scientists expect to reach in 2015. (MSNBC -- Technology)
