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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Afghanistan Sun.com http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/89d96798a39564bd/ en-us Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:12:04 -0400 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:12:04 -0400 30 Scientists were making efforts to contact the non-responsive Spirit Mars rover, which has lost contact with Earth during the Martian winter prompting fears that it might be permanently lost. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/666450/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:20:01 -0400 IANS http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/666450/cs/1/ A rare shrimp, believed to be the most ancient animal species on Earth, is alive and well in Scotland, discovered scientists. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/666164/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:40:19 -0400 ANI http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/666164/cs/1/ A rare shrimp that may be the most ancient animal species on earth is alive and well in Britain, scientists have discovered. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/666142/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:30:02 -0400 IANS http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/666142/cs/1/ Scientists are warning that we need to start blasting asteroids before they collide with Earth - the latest threat being asteroid 1999 RQ36 - set to hit the Earth in 50 years. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/666117/cs/1/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:20:42 -0400 ANI http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/666117/cs/1/ The already delicate effort to overhaul NASA’s funding and mission enters August in political jeopardy, thanks in part to House Democrats’ inability to get on the same page. Despite the... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37375118/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:34:27 -0400 Politico http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37375118/ will continue its work with NASA’s small rockets program as prime contractor on a $125 million, five-year contract. The contract carries a maximum value of $310 million, Orbital says. The NASA... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37375116/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:08:23 -0400 Business Journal http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37375116/ NASA's beleaguered Mars rover Spirit, which has been hibernating on the surface of Mars since March, is facing its toughest challenge yet – the harsh conditions of the Martian winter. And the... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37375112/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:57:53 -0400 Yahoo http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37375112/ NASA has issued a new grant that bolsters research into the cosmic building blocks of life by funding observations of young solar systems throughout the universe, including our own. The four-year... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37375113/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:57:50 -0400 Yahoo http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37375113/ NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- It could quite possibly be called the worst job on Earth -- and the position is open.BP is looking to hire a new spokesperson to serve as the chief media contact for the oil... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37374953/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:54:33 -0400 CNN Money http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37374953/ NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- It could quite possibly be called the worst job on Earth -- and the position is open.BP is looking to hire a new spokesperson to serve as the chief media contact for the oil... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37372306/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:53:56 -0400 Fortune http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37372306/ A comprehensive model of Saturn's magnetosphere and moons has revealed that the ringed planet's largest moon Titan gets its oxygen from the icy geysers on another. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37375114/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:33:16 -0400 Space.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37375114/ What's the best way to whisk astronauts to safety if their rocket were to explode on the launch pad? For about 60 years, most spacecraft designs have used a http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37375119/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:31:38 -0400 New Scientist http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37375119/ Spirit rover, as seen by HiRISE on Feb. 15, 2010. Crop and colorization by Stuart Atkinson, image credit: NASA/JPL, U of AZ JPL issued a press release today with an update that mission controllers hav... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37375117/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:25:01 -0400 Universe Today http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37375117/ HAMPTON, Va., July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Imagine your contact lenses being able to improve your vision and tell your temperature. (Logo: http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37371766/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:10:38 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37371766/ (CNN) -- A hailstone that fell from a severe thunderstorm in South Dakota has been officially declared the largest ever recorded in the United States, in terms of both diameter and weight, according t... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37369664/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:32:25 -0400 CNN http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37369664/ NASA has issued a new grant that bolsters research into the cosmic building blocks of life by funding observations of young solar systems throughout the universe, including our own. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37371755/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:14:06 -0400 Space.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37371755/ Find out the answer to this week's Where In The Universe challenge back on the original post. And check back next week for another test of your visual knowledge of the cosmos! http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37371764/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:06:03 -0400 Universe Today http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37371764/ Bull's-Eye Impact Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Here's some doses of coolness and craziness for your Friday. This top image is one of the latest from the HiRISE camera on the Mar... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37371763/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:06:02 -0400 Universe Today http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37371763/ Here's a pdf letter from two unions, the International Federation of Professional & Technical Employees (IFPTE) and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) who both oppose the... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37371765/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:06:00 -0400 Universe Today http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37371765/ IMAGINE a machine that can assemble an object atom by atom. That may be a step closer with the demonstration of electrons moving like a "quantum submarine" inside a material. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37371753/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:40:47 -0400 New Scientist http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37371753/ The surface of Venus in infrared, as depicted by the Magellan spacecraft. While not molten any longer, Venus' atmosphere blankets the planet to maintain lead-melting air temperatures--a similar effect... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37367989/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:52:37 -0400 Space.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37367989/ As the sun rises over Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the rotating service structure and the arms of the vehicle stabilization system have been retracted from around the Cons... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37367990/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:52:34 -0400 Space.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37367990/ CAPE CANAVERAL Florida (Reuters) - NASA's prime space shuttle contractor, United Space Alliance, sent layoff notices this week to more than 15 percent of its 8,100-member shuttle work force, officials... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37367978/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:51:48 -0400 Reuters http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37367978/ State of the Climate report released today draws on data for 10 key climate indicators that all point to the same finding: the scientific evidence that our world is warming is unmistakable. More than ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37367991/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:38:32 -0400 CFR http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37367991/ Posted on: Friday, 30 July 2010, 07:20 CDT Macho, macho man. I’ve got to be, a macho man. Macho, macho man. I’ve got to be a macho! — The Village PeopleIt’s more than 30 years since that Di... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37364525/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:33:18 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37364525/ GLER ) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary RCI Solar, Inc., a North American provider of renewable energy products and services, has opened a new, 15,000 square foot, state-of-the-art fac... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37362124/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:27:17 -0400 Market Wire http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37362124/ WASHINGTON — A flurry of behind-the-scenes maneuvering took place late Wednesday as opponents of a NASA authorization bill fought back efforts by leaders of the U.S. House Science and Techn... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37364523/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:59:39 -0400 Yahoo http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37364523/ The sun-like star, PZ Tel A and its brown dwarf companion, PZ Tel B. For size comparison, the size of Neptune's orbit is shown; PZ Tel B is one of few brown dwarfs imaged at a distance closer than 30 ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37364524/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:38:31 -0400 Space.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37364524/ THE Trojan horse of legend held in its belly the men and means to help sack ancient Troy. Now it appears another type of Trojan could endanger every life on Earth. So says a study of the Trojan astero... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37364526/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:37:03 -0400 New Scientist http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37364526/ Communications protected by quantum encryption systems offer unconditional security – if you know which way is up. A new quantum protocol is the first that promises to work independently of orientat... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37364527/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:36:59 -0400 New Scientist http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37364527/ THE Trojan horse of legend held in its belly the men and means to help sack ancient Troy. Now it appears another type of Trojan could endanger every life on Earth. So says a study of the Trojan astero... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37364528/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:36:55 -0400 New Scientist http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37364528/ THE Trojan horse of legend held in its belly the men and means to help sack ancient Troy. Now it appears another type of Trojan could endanger every life on Earth. So says a study of the Trojan astero... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37364517/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:09:02 -0400 New Scientist http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37364517/ Sea The Stars is nowhere to be seen as Harbinger comes home 11 lengths clear in the King George at Ascot last Saturday. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/REUTERS http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37361685/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:08:39 -0400 The Guardian http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37361685/ China has topped the list of the world's major polluters of the near-Earth space environment, followed by the United States and Russia, the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Friday. All ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37360180/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:08:26 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37360180/ At that point our friendly cosmologist might give voice to a little embarrassment. Because if measurements of the distance to faraway supernovae are to be believed, around 5 billion years ago the univ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37361682/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:59:27 -0400 New Scientist http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37361682/ Submit your comment State-backed Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp has agreed with Namibia to explore and develop mineral resources, especially rare earth and rare metals, it said on Friday, the... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37359832/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:49:45 -0400 Business Report http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37359832/ Cassini radar sees sand dunes on Saturn's giant moon Titan (upper photo) that are sculpted like Namibian sand dunes on Earth (lower photo). The bright features in the upper radar photo are not clouds ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37353975/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:01:28 -0400 Space Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37353975/ Robotic wheelchairs, mechanical arms and humanoid waiters are among the cutting-edge inventions on show at a robotics fair in Japan, a country whose population is ageing rapidly. To ease the burden i... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37352655/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:01:23 -0400 Space Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37352655/ A remote Canadian island is being used to simulate isolated space flight conditions for a NASA-funded medical research study that could produce important information to assist astronauts in potential ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37353977/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:01:21 -0400 Space Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37353977/ An expert panel advising the Japanese government called in a report approved on Thursday for the nation to send a wheeled robot to the moon in five years and to build the first lunar base by 2020. "I... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37352656/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:01:20 -0400 Space Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37352656/ A new article in press of the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters unveils groundbreaking research on the hydrothermal formation of Clay-Carbonate rocks in the Nili Fossae region of Mars. The f... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37353934/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:01:17 -0400 Space Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37353934/ This is the first dust devil that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has observed in the rover's six-and-a-half years on Mars. The whirlwind appeared in a routine drive-direction image taken by... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37353978/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:01:15 -0400 Space Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37353978/ GPS ViewRanger is the perfect companion for outdoor enthusiasts including campers and hikers, as well as field-based applications such as search-and-rescue. National Geographic recently selected ViewR... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37353979/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:01:14 -0400 Space Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37353979/ INRIX has announced it has expanded its European real-time traffic coverage to 18 countries making it the largest traffic network in Europe. With the launch of real-time traffic information in Irelan... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37352591/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:01:12 -0400 Space Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37352591/ Garmin-Asus and Optus have announced a smartphone designed for those looking for a true 'all-in-one' navigation experience to help make sense of life's twists and turns. The Garmin-Asus A50, available... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37353981/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:01:08 -0400 Space Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37353981/ While audiences at Broadway's "West Side Story" thrill to the on-stage drama, musicians in the orchestra pit are fighting a battle every bit as vicious as the Sharks-Jets rivalry. This is gang warfar... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37352523/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:01:06 -0400 Space Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37352523/ In 2008, researchers detected a sharp, symmetrical drop in electrons around Rhea, Saturn's second-largest moon. This could be caused by a ring of debris, but the Cassini spacecraft, which has flown by... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37346326/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:09:52 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37346326/ Buzz This Google Earth is meant to give its users a realistic view of the world, and the program by and large accomplishes that. A new upgrade will make it even more accurate, though, by showing users... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37348501/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:24:54 -0400 Web Pro News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37348501/ This "skymap," generated in 2009 from data collected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, shows the relative intensity of cosmic rays directed toward the Earth’s Southern Hemisphere. Resea... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37348666/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:24:26 -0400 Universe Today http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37348666/ The 'face' on Mars, a popular landform in Cydonia Region on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Here's a picture you probably won't see in the tabloid racks while waiting in line at... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37348667/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:24:19 -0400 Universe Today http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37348667/ Wolf–Rayet stars are named after the two French astronomers who first identified them in the mid-nineteenth century, and WR 22 is one of the most massive ones we know of. It is a member of a double ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37348669/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:24:09 -0400 Universe Today http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37348669/ Space Station earlier today, outfitting the newest module for future dockings of Russian vehicles. Flight Engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin and Mikhail Kornienko set up the Kurs automated rendezvous on the ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37348673/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:24:06 -0400 Universe Today http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/89d96798a39564bd/id/37348673/