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Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs may have nearly knocked off mammals, too
2014-12-17 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] thomas.williamson@state.nm.us 505-841-2835 Pensoft Publishers @Pensoft The extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago is thought to have paved the way for mammals to dominate, but a new study shows that many mammals died off alongside the dinosaurs. Metatheria…
Japan launches second mission to collect asteroid samples
2014-12-04 02:43:45| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Japan launched its second-generation asteroid explorer Hayabusa 2 Wednesday, kicking off the country's second mission to collect asteroid samples. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced the launch of Hayabusa 2, which separated from the rocket at 3.09 p.m. as scheduled, and entered the orbit successfully, according to Xinhua.
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The Man in the Moon was born of apocalyptic lava flows, not asteroid strikes
2014-10-02 18:05:34| Extremetech
For thousands of years, humankind has stared up at the night sky and seen the Man in the Moon. Scientifically, the current theory is that the formations were caused by giant asteroid strikes. Now, however, using data from NASA's twin GRAIL lunar orbiters, an MIT team proposes another hypothesis: The Man in the Moon was created by apocalyptic volcanic activity. We're talking volcanic eruptions and rifts that would be large enough to cover almost one half of the United States in lava.
In The World's 'Sixth Extinction' Are Humans The Asteroid?
2014-02-12 19:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The dinosaurs were killed during the Fifth Extinction - which scientists suspect was caused by an asteroid. Now, we are living through an epoch that many scientists describe as the Sixth Extinction and this time, human activity is the culprit. As one scientist put it: We're the asteroid. Elizabeth Kolbert is the author of the new book The Sixth Extinction. It begins with a history of the "big five" extinctions of the past, and goes on to explain how human behavior is creating this sixth one -...
BEI Kimco's Custom Voice Coil Actuator Meets Space Requirements for NASA's Asteroid Sample ...
2013-11-06 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
BEI Kimco Magnetics designed a customized Moving Magnet Voice Coil Actuator (VCA) to meet the requirements for the flatplate Michelson moving mirror application on the Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-Rex) spacecraft. The OSIRIS-Rex will launch in 2016, rendezvous with the Asteroid Bennu in 2018 and return samples to Earth in 2023. Redundant technology, low-outgassing and high precision for exact motion control positioning were all ...This story is related to the following:Actuators | Magnetically Coupled Actuators
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