A weather satellite launched in 1999 that plays a key role in
making accurate hurricane predictions is in danger of failing at
any moment. A replacement was originally due to be launched in
2009, but has been bumped to 2016.
Scramjet Could Make Two Hour Flight From Sydney To London A
Reality
Scientists from Australia's Defense Science and Technology
Organization (DSTO) and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA) successfully launched one of the world's fastest
air-breathing engine experiments in the Australian outback
Friday.
Die-hard Pluto fans still seeking redemption for their demoted
planet have added cause for despair this week. New data shows the
dwarf planet Eris is 27 percent more massive than Pluto, thereby
strengthening the decree last year there are only eight planets in the solar
system, and a growing list of dwarf planets.
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