lunar phone network
''A UK-led mission to put a satellite in orbit around the Moon which could one day enable lunar colonists to use mobile phones to communicate with each other has inched a step closer to blast off.'' [source]
Students find planet outside our solar system
''Three undergraduate students have discovered a large planet orbiting a fast-rotating star. '' [source]
new planets
''LAST month, we got our best ever view of planets orbiting nearby stars. Though this is a great achievement, the planets are much bigger than JupiterMovie Camera and are in orbits that range from 24 to 119 astronomical units (AU), where one AU equals the distance between Earth and the sun.'' [source]
Milky Way's black hole (with video)
''Sixteen years of observations of stars around the galactic centre are assembled in this video. The real motion of the stars has been accelerated by a factor 32 million.'' [source]
Space elevator
''researchers working on development of a space elevator (an idea we have discussed numerous times) have determined that the concept is not stable. Coriolis force on the moving climbers would cause side loading that would make stability extremely difficult, while solar wind would cause shifting loads on the geostationary midpoint.'' [source]
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