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- Cluster: Beamed radio emission from Earth A recent study reveals how the most powerful emission of terrestrial origin, the Auroral Kilometric Radiation (AKR), is beamed into space. This result was obtained using data collected by the four satellites of the Cluster mission. These new data were found to be inconsistent with two leading AKR beaming theories developed 30 years ago, but support a more recent one. The result has important implications for radio studies of planetary magnetospheres, including radio searches for exo-planets.
- Cassini-Huygens: Start of the Cassini Equinox Mission June 30 marks the end of the four-year primary mission for the Cassini spacecraft and the start of the extended mission.
- Herschel: Herschel Acoustic and Vibration Tests The Herschel spacecraft is currently undergoing a series of mechanical tests at the ESTEC test facilities. These will verify the Herschel spacecraft compliance with specification requirements, ensuring that the flight model is ready for launch. The system level tests are being continued by the vibration tests, performed at the end of last week and the full length of this week.
- Planck: Start of Planck TBTV Test Campaign Last week saw the start of the thermal balance / thermal vacuum (TBTV) test campaign for the Planck spacecraft. The test campaign is performed at the Centre Spatial de Liège test facilities in Belgium.
- Conferences: ESLAB 42: Cosmic Cataclysms and Life
- Cosmic Vision: Call for Payload Study Consortia for Cosmic Vision M-class Missions
- Director's Desk: Call for White Papers for Exo-Planet Roadmap Advisory Team ESA has convened an expert body, the Exo-Planet Roadmap Advisory Team, with a mandate to recommend to the agency a roadmap leading to the long term goal of detecting biomarkers in Earth-like exo-planets in the habitable zone, and imaging such planets. The EPR-AT will consult with the broad scientific community in order to solicit input for their report to ESA. The Call for White Papers, issued today, is the first step in this consultation process. The deadline for receipt of the White Papers is 12:00 hours (noon) CEST on 30 July 2008.
- Hubble: Far Away: Light in the Young Universe at Redshift beyond Three [Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:00:00 UT] The meeting will discuss the most recent observations in the redshift range z>3, and state-of-the-art models and numerical simulations. The following topics are covered: The 21cm line during reionization Scenarios for reionization First stars and high-z quasars Star formation history in the early Universe Absorption signatures by the IGM GRBs as tracers of the remote Universe The role of feedback and environment The goal of the conference is to bring together scientists working in this domain, to refine the predictions of models, and confront them with the growing body of observations concerning this early epoch.
- Conferences: Titan After Cassini-Huygens [Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:00:00 UT] The primary purpose of the meeting is to exchange ideas that will culminate in the publication of a Springer-Verlag book on the Titan system. A similar conference on the book "Saturn after Cassini" is held 28 July to 1 August 2008 in London.
- Conferences: 37th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research and Associated Events COSPAR 2008 [Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:00:00 UT]
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