Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA’s Asteroid Hunter Spacecraft Returns First Images after ReactivationJet Propulsion LaboratoryNASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), a spacecraft that made the most comprehensive survey to date of asteroids and comets, has returned its first set…
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft captures colorful pictures of asteroids – UPI.com (blog)
UPI.com (blog) NASA’s Dawn spacecraft captures colorful pictures of asteroidsUPI.com (blog)NASA’s Dawn spacecraft captures colorful pictures of asteroids. Initial images captured by the spacecraft were dull and gray, but after being processed and colorized they revealed a bright and vividly…
Asteroids Look Sensational in Infrared – Gizmodo
New Scientist Asteroids Look Sensational in InfraredGizmodoIt’s easy to assume that, close-up, asteroid must be quite boring—they’re just big lumps of rock, after all. But look at them in infrared, and the things comes alive. Some minerals in the rocks,…
GMO Registry Signs ICANN Registry Agreement for New Geographic Top Level … – PR Web (press release)
GMO Registry Signs ICANN Registry Agreement for New Geographic Top Level …PR Web (press release)GMO Internet Group company, GMO Registry, today announces it has signed a contract with the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to operate new…
Infrared reveals stunning colours of asteroid's crust – New Scientist
New Scientist Infrared reveals stunning colours of asteroid’s crustNew ScientistThink asteroids are just a bunch of boring, grey space rocks? Get yourself a pair of infrared specs and think again. The warm reds and deep blues of this false-colour image…
Rewiring Internet Governance: US Government Will Likely Be Forced to Jettison … – CircleID
Rewiring Internet Governance: US Government Will Likely Be Forced to Jettison …CircleIDThe survival thesis mentioned in Part 2 goes like this. ICANN’s imaginary mandate is global. But the mind set is provincial. The latter is defensive; focused on keeping power…
Researchers propose new theory to explain seeds of life in asteroids – The Almagest
Researchers propose new theory to explain seeds of life in asteroidsThe AlmagestA new look at the early solar system introduces an alternative to a long-taught, but largely discredited, theory that seeks to explain how biomolecules were once able to form…
ICANN updates new TLD auction plans, still no resolution for indirect contention – Domain Name Wire
ICANN updates new TLD auction plans, still no resolution for indirect contentionDomain Name WireICANN has published new rules for upcoming auctions which will resolve top level domain strings with more than one applicant. Auction ICANN has published updated rules for…
NASA tests space suits for manned asteroid missions (VIDEO) – RT
RT NASA tests space suits for manned asteroid missions (VIDEO)RTNASA engineers are conducting underwater tests of a new space suit, as the agency prepares for ambitious manned missions to the Moon, Mars, and an asteroid. The suit was redesigned from…
The Mosque and the Bazaar: Islam, ICANN, and the New gTLD Program – CircleID
The Mosque and the Bazaar: Islam, ICANN, and the New gTLD ProgramCircleIDThe launch of the new gTLD program in January, 2012 was undoubtedly one of the finest moments for ICANN; and rightly so. The launch was a culmination of thousands…