• Jupiter Venus and Mercury prepare for Dance of the Planets

  17/07/2012 00:25 CET There is to be a rare celestial choreography in the night sky from May 24 until the end of the month involving three of Earth’s neighbours in the Solar System. Mercury, Jupiter and Venus will all be aligned in the same field of vision, each seeming to spin and move around the others in a phenomenon known as ...

• Kenya CCK Says It Lacks Space for Third Digital Player

  The Communications Commission of Kenya has said it does not have broadcasting spectrum to issue to the media owners, despite a government promise allocate them the third digital signal distribution license. The industry regulator, said the spectrum that would have been given to broadcasters was taken away in favor of mobile services through an agreement by International Telecommunication Union ...

• Russian Biosatellite Mission Was Successful - Scientist

  MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Bion-M1 biological research satellite, which recently carried rodents, microorganisms and plants on a month-long space flight, successfully accomplished its mission, an official said on Wednesday, despite the death of most of the animals on board. "The spacecraft did not show any noticeable failures and has accomplished its program in full," ...

• Canada losing ground in global science race report says

  Lacklustre industry support for research and development has to change if Canada is to become competitive, a new report from the Science, Technology and Innovation Council warns. (TOM ...

• Raytheon Lockheed Martin battling it out to build $3B space fence

  The U.S. Air Force is expected to pick a winner this summer to build an advanced radar system capable of tracking an estimated half a million pieces of manmade space junk, floating in orbit, before it can threaten satellites used for navigation, weather and communication, The Boston Globe reported. Raytheon Co. and Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin Corp. have competing proposals for the project. ...

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