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    <title>Hubble:Forming the present-day spiral galaxies [heic1002]</title>
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      <![CDATA[Using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have, for the first time, created a demographic census of galaxy types and shapes from a time before the Earth and the Sun existed, to the present day. The results show that, contrary to contemporary thought, more than half of the present-day spiral galaxies had so-called peculiar shapes only 6000 million years ago, which, if confirmed, highlights the importance of collisions and mergers in the recent past of many galaxies. It also provides clues for the unique status of our own galaxy, the Milky Way.]]>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>LAPLACE/EJSM:Europa Jupiter System Mission: Presentations from third instrument workshop now available</title>
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      <![CDATA[The third instrument workshop for the Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM), a candidate L-class mission in ESA&apos;s Cosmic Vision science plan, was held on 18-20 January 2010 at ESA&apos;s European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Presentations made at the workshop are now available to download from this website.]]>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>Cluster:Multiple rifts in Earth&apos;s magnetic shield</title>
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      <![CDATA[The Earth&apos;s magnetic field protects our planet from most of the permanent flow of particles from the solar wind. Fissures in this magnetic shield are known to occur, enabling the solar wind to penetrate our near-space environment. A study based on data collected by the four ESA Cluster satellites and the CNSA/ESA Double Star TC-1 spacecraft, provides new insight into the location and duration of these ruptures in the Earth&apos;s magnetic shield.]]>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:30:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>XMM-Newton:XMM-Newton traces dark matter in faint, distant galaxy groups</title>
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      <![CDATA[Observations of faint and distant galaxy groups made with the European Space Agency&apos;s XMM-Newton observatory have been used to probe the evolution of dark matter. The results of the study are reported in the 20 January issue of The Astrophysical Journal. ]]>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:47:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>Robotic Exploration:Announcement of Opportunity for ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Instruments</title>
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      <![CDATA[ESA and NASA have today issued an announcement of opportunity soliciting proposals for scientific instruments for the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, one element of the joint ESA-NASA ExoMars programme.]]>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>Home page:ISSI Call for Proposals 2010 for International Teams in Space Science (incl. Geosciences)</title>
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      <![CDATA[Announcement
The International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, Switzerland, invites proposals for establishing International Teams to conduct on its premises research activities in Space Sciences, based on the interdisciplinary analysis and evaluation of data from spacecraft and possible integration with ground data and theoretical models. For the purpose of this Call, Space Sciences include the Solar and Heliospheric Physics, Solar-Terrestrial Sciences, Space Plasma and Magnetospheric Physics, Planetary Sciences, Astrobiology, Cosmology, Astrophysics, Fundamental Physics, and Earth Sciences.]]>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:52:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>IXO:IXO Science Meeting &lt;br&gt;27-29 April 2010</title>
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      <![CDATA[The International X-ray Observatory (IXO) is an X-ray telescope with joint participation from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and Japan&apos;s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).During this meeting it is planned to: 

Update the community on the status of the IXO mission following the decadal survey activities and the on-going studies in Europe.Review/(update where necessary) the science goals of IXO.Gather any further science topics that could be addressed by IXO within current payload baseline.Discuss synergies with other planned or proposed facilities e.g. JWST, EUCLID, SPICA, ELTs, ALMA, SKA.Discuss the timetable for presenting IXO to the Cosmic Vision down selection process and ensuring feedback from the community to support IXO through mission selection.]]>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:30:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>Conferences:The Future of Neutrino Mass Measurements: Terrestrial, Astrophysical, and Cosmological Measurements in the Next Decade[Mon, 08 Feb 2010]</title>
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      <![CDATA[The goal of this international workshop is to review the status and future of direct and indirect neutrino mass measurements in the laboratory as well as from astrophysical and cosmological observations. This meeting will bring together experts from neutrino physics, astrophysics, and cosmology to critically assess what these fields can contribute to the measurement of the neutrino mass and the determination of the neutrino mass spectrum in the next decade.]]>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:30:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>Conferences:Probing strong gravity near black holes[Mon, 15 Feb 2010]</title>
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      <![CDATA[The conference will discuss and compare different methods of studying strong gravity effects around astrophysical black holes of all masses. 

Both theoretical and, when available, observational points of view will be discussed in the context of present and future approaches: line and continuum spectroscopy, timing, polarimetry, imaging.]]>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:32:00 UT</pubDate>
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    <title>Herschel:Infrared Emission, ISM and Star Formation[Mon, 22 Feb 2010]</title>
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      <![CDATA[The aim of this workshop is to bring together scientists working in fields relevant to the understanding of the relationship between infrared emission, the interstellar medium and star formation, as well as its potential use at high redshifts. The program is designed to review the observational and theoretical progress made in the last few years, identify connections between the local and high redshift work, and provide a fertile environment to develop ideas for future studies of these relationships.]]>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:17:00 UT</pubDate>
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