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NOVEMBER 30 , 2005

ESA holds a press conference to announce the first results of the MARSIS Radar experiment on board of the Mars Express Satellite , orbiting Mars . Besides locating a buried Impact Basin it has found indication for Water ice in a depth of about 1 Km under the surface of Mars. (BBC)

NOVEMBER 29 , 2005

An international group of Astronomer s announce the discovery of a Brown Dwarf with a Protoplanetary Disk . This is smallest star-like object known to have such a disk. (SpaceRef)

The new version of Firefox 1.5 becomes publicly available for download. (eWEEK/YahooNews)

NOVEMBER 26 , 2005

The launch of Falcon 1 is scrubbed due to problems with the Liquid Oxygen tanking infrastructure. No new launch date is set. (Spaceflight Now)

Indian millionaire Vijaypat Singhania reaches a height of nearly 70,000 Ft (21,330 M ) in a Hot Air Balloon . Subject to verification, this would set a new world record. (AP/YahooNews)

The Hayabusa Spacecraft lands on 25143 Itokawa a second time and executes its sample collection sequence on the surface, successfully. JAXA officials say that with high probability the probe now holds Asteroid material, which is slated to return to Earth by 2007 . (BBC)

NOVEMBER 24 , 2005

European scientists publish a study in '' Science '' that indicates that the current Carbon Dioxide content of the Air is higher than at any time in the last 650,000 Year s. The data for this study was obtained by the '' European Project For Ice Coring In Antarctica '' from analyzing air bubbles enclosed in ice. (AP/YahooNews)

Professor Hwang Woo-suk resigns from all public posts, including that of chairman of the World Stem Cell Hub and apologises for using human eggs from his own researchers and those bought from donors for his research (BBC) , (Nature)

A new variant of the Sober virus spreads through worldwide email systems, by fraudulently claiming to originate from the US FBI , the CIA or the German BKA . (BBC)

NOVEMBER 23 , 2005

JAXA officials announce that Hayabusa did land on 25143 Itokawa in its first attempt on November 19 , and stayed in contact of the surface for about 30 Minute s. However, it has failed to collect a sample. (AP/YahooNews)

NOVEMBER 21 , 2005

A PhD student from Stanford University has created a Digital Camera that can refocus images after they are taken by using 90,000 micro lenses which measure light direction. (Wired)

NOVEMBER 20 , 2005

The Spirit Rover reaches one Martian Year on the surface of Mars. (NASA)

NOVEMBER 19 , 2005

Hayabusa fails to take surface samples of 25143 Itokawa after dropping a target marker and guiding itself to a distance of 17 M to its target. At that point the Spacecraft enters its "safe mode" for unknown reasons, and communications are interrupted for three Hour s. During this time it drifts but is assumed to be currently within 100 km of the Asteroid . (AP/YahooNews) (AFP/YahooNews)

NOVEMBER 18 , 2005

Removing the Sir2 Gene has revealed a potential breakthrough in Ageing research; as the cells are tricked into reacting as though there is a food shortage and slowing down. This has resulted in organisms living six times longer than normal. (Guardian)

Archaeologists in Norway discover 35 Stone Age settlements in southern parts of the border between Telemark and Vestfold counties; 20 of the dwellings stem from the Upper Paleolithic period, roughly 8,000 BC . Before this discovery, only six such dwellings were known in the whole of southern Norway. The excavations have been done in this exact area and time as part of the preparation for rerouting and widening European Highway E18 . (This follows the standard procedure in Norway of the Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings withholding the startup of major road construction projects until proper archaeological excavations of the affected area have been performed.) (NRK.no) (in Norwegian only; English-language reports awaited)

NOVEMBER 17 , 2005

Computer security experts warn that the software provided by Sony to uninstall its XCP tools creates additional vulnerabilities. (BBC)

NOVEMBER 16 , 2005

The European Space Agency (ESA) launches two commercial Satellite s using the Ariane 5 ECA Rocket , achieving the tenth successful launch in a row for the Ariane 5 series. With its total payload mass of about 8,000 Kg (8 metric tons) this mission sets a new record. (spaceRef.com)

The United States government has won its fight to keep supervisory authority over the Internet through its contractor, the ICANN , despite opposition from many nations. (BBC)

NOVEMBER 14 , 2005

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