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November 4, 2005

• xG Technology demonstrates a wireless technology, called xMax, which is reportedly 1,000 times more efficient than WiMax. According to the company, one base station can cover the same area as 90 WiMax base stations. (TechWorld)
• The Hayabusa space probe's "dress rehearsal" approach to the surface of asteroid 25143 Itokawa is cancelled shortly before the beginning of the descent due to an anomalous signal from the spacecraft. (BBC)

November 3, 2005

• Mission scientists schedule the dates for collecting samples from the surface of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa by the Hayabusa space probe. The plan calls for two tries: One on November 12 and the second on November 25. (BBC)
• NASA astronomers publish an analysis of Spitzer space telescope pictures showing that they could possibly contain light from the very first generation of stars after the Big Bang. (AP/YahooNews)

November 2, 2005

• 80 of the world's top radio astronomers meet in Pune, India to decide how and where to set up the world's biggest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array. (NDTV)

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