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Sphinx observatory
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At an amazing 3.571 metres, the Sphinx observatory at Swiss Alps is the highest-altitude construction in Europe. The Sphinx building and observation terrace stand 117 metres above the Jungfraujoch-Top of Europe . On 13 December 2001 UNESCO declared the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn area the f...
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Arizona Sky Village
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When night falls over the empty desert, retiree Jim Algots climbs the wooden steps to his observatory, dims the lights and rolls back the roof to reveal an ink-black sky. Until dawn he can train his telescope on a rich field of stars, knowing that despite living in one of the most remote spots in the Unit...
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Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara
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The Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara (CLA) is a satellite launching base in the city of Alcântara, located on Brazil's northern Atlantic coast, in the state of Maranhão. Expand (78kb, 800 x 562) Latitude: -2.3...
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Chimp Haven
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American heroes head for happy retirement at Chimp Haven Rita and Teresa served the United States government with distinction for four decades. They played their part in its embryonic space programme and then later made an important contribution to medical research. Now, as they reach their dota...
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Terraform
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Scientists are using the pine-forested slopes of Pico de Orizaba, a Mexican volcano, as a test bed to see if trees could grow on a heated-up Mars, part of a vision of making the chilly and barren red planet habitable for humans one day. Planetary scientists at NASA and Mexican universities believe if...
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Typhoon Man-yi
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Typhoon Man-yi is forecast to strike land in Okinawa (26.3 N, 127.8 E) probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 72 hours probability for TS is 55% in about 72 hours
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Mount Gamkonora
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Mount Gamkonora erupted yesterday at 14:50 hrs East Indonesian Time. Mount Gamkonora is located 3.5 hours from Ternate, capital of North Maluku Province. The mountain has erupted lava, and dust is now piling up to 30 cm high within a radius of around 7.5 km from the epicentre. It has been reported th...
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A lake in southern Chile has mysteriously disappeared, prompting speculation the ground has simply opened up and swallowed it whole. The lake was situated in the Magallanes region in Patagonia and was fed by water, mostly from melting...
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Swarm Theory
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Three meteor showers from different constellations will be visible in the horizon during the month of A single ant or bee isn't smart, but their colonies are. The study of swarm intelligence is providing insights that can help humans manage complex systems, from truck routing to military robots. A...
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MP Birla Memorial Award
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The MP Birla Memorial Award 2007 was conferred on Prof Ramanath Cowsik on Wednesday for his contribution to the spread of astronomy, astrophysics, earth and planetary sciences and fundamental physics. Cowsik, the director of McDonnell Centre for the Space Sciences and Vainu Bappu Distinguishe...
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Alshar mine
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They say it holds a secret no less than that of the Universe. That it guards the answer to the power of the Sun. No, it is not the latest Spielberg blockbuster. It is a mine. But a mine covered in a veil of mystery. Alshar, an ancient mine located in the southern Balkans, in Macedonia, is said to contain min...
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West Kunlun Shan
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Chinese Academy of Science researchers have obtained drilling core records of the soft sandy loess and the loess-like sand on the northern slope of the West Kunlun Shan, a mountain range along the southern edge of the Tarim Basin, and Taklamakan and Gobi deserts. Supported by the Chinese...
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Hankasalmi radio telescope
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Timelapse video of an amateur radio telescope in Finland tracking the Sun through the longest day of 2007 [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=k3z7nvjn-bw]
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Dyson Rocket Engine
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We're used to seeing transparent vortex chambers in vacuum cleaners, but what about in a liquid rocket engine? Orbitech of Madison, Wisconsin, are doing for rocket engines what Dyson did for vacuum cleaners. In a traditional liquid rocket engine the combustion chamber is cooled by passing fuel t...
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Lost Newton manuscript
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Lost Newton manuscript
The Royal Society has a story on a Lost Newton manuscript rediscovered.
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The notes are written about alchemy, which some scientists in Newton's time believed to hold the secret for transforming base metals, such as lead, into the more prec...
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