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Nasreddin Tusi Shamakhi observatory
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The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has initiated the basic reconstruction of an only astrophysical observatory in the country, Nasreddin Tusi Shamakhi observatory. The presidential press-service informed that according to the presidential decree of September 5, taking into account t...
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Okhotsk block
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For many years geologists have harboured a belief that the Kamchatka Peninsula, shrouded in mystery and secrecy on Russia's east coast, actually sits on the same tectonic plate as the mainland United States, Canada and Mexico.
The North America plate extends through Alaska across the Bering...
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Dendrochronology
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Researchers confirm that surface temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were warmer over the last 10 years than any time during the last 1300 years, and, if the climate scientists include the somewhat controversial data derived from tree-ring records, the warming is anomalous for at least 1700...
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A major magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred at 03:50:38 (UTC) on Saturday, October 8, 2005, in Pakistan, 95 km NNE of Islamabad, at a Depth of 10 km.
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Cretaceous period
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One hundred million years ago, Earth experienced its first great peak in biodiversity. Flowers emerged and with them pollinators, dinosaurs towered over newly evolved mammals and marsupials, the steaming jungles were teeming with newly arrived ants and termites, and the oceans were filled wit...
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Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope
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Eighty kilometres from Pune city in Khodad village in Junnar taluka, the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT), one of the world's few low radio frequency telescopes used in studying the universe, is getting an upgrade. The facility, which attracts talent from across the world and India, has bee...
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Sahara
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The Eastern Sahara desert is largely unoccupied by humans, yet according to new evidence in today's issue of the U.S. journal Science, ancient humans once inhabited these lands by following rainfall patterns.
Evidence from early occupation sites and archaeological remains suggests that A...
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Guatemala Quake
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A strong magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred at 13:32:01 (UTC) on Friday, June 8, 2007, offshore of Guatemala, 100 km SSW of Guatemala City, at a depth of 51.4 km Location 13.798°N, 90.838°W
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A strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred at 19:21:38 (UTC) on Thursday, January 08, 2009, in the Costa Rica region, 35 km NW from San Jose, Costa Rica, at a depth of 28 km. Location 10.220°N, 84.280°W
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Teen Age Message
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The Teen Age Message (TAM) was a series of interstellar radio transmissions sent from the Yevpatoria Planetary Radar to six solar-type stars during August-September 2001. A Teen Age Message, was sent to 47 Ursae Majoris on September 3, 2001, and it will arrive at 47 Ursae Majoris in July 2047. Read m...
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Veniaminof Volcano
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Veniaminof volcano, one of the highest (2,507 m) and largest volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula, is truncated by a steep-walled, 8 x 11 km, glacier-filled caldera that formed around 3,700 years ago.
The caldera rim is up to 520 m high on the N, is deeply notched on the W by Cone Glacier, and is covered b...
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Astrolabe
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A portable astronomical watch known as an astrolabe, made in Joseon Dynasty in the late 18th Century, had been found and returned to Korea. Jeon Sang-un, a science historian and member of the Cultural Properties Committee, said on Thursday that he bought and brought the astrolabe that a Japanese pe...
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Giant Pterosaur
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The giant reptiles that flew above the earth until about 65 million years ago could have grown to twice the size originally thought with wingspans of at least 18 meters, a palaeontologist said on Thursday.
That would be roughly five times bigger than an albatross, which ranks among the birds with t...
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Norman Lockyer Observatory
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Fun and sun was had by all at the Norman Lockyer Observatory last weekend. Around 150 people turned up to the 'Sunny Day' celebration marking the 140th anniversary of the discovery of helium on Saturday. The event featured a balloon race, planetarium shows and telescope tours and plenty of other thi...
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HI-SEAS
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Hawaii Mars Analogue Mission and Food Study We are seeking participants for a 120 day Mars exploration analogue mission (Hawaii Space Exploration Analogue & Simulation, or HI-SEAS), to take place in early 2013 on the Big Island of Hawaii. DEADLINE: FEB 29 2012. [url=http://manoa.hawaii.ed...
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