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Some hardy Earth microbes could survive long enough on Mars to complicate the search for alien life, according to a new study co-authored by University of Florida researchers.
Though scientists looking for life on Mars worry about contamination from stowaway spores clinging to spacecraft, th...
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It takes more than 9½ years for a spacecraft to travel the 5.7 billion kilometres to Pluto. But when the New Horizons mission finally passes the dwarf planet in 2015, Australia will play a pivotal role. An official from the US space agency NASA has confirmed plans to build two new dish antennae at Tidbi...
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The Parkes radio telescope, is one of the biggest in the southern hemisphere. It was completed in 1961 and has operated almost continuously to the present day.
The movie "The Dish" starring Sam Neill was based on the Parkes telescope's key role in the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
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Panama Shaman stones
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4,000-year-old Shaman's stones discovered near Boquete, Panama Archaeologists working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama have discovered a cluster of 12 unusual stones in the back of a small, prehistoric rock-shelter near the town of Boquete. The cache represents the ea...
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Hello guys,i am new at this forum just want to get the knowledge about the astronomy because i am also a student of the astronomy thats why i choose this forum just collect the different point of views about the astronomy..i hope you all guys shared with me the superb knowledge..
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Danjon astrolabe
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Title: Solar observations with Rio de Janeiro Danjon astrolabe: diameter variations and its correlations (1998-2000) Authors: Eugênio Reis Neto This work has aimed to analyse the 1998 to 2000 campaign of solar diameter surveying. The employed instrument was a Danjon astrolabe, at the Observat...
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The South Pole
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South Pole Live Camera
This photo is of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station taken every 15 minutes (if a relay satellite is available for transmission) from the roof of the Atmospheric Re...
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Pacific-Antarctic Quake
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A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 12:20:04 (UTC) on Thursday, December 22, 2005, near the Pacific Antarctic Ridge.
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Tychonic system
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On the 13th February, 1578, Tycho Brahe first sketches out his "Tychonic system" of the solar system. The Tychonic system (or Tychonian system) was a model of the solar system published by Tycho Brahe in the late 16th century which combined what he saw as the mathematical benefits of the C...
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Global Risks
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Global Risks Report 2013 The World Economic Forum's Risk Response Network provides leaders from the private and public sectors with an independent platform to map, monitor and mitigate global risks. Its annual Global Risks Report analyses the perceived impact and likelihood of 50 prevalent glo...
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Earth's closest neighbour, Mars, has always intrigued scientists, who now believe that humans could be living and working on the planet within the next 20 years.
To prepare for that possibility, NASA has set up a simulated Mars base - in the desert in the Western state of Utah.
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First solo trans-Tasman flight
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Guy Lambton Menzies (1909 - 1 November 1940) was the Australian aviator who flew the first solo trans-Tasman flight, from Sydney, Australia to the West Coast of New Zealand, on 7 January 1931. Read more
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Hanle Observatory
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The world's highest observatory is in the western Himalayas.
The Indian Astronomical Observatory, sits 4,517 meters above sea level in the village of Hanle, Ladakh, India. The site is a dry, cold desert with sparse human population and the ancient Hanle monastery as its nearest neighbour.
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Sir Isaac Newton
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Sir Isaac Newton FRS (4 January 1643 31 March 1727 [OS: 25 December 1642 20 March 1727]) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian who is perceived and considered by a substantial number of scholars and the general public as one of the mos...
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Indian Space Research Organisation
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Three key ISRO centres get new chiefs The state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has appointed three new directors for its various operational centres at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu and spaceport Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. [url=http://www.fir...
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