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Bennachie
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Bennachie, The Aberdeenshire hill that attracts 125,000 visitors each year, will this weekend host events mapping out the local and natural history of the area. on Saturday, free orienteering events will be organised by the Forestry Commission Scotland, and take place in the forest surro...
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Iceland Quake
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A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 15:46:01 (UTC) on Thursday, May 29, 2008, in the Iceland region, 50 km ESE of Reykjavik, Iceland, at a depth of 10 km. Location 64.026°N, 20.986°W
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Antarctic methane reservoirs
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Antarctic may host methane stores Large volumes of methane - a potent greenhouse gas - could be locked beneath the ice-covered regions of Antarctica, according to a new study. It says this methane could be released into the atmosphere as ice retreats, contributing to climate warming. The findings...
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HELLO FROM EARTH (HFE)
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HELLO FROM EARTH (HFE) is an Interstellar Radio Message (IRM). It was sent from the 70-meter dish at NASA Deep Space Station 43 (Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex), at midday on Friday 28 August 2009. The message was directed at the nearby red dwarf star Gliese 581, which has its own planetar...
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Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Katrina, made landfall on Florida on Friday 26 August.
Katrina raged for hours over the Miami area before heading out early Friday to the Gulf of Mexico.
At 1300 GMT 26th, it was locate...
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A moderate earthquake occurred at 10:06:59 (UTC) on Saturday, July 9, 2005. The magnitude 5.8 event has been located in the Molucca Sea, 230 km NNW of Ternate, Moluccas, Indonesia
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Iranian second spaceport
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Iran plans to build second spaceport Iran plans to construct its second spaceport, Communications and Information Technology Minister Reza Taqipour said on Sunday. The current launch site is located in Semnan Province, and in recent years, two spacecraft have been launched from the center. [ur...
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New research indicates that Mount Vesuvius' magma chamber is slowly travelling upwards, suggesting that the volcano may not be as hazardous as previously believed. Read more
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Astrophotonics
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The emerging field of astrophotonics shows promise in analysing light from the night sky. Future telescopes, with mirrors half the size of a football field, will need special components to deal with the light they collect. Astronomers are turning to photonic devices that guide and manipulate lig...
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Andoya rocket facility
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50 years of space for Norway Not many countries can claim to have been using space for 50 years but it was in 1962 that the Andøya rocket facility in Norway launched its first rocket. This weekend Norway is celebrating its anniversary with His Majesty King Harald and ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang a...
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Coll
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Coll (Scottish Gaelic: Cola) is a small island, west of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Coll is known for its sandy beaches, which rise to form large sand dunes, for its corncrakes, and for Breachacha Castle. In April 2012, in a bid to boost tourism, residents on the Isle of Coll applied for it to...
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Google Lunar X Prize
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Scotland has drawn nearer to the final frontier after Glasgow University revealed its ambition to join a race to the moon for a $30 million prize. Scientists and students working at the space mission analysis design department have put out a call for collaborators to team up with them and snatch the G...
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Quake Lake
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Quake Lake (officially Earthquake Lake) is a lake in southwestern Montana, United States. It was created after a massive earthquake struck on August 17, 1959, which killed 27 people. Read more
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Scramjet Test
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The Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, Alliant Techsystems and the Office of Naval Research have flown a hypersonic scramjet-powered vehicle from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virgina during a pre-dawn test Saturday December 10. This was the first-ever free flight of a scramjet-powe...
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Homo rudolfensis
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Many human 'prototypes' coexisted in Africa Fossils from Northern Kenya show that a new species of human lived two million years ago, researchers say. The discoveries suggests that at least three distinct species of humans co-existed in Africa. The research adds to a growing body of evidence that...
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