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A date with space at Panchkula planetarium soon Giving enthusiasts a huge opportunity to delve into the universe of astronomy, International Space Society (ISS) would soon set up a planetarium in Panchkula. To be the first such centre in region, the place is proposed to come up by January-end and wo...

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Scientists return this week to the world’s deepest known sinkhole, Cenote Zacatón in Mexico, to resume tests of a NASA-funded robot called DEPTHX, designed to survey and explore for life in one of Earth’s most extreme regions and potentially in outer space. If all goes well with this second round of...

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Vostok Research Station is located about 1,300 km from the Geographic South Pole, at the centre of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet and within the Australian Antarctic Territory. The lowest reliably measured temperature on Earth of -89.2 °C (-128.6 °F) was in Vostok on 21 July 1983. Read more

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The Kármán line lies at an altitude of 100 km (approx. 62 miles) above the Earth's sea level, and is commonly used to define the boundary between the Earth's atmosphere and outer space. This definition is accepted by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), which is an international sta...

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WA bat rescue mission a dismal failure A rescue mission to save an iconic Christmas Island species (Ed ~ Pipistrellus murrayi) has failed despite the efforts of some of Australasia's leading scientists. The eight bat scientists were on Christmas Island for four weeks along with volunteers from th...

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Teens track near-earth asteroid at NM Tech By day, 36 top high school science students from around the world are taking college-level science courses at New Mexico Tech, as part of the university's six-week summer school program. But by night, the mild-mannered overachievers break into teams of t...

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An important seismic event imperceptible to humans has begun in the Pacific Northwest as predicted, according to the government agency Geological Survey of Canada. The event is called episodic tremor and slip (ETS). It involves a slow movement of the Juan de Fuca and North America tectonic pl...

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New research suggests that the skies of the Canadian Arctic may be the best in the world for astronomy. Researchers from the Universities of British Columbia and Toronto and the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics in Victoria are about to report initial results indicating that the best place in the...

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Saudi scientists to visit India to seek ISRO's cooperation A delegation of scientists from Saudi Arabia are set to visit India to ink an agreement with space agency ISRO for boosting cooperation that will help the country develop an indigenous space programme. The Saudi delegation, comprising of...

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With the star ball banished, the sky's the limit now for the Gottlieb Planetarium. A new 360-degree and 3-D projection system now operating in the funny-shaped building next to Union Station is hoped to bring back audiences and send them to the moon and beyond. And the best part is that the system wa...

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300-year old Dapu Observatory Station renovated Dapu Observatory Station was original built over 300 years ago, located merely 50 meters north to Dapu Monastery, Maldrogungkar county of Tibet. Featured with its unique astronomical observation components, it is the only historic station l...

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Toowoomba astronomer Hans Kennedy has worked for 12 years to donate a telescope to University of Southern Queensland and the Toowoomba community. At every turn he has found obstacles in his path and his $250,000 telecope sat rusting away slowly in storage in Coonabarabran. [ur...

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NASA & Space Florida Break Ground on Next-Gen Sci-Tech Park Work on a next-generation science and technology commerce park is under way at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, Fla. NASA, Space Florida, and local, state and Congressional leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for Exploratio...

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At a ceremony held today at the National Federation of the Blind, NASA unveiled a new book that brings majestic images taken by its Great Observatories to the fingertips of the blind. The Great Observatories include NASA's Hubble, Chandra and Spitzer space telescopes. "Touch the Invisible S...

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	Panchkula planetarium Planetarium (Preview) A date with space at Panchkula planetarium soon Giving enthusiasts a huge opportunity to delve into the universe of astronomy, International Space Society (ISS) would soon set up a planetarium in Panchkula. To be the first such centre in region, the place is proposed to come up by January-end and wo...	Blobrana	0	Jul 22 20:52 2010 by Blobrana
	Cenote Zacaton Cave (Preview) Scientists return this week to the world’s deepest known sinkhole, Cenote Zacatón in Mexico, to resume tests of a NASA-funded robot called DEPTHX, designed to survey and explore for life in one of Earth’s most extreme regions and potentially in outer space. If all goes well with this second round of...	Blobrana	7	Jul 22 15:30 2010 by Blobrana
	Vostok Research Station (Preview) Vostok Research Station is located about 1,300 km from the Geographic South Pole, at the centre of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet and within the Australian Antarctic Territory. The lowest reliably measured temperature on Earth of -89.2 °C (-128.6 °F) was in Vostok on 21 July 1983. Read more	Blobrana	0	Jul 20 23:09 2010 by Blobrana
	Kármán line (Preview) The Kármán line lies at an altitude of 100 km (approx. 62 miles) above the Earth's sea level, and is commonly used to define the boundary between the Earth's atmosphere and outer space. This definition is accepted by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), which is an international sta...	Blobrana	0	Jul 18 10:39 2010 by Blobrana
	Endangered species Extinction (Preview) WA bat rescue mission a dismal failure A rescue mission to save an iconic Christmas Island species (Ed ~ Pipistrellus murrayi) has failed despite the efforts of some of Australasia's leading scientists. The eight bat scientists were on Christmas Island for four weeks along with volunteers from th...	Blobrana	1	Jul 17 08:08 2010 by Blobrana
	New Mexico Tech (Preview) Teens track near-earth asteroid at NM Tech By day, 36 top high school science students from around the world are taking college-level science courses at New Mexico Tech, as part of the university's six-week summer school program. But by night, the mild-mannered overachievers break into teams of t...	Blobrana	0	Jul 15 16:06 2010 by Blobrana
	Seismic Slip Event Earthquake Tsunamis Cascadia (Preview) An important seismic event imperceptible to humans has begun in the Pacific Northwest as predicted, according to the government agency Geological Survey of Canada. The event is called episodic tremor and slip (ETS). It involves a slow movement of the Juan de Fuca and North America tectonic pl...	Blobrana	7	Jul 14 21:40 2010 by Blobrana
	Ellesmere Island Island (Preview) New research suggests that the skies of the Canadian Arctic may be the best in the world for astronomy. Researchers from the Universities of British Columbia and Toronto and the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics in Victoria are about to report initial results indicating that the best place in the...	Blobrana	1	Jul 13 01:03 2010 by Blobrana
	Cyclones (Preview) [url=http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=58381&subForu...	Blobrana	2	Jul 8 21:34 2010 by Blobrana
	ISRO Saudi cooperation (Preview) Saudi scientists to visit India to seek ISRO's cooperation A delegation of scientists from Saudi Arabia are set to visit India to ink an agreement with space agency ISRO for boosting cooperation that will help the country develop an indigenous space programme. The Saudi delegation, comprising of...	Blobrana	0	Jul 6 21:33 2010 by Blobrana
	Gottlieb Planetarium Planetarium (Preview) With the star ball banished, the sky's the limit now for the Gottlieb Planetarium. A new 360-degree and 3-D projection system now operating in the funny-shaped building next to Union Station is hoped to bring back audiences and send them to the moon and beyond. And the best part is that the system wa...	Blobrana	0	Jun 28 09:48 2010 by Blobrana
	Dapu Observatory Observatory (Preview) 300-year old Dapu Observatory Station renovated Dapu Observatory Station was original built over 300 years ago, located merely 50 meters north to Dapu Monastery, Maldrogungkar county of Tibet. Featured with its unique astronomical observation components, it is the only historic station l...	Blobrana	0	Jun 28 02:33 2010 by Blobrana
	Toowoomba telescope (Preview) Toowoomba astronomer Hans Kennedy has worked for 12 years to donate a telescope to University of Southern Queensland and the Toowoomba community. At every turn he has found obstacles in his path and his $250,000 telecope sat rusting away slowly in storage in Coonabarabran. [ur...	Blobrana	0	Jun 27 16:55 2010 by Blobrana
	Space Life Sciences Laboratory (Preview) NASA & Space Florida Break Ground on Next-Gen Sci-Tech Park Work on a next-generation science and technology commerce park is under way at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, Fla. NASA, Space Florida, and local, state and Congressional leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for Exploratio...	Blobrana	0	Jun 26 21:22 2010 by Blobrana
	Cosmic Images in Braille (Preview) At a ceremony held today at the National Federation of the Blind, NASA unveiled a new book that brings majestic images taken by its Great Observatories to the fingertips of the blind. The Great Observatories include NASA's Hubble, Chandra and Spitzer space telescopes. "Touch the Invisible S...	Blobrana	1	Jun 24 13:37 2010 by Blobrana
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