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Dyffryn Gardens observatory
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Visitors to an historic house and gardens will soon be seeing stars after plans were approved for an astronomical observatory. But if youre concerned that the new building will overshadow the delights of Dyffryn Gardens, have no fear. The proposal is for a structure that looks like a glorified gard...
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Vienna's Natural History Museum
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Vienna's Natural History Museum to have a new chief[url=http://austriantimes.at/news/Panorama/2010-05-14/23363/Vienna%92s_Natural_History_Museum_to_have_a_new_chief]Read
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Indian Floods
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Three days of torrential monsoon rain triggered floods across much of India during the first week of August 2006. The floods displaced more than half a million people and killed at least 80 in southern India’s Andhra Pradesh state.
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Taikonauts
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China's first man in space has said that Chinese astronauts eat dog meat to keep their strength up as they orbit around the earth. Yang Liwei, the 44-year-old military pilot who commanded the Shenzhou Five mission in 2003, revealed the menu on-board the spacecraft in his autobiography, The Nine Lev...
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Biak early warning station
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Bosscha, LAPAN to build meteorite watchdog Bosscha Observatory and National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) are mulling a plan to install an early warning station in Biak, West Papua, to detect meteorites and scraps of satellites falling to Earth. Bandung-based Bosscha director Hak...
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LOX/LCH4 rocket engine
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NASA Completes Altitude Testing of Aerojet Advanced Liquid Oxygen/Liquid Methane Rocket Engine Aerojet, a GenCorp company, announced today that NASA has successfully completed altitude testing of Aerojet's advanced 5500-lbf Liquid Oxygen (LOX)/Liquid Methane (LCH4) Rocket Engine at NASA...
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Assam Geomagnetic centre
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A geomagnetic observatory of the Mumbai-based Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) was inaugurated this afternoon on the Assam Central University campus at Dargakona hills, 25km south of Silchar. Inaugurated by the vice-chancellor of the Assam Central University, Tapodhir Bhattacharjee...
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Hawera Observatory
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Hawera is able to share its night skies with the world now that its astronomical society has moved into the space age. The Hawera Astronomical Society's new catadioptric reflector telescope sets up the building in King Edward Park as a digital observatory. The computerised telescope can find and t...
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Slovenia and ESA
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Slovenia becomes sixth ESA European Cooperating State Slovenia becomes the sixth European country to sign the European Cooperating State Agreement with ESA. ESA's Director of Legal Affairs and External Relations, Peter Hulsroj, and Slovenian Minister of Higher Education, Science and Techno...
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Johannesburg Geology Museum
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New Geology Museum opens Joburg's geology museum began with a gem collection in 1890; it has since grown to 17 000 fascinating items, on display again at a new museum. The old geology museum closed in 1997, and the collection has had no curator since then. A new curator will be appointed in the coming mo...
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Naming X
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If you had the chance to name a minor planet what would you name it? Well here's your chance to do just that. As a tribute to Venetia's extraordinary contribution and Pluto's discovery by the young American, Clyde Tombaugh, Space Renaissance Education Chapter, in collaboration with Father Films, w...
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Bering Sea Quake
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A strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurred at 23:11:43 (UTC) on Friday, April 30, 2010, in the Bering Sea region, 486 km SW from Gambell, at a Depth of 10 km Location 60.370°N, 177.560°W
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Atlas of Images of Nuclear Rings
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Title: AINUR: Atlas of Images of NUclear Rings Authors: S. Comeron, J. H. Knapen, J. E. Beckman, E. Laurikainen, H. Salo, I. Martinez-Valpuesta, R. J. Buta (version v2) We present the most complete atlas of nuclear rings to date. We include 113 rings found in 107 galaxies, six of which are elliptical...
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Santiaguito volcano
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Volcano spreads ash across western Guatemala An eruption at Guatemala's Santiaguito volcano has sent a plume of ash 8,300 metres above sea level, dusting parts of at least four provinces. Disaster response agency spokesman David De Leon says the volcano has calmed since Monday's big burst - thoug...
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New York Quake
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Cornfield's Tremble Is a Reminder for New York City For reasons seismologists don't really understand, this part of Albany County has become New York's seismic hot spot. Last year, scientists registered 21 quakes, most small and deep underground, so they went largely unnoticed. This year there h...
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