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Kejimkujik dark sky preserve
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Keji could become official dark sky preserve Kejimkujik is known for its tea-coloured lakes and rivers, white-tailed deer and towering stands of old-growth forest. But after the sun goes down in this national park, another natural treasure begins to shine. [url=http://thechronicleherald.ca...
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Gordon MacMillan Southam Observatory
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Located next to the Space Centre, the Gordon MacMillan Southam Observatory features a ½ metre Cassegrain telescope to explore the skies around Vancouver. Read more
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Hat Creek Radio Observatory
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The Hat Creek Radio Observatory (HCRO) is located in Hat Creek, California and is home of the Allen Telescope Array (ATA). Read more
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IAEA
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In one of his final interviews as director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei told the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - in its September/October issue - that the IAEA needs to receive better satellite imagery. [url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Mi...
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BetaBatt
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BetaBatt is a Houston-based company in the business of developing long-lasting reliable power sources. The Company has researched and patented a novel 3D energy conversion architecture named the DECTM Cell, based on nano-scale porous silicon. The DECTM Cell is able to convert d...
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US National Mall Observatory
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Smithsonian opens observatory on National Mall The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum has opened a new Public Observatory that contains a 16-inch, 3,000-pound Boller and Chivens telescope, on loan from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Through this powerful telescope, mu...
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First Indian woman astronaut
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Who wants to be India's first woman astronaut? The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is offering an opportunity for women to be a part of the first Indian human flight into space, scheduled for 2014. They could be among the first 2-member crew that ISRO sends up into space. The astronauts wil...
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Pedro Elias Zadunaisky (1917 - 2009)
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Pedro Elias Zadunaisky, an Argentine astronomer and mathematician whose calculations helped determine the orbit of Saturns outermost moon, Phoebe, as well as Halleys Comet, died Wednesday. He was 91. In 2000, an asteroid discovered by a team of his former students was named 4617 Zadunaisky in hi...
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Kashmir University Astronomy Club
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Kashmir University to have Astronomy Club Vice Chancellor (VC) of Kashmir University (KU), Prof Riyaz Punjabi has announced the establishment of an Astronomy Club at Kashmir University. Read more
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GigaGalaxy Zoom project
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A spectacular 800-million-pixel wide digital image of night sky as seen from Earth, has just been released online. The 360-degree starscape, covering the entire celestial sphere, reveals the cosmic landscape that surrounds our tiny blue planet. This composite image was stitched together usin...
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Typhoon Melor
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Typhoon Melor is forecast to make landfall in the Northern Mariana Islands probability for CAT 1 or above is 80% in about 30 hours probability for TS is 100% in about 30 hours
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China's satellite diplomacy
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China's satellite diplomacy shifts a gear In late September, China announced that it would build and launch a new communications satellite for Bolivia in the next three years, and shortly thereafter, China announced that it would do the same for Laos, although no timetable was disclosed. Talk of C...
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Desertification
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Satellite data instrumental in combating desertification With land degradation in dryland regions continuing to worsen, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification has agreed on scientist-recommended indicators for monitoring and assessing desertification that signatory countries mus...
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Airdrie Observatory
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Monklands residents will be 'starry eyed' as improvement works got underway at Airdrie Observatory to improve viewings of the sky at night. A state-of-the-art new copper sheathed dome, complete with gyrator, is replacing the current observatory roof, making it easier to open for viewings. Plan...
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Iranian astronauts
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Iran plans to send astronauts into space and is currently conducting the relevant studies, Communications and Information Technology Minister Reza Taqipour announced on Saturday. Source
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