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Astronomy gastronomy
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Astronauts' food has come on by giant leaps and bounds since the first manned missions 40 years ago today, man moonwalked for the first time. The world gazed agog at black and white heavens or monochrome tellies, and shared the age-defining moment. Boldly the going, final the frontier, conquered th...
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Tropical storm Molave
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A weakening tropical storm Molave whirled into southern China today, drenching the region with heavy rains after leaving at least five people dead in the Philippines. The storm began to weaken as it hit land in the boomtown of Shenzhen, across the border from Hong Kong, early Sunday. Molave's wind s...
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Land mapping
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Space radar techniques for land mapping Entrepreneurs at ESA's Business Incubation centre in the Netherlands have used radar technology from the agency's Envisat remote-sensing satellite to develop a compact, high-resolution radar that can monitor land and buildings from small aircraft. Th...
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Dover-Sherborn observatory
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For five years, the white fibreglass dome atop Dover-Sherborn High School has served upper-level astronomy students as a unique portal to the stars. Literally. Housed within this rooftop structure is a 12-inch Cassegrain telescope that is programmed to locate hundreds of astral entities in the...
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Kowsar observatory
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Kowsar-1 (K1) Observatory is the most modern amateur observatory in Iran and the most famous Iranian observatory in the world. This remote control observatory is a common project between HRC and Shirin Nam trading company. HRC Astronomy Department is manager of this project. K1 building struct...
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United Space Alliance
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United Space Alliance is planning to lay off about 400 employees later this year, including about 160 in Houston, according to a company spokeswoman. Read more
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Lagrange points
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Nature has provided five huge rest stops far out in space for the convenience of spacecraft travelling from Earth. Some NASA folks call them "parking lots" in space. They're unusual locations where gravity loses its pull and a spaceship can loiter, rather like a marble at the bottom of a c...
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UNOOSA
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UN's "outer space people" tackle asteroids, climate They call them the "people in outer space". But besides stopping extra-terrestrial arms races, this tiny UN office has very down-to-earth goals: to help poor countries develop crops and help manage natural disasters. O...
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Hurricane Carlos
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Hurricane Carlos is heading west over the open waters of the Pacific Ocean and is expected to get stronger. The Category 1 hurricane has maximum sustained winds near 85 mph. But forecasters say Carlos is expected to strengthen and could become a major hurricane over the next day or two. [url=http://...
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OCam
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Researchers at the European Southern Observatory, in collaboration with three French laboratories and UK-based e2v Technologies, claimed they have developed an ultra fast camera that can take 1,500 finely exposed images per second. The team, consisting of researchers from the Astrophysics L...
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Easter Island Quake
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A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 01:29:08 (UTC) on Wednesday, February 14, 2007, in the Easter Island Region, 370 km SW of Hanga Roa, Easter Island, at a depth of 10 km. Location 29.468°S, 112.184°W
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Navenby henge
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Remains of a pre-historic henge could be lying just feet below a Lincolnshire field, say experts. Studies of a large site in Navenby, north of Lincoln, have revealed telltale signs of what could be the county's biggest henge. The Bronze age place of ritual, worship or community gatherings is though...
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Caistor St Edmund
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Caistor St Edmund Expand (97kb, 800 x 600) Latitude: 52°34'59.57"N, Longitude: 1°17'28.95"E
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Creep cavitation
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For the first time scientists have discovered the presence of a natural deep earth pump that is a crucial element in the formation of ore deposits and earthquakes. The process, called creep cavitation, involves fluid being pumped through pores in deformed rock in mid-crustal sheer zones, which ar...
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Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation
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The Sky at Night presenter Sir Patrick Moore joined a galaxy of world astronomers for the opening of a new home for cosmologists in Portsmouth. Astronomer Royal Professor Martin Rees opened the new Dennis Sciama Building at the University of Portsmouth yesterday. [url=http://www.portsmouth.c...
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