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Malaysia's second astronaut, Major (Dr) Faiz Khaleed, 29, will be sharing his desire, experience and advice to other astronaut hopefuls through short film clips which were created specially in conjunction with the airing of the popular series The Universe (Astro Channel 555). These clips, whic...

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On June 11, Dr. Frank Low, a pioneer of infrared astronomy, died after a long illness in Tucson, AZ. Until the mid-60s, infrared astronomy was virtually impossible to conduct on Earth due to the absorption of infrared radiation (IR) waves by water vapour molecules in lower atmosphere. [url=http:...

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NASA Selects Nine New Astronauts for Future Space Exploration After reviewing more than 3,500 applications, NASA has selected nine people for the 2009 astronaut candidate class. Read more

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A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev Volcano (Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009. Source

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Hong Kong raised its typhoon Signal No. 3 as Tropical Storm Nangka headed for the coast of southern China after sweeping across the Philippines, where it left 11 people dead and caused widespread damage. The centre of Nangka was 220 kilometres southeast of Hong Kong at 4 p.m. local time, the Hong Kong...

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It has been alleged that there were attempts to remove a dolmen at Grangebeg between Monasterevin and Kildare Town (Co Kildare, Ireland) recently. "The dolmen is under severe threat of damage due to building work that is being carried out on the site" - Barry Walsh, secretary of the Mona...

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The German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt - DLR) at Braunschweig will be starting construction of a new flight development simulator centre. The Helmholtz Association has approved financing for the amount of euro 8.9 million. A further euro 1 million will be made ava...

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The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md., is partnering on a historic search for Earth-size planets around other stars. STScI is the data archive centre for NASA's Kepler mission, a spacecraft that is undertaking a survey for Earth-size planets in our region of the galaxy....

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Fauré's "Requiem" is playing in the background, followed by the Kronos Quartet. Every so often the music is interrupted by an electromechanical arpeggio - like a jazz riff on a clarinet - as the motors guiding the telescope spin up and down. A night of galaxy gazing is about to begin at the V...

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NASA criticised for sticking to imperial units NASA's decision to engineer its replacement for the space shuttle using imperial measurement units rather than metric could derail efforts to develop a globalised civilian space industry, says a leading light in the nascent commercial spacefligh...

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Notre Dame High School have been given a telescope in celebration of the National Year of Astronomy. The telescope, one of 1, 000 being given to schools by the Society for Popular Astronomy, will be used by pupils at Notre Dame High School in Surrey Street, to study the moon and other celestial wonders...

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A massive underwater landslide in Lake Tahoe thousands of years ago caused a tsunami and left ripplelike stony ridges on the lake bottom, according to a new study. Three scuba divers, a robot submarine and researchers from the University of Nevada in Reno and the U.S. Geological Survey spent two y...

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Green flashes and green rays are optical phenomena that occur shortly after sunset or before sunrise, when a green spot is visible for a short period of time above the sun, or a green ray shoots up from the sunset point. Green flashes are actually a group of phenomena stemming from different causes, an...

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	Major (Dr) Faiz Khaleed (Preview) Malaysia's second astronaut, Major (Dr) Faiz Khaleed, 29, will be sharing his desire, experience and advice to other astronaut hopefuls through short film clips which were created specially in conjunction with the airing of the popular series The Universe (Astro Channel 555). These clips, whic...	Blobrana	0	Jul 2 14:35 2009 by Blobrana
	Dr. Frank Low (Preview) On June 11, Dr. Frank Low, a pioneer of infrared astronomy, died after a long illness in Tucson, AZ. Until the mid-60s, infrared astronomy was virtually impossible to conduct on Earth due to the absorption of infrared radiation (IR) waves by water vapour molecules in lower atmosphere. [url=http:...	Blobrana	2	Jun 30 14:22 2009 by Blobrana
	2009 astronaut candidates (Preview) NASA Selects Nine New Astronauts for Future Space Exploration After reviewing more than 3,500 applications, NASA has selected nine people for the 2009 astronaut candidate class. Read more	Blobrana	0	Jun 29 19:27 2009 by Blobrana
	Sarychev Volcano (Preview) A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev Volcano (Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009. Source	Blobrana	1	Jun 28 11:27 2009 by Blobrana
	Tropical Storm Nangka (Preview) Hong Kong raised its typhoon Signal No. 3 as Tropical Storm Nangka headed for the coast of southern China after sweeping across the Philippines, where it left 11 people dead and caused widespread damage. The centre of Nangka was 220 kilometres southeast of Hong Kong at 4 p.m. local time, the Hong Kong...	Blobrana	0	Jun 27 23:32 2009 by Blobrana
	Grangebeg dolmen (Preview) It has been alleged that there were attempts to remove a dolmen at Grangebeg between Monasterevin and Kildare Town (Co Kildare, Ireland) recently. "The dolmen is under severe threat of damage due to building work that is being carried out on the site" - Barry Walsh, secretary of the Mona...	Blobrana	1	Jun 27 15:50 2009 by gershon
	New simulator centre at DLR Braunschweig (Preview) The German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt - DLR) at Braunschweig will be starting construction of a new flight development simulator centre. The Helmholtz Association has approved financing for the amount of euro 8.9 million. A further euro 1 million will be made ava...	Blobrana	0	Jun 26 16:44 2009 by Blobrana
	Space Telescope Science Institute (Preview) The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md., is partnering on a historic search for Earth-size planets around other stars. STScI is the data archive centre for NASA's Kepler mission, a spacecraft that is undertaking a survey for Earth-size planets in our region of the galaxy....	Blobrana	0	Jun 25 17:03 2009 by Blobrana
	Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (Preview) Fauré's "Requiem" is playing in the background, followed by the Kronos Quartet. Every so often the music is interrupted by an electromechanical arpeggio - like a jazz riff on a clarinet - as the motors guiding the telescope spin up and down. A night of galaxy gazing is about to begin at the V...	Blobrana	0	Jun 23 15:39 2009 by Blobrana
	NASA imperial units (Preview) NASA criticised for sticking to imperial units NASA's decision to engineer its replacement for the space shuttle using imperial measurement units rather than metric could derail efforts to develop a globalised civilian space industry, says a leading light in the nascent commercial spacefligh...	Blobrana	0	Jun 23 13:30 2009 by Blobrana
	Notre Dame High School (Preview) Notre Dame High School have been given a telescope in celebration of the National Year of Astronomy. The telescope, one of 1, 000 being given to schools by the Society for Popular Astronomy, will be used by pupils at Notre Dame High School in Surrey Street, to study the moon and other celestial wonders...	Blobrana	0	Jun 22 17:38 2009 by Blobrana
	Tropical Storm Andres (Preview) [url=http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2009-06-21-tropical-storm_N.htm]R...	Blobrana	0	Jun 22 17:16 2009 by Blobrana
	Weightless wedding (Preview) [url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20090621/N...	Blobrana	0	Jun 21 16:55 2009 by Blobrana
	Lake Tahoe tsunami (Preview) A massive underwater landslide in Lake Tahoe thousands of years ago caused a tsunami and left ripplelike stony ridges on the lake bottom, according to a new study. Three scuba divers, a robot submarine and researchers from the University of Nevada in Reno and the U.S. Geological Survey spent two y...	Blobrana	2	Jun 17 14:45 2009 by Blobrana
	Green flash (Preview) Green flashes and green rays are optical phenomena that occur shortly after sunset or before sunrise, when a green spot is visible for a short period of time above the sun, or a green ray shoots up from the sunset point. Green flashes are actually a group of phenomena stemming from different causes, an...	Blobrana	0	Jun 17 13:52 2009 by Blobrana
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