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Cerro Paranal, home of ESO's Very Large Telescope, is certainly one of the best astronomical sites on the planet. Stunning images, obtained by ESO staff at Paranal, of the green and blue flashes, as well as of the so-called 'Gegenschein', are real cases in point. The Earth's atmosphere is a gigantic...

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A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 04:04:05 (UTC) on Thursday, February 23, 2006, in the Bouvet Island Region, at a depth of 10 km. Location 54.687°S, 1.867°E

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Konark sun temple condition deteriorating Concerns have already been expressed by different quarters in Orissa over the deteriorating condition of the Sun temple in Konark following reports in a section of the local media that stones had fallen from the world-famous monument during a repair wor...

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Ancient temple wall discovered, shaped like Andean chakana Ventarrón, a 4000 year old ceremonial site with spectacular murals painted by ancient peoples who lived during the dawn of civilisation, has given up another stunning prize. It had already made news when the site, once used by locals as a g...

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A qualified surveyor claims a picturesque village on the Essex/Suffolk border might boast the only proper stone circle outside the west of England. For generations the sarcen stones at Alphamstone near Sudbury have been at the centre of hot debate as to whether they were ever part of a stone circle....

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A spectacular discovery of Stone Age menhirs in Brittany could unlock the code to one of the most puzzling chapters of human development, and transform our knowledge of mankind's early history Some months ago builders were clearing a piece of wasteland in southern Brittany when they struck an...

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Peter van de Kamp Telescope Dedication Click to Play | View Details Swarthmore's new 24"-telescope is named for Peter van de Kamp, a beloved astronomy professor who influenced generations of students during his 35 years on the faculty. A native of Holland, van de Kamp was known as much for his w...

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Several Fayette County teenagers brought home prestigious awards from the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Ben Nosarzewski earned second place in physics and astronomy ($1,500 prize) and will have an asteroid named after him by the MIT Lincoln (Near Earth) Observatory. S...

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Moon Magic: Researchers Develop New Tool To Visualize Past, Future Lunar Eclipses Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a new method for using computer graphics to simulate and render an accurate visualization of a lunar eclipse. The model uses celestial geometry of the sun, Earth, and moon,...

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The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is scheduled to confer a medal June 9 on an astronomy professor at National Central University (NCU) in recognition of his achievements on a Saturn exploration space project. Ip Wing-huen, a professor at NCU's Graduate Institute of A...

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Epicurus (Samos, 341 BCE - Athens, 270 BCE; 72 years) was an ancient Greek philosopher and the founder of the school of philosophy called Epicureanism. Only a few fragments and letters remain of Epicurus's 300 written works. Much of what is known about Epicurean philosophy derives from later follo...

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NOAA's Fisheries Service scientists and their partners have launched an unmanned aircraft to mount the vehicles first search for ice seals at the southern edge of the Bering Sea pack ice during the Arctic spring, in an effort to learn more about these remotely located species. On May 13, the NOAA res...

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Behind an unmarked door in the Lyme-Old Lyme High School auditorium, up two spiral staircases and shrouded in darkness sits an aluminium dome. It's something you don't often see in a public school - an observatory that rotates on a motor and houses a Meade 12.5-inch reflecting telescope that, accor...

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What appears to be a Neolithic chambered tomb has been unearthed on the outskirts of Kirkwall. The underground structure was discovered by John Hourie, Heathfield, St Ola, while ploughing. He reported it to his neighbour, archaeologist Caroline Wickham Jones, who contacted the county archaeol...

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	Gegenschein (Preview) Cerro Paranal, home of ESO's Very Large Telescope, is certainly one of the best astronomical sites on the planet. Stunning images, obtained by ESO staff at Paranal, of the green and blue flashes, as well as of the so-called 'Gegenschein', are real cases in point. The Earth's atmosphere is a gigantic...	Blobrana	1	Jun 17 13:51 2009 by Blobrana
	Dr Kevin Beurle (Preview) [url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2456114/Dr-Kevin-Beurle-dies-in-hot-air-balloon-c...	Blobrana	2	Jun 17 13:23 2009 by Blobrana
	Bouvet Quake Earthquake (Preview) A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 04:04:05 (UTC) on Thursday, February 23, 2006, in the Bouvet Island Region, at a depth of 10 km. Location 54.687°S, 1.867°E	Blobrana	1	Jun 16 22:00 2009 by Blobrana
	Konark sun temple (Preview) Konark sun temple condition deteriorating Concerns have already been expressed by different quarters in Orissa over the deteriorating condition of the Sun temple in Konark following reports in a section of the local media that stones had fallen from the world-famous monument during a repair wor...	Blobrana	0	Jun 15 18:12 2009 by Blobrana
	Ventarrón (Preview) Ancient temple wall discovered, shaped like Andean chakana Ventarrón, a 4000 year old ceremonial site with spectacular murals painted by ancient peoples who lived during the dawn of civilisation, has given up another stunning prize. It had already made news when the site, once used by locals as a g...	Blobrana	0	Jun 15 18:11 2009 by Blobrana
	Alphamstone sarcen stones (Preview) A qualified surveyor claims a picturesque village on the Essex/Suffolk border might boast the only proper stone circle outside the west of England. For generations the sarcen stones at Alphamstone near Sudbury have been at the centre of hot debate as to whether they were ever part of a stone circle....	Blobrana	0	Jun 15 12:08 2009 by Blobrana
	Menhirs in Brittany Stone circle (Preview) A spectacular discovery of Stone Age menhirs in Brittany could unlock the code to one of the most puzzling chapters of human development, and transform our knowledge of mankind's early history Some months ago builders were clearing a piece of wasteland in southern Brittany when they struck an...	Blobrana	2	Jun 13 18:57 2009 by Blobrana
	Swarthmore observatory (Preview) Peter van de Kamp Telescope Dedication Click to Play \| View Details Swarthmore's new 24"-telescope is named for Peter van de Kamp, a beloved astronomy professor who influenced generations of students during his 35 years on the faculty. A native of Holland, van de Kamp was known as much for his w...	Blobrana	1	Jun 13 18:26 2009 by Blobrana
	Ben Nosarzewski (Preview) Several Fayette County teenagers brought home prestigious awards from the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Ben Nosarzewski earned second place in physics and astronomy ($1,500 prize) and will have an asteroid named after him by the MIT Lincoln (Near Earth) Observatory. S...	Blobrana	0	Jun 10 21:26 2009 by Blobrana
	Lunar Eclipses (Preview) Moon Magic: Researchers Develop New Tool To Visualize Past, Future Lunar Eclipses Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a new method for using computer graphics to simulate and render an accurate visualization of a lunar eclipse. The model uses celestial geometry of the sun, Earth, and moon,...	Blobrana	0	Jun 8 18:28 2009 by Blobrana
	Ip Wing-huen (Preview) The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is scheduled to confer a medal June 9 on an astronomy professor at National Central University (NCU) in recognition of his achievements on a Saturn exploration space project. Ip Wing-huen, a professor at NCU's Graduate Institute of A...	Blobrana	1	Jun 8 17:31 2009 by Blobrana
	Epicurus (Preview) Epicurus (Samos, 341 BCE - Athens, 270 BCE; 72 years) was an ancient Greek philosopher and the founder of the school of philosophy called Epicureanism. Only a few fragments and letters remain of Epicurus's 300 written works. Much of what is known about Epicurean philosophy derives from later follo...	Blobrana	0	Jun 7 22:48 2009 by Blobrana
	NOAA Unmanned Aircraft (Preview) NOAA's Fisheries Service scientists and their partners have launched an unmanned aircraft to mount the vehicles first search for ice seals at the southern edge of the Bering Sea pack ice during the Arctic spring, in an effort to learn more about these remotely located species. On May 13, the NOAA res...	Blobrana	0	Jun 6 23:18 2009 by Blobrana
	Old Lyme Observatory (Preview) Behind an unmarked door in the Lyme-Old Lyme High School auditorium, up two spiral staircases and shrouded in darkness sits an aluminium dome. It's something you don't often see in a public school - an observatory that rotates on a motor and houses a Meade 12.5-inch reflecting telescope that, accor...	Blobrana	1	Jun 5 17:35 2009 by Blobrana
	Neolithic chambered tomb Neolithic (Preview) What appears to be a Neolithic chambered tomb has been unearthed on the outskirts of Kirkwall. The underground structure was discovered by John Hourie, Heathfield, St Ola, while ploughing. He reported it to his neighbour, archaeologist Caroline Wickham Jones, who contacted the county archaeol...	Blobrana	0	Jun 5 13:58 2009 by Blobrana
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