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GAW Observatory
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The GAW Observatory is one of two laboratories receiving new INAC funding from the Canadian government, in an effort to modernise the facilities. The Polar Continental Shelf Program (PCSP) in Resolute also received part of the $2 million dollars going to the two labs in Nunavut. The funding will go...
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Karen Willcox
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A stellar academic is in line to boldly go where no New Zealander has gone before - and she has Darth Vader to thank for reaching for the stars. Karen Willcox, an associate professor at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is in the running to become the first Kiwi in space. The West A...
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Montsec Astronomy Park
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New Astronomy Park of Montsec Click to Play | View Details This area is specifically for observing the sky, both at night and during the day. The Park comprises two buildings with observation domes containing two automated telescopes, a coelostat for solar observation and a set of portable telesco...
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Tarxien Temples
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Heritage Malta has moved two unique megaliths at Tarxien Temples in a bid to save what could possibly be the oldest representations of sea-faring vessels ever found. The initiatives forms part of a conservation project on Tarxien Temples funded by Bank of Valletta. Other megaliths decorated with...
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Stephanie Page Hoskins
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Two Lincoln Park Academy high school students have won awards in competition with more than 1,500 students from 56 countries at the Intel International Science Fair in Reno, Nevada. Read more...
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European Astronaut Centre
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The European Space Agency, or ESA, is slated to announce a new set of astronauts at its Paris headquarters Wednesday. ESA began the search for new astronauts in 2008, calling for applications from talented European citizens who wished to join the European Astronaut Corps to conduct future mission...
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Junk Bond Observatory
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The Junk Bond Observatory is located in Sierra Vista, Arizona in the Sonoran Desert. * Longitude: 110 degrees, 12.24 minutes West * Latitude: 31 degrees, 28.51 minutes North * Elevation: 4425 feet (1349 meters) Established in 1996, observer David Healy began by using a Celestron 14 SCT and a Meade1...
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Banadag Hill Megalith
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An ancient site on the verge of destruction may just have received a new lease of life, thanks to some alert students. A dolmen (memorial megalith) raised in the memory of the dead on Banadag Hill and discovered by megalithic explorer Subhashis Das in 2000 is facing the threat of demolition from a ston...
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Japanese Space policy
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In May 2008, the Diet enacted a basic law on space without rousing sufficient public debate. Representing a drastic departure from Japan's traditional "peaceful purposes only" space policy, the law paves the way for extensive use of space for security purposes, especially missile de...
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Ecuador Quake
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A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 01:16:10 (UTC) on Saturday, May 09, 2009, off the coast of Ecuador, 500 km SSE of Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, at a depth of 23.9 km. Location 1.405°N, 85.228°W
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Tropical cyclone Chan-hom
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Tropical cyclone Chan-hom has developed in the South China Sea. The cyclone is forecast to move northeast and then eastward, and to be upgraded from tropical storm to typhoon (35 m/s) in the next 48 hours. See more
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Fox Island Observatory
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The Fort Wayne Astronomical Society is using a larger telescope at the Fox Island Observatory. The group of area astronomy enthusiasts operates a dome for free public sky viewing on clear Saturday nights during the warmer half of the year at the Allen Countys 600-acre Fox Island Park, 7324 Yohne Roa...
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Alexander Jamieson celestial atlas
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An 1822 celestial atlas by Scottish amateur astronomer Alexander Jamieson is a star item at this year's Christian Aid charity book sale in Edinburgh, one of the largest sales of its kind in the world. The second-hand book bonanza, held annually for the last 35 years at the Church of St Andrew's and St G...
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Eden Prairie observatory
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Deep space will come into view from Eden Prairie, likely by fall, at a new observatory made possible by a $125,000 gift from Doug and Carolyn Kohrs of Edina. Using the money provided by the Kohrs and a $10,000 donation from Steve and Sue Mohn of Eden Prairie, the city will build a $100,000 observatory at...
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Caerwynnen Quoit
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It may look like little more than a pile of rubble today, but these stones are the remains of an iconic monument which once possessed as much cultural and religious importance as the Merry Maidens, Hurlers or Perran Round. Caerwynnen Quoit - also known as the Giant's Frying Pan and Pendarves Quoit - is...
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