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Green Comet Approaches Earth
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 05, 2009 |
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In 1996, a 7-year-old boy in China bent over the eyepiece of a small telescope and saw something that would change his life--a comet of flamboyant beauty, bright and puffy with an active tail. At first he ...
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Space Station Construction Visible in Backyard Telescopes
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Talk about a big construction project...
First underwater observatory live online
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists, including those from the Natural History Museum, have developed the world's first underwater observatory connected to the internet.
Methods for monitoring CO2 emissions have limitations, inadequate for international climate treaty
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Current methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions have limitations that make it difficult to monitor CO2 emissions and verify an international climate treaty, says a new National Research Council letter report to the ...
World forest observatory needed to monitor vital role of forests in climate deal
Nov 30, 2009 |
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A new scientific organisation is needed to monitor the commitments that will be made by developing countries at Copenhagen to cut their deforestation rates, according to research at the University of Leeds.
What Hit Jupiter?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It began with a furrowed brow, a moment of puzzlement, quickly dismissed.
Galaxy-Sized Observatory for Gravitational Waves
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers are making plans to create a galaxy-sized observatory to look for gravitational waves. The project is part of a joint effort with astronomers from Australia and Europe, who also ...
Scientists Hold Seance for Supernova
May 29, 2008 |
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Astronomers have unearthed secrets from the grave of a star that blasted apart in a supernova explosion long ago. By decoding ghostly echoes of light traveling away from the remains of a supernova called Cassiopeia ...
Crossing 'a bridge to nowhere'
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Despite thousands of years of research, astronomers know next to nothing about how the universe is structured. One strong and accepted theory is that large galaxies are clustered together on structures similar ...
Space Station Marathon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 06, 2009 |
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The International Space Station (ISS) is about to make a remarkable series of flybys over the United States. Beginning this 4th of July weekend, the station will appear once, twice, and sometimes three times ...
Astronomers find coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2009 |
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The search for the best observatory site in the world has lead to the discovery of what is thought to be the coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth. No human is thought to have ever been there but it is expected to yield ...
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