News tagged with full
STAR TRAK for November: Jupiter and Leonid meteor shower
Jupiter will be easy to see in the south as night falls in November. The best time to observe this bright planet with a telescope will be from dusk to midnight as it travels high across the sky from southeast ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 05, 2010 |
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Full-time work no longer considered the norm in Australia
Casual, part-time and contract work is gradually overtaking permanent full time employment as the standard type of job for the majority of working Australians, according to a major report by the Workplace Research Centre ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Why is the harvest moon so big and orange?
Ever wonder why the moon sometimes looks so big and orange? Professor Emeritus John Percy of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics explains the mystery behind the harvest moon:
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 01, 2010 |
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A nearby galactic exemplar
ESO has released a spectacular new image of NGC 300, a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way, and located in the nearby Sculptor Group of galaxies. Taken with the Wide Field Imager (WFI) at ESO’s La Silla ...
Sep 08, 2010 |
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The mutating Mars hoax
It spreads, it mutates, it refuses to die. For the seventh year in a row, the Mars Hoax is infecting email boxes around the world. Passed from one reader to another, the message states that on August 27th ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 25, 2010 |
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July: Planets to create a celestial chorus line in the west
(PhysOrg.com) -- The western sky will be crowded after sunset in July. Forming a long slanting line from highest to lowest above the horizon will be the planets Saturn, Mars and Venus, with the bright star ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 05, 2010 |
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Toads' earthquake exodus
Common toads (Bufo bufo) can detect impending seismic activity and alter their behaviour from breeding to evacuation mode, suggests a new study in the Zoological Society of London's (ZSL) Journal of Zoolog ...
Mar 30, 2010 |
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Close Encounter with Mars
It rises in the east at sunset, pumpkin-orange and brighter than a first magnitude star. You stare at it, unblinking. Unblinking, it stares right back. It is Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Eagle Owls Send Sweeter Valentines When Moon Is Full
(PhysOrg.com) -- Placing a tracking device on breeding owls with a wing span large enough to cover eight humans lined up side-by-side, is not a walk in the park. But, funded by a grant from the Spanish Ministry ...
Jan 21, 2010 |
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WISE Eye Spies First Glimpse of the Starry Sky
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has captured its first look at the starry sky that it will soon begin surveying in infrared light.
Jan 06, 2010 |
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Rare New Year's Eve 'blue moon' to ring in 2010
(AP) -- Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 29, 2009 |
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3D TV -- Without the Glasses (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Even with "active shutter" 3D technology for television sets, the wearing of special glasses is still required in order to get the proper experience. They aren't those red and blue or red and ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 29, 2009 |
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LG Electronics Introduces 2 New 'Full LED' LCD TVs
LG Electronics today unveiled two new ultra-slim "full LED" LCD TVs in Seoul. The new 55-inch screens- models 55LH95 and 55LH93 respectively - lead the market in terms of picture quality, design and convenience.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Galactic X-ray emissions originate from stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- A 25-year old astronomical mystery has been solved: Most of the diffuse X-ray emissions in the Milky Way do not originate from one single source but from so-called white dwarfs and from stars ...
May 05, 2009 |
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YouTube boosts full-length movies, TV show lineup (Update)
(AP) -- Google Inc.'s YouTube said Thursday it is vastly expanding its library of full-length movies and TV shows it offers online, while also launching a new advertising service and adding about a dozen ...
Apr 16, 2009 |
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