items tagged with Comet
Rosetta spacecraft snaps dazzling pix of Earth
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-11-13 09:54:22
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft is flying toward Earth on its third and final flyby. It took a dramatic picture of its home planet Earth on November 12, 2009, for all Earthlings to see.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-11-13 09:54:22
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft is flying toward Earth on its third and final flyby. It took a dramatic picture of its home planet Earth on November 12, 2009, for all Earthlings to see.
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Hit the trail for the Orionid meteor shower
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-20 07:49:22
The peak for the 2009 Orionid meteor shower is set for Wednesday morning, October 21st. Sixty or more meteors per hour are expected to be the highs for the event, but you never know how many you'll see from hour to hour?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-20 07:49:22
The peak for the 2009 Orionid meteor shower is set for Wednesday morning, October 21st. Sixty or more meteors per hour are expected to be the highs for the event, but you never know how many you'll see from hour to hour?
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NASA spacecraft finds basic ingredient of life in comet
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-18 08:30:28
A NASA scientist announced on August 16, 2009, that NASA’s Stardust spacecraft has returned sample material to Earth from comet Wild 2. The sample contains the first signs within an extraterrestrial body of an amino acid, which is used by organisms to make proteins: a building block of life.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-18 08:30:28
A NASA scientist announced on August 16, 2009, that NASA’s Stardust spacecraft has returned sample material to Earth from comet Wild 2. The sample contains the first signs within an extraterrestrial body of an amino acid, which is used by organisms to make proteins: a building block of life.
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Congress can't find their asteroids, no money for NASA
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-13 08:23:09
According to a report from the National Research Council, the U.S. Congress never gave NASA the money necessary to hunt down and identify potentially threatening near-Earth objects (NEOs), such as asteroids and comets. Consequently, the U.S. space agency has only been able to chart a fraction it was supposed to find.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-13 08:23:09
According to a report from the National Research Council, the U.S. Congress never gave NASA the money necessary to hunt down and identify potentially threatening near-Earth objects (NEOs), such as asteroids and comets. Consequently, the U.S. space agency has only been able to chart a fraction it was supposed to find.
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Carr unveils $2.4m in commercialisation grants
Written By: James Riley
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 22:21:28
Industry Minister Kim Carr has announced $2.4 million in grants to 38 companies through the Howard government-initiated Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) program, including funding to 13 firms in the ICT sector.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 22:21:28
Industry Minister Kim Carr has announced $2.4 million in grants to 38 companies through the Howard government-initiated Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) program, including funding to 13 firms in the ICT sector.
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Hubble takes rare Jupiter impact images
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-25 07:49:30
The Hubble Space Telescope was detoured in its recalibration, after being refurbished by the NASA STS-125 astronauts in May 2009, to take images of the recent impact spot on Jupiter, which was discovered by an Australian amateur astronomer on July 19, 2009.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-25 07:49:30
The Hubble Space Telescope was detoured in its recalibration, after being refurbished by the NASA STS-125 astronauts in May 2009, to take images of the recent impact spot on Jupiter, which was discovered by an Australian amateur astronomer on July 19, 2009.
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Jupiter gets bonked by either a comet or asteroid
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-21 07:29:11
Astronomers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory verified on Monday, July 20, 2009, after receiving an email from an amateur astronomer in Australia, that Jupiter had just been hit with an object, possibly a comet or asteroid.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-21 07:29:11
Astronomers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory verified on Monday, July 20, 2009, after receiving an email from an amateur astronomer in Australia, that Jupiter had just been hit with an object, possibly a comet or asteroid.
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Look up: It’s time for Eta Aquarid meteor shower
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-04 17:03:37
Tuesday evening/Wednesday morning, May 5-6, 2009, is expected to be the peak of the Aquarid meteors with up to 85 meteors per hour over the Southern Hemisphere. If you are in the Northern Hemispere, you'll see them, too!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-05-04 17:03:37
Tuesday evening/Wednesday morning, May 5-6, 2009, is expected to be the peak of the Aquarid meteors with up to 85 meteors per hour over the Southern Hemisphere. If you are in the Northern Hemispere, you'll see them, too!
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Lyrid meteor shower coming to Earth
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-21 07:46:20
The Lyrid meteor shower, brought to you by Comet Thatcher, is coming to everyone’s early dawn sky on and around Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Its unpredictable nature could produce a few meteors per hour or many, many more. Look at it to find out what happens.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-21 07:46:20
The Lyrid meteor shower, brought to you by Comet Thatcher, is coming to everyone’s early dawn sky on and around Wednesday, April 22, 2009. Its unpredictable nature could produce a few meteors per hour or many, many more. Look at it to find out what happens.
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Update to Comet Lulin (and transit of Saturn's moons)
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-19 10:18:57
Comet Lulin will be making its closest approach to Earth on February 24, 2009. It has already given quite a few surprises as it heads toward us. Now, it is even visible without a telescope, just with your two eyeballs. As a plus, see the comet next to Saturn and four of its moons transiting the planet.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-19 10:18:57
Comet Lulin will be making its closest approach to Earth on February 24, 2009. It has already given quite a few surprises as it heads toward us. Now, it is even visible without a telescope, just with your two eyeballs. As a plus, see the comet next to Saturn and four of its moons transiting the planet.
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Don't miss Comet Lulin approaching Earth: It's green!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-04 15:44:39
We all can see with our naked eyes the Comet Lulin as is approaches the Earth in February 2009. What makes this comet fascinating is its green color, which comes from the gases that make up its atmosphere as it races through the vacuum of outer space and approaches the heat of the Sun.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-04 15:44:39
We all can see with our naked eyes the Comet Lulin as is approaches the Earth in February 2009. What makes this comet fascinating is its green color, which comes from the gases that make up its atmosphere as it races through the vacuum of outer space and approaches the heat of the Sun.
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Nano-diamonds suggest comet collisions wrecked havoc on Earth
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-03 13:37:38
The discovery of numerous tiny diamonds spread out at six sites in North America suggest to scientists that they came from comets impacting the Earth about 13,000 years ago, possibly dooming the Clovis natives and many now-extinct animals.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-03 13:37:38
The discovery of numerous tiny diamonds spread out at six sites in North America suggest to scientists that they came from comets impacting the Earth about 13,000 years ago, possibly dooming the Clovis natives and many now-extinct animals.
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No TCP/IP for NASA's deep space Internet
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-18 16:12:46
It's been a decade in the making, but NASA has successfully tested a new deep-space communications network modelled on the Internet. Images have been transmitted to and from a spacecraft 20 million miles away.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-18 16:12:46
It's been a decade in the making, but NASA has successfully tested a new deep-space communications network modelled on the Internet. Images have been transmitted to and from a spacecraft 20 million miles away.
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New solar system member is tail-less comet called 2006 SQ372
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-22 11:29:21
The comet called 2006 SQ372 was discovered in 2007 to be about two billion miles (three billion kilometers) from Earth, a bit closer than the orbit of Neptune, on a 22,000-to-32,000 year trip around the Sun. Where it came from is still being hypothesized by its discoverers and other astronomers.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-08-22 11:29:21
The comet called 2006 SQ372 was discovered in 2007 to be about two billion miles (three billion kilometers) from Earth, a bit closer than the orbit of Neptune, on a 22,000-to-32,000 year trip around the Sun. Where it came from is still being hypothesized by its discoverers and other astronomers.
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See Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower July/August 2008
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-09 10:30:15
The Southern Delta Aquarids is a meteor shower that will be visible from mid-July to mid-August, but will peak on July 28-29, 2008.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-07-09 10:30:15
The Southern Delta Aquarids is a meteor shower that will be visible from mid-July to mid-August, but will peak on July 28-29, 2008.
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ABC NewsRadio axes StarStuff program – why?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Comet Wild 2 looks like asteroid to NASA Stardust spacecraft
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-25 09:37:15
NASA’s Stardust mission to Comet Wild 2 back in 2004, in which samples were returned to Earth, are now being analyzed by astronomers. They are surprised because the comet looks more like an asteroid: calling it an asteroid-like comet.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-25 09:37:15
NASA’s Stardust mission to Comet Wild 2 back in 2004, in which samples were returned to Earth, are now being analyzed by astronomers. They are surprised because the comet looks more like an asteroid: calling it an asteroid-like comet.
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Building blocks of life found around star HR 4796A
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-08 08:42:02
A new U.S. study has found complex organic molecules, tholins, in the dust cloud around the star HR 4796A. The important conclusion of these researchers is that this discovery provides good evidence that living organisms are common throughout planetary systems.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-08 08:42:02
A new U.S. study has found complex organic molecules, tholins, in the dust cloud around the star HR 4796A. The important conclusion of these researchers is that this discovery provides good evidence that living organisms are common throughout planetary systems.
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Quadrantid meteor shower: January 3-4, 2008
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-03 08:30:45
The Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to produce a brief-but-intense number of meteors between the hours of 9:00 p.m. Thursday night to 2:00 a.m. Friday morning (0200 UTC and 0700 UTC) over the Northern Hemisphere.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-03 08:30:45
The Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to produce a brief-but-intense number of meteors between the hours of 9:00 p.m. Thursday night to 2:00 a.m. Friday morning (0200 UTC and 0700 UTC) over the Northern Hemisphere.
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Celebrate the New Year with Comet 8P/Tuttle
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-30 08:31:44
On January 1 and 2, 2008, Comet 8P/Tuttle will be making its closest approach to Earth. See it in your local northern sky as it travels less than 24 million miles away. And, southern sky watchers get to see it later in January.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-30 08:31:44
On January 1 and 2, 2008, Comet 8P/Tuttle will be making its closest approach to Earth. See it in your local northern sky as it travels less than 24 million miles away. And, southern sky watchers get to see it later in January.
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