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NASA’s WMAP space probe says universe is 13.73 billion years old
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-26 10:16:52
The NASA Wilkinson Microwave Anisotrpy Probe (WMAP) analyzed the cosmic microwave background radiation, which was left over from the Big Bang, to find the most precise age of the universe yet measured: 13.73 billion years.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-26 10:16:52
The NASA Wilkinson Microwave Anisotrpy Probe (WMAP) analyzed the cosmic microwave background radiation, which was left over from the Big Bang, to find the most precise age of the universe yet measured: 13.73 billion years.
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Gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B sets new space record
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-21 22:39:43
It’s amazing but if you happened to have been looking up in the night sky in the direction of the constellation Boötes at 2:12 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (0612 UTC) on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, you could have seen with your naked eyes the brightest explosion of a star that ever occurred.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-21 22:39:43
It’s amazing but if you happened to have been looking up in the night sky in the direction of the constellation Boötes at 2:12 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (0612 UTC) on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, you could have seen with your naked eyes the brightest explosion of a star that ever occurred.
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Western Australia Govt pumps A$20m into star trek
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-29 03:01:34
A journey through the stars, via ground based radio astronomy? That’s the WA Govt’s plan, with a $20m package to boost their chances of winning the A$2 billion ‘Square Kilometre Array’.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-29 03:01:34
A journey through the stars, via ground based radio astronomy? That’s the WA Govt’s plan, with a $20m package to boost their chances of winning the A$2 billion ‘Square Kilometre Array’.
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NASA sends The Beatles “on and on across the universe”
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-01 09:43:19
On January 31, 2008, NASA announced that its Deep Space Network will beam The Beatles’ song “Across the Universe” into outer space at 7 p.m. EST on Monday, February 4, 2008. You can join in on the celebration!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-01 09:43:19
On January 31, 2008, NASA announced that its Deep Space Network will beam The Beatles’ song “Across the Universe” into outer space at 7 p.m. EST on Monday, February 4, 2008. You can join in on the celebration!
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Astronomers hit Einsteinian jackpot
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-13 10:23:38
An international team of scientists used the Hubble Space Telescope to find a never-before-seen double Einstein ring. The important discovery helps astronomers learn more about dark matter, dark energy, and curved space of the universe.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-13 10:23:38
An international team of scientists used the Hubble Space Telescope to find a never-before-seen double Einstein ring. The important discovery helps astronomers learn more about dark matter, dark energy, and curved space of the universe.
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U.S. advisors pit evolution against intelligent design
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-01-04 09:35:56
Scientific advisers to the U.S. government have released the third edition of the book “Science, Evolution, and Creationism,” which emphasizes the importance of teaching evolution in public schools. It adds controversy as to what should be taught as science.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-01-04 09:35:56
Scientific advisers to the U.S. government have released the third edition of the book “Science, Evolution, and Creationism,” which emphasizes the importance of teaching evolution in public schools. It adds controversy as to what should be taught as science.
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Thirty Meter Telescope gets $200 million boost
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-06 11:58:40
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation gave the University of California and the California Institute of Technology a commitment of $200 million for future development and construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-06 11:58:40
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation gave the University of California and the California Institute of Technology a commitment of $200 million for future development and construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
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Will NASA launch Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2007-12-01 17:24:47
Called “the most expensive scientific experiments ever built,” $1.5 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) may end up in storage and never get the chance to search the universe for antimatter.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2007-12-01 17:24:47
Called “the most expensive scientific experiments ever built,” $1.5 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) may end up in storage and never get the chance to search the universe for antimatter.
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Has first evidence of another universe been seen?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-24 11:04:15
Astronomers announced in August 2007 the discovery of a large hole at the edge of our universe. Since then, theoretical physicist and cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton and colleagues have claimed it is an “unmistakable imprint of another universe beyond the edge of our own.”
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-24 11:04:15
Astronomers announced in August 2007 the discovery of a large hole at the edge of our universe. Since then, theoretical physicist and cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton and colleagues have claimed it is an “unmistakable imprint of another universe beyond the edge of our own.”
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Surfing the universe, part-time physicist snowboarding toward explanation of everything
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-18 12:10:19
U.S. physicist Garrett Lisi is working on an explanation of the Theory of Everything, a theory that would explain everything in the universe.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-18 12:10:19
U.S. physicist Garrett Lisi is working on an explanation of the Theory of Everything, a theory that would explain everything in the universe.
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Universe goes on diet of electrons, weight may stay off
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-13 08:43:44
Astronomers at the University of Alabama (Huntsville, U.S.A.) and the Helsinki Observatory (Finland) found that X-rays coming from galaxy cluster Abell 3112 originate from electrons and photons. If this conclusion holds with other galaxy clusters, it will considerably reduce the mass of the universe.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-13 08:43:44
Astronomers at the University of Alabama (Huntsville, U.S.A.) and the Helsinki Observatory (Finland) found that X-rays coming from galaxy cluster Abell 3112 originate from electrons and photons. If this conclusion holds with other galaxy clusters, it will considerably reduce the mass of the universe.
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GalaxyZoo finds most galaxies in universe are left-handed
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-11 10:12:28
Based on conclusions from over one-hundred-thousand GalaxyZoo volunteers as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey project, most galaxies seem to be rotating counterclockwise in relation to the Earth. Astronomers wonder why?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-11 10:12:28
Based on conclusions from over one-hundred-thousand GalaxyZoo volunteers as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey project, most galaxies seem to be rotating counterclockwise in relation to the Earth. Astronomers wonder why?
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APOLLO measures Moon distance to 1 millimeter; also helps with gravity
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-23 09:31:23
The Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation (APOLLO) instrument has measured the distance to the Moon to an accuracy of one millimeter. Such accuracies will also help with measurements involving the force of gravity.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-23 09:31:23
The Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation (APOLLO) instrument has measured the distance to the Moon to an accuracy of one millimeter. Such accuracies will also help with measurements involving the force of gravity.
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ET the extraterrestrial should text message Microsoft's Paul Allen
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-15 17:09:32
The Allen Telescope Array (ATA), funded by Allen, is a joint project of the Radio Astronomy Laboratory (RAL, University of California, Berkeley), and the SETI Institute. It began operations on Thursday, October 11, 2007, to look for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-15 17:09:32
The Allen Telescope Array (ATA), funded by Allen, is a joint project of the Radio Astronomy Laboratory (RAL, University of California, Berkeley), and the SETI Institute. It began operations on Thursday, October 11, 2007, to look for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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West Virginia undergrad makes discovery of possible new space object
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-29 12:16:08
West Virginia University undergraduate student David Narkevic was looking at old radio data taken from an Australian radio telescope when he found something that looked like a very short and powerful burst of radio energy from a pulsar—but it wasn’t from a pulsar. So what is it?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-29 12:16:08
West Virginia University undergraduate student David Narkevic was looking at old radio data taken from an Australian radio telescope when he found something that looked like a very short and powerful burst of radio energy from a pulsar—but it wasn’t from a pulsar. So what is it?
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NRC suggests NASA study Einstein’s dark force
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-06 09:03:44
On Wednesday, September 5, 2007, members of the National Research Council’s Beyond Einstein Program Assessment Committee released a study that suggests five space missions as part of NASA’s “Beyond Einstein” program. One of them is the Joint Dark Energy Mission.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-06 09:03:44
On Wednesday, September 5, 2007, members of the National Research Council’s Beyond Einstein Program Assessment Committee released a study that suggests five space missions as part of NASA’s “Beyond Einstein” program. One of them is the Joint Dark Energy Mission.
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Lucky camera, Palomar telescope takes sharper space photos than Hubble
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-04 10:35:03
The Lucky Imaging System (“Lucky”), developed by U.S. and U.K. astronomers, uses a new adaptive optics system, which is able to take out much of the distortion from Earth’s atmosphere, in order to produce some of the best digital images from ground telescopes.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-04 10:35:03
The Lucky Imaging System (“Lucky”), developed by U.S. and U.K. astronomers, uses a new adaptive optics system, which is able to take out much of the distortion from Earth’s atmosphere, in order to produce some of the best digital images from ground telescopes.
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Astronomers move live data 41,000 kilometres at 250Mbps
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-30 02:20:51
Scientists have successfully carried out the first very long electronic baseline interferometry (e-VLBI) observations by connecting telescopes in China, Australia and Europe with dedicated fibre optic links.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-30 02:20:51
Scientists have successfully carried out the first very long electronic baseline interferometry (e-VLBI) observations by connecting telescopes in China, Australia and Europe with dedicated fibre optic links.
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The emptiness of space is really empty in constellation Eridanus
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-25 11:33:15
A giant hole in the universe was found by University of Minnesota astronomers using the NASA Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) satellite.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-25 11:33:15
A giant hole in the universe was found by University of Minnesota astronomers using the NASA Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) satellite.
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Google the visible universe with Sky: starting August 22
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-22 09:39:53
Google is introducing Sky, a virtual telescope, within Google Earth on August 22, 2007.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-22 09:39:53
Google is introducing Sky, a virtual telescope, within Google Earth on August 22, 2007.
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