items tagged with Universe
NASA's probe shows Jupiter up close and personal
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-02 06:14:06
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-02 06:14:06
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Small moons are acting as shepherds using their gravity to herd dust and boulders in Jupiter's faint rings, NASA scientists reported on Tuesday.
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'Scotty' set for space flight - this time for real
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-28 04:51:04
The remains of actor James Doohan - engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the original Star Trek crew - are set to be launched into space later today.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-28 04:51:04
The remains of actor James Doohan - engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the original Star Trek crew - are set to be launched into space later today.
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Scientists will look for alien life, but Where and How?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-27 11:12:02
With the discovery of the potentially habitable planet Gliese 581 c, astrobiologists are setting their sights on the search for extraterrestrial life. Where are the best places to look? What are the best instruments to perform those searches? How will they do it?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-04-27 11:12:02
With the discovery of the potentially habitable planet Gliese 581 c, astrobiologists are setting their sights on the search for extraterrestrial life. Where are the best places to look? What are the best instruments to perform those searches? How will they do it?
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Spitzer spies potential planet-harbouring binaries
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-04-01 04:45:45
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-04-01 04:45:45
Astronomers using the Spitzer space telescope have discovered that, contrary to expectations, twin-star systems are actually more likely to have indictors of planetary systems than single stars are.
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Japanese AKARI spacecraft producing great pixs of infrared universe
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-31 11:27:17
With only about 550 days to complete its mission, the Akari infrared astronomy satellite has already provided astronomers with fantastic views of star births and deaths, galaxy evolution, supernova remnants, black holes, and other mysterious wonders of the universe.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-31 11:27:17
With only about 550 days to complete its mission, the Akari infrared astronomy satellite has already provided astronomers with fantastic views of star births and deaths, galaxy evolution, supernova remnants, black holes, and other mysterious wonders of the universe.
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Sharp-shooting telescope tracks space 'bullets'
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-22 18:26:31
New technology has given astronomers a sharper look at "bullets" of gas travelling through the Orion Nebula.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-22 18:26:31
New technology has given astronomers a sharper look at "bullets" of gas travelling through the Orion Nebula.
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Agencies mull global plans for space exploration
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-03-15 09:23:18
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-03-15 09:23:18
Fourteen space agencies around the world have agreed to coordinate their space exploration efforts, paving the way for truly planet-wide collaboration in space science.
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Microsoft tantalises with TechFest demos
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-03-07 22:32:14
Google is perhaps the best known example of a company that allows 'side projects' - activities not immediately directed towards current or planned products and services - but Microsoft's TechFest shows it still knows something about innovation.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-03-07 22:32:14
Google is perhaps the best known example of a company that allows 'side projects' - activities not immediately directed towards current or planned products and services - but Microsoft's TechFest shows it still knows something about innovation.
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Hawking to experience the nauseating thrill of zero gravity
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-01 22:55:10
Famed British physicist and best-selling author, Stephen Hawking, known not only for his book ‘A Brief History of Time’, his wheelchair, computer voice and recent prediction that man must colonize the universe, is soon to experience zero gravity.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-01 22:55:10
Famed British physicist and best-selling author, Stephen Hawking, known not only for his book ‘A Brief History of Time’, his wheelchair, computer voice and recent prediction that man must colonize the universe, is soon to experience zero gravity.
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Europe has a Cosmic Vision
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-28 02:26:08
The European Space Agency is about to invite the scientific community to propose missions for its 'Cosmic Vision' program for the years 2015 to 2025.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-28 02:26:08
The European Space Agency is about to invite the scientific community to propose missions for its 'Cosmic Vision' program for the years 2015 to 2025.
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XMM-Newton unlocks magnetic mystery
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-22 19:04:11
Observations using the ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory have allowed scientists to propose an answer to a twenty year old puzzle.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-22 19:04:11
Observations using the ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory have allowed scientists to propose an answer to a twenty year old puzzle.
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Space telescope analyses exoplanetary atmospheres
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-21 20:27:09
NASA scientists have for the first time identified constituents of the atmosphere of an exoplanet (a planet outside our solar system) by using the Spitzer space telescope.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-21 20:27:09
NASA scientists have for the first time identified constituents of the atmosphere of an exoplanet (a planet outside our solar system) by using the Spitzer space telescope.
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Asteroid collision course sends UN into frenzy
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-20 05:30:22
The possibility that an asteroid will strike the Earth on Sunday, April 13 2036 has reverberated across the globe, with the world’s citizens wondering what anyone is doing about it with the UN at least two years away from version 1 of an anti asteroid plan.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-20 05:30:22
The possibility that an asteroid will strike the Earth on Sunday, April 13 2036 has reverberated across the globe, with the world’s citizens wondering what anyone is doing about it with the UN at least two years away from version 1 of an anti asteroid plan.
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Redbubble, it’s Australian it’s new and it’s cool
Written By: Paul Hosking
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Services
2007-02-19 21:55:12
Amongst the raft of social networking sites there’s a new kid on the block that offers something a bit different. Forget your trashy 15 days of Internet fame upload your junk and home video social networking monsters. Melbourne based redbubble is class.
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Written By: Paul Hosking
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Services
2007-02-19 21:55:12
Amongst the raft of social networking sites there’s a new kid on the block that offers something a bit different. Forget your trashy 15 days of Internet fame upload your junk and home video social networking monsters. Melbourne based redbubble is class.
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Success: NASA’s five THEMIS satellites launch into space
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-17 23:33:17
Five THEMIS satellites crucial to understanding solar winds and space storms which can affect spacecraft and astronauts have successfully launched into space from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-17 23:33:17
Five THEMIS satellites crucial to understanding solar winds and space storms which can affect spacecraft and astronauts have successfully launched into space from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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NASA postpones THEMIS launch for 24 Hours
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-17 07:52:49
Upper-level winds too strong for NASA's liking has delayed the launch of a Delta II rocket and the THEMIS mission by 24 hours. But what is the THEMIS mission, and why is it important?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-17 07:52:49
Upper-level winds too strong for NASA's liking has delayed the launch of a Delta II rocket and the THEMIS mission by 24 hours. But what is the THEMIS mission, and why is it important?
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Hubble snaps death throes of sun-like star
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-02-15 06:02:29
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-02-15 06:02:29
Our sun will probably look very much the same for the next few billion years, plodding happily along the main sequence, bathing our solar system in its friendly yellow rays. All very nice for us living on Earth, of course, but not terribly exciting.
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Oh God, an evolving saga continues in Kansas
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-02-15 04:02:07
The Darwinian theory of evolution is to be taught to students in Kansas once more, after a series of flip-flop battles over the last 8 years that has seen the evolution vs. creationism (intelligent design) debate cause teaching standards to change 5 times already.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-02-15 04:02:07
The Darwinian theory of evolution is to be taught to students in Kansas once more, after a series of flip-flop battles over the last 8 years that has seen the evolution vs. creationism (intelligent design) debate cause teaching standards to change 5 times already.
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NASA completes primary mirror to James Webb Space Telescope
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-09 14:17:51
The completion of the primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope, the space observatory set to replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2013, was reported recently.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-09 14:17:51
The completion of the primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope, the space observatory set to replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2013, was reported recently.
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Space-time ripples from Big Bang explosion may be measurable
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-07 11:03:02
Direct evidence of gravitational waves produced a mere fraction of a second after the Big Bang may be possible due to independent research by scientists from Yale University and the Independent University of Madrid and future observations performed at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-07 11:03:02
Direct evidence of gravitational waves produced a mere fraction of a second after the Big Bang may be possible due to independent research by scientists from Yale University and the Independent University of Madrid and future observations performed at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory.
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