items tagged with Sun
Three big discoveries of Northern Lights
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-12 09:53:44
The NASA THEMIS spacecraft—after only eight months in active operation—has made three important discoveries about “why” the aurora borealis, commonly called the Northern Lights, suddenly appears very bright and “where” it gets all of its energy.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-12 09:53:44
The NASA THEMIS spacecraft—after only eight months in active operation—has made three important discoveries about “why” the aurora borealis, commonly called the Northern Lights, suddenly appears very bright and “where” it gets all of its energy.
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Mechanisms for solar wind discovered by Japanese Hinode spacecraft
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-10 09:43:30
An international group of scientists using the Hinode spacecraft have found that two mechanisms produce the solar wind. How the solar wind was produced was previously not fully understood by scientists.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-10 09:43:30
An international group of scientists using the Hinode spacecraft have found that two mechanisms produce the solar wind. How the solar wind was produced was previously not fully understood by scientists.
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Macquarie Hosting picks Sun servers on green credentials
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2007-12-04 00:27:17
Macquarie Telecom's hosting division has changed its preferred server supplier to Sun Microsystems after a like-for-like comparison with major competitors, including Dell and HP showed, it could reduce power consumption by up to 60 percent.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2007-12-04 00:27:17
Macquarie Telecom's hosting division has changed its preferred server supplier to Sun Microsystems after a like-for-like comparison with major competitors, including Dell and HP showed, it could reduce power consumption by up to 60 percent.
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December’s Geminid meteor shower promises to be best of 2007
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-03 09:10:27
The late evening of Thursday, December 13, and continuing on to dawn Friday morning, December 14, is the time frame to see the Geminid meteor shower in North America.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-03 09:10:27
The late evening of Thursday, December 13, and continuing on to dawn Friday morning, December 14, is the time frame to see the Geminid meteor shower in North America.
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See the star-eating comet Monday night 11.19.2007
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-19 08:22:38
Ok, Comet Holmes is not really going to eat a star, but the evening of November 19, 2007, in the western hemisphere, will be a good time to see the comet fly directly in front of the star Mirfak (alpha Persei) and appear to engulf it with its large cloud of dust.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-19 08:22:38
Ok, Comet Holmes is not really going to eat a star, but the evening of November 19, 2007, in the western hemisphere, will be a good time to see the comet fly directly in front of the star Mirfak (alpha Persei) and appear to engulf it with its large cloud of dust.
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Clear evidence of planet formation found in Pleiades
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-18 09:14:48
The Pleiades (M45) open star cluster, about 400 light-years away from the solar system, has been clearly found to contain activity involving the formation of planets as the result of collisions between planets.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-18 09:14:48
The Pleiades (M45) open star cluster, about 400 light-years away from the solar system, has been clearly found to contain activity involving the formation of planets as the result of collisions between planets.
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Comet Holmes tops the solar system, now larger than Sun
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-15 09:36:33
Comet 17P/Holmes, which has been growing larger since October 23, 2007, is now larger than the Sun. Although the Sun is now the second largest body in the solar system it still is much more massive than the tenuous comet.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-15 09:36:33
Comet 17P/Holmes, which has been growing larger since October 23, 2007, is now larger than the Sun. Although the Sun is now the second largest body in the solar system it still is much more massive than the tenuous comet.
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Blue tail of Comet Holmes breaks off from green nucleus
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-10 09:24:13
On about November 8-9, 2007, the blue-colored gaseous tail of Comet 17P/Homes broke away from its greenish dense nucleus.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-10 09:24:13
On about November 8-9, 2007, the blue-colored gaseous tail of Comet 17P/Homes broke away from its greenish dense nucleus.
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Red Hat signs on for open source Java development
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2007-11-06 16:18:21
Red Hat has signed Sun's open source contributor agreement and the OpenJDK Community TCK licence agreement, paving the way for it to participate in the development of open source Java.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2007-11-06 16:18:21
Red Hat has signed Sun's open source contributor agreement and the OpenJDK Community TCK licence agreement, paving the way for it to participate in the development of open source Java.
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Astronaut Parazynski and solar array both shine bright on Space Station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-04 08:15:41
Emergency room surgeon turned high-flying, space-walking astronaut surgeon performed delicate surgery on an ailing solar array on Saturday, November 3, 2007. He left a scar but the patient has been healed.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-04 08:15:41
Emergency room surgeon turned high-flying, space-walking astronaut surgeon performed delicate surgery on an ailing solar array on Saturday, November 3, 2007. He left a scar but the patient has been healed.
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Very Large Telescope finds Neptune warmest at south pole
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-14 13:25:26
Because it was found that Neptune is about ten degrees warmer—about -310 degree Fahrenheit [-190 degrees Celsius])—at the south pole than all other places on the planet, a big question has been solved: Why is there methane in the stratosphere?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-14 13:25:26
Because it was found that Neptune is about ten degrees warmer—about -310 degree Fahrenheit [-190 degrees Celsius])—at the south pole than all other places on the planet, a big question has been solved: Why is there methane in the stratosphere?
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Hubble snaps brilliant image of young star cluster inside NGC 3603
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-03 07:45:35
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an image of a star cluster that contains stars with different masses but similar ages. The stars have evolved differently, making it easy for scientists to learn more about the various life-stages of stars from one location.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-03 07:45:35
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an image of a star cluster that contains stars with different masses but similar ages. The stars have evolved differently, making it easy for scientists to learn more about the various life-stages of stars from one location.
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See the Harvest Moon Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-21 08:48:11
A Harvest Moon is a full Moon that appears closest to the autumnal equinox, which occurs in 2007 on September 23 in the northern hemisphere.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-21 08:48:11
A Harvest Moon is a full Moon that appears closest to the autumnal equinox, which occurs in 2007 on September 23 in the northern hemisphere.
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Some lessons from the SCO debacle
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2007-09-17 12:25:35
If any bookmaker is offering good odds on the SCO Group surviving into 2009, it may well be worth a punt. After the company filed for bankruptcy on Friday, there aren't many who will bank on the company being around that long.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2007-09-17 12:25:35
If any bookmaker is offering good odds on the SCO Group surviving into 2009, it may well be worth a punt. After the company filed for bankruptcy on Friday, there aren't many who will bank on the company being around that long.
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Morning star Venus: brighter, earlier each Sept morn in 2007
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-16 08:59:07
The planet Venus, sometimes called the Morning Star when it appears in the dawn sky, is rising higher and earlier, and getting brighter, with the beginning of each new day during the months of September and October in 2007.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-16 08:59:07
The planet Venus, sometimes called the Morning Star when it appears in the dawn sky, is rising higher and earlier, and getting brighter, with the beginning of each new day during the months of September and October in 2007.
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Sun becomes Windows Server OEM
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-09-12 19:24:15
After years promoting its own Solaris operating system, Sun has yielded to commercial reality and inked an OEM agreement with Microsoft to deliver Windows Server on its x64-based servers.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-09-12 19:24:15
After years promoting its own Solaris operating system, Sun has yielded to commercial reality and inked an OEM agreement with Microsoft to deliver Windows Server on its x64-based servers.
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Sun summits server sales
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-09-04 19:14:41
Sun has claimed top spot in the Australian server market.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2007-09-04 19:14:41
Sun has claimed top spot in the Australian server market.
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September 5th is 30th anniversary of NASA Voyager 1
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-03 09:50:52
On September 5, 1977, Voyager 1 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to explore the outer solar system. Originally a five-year mission, in 2007, the interstellar space probe is still functioning and is expected to be the first spacecraft to exit the solar system and enter interstellar space.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-03 09:50:52
On September 5, 1977, Voyager 1 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to explore the outer solar system. Originally a five-year mission, in 2007, the interstellar space probe is still functioning and is expected to be the first spacecraft to exit the solar system and enter interstellar space.
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Total lunar eclipse set to turn Moon red
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-23 07:32:30
Early Tuesday morning, August 28, 2007, a colorful lunar eclipse will be visible from Australia, parts of Asia, Japan, and most of the Americas. In the United States, the western part of the country will be favored with the best conditions.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-23 07:32:30
Early Tuesday morning, August 28, 2007, a colorful lunar eclipse will be visible from Australia, parts of Asia, Japan, and most of the Americas. In the United States, the western part of the country will be favored with the best conditions.
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IBM offers Solaris on blades
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-08-17 02:42:44
IBM will give its x86 blade server customers the option of Sun's Solaris operating system.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-08-17 02:42:44
IBM will give its x86 blade server customers the option of Sun's Solaris operating system.
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