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MARVELS project by NASA looks for new planets
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-09 09:25:59
The Multi-object Apache Point Observatory Radial Velocity Exoplanet Large-area Survey (MARVELS) is set to survey about 11,000 stars. Beginning in 2008, astronomers hope to find at least 150 planets never before seen circling some of these stars.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-09 09:25:59
The Multi-object Apache Point Observatory Radial Velocity Exoplanet Large-area Survey (MARVELS) is set to survey about 11,000 stars. Beginning in 2008, astronomers hope to find at least 150 planets never before seen circling some of these stars.
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ISS flies fast & bright over North America and Europe
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-07 08:29:43
During the month of May 2008, the International Space Station will be brightly seen over the evening skies of North America and Europe as it crosses Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, and the Moon.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-07 08:29:43
During the month of May 2008, the International Space Station will be brightly seen over the evening skies of North America and Europe as it crosses Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, and the Moon.
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Crescent Moon intertwine with Pleiades: April 8, 2008
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-07 08:15:56
On the evening of Tuesday, April 8, 2008, skygazers will see the Moon move very close to The Seven Sisters, or also called the Pleiades. People of North America will have the best position for the viewing.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-07 08:15:56
On the evening of Tuesday, April 8, 2008, skygazers will see the Moon move very close to The Seven Sisters, or also called the Pleiades. People of North America will have the best position for the viewing.
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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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NASA’s Hubble finds first organic molecule on exoplanet
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-16 10:45:15
NASA announced that U.S. and U.K. astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the first organic molecule (specifically, methane) in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-16 10:45:15
NASA announced that U.S. and U.K. astronomers working with the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the first organic molecule (specifically, methane) in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet.
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U.S. astronomers see first magnetic reversal of star other than Sun
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-26 09:44:24
Astronomers have found the first evidence of a star changing its magnetic field. The Sun is known to reverse its north and south magnetic poles, but astronomers had never seen another star do it. Now they have seen it in tau Bootis.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-26 09:44:24
Astronomers have found the first evidence of a star changing its magnetic field. The Sun is known to reverse its north and south magnetic poles, but astronomers had never seen another star do it. Now they have seen it in tau Bootis.
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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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