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Annual Taurid meteor shower to peak November 12, 2007
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-10 10:20:35
The Taurid meteor shower, which is caused by the Comet Encke is expected to show its best display in the eastern sky just before dawn on Monday, November 12th.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-10 10:20:35
The Taurid meteor shower, which is caused by the Comet Encke is expected to show its best display in the eastern sky just before dawn on Monday, November 12th.
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Comet Holmes gains brightness, now looks brighter than Jupiter
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-30 09:07:24
After a million-times increase in brightness over a two-day period beginning on October 24, 2007, Comet 17P/Holmes has now increased its luminosity even more, looking brighter than the planet Jupiter.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-30 09:07:24
After a million-times increase in brightness over a two-day period beginning on October 24, 2007, Comet 17P/Holmes has now increased its luminosity even more, looking brighter than the planet Jupiter.
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TrES-4 is biggest and lowest-density exoplanet ever discovered
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-08 09:15:07
TrES-4 was discovered by an international team of astronomers with the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey (TrES). What makes it an unusual type of planet it that TrES-4 is just under twice the diameter of Jupiter (the largest planet in the solar system) but only approximately three-quarters the mass.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-08 09:15:07
TrES-4 was discovered by an international team of astronomers with the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey (TrES). What makes it an unusual type of planet it that TrES-4 is just under twice the diameter of Jupiter (the largest planet in the solar system) but only approximately three-quarters the mass.
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First proof of water found on planet outside Earth’s solar system
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-11 22:15:10
At about 370.3 trillion miles from the Earth, the best evidence to date has been found concerning the existence of water on an extrasolar planet, or a planet circling a star other than our Sun. And, the abundance of water on such planets is key to finding alien life.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-11 22:15:10
At about 370.3 trillion miles from the Earth, the best evidence to date has been found concerning the existence of water on an extrasolar planet, or a planet circling a star other than our Sun. And, the abundance of water on such planets is key to finding alien life.
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Woods Hole oceanographers to explore Arctic Ocean ridge
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-06-22 16:30:51
The 40-day Arctic Gakkel Vents Expedition by scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Cape Cod, Massachusetts, will explore the Gakkel Ridge under the frozen Arctic Ocean for exotic sea creatures.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-06-22 16:30:51
The 40-day Arctic Gakkel Vents Expedition by scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Cape Cod, Massachusetts, will explore the Gakkel Ridge under the frozen Arctic Ocean for exotic sea creatures.
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