items tagged with Comet
Rosetta spacecraft snaps dazzling pix of Earth
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-11-13 09:54:22
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft is flying toward Earth on its third and final flyby. It took a dramatic picture of its home planet Earth on November 12, 2009, for all Earthlings to see.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-11-13 09:54:22
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft is flying toward Earth on its third and final flyby. It took a dramatic picture of its home planet Earth on November 12, 2009, for all Earthlings to see.
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Hit the trail for the Orionid meteor shower
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-20 07:49:22
The peak for the 2009 Orionid meteor shower is set for Wednesday morning, October 21st. Sixty or more meteors per hour are expected to be the highs for the event, but you never know how many you'll see from hour to hour?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-20 07:49:22
The peak for the 2009 Orionid meteor shower is set for Wednesday morning, October 21st. Sixty or more meteors per hour are expected to be the highs for the event, but you never know how many you'll see from hour to hour?
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NASA spacecraft finds basic ingredient of life in comet
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-18 08:30:28
A NASA scientist announced on August 16, 2009, that NASA’s Stardust spacecraft has returned sample material to Earth from comet Wild 2. The sample contains the first signs within an extraterrestrial body of an amino acid, which is used by organisms to make proteins: a building block of life.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-18 08:30:28
A NASA scientist announced on August 16, 2009, that NASA’s Stardust spacecraft has returned sample material to Earth from comet Wild 2. The sample contains the first signs within an extraterrestrial body of an amino acid, which is used by organisms to make proteins: a building block of life.
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Congress can't find their asteroids, no money for NASA
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-13 08:23:09
According to a report from the National Research Council, the U.S. Congress never gave NASA the money necessary to hunt down and identify potentially threatening near-Earth objects (NEOs), such as asteroids and comets. Consequently, the U.S. space agency has only been able to chart a fraction it was supposed to find.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-13 08:23:09
According to a report from the National Research Council, the U.S. Congress never gave NASA the money necessary to hunt down and identify potentially threatening near-Earth objects (NEOs), such as asteroids and comets. Consequently, the U.S. space agency has only been able to chart a fraction it was supposed to find.
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Carr unveils $2.4m in commercialisation grants
Written By: James Riley
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 22:21:28
Industry Minister Kim Carr has announced $2.4 million in grants to 38 companies through the Howard government-initiated Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) program, including funding to 13 firms in the ICT sector.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 22:21:28
Industry Minister Kim Carr has announced $2.4 million in grants to 38 companies through the Howard government-initiated Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) program, including funding to 13 firms in the ICT sector.
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