items tagged with Space
Google climbs aboard search for ET planets
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-03-20 02:31:55
No stranger to the science of mapping and organising the world's vast volumes of data, search kingpin Google has joined an MIT project to map the heavens from a satellite and search for planets like Earth. Researchers claim the project could rapidly discover hundreds of planets similar to Earth, something which has eluded scientists until now.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-03-20 02:31:55
No stranger to the science of mapping and organising the world's vast volumes of data, search kingpin Google has joined an MIT project to map the heavens from a satellite and search for planets like Earth. Researchers claim the project could rapidly discover hundreds of planets similar to Earth, something which has eluded scientists until now.
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Jules Verne ready for launch
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-05 17:45:11
Jules Verne, the ESA's first Automated Transfer Vehicle, has been declared ready for launch.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-05 17:45:11
Jules Verne, the ESA's first Automated Transfer Vehicle, has been declared ready for launch.
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UK schoolkids get space experiment opportunity
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-04 23:26:31
Primary school students in the UK have the opportunity to design a science experiment to be carried out on the International Space Station.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-04 23:26:31
Primary school students in the UK have the opportunity to design a science experiment to be carried out on the International Space Station.
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Western Australia Govt pumps A$20m into star trek
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-29 03:01:34
A journey through the stars, via ground based radio astronomy? That’s the WA Govt’s plan, with a $20m package to boost their chances of winning the A$2 billion ‘Square Kilometre Array’.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-29 03:01:34
A journey through the stars, via ground based radio astronomy? That’s the WA Govt’s plan, with a $20m package to boost their chances of winning the A$2 billion ‘Square Kilometre Array’.
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Planetary Society announces winners of tag-and-track asteroid contest
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-27 08:33:50
On Tuesday, February 26, 2008, The Planetary Society, based in Pasadena, California, U.S.A., announced the winners of its $50,000 Apophis Mission Design Competition.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-27 08:33:50
On Tuesday, February 26, 2008, The Planetary Society, based in Pasadena, California, U.S.A., announced the winners of its $50,000 Apophis Mission Design Competition.
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NASA 101 shows why we’re better off here on Earth
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-26 20:30:23
NASA announced it has a new interactive Web program that shows how NASA technologies over the past fifty years have improved our lives. The Home and NASA City website features over 1,500 examples of how NASA technologies are used on Earth each and every day.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-26 20:30:23
NASA announced it has a new interactive Web program that shows how NASA technologies over the past fifty years have improved our lives. The Home and NASA City website features over 1,500 examples of how NASA technologies are used on Earth each and every day.
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Sun to destroy Earth in 7.6 billion years
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-24 06:27:39
No need to panic just yet, but in 7.6 billion years, the dying Sun will expand and burn up our planet completely. The answer? Use a large passing asteroid to ‘nudge’ our orbit further outwards; live on space ‘life rafts’ or leave the planet in search of strange new worlds.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-24 06:27:39
No need to panic just yet, but in 7.6 billion years, the dying Sun will expand and burn up our planet completely. The answer? Use a large passing asteroid to ‘nudge’ our orbit further outwards; live on space ‘life rafts’ or leave the planet in search of strange new worlds.
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Ailing spy satellite seen by skygazers, Pentagon announces attack plan
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-15 08:32:09
The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) spy satellite USA 193/NROL-21 is being seen over the night skies of the United States and Europe. The U.S. Pentagon announced it will try to break up the satellite to reduce its chances of hitting the Earth.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-15 08:32:09
The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) spy satellite USA 193/NROL-21 is being seen over the night skies of the United States and Europe. The U.S. Pentagon announced it will try to break up the satellite to reduce its chances of hitting the Earth.
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NASA 2009 budget crafted at $17.6 billion
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-04 15:41:48
On Monday, February 4, 2008, NASA announced that its fiscal year 2009 budget is $17.6 billion for continuing to build the International Space Station, operate the space shuttle fleet, explore the solar system, study the Earth, and conduct aeronautics research.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-04 15:41:48
On Monday, February 4, 2008, NASA announced that its fiscal year 2009 budget is $17.6 billion for continuing to build the International Space Station, operate the space shuttle fleet, explore the solar system, study the Earth, and conduct aeronautics research.
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Mercury data surprises scientists
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-30 15:48:29
Data received from NASA's MESSENGER Mercury probe has delivered some surprises for scientists studying the solar system's innermost planet.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-30 15:48:29
Data received from NASA's MESSENGER Mercury probe has delivered some surprises for scientists studying the solar system's innermost planet.
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Automated spaceship loaded for ISS resupply
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-29 00:35:14
Jules Verne, the first European automated transfer vehicle (ATV) has been loaded with oxygen ahead of its first trip to the International Space Station.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-29 00:35:14
Jules Verne, the first European automated transfer vehicle (ATV) has been loaded with oxygen ahead of its first trip to the International Space Station.
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Book your spaceflight: SpaceShipTwo almost ready
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-24 10:57:12
On Wednesday, January 23, 2008, Burt Ratan and Sir Richard Branson displayed for the first time the design of their new suborbital spaceplane, SpaceShipTwo, at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, New York, U.S.A., Earth.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-24 10:57:12
On Wednesday, January 23, 2008, Burt Ratan and Sir Richard Branson displayed for the first time the design of their new suborbital spaceplane, SpaceShipTwo, at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, New York, U.S.A., Earth.
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Diseases being watched from space
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-01-18 05:33:34
Members of NASA’s National Space Science and Technology Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB’s) School of Public Health are teaming up to identify human health concerns on Earth from satellites circling above the planet.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-01-18 05:33:34
Members of NASA’s National Space Science and Technology Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB’s) School of Public Health are teaming up to identify human health concerns on Earth from satellites circling above the planet.
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Astronomers hit Einsteinian jackpot
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-13 10:23:38
An international team of scientists used the Hubble Space Telescope to find a never-before-seen double Einstein ring. The important discovery helps astronomers learn more about dark matter, dark energy, and curved space of the universe.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-13 10:23:38
An international team of scientists used the Hubble Space Telescope to find a never-before-seen double Einstein ring. The important discovery helps astronomers learn more about dark matter, dark energy, and curved space of the universe.
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Hubble repair scheduled for August
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-08 17:06:46
Space Shuttle Atlantis has been scheduled for an August mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-08 17:06:46
Space Shuttle Atlantis has been scheduled for an August mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Fifty years ago U.S. begins to explore space: Explorer-1
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-06 10:57:39
The month of January 1958 was very busy for the pioneers that began space exploration for the United States. Satellite 1958 Alpha (commonly called Explorer-1) lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Florida, on January 31, 1958--the beginning of the Space Age for the United States.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-06 10:57:39
The month of January 1958 was very busy for the pioneers that began space exploration for the United States. Satellite 1958 Alpha (commonly called Explorer-1) lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Florida, on January 31, 1958--the beginning of the Space Age for the United States.
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U.S. presidential candidates and positions on Space, Science
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-01-01 10:30:47
The citizens of the United States are in the midst of its election of a new president in 2008. Their responses to the topics of space, science, and education say much about their campaigns and how they will direct the country.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-01-01 10:30:47
The citizens of the United States are in the midst of its election of a new president in 2008. Their responses to the topics of space, science, and education say much about their campaigns and how they will direct the country.
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Ariane ends year with successful launch
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-27 00:41:44
The sixth and final Ariane launch for the year successfully took a pair of commercial satellites into orbit.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-27 00:41:44
The sixth and final Ariane launch for the year successfully took a pair of commercial satellites into orbit.
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Voyager 1 and 2 say solar system is dented
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-11 09:19:11
NASA scientists used data from the long-running, far, far away interstellar Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft to find that the solar system has an asymmetrical (not balanced or regularly arranged) shape.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-11 09:19:11
NASA scientists used data from the long-running, far, far away interstellar Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft to find that the solar system has an asymmetrical (not balanced or regularly arranged) shape.
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Thirty Meter Telescope gets $200 million boost
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-06 11:58:40
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation gave the University of California and the California Institute of Technology a commitment of $200 million for future development and construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-06 11:58:40
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation gave the University of California and the California Institute of Technology a commitment of $200 million for future development and construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
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