items tagged with Space
NASA surprised with strange ribbon circling solar system
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-16 09:34:38
THE NASA spacecraft IBEX is making a map of the edge of the heliosphere, the magnetic boundary formed by the solar wind and interstellar matter at the edge of the solar system. Unexpectedly, IBEX imaged a "bright, winding ribbon of unknown origin" that goes about 80% away around the solar system.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-16 09:34:38
THE NASA spacecraft IBEX is making a map of the edge of the heliosphere, the magnetic boundary formed by the solar wind and interstellar matter at the edge of the solar system. Unexpectedly, IBEX imaged a "bright, winding ribbon of unknown origin" that goes about 80% away around the solar system.
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Earth to Gliese 581d, anyone there?
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-28 00:25:14
The search for human life beyond mother earth is one of those endless pursuits that never ceases to fascinate and intrigue we earthlings. So far, however, there’s been a deathly silence from outerspace to all the signals sent so far, but that’s no deterrent to Australian website, Hello From Earth, which today sent off a new signal to a far off planet with text messages from 25,000 people from all over the world.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-28 00:25:14
The search for human life beyond mother earth is one of those endless pursuits that never ceases to fascinate and intrigue we earthlings. So far, however, there’s been a deathly silence from outerspace to all the signals sent so far, but that’s no deterrent to Australian website, Hello From Earth, which today sent off a new signal to a far off planet with text messages from 25,000 people from all over the world.
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Students tweeting telescope takeover
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-11 20:44:08
Twitter’s reach seemingly knows no bounds, with the popular social networking site taking its millions of devotees around the world into space today as a group of Australian school students take over the famous Parkes telescope to explore for pulsars and post their results to Twitter.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-11 20:44:08
Twitter’s reach seemingly knows no bounds, with the popular social networking site taking its millions of devotees around the world into space today as a group of Australian school students take over the famous Parkes telescope to explore for pulsars and post their results to Twitter.
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Lightning "dances" on edge of space: Sprites
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-08 08:29:08
On the wispy boundary where Earth’s atmosphere fades away and outer space takes charge, a type of lightning occurs that, until they were photographed by a University of Minnesota scientist and followed up with images from NASA Space Shuttle astronauts, were not believed to be real.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-08 08:29:08
On the wispy boundary where Earth’s atmosphere fades away and outer space takes charge, a type of lightning occurs that, until they were photographed by a University of Minnesota scientist and followed up with images from NASA Space Shuttle astronauts, were not believed to be real.
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It's six-up on the ISS
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-01 00:27:46
The International Space Station now has a six-person crew.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-06-01 00:27:46
The International Space Station now has a six-person crew.
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