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Derided by some, Alaska volcano monitors spot on »
Posted by: ap 9 months, 1 week ago in News
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A month after Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal complained about wasteful spending in President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package — including money he ...
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Volcano monitors spot on with warnings »
Posted by: ap 9 months, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A month after Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal complained about wasteful spending in President Obama's economic stimulus package, including money for "something ...
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AstroPhotography by Kirk Rogers -- writings - Our Planet and Sun in Size Perspective »
Posted by: hotlead 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Showin the relative sizes of some heavenly bodies. That is The Sun, Earth Jupiter, and some famous stars.
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Astronauts get shuttle ready to come home Saturday »
Posted by: ap 9 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Their mission almost complete, space shuttle Discovery's astronauts checked out their ship's flight systems Friday to ensure a safe ...
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NASA Program Protects Earth From Space Debris »
Posted by: pleeplop 11 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Italian astronomer Andrea Boattini discovered six comets in 2008 while tracking cosmic debris throughout the solar system at Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona. And though ...
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Ancient Galactic Magnetic Fields Stronger than Expected »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 5 months ago in Science & Technology
Mining the far reaches of the universe for clues about its past, a team of scientists including Philipp Kronberg of Los Alamos National Laboratory has ...
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Ares V Rocket Could Revolutionize Astronomy »
Posted by: pleeplop 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
In the game of astronomy, size matters. To get crisp, clear images of things billions of light years away, a telescope needs to be big.
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Sky survey yields new cosmic haul »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & Technology
Astronomers uncover a haul of new objects in our Solar System - including an unusual icy object.
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Spore-Book »
Posted by: dexterl 1 year, 3 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
Spore is a revolution in gaming; a modern day coloring book, if you will. It's not a game about trigger happy reflexes, if it ...
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NASA planet hunter poised for liftoff »
Posted by: ap 9 months, 4 weeks ago in Science & Technology
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft, Kepler, is poised for liftoff, and everything seems to be going well in the final stages of ...
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Navigating by the stars »
Posted by: Wil 1 year, 3 months ago in Science & Technology
In today's modern world, private and commercial aircraft depend on a complex network of radio, satellite, inertial and other navigation systems. But should any ...
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