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Virtual Telescope Captures T Leporis In Detailed Color - Space - redOrbit »
Posted by: dantecali 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
A team of French astronomers has captured one of the sharpest color images ever made. They observed the star T Leporis, which appears, on the ...
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NASA, ESA Join Forces On Jupiter Moon Missions - Space - redOrbit »
Posted by: dantecali 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Officials with NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) met in Washington last week, deciding to pursue an ambitious plan to send a probe on ...
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Update to Comet Lulin (and transit of Saturn's moons) »
Posted by: WilliamAtkins 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Comet Lulin will be making its closest approach to Earth on February 24, 2009. It has already given quite a few surprises as it heads ...
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ESA Invests In Skylon Spaceplane Project - Space - redOrbit »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The European Space Agency (ESA) on Thursday announced a deal with Reaction Engines Ltd that will invest £900,000 ($1,291,000) in the development ...
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Saturn, Moons To Pose For Photo-Op - Space - redOrbit »
Posted by: dantecali 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
"On Feb. 24th, there's going to be a quadruple transit of Saturn's moons," says Keith Noll of the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute ...
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How to find your way around the summer night sky.. »
Posted by: macrofind 1 month, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
For those who live in the northern hemisphere, the summer nights are simply dazzling, filled with hundreds, indeed thousands of stars. While it may seem ...
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Proposed Mission Will Explore Titan - Space - redOrbit »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
A proposed mission to Titan would use a balloon, a lander and an orbiter to explore this Earth-like world.
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NASA aims for May 11 launch of Hubble mission »
Posted by: ap 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has chosen May 11 as the launch date for its last repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, not seen ...
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Astronomy | Astronomy and Telescope »
Posted by: vincentna 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Astronomy is the scientific study of celestial objects such as stars, planets, comets and galaxies. Astronomy deals with the origin, evolution, composition, distance and motion ...
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Discovery Launch Delayed For The Fourth Time »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
For the fourth time, NASA has delayed the launch of the space shuttle Discover amid valve concerns. Shuttle managers decided against launching in a week ...
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Mysterious Space Blob Discovered at Cosmic Dawn | Carnegie Institution for Science »
Posted by: ideaman21 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Using information from a suite of telescopes, astronomers have discovered a mysterious, giant object that existed at a time when the universe was only about ...
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Comet Lulin to Pass Near Earth - Associated Content »
Posted by: MarkWhittington 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
One of the strangest comets ever to pass close to the Earth, designated Comet Lulin, is due to be visible in the night sky over ...
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NASA’s Carbon Observatory Fails To Reach Orbit - Space - redOrbit »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The satellite took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California just before 2 a.m., but the Taurus XL launch rocket’s fairing - a ...
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2009: A space oddity; big blob in early universe »
Posted by: ap 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
WASHINGTON (AP) — A strange giant space "blob" spotted when the universe was relatively young has got astronomers puzzled. Using space and ground telescopes, astronomers looked ...
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UK Hopes For ESA Mars Sample Center - Space News - redOrbit »
Posted by: pleeplop 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The European Space Agency hopes to bring samples of rocks from Mars back to a facility in the UK by the 2020s.
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