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UK Hopes For ESA Mars Sample Center - Space News - redOrbit »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months, 2 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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Scientists discover a nearly Earth-sized planet »
Posted by: ideaman21 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News
In the search for Earth-like planets, astronomers zeroed in Tuesday on two places that look awfully familiar to home. One is close to the right ...
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40th Anniversary of Apollo 9 [video] »
Posted by: pleeplop 10 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Apollo 9 launched 40 years ago on March 3, 1969. This video commemorates that successful mission designed to test the lunar module while in earth ...
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Local Star’s Cool Companion Discovered »
Posted by: dantecali 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News
An international team, led by astronomers at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK, have discovered one of the coolest sub-stellar bodies ever found outside ...
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HARPS-NEF Will Sift Through Kepler Targets For New Earths »
Posted by: dantecali 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Astronomers have announced plans to build an ultra-stable, high-precision spectrograph for the Science and Technology Facilities Council's 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope (WHT - part ...
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Upgraded E-Merlin Telescope Network Launched »
Posted by: dantecali 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Astronomers with the e-Merlin system of telescopes have seen ‘first light’ as they look forward to being able to see further and more clearly than ...
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Asteroid heading our way »
Posted by: GregD 1 year, 5 months ago in Science & Technology
Astronomers are battling to work out the trajectory of an asteroid that will cause havoc if it hits the Earth in 2036. Called Apophis, the ...
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Astronomy & Temples in Malta »
Posted by: lawrencesaliba 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Scope: From 3500 BC to 2500 BC the islands of Malta and Gozo gave rise to a unique, extraordinary culture. The building of massive stone ...
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Finding new Earths with planetshine »
Posted by: mmmscience 8 months, 4 weeks ago in Science & Technology
In the hunt for Earths throughout the galaxy, scientists are always looking for faster, more accurate ways to identify potential planets. New research coming out ...
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Scientists confirm the edge of space »
Posted by: mmmscience 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
A state-of-the-art Canadian probe has found the place where Earth’s atmosphere and outer space meet. Confirming what scientists had already suspected, the probe found ...
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Telescope Buying »
Posted by: Baz34 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
No-Nonsense guide to buying a telescope. Why you need to pick the right type and the places you should avoid buying from
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Spitzer detects aftermath of "colliding planets" »
Posted by: pkrf1end 4 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Astronomy | The Spitzer Space Telescope has detected signs of an interplanetary smashup, and oh, what a colossal event it was... apparently, 100 light years away ...
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The Stars Don't Shake »
Posted by: chirundu 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Review of the incredible Canon 15x50 Image Stabilization Binoculars, Ideal binoculars for Astronomy
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Nova in Sagittarius »
Posted by: SchuylerKing 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
9 August, 2009- According to the AAVSO, a nova has been discovered in the constellation Sagittarius at the following coordinates:
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