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Share Your Nightscape With The World »
Posted by: dantecali 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
GLOBE at night, the international star-counting program, starts on Monday, 16 March, 2009, a key activity during this International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009). Running between ...
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Successful Launch for Space Shuttle Discovery [video] »
Posted by: dantecali 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
After pushing back the launch of Discovery for the STS-119 mission for various reasons, the shuttle finally heads to the International Space Station.
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GOCE Mission Will Study Earth's Gravity [redOrbit video] »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News
ESA's GOCE mission is dedicated to measuring the Earth's gravity field and modelling the geoid with unprecedented accuracy and spatial resolution.
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funny Life Quotes »
Posted by: ManishKapoor 4 months ago in Humor
Life Quotes, Quotes About Life, Funny Quotes, Short/Long Funny Sayings about life, Famous/Best/Inspirational Quotes on life to make you laugh and inspire ...
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solar system coloring pages »
Posted by: wp-master 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Religion
The Solar System is the astronomical name for the Sun, the Earth, and the collection of planets and other rocky and icy objects moving around ...
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What Defines a Planet, Dwarf Planet or Plutoid? »
Posted by: alice65 8 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Our universe is full of mysterious things. Some of the things are discovered but some of them are yet to be brought into the light.
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Lunar Orbiter Ships South For Launch Prep - Space - redOrbit »
Posted by: pleeplop 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft was loaded on a truck Wednesday to begin its two-day journey to NASA's Kennedy Space Center ...
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New Technique Could Find Water on Earth-like Planets Orbiting Distant Suns »
Posted by: abit 6 months ago in Science & Technology
Since the early 1990s astronomers have discovered more than 300 planets orbiting stars other than our sun, nearly all of them gas giants like Jupiter ...
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Astronauts Complete Toughest Repair Job Yet »
Posted by: pleeplop 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Mission Specialists John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel completed the third spacewalk of Atlantis’ mission to the Hubble Space Telescope in 6 hours and 36 minutes ...
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Spirit rover's wheels stuck in soft Martian dirt »
Posted by: ap 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Mars rover Spirit has gotten stuck in soft Martian dirt while driving along a low plateau.
NASA said Monday that engineers ...
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Major Breakthrough: First Photos of Planets Around Other Stars | LiveScience »
Posted by: altnrg 1 year ago in Science & Technology
Astronomers have taken what they say are the first-ever direct images of planets outside of our solar system, including a visible-light snapshot of a single-planet ...
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NASA, ESA Join Forces On Jupiter Moon Missions - Space - redOrbit »
Posted by: dantecali 9 months, 1 week 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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ESA Invests In Skylon Spaceplane Project - Space - redOrbit »
Posted by: pleeplop 9 months, 1 week 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 9 months, 1 week 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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