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Canadian Astronaut Says it Appears Earth's Ice Caps Have Melted »
Posted by: JessicaLaurie 4 months ago in Science & Technology
Canadian Astronaut Says it Appears Earth's Ice Caps Have Melted, A Canadian astronaunt on a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station says it ...
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Apollo 11 footage: The first walk on the Moon as never seen before
| Mail Online »Posted by: daducha 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Forty years ago more than half a billion people crowded around TV sets to watch Neil Armstrong take the first steps on the Moon. Now ...
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Revealed: Saturn\'s secret \'doughnut\' ring ... big enough to contain one billion Earths »
Posted by: Diane_Steward 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The 'super-sized' halo was found by Nasa's Spitzer Space Telescope. To get a sense of its size it has a vertical height which is ...
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Revealed: Saturn\'s secret \'doughnut\' ring ... big enough to contain one billion Earths »
Posted by: Diane_Steward 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The 'super-sized' halo was found by Nasa's Spitzer Space Telescope. To get a sense of its size it has a vertical height which is ...
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First amino acid on a comet found »
Posted by: myfairlady 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
An analysis of comet dust collected by NASA's Stardust probe confirms that some of life's building blocks were delivered to the early Earth ...
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A behind-the-scenes look at building Ares I-X »
Posted by: myfairlady 1 month ago in Science & Technology
NASA's first flight test of its Ares I-X booster is only slated to last two minutes, but it represents the culmination of years of ...
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Unexpected Source Of Gamma Rays Discovered In Space »
Posted by: altnrg 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
An international team of astrophysicists, involving several research groups in Spain, has discovered a source of very high energy gamma rays in the region of ...
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India may abandon lunar mission after radio contact lost_English_Xinhua »
Posted by: monicachenoa 3 months ago in Science & Technology
India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-11 blasts off carrying India's
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first unmanned moon mission Chandrayaan-1 from the Satish Dhawan space
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Auroral Corona Over Norway »
Posted by: altnrg 10 months ago in Science & Technology
Higher than highest communications tower, higher than highest mountain, higher than highest airplane, lies the realm of the aurora. Auroras rarely reach below 60 kilometers ...
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Glimpse of Earth as seen from afar »
Posted by: SenorCoconut 5 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Lunar eclipse paints portrait of Earth that could aid hunt for distant habitable planets.
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Forty years since the first picture of earth from space »
Posted by: altnrg 10 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Earthrise, December 1968 the first picture of our world taken from space was published 40 years ago this week and still retains its haunting power.
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Shuttle Set to Lift Off With Station Parts »
Posted by: altnrg 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The space shuttle Discovery is set to lift off Wednesday night on a two-week mission, carrying a replacement part for a water recycler and a ...
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Gene and Majel Barrett Roddenberry to "Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before," Forever »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 10 months ago in Science & Technology
In mid-December, the First Lady of Star Trek, Majel Barrett Roddenberry passed away of leukemia at the age of 76, joining her husband, Star Trek ...
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World's Largest Tornado Experiment Heads for Great Plains »
Posted by: myfairlady 6 months, 4 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The largest and most ambitious tornado study in history will begin next week, as dozens of scientists deploy radars and other ground-based instruments across the ...
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Orbital Gas Station Puts Moon, Mars in Reach »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
While debate swirls over whether the United States should stick with plans for a base on the moon or head straight to Mars, members of ...
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