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Science & Tech News tagged with astronomy

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Investigates the Sun's Cycle of Highs and Lows
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PinkMindy
- 1 day ago - astronomy.com
How intense will the next solar cycle be? Can we predict when a violent solar storm will blast Earth with energetic particles? Could a prolonged period of inactivity on the sun plunge Earth into a prolonged winter?
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One Night Only: Leonid Meteor Shower
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Lone
- 4 days ago - latimes.com
The annual Leonid meteor shower will make its one-night appearance over North America tonight. Viewing conditions should be excellent because the peak will occur after midnight, when the lights of metropolitan areas will be at
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Where To Watch Tomorrow's Leonid Meteor Showers
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Daphna
- 5 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
The Leonid Meteor shower is back once again! The Leonids are an easily observed and frequent meteor shower. On November 16th and 17th 2009, the display is predicted to be exceptional at many locations. The Leonid Meteors appear to radiate from the constel
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NASAs Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope Mapped a Glimpse of Space-Time
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Sally
- 21 days ago - newsblaze.com
Such a model would violate Einsteins edict that all electromagnetic radiation - radio waves, infrared, visible light, X-rays and gamma rays - travels through a vacuum at the same speed.
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Kennedy Space Center in Florida All Set for The Upcoming Ares I-X Flight Test
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Sally
- 26 days ago - newsblaze.com
The rocket is targeted to lift off at 8 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The launch will be carried live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's Web site.
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Astronomers Discover 32 New 'Exoplanets'
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Lone
- 32 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Astronomers are finding planets by the dozen. A team of European astronomers announced Monday morning that they had found 32 new "exoplanets" orbiting distant stars
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NASA Finally Spots Plume From Moon Impact: But Where's the Water?
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Dan
- 33 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Researchers are hoping that analysis will show signs of water ice ejected from the target crater at the Moon's south pole. Have to be patient. Sunstroke author David Kagan notes in Doomwatch Legacy that lunar water ice is there, but difficult to find.
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How to Watch Nasa Bomb the Moon Live This Friday Afternoon
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Ingrid
- 42 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Astronomers and space enthusiasts around the world are preparing to watch Nasa crash a rocket into the lunar surface tomorrow.
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10 Most Incredible Images of Magnetic Storms
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Daphna
- 47 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
The Sun is the centre of our universe and most solar activity has an effect on the Earth. Geomagnetic storms are very visible effects of this solar activity that can cause power outages and disrupt satellites. No doubt, solar activity requires more resear
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What the Lascaux Cave Paintings Tell Us About How Our Ancestors Understood the Stars
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Daphna
- 48 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
Lascaux is a World Heritage Site and late Upper Paleolithic cave complex in southwestern France that belongs to the Magdalenian Culture. Lascaux's cave paintings were made c.15-18,000 B.C. The sophistication of the Lascaux cave paintings is extraordinary
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Reclaiming the Night Sky: Award-Winning Astrophotography - Slide Show
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Daphna
- 53 days ago - newscientist.com
Iranian photographer Babak Tafreshi has won the 2009 Lennart Nilsson scientific photography prize. According to the award panel, his images "reclaim a night sky that most modern people have lost" - see some of them here
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Water Found on Moon's Surface; NASA to Make Announcement
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Cal
- 57 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
India's maiden Moon mission Chandrayaan-1 has found water on the lunar surface before the project was aborted
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Black Holes May Devour Stars From The Inside
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, computer, discovery, concept, humans, interesting, investigation, nasa, news, NewTechnology, research, science, scientists, study, technology, black holes, gemma-rays )

PinkMindy
- 59 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
As if they weren't considered beastly enough, black holes can dive into nearby stars and devour them from the inside out, scientists now suggest. Such invasions by such black holes could help explain the most powerful explosions in the universe.
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Mayans 'Played' Pyramids to Make Music for Rain God
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Daphna
- 63 days ago - newscientist.com
SIT on the steps of Mexico's El Castillo pyramid in Chichen Itza and you may hear a confusing sound. As other visitors climb the colossal staircase their footsteps begin to sound like raindrops falling into a bucket of water as they near the top. Were the
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Planck Telescope's First Glimpse
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PinkMindy
- 64 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The Planck observatory, launched in May, is surveying radiation that first swept out across space just 380,000 years after the Big Bang. The light holds details about the age, contents and evolution of the cosmos.
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