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![]() Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 28, 2009 Like sugar plum fairies in "The Nutcracker," the moons of Saturn performed a celestial ballet before the eyes of NASA's Cassini spacecraft. New movies frame the moons' silent dance against the majestic sweep of the planet's rings and show as many as four moons gliding around one another. To celebrate the holidays, the Cassini imaging team has created a video collection of "mutual events," ... read more |
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Kansas Scientists Probe Mysterious Possible Comet Strikes On Earth![]() It's the stuff of a Hollywood disaster epic: A comet plunges from outer space into the Earth's atmosphere, splitting the sky with a devastating shock wave that flattens forests and shakes the countryside. But this isn't a disaster movie plotline. "Comet impacts might be much more frequent than we expect," said Adrian Melott, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Kansas. ... more Avatar Moon Pandora Could Be Real ![]() In the new blockbuster Avatar, humans visit the habitable - and inhabited - alien moon called Pandora. Life-bearing moons like Pandora or the Star Wars forest moon of Endor are a staple of science fiction. With NASA's Kepler mission showing the potential to detect Earth-sized objects, habitable moons may soon become science fact. If we find them nearby, a new paper by Smithsonian ... more Space Debris A Concern In Satellite Launch ![]() Only 20% of the 12,000-odd artificial objects, including satellites, are operational in space, but unwanted "debris" are causing a lot of problem in launching new ones, former ISRO director Suresh Naik said. There are around 12,000 satellites and other artificial objects in the space, out of which only 20% are active. Satellites have a life of 15-20 years, and then they get lost in space ... more |
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![]() Brown Dwarf Pair Mystifies Astronomers ![]() A Reflecting Surface Of A Lake On Saturn's Moon Titan ![]() Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
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A Blue Moon For New Year's Eve![]() When you hear someone say "Once in a Blue Moon" you know what they mean. They're usually talking about something rare, silly, and even absurd. After all, when was the last time you saw the moon turn blue? Well, rare or not, we're having one this month, and according to astronomer David Reneke from Australasian Science magazine, it's going to happen on New Year's Eve! It's not at all clear ... more Meteor Hunt In Beijing Continues ![]() The search continues for a full moon-bright meteoroid likely to have landed in west suburban Beijing on Wednesday in what astronomers said could lead to one of the biggest discoveries in Beijing this year. Witnesses in Beijing and nearby Tianjin recorded a clearly visible fireball-like meteorite descending near the west horizon of Beijing at 10:23 pm on Dec 16. The surveillance ... more Solar Ultraviolet Imager For GOES-R Satellite Passes CDR ![]() The Lockheed Martin team, awarded a contract by NASA in 2007 to design and build the agency's Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Series, has met the requirements of a Critical Design Review. The review was conducted last week at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto by a group of ... more |
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![]() Scientist Uncovers Relics Of Ancient Cosmos ![]() Earth's moon gets down to -416F ![]() Astronomers Find World With Inhospitable Atmosphere And Icy Heart |
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