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Starry-Eyed Hubble Celebrates 20 Years Of Awe And DiscoveryWashington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2010 As the Hubble Space Telescope achieves the major milestone of two decades on orbit, NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute, or STScI, in Baltimore are celebrating Hubble's journey of exploration with a stunning new picture and several online educational activities. There are also opportunities for people to explore galaxies as armchair scientists and send personal greetings to Hubble for posterity. NASA is releasing a new Hubble photo of a small portion of one of the largest known star-bir ... read more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2010NASA has exercised an option to extend the period of performance of the contract with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy for the Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Center located at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. This action will extend the period of performance for 36 months through April 30, 2013, and it has a total estimated value of ap ... more  
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 20, 2010In 2009, it was found that some polar regions of the Moon are the coldest places in the solar system. It's even colder there than distant, frozen Pluto! Some craters are permanently blocked from sunlight, and apparently lack sources of heat from underground. These areas aren't just cold at certain times. They never get warm at all. The Moon's cold traps have been celebrated for another rea ... more  
New York (AFP) April 19, 2010US computer giant IBM lifted its earnings outlook for the year on Monday after posting better-than-expected first quarter results on revived technology spending. The Armonk, New York-based company said net profit grew 13 percent in the first quarter over a year ago to 2.6 billion dollars. Revenue increased five percent to 22.9 billion dollars, slightly better than the 22.75 billion dolla ... more |
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LOFAR Opens Low-Frequency Universe And A New SETI SearchGlasgow UK (SPX) Apr 19, 2010 The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a new pan-European radio astronomy facility, has started mapping the Universe at very low energy wavelengths, a part of the electromagnetic spectrum that is relatively unexplored. It will detect faint signals from the first stars and mini-black holes that emerged when the Universe was only 500,000 years old - and will also be looking for signs of other civilizations in the Universe closer to home. Dr. John McKean presented the first images at the RAS National Astronomy M ... read more |
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