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![]() Palm Coast FL (SPX) Aug 10, 2010 The Perseid meteor shower, an annual celestial event beloved by millions of skywatchers around the world, returns to the night sky this week. And because the Moon is new, there will be no moonlight to hinder the view. Sky and Telescope magazine predicts that the Perseid shower will be at or near its peak late on Wednesday night (the night of August 11-12) and, probably even better, late on Thursday night (August 12-13). "The moonless sky this year means the viewing will be ideal," notes Alan MacRo ... read more |
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Discovery Of Saturn's Auroral Heartbeat![]() An international team of scientists led by Dr Jonathan Nichols of the University of Leicester has discovered that Saturn's aurora, an ethereal ultraviolet glow which illuminates Saturn's upper atmosphere near the poles, pulses roughly once per Saturnian day. The length of a Saturnian day has been under much discussion since it was discovered that the traditional 'clock' used to measure the ... more Russia To Launch Moon Probe In 2012 ![]() Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos will launch a probe bearing a neutron generator to study the moon's surface in 2012, a leading space researcher said on Tuesday. "Roscosmos plans to send to the moon a spacecraft bearing a neutron generator developed by our institute to study lunar surface," said Yevgeny Bogolyubov, deputy chief designer of the Automation Engineering Scientific Resea ... more NASA probe closing in on Mercury ![]() A NASA probe heading for Mercury is already making valuable observations although still months away from entering an orbit about the planet, scientists say. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's MESSENGER mission will establish an orbit around Mercury next March to start creating the most detailed maps ever made of the planet, SPACE.com reports. As it heads toward o ... more |
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![]() Coronal Mass Ejection Headed For Earth ![]() Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, to turn 80 ![]() ![]() Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
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![]() Altadena CA (SPX) Aug 03, 2010 Global Aerospace Corporation (GAC) announced that Dr. Kristin L. Gates will present a paper on de-orbiting space junk at the August 2 Artificial and Natural Space Debris session of the AIAA Astrodynamics Specialists Conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Gates will describe GAC's Gossamer Orbit Lowering Device (GOLD) for safe and efficient removal from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) of dangerous space objects. The patented GOLD system concept uses a very large ultra thin balloon envelope to increase t ... read more |
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