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Lincoln Laboratory's Millstone Hill Radar
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A mammoth MIT antenna installed in 1957 as the first radar system to conduct space surveillance (it observed the Sputnik satellite) is poised for many more years of key observations thanks to a recently completed renovation. Lincoln Laboratory's Millstone Hill Radar (MHR) antenna is one of the wo...
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Earth's impact flux
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Title: Quantifying Jupiter's influence on the Earth's impact flux: Implications for planetary habitability Authors: J. Horner, B. W. Jones It has long been thought that the presence of a giant planet is a pre-requisite for the development of life on potentially habitable planets. Without Jupit...
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Very Large Telescope Interferometer
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The PRIMA instrument of the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) recently saw "first light" at its new home atop Cerro Paranal in Chile. When fully operational, PRIMA will boost the capabilities of the VLTI to see sources much fainter than any previous interferometers, and e...
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MACHOs
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Title: The OGLE View of Microlensing towards the Magellanic Clouds. III. Ruling out sub-solar MACHOs with the OGLE-III LMC data Authors: L. Wyrzykowski, S. Kozlowski, J. Skowron, A. Udalski, M. K. Szymanski, M. Kubiak, G. Pietrzynski, I. Soszynski, O. Szewczyk, K. Ulaczyk, R. Poleski In the thir...
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Saltation
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Title: Analytical calculation of the minimum wind speed required to sustain wind-blown sand on Earth and Mars Authors: Jasper F. Kok The wind-driven hopping motion of sand grains, known as saltation, forms dunes and ripples and ejects fine dust particles into the atmosphere on both Earth and Mars...
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Short gamma-ray bursts
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Just a reminder to say that on Wednesday, NASA will announce new findings related to short gamma-ray bursts .
Since the 1980s, the two most popular theories of the origin of gamma-ray bursts postulated stupendous explosions at gigantic distances, either from a supernova caused by the...
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Keele University observatory
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Keele Universitys observatory is set to be restored in a £700,000 project to create a top visitor attraction and promote astronomy and the physical sciences to students and the community. The University plans to add new equipment, demonstrations, simulations and exhibition space to make the Ob...
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2012 Preview
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A science news preview of 2012 The BBC News website science team signs the office crystal ball out of the equipment cupboard to tease out the stories likely to make headlines over the coming year. Read more
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BLACK HOLE BLOWS BUBBLE BETWEEN THE STARS
A team of astronomers from The Netherlands and the UK has discovered a vast 'jet-powered bubble' formed in the gas around a black hole in the Milky Way.
The discovery means that for decades scienti...
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Asteroid 165347 Philplait
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The "Bad Astronomer," as Phil Plait is known among fellow cosmos junkies, is the new space kid in town. The well-known astro-educator, former NASA scientist, faithful star blogger and Boulder resident is celebrating his latest honour -- an asteroid named just for him. The asteroid for...
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The Cyborg Astrobiologist: Scouting Red Beds for Uncommon Features with Geological Significance.
Authors: Patrick C. McGuire, Enrique Diaz-Martinez, Jens Ormo, Javier Gomez-Elvira, Jose A. Rodriguez-Manfredi, Eduardo Sebastian-Martinez, Helge Ritter, Robert H...
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Largest galaxy database
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NASA to support IU astronomer's quest to develop largest-ever star formation database By integrating the measurements of the electromagnetic radiation of galaxies from four projects -- the two space missions Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) and Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE),...
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Supernova Rates
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Using ESA’s Integral observatory, an international team of researchers has been able to confirm the production of radioactive aluminium (Al 26) in massive stars and supernovae throughout our galaxy and determine the rate of supernovae - one of its key parameters.
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Fermi catalogue
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Fermi catalogue update shows 'violent Universe' changes The catalogue that lists the most violent neighbourhoods in the Universe has been updated. The Fermi space telescope captures gamma rays - the highest-energy light in nature, which hints at the cosmos' most extreme conditions and process...
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According to the French Space Agency (CNES), the construction work on the infrastructure to allow launches of Soyuz spacecraft from the Kourou space centre in French Guiana will start in December, and are expected to be completed in July 2008.
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