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Flux transfer event
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Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth During the time it takes you to read this article, something will happen high overhead that until recently many scientists didn't believe in. A magnetic portal will open, linking Earth to the sun 93 million miles away. Tons of high-energy particles may flow th...
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Lunar lander deal struck
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NASA and Odyssey Moon Ventures have made a $500,000 deal for the joint development of a low-cost lunar lander for future moon missions - with the money flowing in a direction that's different from usual. Odyssey, the first team to sign up for the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize, will be paying NASA for...
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Asteroid 2000 SG344
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Nasa plans landing on 40m-wide asteroid travelling at 28,000mph[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_SG%E2%82%83%E2%82%84%E2%82%84]2...
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Einstein Telescope project
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The universe and how it began... Scientists in Wales are hoping their research will help reveal information about the origins of the universe. Professor Bangalore Sathyaprakash of Cardiff University said he and his team were in the early stages of work which could help unlock its secrets. [url=ht...
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Alamogordo Airport
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The New Mexico Spaceport Authority and Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport officials are discussing the possibility of conducting an infrastructure study to possibly hold the 2009 X Prize Lunar Lander Challenge and related events at the airport in Alamogordo. Alamogordo Airport coordina...
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Arcturus Moving Group
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Title: The Arcturus Moving Group: Its Place in the Galaxy Authors: Mary E. K. Williams, Ken C. Freeman, Amina Helmi, the RAVE collaboration The Arcturus moving group is a well-populated example of phase space substructure within the thick disk of our Galaxy. Traditionally regarded as the remains...
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Supernova 1996cr
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An international team of astronomers have confirmed that a radio and x-ray luminous object is indeed a supernova, as has long been suspected. Located only 12 million light years away in a nearby galaxy, there is an abundance of observational data on this object, making the task of studying it and det...
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Possible supernova in NGC 539
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A possible magnitude 16 supernova was observed by T. Kryachko and S. Korotkiy (Kazan State University Astrotel observatory ) in the spiral galaxy NGC 539 in the constellation Cetus (z=0.032), on the 10th October 2008. Position(2000): RA = 01 2523.04 ± 0.1, Dec = -18 10 20.8 ± 0.1
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UK Science
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Following the resignation of Lord Sainsbury on November 10, Malcolm Wicks has taken over as Minister for Science and Innovation. Lord Sainsbury has had responsibility for the Office of Science and Technology, Research Councils and space matters since 1998. The annual science budget has increas...
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Supernova 2008ge
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A magnitude 12.4 supernova, 2008ge, was discovered by Pignata et al. (CHASE) on the 3rd October, 2008, in the barred-spiral galaxy NGC 1527 in the constellation Horologium. The supernova is located 5"e...
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Penny Sackett
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Australia's new chief scientist has concentrated on issues out of this world, but that's about to change. Strong on research and communication Penny Sackett feels scientists must be free to speak out in controversial debates. Penny Sackett was not unfamiliar with Australian bushfires, but noth...
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A possible magnitude 13.9 Supernova was discovered on the 9th October, 2006, by Koichi Itagaki; Tim Puckett and R. Gorelli in the spiral galaxy UGC 4904 in the constellation Lynx
The supernova is located 11" west and 7" south of the centre of UGC 4904.
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3EG J0903-3531
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A gamma-ray source, 3EG J0903-3531, in the Galactic Plane has been observed to have brightened by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, on the 6th October, 2008. The Large Area Telescope (LAT) aboard the satellite placed the preliminary position at (J2000): RA=136.25 deg, Dec=-35.45 deg with...
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ANGST
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Astronomers peering out into our cosmic backyard have long understood that the Milky Way's galactic neighbours only seem similar on the surface. Now a detailed survey from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the diversity of those galaxies as they evolve over time. The ACS Nearby Galaxy Su...
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V1721 Aquilae
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A magnitude 14 nova was discovered in the constellation Aquila by K. Itagaki (Japan) on the 22nd September, 2008. Position(2000): RA = 19 06 28.58, Dec = +07 06 44.3 IAUC 8989 (Subscription)
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