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Tropical Storm Alpha formed Saturday in the Caribbean, setting the record for the most named storms in an Atlantic hurricane season. This is the first time the U.S National Hurricane Centre has resorted to using the Greek alphabet since it began naming tropical cyclones in 1953. The previous rec...

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A Russian RS-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (NATO name Stilet), which was launched from the Baikonur Space Centre, has hit its target, according to the Russian Defence Ministry. The missile was launched at 07:30 GMT (11:30 a.m. Moscow time) toward the Kura test range in...

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The Terra satellite captured an image at 10:40 a.m. local time, on October 12, 2005 of Typhoon Kirogi, a small powerful storm system about 500 kilometres from Okinawa. It is travelling roughly southwest, but as yet poses no threat to any populated areas. [img]http://static.flickr.c...

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Scientists aboard the Scripps research vessel Roger Revelle this week solved a 45-year-old geological mystery. In 1960, Scripps oceanographer Dale Krause reported the discovery of extraordinary deep-sea volcanic rocks in waters off Mexico, near Guadalupe Island, approximately 2...

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Salvadoran authorities activated emergency plans on Tuesday as a western volcano, Ilamatepec ,continued to spew gas and vapour in what experts said was a "significant increase" in activity. The renewed energy was first detected on Saturday, when experts from the National Service o...

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Cosmonaut Gennady Vasilyevich Sarafanov, who in 1974 commanded an unsuccessful mission to the Salyut 3 space station, died on Thursday, September 29, due to complications from an unspecified surgery. He was 63. Sarafanov flew Soyuz 15 with flight engineer Lev Demin, who passed away in 1988....

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Hurricane Philippe and tropical storm Rita formed in the North Atlantic on Sunday, making them the 9th hurricane and 17th tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. At 2359 GMT Sunday, Rita had maximum sustained winds of 85 kph, which could strengthen in the next...

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The Indian Space Research Organization has put "on hold" plans to jointly develop and market two-ton class communication satellites with Boeing Satellite Systems following a change in business plans of the American firm, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said today. "They (Boeing) are not d...

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More than 800,000 people have been moved from their homes in eastern China as Typhoon Khanun slams into the coast. The storm is expected to lash central and southern areas of Zhejiang province before heading towards Shanghai city. More than 35,000 ships and boats have also returned t...

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Tropical Storm Ophelia gathered strength and size off the Atlantic Coast of Florida for several days. During this time, it brought winds and rain over a growing area including the Florida coast, though the storm’s centre remained offshore. By September 8, it briefly reached hurrican...

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A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 11:26:03 (UTC) on Friday, September 9, 2005 located 45 km West Southwest of San Juan, Argentina. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 86 km. Location 31.638°S, 68.999°W

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Typhoon Nabi hit south-western Japan with torrential rains and high winds on Monday, cutting power supplies and disrupting transport and oil refineries. The large scale of the storm and the low speed at which it was moving mean it would affect Japan for a relatively long time, possibly causing ex...

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Work on a new space base commenced on Tuesday at the Shenzhuang Industrial Zone in Shanghai, China. The base will be completed in five years time. The base, involving an investment of 1.3 billion yuan (300 million pounds), will become an important space centre for the research, testing and prod...

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Fraser Cain and Phil Plait (from Universe Today and Bad Astronomy respectively) have decided to merge their two discussion forums together into one super forum. With a combined 11,000ish members (Ed – that is a lot) this will create one of the largest space and astronomy-re...

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	Tropical Storm Alpha (Preview) Tropical Storm Alpha formed Saturday in the Caribbean, setting the record for the most named storms in an Atlantic hurricane season. This is the first time the U.S National Hurricane Centre has resorted to using the Greek alphabet since it began naming tropical cyclones in 1953. The previous rec...	Blobrana	0	Oct 23 21:51 2005 by Blobrana
	Stilet Test (Preview) A Russian RS-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (NATO name Stilet), which was launched from the Baikonur Space Centre, has hit its target, according to the Russian Defence Ministry. The missile was launched at 07:30 GMT (11:30 a.m. Moscow time) toward the Kura test range in...	Blobrana	0	Oct 20 09:32 2005 by Blobrana
	Typhoon Kirogi (Preview) The Terra satellite captured an image at 10:40 a.m. local time, on October 12, 2005 of Typhoon Kirogi, a small powerful storm system about 500 kilometres from Okinawa. It is travelling roughly southwest, but as yet poses no threat to any populated areas. [img]http://static.flickr.c...	Blobrana	0	Oct 17 13:44 2005 by Blobrana
	Popcorn Ridge Ocean (Preview) Scientists aboard the Scripps research vessel Roger Revelle this week solved a 45-year-old geological mystery. In 1960, Scripps oceanographer Dale Krause reported the discovery of extraordinary deep-sea volcanic rocks in waters off Mexico, near Guadalupe Island, approximately 2...	Blobrana	0	Oct 17 00:20 2005 by Blobrana
	Ilamatepec Volcano volcano (Preview) Salvadoran authorities activated emergency plans on Tuesday as a western volcano, Ilamatepec ,continued to spew gas and vapour in what experts said was a "significant increase" in activity. The renewed energy was first detected on Saturday, when experts from the National Service o...	Blobrana	3	Oct 4 09:58 2005 by Blobrana
	Gennady Vasilyevich Sarafanov (Preview) Cosmonaut Gennady Vasilyevich Sarafanov, who in 1974 commanded an unsuccessful mission to the Salyut 3 space station, died on Thursday, September 29, due to complications from an unspecified surgery. He was 63. Sarafanov flew Soyuz 15 with flight engineer Lev Demin, who passed away in 1988....	Blobrana	0	Oct 1 17:42 2005 by Blobrana
	Typhoon Longwang (Preview) [img]http://static.flickr.com/24/47291061_15b92c84...	Blobrana	0	Sep 28 01:56 2005 by Blobrana
	Tropical Storm Rita ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hurricane Philippe and tropical storm Rita formed in the North Atlantic on Sunday, making them the 9th hurricane and 17th tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. At 2359 GMT Sunday, Rita had maximum sustained winds of 85 kph, which could strengthen in the next...	Blobrana	11	Sep 24 10:03 2005 by Anonymous
	ISRO-Boeing initiative ISRO (Preview) The Indian Space Research Organization has put "on hold" plans to jointly develop and market two-ton class communication satellites with Boeing Satellite Systems following a change in business plans of the American firm, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said today. "They (Boeing) are not d...	Blobrana	0	Sep 16 20:09 2005 by Blobrana
	Typhoon Khanun (Preview) More than 800,000 people have been moved from their homes in eastern China as Typhoon Khanun slams into the coast. The storm is expected to lash central and southern areas of Zhejiang province before heading towards Shanghai city. More than 35,000 ships and boats have also returned t...	Blobrana	0	Sep 11 11:38 2005 by Blobrana
	Hurricane Ophelia (Preview) Tropical Storm Ophelia gathered strength and size off the Atlantic Coast of Florida for several days. During this time, it brought winds and rain over a growing area including the Florida coast, though the storm’s centre remained offshore. By September 8, it briefly reached hurrican...	Blobrana	0	Sep 9 23:24 2005 by Blobrana
	San Juan Quake Earthquake (Preview) A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 11:26:03 (UTC) on Friday, September 9, 2005 located 45 km West Southwest of San Juan, Argentina. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 86 km. Location 31.638°S, 68.999°W	Blobrana	0	Sep 9 16:27 2005 by Blobrana
	Typhoon Nabi (Preview) Typhoon Nabi hit south-western Japan with torrential rains and high winds on Monday, cutting power supplies and disrupting transport and oil refineries. The large scale of the storm and the low speed at which it was moving mean it would affect Japan for a relatively long time, possibly causing ex...	Blobrana	2	Sep 7 11:43 2005 by Blobrana
	Shanghai space centre (Preview) Work on a new space base commenced on Tuesday at the Shenzhuang Industrial Zone in Shanghai, China. The base will be completed in five years time. The base, involving an investment of 1.3 billion yuan (300 million pounds), will become an important space centre for the research, testing and prod...	Blobrana	0	Sep 7 02:51 2005 by Blobrana
	Universe Today (Preview) Fraser Cain and Phil Plait (from Universe Today and Bad Astronomy respectively) have decided to merge their two discussion forums together into one super forum. With a combined 11,000ish members (Ed – that is a lot) this will create one of the largest space and astronomy-re...	Blobrana	0	Sep 2 16:59 2005 by Blobrana
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