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China acquires space tracking station in Australia The station in remote Dongara, about 350 kilometres north of Perth in western Australia, was used during Tuesday s launch of the Shenzhou VIII mission, Hong Kong daily the South Morning China Post reported. The United States and the European Spac...

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NASA Flies to Antarctica for Largest Airborne Polar Ice Survey NASA begins a series of flights Oct. 15 to study changes to Antarctica's sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets. The flights are part of Operation Ice Bridge, a six-year campaign that is the largest airborne survey ever made of ice at Earth's po...

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Title: IAU Commission 35 Stellar Constitution - Triennial report 2009-2011 Authors: Corinne Charbonnel IAU Commission 35 consists of members of the International Astronomical Union whose research is concerned with the structure and evolution of stars in all parts of the H-R diagram. Their int...

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Wanted: People who like to keep an eye on the sky This summer a bright star will begin a puzzling transformation that only happens every 27 years. To help study this event, astronomers have launched a new citizen science project called "Citizen Sky." Epsilon Aurigae is a bright star that c...

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Title: Optical SETI with Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes Authors: J. Holder, P. Ashworth, S. LeBohec, H.J. Rose, T.C. Weekes The idea of searching for optical signals from extraterrestrial civilizations has become increasingly popular over the last five years, with dedic...

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a massive landslide on the ocean floor off Storegga, south-west Norway, triggered a 10-meter high tsunamis. Radiocarbon dating of sediments taken from the coastline of eastern Scotland show that a giant wave flooded Scotland about 5,800 BC. At the time, Britain was joined to mainland Europe...

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Historic science papers go online One of the world's oldest scientific institutions is marking the start of its 350th year by putting 60 of its most memorable research papers online. The Royal Society, founded in London in 1660, is making public manuscripts by figures like Sir Isaac Newton. [url=h...

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Dark sky status set to bring a constellation of stargazers Nine locations on Skye have been officially named "dark sky discovery sites" after they were judged to be perfect spots for stargazing. Experts claim the island is one of the darkest places in Europe and an ideal location to study...

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A strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred at 17:07:48 (UTC) on Sunday, October 15, 2006, in the Hawaii Islands region, about 14 km NNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 24 km. Location 19.842°N, 156.059°W

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There’s been a prediction that the Matavanu volcano on Samoa’s Savaii island will erupt again in the next decade. The volcano last erupted a century ago spewing lava for miles and nearly wiping out the entire population of villages bordering Saleaula. Some of the villagers resettled in Leau...

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University of Colorado Denver's world-class Dinosaur Tracks Museum in its last year on campus Tucked away in the basement of St. Cajetan's on the Auraria Campus is one of the smallest, most unique museums in the country. Barely the size of a one-bedroom apartment, the Dinosaur Tracks Museum holds t...

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Canada's oldest planetarium closes its doors and awaits new digs The operation is closing next week with more than six million star-struck visitors having passed through its doors since April 1, 1966, when it was officially inaugurated as the Dow planetarium. [url=http://www.theglobeandmail...

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First Spectroscopic Observations Using an Electron-Multiplying CCD Astronomers at the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) have recently used, for the first ever time, an electron-multiplying detector for astronomical spectroscopic observations, allowing a high-time resolution analy...

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Researchers from the Kumanovo Museum are intensely studying the megalithic observatory at the ancient Kokino site in north-eastern Macedonia Read more

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Squyres Wins Carl Sagan Medal for Public Outreach For his work making NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission a compelling saga for millions of people, Steven W. Squyres, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy and principal scientific investigator for the mission, has received the 2009 Carl Sag...

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	Dongara tracking station (Preview) China acquires space tracking station in Australia The station in remote Dongara, about 350 kilometres north of Perth in western Australia, was used during Tuesday s launch of the Shenzhou VIII mission, Hong Kong daily the South Morning China Post reported. The United States and the European Spac...	Blobrana	0	Nov 5 16:03 2011 by Blobrana
	Operation Ice Bridge (Preview) NASA Flies to Antarctica for Largest Airborne Polar Ice Survey NASA begins a series of flights Oct. 15 to study changes to Antarctica's sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets. The flights are part of Operation Ice Bridge, a six-year campaign that is the largest airborne survey ever made of ice at Earth's po...	Blobrana	1	Nov 3 17:43 2011 by Blobrana
	IAU Commission 35 (Preview) Title: IAU Commission 35 Stellar Constitution - Triennial report 2009-2011 Authors: Corinne Charbonnel IAU Commission 35 consists of members of the International Astronomical Union whose research is concerned with the structure and evolution of stars in all parts of the H-R diagram. Their int...	Blobrana	0	Nov 3 12:18 2011 by Blobrana
	Citizen Sky (Preview) Wanted: People who like to keep an eye on the sky This summer a bright star will begin a puzzling transformation that only happens every 27 years. To help study this event, astronomers have launched a new citizen science project called "Citizen Sky." Epsilon Aurigae is a bright star that c...	Blobrana	8	Nov 2 22:12 2011 by Blobrana
	Optical SETI Seti (Preview) Title: Optical SETI with Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes Authors: J. Holder, P. Ashworth, S. LeBohec, H.J. Rose, T.C. Weekes The idea of searching for optical signals from extraterrestrial civilizations has become increasingly popular over the last five years, with dedic...	Blobrana	4	Oct 31 02:34 2011 by Blobrana
	Three Storegga Slides Flood Landslide Tsunamis (Preview) a massive landslide on the ocean floor off Storegga, south-west Norway, triggered a 10-meter high tsunamis. Radiocarbon dating of sediments taken from the coastline of eastern Scotland show that a giant wave flooded Scotland about 5,800 BC. At the time, Britain was joined to mainland Europe...	Blobrana	6	Oct 29 02:55 2011 by Blobrana
	Royal Society Society Wren (Preview) Historic science papers go online One of the world's oldest scientific institutions is marking the start of its 350th year by putting 60 of its most memorable research papers online. The Royal Society, founded in London in 1660, is making public manuscripts by figures like Sir Isaac Newton. [url=h...	Blobrana	3	Oct 26 00:40 2011 by Blobrana
	Skye dark sky reserve (Preview) Dark sky status set to bring a constellation of stargazers Nine locations on Skye have been officially named "dark sky discovery sites" after they were judged to be perfect spots for stargazing. Experts claim the island is one of the darkest places in Europe and an ideal location to study...	Blobrana	0	Oct 25 13:10 2011 by Blobrana
	Hawaii Quake ( 1 2 ) Earthquake (Preview) A strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred at 17:07:48 (UTC) on Sunday, October 15, 2006, in the Hawaii Islands region, about 14 km NNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 24 km. Location 19.842°N, 156.059°W	Blobrana	13	Oct 20 08:37 2011 by Blobrana
	Matavanu volcano volcano (Preview) There’s been a prediction that the Matavanu volcano on Samoa’s Savaii island will erupt again in the next decade. The volcano last erupted a century ago spewing lava for miles and nearly wiping out the entire population of villages bordering Saleaula. Some of the villagers resettled in Leau...	Blobrana	3	Oct 19 21:00 2011 by Blobrana
	Dinosaur Tracks Museum (Preview) University of Colorado Denver's world-class Dinosaur Tracks Museum in its last year on campus Tucked away in the basement of St. Cajetan's on the Auraria Campus is one of the smallest, most unique museums in the country. Barely the size of a one-bedroom apartment, the Dinosaur Tracks Museum holds t...	Blobrana	0	Oct 18 08:52 2011 by Blobrana
	Montreal Planetarium (Preview) Canada's oldest planetarium closes its doors and awaits new digs The operation is closing next week with more than six million star-struck visitors having passed through its doors since April 1, 1966, when it was officially inaugurated as the Dow planetarium. [url=http://www.theglobeandmail...	Blobrana	0	Oct 6 11:41 2011 by Blobrana
	Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (Preview) First Spectroscopic Observations Using an Electron-Multiplying CCD Astronomers at the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) have recently used, for the first ever time, an electron-multiplying detector for astronomical spectroscopic observations, allowing a high-time resolution analy...	Blobrana	2	Oct 4 23:35 2011 by Blobrana
	Kokinovo Ancient Observatory Observatory (Preview) Researchers from the Kumanovo Museum are intensely studying the megalithic observatory at the ancient Kokino site in north-eastern Macedonia Read more	Blobrana	5	Oct 4 21:52 2011 by Blobrana
	Carl Sagan Medal (Preview) Squyres Wins Carl Sagan Medal for Public Outreach For his work making NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission a compelling saga for millions of people, Steven W. Squyres, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy and principal scientific investigator for the mission, has received the 2009 Carl Sag...	Blobrana	1	Oct 4 20:55 2011 by Blobrana
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