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Copernicus Science Centre
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The Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw offers hundreds of interactive exhibits displayed within an area of 20,000 square meters, Danusia Isler reports. The latest addition to the Centre is Planetarium called "Copernicus Heavens". [url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/6/Artykul/255...
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Edinburgh Castle Gun
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Castle gun fired early For possibly the first time in its 150-year history, the Edinburgh Castle One o'Clock Gun sounded early yesterday. Thousands across the city stopped to check their watches at 12.40pm as a single shot resounded over the capital. However, it was only a re- enactment of the very f...
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Tottiford prehistoric complex
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Prehistoric ceremonial complex discovered in Dartmoor reservoir 9 Nov 2009 A hitherto unrecorded prehistoric complex has recently been revealed in the mud at the bottom of Tottiford reservoir, near Hennock, on Dartmoor. The complex consisting of stone rows, burial cairns and a stone circle ha...
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Indonesian mud flow
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A huge flow of hot mud pouring out of an exploratory oil well in Indonesia will be treated and channelled into the sea.
Authorities have been struggling for more than two months to plug the leak near the well just south of Indonesia's second city of Surabaya. The noxious mud flow has displaced abou...
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Ilkley Moor stone circle
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Another prehistoric stone circle found on Ilkley Moor Amateur archaeologists are celebrating discovering another prehistoric stone circle on Wharfedale's moors. The identification of the previously undocumented cairn on Ilkley Moor marks the latest in a series of signficant finds made by a s...
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The South Downs Planetarium and Science Centre
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South Downs Planetarium. A Centre for Scientific Excellence in the South of England. Read more
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Messinian flood
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Ancient Mediterranean flood mystery solved Research reveals details of a catastrophic flood that refilled the Mediterranean Sea more than five million years ago. Research has revealed details of the catastrophic Zanclean flood that refilled the Mediterranean Sea more than five million years...
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Amateur Astronomy
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Is astronomy a field that is fit only for intellectuals, great scientists and physicians? Well, if you think so, then you are mistaken as I was, earlier. I realised that it was not a fact. The fact actually is that the field is open to all, even if they are not trained or qualified; if you can keep gazing in...
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Atlas-3D project
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Title: The Atlas-3D project - IX. The merger origin of a fast and a slow rotating Early-Type Galaxy revealed with deep optical imaging: first results Authors: Pierre-Alain Duc, Jean-Charles Cuillandre, Paolo Serra, Leo Michel-Dansac, Etienne Ferriere, Katherine Alatalo, Leo Blitz, Maxime Bo...
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Cool Comet Campaign
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Take part in ESA's Cool Comet Campaign Do you use Twitter? Are you as intrigued by comets as we are? Then tell us 'Why comets are cool' and you might win a trip to ESA's operations centre in Germany on 15 June to celebrate 25 years of cometary science at ESA. To take part, simply tweet your entry. It must in...
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North Korean nuclear test
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North Korea says it has staged a "successful" underground nuclear test, prompting international condemnation. The state says it was more powerful than the previous one in October 2006. A number of external agencies have confirmed a powerful explosion took place, suspected to be asso...
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Gulmarg telescope
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To reduce the uncertainty about the sighting of the crescent Kashmir University (KU) is installing a powerful telescope at Gulmarg so as to witness various celestial events, besides tracking the moon which may help in near future to trace this illustrious crescent. [url=http://www.risingkash...
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South African Global Office of Astronomy for Development
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IAU Global Office of Astronomy for Development launched in SA A new Global Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD), that will function under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), was launched in Cape Town on 16 April 2011. This office will be the nerve centre of a partnershi...
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Wolf Clause
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'Wolf Clause' betrays China-US cooperation US space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Monday, kicking off its 25th and the last space mission in history, which draws great attention from media worldwide. Chinese journalists were denied the opportunity to...
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Saint Helena
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Saint Helena is an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. Most historical accounts state that the island was discovered on 21 May 1502 by the Galician navigator Joćo da Nova sailing at the service of the Portuguese Crown, and that he named it "Santa Helena" after Helena of C...
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