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Rocket Fuel
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The U.S. Air Force is funding the development of a new rocket fuel that promises to be as powerful as current propellants, but safer and simpler to handle, possibly cheaper and environmentally benign. It's made from a frozen mixture of finely powdered aluminium and water. In August, the Air Force, N...
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland
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Top research astronomer and magician Professor John Brown visited Slindon College to give pupils a fascinating overview of the latest research with a few entertaining magic tricks thrown in. Professor Brown is the Astronomer Royal for Scotland and holds professorships at Glasgow and Edinburgh...
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Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility
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Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility to Close After 26 Successful Years The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), the scientific and technical co-ordination centre for the Hubble Space Telescope in Europe, will close its doors at the end of December 2010. This is...
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Bulgarian Stonehenge
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The oldest temple of the Sun has been discovered in northwest Bulgaria, near the town of Vratsa, aged at more then 8000 years, the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) reported on December 15 2010. The Bulgarian 'Stonehenge' is hence about 3000 years older than its illustrious English counterpart...
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Moon Regan Transantarctic Expedition
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A team of explorers, mechanics and scientists has arrived in Antarctica ahead of an epic attempt to cross the frozen continent by land. The Moon Regan Transantarctic Expedition hopes to establish a new record for the crossing and will conduct a range of scientific experiments en route. They will co...
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SOHO comet 1971
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Chinese comet observer B. Zhou has discovered a comet in images from the SOHO spacecraft. The comet belongs to the Kreutz orbital group. This discovery brings his total SOHO comet count to 200. See more
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Automatic Identification System Detector
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Space station tracks months-long voyages of ships at sea ESA's experimental ship detector on the International Space Station has pinpointed more than 60 000 ocean-going vessels so far. It has been able to follow the routes of individual ships for months at a time. Hosted by Europe's Columbus resea...
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Mount Arteale
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According to the Ethiopian News Agency; after an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, Mount Arteale, about 1,000 kilometres northeast of Addis Ababa, erupted on September 26.
50,000 nomads in Ethiopia's Afar region were displaced as a result of the eruption of the volcano....
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Mid West Radio-Quiet Zone
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Spectrum management in the Mid West Radio-Quiet Zone Commonwealth and Western Australian Government officials met on 2 December 2010 to discuss spectrum management in the Mid West Radio-Quiet Zone. Currently the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is consulting on a Band Pl...
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Weather outlook
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A second wave of moisture from the Pacific will bring periods of light to moderate rain and blustery winds well into tonight, with wind gusts hitting 30 to 40 mph late today, mostly in the eastern-most foothills of Orange County, says the National Weather Service. We're in the middle of a weekend of of...
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Monico Planetarium
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Paper Mill Employee Frank Kovac Creates World's Largest, Rolling, Mechanical Globe Planetarium Robert Briggs is town chairman of Monico, Wis., the town where Frank launched his space program. Monico has a three-pump gas station, a two-bit bar -- and now, thanks to Frank Kovac -- one remote planet...
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O3b Networks
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O3b Networks announced today that it has secured its final funding round before service launch. O3b Networks is the developer of a new fibre-quality, satellite-based global internet backbone for Telecommunications Operators and Internet Service Providers serving the emerging markets. The c...
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Charles Hayden Planetarium
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After years of offering visitors to its Charles Hayden Planetarium a static view of space focused mostly on stars, planets, and constellations, an entirely new, and more interactive, experience is scheduled to open at the Museum of Science on Feb. 13. The stars of the new $9 million creation are a po...
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CSIRO
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CSIRO to shed research roles Up to 40 science jobs will be slashed in the ACT and Brisbane to meet funding cuts to CSIRO environmental science programs and the Tidbinbilla Deep Space tracking station. The CSIROs new ecosystem sciences division has been forced to shed 30 jobs to absorb a 10 per cent bud...
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The Copernican Observatory
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People have always had a fascination for the objects seen in the heavens. Before recorded history, humans already knew about the motion of the sun and moon, how the fixed stars rotate around the North Star and that a select few stars moved relative to the fixed stars, staying close to the same path the s...
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