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HIPAS aurora science station
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Aurora science station outside Fairbanks shuts down An aurora science station outside Fairbanks has been shut down. The HIPAS aurora science station is based in Two Rivers. Read more
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Hevelius Star Catalogue
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Title: The Star Catalogue of Hevelius Authors: Frank Verbunt, Robert H. van Gent The catalogue by Johannes Hevelius with the positions and magnitudes of 1564 entries was published by his wife Elisabeth Koopman in 1690. We provide a machine-readable version of the catalogue, and briefly discuss i...
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Tycho Brahe Star Catalogue
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Title: Three editions of the Star Catalogue of Tycho Brahe Authors: Frank Verbunt, Robert H. van Gent Tycho Brahe completed his catalogue with the positions and magnitudes of 1004 fixed stars in 1598. This catalogue circulated in manuscript form. Brahe edited a shorter version with 777 stars, pri...
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Women in science
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Women in science Sexism remains all too prevalent in Britain's scientific community, according to some of its leading figures, even as The Royal Society unveils a list of the 10 greatest women scientists in British history. Women scientists this weekend called for government funding to be ring-f...
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Cyclone Ului
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A tropical cyclone tore through an Australian resort island earlier today, ripping roofs off homes, washing boats ashore and leaving thousands of people in the dark. Read more
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Satellite fuel
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'Green' satellite fuel designed to make space safer On the day running up to launch when a spacecraft is fuelled, ground personnel look more like astronauts than engineers, putting on spacesuit-like protective gear. This is an essential precaution when dealing with the current hydrazine fuel, b...
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Chinese moon rock laboratory
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China is mulling plans for a facility to handle returning moon rock samples as part of a step-by-step plan to explore the lunar surface with robotic probes. China's multi-step program calls for lunar orbiters to scout the moon, followed by a soft landing on of the surface using an automated lunar rov...
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Kansas Wesleyan University Observatory
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Get a closer view of the heavens through Kansas Wesleyan University's newly restored 16-inch telescope Friday evening during the March Skywatch event. The reopening of recently refurbished observatory atop Peters Science Hall is scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m. Friday. [url=http://www.ksall...
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Tropical Cyclone Tomas
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Tropical cyclone Tomas hits Fiji A powerful cyclone has hit northern Fiji, flattening houses and villages, and forcing some 5,000 people to leave their homes. People fled to some 200 evacuation centres as Cyclone Tomas with winds of up to 205 kilometres per hour ripped through Fiji's northern isla...
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Van Horn spaceport
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Van Horn spaceport gets NASA backing Drive 25 miles north of here along Texas Highway 54. In an hour, seven vehicles cover the route; in a day, 180. The road, a quiet and isolated corridor along the Chihuahuan Desert, divides the Sierra Diablo and Delaware mountain ranges. On this remote site lies a bi...
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South Indian Ocean Quake
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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 20:33:10 (UTC) on Sunday, March 14, 2010, in the South Indian Ocean region, 1157 km SSE from Colombo, Sri Lanka, at a depth of 10 km. Location 2.763°S, 83.678°E -- Edited by Blobrana on Sunday 14th of March 2010 09:07:56 PM
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Simpson Desert River
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Ancient river courses found below Simpson Desert Researchers have uncovered the courses of ancient river systems under the Simpson Desert in Central Australia. Read more
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Tornado
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Signs point to active tornado season this year Local meteorologists are anticipating a potentially active tornado season in Kansas this spring. "I'm quite concerned this could be a very busy tornado season" - Mike Smith, president of WeatherData Inc., a Wichita subsidiary of AccuWea...
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NASA in Australia
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50 years of NASA in Australia Deep space station 34 (DSS 34) is the latest addition onsite in Canberra. It was constructed in 1997 with the transmission and reception equipment underground rather than on the surface of the dish. This helps to reduce the weight of the dish and allows for maintenance of...
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Mount John Observatory
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Mount John University Observatory, New Zealand, is situated at an altitude of 1,031 metres on Mount John at the northern end of the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island of New Zealand.
The observatory consists of four telescopes: two 0.6m, one 1.0m, and a 1.8m 'MOA Telescope'.
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