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Steven J. Ostro
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Pioneering JPL radar astronomer Steven J. Ostro died early in the morning of December 15, 2008. The world has lost one of the most skilled scientists tracking and studying the asteroids that pass close by our planet and might one day threaten the survival of our civilization. [url=http://planetar...
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Xichang Satellite Launch Center
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Located in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Xichang Satellite Launch Center is designed mainly to launch powerful thrust rockets and geostationary satellites. Known for its agreeable weather and picturesque scenes, most pictures shown on Chi...
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Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
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The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center was founded in March 1966 and came into full operation in 1968. Situated in Kelan County, the northwest part of Shanxi Province, 284 km away from Taiyuan City, the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre (TSLC) is commissioned for sun-synchronous missions and thus sup...
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Israeli Astronomical Association
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The Israeli Astronomical Association was established first as an amateur fellowship on May 28th 1951 by a group of astronomy fans immigrating from Germany and Czechoslovakia, among them Dr Heilbruner and Dr Zaichik. Dr Zaichik was the first chairman of the association and kept his position for ma...
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POLENET
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POLENET or The Polar Earth Observing Network is a consortium involving people from 28 nations that aims to dramatically improve the coverage of many different kinds of geophysical data across the polar regions of the Earth. It has been endorsed as a core activity of the International Polar Year (IP...
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Bryn Celli Ddu chamber
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An archaeologist has discovered that the passage into a burial mound on Anglesey (Wales) was built to catch the rising sun on the summer solstice.
Steve Burrow said he was 'elated' when the sun filtered in through trees as he sat in the Bryn Celli Ddu chamber. He made the discovery as he researched a b...
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Buena Vista Elementary School observatory
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From Galileo Galilei to NASA, people around the world have looked through telescopes to study the heavens for guidance, whether it's to navigate oceans or plan a space shot. Alamogordo area residents have looked up at the cosmos for many years from the Buena Vista Elementary School observatory. It...
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Anne Arundel Community College observatory
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For Laura Beswick, stargazing is a spiritual experience. Ms. Beswick has glimpsed the "superbright" Pleiades, as well as Andromeda, and areas so densely packed with stars that "it looked like someone threw sand in the sky and it stuck." [url=http://www.hometownannapoli...
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Young Astronomers Talent Search
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A six-month long exercise to look for 20 best young astronomers in Odisha, under the Young Astronomers Talent Search programme organised by Tata Steel in association with Pathani Samanta Planetarium ended here on Saturday. The young astronomers, selected from among students of different scho...
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Gordo
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[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_in_space]Sourc...
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Mongolian Quake
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A strong magnitude 6.o earthquake occurred at 21:45:38 (UTC) on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, in central Mongolia region, 207 km from Bayandalay, Mongolia, at a depth of 5 km. Location 45.000°N, 105.000°E
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Kirkdale Cave
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Cave gives a glimpse of glacial history Kirkdale Cave is one of North Yorkshires most intriguing assets and although it is very close to Kirkdale Minster near Kirkbymoorside, neither of these ancient showpieces is within the boundaries of the North York Moors National Park. I find that quite surpr...
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Trelew Standing Stone
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Near Trelew farm. The site is close to other ancient sites, stone circles and standing stones. Expand (98kb, 800 x 600) This 3m tall stone is located in a field to the south of Boscawen-ûn circle, within sight of St....
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International Space Station 2009 calendar
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The International Space Station 2009 calendar is now available online. As part of NASA's celebration of the 10th anniversary of the International Space Station, the agency is offering a special 2009 calendar to the general public to download and print out. The calendar contains photographs take...
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The Hurlers
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An amateur astronomer could have finally unravelled the mystery of the ancient Hurlers on Bodmin Moor. The three stone circles in Cornwall have been discovered to align perfectly with the constellation Orion. New research now suggests The Hurlers were built as a primitive calendar which indicat...
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