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Astronomers hit Einsteinian jackpot
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-13 10:23:38
An international team of scientists used the Hubble Space Telescope to find a never-before-seen double Einstein ring. The important discovery helps astronomers learn more about dark matter, dark energy, and curved space of the universe.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-13 10:23:38
An international team of scientists used the Hubble Space Telescope to find a never-before-seen double Einstein ring. The important discovery helps astronomers learn more about dark matter, dark energy, and curved space of the universe.
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Hubble repair scheduled for August
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-08 17:06:46
Space Shuttle Atlantis has been scheduled for an August mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-08 17:06:46
Space Shuttle Atlantis has been scheduled for an August mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Fifty years ago U.S. begins to explore space: Explorer-1
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-06 10:57:39
The month of January 1958 was very busy for the pioneers that began space exploration for the United States. Satellite 1958 Alpha (commonly called Explorer-1) lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Florida, on January 31, 1958--the beginning of the Space Age for the United States.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-06 10:57:39
The month of January 1958 was very busy for the pioneers that began space exploration for the United States. Satellite 1958 Alpha (commonly called Explorer-1) lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Florida, on January 31, 1958--the beginning of the Space Age for the United States.
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U.S. presidential candidates and positions on Space, Science
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-01-01 10:30:47
The citizens of the United States are in the midst of its election of a new president in 2008. Their responses to the topics of space, science, and education say much about their campaigns and how they will direct the country.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-01-01 10:30:47
The citizens of the United States are in the midst of its election of a new president in 2008. Their responses to the topics of space, science, and education say much about their campaigns and how they will direct the country.
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Ariane ends year with successful launch
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-27 00:41:44
The sixth and final Ariane launch for the year successfully took a pair of commercial satellites into orbit.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-27 00:41:44
The sixth and final Ariane launch for the year successfully took a pair of commercial satellites into orbit.
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Voyager 1 and 2 say solar system is dented
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-11 09:19:11
NASA scientists used data from the long-running, far, far away interstellar Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft to find that the solar system has an asymmetrical (not balanced or regularly arranged) shape.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-11 09:19:11
NASA scientists used data from the long-running, far, far away interstellar Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft to find that the solar system has an asymmetrical (not balanced or regularly arranged) shape.
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Thirty Meter Telescope gets $200 million boost
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-06 11:58:40
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation gave the University of California and the California Institute of Technology a commitment of $200 million for future development and construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-06 11:58:40
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation gave the University of California and the California Institute of Technology a commitment of $200 million for future development and construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
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Successful test of ESA rocket
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-05 23:15:39
A successful test firing of ESA's new P80 rocket motor has been conducted at Guiana Space Centre.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-05 23:15:39
A successful test firing of ESA's new P80 rocket motor has been conducted at Guiana Space Centre.
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NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory finds star moving at hypervelocity speed
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-05 08:14:45
The star is called RX J0822-4300. It is a neutron star created from the Puppis A supernova explosion—and it is moving away from the explosion, according to two U.S. scientists, at about three million miles per hour.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-05 08:14:45
The star is called RX J0822-4300. It is a neutron star created from the Puppis A supernova explosion—and it is moving away from the explosion, according to two U.S. scientists, at about three million miles per hour.
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Has first evidence of another universe been seen?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-24 11:04:15
Astronomers announced in August 2007 the discovery of a large hole at the edge of our universe. Since then, theoretical physicist and cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton and colleagues have claimed it is an “unmistakable imprint of another universe beyond the edge of our own.”
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-24 11:04:15
Astronomers announced in August 2007 the discovery of a large hole at the edge of our universe. Since then, theoretical physicist and cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton and colleagues have claimed it is an “unmistakable imprint of another universe beyond the edge of our own.”
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