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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
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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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Sunday, 13 January 2008 |
A secretive power storage startup that claims it has developed a revolutionary super battery based on ultracapacitor technology may wipe the smirks off the faces of skeptics by signing an exclusive deal with defence giant Lockheed Martin. News of the Lockheed deal with Texas based Eestor also sent the stock of Canadian electric car maker Zenn Motor Company soaring because it has an exclusive license to use Eestor ultracapacitors in small electric vehicles.
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Sunday, 13 January 2008 |
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Smith’s Cloud, a gigantic cloud of hydrogen gas, is heading toward our Milky Way Galaxy at over 540,000 miles per hour (864,000 kilometers per hour)—or about 150 miles per second. And, a collision is about to happen ....
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Sunday, 13 January 2008 |
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U.S. researchers at Advanced Cell Technology have developed a method to make embryonic stem cells that do not harm mice embryos. It is likely that the method can be applied to human embryos.
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Saturday, 12 January 2008 |
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The NASA spacecraft MESSENGER is expected to pass within 124 miles (200 kilometers) of the planet Mercury on Monday, January 14, 2008. It is only the second spacecraft to fly near Mercury, and the first one in over thirty years.
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Saturday, 12 January 2008 |
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After several updates during the past few weeks concerning the estimated trajectory of asteroid 2007 WD5 as it approaches the planet Mars, scientists are now: “effectively ruling out the possible collision with Mars” on January 30, 2008.
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Saturday, 12 January 2008 |
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On Thursday, January 11th, NASA officials announced that the new "tentative" launch data for the STS-122 mission and the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis to be February 7, 2008, at 2:47 p.m. EST (1947 GMT).
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Friday, 11 January 2008 |
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On January 9, 2008, the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation announced that U.S. astronauts Loren Shriver, John Blaha, Bryan O’Connor, and Robert Cabana will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.
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Thursday, 10 January 2008 |
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According to a recent Harvard Univesity study, the more exposure children have to black carbon (soot) from traffic fumes, the worse they do in intelligence tests.
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Thursday, 10 January 2008 |
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The trajectory of asteroid 2007 WD5 as it nears Mars is being better estimated by astronomers here on Earth. As of January 8, 2008, it is expected to miss the Red Planet by about 18,641 miles (30,000 kilometers).
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Thursday, 10 January 2008 |
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has shown that switchgrass can be grown without replacing existing crop lands, can produce five times more energy than what it takes to grow it, and can be environmentally friendly.
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