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Thursday, 13 December 2007 |
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The NASA THEMIS spacecraft—after only eight months in active operation—has made three important discoveries about “why” the aurora borealis, commonly called the Northern Lights, suddenly appears very bright and “where” it gets all of its energy.
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 |
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NASA scientists report that Mars Exploration Rover Spirit found ground on Mars earlier in 2007 that shows evidence of possible past microbial life. However, now, Spirit only has until Christmas to find a sunny spot to recharge its batteries in preparation for Martian winter.
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 |
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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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Tuesday, 11 December 2007 |
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An international group of scientists using the Hinode spacecraft have found that two mechanisms produce the solar wind. How the solar wind was produced was previously not fully understood by scientists.
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Monday, 10 December 2007 |
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The mixture is made with blueberry juice, tarragon, turmeric, raspberry, citrus peel oil, and olive leaf extract, and Australian scientists at the University of Sydney state it is an effective mixture to ward off prostate cancer.
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Monday, 10 December 2007 |
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Scientists have finally explained unusual looking unidentified-flying-saucer-shaped objects within the rings of the planet Saturn. Luckily, the objects don't contain little green men.
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Monday, 10 December 2007 |
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After loading the external tank with super-cold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, the launch control team found one faulty fuel sensor, which forced the cancellation of the December 9, 2007 liftoff of shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station. UPDATE: Mission postponed until January 2008.
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Sunday, 09 December 2007 |
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The engine cutoff sensors to the hydrogen tank within the external tank aren’t behaving themselves. All four must work on Sunday, December 8, 2007, for NASA to launch STS-122 and the shuttle Atlantis for its delivery and installation mission to the space station.
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Sunday, 09 December 2007 |
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An international group of scientists discovers evidence of tuberculosis (TB) in a human fossil found in Turkey that is about 500,000 years old. Scientists previously thought that TB first appeared in humans only a few thousands of years ago.
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Saturday, 08 December 2007 |
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The launching of space shuttle Atlantis was delayed again as fuel sensor problems continue to plague the start of the STS-122 mission to the International Space Station.
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Saturday, 08 December 2007 |
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The two faulty sensors on the external tank (ET) of the NASA space shuttle Atlantis, for mission STS-122, are thought to involve an open circuit in the wiring. With only two good sensors left, there is no redundancy remaining in the system if a third one goes bad.
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