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04.06.10

Latest Earthquakes in the USA and World – in the last 7 days
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Latest Earthquakes in the USA - Last 7 days Click USGS link below: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/ ----or----- Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days Worldwide earthquakes with M4.5+ located by USGS and Contributing Agencies. (Earthquakes with M2.5+ within the United States and adjacent areas.) Click USGS link below http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/ Thank you!
09.26.08

China astronauts braced for walk
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China astronauts braced for walk The spacecraft is now in a stable, circular orbit China's three astronauts have spent their first day in orbit preparing for the mission's spacewalk. Resources: BBC News A 42-year-old fighter pilot, Zhai Zhigang, is due to carry out the 20-minute manoeuvre at 1630 Beijing Time (0830 GMT) on Saturday. It will be the first time Chinese yuhangyuan (astronauts) have ventured outside their spacecraft. Their Shenzhou VII capsule soared into orbit on a Long March II-F rocket from Jiuquan spaceport in north-west China. The rocket put the Shenzhou capsule in a near-circular orbit more than 300km above the Earth. Mr Zhai is joined ...
09.09.08

Mysteries of universe at focus of giant project
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Mysteries of universe at focus of giant project By Robert Evans (Reuters.com) GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists at a vast underground Swiss laboratory will launch an experiment on Wednesday to re-enact the "Big Bang" on a small scale to explain the origins of the universe and how it came to harbor life. The Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, will use giant magnets housed in cathedral-size caverns to fire beams of energy particles around a 27-km (17-mile) tunnel where they will smash together near the speed of light. Computers will analyze particles given off for clues to what happened at the Big Bang. Scientists at the ...
06.21.08

Lander Finds Ice on Mars, Scientists Say
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A trench dug by the Phoenix lander reveals white ice beneath the surface soil of Mars. Scientists say they are sure it is frozen water and not salt. Photo Credit: Nasa Via Associated Press Related Article: Lander Finds Ice on Mars, Scientists Say, page A01 Discovery Is Key Clue In Determining Whether Planet Supported Life By David Brown of washingtonpost.com Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, June 21, 2008; Scientists with the Phoenix Mars mission yesterday declared for certain that there is ice on the Red Planet, putting them an essential step closer to answering the question that has driven three decades of Mars exploration and centuries ...
11.07.07

Germany plans unmanned lunar orbit
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By Louis Charbonneau BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany hopes to put an unmanned space craft into the moon's orbit in the early part of the next decade, a senior German official said on Wednesday. The lunar orbit mission will be useful for scientific research, Deputy Economy Minister Peter Hintze, the government's aerospace coordinator, told reporters. "It is also a chance for Germany to prove its competence in this area." Hintze said a report prepared by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) would be presented to the government for consideration. "The essence of this report is that it is possible and it makes sense," he said. "The ...
11.05.07

Exploding Comet Visible to the Naked Eye
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Posted: 2007-11-04 20:41:20 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 4) - A comet that has unexpectedly brightened in the past couple of weeks and now is visible to the naked eye is attracting professional and amateur interest. Paul Lewis, director of astronomy outreach at the University of Tennessee, is drawing students to the roof of Nielsen Physics Building for special viewings of Comet 17P/Holmes. var mod_286703 = new pgGlbObject(); mod_286703.pgTotalImages = "6"; mod_286703.pgGalleryId = "17661"; mod_286703.omnitureURL=encodeURI(\\'http://news.aol.com/common/photogallery/omniture.adp\\'); mod_286703.xmlUrl=encodeURI(\\'http://news.aol.com/common/photogallery/response.xml\\'); ...

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