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"Near its closest approach to planet Earth, comet SWAN brightened unexpectedly earlier this week. Telescopic observers also noticed dramatic changes in the comet's colorful coma and tail, seen in this view recorded on October 25th."
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Sunday, October 29, 2006
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Discovery of gamma rays from the edge of a black hole!
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"The astrophysicists of the international H.E.S.S. collaboration report the discovery of fast variability in very-high-energy gamma rays from the giant elliptical galaxy M 87. The detection of these gamma-ray photons - with energies more than a million million times the energy of visible light from one of the most famous extragalactic objects."
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"The astrophysicists of the international H.E.S.S. collaboration report the discovery of fast variability in very-high-energy gamma rays from the giant elliptical galaxy M 87. The detection of these gamma-ray photons - with energies more than a million million times the energy of visible light from one of the most famous extragalactic objects."
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Was Mars Life Discovered 30 Years Ago?
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"A positive on one experiment intended to determine if the red planet harbored life was considered false mostly because the accepted thinking of that time was that nothing would be found. Now, scientists who are more open to the idea of life on mars are taking another look at the results."
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"A positive on one experiment intended to determine if the red planet harbored life was considered false mostly because the accepted thinking of that time was that nothing would be found. Now, scientists who are more open to the idea of life on mars are taking another look at the results."
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Friday, October 27, 2006
NASA Posts Panorama To Celebrate Rover's 1,000th Martian Day
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"Oct. 26, 2006, marks Spirit's 1,000th sol of what was planned as a 90-sol mission. (A sol is a Martian day, which lasts 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds). The rover has lived through the most challenging part of its second Martian winter.Happy Birthday!"
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"Oct. 26, 2006, marks Spirit's 1,000th sol of what was planned as a 90-sol mission. (A sol is a Martian day, which lasts 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds). The rover has lived through the most challenging part of its second Martian winter.Happy Birthday!"
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
NASA Seeks Volunteers to Spend 3 Weeks in Bed (It’s Tougher Than You Think)
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""NASA?s Johnson Space Center is conducting experiments on counteracting the effects of weightlessness. To simulate a zero-gravity environment, volunteers lie down for three weeks on beds with their feet about five inches higher than their heads. They do not get up: they eat propped on an elbow, use bedpans and shower lying down on""
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""NASA?s Johnson Space Center is conducting experiments on counteracting the effects of weightlessness. To simulate a zero-gravity environment, volunteers lie down for three weeks on beds with their feet about five inches higher than their heads. They do not get up: they eat propped on an elbow, use bedpans and shower lying down on""
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Russia Can Repel Asteroids to Save Earth
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"Russia is prepared to repel asteroids to save Earth "if necessary," deputy head of the Russian space agency Viktor Remishevsky said Tuesday, ITAR-TASS news agency reported."
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"Russia is prepared to repel asteroids to save Earth "if necessary," deputy head of the Russian space agency Viktor Remishevsky said Tuesday, ITAR-TASS news agency reported."
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International Space Station Status Report...
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""A shipment of supplies began its journey to the International Space Station Monday as the ISS Progress 23 cargo ship was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...""
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""A shipment of supplies began its journey to the International Space Station Monday as the ISS Progress 23 cargo ship was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...""
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