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1 hr ago | Bioscience Technology

First observations from telescope link up made

A team of astronomers and engineers at an international astronomy project have made the first observations linking radio signals from two telescopes First observations from telescope link up made A team of astronomers and engineers at an international astronomy project have made the first observations linking radio signals from two telescopes The ...

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6 hrs ago | CTV.ca

REVIEW: 'Planet 51' proves unable to support life

Home : Movie Reviews : New animated sci-fi comedy 'Planet 51' proves unable to support life New animated sci-fi comedy 'Planet 51' proves unable to support life More on this topic CTV.ca Trailers - Planet 51 Date: Friday Nov.

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10 hrs ago | Http

Movie review: Little life on - Planet 51'

Just when you thought animated sci-fi couldn't get any worse than "Astro Boy," along comes the insipid "Planet 51" to blow it out of the galaxy.

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Related Topix: Planet 51, Science / Technology, Space, Science, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Drama Movies, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Entertainment

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Space Ref

SMOS satellite instrument comes alive

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, November 19, 2009 Source: European Space Agency - Comments The MIRAS instrument on ESA's SMOS satellite, launched earlier this month, has been switched on and is operating normally.

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Inside Bay Area

What's Up at Chabot: Full-dome show explores Mayans' astrological contributions

JOHN CUSACK MIGHT SURVIVE the end of the world in the new movie "2012," but if you want the real story of unlocking the Mayan calendar, experience Chabot's new digital full-dome show "Tales of the Maya Skies." Produced by Chabot Space and Science Center, the show explores the cosmology of the ancient Maya, their culture and contributions to ...

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Science Daily

Watching a cannibal galaxy dine

This amazing image also shows thousands of star clusters, strewn like glittering gems, churning inside Centaurus A. Centaurus A is the nearest giant, elliptical galaxy, at a distance of about 11 million light-years. One of the most studied objects in the southern sky, by 1847 the unique appearance of this galaxy had already caught the attention of ...

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PhysOrg Weblog

SOFIA Seeks Secrets of Planetary Birth

NASA's SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP overflies its home, the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif.

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Tom's Astronomy Blog

Ticking Time Bomb

Here is a great example of the process leading up to a type 1A supernova. Most of the time when we think of a supernova we think of a massive star collapsing in on itself because it has exhausted all of its fuel and gravity overcomes the force of the nuclear fires and hydrostatic pressure is lost and there is a collapse of titanic proportions.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

ClipSyndicate

Telescope Array to Focus on the Past

Astronomers are constructing one of the biggest, most powerful instruments ever built, capable of peering far deeper into the universe and further back in time than ever before.

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Wireless Design Online

Record-Breaking Radio Astronomy Project To Measure Sky With...

Astronomers will tie together the largest collection of the world's radio telescopes ever assembled to work as a single observing tool in a project aimed at improving the precision of the reference frame scientists use to measure positions in the sky.

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SF Sentinel

Nasa Scientist Debunks 2012 Doomsday Hype

Skyscrapers crumble to the ground, fiery meteorites smash into Earth and a Tibetan monk cowers as a massive tidal wave swamps his mountain retreat.

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Related Topix: 2012, Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Science, World News, China, Armageddon, Life, Hobbies

HeraldTribune.com

'Planet' is lost in space

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 10:58 a.m. As animated films go, "Planet 51" is like the food purchased at the theater concession stand: Empty calories, consumed by people barely aware of what they're stuffing in their faces, and soon forgotten.

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Today's 6

Idahoans See Meteor Explosion

People flooded the phone lines Tuesday night as they called 911 trying to figure out what flashed in the middle of the night.

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Log Cabin Democrat

Big Hubble instruments now Smithsonian artifacts

Still an astrophysical mystery, the evolution of the bulges in spiral galaxies led astronomers to the edge-on galaxy NGC4710.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Cbs4denver.com

Midnight Meteor Streaks Across Western Skies

Share + Nov 18, 2009 4:34 pm US/Mountain MIKE STARK, Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY A streaking meteor the size of an oven briefly illuminated parts of the Utah sky to daylight-level conditions early Wednesday, surveillance footage shows.

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Freerepublic.com

Hubble Spies Galaxy's Big Bulge ("x" ,...

A new image of the bulge at the center of a distant spiral galaxy, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, is giving astronomers insight into how these galactic paunches form.

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www.sfgate.com | ADalton

China to participate in giant Hawaii telescope

Chinese astronomers have signed on to participate in the development of the world's largest telescope that will be built atop a Hawaii volcano, a group said Tuesday.

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New York Times

Is Doomsday Coming? Perhaps, but Not in 2012

NASA said last week that the world was not ending - at least anytime soon. Last year, CERN , the European Center for Nuclear Research, said the same thing, which I guess is good news for those of us who are habitually jittery.

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Related Topix: 2012, Science / Technology, NASA, Space, Short, Independence Day, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Science

Freerepublic.com

[Photo] ISS transits the Moon

German amateur astronomer Bernhard Christ was in the right place at the right time - due to very careful planning and foresight - and captured this astonishing scene: [Click to embiggen.] That's the International Space Station crossing the face of the Moon, what astronomers call a transit .

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

SPACE.com

Bubbling, Boiling Sun Photographed in Detail

Visit SPACE.com to explore a new Science feature each Tuesday. The IMaX instrument on the SUNRISE telescope not only depicts the solar surface, it also makes magnetic fields visible; these appear as black or white structures in the polarised light.

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