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International Space Station to make several passes over Maryland
The International Space Station is making several passes over Maryland this week, a handful of which will be visible in the night sky so long as skies stay clear. Some nights the spacecraft will appear brighter than others, and some nights its flyover...
Tags: Science and Technology, Space Programs
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NASA wants backyard astronomers to help track asteroids
ReutersBy Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - NASA called on backyard astronomers and other citizen-scientists on Tuesday to help track asteroids that could create havoc on Earth. The U.S. space agency has already identified 95 percent of the...Tags: Science and Technology, Science, NASA, Space Programs, U.S. House of Representatives
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NASA wants to better track asteroids that threaten Earth
WASHINGTON — Add this to your worry list: Orbiting somewhere near Earth are an estimated 13,000 asteroids big enough to obliterate Orlando and a good chunk of Central Florida — and NASA has no clue as to when, where or whether they might...
Tags: Science and Technology, Science, U.S. Congress, NASA, Space Programs
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This video is a trip -- through the known universe
Astronomers have put the known universe in a box on your computer screen – the 120 million light-years of it within our grasp, at least. With a mellifluous French-accented narration, some light piano music and sweeping computer animation, the...
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Smallest galaxy sheds light on evolution of dark matter in Universe
Astronomers have discovered a strangely tiny galaxy in the Milky Way’s neighborhood -- one with less than 1,000 stars held together by the smallest dark matter halo ever observed. The galaxy known as Segue 2, described in the Astrophysical...
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How to survive a zombie apocalypse
chrisc@herald-mail.comZombies. Giant super-storms. Runaway climate change. Alien invasions. Sneak attacks by invading enemy nations. Thrilling stuff of end-of-life-as-we-know-it science fiction books and movies. But as recent news coverage reminds us — Superstorm...Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), American Red Cross, Hurricanes, Smallpox , Anthrax
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Newly discovered alien world is giant, hot and 300 light-years away
Scientists have snapped an image of a newly discovered alien world that is just 300 light-years from Earth. The planet, dubbed HD 95086 b, is huge--four to five times the size of Jupiter -- and it makes a wide circle around its young sun, orbiting the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Science, NASA
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Local stargazers escape to the desert
They traveled more than 200 miles from the San Gabriel Valley to reach one of the darkest corners in Southern California. Three hours before sunset on Saturday, half a dozen amateur astronomers unloaded high-powered telescopes onto a concrete platform...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mojave National Preserve, Saturn
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Ring Nebula's true shape revealed: A distorted jelly doughnut
Looks can be deceiving, especially when it comes to nebulae. From here on Earth, the well-studied Ring Nebula looks like a fiery, slightly misshapen ring with fuzzy edges and a hole in its center. But using data collected from the Hubble Telescope,...
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Leasing The Sun: Solar Panels For The Rest Of Us
The Hartford CourantThe same pathway that has put many in the seat of a new car — the lease — is taking off as a financial vehicle for homeowners who don't have tens of thousands of dollars sitting around to buy a rooftop solar-panel system outright. And in...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, Energy, Finance
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Sun fires off fourth major solar flare of the week--more expected
There she goes again! The same region of the sun that brought you three powerful solar flares in a 24-hour span from Sunday night to Monday evening let loose Tuesday night with another explosive flash of ultraviolet radiation and sent tons of its own...
Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Solar Storms (2012), NASA
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Three massive solar flares in 24 hours -- are more on the way?
The sun put on another fireworks display Monday evening, releasing a dramatic flash of ultraviolet radiation and sending solar matter hurtling through space. It was the third major solar flare in 24 hours and the most powerful of 2013. The solar flare...
Tags: Science and Technology, Solar Storms (2012), NASA
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