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RSSBad Astronomy Blog informs that scientists and engineers gingerly activated the complex equipment onboard Swift satellite that would allow it to fulfill its mission: to detect and observe gamma-ray bursts, flashes of high-energy light which appear to...
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We have created amazing fuss and plenty of intrigue about Mars and even as the Red Planet is still being explored, NASA has decided that it will try and get close to...
made popular Aug 9 2008
NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft has created a video of the moon transiting (passing in front of) Earth as seen from the spacecraft’s point of view 31 million...
made popular Jul 23 2008
GPS system has inspired researchers to develop a similar tracking and mapping system for astronauts on the Moon. Moon’s terrain and landscape pose a number of...
made popular Jul 22 2008
DIY helicopters were something that shocked everyone, a couple of weeks ago when they were introduced by an entrepreneur in China. However, the scientists at The...
made popular Jul 8 2008
By the end of the year, the world’s greatest telescope should be able to see deeper into space and further back in time than ever. If all goes as planned, it will...
made popular Jul 7 2008
Researchers said they discovered a batch of three “super-Earths” orbiting a nearby star, and two other solar systems with small planets as well.
They said...
made popular Jun 18 2008
Scientists at NASA are looking at new ways to reduce the baggage, which space ships have to carry during inter planetary expeditions. With this in mind, a telescope has...
made popular Jun 12 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have found some matter that had been missing in deep space and say it is strung along web-like filaments that form the backbone of...
made popular May 23 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers are baffled after finding an exotic type of star called a pulsar apparently locked in an elongated orbit around a star much like the...
made popular May 20 2008
It’s a great conversation starter: “What’s your sign?”
But before you ask or answer that question, consider this: your zodiac sign corresponds...
made popular May 9 2008
I just cannot hold back the feeling of absolute disgust on this one and it is because I honestly feel so. I just knew this was coming our way and irrespective of how...
made popular Apr 12 2008
It is really interesting that some people think the ‘dark matter’ is the modern equivalence to ether of the early 1900’s and could be proved non-existent. While I...
made popular Apr 7 2008
Japanese scientists and origami masters hope to launch a paper airplane from space and learn from its trip back to Earth. Its not a joke and these guys are crazy... I...
made popular Mar 29 2008
In one of the largest and most detailed celestial images ever made, the coil-shaped Helix Nebula is being unveiled today in celebration of Astronomy Day. The resulting...
made popular Mar 26 2008
The cosmos never ceases to amaze us with its sheer size and splendor. The star studded sky above us and the vast unexplored eternity that lay beyond us have always...
made popular Dec 15 2007
Scientists and common person alike have always wondered whether there is life elsewhere in the universe. Discovery of a new planet orbiting a star beyond the solar...
made popular Nov 7 2007
Over the past week, Comet Holmes is lighting the northern sky with its magnificent light drawing thousands of professional and amateur sky watchers on rooftops. The...
made popular Nov 6 2007
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The most important rule at this remote vacation spot is simple: no white light. Even a sliver of the pupil-contracting rays coming from the window of a cabin at...
made popular Oct 27 2007
Since my childhood days, I’ve been a secret admirer of the night sky. I love to watch those celestial bodies hovering in all their splendidness. So, it was...
made popular Oct 1 2007
The satellite data as observed by XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray had led Renato Dupke and his colleagues from the University of Michigan witness the merger...
made popular Jul 20 2007
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Strudel reports that the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - began a study of ways to deflect Near Earth objects (NEOs) like asteroids. They...
made popular Nov 19 2005
The Bad Astronomy Blog claims Google maps as the killerest of killer apps. It says that, it’s one use has been exploited by Frappr. It is where you can create...
made popular Nov 12 2005
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