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Geminid Meteor Storm
Dec 11 2010, Garima Goel

Most meteor showers are caused by fragments of old comets scattered along a comets orbit. When the Earth passes through a comets orbit, it sweeps up the fragments, which are heated by friction with the Earth’s atmosphere to incandescence, and are...

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NASA discovers two mysterious bubbles at the centre of galaxy
Garima Goel, Shimla
The two gamma-ray bubbles, which extend 25,000 light-years north and south of the galactic center, were discovered when NASA researchers were processing images captured...
Technology, gamma ray, nasa, galaxy
made popular Nov 15 2010
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Silica deposits on Mars could entomb possible life :NASA
Garima Goel, Shimla
“Mars”, often called the red planet is the fourth planet from the sun in the solar system. It is the very next neighbour of our planet. Evidence suggests that the...
Technology, mars, life on mars, NASA
made popular Nov 2 2010
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"Here You Have" Email Virus Attacks Government Agencies and Corporations
Incognito, Atlanta
You would think that after years of being assaulted by email trojans and viruses, and being warned about the dangers of opening emails with attachments, people would be...
Politics & Society, email trojans, email viruses
made popular Sep 10 2010
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NASA planning mission to visit the sun
Lily, Baton Rouge
We know it’s hot up there, but NASA wants to know a bit more about the sun and its atmosphere. And so sometime before 2018, the agency intends to send a...
Environment, NASA, visit to sun
made popular Sep 3 2010
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Indian boy selected for NASA award
Hemant, Varanasi
Patna boy Saikat Guha to have been selected for the NASA Tech Brief Award in recognition of his contribution to the National Space Programme and to the mission of the...
Technology, Saikat Guha, NASA Tech Brief Award
made popular Jul 16 2010
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Giant NASA balloon crashes in Australia
Evelyn R Parker, Goa
A giant NASA science balloon crashed during take-off in Australia Thursday, destroying its multi-million-dollar payload, toppling a large car and narrowly missing...
Technology, NASA, Science Ballon
made popular Apr 30 2010
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Too risky to phone ET? Too late — NASA's tried it
Alisa Roberts, Goa
The U.S. space agency, which two years ago broadcast the Beatles song “Across the Universe” into the cosmos, on Wednesday discussed its latest search...
Technology, NASA, Saturn
made popular Apr 30 2010
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NASA's New Asteroid Mission Could Save the Planet
Evelyn R Parker, Goa
President Barack Obama set a lofty next goal this week for Americans in space: Visiting an asteroid by 2025. But reaching a space rock in a mere 15 years is a daunting...
Environment, Nasa, Earth, Asteroid
made popular Apr 17 2010
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Old space hands aren't buying Obama plan
Zuliya, Washington
The Next Generation. The president is pointing America toward a new direction in space, and some heroes from NASA’s long-ago glory days don’t like it. New...
Technology, NASA, Buzz Aldrin
made popular Apr 15 2010
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Chile earthquake may have shortened length of Earth's days
Michael Kerjman, The Earth
The Chilean earthquake has shortened the length of the day by making the Earth rotate faster, according to NASA scientists-and “The X-Challenge” of 1993:...
Politics & Society, x-challenge, planet
made popular Mar 3 2010
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NASA's Kepler mission finds 5 new planets
Domonique, Washington
Opening a new chapter in planet hunting, NASA scientists reported Monday the discovery of five worlds orbiting nearby stars, using the space agency’s Kepler space...
Technology, NASA, Kepler mission
made popular Jan 5 2010
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Secret revealed:water on moon
Yamini, new delhi
WASHINGTON: After the announcement of the path breaking discovery of presence of water molecules on the lunar surface by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on...
Technology, NASA, ISRO
made popular Nov 16 2009
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Mexico piggybacking into Space as the 'unofficial' sixth wheel'
Oscar, Oaxaca
Okay, so maybe we aren’t actually launching the Atlantis, but in a round about way, we’ll be there as American astronaut of Mexican heritage, José...
Politics & Society, Mexico, José Hernández
made popular Aug 24 2009
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We cannot afford to monitor all killer asteroids, warns Nasa
Alisa Roberts, Goa
Nasa is charged with spotting most of the asteroids that pose a threat to Earth, but doesn’t have enough money to complete the task, according to a new report.
Technology, Science, Technology
made popular Aug 14 2009
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NASA: MIT rocket scientist Batishchev plasma rocket engine discovery
Michael Kerjman, The Earth
Oleg Batishchev, a research scientist at MIT’s department of aeronautics and astronautics, has developed the Mini-Helicon Plasma Thruster, a compact, economical...
Politics & Society, NASA, discovery, Russia
made popular Aug 3 2009
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NASA Is So 1969
Marco Villa, Connecticut
John Kennedy set the task of going to the Moon in 1961 and little more than 8 year later NASA’s Apollo program accomplished one of the greatest fests of mankind....
Politics & Society, NASA, US space program
made popular Jul 24 2009
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“Hand of GOD” – NASA’s latest picture resembles giant hand stretching
Alok Gurtu, Bangalore
First it was the spectacular “Eye of GOD”… now it’s “Hand of GOD”. The amazing image was taken by NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory, which is orbiting...
Technology, eye of GOD, NASA, Chandra X-ray observatory
made popular Apr 16 2009
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NASA space probe to track CO2 on Earth
Kamal Kishore, Shimla
The occasionally acrimonious debate about the planet’s climate has been missing a key component: accurate measurements of how much carbon dioxide is in the air...
Technology, NASA, space probe, CO2
made popular Dec 6 2008
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Is International Space Station a mere relic?
View Point, Shimla
After 10 years and spending $100bn, the world celebrated International Space Station’s 10th anniversary yesterday, November 20th 2008. Sixteen countries joined hands...
Technology, International Space Station, ISS
made popular Nov 21 2008
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How does it snow on Mars?
Mark, Atlanta
Washington - In an unprecedented discovery, Nasa’s Phoenix Mars Lander has found snow falling from clouds on Mars.
Environment, snow, Mars, Nasa
made popular Oct 21 2008
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Sun's protective bubble is shrinking
Victor, Kansas City
The protective bubble around the sun that helps to shield the Earth from harmful interstellar radiation is shrinking and getting weaker, Nasa scientists have warned.
Technology, Sun, protective bubble, NASA
made popular Oct 19 2008
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24 Cellphone Network to Detect Nukes, Surveil Cities
John, Liverpool
Scientists and industry have been working together to create a global surveillance network. It naturally weights itself to provide greater coverage for greater...
Technology, Cellphone Network, NASA, Nukes
made popular Oct 13 2008
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NASA Still Bound for Mars
Korey, Houston
We watched earlier in the year the progress of the twin Mars rovers’, Opportunity and Spirit, as they trundled across the Martian surface.
Environment, NASA, Mars, Mars Science Lab
made popular Oct 13 2008
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NASA Spacecraft Finds the Sun is Not a Perfect Sphere
Jacki, Los Angeles
In this diagram, the sun’s oblateness has been magnified 10,000 times for easy visibility. The blue curve traces the sun’s shape averaged over a three month...
Technology, NASA, Spacecraft, Sun
made popular Oct 3 2008
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Where Do Satellites Go When They Die?
Craig, Miami
No matter how often we hear about the developed world becoming more like Big Brother every day, it’s not until you see images like these from NASA that you get...
Technology, Satellites, NASA, George Orwell’
made popular Sep 26 2008
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Does survival of mankind depend upon Space exploration?
View Point, Shimla
Mankind’s very survival depends on the future exploration of space, said NASA chief Michael Griffin, marking the 50th anniversary of the US space agency. Unlike...
Technology, Space, NASA
made popular Sep 26 2008
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NASA bone-loss test sends man to bed for 84 days
Emmett, Los Angeles
Doctors working with NASA scientists believe that they may have a way to combat one of the greatest health dangers of space travel: bone loss.
Politics & Society, NASA, vacation, bone-loss tes
made popular Sep 16 2008
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NASAs options for space program dwindling
Hassan, Hollywood
NASA is about out of options for keeping U.S. astronauts in space after 2011.
Technology, NASA, space, dwindling
made popular Sep 10 2008
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NASA to Explore Secret Layer of the Sun
Kevin, Columbia
Next April, for a grand total of 8 minutes, NASA astronomers are going to glimpse a secret layer of the sun.
Technology, NASA, Layer, Sun
made popular Sep 6 2008
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Spy Satellites Chasing Shadows: NASA's Contribution to the War on Terror
Lily, Baton Rouge
Are you having trouble with funding? Is your research unable to attract major media attention? Just add Terror ™! That’s what Dr Stoica of NASA’s...
Technology, Spy Satellites, NASA, War
made popular Sep 6 2008
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Space Cube' could be world's smallest PC
Radhika, Shimla
The Space Cube is designed for use in space, where it can communicate with NASA, ESA, and JAXA, the space agencies of the U.S., Europe, and Japan, respectively. Credit:...
Technology, NASA, PC Pro, Technology
made popular Aug 30 2008
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Computer virus goes into orbit
Vikas, solan
NASA confirmed that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine on July 25 by security software.
Technology, virus, orbit, NASA
made popular Aug 29 2008
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Pit Stop”: a new way to return from space
Maggie, Las Vegas
This article proposes an unusual way to land objects from orbit and probes returning from deep space. I won’t dwell on details best left for future study, but will...
Technology, Space, Mars, Nasa
made popular Aug 18 2008
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NASA releases pics of Martian dust
Vikas, solan
NASA’s Mars Phoenix Lander has sent back the first-ever image of a speck of red Martian dust taken through an atomic force microscope, shown at a higher...
Environment, Martian dust, NASA, Environment
made popular Aug 17 2008
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Experts: Reliance on Russia makes NASA weak
Justin, Rochester
Experts are growing increasingly concerned that the United States will have to rely entirely upon Russia to take astronauts to and from the international space station...
Technology, Experts, Russia, NASA
made popular Aug 15 2008
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NASA abandons plan to fly new spaceships by 2013
Vikas, solan
NASA has abandoned plans to get its replacement for the retiring US space shuttles into service by 2013 because of a lack of additional funds and technical issues,...
Technology, NASA, Spaceship, Technology
made popular Aug 12 2008
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More on NASA's Life on Mars Controversy Whats Your Bet?
John, Kansas City
The Mars Phoenix mission has finally managed to bring NASA back in to the spotlight.
Environment, Mars, Controversy, NASA'
made popular Aug 9 2008
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Will NASA Test a Plasma Drive on the ISS?
Rebecca, Ca
One of the biggest problems facing the possibility of interplanetary journeys is the lack of a proper propulsion system.
Technology, NASA, Test, Plasma Drive
made popular Aug 9 2008
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FILE - This April 8, 2009 file photo shows John Holdren talking about his role as President Obama’s science adviser during an interview with The Associated Press, in Washington. Holdren has said that crucial decisions on whether to continue with George...

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