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Scientists endure Arctic for last campaign prior to... - 9 May 2008
An international group of scientists has swapped their comfortable offices for one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet to carry...
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The Antennae Galaxies move closer - 9 May 2008
The Antennae Galaxies are among the closest known merging galaxies. The two galaxies, also known as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039,...
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NCAR installs 76-teraflop supercomputer for critical... - 8 May 2008
Tom Bettge Click here for more information. BOULDER--The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has taken...
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Chilean volcano captured blasting ash - 8 May 2008
Chile's Chaiten Volcano is shown spewing ash and smoke into the air for hundreds of km over Argentina's Patagonia Plateau in...
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Joint ESA/NASA team wins international award - 8 May 2008
The Ulysses mission operations team has won an international award in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the success and...
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XMM-Newton discovers part of the missing matter in... - 7 May 2008
Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing the discovery by Dutch and German astronomers [1] of a filament of tenuous hot gas connecting two...
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Cyclone Nargis and Myanmar floods seen from space - 7 May 2008
Envisat captures Cyclone Nargis making its way across the Bay of Bengal just south of Myanmar on May 1, 2008, with its Medium...
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GIOVE-B transmitting its first signals - 7 May 2008
Following a successful launch on 27 April, GIOVE-B began transmitting navigation signals today. This is a truly historic step for satellite...
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Record-setting laser may aid searches for Earthlike... - 7 May 2008
Experimental data from a NIST 'gap-toothed' frequency comb that is false colored to indicate the range from low power (red) to...
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Iron 'snow' helps maintain Mercury's magnetic field,... - 7 May 2008
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — New scientific evidence suggests that deep inside the planet Mercury, iron “snow” forms and falls toward...
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Media reminded to register for Phoenix Mars Mission... - 6 May 2008
With fewer than three weeks to go until the Phoenix Mars Mission makes its touch-down on Mars, The University of Arizona is proud to welcome...
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ESA contributes to ocean carbon cycle research - 5 May 2008
A GlobColor chlorophyll product showing the distribution of phytoplankton in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Click...
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Solar games at Paranal - 2 May 2008
ESO staff share stunning images of solar phenomena At Paranal, home of ESO's Very Large Telescope, the sky is so dark that the...
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Updated version of GAIM model goes operational - 2 May 2008
An updated version of the Global Assimilation of Ionospheric Measurements (GAIM) model went operational at the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA)...
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NASA calls on APL to send a probe to the sun - 2 May 2008
Artist's concept of NASA's Solar Probe spacecraft making its pass toward the sun, where it will study the forces that create...
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Did the solar system 'bounce' finish the dinosaurs? - 2 May 2008
Cardiff study suggests link between comet bombardment and movement through the galaxy The sun’s movement through the Milky Way regularly...
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Blue Gene/P supercomputer to simulate extreme... - 2 May 2008
A snapshot of a Type Ia supernova simulation taken very shortly after the moment of detonation. The energy released during the...
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Geotimes: Venturing to Venus - 1 May 2008
Alexandria, VA – What can be gained from a new mission to Earth’s twin planet" In the latest issue of “Geotimes”...
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Astronomers discover new type of pulsating white... - 1 May 2008
Discovery helps solve riddle of where the carbon white dwarfs come from, and what happens to their hydrogen and helium The image...
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FSU geochemist challenges key theory regarding... - 1 May 2008
Munir Humayun with an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer in the new Plasma Analytical Facility in the Geochemistry...
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Searching the heavens - 1 May 2008
A new space mission, due to launch this month, is going to shed light on some of the most extreme astrophysical processes in nature - including...
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National Inventors Hall of Fame welcomes 2008 inductees - 1 May 2008
Inventors of Bose audio technologies, the LED, wrinkle-free cotton among those recognized Akron, OH (May 1, 2008) — On May 2 & 3,...
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CU-Boulder researchers forecast 3-in-5 chance of... - 30 Apr 2008
Warming temperatures, preponderance of young, thin ice drives prediction CU-Boulder researchers are forecasting a 59 percent...
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NASA satellite pins down timer in stellar ticking... - 30 Apr 2008
This image illustrates a thermonuclear explosion as it ignites, and beings to spread. It will engulf an entire neutron...
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Scientists find rings of Jupiter are shaped in shadow - 30 Apr 2008
Jupiter's rings consist of bands of widely scattered dust particles generated by the impact of space debris into the planet's...
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'Smart' greenhouse research partnership unveiled - 30 Apr 2008
Kent State, Cleveland Botanical Garden collaborate on liquid crystal greenhouse Cleveland, Ohio – (April 30, 2008) – Cleveland...
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'4-D' ionosphere map helps flyers, soldiers, ham... - 30 Apr 2008
GREENBELT, Md. - Today, at the Space Weather Workshop in Boulder, Colo., NASA-funded researchers released to the general public a new...
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72 new members chosen by Academy - 29 Apr 2008
WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Sciences today announced the election of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 9 countries in...
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Ultra-dense galaxies found in early universe - 29 Apr 2008
This illustration shows the comparative sizes of our Milky Way Galaxy and an ultracompact galaxy, which existed in the early...
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Compact galaxies in early universe pack a big punch - 29 Apr 2008
These images taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope show nine compact, ultra-dense galaxies as they appeared 11 billion...
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