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Robot completes first underwater crossing of Atlantic OceanMadrid (AFP) Dec 9, 2009 Spain on Wednesday handed back to the United States a robot which last week completed the first underwater crossing of the Atlantic Ocean to help monitor climate change by tracking temperatures. The yellow glider, which resembles a rocket with wings on its sides, traveled the 7,400 kilometres (4,600 miles) between New Jersey on the US east coast and Galicia in Spain's northwestern coast in ... read more |
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Kamuela HI (SPX) Dec 10, 2009To celebrate the 30th anniversary of its first light, the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope releases a 370 megapixel deep sky image with half a million galaxies, an exclusive illustrated essay on its past and current achievements, and new wallpapers of the telescope. High resolution wide-field imaging has been one of the trademarks of the observatory for the past decade. The CFHT Legacy ... more  
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Dec 9, 2009 NASA technicians say they have taken the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter out of the precautionary "safe mode" it has been in since August. That procedure was the latest step in a series of commands designed to allow the orbiter to resume science operations next week, NASA said. "The patient is out of danger but more steps have to be taken to get it back on its feet," said Mars ... more  
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 10, 2009Scientists are looking for life in space. So far, they haven't found any life beyond Earth itself. We seem to be getting closer to discovering life somewhere else in our own solar system, with Mars, and some moons of Jupiter and Saturn being considered likely hiding spots for microbes. Could there be life closer to our home planet? Probably not, but it's worth considering what could be ... more |
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  Astronomer Mines Spitzer Data For Massive Starbursts  Views Of The World Under The Moon  XMM-Newton Celebrates Decade Of Discovery |
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Birkenhead, UK (SPX) Dec 10, 2009The Liverpool Telescope has used a unique scientific camera (named RINGO) to measure the polarization of the light from a Gamma Ray Burst and show that strong magnetic fields are responsible for beaming the light towards the Earth. The result is reported in a paper in Nature magazine by the team of Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) astronomers who built and operate the instrument. ... more  
Petah Tikva, Israel (SPX) Dec 10, 2009Gilat Satellite Networks has announced that it has been chosen by STL Ghana to provide a SkyEdge II broadband satellite network that will serve its customers throughout West Africa. The new network, comprising two SkyEdge II hub stations and close to 1,000 VSATs, will be used by STL Ghana to serve the complex networking requirements of West African enterprises, health care organizations ... more  
London (AFP) Dec 8, 2009The Hubble telescope has captured some of the oldest galaxies yet seen in the universe using a new infared camera, scientists in Britain said Tuesday. The camera newly installed on the telescope by NASA astronauts has snapped the galaxies "which are likely to be the most distant ever seen," said the scientists who studied the images. The galaxies date back to when the universe was still ... more |
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