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![]() Tiruchi, India (PTI) Jan 05, 2010 The launch of India's next moon mission, Chandrayaan-II, will be in the first quarter of 2013 as per schedule, its project head said here on Sunday. The project is shaping up as per schedule, Mylswamy Annadurai, project director, Chandrayaan-I and II of the Indian Space Research Organization, told reporters. Chandrayaan II, the second lunar mission, a four-year project under Indo-Russian collaboration, is being executed by ISRO after the success of Chandrayaan I. ... read more |
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Revealing The Explosive Heart Of Eta Carinae![]() Using adaptive optics to remove atmospheric blurring, Gemini Observatory has released an image showing previously hidden forensic secrets at the ballistic core of the Homunculus Nebula, part of the explosive Eta Carinae star system. The infrared image, revealed at the 215th American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, DC, is a high-resolution view of the complex tendrils and puffs ... more T Pyxidis Soon To Be A Type Ia Supernova ![]() Astronomers have uncovered evidence that a massive, explosive white dwarf star in a binary star system with a Sun-like star in our Milky Way Galaxy is growing in mass and is much closer to our solar system than previously thought. The report is being presented by Drs. Edward M. Sion, Patrick Godon and student Timothy McClain of Villanova University at the 215th meeting of the American Astr ... more Runaway Anti-Matter Makes For Massive Stellar Explosion ![]() University of Notre Dame astronomer Peter Garnavich and a team of collaborators have discovered a distant star that exploded when its center became so hot that matter and anti-matter particle pairs were created. The star, dubbed Y-155, began its life around 200 times the mass of the sun but probably became "pair-unstable" and triggered a runaway thermonuclear reaction that made it visible nearly ... more |
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![]() The PARASOL Satellite Moving Off The A-Train Track ![]() Mars rover Spirit's 6-year stint may be ending: NASA ![]() Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
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Geospatial Technology Seminars Scheduled For SE Asia![]() ESRI and GIS Development will present free seminars to mapping agencies in Southeast Asia. The Geospatial Technology Update seminars will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia; Bangkok, Thailand; Hanoi, Vietnam; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Manila, Philippines; beginning in January 2010. The seminars will outline technology trends in the geospatial community including how to take advantage of th ... more Astronomers Discover Waltzing Black Holes ![]() Astronomers have discovered 33 pairs of waltzing black holes in distant galaxies. This result were presented by Dr. Julia Comerford of the University of California, Berkeley, to the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, DC. This result is particularly important because it shows that supermassive black hole pairs are more common than previously known from observations, and be ... more Lava tube could house moon colony ![]() A deep lava tube discovered on the moon could shield human colonists from harsh temperatures and meteorites, Japanese scientists said. The tube, in the Marius Hills on the moon's near side, is believed to be 213-feet wide and more than 260-feet deep, said Junichi Haruyama, a researcher with the Japanese space agency JAXA. The tube was discovered through images taken by the Japanese moon ... more |
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