Archive for the ‘Astronomy’ Category
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Water ice has been found on the surface of a nearby asteroid for the first time – a discovery that could help explain how Earth got its oceans, scientists announced.
Two teams of researchers independently verified that the asteroid 24 Themis – a large rock hurtling through space in the asteroid ...
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
The earthquake that took more than 700 lives in Chile on 27th Feb 2010 probably have changed the entire Earth's rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist said.
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
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The telescope was the first instrument to extend human senses, revolutionising our view of the heavens and our place in the world.
Exactly 400 years ago on 25 August 1609, the Italian astronomer, mathematician, physicist and philosopher Galilei Galileo showed ...
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Thursday, January 1st, 2009
A number of technologies have exploded throughout 2008, improving and influencing our daily life. Here is a quick look at some of the technology events that happened during 2008.
Big Bang Experiment: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, intended to collide opposing beams of ...
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Sunday, December 28th, 2008
The start of next year will be delayed by circumstances beyond everyone's control. New Year will arrive a second late when time across the globe is adjusted to account for the changes in the Earth's rotation.
A 'Leap Second' will be added onto the final minute of 2008 because the planet ...
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008
The possibility of life on Mars has been debated almost since the invention of the telescope.
Annual growth and shrinkage of the martian ice caps and seasonal changes in color were observed by astronomers such as Herschel and Whewell in the 18th and 19th centuries. Late in the 19th century, Schiaparelli ...
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