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Space exploration: Taking the long view
London :: United Kingdom | 25 days ago
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It was a European spacecraft called Rosetta , and yesterday was its final loop past the home planet, as it gathered speed for a journey that will take it to a distant comet...Momentum for the mission developed after Europe's first encounter with a heavenly...
Tags: Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, United Kingdom, London, Tory, William Hague, Downing Street, David Blunkett, David Cameron, Conservative Party, Cabinet Office, Politics, European Space Agency, Rosetta, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Philae lander, Rosetta space probe timeline, spaceflight, Comets, Space exploration, Labour Party, Peter Mandelson, Ed Miliband, Jewish atheists, Life peers
Trigger-happy Star Formation: Radiation From Massive Stars
A new study from two of NASA's Great Observatories provides fresh insight into how some stars are born, along with a beautiful new image of a stellar nursery in our Galaxy. The research shows that radiation from massive stars may trigger the formation...
Tags: Star Formation, Radiation, Stars, Comets, Space, Universe, world, NASA
Evidence Of Liquid Water In Comets Reveals Possible Origin Of Life
Comets have contained vast amounts of liquid water in their interiors during the first million years of their formation, a new study claims. The watery environment of early comets, together with the vast quantity of organics already discovered in comets,...
Tags: Evidence, Liquid, Water, Comets, Reveals, Origin, Life, allnews
12,900 years old Nanodiamonds discovered in North American sites - All hail, The Comet Hit!!!
A team of nine scientific members found abundant tiny particles of diamond dust that existed in sediments as old as 12,900 years ago. These sediments were discovered in six different North American sites. This also adds strong evidence that...
Tags: Nanodiamonds, cosmic impacts, Clovis culture, Younger Dryas, mammoths, sediment layers, comets
Diamonds Provide Evidence of Cold Spell Triggered by Comets
Tiny diamonds have been discovered sprinkled across North America. They are being taken as evidence of a stream of comets that struck the Earth 13,000 years ago. They seem to have caused enough disruption to plunge the planet into a cold spell and...
Tags: diamonds, comets, extinction, cold
Meeting the Threat from Asteroids and Comets
Recently, an article in the Atlantic Monthly titled The Sky Is Falling by Gregg Easterbrook discussed the probabilities of strikes by asteroids or comets on the earth, and their grave consequences for human and animal life. Mr Easterbrook...
Tags: Asteroids, comets, earth, civilization, NASA
Young talent gives WNBA big boost
Houston :: TX :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Veterans such as Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie and Tina Thompson garner headlines, but there is a new generation of stars in the league. I think it makes sense," former ABL co-founder Gary Cavalli said. "The way college basketball has grown is a good sign...
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