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 Three members of the pop vocal group *NSYNC, Justin Timberlake, left, Joey Fatone, center, and Lance Bass arrive at the New York premier of the film "Coyote Ugly" on Monday, July 31, 2000. (AP Photo/Mitch Jacobson) nf2
Commitments   Golf   Mansion   Photos   Timberlake  
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Justin Timberlake spends 800K to install golf green inside mansion
| Justin Timberlake has reportedly spent $800,000 to convert space in his mansion into a putting green. | Timberlake, who's long been a professed golfer and fan of the sport, owns his own course and i... (photo: AP photo )
Helicopter flyby over Beijing; rehearsal for 60th anniversary of PRC.
Cars   Helicopter   Nasa   Photos   US  
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NASA crashes helicopter to test new shield for cars
| Washington, December 26 (ANI): NASA has intentionally crashed a 3,000-pound MD-500 helicopter loaded with dummies to test a new safety shield, which could someday be used to make the cars we drive s... (photo: Public Domain / Scott Meltzer)
In this photo released by China's manned space project on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008 and distributed by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's Shenzhou-7 spaceship, is pictured from a small monitoring satellite six seconds after it was released from the spaceship on Sept. 27, 2008. Launched about two hours after Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang finished the country's first spacewalk, the monitoring satellite has sent back over 1,000 pictures of the spaceship, Xinhua said. The shadow on the spaceship was that of the monitoring satellite, according to X  China Daily 
China, Russia shake hands in outer space
| Mutual trust is crucial to the success of five upcoming joint space programs between China and Russia, experts said. | First on the list is a study of the moon, Alexander Rodin, chief representative... (photo: AP / Xinhua)
China   Photos   Russia   Space   Technology  
Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden Oahu Hawaii  The Examiner 
Design Tips for a Spring Bulb Garden
| Bulbs naturalized in the woods. MFletcher | Designing a bulb garden is like planning any other garden space, except you won't see any results for many months. Decide the effect you want next spr... (photo: Creative Commons / Drew Avery)
Garden   Grow   Nature   Photos   Space  
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Australian budget airline, Virgin Blue chief executive, Brett Godfrey addresses a press conference after announcing a net profit of the 158.5 million Australian dollars (US$109 million) for the year March 31, exceeding earlier forecasts of A$150 million in Sydney, Monday, May 17, 2004. Virgin Blue, which listed on the Australian stock exchange last December, was introduced to Australia in 2000 by British airline tycoon Richard Branson, posted a 47 percent jump in annual net profit. Money Week
Space: crossing the final frontier
| It's been 40 years since man first landed on the moon. Now, Richard Branson and other buccaneers are paving the way for space tourism, says Simon Wilson. Is space touri... (photo: AP / Mark Baker)
Benefits   Business   Photos   Space   Tourism  
A solitary bee collecting nectar (Anthophora) Zeenews
How bees always manage to land safely
Washington: Ever wondered how bees always manage to land on a picnic table, underneath a flower petal, or on a wall of a hive, without crashing or tumbling? Well, scienti... (photo: GFDL / Alvesgaspar)
Bees   Insects   Landing   Photos   Surface  
The Space Shuttle Discovery's Cargo Bay and Crew Module, and the Earth's horizon are reflected in the helmet visor of one of the space walking astronauts on STS-103. Astronauts Steven L. Smith, John M. Grunsfeld, C. Michael Foale and Claude Nicollier participated in three days of extravehicular activity on the NASA's third servicing visit to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The Daily Mail
Astronauts follow Apollo 8 crew's example by spreading Christmas cheer in space
| Three astronauts arrived at the International Space Station bearing gifts today, just in time for Christmas. | The three wise men floated through the passage shortly af... (photo: Public Domain / NASA)
Astronauts   Christmas   Gifts   Photos   Space  
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-116 mission specialist, participates in the mission's second of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (out of frame), mission specialist, also participated in the spacewalk Zeenews
Silicon tech to enable clearest view yet of space’s most violent regions
Paris: A European Space Agency (ESA) led effort is all set to use silicon technology to enable astronomy’s clearest X-ray view yet of the most violent regions of space.... (photo: Public Domain / NASA)
Agency   Nasa   Photos   Space   Tech  
Also known as 'The Dish', star of Australian movie 'The Dish' (which incidently was filmed mostly in Forbes, not Parkes - just to add fuel to the inter town rivalry!) The Boston Globe
Telescope array scans for signals from deep space
| HAT CREEK, Calif. - The wide dishes, 20 feet across and raised high on their pedestals, creaked and groaned as the winds from an approaching snowstorm pushed into this ... (photo: Creative Commons / Corrie Barklimore from Forbes, Australia)
Congress   Photos   Space   Technology   Telescope  
International Space Station Model - Bremen Airport Asahi News
Astronaut Noguchi takes off for 5-month stay on space station
| BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan--Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi on Monday took off for a five-month stay aboard the International Space Station, ushering in an era when Japanes... (photo: Creative Commons / Rami Tarawneh)
Japan   Photos   Space   Technology   US  
While cruising around Saturn in early The Daily Mail
Titan lake: Stunning Nasa image confirms surface liquid on Saturn's largest moon
| Nasa has captured a stunning image of light reflection in the northern hemisphere of Titan, the largest moon of the planet Saturn, illustrating the presence of surface ... (photo: Public Domain / NASA)
Body   Lake   Moon   Nasa   Photos  
Solar System Galaxies
- Solar System Passing Through Interstellar Cloud
- Now-completed Solar Panel Systems at Catholic University Hel
- SunPower and SolarPower Ltd. Dedicate 50-Kilowatt Solar Powe
- In Focus: New Solar System Discovered Four Feet From Earth
Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope and W.M. Keck Observatory on Hawaiis Mauna Kea have obtained the first-ever direct images identifying a multi-planet system around a normal star.
Europeans find 32 new planets outside solar system
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- Astronomers claim discovery of most distant galaxies yet
- Astronomers claim discovery of most distant galaxies
- Former L.A. Galaxy defender Abel Xavier retires, converts to
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Eclipse SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
- Moon may eclipse New Year revelry
- 750 students to watch eclipse
- Weather History: December 4: Record Warm, Cold, Snowstorms,
- Rooney eclipsed as Messi crowned greatest in Europe
FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, from Argentina, reacts after scoring against Espanyol during a Spanish league soccer match at Lluis Companys Stadium in Barcelona
Rooney eclipsed as Messi crowned greatest in Europe
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- Search for extraterrestrial life is growing
- A boost to the search for extraterrestrial life
- Encounters of the weird kind
- An exploration of starseeds - Part I
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Futurist magazine Releases Top Ten Forecasts for 2010 and Beyond, Plus Hundreds More
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Universe Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids
- Briefing: University funding
- What happens after universities become businesses
- Dark matter holds the key to the universe
- 'Amazing universe' on show School Notes
Corolla is the collective term for petals of a flower taken as a group within the calyx.
Shedding Light On Microscopic Flower Petal Ridges
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- Stranded Air Comet passengers in hunger strike threat
- Meteor hunt in Beijing continues
- Mesmerising meteors: Cosmic firework lights up the sky above
- New way to detect past comet strikes on earth
WISE Lifts Off to Map the Sky  NASAs Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket at 9:09 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base. WISE will scan the entire sky in infrared light, picking up the glow of hundreds of millions of objects and producing millions of images.
 Space telescope begins search for asteroids
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