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Breaking News Sun, 29 Jul 2012
crescent moon in the sky at night - natural satellite of Earth - space - nature
London   Moon   Photos   Scientists   Wikipedia: Moon  
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Moon formation 'may have been hit-and-run accident'
London: In a new study, scientists have proposed a fresh idea in the long-running debate about how the Moon was formed. | The fact that is certain is that some sort of impact from another body freed m... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Astronauts of the STS-7/Challenger mission are left to right first row: Sally K. Ride (mission specialist), Robert L. Crippen (commander), Frederick H. Hauck (pilot); rear row: John M. Fabian (left) and Norman E. Thagard (mission specialists). STS-7 launched the first five-member crew and the first American female astronaut into space on June 18, 1983.
Astronaut   NASA   Photos   Space   Wikipedia: Sally Ride   Woman  
 The Washington Post 
Sally Ride dies at 61; was first American woman sent into space
| Sally Ride, an astronaut and physicist who in 1983 became the first American woman sent into space and reluctantly served as an idol of feminist strength and a hero of women’s progress, died M... (photo: NASA)
NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope joined forces to create this striking composite image of one of the most popular sights in the universe  The Examiner 
Spitzer space telescope finds possible exoplanet smaller than Earth
Related topics | Science & SpaceAstronomyexoplanetsSpitzer Space Telescope | Advertisement | The Kepler space telescope has already started finding its first exoplanets which are about the size of... (photo: Public Domain / Tryphon)
Earth   Florida   Photos   Space   Telescope   Wikipedia: Spitzer Space Telescope  
MSL Launches to the Red Planet: The Atlantic Ocean provides a backdrop as the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket clears the tower at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Sealed inside the rocket's protective payload fairing is NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft, beginning a 9-month interplanetary cruise to Mars. Liftoff was at 10:02 a.m. EST Nov. 26. MSL's components include a car-sized rover, Curiosity, which has 10 science instruments designed to search for signs of life, including methane, and help determine if the gas is from a biological or geological source.  Huffington Post 
Mars Rover Curiosity Risks: NASA Scientists Say Successful Mission Not Assured (PHOTOS)
| An Atlas V evolved expendable launch vehicle carries NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, which is scheduled to land on the Red Planet in August 2012. | In less than two weeks, NASA's hyper-sophisticated, c... (photo: NASA / Darrell L. McCall)
NASA   Photos   Scientists   Space Programme   Wikipedia: Mars Science Laboratory  
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Lawrence Krauss, co-chair of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Board of Sponsors poses with a graphic image of the "Doomsday Clock" a during a news conference, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 in New York. Crunch
Lawrence Krauss: 'A Universe From Nothing'
| This image provided by NASA shows the Solar Dynamic Observatory's ultra-high-definition view of Venus, black dot at top center, passing in front of the sun on Tuesday, ... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer)
NASA   Photos   Scientist   Space Programme   Universe   Wikipedia: A Universe from Nothing   Wikipedia: Lawrence M. Krauss  
Australopithecus anamensis diet reconstructed from tooth microstriation The Examiner
Australopithecus anamensis diet reconstructed from tooth microstriation
Related topics | Scienceanthropology | Advertisement | The first reconstruction of the diet of the hominid Australopithecus anamensis based on a direct analysis of the re... (photo: WN / Marzena J.)
Dental   Diet   Photos   Teeth   Wikipedia: Dental hygienist  
Airtel advertisement hoarding - largest GSM service provider in India The Times Of India
Buy Bharti Airtel with a target of 400: Ambareesh Baliga
| Tweet | In a chat with ET Now, Ambareesh Baliga, COO, Way2Wealth Brokers Pvt Ltd, shares his views on Bharti. | ET Now: What is your own sense on what is happening on t... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Economy   India   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Bharti Airtel  
The NASA Astronaut, Ms. Sunita Williams shaking hands with the Union Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Kapil Sibal, in New Delhi on October 01, 2007. Zeenews
Sunita Williams blasts off for 2nd space odyssey
Baikonur: Indian-American record-setting astronaut Sunita Williams along with her two colleagues today took off for her second space odyssey on a Russian Soyuz rocket, wh... (photo: PIB of India)
Astronaut   Photos   Space   Technology   Wikipedia: Sunita Williams  
An X1.4 class flare erupted from the center of the sun, peaking on July 12, 2012 at 12:52 PM EDT. It erupted from Active Region 1520 which rotated into view on July 6. Al Jazeera
Solar storm barreling toward Earth
| A solar storm is racing toward Earth this weekend, but scientists say not to worry. | The blast of charged solar particles was due to arrive on Saturday morning and las... (photo: NASA)
Earth   Photos   Solar   Storm   Wikipedia: Solar flare  
This computer-simulated image shows gas from a star that is ripped apart by tidal forces as it falls into a black hole. Some of the gas also is being ejected at high speeds into space.  Using observations from telescopes in space and on the ground, astronomers gathered the most direct evidence yet for this violent process: a supermassive black hole shredding a star that wandered too close. NASA's orbiting Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) and the Pan-STARRS1 telescope on the summit of Haleakala in Hawaii were used to help to identify the stellar remains.  A flare in ultraviolet and optical light revealed gas falling into the black hole as well as helium-rich gas that was expelled from the system. When the star is torn apart, some of the material falls into the black hole, while the rest is ejected at high speeds. The flare and its properties provide a signature of this scenario and give unprecedented details about the stellar victim.  To completely rule out the possibility of an active nucleus flaring up in the galaxy instead of a star being torn apart, the team used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to study the hot gas. Chandra showed that the characteristics of the gas didn't match those from an active galactic nucleus.  The galaxy where the supermassive black hole ripped apart the passing star in known as PS1-10jh and is located about 2.7 billion light years from Earth. Astronomers estimate the black hole in PS1-10jh has a mass of several million suns, which is comparable to the supermassive black hole in our own Milky Way galaxy. The Daily Mail
Huge solar flare shoots out particles at 3million mph as scientists predict weekend of powerful sunstorms
| This weekend is set to see a number of huge solar storms - just days after the largest flare of the summer so far. | A storm expected to arrive on Saturday morning and ... (photo: NASA / S. Gezari and J. Guillochon)
Photos   Science   Solar   Space   Wikipedia: Solar flare  
The flare and so called after-flare Solar Prominence.The solar disk was blocked in PS for a better visual effect. The Los Angeles Times
'Extreme' solar flare erupts, looks like storm is headed to Earth
| A heavy-duty solar flare erupted on the surface of the sun midmorning Thursday, and it appeared from early data that a solar storm from the X-class eruption was headed ... (photo: Creative Commons / I, Mbz1)
Photos   Science   Solar   Space   Wikipedia: Solar flare  
Solar System Galaxies
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Tottenham's Emmanuel Adebayor , bottom, celebrates his goal with team mates during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Swansea City at White Hart Lane Stadium in London, Sunday, April 1, 2012.
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This artist's rendering released March 8, 2006 by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter near Mars. The NASA spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Mars Friday, March 10, 2006, joining a trio of orbiters already circling the Red Planet after a critical firing of its engines
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