Jupiter and Venus in Conjunction March 12-13, 2012 On March 12 and 13, 2012, Venus and Jupiter are in conjunction. This means that, from our vantage point here on Earth, Jupiter and Venus appear to be traveling...
If general relativity is correct, one of its implications, Lense-Thirring / frame dragging, should be able to be used to map planetary interiors. The Lense-Thirring effect is basically a twist in space near massive bodies such as planets, stars, and black holes. If proven, it...
Police are looking for Paul Michael Merhige, a Florida man who they believe shot four family members at a Thanksgiving dinner. Pual Michael Merhige is believed to have killed a six-year-old girl cousin Makayla Sitton, twin sisters Carla and Lisa Merhige, and his 76-year-old...
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Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have discovered 32 new planets outside of our solar system using the HARPS (High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher) spectrograph. HARPS has now...
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Jupiter, like Earth is a planet but it is a far different planet, and it is well worth studying."" Explanation: This sprawling dark marking is Jupiter's latest impact scar, a debris plume created as a...
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21 July, 2009– " Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, sits behind the solar system's largest planet, April 2007. Ganymede completes an orbit around Jupiter every seven days. (NASA: ESA/E Karkoschka (University of Arizona), fileman) " " An amateur astronomer from the small...
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Surprises and lot more surprises, it defines the solar system well.The more we look inside the more cofused it seems." A large comet or asteroid has slammed into the Jupiter, creating an impact site the size of Earth, pictures by an Australian amateur astronomer show. ...
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A nice picture of the earth's moon with the planet of Jupiter in the background. "Explanation: Earth's Moon and planet Jupiter made a beautiful pairing in the night sky late last week. This skyscape recorded...
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a very rare treat happen tonight in the sky of western australia (the moon smiling ,venus and jupiter) i just took the pic outside my home.you can see better with the eyes than with the camera.
Update: December 5, 2008: 124 photos from across the globe have been added to this story and you are welcome to join this global club of hope. The geographical localities that I have been able to count are as...
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The striking photo to the left was taken in southern California... my own meager attempt is below.When seen from Reno, Nevada the sight was breathtaking. As the sun went down , there in the west was this...
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What about this? For real? " Crestor reduced the risk of heart-related death, heart attacks and other serious cardiac problems by 44% compared with those given placebos. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122623863454811545.html?mod=googlenews_wsj "
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"China First! To all Pakistanis: When Beijing Olympics came under attack, a Chinese mountaineer took the torch to Mount Everest. There are hundreds of thousands of Chinese-Americans and British-Americans. But not one came out to stage-managed...
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In what could prove to be a high-profile tabloid case, the bodies of two women have been found in an apartment in Birmingham, UK after a weekend party. Police are investigating several lines of inquiry, including a possible connection with a local escort agency. This...
"Washington (ANTARA News) - After more than 17 years of studying the Sun, a joint effort by the US and European space agencies is set to end Tuesday. The Ulysses solar mission has far outlived its predicted life span, but declining power to propel the craft has prompted the...
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