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Arctic 'warmest in 2,000 years'
" Arctic temperatures are now higher than at any time in the last 2,000 years, research reveals. Changes to the Earth's orbit drove centuries of cooling, but temperatures rose fast in the last 100 years as human... 
Amateur astronomer discovers Jupiter collision
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... 
created by Maireid Sullivan | 22 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago
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396 views | 3 recommendations | 1 comment
Outer Space News: NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas
It is a wonderful, exciting and an eye opening experience visiting the highly-secured Johnson Space Centre. To be able to launch into space and to see the most impressive view captured by technology and seen by our eyes; Earth aka The World. Shooting our imagination to... 
created by DAMIRworld | 2 years ago | updated 22 wks ago
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1089 views | 12 recommendations | 0 comments
Japan to launch ‘suicide’ satellites to clear space junk
With space junk increasingly becoming an important problem for the functionality of the International Space Station (ISS) and commercial satellites circling the Earth’s orbit, Japanese space scientists came up... 
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 40 wks ago | updated 40 wks ago
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671 views | 17 recommendations | 2 comments
Huge asteroid passes close to Earth
An asteroid has passed close to Earth say scientists, and it could be as big as a ten-storey building. It is known as 2009, DD45, and could be as big as 21-47 meters across. " The gap was just 72,000 km (44,750 miles); a fifth of the distance between our planet and the Moon.... 
U.S. and Russian satellites collide
This is very unusual. As far as I know this has not happened before. " The international space station does not appear to be threatened by the debris, they said, but it's not yet clear whether it poses a risk to... 
Satellites Collide in Orbit
Do satellites ever collide with one another in space? Yes. In fact, it just happened. A derelict Russian satellite, defunct for the past ten years, collided with an operational-until-just-now communications satellite operated by Iridium LLC. The debris created by the... 
Iran launches first home-made satellite
Iran has placed its first home-built satellite Omid in orbit using a Safir-2 rocket in a move that is set to raise new concerns in the international community. The Omid (Hope) satellite, sent into space as... 
Earth Moon Orbit
The Moon orbits the Earth and the Earth orbits the sun but is it the Earths Centre that is in orbit around the Sun or the "mass moment point" which connects the Moon to the Earth?.
Space Shuttles Will Be Sold After 2010 Retirement - NASA
NASA has announced that the final three Space Shuttles will be sold after they are retired in 2010. After nearly 30 years of service, and over 120 missions into orbit, NASA’s Space Shuttle fleet will... 
created by Jared Aicher - Storm Chaser | 1 year ago | updated 50 wks ago
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1414 views | 39 recommendations | 20 comments
Full Moon Biggest and Brightest in 15 Years, December 12, 2008
The full moon Friday evening could potentially appear up to 30% brighter and 14% bigger than normal. The moon's elliptical orbit means that tonight it will pass earth at a distance of just over 350 000km from... 
40th anniversary of Apollo 8
"Washington, Dec 22: The US space agency marked the 40th anniversary of the historic Apollo 8 mission that brought three astronauts to orbit the moon for the first time. On December 21, 1968, Apollo 8 blasted...
India launches first moon mission
Countless hours and India's much talked dream Moon mission has come true. India has sucessfully launched its first unmanned mission to the moon.Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned mission to the... 
Internet in Space: I Can Has Zero G
Anybody who has ever had their cable connection chewed through by squirrels knows that Internet transmissions are far less tolerant of interference and disruption than something like terrestrial TV and cable...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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410 views | 9 recommendations | 8 comments
