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Canadian Satellite to Spot Killer Asteroids
The Canadian Space Agency is developing a satellite for tracking earth-bound asteroids. Remote though the risk is, they believe that $12 million is a reasonable price for peace of global mind. However, Morgan Freeman...German scientists plan satellite to hunt space rocks
"The German space agency DLR said modelling showed there must be more than 1,000 such objects more than 100 metres wide, but only nine have been discovered so far.It spoke as the centenary approaches of the June 30, 1908 Tunguska Event.The DLR said its interpretation of that...
Google launches 411 service in Canada
Starting today, Canadians can dial GOOG-411 and be instantly delighted by the wonderment of Google. Maps, phone numbers, directions and more are now accessible via Google's voice recognition software--thus no pesky... Stealth Pool Parties: Run SIlent, Run Deep
Pool parties organized online and held in strangers' pools. ... Whoah. I've used Google Earth to find optimal parking spots downtown (just look for bikes in the aerial photos), but this is next-level.As a teen, I'd... Afterglow of the Big Bang May Be Related to "Collossal Structures," Scientist...
And people think that science isn't fun. Read on to learn more about the afterglow of the big bang, the mottled appearance of the universe, and what it all means."Colossal structures larger than the visible... Half of Papua New Guinea forests could be gone in 15 years
Satellite images show deforestation in Papua New Guinea is occurring much faster than researchers once thought. Even conservation areas aren't safe, according to new research."The forests of Papua New Guinea are... China launches weather satellite for Olympic Games
"Beijing (ANTARA News) - China launched a weather satellite Tuesday designed to improve the accuracy of forecasts during the Beijing Olympic Games this August, state press said.The Fengyun-3 was launched from the Taiyuan satellite launching centre in northern China's Shanxi...China launches second Olympic satellite
" BEIJING - China launched a weather forecasting satellite Tuesday to help predict weather for the Summer Olympics and earthquake recovery work."LAPAN successfully launches experimental rocket
"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The National Aeronautics and Outer Space Institute (LAPAN) successfully launched a rocket embodying the last phase of a process to develop a rocket to put a satellite in orbit from Pameungpeuk, West Java, early last Monday, the institute said.Dubbed...China won't confirm new Hainan nuclear sub base
China would not confirm or deny the existence of a new undergroundnuclear submarine base off the southern island of Hainan, Reutersreported. Analysts from Jane's Information Group said a satellitephotograph showed the facility's existence, and that such a base wouldbe key to...Canadian satellite to detect Asteroids
"OTTAWA, May 2 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers are working on a tiny satellite that will alert the world to the potential of asteroid strikes."This is the first space-based asteroid-searching telescope," said Alan...Indian Space Scientists Create Record: 10 Satellite launched in one go
Hyderabad Monday: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) created a record today at 10.00 a.m. Local time by successfully launching a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C9 with ten satellites of...Vietnam`s first satellite goes into orbit
"Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan, who is head of the National Steering Committee for VINASAT-1 project, were among other senior officials watching the historical event televised live at the International Conventional Hall in...A Storehouse of Greenhouse Gases Is Opening in Sibera
"In the permafrost bottom of the 200-meter-deep sea, enormous stores of gas hydrates lie dormant in mighty frozen layers of sediment. The carbon content of the ice-and-methane mixture here is estimated at 540 billion tons. "This submarine hydrate was considered stable until...
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