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Jul 16, 2011, 2:04 pm
We are aware about the first landing of astronauts in Moon and other missions of Moon.
The guys at Headline Shits in San Francisco have come up with "Moon Flamingo Tee" for both men and women and are offering a one-day sale.
If you are an astronomy lover then don't miss the sale on Wednesday July 20... Comment - Like
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Apr 7, 2011, 1:43 am
Africa is bidding to host the world's most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). When constructed, in 2025, it will have 50 times greater sensitivity than any other radio telescope on Earth. The SKA will probe the edges of our universe, even before the first stars and galaxies ... Comment - Like
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Dec 11, 2010, 11:45 pm
If you are a sky gazer then you won't like to miss a chance to watch the beautiful Geminid meteor shower coming this week and if astronomers are to be believed its going to the "best meteor shower of the year".
The name Geminids comes from the name "Gemini" constellation.On 13th December and 14th De... Comment - Like
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Sep 20, 2010, 5:18 am
Jupiter will be close to Earth for this month of September and it will be especially close to Earth on 2oth September.
Jupiter will be closer to Earth again not before year 2022.I hope that viewers will be able to have a beautiful view of this awesome sight.
North Americans can view Jupiter in the ... Comment - Like
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Sep 6, 2010, 1:58 am
Can any one identify the object in the pic given below?
The pic was sent my one of my reader who located the mentioned object in Google Earth.
Any help will be appreciated.
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Aug 31, 2010, 3:25 pm
The NASA 's Wide-field Infrared Explorer (WISE) has captured a beautiful pic of a flower shaped nebula (NGC 2237).
Nebula NGC 2237 cannot be viewed with our naked eyes but at the center of flower there is nebula NGC 2244 which is made up of cluster of young stars and it can be viewed with the help... Comment - Like
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Aug 19, 2010, 12:13 am
Have you ever given a thought that how our Universe came into be? Our Universe was created in an extremely hot and dense state which expanded at a rapid state and then cooled and it is expanding even now today.The fact is interesting isn't it?
When our Universe came into existence there was NOTHING ... Comment - Like
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Aug 13, 2010, 5:06 am
There was an excellent show of Perseids meteor shower on Thursday night along with thin crescent Moon with Venus, Mars and Saturn in the west-southwestern sky just after sunset.
Many observers have shared their sightings on Twitter.
The Perseids meteor shower is witnessed every year in the second ... Comment - Like
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Aug 9, 2010, 8:27 am
If you happen to be a star gazer then be prepared to see the yearly meteor shower of Perseids and you can also see a young Moon along with Venus, Mars and Saturn in the west-southwestern sky just after sunset.
You can enjoy the best Perseids meteor shower on Thursday night till Friday dawn where if... Comment - Like
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Aug 2, 2010, 1:40 am
Scientists with the help of camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft constructed a map using 21,000 images Thermal Emission Imaging System.
You can just log into jmars and have a look yourself. You can zoom around the images of Mars and it looks really great.The images will be used as a research w... Comment - Like
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Jul 29, 2010, 2:20 am
Are you among those who love to watch night sky ? Coming the first week of August and you will find Venus, Mars and Saturn in a triangle in the night sky.
You can easily locate Venus as it is bright and the other two planets will be close to it forming a triangle on August 5 .However, Mars and S... Comment - Like
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Jul 23, 2010, 10:10 am
A group of astronomers from University of Sheffield,UK,have discovered a star which is about 300 times more bigger than the Sun using a Very Large Telescope (VLT) .
The team of astronomers have found many stars which are seven times hotter, brighter and bigger than the Sun.
One of such star R136... Comment - Like
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Jul 19, 2010, 5:10 am
Night sky fascinates me always and I think it fascinates to most of us. I often sit on my terrace during summer nights gazing at sky and the heavenly bodies up there.
Planet Antares is the red giant star and is said to be the 16th brightest star in the sky at night in the constellation Scor... Comment - Like
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Jul 15, 2010, 3:41 pm
Hubble Space telescope has discovered a planet which has a tail like a comet! HD 209458b planet is about 153 light years and was found in the year 2003.
Scientists have measured the gas coming out from the planet.
Scientists have used Hubble to find about the atmosphere of the planet as it crossed ... Comment - Like
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Jul 13, 2010, 1:14 am
European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft Rosetta has captured has captured the so called first close-up images of Asteroid Lutetia on this Saturday ie, 10th July.
The image is spectacular and it shows that the asteroid Lutetia has suffered many impacts as it is 4.5 billion old and the images reveal th... Comment - Like
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Jun 18, 2010, 12:31 pm
North America last saw a lunar eclipse on February 2008 but on this 26th June they will get a view of lunar eclipse. People who are in continent's western half will have a better view of this partial lunar eclipse.
The partial phase ends at 6:00 a.m. PDT.
People across Pacific Ocean and in Australia... Comment - Like
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Jun 8, 2010, 3:00 am
Do you like to watch comets on a night sky like me ? If your answer is "yes" then you can watch comet McNaught with your naked eyes.The comet's tail will look like a celestial sword angling upward to the northern sky.
The comet was discovered by Robert H. McNaught in September 9, 2009.
It will be a... Comment - Like
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May 28, 2010, 6:57 am
Sorry for the late update ......spacecraft Atlantis is back home on this Wednesday from its final mission and the landing was smooth.
My earlier post was on last inspection of Atlantis before landing. Atlantis has been on 32 flights. It was first launched in October 1985. It has made 5 military mis... Comment - Like
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May 24, 2010, 4:05 pm
The astronauts in Atlantis have done the final inspection of the shuttle as it will re-enter the atmosphere of Earth on Wednesday after spending 7 days in International Space Station.
The crew of Atlantis have spent 7 days in ISS where they installed a new Russian research module and changed out si... Comment - Like
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May 17, 2010, 8:18 am
In my previous post i wrote about Atlantis final journey in space . Now the astronauts in Shuttle Atlantis will do their first space walk in space.
There are 6 crew members in Atlantis and they will be there till next week.
It is said that mission specialists Garrett Reisman and Steve Bowen will ve... Comment - Like
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May 12, 2010, 10:23 am
Space Shuttle Atlantis has been a work force for mankind for the last 25 years. May be this Friday, Atlantis will be making its final journey to space before retiring. The stats of Atlantis says that Atlantis has spent 282 days in space, circled the globe in 4,462 orbits and traveled 115 million mil... Comment - Like
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May 7, 2010, 7:08 am
NASA has spent $220 million on testing a new escape system rocket in New Mexico on this Thursday dummy crew module more than a mile up in just 20 seconds to demonstrate how a future manned spacecraft could be pulled to safety in the event of a catastrophic on-pad rocket failure.
A solid-fuel motor w... Comment - Like
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May 4, 2010, 5:13 am
After recent failure of India's space program a unique India-made smallest satellite StudSat which promises to send Indian into higher orbit will leave the ISRO Satellite Center in Bangalore and move to Sriharikota for integration for launch on May 9.
The satellite weighs around 850 gms and it has... Comment - Like
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Apr 26, 2010, 3:26 pm
World's leading scientist Stefen Hawkins says that extraterrestrials are out there and we humans should avoid them . We are all aware of the fact that aliens are one of the biggest mysteries of our Universe. He believes that aliens are not just in planets but also in stars or may be even they are fl... Comment - Like
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Apr 23, 2010, 7:52 am
Our Hubble Space Telescope is turning 20 this Saturday on 24th April.
To mark the anniversary enjoy these incredibly beautiful images taken by Hubble.
Spiral Galaxy M81 is located 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
Bubble Nebula also known as NGC 7635.
This is an image ... Comment - Like
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Apr 21, 2010, 7:52 am
I was amazed to know that ancient Chinese invented the first planetarium and that too it was made by an emperor . The planetarium used to be a big enclosed place with stars and constellations on the inside. The person using the planetarium would sit in a chair that was hanging from the top of the en... Comment - Like
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Apr 18, 2010, 2:57 pm
I love to watch meteor shower , and my previous post describes about Leonid meteor shower .
Coming this week on 22nd April Lyrid meteor peaks . Lyrid meteor is named after its constellation from where it originates and it peaks on 22nd April a day after when the Moon will reach its first quarter pha... Comment - Like
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Apr 16, 2010, 4:57 am
There is a set back for India's space program , GSLV D-3 , the satellite launch vehicle showcasing its indigenous cryogenic technology , trailed off its designated course and went out of control shortly after lift-off from the spaceport on 15th April , 2010. India was having a great expectation ... Comment - Like
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Apr 15, 2010, 3:01 am
Yes water, water is everywhere on Moon and Mars.......Ice deposits at least 6 feet can be found in some small craters on the Moon it was reported by researchers on 12 th April 2010 as the studies showed evidence of water on Moon and Mars .
According to one of the recent studies ice has melted and re... Comment - Like
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Apr 12, 2010, 11:51 pm
We are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Apollo 13 mission . As we know that Apollo 13 was the third Apollo mission which was supposed to land on the Moon but unfortuntely a mid oxygen tank rupture caused sufficient damage to force the landing to be aborted .
According to the new study if the NASA... Comment - Like
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Apr 9, 2010, 3:14 pm
Has your HiWish come true ?
Yes, the first eight pics chosen by public and imaged as a part of the HiWish project using the HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), has been released . It consists of collapsing volcanoes, boulder strewn plains and dune-filled valleys on the red p... Comment - Like
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Mar 31, 2010, 5:48 am
Are we alone in the Universe ?? This question has always intrigued us and since last 50 years or so mankind is looking for scientific and search evidence for the same.
Many institutions , groups , individual amateurs all are watching Universe for evidence of extraterrestrials or UFOs through electr... Comment - Like
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Mar 26, 2010, 2:23 pm
This post is about the astronomy in ancient India. We all are aware of the fact that ancient India has contributed a lot in the field of astronomy.
The earliest references to astronomy are found in the Rig Veda (a religious text), which are dated 2000 BC. By the year 500 AD astronomy emerged as an i... Comment - Like
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Mar 24, 2010, 6:15 am
There has been surprise discovery of water in Moon . Now the scientists are saying that the water present in Moon's surface comes in three flavours !
According to the findings of Chandrayaan -1 , NASA's Mini-SAR team has found 40 craters which has water ice which is expected to be 2 m deep. ... Comment - Like
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Mar 19, 2010, 2:56 pm
Hubble Space Telescope was orbiting Earth and it missed its new film "Hubble 3D" at the movie's world premiere at Smithsoman National Air & Space Museum , Washington on 9.3.10.
The film's co-starring astronauts walked the red carpet to see the telescopes " life story " first time.
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Mar 13, 2010, 9:52 am
Scientists have claimed that an invisible star which is supposed to be 5 times the size of Jupiter is kicking some deadly comets towards Earth.
They believe that the invisible which is nicknamed as " Nemesis" or " The DeathStar" could be responsible for mass extinction on Earth which occurs every 2... Comment - Like
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