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Original Technorati articles tagged “astronomy”

• in Technology
  Tellurium, Rare Earth Element, Observed in Three Ancient Stars
  Rare Earth element, tellurium, has been found in the three distant age-old stars.
  by uzparacha / on Feb 21, 2012
• in Technology
  Cosmic Photos - A Cool Picture Every Day
  Daily image of our fascinating universe along with a brief explanation by a professional astronomer
  by byrons / on Feb 1, 2012
• in Technology
  Crippled Russian Spacecraft Carries Toxic Payload
  Dangerous Russian space probe threatens to fall to Earth with toxic rocket fuel payload
  by goldnugget / on Nov 10, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “astronomy”

 

• Famous Roman Tomb May Have Actually Been A Temple

  
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  Filed under: History , Learning , Europe , Spain At the Roman necropolis in Carmona, Spain , visitors are led to the popular "Elephants Tomb," a large underground chamber that gets its name from a crude sculpture of an elephant found there. Now archaeologists are saying it may not be a tomb at all, but ...
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• HTC One vs Samsung Galaxy S4

  
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  Soldier Knows Best recently put the HTC One up against Samsung Galaxy S4. Design: HTC One Display: HTC One Performance:  Samsung Galaxy S4 Battery Life: Tie Camera (best-all-around): Samsung Galaxy S4 Software:  Samsung Galaxy S4 Winner: Samsung Galaxy S4 As … Read more ›
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  Could Be Special Effects Todays Astronomy Picture of the Da y is not a shot that uses special effects or composites/stacking or any other tricks. Just a lucky shot at the right time!
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• Mums Are Stars....

  
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  English: jkklglh (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) It has been a little over a month since my last entry.... Since today is Mothers Day, perhaps this is a good time as any to restart some writing and to wish all mothers, especially mine, A Happy Mothers Day ! Meantime, life here in the ...
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• Asronomy Overnight Thread- Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus

  
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  Its Fund Drive Time for The Political Carnival. Our Support TPC page is at http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/supporttpc/ . We could really use the help. Thanks! Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus Image Credit & Copyright: Isaac Gutiérrez Pascual (Spain) Explanation: Sometimes the sky above can become ...
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• Halley’s Comet and the Generations!

  
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  ***Dedicated to Larry who got me interested in this and provided, through his emails and forwards, much of the information*** It recently struck Beach that Halley’s comet would be a perfect measure of the continuity of knowledge in ancient and medieval civilizations. After all, here is a comet that returns every 75 ...
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• Ancient Peruvian Pyramid’s Astronomical Alignment Uncovered

  
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  Live Science reports on ancient architecture and monoliths designed to merge with figures in the sky: An ancient astronomical alignment in southern Peru has been discovered by researchers between a pyramid, two stone lines and the setting sun during the winter solstice. The longest of the two stone lines, called ...
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• An Evening of Stargazing set for June 7, at the Heritage Museum of O.C.

  
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  June 7, 2013 7:30 am to 9:30 am By kwilliams   Do you enjoy wishing upon a star or gazing at the heavens on a clear spring evening? Then join us on Friday, June 7th from 7:30pm to 9:30pm for an evening under the stars! “How to Use Your New Telescope” Class is open Read more here: ...
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  Fire Ring Todays Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the annular eclipse seen on May 10, from Cape York, Australia.
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• A hot meal for the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way

  
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  ESAs Herschel space telescope has completed its mission at the end of April, but the observations it made continue to be a source of discovery. A study of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way performed on observations conducted between 2011 and 2012 identified a significantly warmer than expected ...
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• The latest Asteroid threat

  
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  The Earth return being haunted by the threat of an asteroid collision. Asteroid with wide of 560 meters was given name Bennu (pronounced ben-oo) derived from an Egyptian god usually depicted as a gray heron. This asteriod estimated to potentially hit the Earth in 2182. To investigate this asteroids, the ...
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• Podcast: The Arecibo Observatory

  
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  The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The mighty Arecibo Radio Observatory is one of the most powerful radio telescopes ever built – it’s certainly the larger single aperture radio telescope on Earth, nestled into a natural sinkhole in Puerto Rico. We’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of the construction of ...
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• A View of the Heavens From Texas

  
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  Amateur astronomers gathered for the 34th Texas Star Party, which offered them a chance to gaze at a sky full of nothing but stars.        
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• Water: From the Earth to the Moon?

  
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  Apollo 13 ‘s lunar lander was named Aquarius , the “water-bearer”, after the constellation. Yet of course the mission famously never landed on the Moon. Nevertheless, geologists examining lunar rocks returned during the Apollo missions have proposed that the Moon’s surface water did in fact come from the ...
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• 05.10.13 dream haiku

  
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  I fire all the astronomers for what they can’t see.
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• Spacewalk may be needed to fix ammonia leak on space station

  
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  Astronauts Tom Marshburn (top) and Chris Cassidy (R) work during their spacewalk from the International Space Station, in this image from NASA TV July 27, 2009.  Credit: Reuters/NASA/Handout (Reuters) – Two astronauts aboard the International Space Station are preparing for a possible spacewalk to repair an ...
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• Reports from “Humans 2 Mars Summit” suggest dust my prevent human settlement of Mars

  
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  Mars surface. Enlarge (Phys.org) —Reports given by experts in the space-health field suggest it might take longer for humans to build a colony on Mars than has been expected. Such experts speaking to attendees at the recent "Humans 2 Mars Summit" in Washington D.C. expressed concern about the dangers of ...
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• French Muslims look to science to determine start of Ramadan

  
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  (A crescent moon is seen with the planet Jupiter in the sky over Amman December 1, 2008. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji) France’s Muslim leaders have agreed to end almost 1,400 years of Islamic tradition and use modern astronomy to determine the start of the holy month of Ramadan and other Islamic holidays. The French ...
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• Religion’s Place in Science?

  
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  In 1633 one of history’s greatest scientists, Galileo Galilei, was found guilty of heresy and (under threat of torture), sent to be under house arrest where he remained for the rest of his life. His crime? ‘Merely’ suggesting that the Earth was not, as was the church’s approved theory, the center of the ...
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• Astro Ramadan

  
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  I see that Muslims in France have adopted an astronomical start to Ramadan , rather than believe their eyes on that first crescent moon in the western sky. Muslim scientists have been arguing for using astronomy to  determine Islamic dates for years, especially now that  globalized communications make it ...
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