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Largest ever Cherenkov telescope sees first light

The HESS project: an array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes...See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain

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Nasa rover touches down on Mars

The US space agency, Nasa, successfully lands its huge new robot rover in a deep crater on the Red Planet.See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain

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CERN scientists may have set new man-made heat record: 9.9 trillion degrees...

Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider may have generated the hottest temperatures ever made by human beings, beating the previous record over a trillion degrees Celsius, reports Nature....

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Star births seen on cosmic scale in distant galaxy - R & D Magazine

R & D MagazineStar births seen on cosmic scale in distant galaxyR & D MagazineThere's a constant "tussle between black holes and star formation," said Sir Martin Rees, a prominent...

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A fresh Martian impact | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Cool stuff | craters | Because the planets are so terribly old, and impacts so rare, I still have this (very slight) prejudice that craters are old too. The Moon was bombarded billion.See it on...

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APOD: 2012 August 23 - Conjunction Colours

Explanation: During the past week, nightfall on planet Earth has featured Mars, Saturn, and Spica in a lovely conjunction near the western horizon. Still forming the corners of a distinctive celestial...

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Man builds $20,000 space observatory in backyard | Geek.com

There's nothing amateur about these deep space shots.See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain

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Big Bang Tracked With Hydrogen Atoms - Space News - redOrbit

If the eyes are the windows to your soul, the stars are the windows to our galactic past because they can unveil the history of our Universe. The farther away a star is, the older it is.See it on...

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Voyager 1 farther from solar system's edge than thought

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, which launched 35 years ago Wednesday, surprisingly may have far more to travel before it leaves the solar system, researchers say.See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain

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APOD: 2012 September 17 - A Solar Filament Erupts

Explanation: What's happened to our Sun? Nothing very unusual -- it just threw a filament. At the end of last month, a long standing solar filament suddenly erupted into space producing an energetic...

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APOD: 2012 September 20 - Sunrise Analemma (with a little extra)

Explanation: An analemma is that figure-8 curve that you get when you mark the position of the Sun at the same time each day throughout planet Earth's year. In this case, 17 individual images taken at...

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Adieu Navette Spatiale | La boite verte

Quelques belles photos (souvenirs).See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain

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Warp drive looks more promising than ever in recent NASA studies

"The first steps towards interstellar travel have been taken, but the stars are very far away. Voyager 1 is about 17 light-hours distant from Earth and is traveling with a velocity of 0.006 percent of...

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Why We Need a Supercomputer on the Moon | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

A Lunar supercomputer could ease our deep-space networking bottleneck Image: Simon Lutrin/Wired Should we build a supercomputer on the moon?See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain

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APOD: 2012 October 23 - Mammatus Clouds Over Saskatchewan

These mammatus clouds were photographed over Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada during the past summer.See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain

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VISTA creates huge nine-gigapixel zoomable image of 84 million stars | STFC

VISTA creates huge nine-gigapixel zoomable image of 84 million stars...See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain

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HD 40307g, une exoplanète potentiellement habitable et proche de la Terre

Une exoplanète dont la masse équivaudrait à sept fois celle de la Terre et potentiellement habitable a été découverte à quelque 42 années-lumière de nous.See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain

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HubbleSite - NewsCenter - NASA Great Observatories Find Candidate for Most...

By combining the power of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in space, astronomers have set a new distance record for finding the...

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Une planète errante détectée non loin de la Terre | Ciel et Espace

Cette planète flottante navigue à 100 années-lumière de la Terre. Elle a peut-être été éjectée de son système.See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain

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100,000 Stars

An interactive 3D visualization of the stellar neighborhood, including over 100,000 nearby stars. Created for the Google Chrome web browser.See it on Scoop.it, via Astronomy Domain

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