positive Space news
Alien oceans could be detected by telescopes
via BBC |
Fri September 10, 2010 |
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Mars may not be lifeless, say scientists
via BBC |
Tue September 07, 2010 |
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Big Bear Solar Observatory: The Most Detailed Picture of a Sunspot Ever Recorded
via Popular Science |
Sat August 28, 2010 |
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Rich exoplanet system discoveredAstronomers have discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets that orbit a star called HD 10180, which is much like our own Sun. |
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Mars site may hold buried lifeResearchers have identified rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars. |
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700 new planets discovered by NASANASA's deep-space Kepler probe has found hundreds of new planets — many similar to earth — sparking new hope of life outside our solar system. |
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Pann-Starrs telescope begins operations to hunt asteroidsA new telescope facility in Hawaii designed to search for asteroids and comets which could threaten Earth has been made operational. |
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‘Take us to your leader’ - UFO files outThe latest instalment of Britain's very own X-Files have revealed an unlikely destination for so-called extraterrestrial visitors - the former home secretary Michael Howard's home. |
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International Space Station gets new observation deckAstronauts have successfully installed an extension to the International Space Station in a series of spacewalks. |
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Avatar’s Pandora possible within years?The concept of life on the moon may currently be limited to sci-fi blockbusters such as James Cameron's Avatar, but a leading astronomer has suggested it could become a reality in just a few years. |
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NASA’s Chandra X-ray Space Observatory imagesFor the first time an infant neutron star has been been observed (blue dot in the centre of the image). |
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Hubble’s New Camera Delivers Another StunnerThe Hubble Space Telescope’s new camera is returning incredibly detailed, stunning images of space. |
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‘Space lift’ competition takes placeA competition has been held in the US to prove that creating an elevator that could be used to send people into space is possible. |
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Smos begins climate change missionA mission to launch a new satellite which will monitor climate change has got off to a successful start. |
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- Giant Nasa rover launches to Mars
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- TED Talk: Jay Bradner: Open-source cancer research
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