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Light Reflection
Backdropped against the blackness of space, the STS-122 external fuel tank begins its relative separation from the space shuttle Atlantis. The fan-shapedâ¦
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Thoughts on space, technology, and everything in between.
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ESA's Cosmic Vision: Part 3
My two previous posts have covered what ESA is currently working on and and what ESA may be doing in the decade 2015-2025. So what happens next? Well it mayâ¦
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Some Eclipse Videos and Images
[](http://www.flickr.com/photos/viaan/2280307279/in/pool-636127@N24) So I didnât get to see the lunar eclipse last night because of the cloud. But no matter!â¦
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Submillimetre Wavelengths on Google Sky
Over the summer I created a Google Sky layer that enabled anyone to access the entire SCUBA submm catalogue of maps and objects in a dynamic fashion. Googleâ¦
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ESA's Cosmic Vision: Part 2
In a previous post I gave a quick run down of where ESA currently stands with regard to missions into space. Now for the lowdown on where they intend to beâ¦
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Lunar Eclipse from Another Perspective
In my previous post, detailing tonightâs Lunar Eclipse (the last until December 2010), I included a YouTube video I made showing what you might expect to seeâ¦
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Pentagon to shoot down renegade spy satellite
US officials have confirmed that theyâre going to use modified SM-3 missiles fired from a cruiser and destroyer off the Northwest coast of Hawaii to take theâ¦
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ESA's Cosmic Vision: Part 1
We had a talk yesterday from Dr. Fabio Favata titled âSpace Astronomy in ESAâs Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 planâ. Cosmic Vision is the European Space Agencyâsâ¦
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'Hundreds of worlds' in Milky Way
Rocky planets, possibly with conditions suitable for life, may be more common than previously thought in our Solar System, a study has found. This is one ofâ¦
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Science is NOT faith-based
A great deconstruction from the Bad Astronomer on why science isnât just as based on faith as religion is. read more | digg story