Cape Canaveral, Florida – SpaceX aborted its launch of the Dragon capsule toward the ISS at the last second on Saturday due to a technical issue with one of the rocket’s nine engines. “The initiation sequence had started but there was a cutoff,” said Nasa commentator George Diller. A SpaceX spokesperson said engineers would look …
(CNN) — Thousands of people are planning viewing parties for the upcoming annular solar eclipse, a rare event in which the sun will appear as a thin ring behind the moon. The eclipse will begin over Asia on Monday morning, when it will be visible in southern Japan and southern China. In the United States, …
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Wednesday, 11 April 2012 10:57 Astronomy – Cosmology An unprecedented survey of gravitationally lensed quasars, has been used to measure the expansion history of the universe. The result provides strong evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. There were several observations that suggested accelerated cosmic expansion, including distant supernovae for which the …
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Article from New Scientist online pages Wanted: fragments of a minivan-sized meteor that exploded over northern California and Nevada on Sunday morning and may well have survived to strike Earth. Meteorites – meteors that make landfall – can provide crucial information about the chemical composition of the early solar system. “It’s like getting sample return …
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The results may mean that attempts to directly detect particles of the invisible substance on Earth are likely to be unsuccessful. From Astronomy Magazine online By ESO, Garching, Germany — Published: April 19, 2012 This annotated artist’s impression shows the Milky Way Galaxy. The blue halo of material surrounding the galaxy indicates the expected distribution …
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