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When Worlds Collide - Astrobiology Magazine
two terrestrial planets orbiting a mature sun -like star some 300 light-years from earth recently suffered a violent collision, astronomers at ucla, tennessee state university and the california institute of technology will report in a december issue ...
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Melbourne: On The Outside
there's a downside to holidaying in countryside that orbits a big city. the creep of suburbia, a shell of concrete stretching ever further over the land, soulless mcmansions where once there were paddocks and trees.
www.nzherald.co.nz

Two Companions Found Near Dog-bone Asteroid
a team of astronomers led by f. marchis, pi, at the seti institute and at uc-berkeley, and p. descamps from paris observatory announced recently the discovery of two moons around an intriguing asteroid. the main-belt asteroid 216 kleopatra has two companions.
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Nasa Delays Hubble Servicing Mission - Reuters Uk
cape canaveral, florida (reuters) - a problem with the hubble space telescope prompted nasa to delay until next year a repair trip to the observatory that had been due to launch in just two weeks, the space agency said on monday. the hubble mission ...
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Ariane Rocket Launches Skynet And Turksat Spacecraft - Mister-info.com
an ariane 5eca rocket has successfully placed two communications satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit. liftoff, from ela-3 at the guiana space centre occurred at 22:05:02 gmt this evening. the satellites launched were skynet 5c, which will ...
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Arts & Culture
two busy musicians have a long month ahead of them, but their orbits will cross at the mingus awareness project. by peter mcelhinney october is overstuffed with musical spectaculars, from the urban funk of two street to the strum and twang of the folk festival to the electronically adulterated pleasures of the avant-garde megahz festival 2008.
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Spacex orbits Success With Falcon 1
privately developed rocket has been launched into space and has begun orbiting earth, a success that comes after three previous failures.
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Burt Rutan And Peter Smith - Washington Post
two of the most important men in the future of space exploration share an extreme passion for golf. coincidence? maybe. but watch the trajectory of a white ball launched from the titanium face of a driver into an infinite sky. consider the ...
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Read All 'chat And E-mail' Posts In Webware - Cnet News
aol on monday quietly released a brand-new version of its instant-messenger application for mac users. called " aim for mac beta 1 ," it's a replacement for version 4.7 , which has remained untouched since february 2004 . back then gas was a little ...
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Now, Nasa And Russians Need Each Other
spaceflight advocates have hoped that the subject might actually become a topic of political interest. now it has, for all the wrong reasons. analysis by nbc news' james oberg.
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America’s Next-generation Of Space Travel
america will send a new generation of explorers to the moon aboard nasa’s orion crew exploration vehicle.
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Melbourne: On The Outside - New Zealand Herald
there's a downside to holidaying in countryside that orbits a big city. the creep of suburbia, a shell of concrete stretching ever further over the land, soulless mcmansions where once there were paddocks and trees. and there are parts of rural ...
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Worlds In Collision - Space Daily
two terrestrial planets orbiting a mature sun-like star some 300 light-years from earth recently suffered a violent collision, astronomers at ucla, tennessee state university and the california institute of technology will report in a december issue ...
www.spacedaily.com

Nasa Iss On-orbit Status 1 October 2008
all iss systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
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Jules Verne Spacecraft Plunges To Earth Tonight
portland, ore. -- a european spacecraft was set for a fiery plunge to earth monday night over the south pacific. astronomers were tracking the 22-ton jules verne spacecraft as it finished the final orbits around earth monday.
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Private Company Blasts Rocket Into Orbit - Turkishpress.com
a us space company founded by an internet multi-millionaire has become the first private venture to successfully blast a rocket into earth's orbit. falcon 1, a liquid fuel rocket built by space exploration technologies, or spacex, took off from a ...
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Our Mixed-up Solar System - Astrobiology Magazine
this image shows a comet particle collected by the stardust spacecraft. the particle is made up of the silicate mineral forsterite, which can found on earth in the gemstone peridot. it is surrounded by a thin rim of melted aerogel, the substance used ...
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You Are Here: Broadcom Partners With Skyhook
chipmaker will bring wi-fi positioning to its location-based services (lbs) infrastructure.
redir.internet.com

Will Bill Clinton Help Mccain?
the mccain campaign has released a 60-sec. ad that uses bill clinton's words to pin the blame for the mortgage crisis on democrats. one imagines this is not the kind of help the obama campaign was hoping to get from the former president.
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Islam Subject Of Much Misunderstanding - Cumberland Times-news
this is in response to letter written by angie darrah of cumberland, that appeared in the newspaper sept. 21 (“we should pray for the muslims during ramadan”). first of all i would like to thank her for remembering muslims in her prayers. we are ...
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