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TechnologySamsung Galaxy Nexus banned in US
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An American judge has banned the sale of Samsung's new Galaxy Nexus mobile phone in the United States after Apple claimed it copied some of the technology used in its iPhone.Apple spokeswoman Kri... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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10 October 2012
Nauset Light Star Trails
Image Credit & Copyright: Chris Cook
In myth, Atlas holds up the heavens, but in this scene they seem to pivot around a lighthouse beacon. Photograph... |
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5 October 2012
Aurora and Fireball Over Norway
Image Credit & Copyright: Ole C. Salomonsen (Arctic Light Photo)
What's happening behind that mountain? A convergence of variable sky spec... |
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ElectionsWelcome to the Future
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As you can see, besides expressing his perfectly reasonably biased opinion, he is giving quotes of pauls on specific issues, he isn't even weighing in on the quotes for the most part.
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11 September 2012
Milky Way Over the Bungle Bungles
Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Salway
Which part of this picture do you find more interesting -- the land or the sky? Advocates for the la... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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5 September 2012
Airglow Over Germany
Image Credit & Copyright: Jens Hackmann
Does air glow? It does, but it is usually hard to see. When conditions are right, however, a faint glow about 90... |
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11 December 2012
NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery
Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA; Processing - Donald Waid
Stars are sometimes born in the midst of chaos. About 3 million years ago... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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7 October 2012
The Same Color Illusion
Image Credit: Edward H. Adelson, Wikipedia
Are square A and B the same color? They are! To verify this, either run your cursor over the image or click here... |
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13 November 2012
A Solar Eclipse Quilt
Credit & Copyright: Sherry Winkelman (CXC)
Some people are so inspired by solar eclipses that they quilt. Pictured above is a resulting textile from on... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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16 November 2012
Moon Shadow Sequence
Image Credit & Copyright: Ben Cooper (Launch Photography)
On the morning of November 14, the Moon's umbral shadow tracked across northern Australia... |
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24 October 2012
NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda
Image Credit & Copyright: Bob and Janice Fera (Fera Photography)
The large stellar association cataloged as NGC 206 is nestled within... |
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7 September 2012
IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi (Glittering Lights)
South of Antares, in the tail of the nebula-rich constellation Scorpius, lies emission... |
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15 October 2012
Black Sun and Inverted Starfield
Image Credit & Copyright: Jim Lafferty
Does this strange dark ball look somehow familiar? If so, that might be because it is our Sun. In the... |
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26 September 2012
A Space Shuttle Over Los Angeles
Image Credit & Copyright: Stephen Confer
It's not every day that a space shuttle lands at LAX. Although this was a first for the major... |
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19 November 2012
Leonids Over Monument Valley
Image Credit & Copyright: Sean M. Sabatini
What's happening in the sky over Monument Valley? A meteor shower. Over the past weekend the Leo... |
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LawU.S. Military has the right to detain Citizens
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NDAA Nullification Passes Virginia Senate by a Veto-Proof 39-1 Vote
Posted by Michael Boldin
Today, the Virginia Senate took a firm stand in support of liberty, the Constitution for the United Sta... |
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21 October 2012
The Horsehead Nebula
Credit & Copyright: Nigel Sharp (NOAO), KPNO, AURA, NSF
One of the most identifiable nebulae in the sky, the Horsehead Nebula in Orion, is part of a larg... |
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AstronomyMilky Way Will Eventually Collide With Andromeda
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Astronomers and astrophysicists predict that in approximately 4 billion years time, the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide into each other. It is predicted that despite this galactic collis... |
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28 November 2012
Jupiter and Io
Image Credit & Copyright: Alessandro Bianconi
On December 3 (UT), Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, will be at opposition, opposite the Sun in... |
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25 October 2012
The Medusa Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Ken Crawford (Rancho Del Sol Obs.)
Braided, serpentine filaments of glowing gas suggest this nebula's popular name, The Medus... |
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14 December 2012
Umbra World
Image Credit & Copyright: Dennis L. Mammana (TWAN)
On the morning of November 14, sky gazers from around the world gathered on this little planet to stand in the... |
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15 November 2012
Solar Eclipse over Queensland
Image Credit & Copyright: Phil Hart
This month's New Moon brought a total solar eclipse to parts of planet Earth on November 13 (UT). Most... |
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24 September 2012
NGC 2736: The Pencil Nebula
Image Credit: ESO
This shock wave plows through space at over 500,000 kilometers per hour. Moving toward to bottom of this beautifully detailed colo... |
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30 September 2012
A Galaxy Collision in NGC 6745
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
Acknowledgment: Roger Lynds (KPNO/NOAO) et al.
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18 November 2012
NGC 6357: Cathedral to Massive Stars
Image Credit: NASA, ESA and Jesús MaÃz Apellániz (IAA, Spain)
How massive can a normal star be? Estimates made from distance, brigh... |
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