Your last chance to see Venus for the next few weeks | Bad Astronomy

Source: Discover Magazine

As I usually do when I go outside at twilight, I glanced over to the west to look for Venus… and it was much lower toward the horizon than I was expecting. I shouldn’t have been surprised; in two weeks it’s due for a close encounter with the Sun. On ...
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Thousands of shellfish found dead in Peru

Source: PhysOrg.com

A dead dolphin lying on a beach on the northern coast of Peru, close to Chiclayo, some 750 km north of Lima, in March 2012. Thousands of crustaceans were found dead off the coast of Lima following the mystery mass death ...
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Australia hails surprise super-telescope decision

Source: PhysOrg.com

An artist impression released by the SPDO show dishes of the future Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope. Australia and South Africa will share the location for the world's most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array ...
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SpaceX capsule has 'new car' smell, astronauts say

Source: PhysOrg.com

SpaceX's Dragon cargo vessel smells like a new car, said astronauts at the International Space Station after opening the hatches Saturday following the spacecraft's landmark mission to the orbiting lab. The California-based SpaceX on ...
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Astronomers get ready for big event

Source: News24

2012-05-26 14:05 kalahari.com Astronomy Learn about famous astronomers, the solar system, stars, and other aspects of astronomy Was R174.95 Now R148.71 buy now Paris - Astronomers are gearing for one the rarest events in the Solar Sy ...
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CGB Hall of Fame: (3) Joe Kapp v. (14) Alex Filippenko

Source: California Golden Blogs

Today's match-up in the CGB Hall of Fame features two figures that are a little more obscure than some of the other people that we've featured. But no matter, they are Golden Bears through and through so we love them just the same! Joe Kapp is a f ...
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SKA Site Duel ends in Dual Site for SKA

Source: In the Dark

I wasn’t going to post about this but then I realised nobody seemed to have used the obvious headline so thought I might as well knock out a quickie. Yesterday, after much to-ing and fro-ing an announcement was finally made concerning the si ...
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SKA Radio Telescope to Spread Across Australia, South Africa

Source: Softpedia

The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope will be installed both in Australia and South Africa, project managers announce. This will be the most sensitive radio installation ever developed, and will be used to investigate the U ...
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Africa and Australasia to host biggest radio telescope ever built

Source: Webindia123

South Africa, Australia and New Zealand have decided to host the biggest radio telescope ever built that will sweep the sky for answers to the major outstanding questions in astronomy. The nations belonging to ...
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