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The fiery blast also destroyed a satellite that Facebook had planned to use to expand internet services in Africa.
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Thursday, 1 September 2016
SpaceX Rocket Explodes at Launchpad in Cape Canaveral
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Owned by the tech billionaire Elon Musk, the company’s Falcon 9 rocket was carrying a satellite that was also destroyed.
via New York Times
Owned by the tech billionaire Elon Musk, the company’s Falcon 9 rocket was carrying a satellite that was also destroyed.
via New York Times
Light at the End of the Road
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The bright light at the end of this country road is actually a remarkably close conjunction of two planets. After sunset on August 27 brilliant Venus and Jupiter almost appear as a single celestial beacon in the night skyscape taken near Lake Wivenhoe, Queensland, Australia. A spectacular vertical panorama from the southern hemisphere, it shows the central Milky Way near zenith, posed on top of a pillar of Zodiacal light along the ecliptic plane. Of course Mars and Saturn are near the ecliptic too, just below the galaxy's central bulge. Above and left of a tree on the horizon, fleeting planet Mercury also adds to the light at the end of the road. Tomorrow's picture: little planets
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The bright light at the end of this country road is actually a remarkably close conjunction of two planets. After sunset on August 27 brilliant Venus and Jupiter almost appear as a single celestial beacon in the night skyscape taken near Lake Wivenhoe, Queensland, Australia. A spectacular vertical panorama from the southern hemisphere, it shows the central Milky Way near zenith, posed on top of a pillar of Zodiacal light along the ecliptic plane. Of course Mars and Saturn are near the ecliptic too, just below the galaxy's central bulge. Above and left of a tree on the horizon, fleeting planet Mercury also adds to the light at the end of the road. < | Archive | Submissions | Search | Calendar | RSS | Education | About APOD | Discuss | >
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Call for media: First data release from ESA's Gaia mission
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http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Gaia/Call_for_media_First_data_release_from_ESA_s_Gaia_mission
Media representatives are invited to a briefing on the first data release of ESA’s Gaia mission, an astrometry mission to map the stars of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Gaia/Call_for_media_First_data_release_from_ESA_s_Gaia_mission
Shape of 'molecular graphene' determines electronic properties
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Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) form an important class of molecules, which can be regarded as small graphene species and which play a prominent role in the development of organic electronics. Scientists now show that the edge structures of these apparently similar molecules are responsible for spectacular differences in transport properties, allowing for smarter design of new materials.
via Science Daily
Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) form an important class of molecules, which can be regarded as small graphene species and which play a prominent role in the development of organic electronics. Scientists now show that the edge structures of these apparently similar molecules are responsible for spectacular differences in transport properties, allowing for smarter design of new materials.
via Science Daily
Discovery one-ups Tatooine, finds twin stars hosting three giant exoplanets
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Scientists have discovered three giant planets in a binary star system composed of stellar 'twins' that are also effectively siblings of our Sun. One star hosts two planets and the other hosts the third. The system represents the smallest-separation binary in which both stars host planets that has ever been observed. The findings may help explain the influence that giant planets like Jupiter have over a solar system's architecture.
via Science Daily
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Scientists have discovered three giant planets in a binary star system composed of stellar 'twins' that are also effectively siblings of our Sun. One star hosts two planets and the other hosts the third. The system represents the smallest-separation binary in which both stars host planets that has ever been observed. The findings may help explain the influence that giant planets like Jupiter have over a solar system's architecture.
via Science Daily
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The genesis project: New life on exoplanets
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Can life be brought to celestial bodies outside our solar system which are not permanently inhabitable? This is the question with which experts are dealing in a recent essay.
via Science Daily
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Can life be brought to celestial bodies outside our solar system which are not permanently inhabitable? This is the question with which experts are dealing in a recent essay.
via Science Daily
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