News tagged with australian desert
Researchers make rare meteorite find using new camera network in Australian desert
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered an unusual kind of meteorite in the Western Australian desert and have uncovered where in the Solar System it came from, in a very rare finding published today ...
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Sep 17, 2009 |
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Splitting the SKA - why a dual-site setup is a win for everyone
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a concept that's been slowly growing and evolving since 1991. But recently this ambitious project took a giant leap towards reality with the announcement of a SKA site decision.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 28, 2012 |
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Australia hails surprise super-telescope decision
Australia has hailed a surprise decision giving it a role in a radio telescope project aimed at revolutionising astronomy, vowing to draw on its decades of experience in space science.
May 26, 2012 |
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UC Berkeley passes management of Allen Telescope Array to SRI
Hat Creek Radio Observatory in Northern California, from which University of California, Berkeley, telescopes – most recently the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) – scanned the Milky Way and other galaxies for 50 years ...
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Apr 13, 2012 |
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Meet Kimberly Casey: Studying how debris influences glaciers
Kimberly Casey is a glaciologist who spends a fair amount of time in the office analyzing satellite data. But when she talks about her fieldwork on remote glaciers, one suspects she could do pretty well in a triathlon, too. ...
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Apr 02, 2012 |
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Man vs. Shark: Australia's battle for the deep
Rolling from his surfboard, blood gushing from the wound where a shark had just ripped a big chunk of flesh from his thigh, Australian Glen Folkard had just one thought: "I'm alive."
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Great Barrier Reef hopes on ice in Aussie Outback
The arid plains fringing Australia's desert centre are more suited to camels than blooms of coral but here, hundreds of miles from the coast, a piece of the Great Barrier Reef has been put on ice.
Jan 25, 2012 |
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UA makes mirrors for world's largest telescope
(PhysOrg.com) -- The second of seven 27-foot diameter mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope was cast on Jan. 14 inside a rotating furnace at the UA's Steward Observatory Mirror Lab.
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Jan 18, 2012 |
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Modern dogs are more Asian fusions than Euro pups, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Don't close the book on Fido’s genealogy just yet: A new study led by University of California, Davis, wildlife genetics researchers provides a surprising glimpse into the global heritage ...
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Nobel winner thought prize call was 'student joke'
When a Swedish voice came down the line informing him he had a "very important call" Tuesday night, Australia's newest Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt assumed it was an elaborate undergraduate joke.
Oct 05, 2011 |
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China to launch module for future space station
China is due to take its first step towards building a space station on Thursday when it launches an experimental module ahead of the country's National Day celebrations.
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Sep 28, 2011 |
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