News tagged with galileo
The GalileoMobile starts its South American voyage
The GalileoMobile is a Special Project of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009), which is a global celebration commemorating the first use of a telescope to view the Universe by the Italian astronomer ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 05, 2009 |
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EU unveils more precise satnav system
(AP) -- The European Union has unveiled an updated satellite navigation system that is up to five times more precise than the current GPS system.
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Scientists complete first geological global map of Jupiter's satellite Ganymede
Scientists have assembled the first global geological map of the Solar System’s largest moon - and in doing so have gathered new evidence into the formation of the large, icy satellite.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Galileo's notebooks may reveal secrets of new planet
Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, 234 years before its official discovery date, according to a new theory by a University of Melbourne physicist.
Jul 09, 2009 |
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EU satnav project ill-conceived: auditors court
The EU's much delayed satellite navigation network project Galileo has been ill-prepared and badly managed, the European Court of Auditors charged Monday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Equivalence principle in space test
Since Galileo Galilei and Newton, the assumption is valid that inert and heavy mass are equivalent. This is, however, questioned by new physical theories such as the String theory. Now, the equivalence principle ...
May 11, 2009 |
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China launches gps satellite: report
China launched a navigational satellite, the nation's space administration reported, the second in a series of up to 30 orbiters to comprise a global positioning network.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Norway joins EU's Galileo satnav project
Norway said Friday it will stump up close to 70 million euros in funding for the European Union's satellite navigation project Galileo.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 03, 2009 |
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Galileo's telescope on historic visit to Philly
(AP) -- Though it looks like a cardboard tube that got left out in the rain, it's a priceless instrument whose owner changed the world. The mottled brown cylinder on display at The Franklin Institute science ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 02, 2009 |
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What did Galileo actually do?
(PhysOrg.com) -- What convinced Galileo 400 years ago that the Earth orbits the Sun and not vice-versa? How did one man make such a startling discovery, armed with just a 2 inch lens telescope?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2009 |
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11 billion year-old blast from the past captured by UWA Zadko Telescope
(PhysOrg.com) -- Galileo Galilei, who recorded the first astronomical observations with a telescope 400 years ago, would be impressed. Just in time for the International Year of Astronomy, astronomers at The University of ...
Jan 09, 2009 |
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Looking through Galileo's eyes
In 1609, exactly four centuries ago, Galileo revolutionised humankind's understanding of our position in the Universe when he used a telescope for the first time to study the heavens, which saw him sketching radical new views ...
Jan 08, 2009 |
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