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Dwarf Planet ‘Eris’ Gives Up More Secrets
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Dwarf Planet ‘Eris’ Gives Up More Secrets

Eris, the dwarf planet discovered in 2005,  has passed in front of a star and is providing astronomers with the clearest view of it since it was identified. The planets size and other characteristics have been difficult to measure because it is located nearly three times farther from the sun than Pluto and about 96 [...]

Published by on October 31, 2011 12:21 pm
U.S. Dismantles Last Nuclear Monster Bomb
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U.S. Dismantles Last Nuclear Monster Bomb

The last B53 nuclear bomb was dismantled on Tuesday, at the Pantex nuclear weapons facility, near Amarillo in Texas. The 9 megaton bomb called the “bunker buster” was designed to hit targets deep underground, when detonated estimates are it would have caused lethal burns to life within 18 miles, destroyed all buildings within nine miles and [...]

Published by on October 26, 2011 12:16 pm
2000 Year Old Supernova Mystery Solved
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2000 Year Old Supernova Mystery Solved

In 185 A.D., Chinese astronomers noted a “guest star” that mysteriously appeared in the sky and stayed for about 8 months. By the 1960s, scientists had determined that the mysterious object was the first documented supernova. Later, they pinpointed RCW 86 as a supernova remnant located about 8,000 light years away. But a puzzle persisted. [...]

Published by on October 25, 2011 2:47 pm
Keep Talking: Study finds No link to Cancer from Cellphone Use
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Keep Talking: Study finds No link to Cancer from Cellphone Use

Research published online in the British Medical Journal suggests, there is no link between the long-term use of a mobile phone and brain cancer.  Researchers at the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Copenhagen, Denmark looked at 358,000 people over a period of 18 years and found cancer rates were almost the same in both long-term mobile [...]

Published by on October 21, 2011 12:51 pm
Astronomers Capture Image of Planet Being Born
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Astronomers Capture Image of Planet Being Born

A University of Hawaii astronomer has captured the first direct image of a planet forming around a star. Dr. Adam Kraus used the twin 10 meter Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea, the world’s largest optical and infrared telescopes, to find the planet. Dr. Kraus was working with Dr. Michael Ireland from Macquarie University, Sydney and [...]

Published by on October 20, 2011 1:37 pm
New ‘Stuxnet’ Virus Targets European Companies
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New ‘Stuxnet’ Virus Targets European Companies

Researchers, at Symantec a leading US cybersecurity firm have discovered a highly sophisticated computer worm, which has many of the same characteristics of the Stuxnet virus, targeting companies in Europe. They have determined that the new program was written by programmers who must have had access to Stuxnet’s source code. The Stuxnet virus, which had [...]

Published by on October 19, 2011 12:04 pm
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