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Maluvia Haseltine

Virtual Worlds May Be the Future Setting of Scientific Collaboration - 0 views

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    A team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology, Princeton, Drexel University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have formed the first professional scientific organization based entirely in virtual worlds. Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA) conducts professional seminars and popular lectures, among other events, for its growing membership.
Astro Biology

Latest News from Astrobiology Magazine - 0 views

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    Get latest NASA invention's pictures, discoveries, technologies, space exploration and other news only at Astrobiology Magazine. Join us on Pinterest to see current happenings in Universe.
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    Get latest NASA invention's pictures, discoveries, technologies, space exploration and other news only at Astrobiology Magazine. Join us on Pinterest to see current happenings in Universe.
anees_100

Everyday Science | Learn Facts about Daily Life| Blogs and Articles - 0 views

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    Everyday Science explores science concepts from everyday and beyond. Read these interesting articles and learn daily new facts about science and technology.
Janos Haits

Home - Mars One - 0 views

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    Mars One is a not-for-profit organization that will take humanity to Mars in 2023, to establish the foundation of a permanent settlement from which we will prosper, learn, and grow. Before the first crew lands, Mars One will have established a habitable, sustainable settlement designed to receive astronauts every two years. To accomplish this, Mars One has developed a precise, realistic plan based entirely upon existing technologies. 
Sandra Flores

Fifth ATV's Georges Lemaître - 1 views

The fifth and final current proposed Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) of the European Space Agency will carry the name "Georges Lemaître". The Belgian theologian and astrophysicists is considered t...

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Janos Haits

Tau Zero Foundation - 0 views

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    The Tau Zero Foundation is a volunteer group of scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and writers who have agreed to work together toward practical interstellar flight and to use this quest to teach you about science, technology, and our place in the universe. By posting the latest developments and unfinished advancements here, we give students the starting materials to begin their own discoveries. By showing both how daunting and incredible this challenge is, we hope to increase attention on protecting the habitability of Earth while planning journeys into the galaxy. By reaching for the stars we will create benefits every step of the way.
Janos Haits

Emerald Observatory for iPad - 1 views

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    Emerald Observatory is an iPad™ application which displays a variety of astronomical information. It is similar in that way to our flagship products, Emerald Chronometer® and Emerald Chronometer HD, but designed from the start to take advantage of the iPad's larger display. Much of the supporting technology, including NTP (atomic time) and the highly accurate astronomical algori ..
Janos Haits

HubbleSite - Out of the ordinary...out of this world. - 1 views

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    'Space Telescope Science Institute At the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), we're working hard to study and explain the once-unimaginable celestial phenomena now made visible using Hubble's cutting-edge technology. In the course of this exploration we will continue to share with you the grace and beauty of the universe, because the discoveries belong to all of us.'
Janos Haits

Planetary Resources - 1 views

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    Planetary Resources is establishing a new paradigm for resource discovery and utilization that will bring the solar system into humanity's sphere of influence. Our technical principals boast extensive experience in all phases of robotic space missions, from designing and building, to testing and operating.
Janos Haits

Homepage | The Planetary Society - 0 views

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    Creating a better future by exploring other worlds and understanding our own.
Janos Haits

Starry Messenger - 0 views

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    The Starry Messenger is Phase I of the Electronic History of Astronomy developed in the Whipple Museum of the History of Science and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. This phase was directed by Dr Sachiko Kusukawa and Dr Liba Taub, and supported by funding from Trinity College, Cambridge. Dr David Chart was the Project Manager.
Janos Haits

spaceengine - Home page - 1 views

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    SpaceEngine - is a free space simulation software that lets you explore the universe in three dimensions, starting from planet Earth to the most distant galaxies. Areas of the known universe are represented using actual astronomical data, while regions uncharted by human astronomy are generated procedurally. Millions of galaxies, trillions of stars, countless planets!
Janos Haits

SpaceCollective - 1 views

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    "Space Collective.org is a cross-media information and entertainment channel for post-ideological, non-partisan, forward thinking terrestrials. © 2006-2014 SpaceCollective. "
hanz444

Space and NASA News - Universe and Deep Space Information - 0 views

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    Get the latest outer space and science news, NASA information, watch space flight videos at Space.com. View exclusive solar system Images, latest astronomy news and more.
Janos Haits

Extreme Science - 0 views

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    Extreme Science is the place online to find the biggest, baddest, and the best in the world of extremes and learn about the science behind what makes each the most extreme example of its kind. Here you'll find world records in natural science, including earth science and the plant and animal kingdom. Not only will you find out who holds the records, but also key science concepts used to explain the story behind the record.
Todd Suomela

Astronomers Crowdsource the Definition of a Galaxy - Technology Review - 2 views

  • So what to do? Today, Duncan Forbes at Swinburne University in Australia and Pavel Kroup at the University of Bonn in Germany put forward a novel solution. They outline the various characteristics that astronomers think about when classifying galaxies. These include factors such as the presence of stars, so gas clouds can't be defined as galaxies; being gravitationally bound, so materials that has been stripped away by another galaxy wouldn't count; whether the system is stable or not; whether it hosts a good variety of different types of star, which excludes globular clusters which contain only similar stars; and whether it is held together by dark matter, which many galaxies seem to be. There are other factors too, of course. (Although they do not include the presence of a black hole at the centre of a galaxy as a defining characteristic , which is odd given the growing interest in the link between galactic evolutoin and black holes.) Forbes and Kroup go on to suggest that the best way to achieve consensus is to crowdsource the problem. In other works, they want to use the wisdom of the crowd to determine what factors are important what aren't.
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