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Tevatron Tour at Fermilab
Scientists from across the world gathered at nearby Fermilab to celebrate the impact of the Tevatron. Attendees kicked off a daylong symposium with a close up look at the historic particle accelerator. http://youtu.be/iQU0rjEsCQ0
Mapping the Moon’s Shackleton Crater
June 20, 2012
If humans are ever to inhabit the moon, the lunar poles may well be the location of choice: Because of the small tilt of the lunar spin axis, the poles contain regions of near-permanent sunlight, needed for power, and regions of near-permanent darkness containing ice — both of which would be essential resources for any […]
Euclid telescope to probe dark universe
June 20, 2012
Europe has given the final go-ahead to a space mission to investigate the “dark universe”. The Euclid telescope will look deep into the cosmos for clues to the nature of dark matter and dark energy. These phenomena dominate the Universe, and yet scientists concede they know virtually nothing about them. European Space Agency (Esa) member states made […]
Dynamic Earth
June 20, 2012
http://youtu.be/ujBi9Ba8hqs Watch as this NASA animation shows the sun blasting out a giant explosion of magnetic energy called a coronal mass ejection and the Earth being shielded from this by its powerful magnetic field. The sun also continuously showers the Earth with light and radiation energy. Much of this solar energy is deflected by the […]
June 20, 2012
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