Searching for asteroids, extraterrestrial life a little more rocky: Budget cuts threaten to close Arecibo, world’s largest radio telescope
Searching for asteroids, extraterrestrial life a little more rocky: Budget cuts threaten to close Arecibo, world’s largest radio telescope

Friday, July 18, 2008 For nearly half a century the world’s largest telescope, the Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, has been observing our solar system and the universe around it. Completed by Cornell University along with the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1963, Arecibo’s enormous size gives it the ability to collect more light […]

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Selling Your Property With The Help Of Real Estate Agency In London}Selling Your Property With The Help Of Real Estate Agency In London}

Selling Your Property with the Help of Real Estate Agency in London by cornerstoner2 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDY_iUdE3ac[/youtube] Buying or selling a real estate property in London can be easy and complex at the same time. Selling a property at the right time for the right price is very important. This is certainly not as easy as it […]

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Hundreds of SUNY New Paltz students demonstrate, storm administration building
Hundreds of SUNY New Paltz students demonstrate, storm administration building

Saturday, October 22, 2005 New Paltz, New York — More than 350 U.S. students took part in a demonstration Friday outside the SUNY New Paltz Student Union Building where student leaders used a bullhorn from the rooftop to rally the gathering on the concourse below. University police dispersed student leaders from the roof which was […]

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Search and rescue beacons soon to make the digital jump
Search and rescue beacons soon to make the digital jump

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Starting February 1, Cospas-Sarsat will discontinue monitoring the frequencies that are used for analog-based emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRB), the 121.5 and 243 MHz frequencies. Search and rescue (SAR) groups worldwide will only monitor the 406 MHz frequency, which is dedicated to digital locators. The 406 MHz digital band has many […]

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National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment
National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment

Friday, July 29, 2011 Today sees the reopening of the National Museum of Scotland following a three-year renovation costing £47.4 million (US$ 77.3 million). Edinburgh’s Chambers Street was closed to traffic for the morning, with the 10am reopening by eleven-year-old Bryony Hare, who took her first steps in the museum, and won a competition organised […]

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