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Saturday, 13 January 2007 01:49

Planetary Photojournal: Ten best space science photographs

On January 11, 2007, I reported on ITwire.com about “The Ten Best Hubble Photographs”. Today, I follow it up with an article based on a September 25, 2001, Space.com article written by senior science writer Robert Roy Britt. “Experts Pick: Top 10 Space Science Photos” is an interesting article on ten very important photographs taken by astronomers over the years.

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Friday, 12 January 2007 21:13

Psychologist claims procrastination tends to make people 'œless healthy, less wealthy, less happy"

Based on a ten-year comprehensive research study, Canadian industrial psychologist Piers Steel from the University of Calgary (Haskayne School of Business) states that procrastination is increasing in North America. Within the statistics of the study, Steel showed that in 1978 only about 5% of Americans considered themselves compulsive procrastinators. According to Steel, within thirty years that number has risen to 26%.

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Thursday, 11 January 2007 03:08

Evening of January 12th: Best time to watch Comet McNaught in northern hemisphere

Comet McNaught has brightened as it approaches the Sun. Astronomers now are considering it to be the brightest comet that has been seen from the Earth in about thirty years. For people located in the northern hemisphere, the night of January 12, 2007 is probably the best time to see it.

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Wednesday, 10 January 2007 21:05

As voted by astronomers: The ten best Hubble photographs

Over a sixteen-year period, with various ups and downs in its ability to observe the universe, the Hubble Space Telescope has taught humankind that the universe is, indeed, as beautiful as it is mysterious. Astronomers have voted the top ten Hubble photographs taken from 1990 to 2006.

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Tuesday, 09 January 2007 22:06

Hubble Space Telescope observes when planets were babies

Astronomers reported in early January 2007 that the Hubble Space Telescope observed a massive number of particles within a turbulent circumstellar disk surrounding the 12-million-old red dwarf star AU Microscopii. These particles are said by the scientists to be in the very early stage of forming planets.

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Monday, 08 January 2007 22:00

Comet McNaught likely to outshine planet Venus

Cometary experts have calculated that the orbit of Comet McNaught should come as near as 15.8 million miles (25.4 million kilometers) from the Sun (what is called perihelion) on January 12, 2007. Thus, its brightness should peak on that date. At that time, it could be tens of times brighter than the planet Venus.

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Monday, 08 January 2007 20:58

Stephen Hawking plans space flight in 2009

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking is planning a zero-gravity aircraft flight this year in preparation for a venture into space in 2009.

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Monday, 08 January 2007 16:42

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Monday, 08 January 2007 04:25

3D map of dark matter confirms theories

By Stephen Withers

Scientists have created the first 3D map showing the distribution of dark matter in a portion of the universe. The European Space Agency describes the project as a historic achievement that accurately confirms standard theories of structure formation.

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Sunday, 07 January 2007 22:13

Google to map the galaxy with giant telescope

The world is not enough for Google, with the search engine behemoth teaming with astronomers to build one of the world's most powerful telescopes in order to map the Milky Way.

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