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NASA Earth Observatory Imagery: Flooding in Yangon, Burma (Myanmar) »» NASA Earth Observatory Imagery: Flooding in Yangon, Burma (Myanmar)

[Friday, May 9, 2008] Though Yangon (Rangoon) escaped the total destruction that Cyclone Nargis brought to much of the rest of the Irrawaddy Delta in Burma (Myanmar), its southern suburbs were completely submerged on May 7, 2008.

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Scientists endure Arctic for last campaign prior to CryoSat-2 launch »» Scientists endure Arctic for last campaign prior to CryoSat-2 launch

[Friday, May 9, 2008] Scientists have visited one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet to carry out a challenging field campaign that is seen as the key to ensuring the data delivered by ESA's ice mission CryoSat will be as accurate as possible.

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The Antennae Galaxies move closer »» The Antennae Galaxies move closer

[Friday, May 9, 2008] New research on the Antennae Galaxies using the Hubble Space Telescope shows that this benchmark pair of interacting galaxies is in fact much closer than previously thought - 45 million light-years instead of 65 million light-years.

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Bootstrapping the Moon »» Bootstrapping the Moon

[Wednesday, May 7, 2008] Our mental framework has evolved, in ways not all together positive from the perspective of those of us who believe that the economic development of space is practical and indeed crucial to the continuing development of our planetary civilization.

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Successful Cooperation Extends Dragon Program »» Successful Cooperation Extends Dragon Program

[Wednesday, May 7, 2008] Following the success of the Dragon Program, 300 leading European and Chinese scientists have gathered from 21 to 25 April 2008 in Beijing in the People's Republic of China to present their results and to kick off the program's second phase,.

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NASA Earth Observatory Imagery: Cyclone Nargis Floods Myanmar (Burma) »» NASA Earth Observatory Imagery: Cyclone Nargis Floods Myanmar (Burma)

[Tuesday, May 6, 2008] The first cyclone of the 2008 season in the northern Indian Ocean was a devastating one for Myanmar (Burma). News reports stated that at least 10,000 people were killed, and thousands more were missing as of May 5.

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Argonne supercomputer to simulate extreme physics of exploding stars »» Argonne supercomputer to simulate extreme physics of exploding stars

[Monday, May 5, 2008] Robert Fisher and Cal Jordan are among a team of scientists who will expend 22 million computational hours during the next year on one of the world's most powerful supercomputers, simulating an event that takes less than five seconds.

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4D Ionosphere Map Helps Flyers, Soldiers, Ham Radio Operators »» 4D Ionosphere Map Helps Flyers, Soldiers, Ham Radio Operators

[Thursday, May 1, 2008] NASA-funded researchers have released a new "4D" live model of Earth's ionosphere. Without leaving home, anyone can fly through the dynamic layer of ionized gases that encircles Earth at the edge of space itself.

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McDonald Observatory Astronomers Discover New Type of Pulsating White Dwarf Star »» McDonald Observatory Astronomers Discover New Type of Pulsating White Dwarf Star

[Thursday, May 1, 2008] Aastronomers have predicted and confirmed the existence of a new type of variable star with the help of the 2.1-meter Otto Struve Telescope at McDonald Observatory.

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Laser experiments offer insight into evolution of gas giants »» Laser experiments offer insight into evolution of gas giants

[Wednesday, April 30, 2008] By shooting the high-energy Omega laser onto precompressed samples of planetary fluids, scientists are gaining a better understanding of the evolution and internal structure of Jupiter, Saturn and extrasolar giant planets.

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