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Ancient Indian Knowledge on Planet Earth

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Author:KADUNGOTH Summary by:kadungoth

EARTH WAS SPHERICAL.ITS DIAMETER WAS MEASURED LONG BEFORE GALILEO, COPERNICUS AND KEPLER AND COLUMBUS.ARYABHATTA IN 499 AD HAS CLAIMED EARTH AS SPERIC Read Summary

Published: October 6, 2008 Visits: 137 words : 300

Article: Hitch up With a Red Star

Author:James E. Oberg Summary by:Sameer_Kak

The logic of space cooperation is simple – the Russians can do what the Americans cannot do, and vice verca. Read Summary

Published: October 4, 2008 Visits: 3 words : 300

Mapping the Moon

Author:ISRO scientist Abstract by:pratima avasthi

Much as lunar scientists went over the Moon with the government's nod for the Rs 386-crore "Chandrayaan-I", they knew one thing for certain. India's Read Abstract

Published: September 27, 2008 Visits: 5 words : 600

Log on to Nasa Website If You Want Your Name to Float Around in Space!

Author:NASA Abstract by:pratima avasthi

For people who want their names to float around in space, NASA has created a website that would enable anyone to place their name on the agency's Glor Read Abstract

Published: September 26, 2008 Visits: 10 words : 600

Deep Interior of Neptune, Uranus and Earth May Contain Solid Ice

Author:Schwegler Abstract by:pratima avasthi

In a bid to determine the melting temperature of ice in high atmospheric pressures, scientists have found a sharp increase in the melting curves, whic Read Abstract

Published: September 24, 2008 Visits: 37 words : 600

Sunspot Emerges on Sun

Author:NASA astronomers Abstract by:pratima avasthi

A significant sunspot, a fast-growing active region with two dark cores, each larger than Earth, is emerging on the sun. Read Abstract

Published: September 23, 2008 Visits: 1 words : 300

Mercury's "Spiders" May Have Been Formed Due to Asteroid Impact

Author:Dr Solomon Abstract by:pratima avasthi

Data from NASA's Messenger spacecraft's first flyby of Mercury has suggested that the spider-like Pantheon Fossae formation, a radiating web of trough Read Abstract

Published: September 23, 2008 Visits: 1 words : 600

Analysis of Comet Dust Challenges Theories & Evolution of Solar System

Authors:Noriko Kita; NASA Abstract by:pratima avasthi

A new analysis of dust from the halo of the comet Wild 2, has challenged common views about the history and evolution of the solar system and has show Read Abstract

Published: September 19, 2008 Visits: 31 words : 600

Indian Origin Astronomer Discovers Upper Mass Limit for Black Holes

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Author:Natarajan Abstract by:pratima avasthi

An astronomer of Indian origin, along with his colleagues, has found that ultra-massive black holes, which lurk in the centers of huge galaxy clusters Read Abstract

Published: September 12, 2008 Visits: 23 words : 600

"Naked-Eye" Gamma Ray Burst Was Aimed Squarely at Earth

Author:Neil Gehrels Abstract by:pratima avasthi

Data from satellites and observatories around the globe have shown that a jet from a powerful stellar explosion, which was witnessed on March 19 this Read Abstract

Published: September 11, 2008 Visits: 0 words : 600