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Hubble Telescope: Looking into the skies and discovering life before it was life

January 6, 2010

Closing nearer to the primordial stage of cosmic evolution scientists slapping around the Hubble telescope (of course very gentle slaps…..more like baby pats) have spotted seven galaxies that date back to a lousy 600 million to 800 million years after the big bang (no not the TV show)–the earliest galaxies found so far by 200 [...]

Tagged as: Astronomers, cosmic evolution, evolution, Hubble Telescope, NASA, primordial stage, the American Astronomical Society.

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California Ground Water is getting Sucky; NASA collects data that confirms what the Governator didn’t want to hear

December 23, 2009

If you are gonna irrigate then you are going to have to migrate. Stuck between a rock and a canal California is yucky for future growing crops and taking a shower. Californians could be the smelliest people in the U.S. if the water flows the direction scientists think it will. Read on……

Tagged as: groundwater overdraft, NASA, Stealing water

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NASA is Testing Algae to Turn Sewage into Fuel

December 21, 2009

This is the OMEGA system that grows algae in flexible plastic bags floating offshore, where cities typically dump wastewater. Read on……

Tagged as: Algae, NASA, OMEGA, wastewater

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NASA Craft To Photograph Entire Universe

December 15, 2009

U.S. space agency NASA has launched a new space telescope that will allow scientists to look at the universe closer than ever before. NASA’s officials say the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, known as WISE, will help them to discover, photograph and research thousands of previously undetected stars, galaxies and potentially threatening asteroids. Photo: United Launch [...]

Tagged as: infrared survey explorer, NASA, space telescope, universe

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