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Bidder pays $1.5M for space trip with Leonardo DiCaprio
One fan of Leonardo DiCaprio has paid 1.5 million dollars for a trip into space with the actor, during a charity auction at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the winning bidder will get the chance to travel into space orbit on a Virgin Galactic spaceship in a seat next to DiCaprio, Us magazine reported. A portion of the proceeds from the auction will go ...
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Hubble reveals Ring Nebulas true shape
New observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the real shape of the Ring Nebula. The glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, Sun-like star is like a doughnut, scientists suggested. "The nebula is not like a bagel, but rather, it's like a jelly doughnut, because it's filled with material in the middle," said C. Robert O'Dell of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. ...
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Ecuadorian satellite escapes collision with Russian rocket
Ecuador's first satellite avoided a direct collision with the remains of a Russian rocket, but whether the device is still operating remains unclear, the head of the country's EXA space agency told EFE. The US-based Joint Space Operations Center, which had alerted EXA to the possible threat to Pegaso, informed the Ecuadorian agency Thursday that the Russian wreckage did not hit the satellite ...
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مردم می خواهند خلافت اسلامی
مردم می خواهند خلافت اسلامی برای شغل برای تولید انرژی برای ...
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Rare birth of mega-galaxy captured by space telescope
Researchers in the US have captured rare images of the creation of a massive galaxy about 10 times the size of the Milky Way that was formed when two young galaxies collided 11 billion years ago, a study said. "Capturing the creation of this type of large, short-lived star body is extremely rare - the equivalent of discovering a missing link between winged dinosaurs and early birds," scientists ...
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New Russian spacecraft reusable for up to five flights
Russia's new reusable spacecraft being developed by the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation will be able to make up to five space flights, the rocket maker said. The spacecraft's technical design has been finalised but is yet to be officially approved, Energia deputy general designer Alexander Chernyavsky said. The new reusable craft is to replace the Soyuz carrier rocket and is expected to ...
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UAE issues stamp to commemorate satellite
Emirates Post has issued a stamp to showcase the UAE's achievement in the field of science and technology, and to commemorate the "Y1A", the first multipurpose satellite by Yahsat. The satellite, a milestone for the nation, is designed to provide advanced satellite services to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Central and South West Asia. The stamp is available in a denomination of four ...
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Germanys Einstein Tower Is Relatively Important
Connecticut Sun . And like any casino worth its chips, the Sun brings in aging rockers like Megadeth, Styx, and REO Speedwagon. It's not just that you can gamble away your pennies at a resort tucked in a riverside woodland; the 34-story hotel tower juts out of the landscape like a crystal mountain. But casinos tend to want people to stay in the gambling halls, so conveniently, it also has a ...
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Space’s final frontier Recovery
return was fraught with things that I found fascinating as a neurologist and space medicine researcher, such as being unable to do a sit-up or protect myself from a sudden fall.The nervous system is quite adaptable to space flight and we cannot will these gravity-related reflexes to remain when they are not needed. The light-headedness and heavy bed cover during recovery were as interesting as ...
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Courageous science policy thinking we might all live to regret | Kieron Flanagan
Duncan Hull The latest in a long line of government spending reviews, this one covering the period 2015-16, is looming - and many in the science community are getting worried. In the last such review, in 2010, ...
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UCF College of Engineering Computer Science taps new dean
Michael Georgiopoulos has been named the new dean of the College of Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. Michael Georgiopoulos has been named the new dean of the College of Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Central Florida after an extensive national search for the position. Georgiopoulos has led the college since July 1, 2012, as interim ...
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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.
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The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.
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