2015年1月8日 星期四

2015-01-09 Ireland Science


Irish Examiner
   
Green comet to be seen for first time in 11500 years   
Irish Examiner
A glowing green comet is making its closest approach to Earth and providing amateur astronomers with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that will not come again for 8,000 years. On a clear dark night, Comet Lovejoy is just about bright enough to be glimpsed ...

Comet set to share the love this weekend   Brisbane Times
UT to offer public viewings of Comet Lovejoy   WBIR-TV
Surprisingly Bright Comet Lovejoy Dazzles Skywatchers   Discovery News
KTIC   
The Daily Star   
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Irish Examiner
   
How can space telescope technology help protect rhinos?   
Irish Examiner
In 2013 a total of 1,004 rhinos were killed by poachers – the deadliest year yet. However, figures suggest that 2015 could see even more killed. It's little wonder then that conservationists are having to get ever more hi-tech in their attempts to save this ...

How Space Tech and Drones Could Aid Conservation   Nature World News
Berber Muslim Helps Wildlife from Space   Onislam.net
Helping rhinos from space   Phys.Org

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National Geographic
   
Eight Alien Planets Possibly Flush with Life   
National Monitor
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope team recently broke new ground with the discovery of eight new Earth-like exoplanets residing in the famed “Goldilocks Zone,” which is the perfect temperature for potential life to emerge.
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope finds more exoplanets in 'Goldilocks' zone   Science Recorder
Thousandth planet that could support life found thanks to the Kepler telescope   Capitalberg
Kepler Space Telescope finds more Earth-like planets, find out how to join search   WAAY
The Utah People's Post   
New York Daily News   
The Register   
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Daily Mail
   
Plane flies over Iceland volcano spewing lava for the perfect action shot   
Daily Mail
That's a close call! Terrifying moment pilot narrowly escaped Iceland volcano spewing 850C lava up into the air. Pilot flies his plane over volcano in Holuhraun, Iceland, as red-hot lava bursts into the sky; Stunning photos taken by photographer Baldur ...

What a pa-lava! Pilot gets up close and personal with ERUPTING volcano   Mirror.co.uk

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USA TODAY
   
Computer chaos feared over 2015's leap second   
USA TODAY
The year 2015 will have an extra second — which could wreak havoc on the infrastructure powering the Internet. At 11:59 p.m. on June 30, clocks will count up all the way to 60 seconds. That will allow the Earth's spin to catch up with atomic time. The Earth's ...

Leap second: French time lords add one second to 2015   Telegraph.co.uk
Leap second: computer chaos feared as scientists let world catch up with clocks   The Independent
Time lords in France declare 2015 will be one second longer   Daily Mail
Business Today   
The Verge   
New York Daily News   
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CBC.ca
   
Orca calf's bite marks suggest older whale helped with birth   
The Globe and Mail
Scientists were fairly certain that a matron killer whale from an endangered pod off British Columbia's coast had given birth to the newest calf – then new evidence made them change that opinion. Ken Balcomb, from the Center for Whale Research in ...

The discovery of a baby killer whale has scientists thrilled. Will the orca survive?   Washington Post
Newborn killer whale brings hope for endangered pod   Fox News
Apex daughter: Killer whale born to endangered pod off Vancouver is a girl ...   National Post

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National Geographic
   
Stunning 3-D Models Reveal Bizarre Double Star Acting Up   
National Geographic
The supermassive star pair Eta Carinae erupted in the 1840s and produced this double-lobed cloud of dust called the Homunculus Nebula. Photograph by NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team. Nadia Drake. for National Geographic. Published ...

3D images of superstar Eta Carinae released by NASA   Capitalberg
New 3D Model Of Eta Carinae Reveals The Behavior Of Its Stars   Voice Chronicle
NASA took the 3D image of the Struggling Stars   Consolidate Times
Inferse   
Sci-News.com   
SMN Weekly   
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The Guardian
   
America is colder than Mars. Some parts of it, anyway   
The Guardian
The Curiosity Rover descends into the Gale Crater on Mars. Photograph: Stocktrek Images, Inc. /Alamy. Nicky Woolf in New York. Thursday 8 January 2015 17.53 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email · Share on LinkedIn · Share on ...

Do Mars rover photos show potential signs of ancient life?   Fox News
Scientist Sees Possible Signs Of Ancient Life On Mars In Rover Photos   Huffington Post
Has Curiosity Found Fossilized Life on Mars?   Discovery News
Christian Science Monitor   
NEWS.com.au   
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CNET
   
Robotic research project at NASA could help in exploring extraterrestrial volcanoes   
Full-Time Whistle
NASA has developed a robot capable of putting together a 3D map of a fissure, a crack that erupts magma. Fissures are the most common physical features from which magma erupts. Editor : Michael BROWN Category : SCIENCE08 January 2015 / Thursday ...

NASA VolcanoBot goes where no human dares to tread   CNET
Nasa throws robot into volcano to explore fissures, could help understand alien ...   The Independent
Nasa to develop robots to explore volcanoes   Times of India
RT   
Techie News   
Clapway   
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Malay Mail Online
   
Japan whaling ships set for Antarctic for counting expedition   
Malay Mail Online
File picture shows the crew of a whaling ship checking a whaling gun or harpoon before departure at Ayukawa port in Ishinomaki City, Japan, on April 26, 2014. — AFP picTOKYO, Jan 9 — Japanese whaling ships set sail for the Antarctic today on the look out ...

Japanese Whalers Leave for Antarctic Mission–Without Harpoons   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Japanese whalers return, without harpoons   The Australian
Japan whaling ships set out for Antarctic - to count, after UN court orders end to ...   The Straits Times
Uncover California   
Yahoo!7 News   
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