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http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/03/12/1300-black-holes/

1300 black holes websnapr

"Ironically, black holes aren’t too hard to find. They’re bright. Here’s a bunch of ‘em..." Space is not just big, it's quite pretty too - and great fun to think about.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/home.html

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Homepage websnapr

Does what it says on the tin; wordage about (and images from) the SOHO solar probe satellite.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070118094001.htm

Integral Sees The Galactic Centre Playing Hide And Seek websnapr

"The [ESA]'s gamma ray observatory Integral has caught the centre of our galaxy in a moment of rare quiet. A handful of the most energetic high-energy sources surrounding the black hole [...] had
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.universetoday.com/2007/01/08/listening-for-et/

Listening for ET websnapr

"Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics are proposing a new method that could detect Earth-like civilizations around the 1,000 nearest stars."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.physorg.com/news85056040.html

The Rise of a Giant websnapr

"...detailed studies for the European Extremely Large Telescope [...] will make it possible to start, in three years time, the construction of an optical/infrared telescope with a diameter around
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7115/full/061023-15.html

Search for alien signals stalls for want of cash websnapr

"Construction of the Allen Telescope Array, named after its chief benefactor, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen, will halt at the end of this year unless further funding is found.&q
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/060823_hpwren.html

Wireless Network Helps Unlock Secrets of the Universe websnapr

Space.com article on the High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network, or HPWREN.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn9589&feedid=space_rss20

Europe plans giant eye on the sky websnapr

The name says it all...it will be called the 'Extremely Large Telescope'. Are there awards for prosaic technology names?
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.cnn.com/2006/world/americas/06/27/tropical.stonehenge.ap/index.html?section=cnn_space

Did ancient Amazonians build a 'Stonehenge'? websnapr

More on that Brazilian stone calendar...scientists in 'primitive people may not have actually been that primitive' shocker!
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.physorg.com/news67098744.html

Ancient observatory found in Peru websnapr

Yet another ancient site unearthed...a bumper year for ancient mystery
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.travelguidelondon.co.uk/places-and-tourist-sites/national-maritime-museum.html

Most Popular London Attractions No1 National Maritime M ... websnapr

The National Maritime Museum in London is the best of its kind in the world
>30 days ago by askmogs, 1 User, more info save

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