Archives for June 2010
World Cup :- English Astronomers are more creative than English Football Players!
Published on 30 Jun 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 30th June 2010
World Cup 2010 English players shamed home! but our English astronomers were better!
See the photo of myself with Meade Lightbridge 16 inch telescope standing behind the Royal Observatory Greenwich at London (Founded in 1675), was one of the key centers of astronomical research in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the workplace [...]
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World Cup :- Spain v PORTUGAL
Published on 29 Jun 2010 at 00:00.
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Tuesday 29th June 2010
Magellan Crater on Mars
World Cup today :- Spain v PORTUGAL
When Mars Express set sail for the crater named after Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, it found a windblown plateau and mysterious rocky mounds nearby.
Stretching across 119 x 70 miles, this region of Mars covers an area of about 13,300sq miles, which is roughly [...]
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World Cup :- BRAZIL v Chile
Published on 28 Jun 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 28th June 2010
World Cup today :- BRAZIL v Chile
With the Jules Rimet Cup now in the permanent possession of Brazil after their third World Cup triumph in Mexico City in 1970, FIFA commissioned a new trophy for World Cup in 1974. A total of 53 designs were submitted to FIFA by experts from seven [...]
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World Cup :- ARGENTINA v Mexico
Published on 27 Jun 2010 at 00:00.
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Sunday 27th June 2010
World Cup today :- ARGENTINA v Mexico
Argentine satellites on Space
The National Space Activities Commission (CONAE) promotes and implements all activities related to the spatial area. Its satellite projects positioning the country among the eight nations in the world capable of satellites own.
One of their satellite is 268 kg 5th Spacecraft SAC-A is [...]
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World Cup :- URUGUAY v South Korea
Published on 26 Jun 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 26th June 2010
World Cup today :- URUGUAY v South Korea
A rare roll cloud formed by an advancing storm front hangs above the beach in Maldonado, Uruguay.
These rare long clouds may form near advancing cold fronts. In particular, a downdraft from an advancing storm front can cause moist warm air to rise, cool below its [...]
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World Cup :- Chile v SPAIN
Published on 25 Jun 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 25th June 2010
World Cup today :- Chile v SPAIN
At 2,267 metres above sea level (for cloudless, atmospheric turbulence-free skies) on the island of La Palma, on Spain’s Canary Islands that a telescope now holds the title as the world’s largest - The Spanish Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC), is a reflecting telescope with a primary [...]
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World Cup :- Slovakia v ITALY
Published on 24 Jun 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 24th June 2010
World Cup today :- Slovakia v ITALY
The name of `Galileo Galilei Airport` is an airport located in Pisa, Italy, the name was after an Italian Astronomer, Galileo Galilei who was born on 15th February 1564 near Pisa.
In 1609, Galileo heard about the invention of the telescope in Holland then he was capable of depicting distant [...]
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World Cup :- Slovakia v ENGLAND
Published on 23 Jun 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 23rd June 2010
World Cup today :- Slovakia v ENGLAND
The early hours of Sunday 20th July 1969 that millions of people were still amazing to watch the `live` footage – The American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin guided Apollo 11’s Lunar Module safety down onto the touching of Moon (Sea of Tranquility).
This was all [...]
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World Cup :- MEXICO v Uruguay
Published on 22 Jun 2010 at 00:00.
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Tuesday 22nd June 2010
World Cup today :- MEXICO v Uruguay
El Caracol is one of the most interesting buildings at Chichen Itza at Mexico. Apparently it was an observatory and thought to have been used to view several sun, moon, and star alignments.
Rebuilt several times over the length of its use (AD 800-1000), possible viewed alignments include [...]
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World Cup :- Spain v HONDURAS
Published on 21 Jun 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 21st June 2010
World Cup today :- Spain v HONDURAS
Honduras is famous for archaeology, it has one of the Maya Worlds most beautiful!, above this picture – Copan Ruins is located in NorthWest Honduras, near the border with Guatemala.
The Maya civilization spanned a period of 3,000 years and featured a written language, architecture, a well-ordered social [...]
