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Old 26-08-2011, 10:21   #1
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Is this the biggest rock ever? Astronomers discover planet made of diamonds.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...-diamonds.html
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Re: Astronomy

They're a bit behind the scientific community with this headline

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80...t-quadruplets/
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Old 08-09-2011, 18:55   #3
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Re: Astronomy

Supernova dazzles US scientists


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/sc...s-2351327.html
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Re: Astronomy

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2011

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14792580
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Lucy in the sky with diamonds .


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Re: Astronomy

Nasa's Grail twins to make gravity maps.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14825641
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Re: Astronomy

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Lucy in the sky with diamonds .


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2061: Odyssey Three

Big diamond created after Jupiter turned into a star? or is this too vague?

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Big diamond created after Jupiter turned into a star? or is this too vague?

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this was just to show that the idea of diamonds inside stars and gas giants has been around for a while
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Re: Astronomy

Surprising how many clever ideas Arthur C Clarke had while writing

Geosynchronous communication satellites for one.

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Geosynchronous communication satellites for one.

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indeed he did ,the space elevator being another using diamond filament or hyper filament which apparently NASA have looked into and said is possible
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Re: Astronomy

Europe's Galileo sat-nav spacecraft ready to fly

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14886082
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Re: Astronomy

Liberty rocket toward ISS launches pushes ahead

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14901036
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Re: Astronomy

Russia sets November date for manned launch to ISS and lets hope it goes without any hitches.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14915718
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Re: Astronomy

Nasa unveils Space Launch System vision


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14915725
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Re: Astronomy

Nasa's Kepler telescope finds planet orbiting two suns and what a wonderful sight this is.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14940885

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/2147...-star-wars.htm

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