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• The 10 Most Amazing Discoveries Of Modern Astronomy

  

  Astronomy has come a long way in the past 100 years, with revelations from Einstein, Bohr, Hubble and other great astronomers, physicists, and scientists. Some... Read more

  The 11 April 2011 by   Gerard
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• Soviet Space Propaganda: Doctored Cosmonaut Photos

  

  Lies and half-truths have a way of catching up to you, largely because nobody has a good enough memory to be a successful liar for long. The Soviet side of the... Read more

  The 20 April 2011 by   Gerard
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• Planets With Rings

  

  are the outer planets or gas giants, they are Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. Saturn is characterized by its rings, which are easily visible through a smal... Read more

  The 01 April 2011 by   Gabe12logan
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• What Is An Orbit

  

  ? Orbit is the path that makes one body around another body, while under the influence of some force. Orbits in the gravitational field - if a small body... Read more

  The 05 April 2011 by   Gabe12logan
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• Ceres Dwarf Planet

  

  Ceres is the smallest dwarf planet of solar system discovered in 1801 and even half a century had the status of the planet. Named after the Roman goddess Ceres. Read more

  The 01 April 2011 by   Gabe12logan
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• Cassini Division

  

  is the area between Saturn's A and B ring, which contains very little matter and looks like a dark gap in the ring. Width of Cassini Division is 4800 km. Read more

  The 11 April 2011 by   Gabe12logan
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• Antares Star

  

  Antares is the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius and sixteen in glory among all the stars of the night sky (sometimes referred to as fifteen, if the... Read more

  The 04 April 2011 by   Gabe12logan
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• Dark Nebula

  

  Dark nebulae are clouds of dust that are easily obscure brightness of the stars behind them. They are physically very similar to reflection nebulae. They look... Read more

  The 25 April 2011 by   Gabe12logan
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• Extrasolar Planets

  

  The "Extrasolar planets" are all the planets orbiting outside our solar system around another star. The number of discovered extrasolar planets is increasing... Read more

  The 14 April 2011 by   Gabe12logan
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• Geosynchronous Orbit

  

  is a direct, circular orbits of artificial satellites around the Earth where the satellite processions period is equal to the period of rotation of the Earth. Read more

  The 06 April 2011 by   Gabe12logan
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