Space Articles
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The IAU is the International Astronomical Union, a dynamic, engaged international organization made up of professional astronomers. This organization is a leading scientific body that encourages the study of astronomy worldwide.
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The annual Leonid meteor shower is a result of the tiny bits of debris and sand particles blown off from comet Temple -Tuttle. This amazing meteor shower forms a spectacular event every year in November . Let us explore some historical and astronomical facts behind the Leonid meteor shower events.
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The development of string theory has caused an upheaval in subatomic physics. While problems with the theory remain, it seems to answer many questions left open by the Standard Model. Perhaps most importantly, it predicts the particle that carries gravity.
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Do stars really move? We look at the night sky and the stars appear fixed in the heavens. But they do move and you can see them move if you know where and how to look. But the most exciting thing about this is that the driving force behind this motion is a black hole at the center of our galaxy!
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Little by little, the length of Earth's day is increasing by 1.7 miliseconds every century over the past 2700 years. However, you don't need to reset your watch anytime soon. But just how much longer will the day become eventually and how soon?
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The new Japanese Space Freighter, the H-2 Transfer Vehicle has made its maiden voyage to the ISS. Also known as the HTV, the JAXA spacecraft will be essential to the future of the ISS as the Space Shuttle fleet is retired.
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Many of you might have seen beautiful shooting stars, which streak through the night sky. But how many of you know about the branch of science - Meteoritics - which studies them and the information which scientists can obtain from studying them.
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Where do comets come from? Where and how are they formed? These questions were studied by the Dutch Astronomer, Jan Hendrick Oort. His answers went on to show just how far the Sun's influence extends, which is about 30 trillion miles.
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One of the preeminent astronomers of the 20th century, Jan Oort was responsible for giving us an understanding about the rotation of the Milky Way, the distance to the center of the galaxy, using radio telescopes, and proposing an area outside of the solar system where comets originated.
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Cosmology is the study of origin, current state and future of the universe as a whole. From the Big Bang to the Hubble's Law, know the important facts about cosmology in this article.
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