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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Massive Stars in Carina Nebula
How massive can stars be !? Big, hefty stars live short violent lives that can profoundly affect their environment !
Massive Stars Resolved in the Carina Nebula
Credit: ESA, NASA, and J. Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Anda... [Read-More ...]
NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour - Space shuttle launch to ISS
ATK’s Solid Rocket Boosters Launch NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour
Reusable Solid Rocket Motors (RSRM) successfully ignited earlier today to send NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour & its crew on their mission to deliver equipmen... [Read-More ...]
Do identical twins have different fingerprints?
Identical twins, formed when one fertilized egg splits, are the only people in the world with identical DNA. Fraternal twins, on the other hand, are formed when two different eggs are fertilized. Genetically speaking, Fraternal twins develop from sepa... [Read-More ...]
GeoEye-1 - Google logo on Delta rocket
The satellite, now known as GeoEye-1, was originally scheduled for April 2008 but lost its 30-day launch slot to a U.S. government mission which had been delayed.
Delta rocket launches GeoEye 1 (google logo)
The launch took place successf... [Read-More ...]
AIDS pioneers, win 2008 Nobel prize
Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology. Luc Montagnier, director of the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention, and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi of the Institut Pasteur won ha... [Read-More ...]
