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A team using CSIRO 's Parkes radio telescope has just found the thousandth pulsar known to science. ... This is thanks to the power of a new instrument on the telescope, the multibeam system , which has slashed the time it takes to scan the sky," said co-leader of the pulsar team, CSIRO's Dr Dick Manchester . ... There are many different types of pulsar, and we have only a few examples of some types," said Dr Manchester. ... E-mail: rmanches@atnf.csiro.au . ... e-mail: hsim@atnf.csiro.au . ...

NASA Press Release Text - June 24, 1996 GALILEO READY FOR CLOSE FLYBY OF JUPITER'S BIGGEST MOON Now residing in orbit around Jupiter, NASA's Galileo spacecraft is primed for its first close flyby of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, at 2:29 a.m. EDT on June 27, 1996. ... In the days just before and after the Ganymede flyby, Galileo's other studies will include a search for auroral activity on Jupiter's nightside and observations of other Jovian moons: Io, Europa and Callisto. ...

... A Close Up of Aurora on Jupiter . ... 19.12.2000 . ... Credit Copyright: John T. Clarke ( U. Michigan ), ESA , NASA Explanation: Jupiter has aurorae . ... As these particles strike the atmosphere, electrons are temporarily knocked away from existing gas molecules . ... Unlike Earth's aurorae , Jupiter's aurorae include several bright streaks and dots . These marks are caused by magnetic flux tubes connecting Jupiter to its largest moons . ... Publications with keywords: aurora - Jupiter . ...

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OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE . ... The VC-4 flight tasks were successfully completed. The manned transfer vehicle Soyuz TM-34, been a part of ISS orbital complex since April 27, 2002, as a rescue vehicle and been the earlier manned space vehicle modification of Soyuz type, was replaced by Soyuz TMA-1, the new modification, designed by the S.P. Korolev RSC Energia specialists in cooperation with its subcontractors from Russian rocket and space industry. ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

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The HyperNews Linux KHG Discussion Pages . Forum: Character Device Drivers . Keywords: release method close fclose . Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 03:07:04 GMT . From: < unknown > . I just finished a character device driver and I it appears that when fclose() is called on the device the release() method is called as well even if the device has been opened multiple times.

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... The 11 th International Astronomy Olympiad has been held successfully in Bombay (Mumbai) on November 10-19, 2006. The duration of the Olympiad was 10 days, it is one day longer than usualy. ... The International Astronomy Olympiad has been held in Europe and Caucasus for nine times, the X IAO visited East Asia, and now it is the first time IAO coming to South Asia. ... Friday, November 10 - Day of arrival . ... Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman of the International Astronomy Olympiad, . ...

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