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... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 29, 1996 . Julius Caesar and Leap Days . ... Explanation: Today, February 29th , is a leap day - a relatively rare occurrence. Advised by Alexandrian astronomer Sosigenes , Roman dictator Julius Caesar , pictured above in a self-decreed minted coin, created a calender system in 46 BC that contained one leap day every four years. ...

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... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 9, 1999 . A Supernova Star-Field . Credit: Hubble Heritage Team ( AURA / STScI / NASA ) . Explanation: Bright stars don't last forever. ... The above picture is a composite of recent images taken over several years. The explosion originated from a bright massive star that ran out of nuclear fuel . ... About APOD > . ...

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... Pre-university education . ... Samara region . ... A small spacecraft Aist-2D , developed by the scientists of Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU) and the experts of the Rocket and Space Centre Progress will see from outer space what is hidden under the thick top of trees and below the Earth's surface. The radar equipment was installed on Aist-2D , which was delivered to the space launcher complex Vostochniy on January 22. ... Tomography of the Earth's ionosphere will also be carried out. ...

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... PROGRESS M-47 CARGO VEHICLE . ... The Russian cargo vehicle Progress M-47 launched from the Cosmodrome Baikonur on 2nd of February, 2003 docked today to the International Space Station (ISS) after the 2 days autonomous flight on the near-earth orbit. ... Transport cargo vehicle Progress M-47 is launched into the low earth orbit. ... Prelaunch processing activities to launch Progress M-47 cargo vehicle to the International Space Station are in progress at Baikonur cosmodrome. ... SEA LAUNCH | ...

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... Научная панорама ? arxiv:0709.0752 Sky in Google Earth . ... arxiv:0709.0752 Sky in Google Earth (Sky in Google Earth: The Next Frontier in Astronomical Data Discovery and Visualization) . ... Описан проект <A HREF=" http://earth.google.com/sky/index.html ">Sky in Google Earth</A>. ... http://xray.sai.msu.ru/~polar/sci_rev/167.html#arxiv/0709.0752 . ... Еще они нам сказали, что image processing для DSS2 какие-то фонари в Гуггле делали 2 года!! ... А черт знает что там они делали два года. ...

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... Supernova showered Earth with radioactive debris . ... If the Sun suddenly disappeared, it would take about eight minutes for Earth to become dark (due to the speed of light). How long would it take to feel the absence of the Sunт??s gravity? ... According to Albert Einsteinт??s general theory of relativity, if the Sun were to suddenly disappear, Earth would feel the absence of the Sunт??s gravity in the same time it would take for it to т??feelт?? the absence of the Sunт??s light. ...

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... Р?С?С?С?Р?Р?Р?Р?РеС?Р?С?Р?РеР? ... Launched on February 17, 1996, the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission is to be the first of NASA's Discovery missions, a series of small-scale spacecraft designed to proceed from development to flight in under three years for a cost of less than $150 million. ... The ultimate goal of the mission is to rendezvous with and achieve orbit around the near Earth asteroid 433 Eros in February, 1999, and study the asteroid for approximately one year. ...

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