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August 14th, 2009 
admin Cars flipped and roofs ripped from houses as mini tornado batters Scottish isle
July 29th, 2009 admin Cars and houses were damaged by a mini tornado which hit an island town, it was revealed today.Police said the twister struck Stornaway on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland last night just after 10pm.A number of cars were damaged by the tornado when it hit the island and parts of roofs were ripped from houses.A mini tornado struck Stornaway on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland last night, damaging cars and housesA family from Leicestershire, who were holidaying on the isle, said their camper van was nearly overturned by the tornado, and one of the children was thrown from their bunk.Mother Cathie Cassie told BBC Scotland: ‘The van started to shake, almost like you were in an earthquake and then it tipped sideways.’We were very lucky.
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Comments OffTelescope Spies Cataclysmic Blast
February 21st, 2009 admin Photo: Main facts of the Fermi Mission:Spacecraft was launched in June 2008 on a five-year missionIt is looking at the Universe in the highest-energy form of lightFermi is 2.8m (9.2ft) high and 2.4m (8.2ft) in diameterThe spacecraft orbits at an altitude of 565km (350 miles)It could pick up about 200 cosmic explosions each yearFrom The BBC:Astronomers have recorded the most powerful radiation blast from deep space yet detected.The event was observed by Nasa’s recently launched Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and reported in the online edition of the journal Science.The source of the blast is assumed to be the catastrophic implosion of a star, to create a black hole.Scientists say the spectacle’s energy release was equivalent to thousands of ordinary exploding stars.Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: 4m, Altitude, Bbc, Black Hole, Cosmic Explosions, Deep Space, Diameter, Energy Release, Exploding Stars, Gamma Ray, Highest Energy, Implosion, Journal Science, Mission Spacecraft, Nasa, Radiation, Ray Space, Space Telescope, Spacecraft Orbits, Spectacle Comments OffBlack Hole Confirmed In Milky Way
February 19th, 2009 admin From BBC:There is a giant black hole at the centre of our galaxy, a 16-year study by German astronomers has confirmed.They tracked the movement of 28 stars circling the centre of the Milky Way, using two telescopes in Chile.The black hole, said to be 27,000 light years from Earth, is four million times bigger than the Sun, according to the paper in The Astrophysical Journal.Black holes are objects whose gravity is so great that nothing – including light – can escape them.According to Dr Robert Massey, of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), the results suggest that galaxies form around giant black holes in the way that a pearl forms around grit.Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: Astrophysical Journal, Bbc, Black Hole, Black Holes, Chile, Dr Robert, Earth, Galaxies, Galaxy, German Astronomers, Giant, Gravity, Grit, Light Years, Milky Way, Million Times, Robert Massey, Royal Astronomical Society, Sun, Telescopes Comments OffRace For ‘God Particle’ Heats Up
February 17th, 2009 admin Lyn Evans says the magnet incident was a real setback for CernFrom The BBC:Europe’s particle physics lab, Cern, is losing ground rapidly in the race to discover the elusive Higgs boson, or “God particle”, its US rival claims.The particle, whose existence has been predicted by theoreticians, would help to explain why matter has mass.Finding the Higgs is a major goal of Cern’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC).But the US Fermilab says the odds of its Tevatron accelerator detecting the famed particle first are now 50-50 at worst, and up to 96% at best.Both machines hope to see evidence of the Higgs by colliding sub-atomic matter at very high speeds. If it exists, the Higgs should emerge from the debris.Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: Accelerator, Atomic Matter, Bbc, Cern, Debris, Existence, Fermilab, God Particle, Hadron Collider, Higgs Boson, High Speeds, Large Hadron, Lhc, Losing Ground, Lyn, Magnet, Odds, Particle Physics Lab, Setback, Tevatron Accelerator Comments OffGalaxy Has ‘Billions Of Earths’
February 16th, 2009 admin From The BBC:There could be one hundred billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy, a US conference has heard.Dr Alan Boss of the Carnegie Institution of Science said many of these worlds could be inhabited by simple lifeforms.He was speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago.So far, telescopes have been able to detect just over 300 planets outside our Solar System.Very few of these would be capable of supporting life, however. Most are gas giants like our Jupiter; and many orbit so close to their parent stars that any microbes would have to survive roasting temperatures.But, based on the limited numbers of planets found so far, Dr Boss has estimated that each Sun-like star has on average one “Earth-like” planet.Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: Advancement Of Science, Alan Boss, American Association For The Advancement Of Science, Annual Meeting, Association For The Advancement Of Science, Bbc, Billions, Carnegie Institution, Dr Alan, Earth, Galaxy, Gas Giants, Lifeforms, Limited, Microbes, Orbit, Parent Stars, Planets Outside Our Solar System, Telescopes, Temperatures Comments OffThe European Space Agency’s Herschel Observatory Is Finished And Ready To Go Into Orbit
February 10th, 2009 admin Key features on the Herschel space observatory. The inset compares Herschel with Hubble and the future James Webb Space Telescope.From The BBC:Stare into the curve of Herschel’s mirror too long and you get a slightly giddy feeling that comes from not being able to judge where its surface really starts.It is enchanting, spectacular and – at 3.5m in diameter – it will soon become the biggest telescope mirror in space, surpassing that of Hubble.The great 18th Century astronomer William Herschel would have been astonished by the silver sensation that now bears his name.The European Space Agency (Esa) is certainly very proud of its new observatory. It has been working on the venture for more than 20 years.”The mirror is an enormous piece of hardware,” enthused Thomas Passvogel, Esa’s programme manager on the Herschel space observatory.Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: 18th Century, 5m, Astronomer William Herschel, Bbc, Bears, Curve, Diameter, Esa, European Space Agency, Hubble, Inset, James Webb, James Webb Space Telescope, Orbit, Sensation, Space Observatory, Telescope Mirror, Webb Space Telescope Comments OffMicrosoft Steps Up Browser Battle
January 27th, 2009 admin From The BBC News:Microsoft has stepped up the battle to win back users with the latest release of its Internet Explorer browser.The US software giant says IE 8 is faster, easier to use and more secure than its competitors.”We have made IE 8 the best browser for the way people really do use the web,” said Microsoft’s Amy Barzdukas.”Microsoft needs to say these things because it continues to lose market share to Firefox, Chrome and Safari,” said Gartner analyst Neil MacDonald.Recent figures have shown that Microsoft’s dominance in this space has been chipped away by competitors.At the end of last year, data from Net Applications showed the software giant’s market share dropped below 70% for the first time in eight years to 68%.Meanwhile Mozilla broke the 20% barrier for the first time in its history with 21% of users using its browser Firefox.Read more ….
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