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Herschel telescope shows galactic star formation is slowingNoordwijk, Netherlands (AFP) May 6, 2010 The formation of new stars in galaxies like the Milky Way has declined five-fold in the last three billion years, initial findings of the European Space Agency's Herschel telescope showed Thursday. While scientists already knew that star formation was more prolific billions of years ago, the Herschel telescope has for the first time been able to start measuring the rate of decline, scientist Steve Eales said at the launch. Three billion years ago "galaxies were forming stars at ... five times t ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) April 29, 2010President Barack Obama and aides Thursday repeatedly pinned the cost of the unfolding Gulf coast oil disaster on BP, calling for the "strongest possible response" from the British energy giant. The White House, coordinating a pan-governmental effort to break up the slick as it bore down on the Mississippi delta, offered "all available" resources, including military hardware if needed. Bu ... more 
Venice, Louisiana (AFP) April 29, 2010A giant oil slick threatened economic and environmental devastation Thursday as it closed in on Louisiana's vulnerable coast, prompting the US government to declare a national disaster. Louisiana governor Bobby Jindall declared a state of emergency and called for urgent help to prevent fragile wetlands and vital fishing communities along from pollution on a massive scale. The wind starte ... more  
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) April 28, 2010Crews began controlled burns Wednesday of a giant oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico, but a cruel wind shift raised fears the spill could hit Louisiana's fragile shores by the weekend. The leading edge of the crude was about 16 miles (26 kilometers) off the Louisiana coast by Wednesday evening and winds were expected to strengthen and crucially change direction on Thursday to start coming from ... more |
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Japan to launch 'space yacht' propelled by solar particlesTokyo (AFP) April 27, 2010 Japan is to launch a "space yacht" propelled by solar particles that bounce off its kite-shaped sails, the country's space agency said Tuesday. A rocket carrying the Ikaros - an acronym for Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation of the Sun - will blast off from the Tanegashima space centre in southern Japan on May 18. "Ikaros is a 'space yacht' that gets propulsion from the pressure of sunlight particles bouncing off its sail," Yuichi Tsuda, space systems expert at the Japan Aerosp ... read more |
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