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NASA"s Great Observatories Witness a Galactic Spectacle 08/08/2010 ScienceDaily A new image of two tangled galaxies has been released by NASA's Great Observatories. The Antennae galaxies, located about 62 million light-years from Earth, are shown in a new composite image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue), the Hubble Space Telescope (gold and brown), and the Spitzer Space Telescope (red). The Antennae galaxies take their name from the long, antenna-like arms seen in wide-angle views of the system. These features were produced in the collision.
Greenland Glacier Calves Island Four Times the Size of Manhattan 07/08/2010 ScienceDaily A University of Delaware researcher reports that an "ice island" four times the size of Manhattan has calved from Greenland's Petermann Glacier. The last time the Arctic lost such a large chunk of ice was in 1962.
Record-Breaking Sea-Creature Surveys Released 02/08/2010 National Geographic The Census of Marine Life has released the most comprehensive inventory of ocean life ever created. See some of the deep-sea stars of the "roll call," and find out which regions are the most diverse—and threatened.
Fly"s Brain -- A High-Speed Computer: Neurobiologists Use State-of-the-Art Methods to Decode the Basics of Motion Detection 13/07/2010 ScienceDaily What would be the point of holding a soccer world championship if we couldn't distinguish the ball from its background? Simply unthinkable! But then again, wouldn't it be fantastic if your favourite team's striker could see the movements of the ball in slow motion! Unfortunately, this advantage only belongs to flies.
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