Monthly Archives: April 2010

NASA’s first SDO images show Stunning Solar Snap

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has demonstrated its “unprecedented new capability” by firing back some impressive first images of the Sun, including this “full-disk multiwavelength extreme ultraviolet image”, captured on 30 March. Read Here

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Hubble’s Best Photos on its 20th Anniversary

In honor of its 20th anniversary in orbit, Discovery share some of the Hubble Space Telescope’s most amazing pictures here.

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World’s Tallest Eucalyptus Tree Found with Lidar and GIS

A true giant among trees—the tallest known hardwood in the world—was discovered and mapped using a combination of lidar and GIS, the same technologies Forestry Tasmania uses on a daily basis for managing forests in Australia’s southern island state of … Continue reading

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Dawn of Urban Life Uncovered in Syria

Before the invention of the wheel and writing, a prehistoric civilization in northern Mesopotamia engaged in trade, processed copper and developed the first social classes based on power and wealth. Evidence of the civilization that formed the basis of urban … Continue reading

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