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15 March 2012
Astronomy

At www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313163921.htm … 'flying through a geomagnetic storm' is an astronaut onboard the International Space Station commenting on what he can see as he flies over the auroral light show.

Meanwhile, at www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-072&cid=release_2012-072 there is further news of the WISE mission and what it produced. NASA unveil a new atlas of the sky as captured by WISE in 2010 – some 560 million objects were discovered in images taken by WISE, mainly stars and distant galaxies. Enough information to keep scientists in a job for years to come.

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