New method narrows universe age to about 13 billion years
Washington reports a study using cooling white dwarfs in the MA star cluster 7,000 light years away suggests the universe is about 13 billion years old, within a half billion years. Astronomer Harvey B. Richer notes results align with earlier 13 to 14 billion year estimates based on galaxy expansion.
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Washington
Harvey B. Richer
University of British Columbia
Hubble Space Telescope
Richer
Richter
Wendy L. Freedman
Carnegie Observatories
Pasadena
Calif
New England Fishermen Hope Nets Change Bycatch Fight
Fishermen in New England look to new net designs to cut bycatch and enable selective trapping. Experiments with black tunnel nets and vertical bars aim to let smaller or protected fish escape, reducing waste and pressure from federal rules. Scientists caution results are preliminary and regulators have not yet endorsed sweeping gear changes.
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Boston
New England
Mike Pol
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
Teri Frady
National Marine Fisheries Service
Second space tourist has NASA's blessings
Cape Canaveral Florida Reuters reports that Mark Shuttleworth the South African internet entrepreneur will join a cosmonaut crew to launch aboard a Russian Soyuz from Kazakhstan for an eight day, seven night stay on the space station. NASA previously opposed space tourist Dennis Tito but has now approved Shuttleworths visit aligning with international station program criteria. Shuttleworth pays about $20 million for the ride and training at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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International Space Station
NASA
Mark Shuttleworth
California
Dennis Tito
Space Station
Tito
Mark
Russian Space Agency
Shuttle ‘Worth
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Shuttleworth
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