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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 2004

Page

4

Valerie the Roboceptionist debuts at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh

At Carnegie Mellon University Valerie becomes the school's latest interactive robot greeting visitors. Developed by computer science and drama students and staff, Valerie greets people with a distinct personality and even chats on the phone beyond giving directions.

Robotics Institute Mark Michalowski Valerie Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh

Black hole tears apart star in dramatic cosmic event

Astronomers report strong evidence of a massive black hole tearing a star apart near the galaxy RX J1242-11, about 700 million light years away. X ray flare thousands of times brighter than the galaxy’s stars signals debris being consumed by the black hole, which weighs about 100 million solar masses.

Los Angeles Alex Filippenko University of California At Berkeley Earth Gunther Hasinger Max Planck Institute For Extraterrestrial Physics Germany NASA Washington

Star Torn Apart by Black Hole Sparks X-ray Blast

Two observatories confirm a sun sized star was stretched to destruction by a black hole after a close encounter with another star altered its trajectory. Multimillion degree gases produced an X ray flare captured by NASA and Harvard Smithsonian facilities.

Opportunity rover inspects trench on Mars as Spirit nears halfway

NASA reports Opportunity used its robotic arm to examine a four inch trench dug by its wheel and photograph the clumpy soil with a microscopic imager. Hematite rich deposits suggest past water. Meanwhile Spirit reaches halfway through its 90 day mission after a 63 foot drive into Laguna Hollow, a probable impact crater.

Opportunity Rover Mars Spirit Red Planet NASA Opportunity Laguna Hollow

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