SANTIAGO – A team of international astronomers from Santiago have discovered a rocky planet orbiting a nearby star. The team, which includes a researcher from Universidad Catolica and one from Universidad de Chile, suggest that the planet’s position in the habitable zone of the solar system means it is the best candidate for harbouring life. When [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – A large solar flare was detected at 3:59am on Monday, January 23 by different space agencies such as NASA and Space Weather. This is a phenomenon that has not occurred in over six years, and is affecting the Earth with radiation causing interference with communication networks. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center has said that the radiation [...]
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TEMPE, ARIZONA, USA- It has been announced that Retired Chilean Air Force General (Ret.) Ricardo Bermúdez will speak at the annual conference of the International UFO Congress. The aim of the organization is the “dissemination of information related to many areas in ufology”. Ufology being the study of Unidentified Flying Objects. Retired General Ricardo Bermúdez became head [...]
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SANTIAGO — The Commander in Chief of the Chilean Air Force (FACh), Jorge Rojas Ávila, has presented the first images of the national satellite, Fasat Charlie, after the device completed almost a month orbiting Earth. The four photographs released are detailed pictures of the cities of Calama, Santiago, and Chuquicamata. The first image released, Ávila explained, was [...]
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SANTIAGO- While the Dakar Rally today left Chile, a different type of race was launched in Santiago. November 2012 will bring the second Atacama Solar Challenge. The first edition of the event was held in October 2011, being won by Chilean team Antakari. The race brings together teams from across South America, using the strong solar [...]
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AUSTIN, Texas — An international team led by Chilean astronomers have discovered the largest distant galaxy cluster ever seen in the universe.The discovery was reported yesterday at the 219th American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, Texas. The cluster was discovered by Atacama Cosmology Telescope, a telescope located in the Atacama desert considered to be the [...]
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ANTOFAGASTA — Astronomers in Chile’s Paranal Observatory have captured images of the Lovejoy Comet. The so-called “Christmas Comet” already stunned experts ten days ago when it flew into the sun and managed to survive. It prompted International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank to describe the event as “the most amazing thing I have ever seen [...]
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SANTIAGO — Adobe, Microsoft, Mozilla, Yahoo and Harvard Business School’s top developers and evangelists shared the stage with top Chilean developers and delivered a phenomenal conference to over 800 Chilean developers, startup founders and tech enthusiasts at the first StarTech Conference hosted at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Santiago, Chile. About one week ago, Rodrigo [...]
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SANTIAGO — Kinedom won first place in the 2nd annual EmprendeUNAB Feria entrepreneurship contest with their personalized Kinesiology home care service. The weather was perfect, the event was well organized and meticulously executed down to the last detail and Chilean-based Kinedom walked away with top honors at the Universidad Andres Bello Casona Campus 2nd Annual [...]
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SANTIAGO – Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, will be visible in the night sky tonight, Oct. 28. This year the planet will be in opposition with the Sun and it will appear much brighter and larger than last year. Along with Jupiter, it will be possible to observe three of its four moons, discovered by Galileo Galilei: Callisto, Europa and Ganymede. Jupiter, [...]
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