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Swiftech Polaris 120 Cooler Is Launching Next Week

It appears that new cooling modules are in no shortage these days, as even Swiftech decided to provide something of the sort, even though its real specialty is that of high-end liquid cooling solutions. As always, central processing units from both Intel and AMD could do with better cooling, especially chips with...

10 March 2011
02:35 GMT

The North Star Is Not Always the Same One

As the axis of the Earth oscillates slowly during precession, the north pole of the planet points towards different places of the sky at different times. As such, the current North Star, Polaris, may not bear this label for long, in terms of astronomical timing. Common knowledge says that the North Star is the b...

26 September 2008
09:39 GMT

Polaris Resumes Its Regular Vibration Patterns

Polaris, whose vibrations seem to have almost completely decreased this past century, appears now to have resumed its activity, although astronomers don't quite understand what is triggering the process. Polaris, also known as the Northern Star, is a Cepheid variable star that varies its brightness every four da...

22 July 2008
06:58 GMT

See the Big Dipper in the Spring Sky

It is the most recognizable group of bright stars on the night sky, thus not even novices can miss it. Anyone living northwards of the 41 parallel can enjoy it throughout the whole year. Most call it the Big Dipper, while to Irish people it is known as 'King David's Chariot'. The French call it the �...

10 May 2008
06:16 GMT

NASA to Send Our Fellow Aliens a Copy of The Beatles' "Across the Universe" Song

The radio transmission will be aimed towards the Polaris star, commonly known as the North Star, which is located 431 light years away from Earth, and will have the role to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the day when The Beatles recorded the song and, at the same time, five decades since NASA launched its first ...

2 February 2008
04:58 GMT


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