There’s much left to be discovered and explored in space. This requires more telescopes, hence why Hawaii will begin work on the Thirty Meter Telescope in 2014.
Astronomers and scientists say that on average, there are around 100 billion stars in the Milky Way, the galaxy that Earth inhabits. Then, in the Universe there ...
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The Thirty Meter Telescope has been under development for more than a decade, but the sheer amount of land needed on Hawaii's Mauna Kea for its namesake main mirror has proved problematic: locals have formally challenged the multi-university effort over concerns that it might damage both the environment and natives' heritage. Regardless of which stance you take on the issue, the project is going forward now that the state's Board of Land and Natural Resources has granted an official land permit. The move clears an optical and near-infrared telescope with nine times the coverage area of its peers, and three times the sharpness. That's enough to observe light from 13 billion years ago as well as put a heavy focus on tracking extrasolar planets, including planets in the making. Any impact on science or Mauna Kea will have to wait when construction doesn't even start until April 2014, although we're hoping that environmental care requirements attached to the permit will let us appreciate both the early universe and modern-day Earth in equal measure.
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I’m going to file this story neatly under the category of yet another reason why I chose the wrong major in college. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has plunked down a gigantic amount of money to purchase almost the entire Hawaiian island of Lanai. Ellison actually outbid Bill Gates to purchase the island.
Ellison now owns 98% of the 141 square mile island, which is the sixth largest island in the Hawaiian chain by acreage. Exactly how much Ellison paid for the Hawaiian island is unknown, but the reported asking price was between $500 million and $600 million. Billionaire David Murdock previously owned the island.
Murdock sold the island after losing between $18 million to $25 million each year since he purchased it in 1985. If you’re wondering who owns the other 2% of the island, that would be the state of Hawaii. I wonder how angry Bill Gates’ wife was that he didn’t manage to purchase the island, as Gates and his wife were married on the island in 1994. Gates certainly has more money than Ellison, so there’s no excuse.
[via CNET]
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Amidst the upheaval in Espoo Nokia continues to push forward, and tonight its Facebook page has already posted a couple of teaser images, including the one seen above, suggesting there's big news due on June 18th. Astute observers will note that's also the day its good buddy Microsoft has already planned its own high profile and highly secretive event, although you may not want to connect the two just yet. One of the images is a map of Hawaii, which AllThingsD notes is home to area code 808, a possible reference to Nokia's PureView 808 41MP cameraphone technology, which was followed up by the above image, with tempo cranked all the way up (ready to to go boom...like an 808?). Draw your own conclusions -- of course we'll be hanging around Monday to see what happens.
Update: If the Roland TR-808 image wasn't explicit enough, Nokia US has dropped another hint on its Facebook page, featuring what appears to be artwork cropped from the 808 State album ex:el.
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