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There are a wide variety of stories making the headlines in Thursday's
dailies, though most carry front page photos of Mars, which is at its
closest to the earth for 60,000 years. Pravo and Lidove Noviny have what
appears to be the same photo, except in Pravo Mars is orange coloured and
in Lidove Noviny it's red. The face of athletics star Roman Sebrle is also
splashed across the dailies, after he came second in the decathlon at the
World Athletics Championships in Paris.
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Current AffairsThe sixth Czech satellite launched into orbit
The Czech scientific satellite Mimosa was successfully launched on Monday
from the Russian cosmodrome Plesetsk to a low Earth orbit. The main goal
of the mission is to study the atmospheric density that affects low flying
satellites, causing them to burn up as they finally re-enter the
atmosphere. The whole project was financed through a mutual agreement
between the Czech Republic and Russia as part of the repayment of Russia's
large debt to the country. Mirna Solic reports:
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Current AffairsReaching for the stars: Czech astronomers make significant discovery
The Czech Republic is making yet another contribution to space exploration.
The Czech scientific team is helping to operate the satellite Integral
which is discovering gamma ray sources. What's going on with the gamma
flashes? Where are they coming from? The mystery remains yet unsolved, but
Tracy Burns sheds more light on the latest news from the cosmos.
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MagazineAstronomers in for a treat
The month of May seems to have put everyone in a better mood but more than
anyone astronomers have reason to celebrate. This month will bring three
important celestial phenomena - a very rare occurrence according to those
in the know. And such events always create a stir in a country that has
more than its fair share of astronomer enthusiasts. I talked to Martin
Fuchs, an astronomer at the Prague Stefanik Observatory to find out more
about what exactly is happening -and why so many Czechs are searching the
skies these days.
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