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Czech ScienceInternational Astronomical Union to hold assembly in Prague in 2006
Prague is getting ready for the 26th General Assembly of the International
Astronomical Union, which is to take place in the Czech capital in two
years' time. Several thousand astronomers from around the world are
expected to meet in Prague, a city with a rich astronomical history going
back to the mid-14th century.
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Czech SciencePrague observatory exhibits precious Moon meteorites
The Stefanik Observatory in Prague is exhibiting two newly discovered
meteorites from the Moon. The exhibition, which opens on Tuesday, marks
the 35th anniversary of the landing of the first manned mission on the
Moon.
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Czech ScienceProfessor Zdenek Kopal (1914-1993) - from Litomysl to NASA
Last week the Moravian town of Litomysl celebrated the 90th anniversary of
the birth of one of its great natives, world-renowned astronomer Zdenek
Kopal. Zdenek Kopal left Czechoslovakia in 1938, after finishing his
university studies. Later he studied at Cambridge and Harvard
Universities. For thirty years Zdenek Kopal lectured astronomy in
Manchester, England. One of the main areas of his interest were binary
stars but Professor Zdenek Kopal is perhaps best known for his
participation in NASA's Moon landing project. In an earlier Czech Science
programme the head of the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of
Sciences, Jan Palous, spoke about Professor Zdenek Kopal's contribution to
the US Apollo project.
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Czech ScienceAstronomy in the Czech lands - The Astronomical Institute
Welcome to Czech Science where we have been following the history of
astronomy in the Czech lands since the 17th century. Today astronomy is
being studied at universities in Prague, Brno and Opava. But since the
1950s the main centre of research in astronomy in Czechoslovakia and later
the Czech Republic has been the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of
Sciences. Professor Jan Palous is the head of the institute.
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Czech ScienceAstronomy in the Czech lands II - Czech-born astronomers working abroad
Welcome to Czech Science. Last week we started a short series about
astronomy in the Czech lands. Our guest, the director of the Astronomical
Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Professor Jan Palous, took us
back to 17th century Rudolphine Prague - a time when the city hosted such
famous astronomers as Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. Only three
centuries later it was Albert Einstein who spent two years in Prague and
very likely formulated his general principle of relativity here. While in
last week's episode, Professor Palous talked about foreign scholars
working in this country, today he'll be talking predominantly about
Czech-born astronomers who made their careers abroad.
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Press ReviewPress Review
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 AffairsPrague Technical Museum introduces "Johannes Kepler in Prague"
The Technical Museum in Prague will be opening a new exhibition on Monday,
looking at the life and works of famous German astronomer Johannes Kepler.
The exhibition called "Kepler and Prague", is part of the
international World View Network project and aims at informing the public
about the ways in which famous astronomers have influenced our lives. More
from the exhibition's curator Antonin Svejda:
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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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