The effort will cover 10 times
more of the sky than previous programs, scanning at least five times more of the spectrum a hundred times faster and with 50 times greater sensitivity than past efforts.
This allows the satellite to see
more of the sky at a much faster rate than its predecessor, the Energetic Gamma - Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET), which NASA launched in 1991 on board the Compton Gamma - Ray Observatory.
The biggest takeaway for me was that the team seems to have worked out the bugs in using the mutlibeam receiver at Parkes Observatory in Australia, which will let them observe
more of the sky at once.
Search capacity is 50 times more sensitive, cover 10 times
more of the sky, 5 times more of the radio spectrum, and at speeds 100 times faster.
The Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) used as detectors in the ACS, are more sensitive than those of the late 80s and early 90s, and also have many more pixels, capturing
more of the sky in each exposure.
Because it covers
more of the sky, the K2 mission is capable of observing a larger fraction of cooler, smaller, red - dwarf type stars, and because such stars are much more common in the Milky Way than Sun - like stars, nearby stars will predominantly be red dwarfs.
1) you could cover
more of the sky with «suns» or with objects as hot as the sun.
Not exact matches
Long Pond Capital's Khoury suggested that D.R. Horton has
more than 60 percent upside, while Ran
of Half
Sky Capital said GrubHub could hit $ 160 a share, up about 55 percent from its Monday closing price
of $ 102.17.
The
skies above are becoming
more and
more accessible thanks to companies like SpaceX that are finding ways to drastically reduce the cost
of a flight beyond Earth's atmosphere.
If the funder is selling directly to merchants, given today's
sky - high marketing costs, acquisition can take a bigger chunk out
of the 40 percent —
more like 12 to 15 points (the industry average cost
of acquisition for a $ 30,000 advance is $ 2,600).
Secretary
of State for Culture Karen Bradley, who is responsible for media issues, said Tuesday she had written to media watchdog Ofcom for
more information on its views on Fox's bid for London - listed
Sky Plc, the biggest pay - tv operator in the U.K.
WPP CEO Martin Sorrell is asked whether Comcast's Brian L. Roberts or Fox's Rupert Murdoch is
more likely to emerge victorious in their pursuit
of Sky.
With air travel and gas prices still
sky high,
more small and mid-sized businesses are using videoconferencing and online meetings in place
of in - person visits.
Curiosity left Yellowknife Bay last July and is now on the way to the base
of Mount Sharp, which rises
more than 3 miles (5 kilometers) into the
sky from the center
of Mars» Gale Crater.
«The
skies of the Middle East are a lot
more crowded than before, with lots
of players,» Eshel said, pointing to the need for the air force to operate «surgically» to avoid «mistakes».
UK - based
Sky, with
more than 20 million customers for its sports, entertainment and news channels across Europe, is at the centre
of a three - way battle for control...
UK - based
Sky, with
more than 20 million customers for its sports, entertainment and news channels across Europe, is at the centre
of a three - way battle for control between Murdoch's Twenty - First Century Fox, Walt Disney and Comcast and their veteran bosses.
It's a relatively trouble - free way
of stress - testing a product that Rakuten eventually hopes to use in
more crowded urban
skies for its delivery business.
Sky - high paychecks and perks, supported by blind shareholders, re-enforce that sense
of CEO exceptionalism, which only leads to
more problems.
I hope my work will, like Hawking's did for me, spur readers to look up at the night
sky (preferably in the middle
of nowhere) and see
more than «just» moons, planets, stars, and galaxies.
It comes just as media baron Rupert Murdoch is seeking U.K. government clearance for a euro12 billion ($ 19 billion) bid for full control
of British
Sky Broadcasting, a prize far
more valuable than his British stable
of newspapers.
We're wholeheartedly committed to the moonshot
of opening the
skies to faster,
more efficient transportation
of goods, and we look forward to having updates to share in the coming weeks,» the spokesperson told us.
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THE State Government is keen to ensure the arrival
of new airlines on the east coast is just the start
of more competition in the
skies around Australia.The Western Australian Tourism Commission has been assessing all
of the new start up airlines an...
From December 15 to January 4, U.S. airlines have added an average
of 91,000
more seats for about 80,000
more passengers expected each day compared to last year (when 49.3 million passengers took to the
sky).
You will continue to feel like you're
more of a professional
sky - diver than a mere businessman as you continue on this entrepreneurial path.
I ran a Conservative, Base, and Blue
Sky Scenario with Personal Capital and I came up with inflation and tax adjusted amounts
of $ 500,000, $ 1 million, and $ 2.5 million after 25
more years
of saving and investing.
Broadband providers are traditionally
more competitive on pricing than any other area
of the home services market, and despite
Sky's recent promotional activity its share in this market dropped two percentage points to 25 %.
CEO Oscar Munoz plans to put
more planes in the
skies, sparking fears
of a price war and wiping billions off United's and rivals» market values.
His dream
of more than five decades to return to the Indian
skies through a fully - fledged airline business is set to come true.
The enterprise value
of the Fox assets up for sale, which includes the movie studio, some cable channels and a stake in
Sky, could be
more than $ 60 billion, according to CNBC.
It is designed to force out -
of - province owners to contribute
more to B.C. government coffers or rent out their homes in cities where rents are
sky - high and vacancy rates less than one per cent.
In Maryland, Western
Sky worked with California - based CashCall Inc. to make
more than 1,200
of the small, short - term loans to residents between 2010 and early 2011 via the Internet or by phone, according to the state.
Certain matters discussed in this press release are forward ‐ looking statements, including that Everstream Energy Capital Partners, North
Sky Capital and New Energy Capital are planning to invest
more than $ 67 million in a fund to support utility ‐ scale projects in Central and Southern California developed by SunEdison; that the projects will generate over 320,000 MWh
of electricity annually, and create hundreds
of jobs or up to 250,000 hours for California electrical and construction union workers.
Dubbed by Licht as the «diamonds from the
sky» project, their work boasts high efficiency in terms
of its low requirement for electrical volts and
more reliance on sunlight and heaps
of carbon dioxide.
With so many media - savy fundies predicting the crash and all their ego - massaging confirmation bias articles and neatly chosen «expert opinions», we may not get
more than a handful
of 10 % corrections for another decade and every time they happen, we will be told the
sky is falling!
The reason for Australia's third - ranking iron ore miner traditionally being seen
more as prey than predator is a function
of its once
sky - high debt levels, uncertainty about its ore grade, and a belief that at some point Forrest would be tempted to cash out
of the company he created.
The world won't end, the
sky is still blue (well — usually), and gold and silver probably shouldn't take up
more than 5 %
of your portfolio.
That is way
more believable than some
sky fairy creating us and a hole lot
more fun to think
of the possibilities.
When the totality
of facts are taken into account, «miracles» turn out to be nothing
more than believers who are desperate for some sign
of my existence ignoring the downside
of a set
of facts, focusing solely on the upside and calling the quarantined «good» a miracle from me or one
of the other
sky - fairies.
Acting Blue
Sky MD Kim Morison promised a
more «sustainable» path in the wake
of Robert Shand's resignation.
The kind
of people who swear that what the saw in the
sky was an alien UFO, rather than something
more realistic (flock
of birds, planes, helicopters, falling star, kites, etc..)
I would think that as Atheists we are
more capable
of love because we have dropped the need for a
sky daddy.
Any god who could influence a person's thoughts could even
more easily light up the
sky with glowing letters
of holy text, yet there is nothing supernatural in origin influencing anything in this continuum.
If he did not have the football while kneeling and pointing to the
sky and they still penalized him, I would have
more of a problem with it.
Sorry,
sky wizard is apparently a
more technically correct description
of the Christian god mythical figure.
But instead atheists go after christians because
of???????? Fear maybe, or maybe because they believe they are so much
more intelligent becasue they don't believe in the man in the
sky.
Our family rented small summer apartments on Long Island and returned each Labor Day to see the city new yet distressed ¯ fresh excavations,
more steel frames covered with thin glass skin,
sky cranes hoisting tons
of stuff forty stories or
more.
«Strewn across this tiny piece
of the
sky are perhaps 1500 or
more galaxies
of all shapes, sizes, and colors!
If you think that some big invisible
sky wizard is going to eventually make everything good with a few
more magic spells, then you probably have a tendency to ignore some
of the difficulties
of life.