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Helix Nebula

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First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Does God exist?

The Helix Nebula is a large planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding, probably before 1824, this object is one of the closest to the Earth of all the bright planetary nebulae.Nebula is an immense cloud ... [Published Newsvine - May 15 2013]

Entities: Helix Nebula, Planetary Nebula, Hydrogen, Religion, Investigation

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

NASA

7 jaw-dropping images of storms in outer space

1. The rose over Saturn: This week, NASA released a stunning shot of an intimidating storm circulating over Saturn's north pole. The image was taken on November 27, 2012, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft from a distance of approximately 261,000 miles. The ... [Published The Week Magazine - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Hydrogen, Coronal Mass Ejections, Dust Storm

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

What Is a Nebula Star?

Where there's a nebula, there may soon be a star./Lifesize/Stars couldn't exist in the absence of nebulae, which are clouds of gas, dust and heavy elements swirling around in space. Given the right set of circumstances, it can begin collapsing in on itself, ... [Published Opposing Views - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Interstellar Dust, Helix Nebula, Crab Nebula

First reported Apr 05 2013 - Updated Apr 05 2013 - 1 reports

Video: Nebula One Brings the Cloud to You

In this video, Nebula CEO Chris Kemp discusses his new product called the Nebula One and the future of cloud computing with Cory Johnson on Bloomberg Television. Kemp was formerly the CTO of NASA IT. Nebula One brings the cloud to you, under ... [Published insideHPC - Apr 05 2013]

Entities: NASA, Andy Bechtolsheim, Helix Nebula, Cory Johnson, Patrick Stewart

First reported Apr 02 2013 - Updated Apr 03 2013 - 3 reports

CloudSigma goes all-SSD to boost HPC performance in the public cloud

Public clouds offer lots of flexibility, but not necessarily the sort of performance you need for handling big data. The Zurich-based provider CloudSigma has felt this pinch more than most, as it is a supplier to Europe’s performance-hungry science ... [Published GigaOM - Apr 02 2013]

Entities: CloudSigma, Lind (United States), Helix Nebula

First reported Mar 14 2013 - Updated Mar 14 2013 - 2 reports

CERN

CERN: We’re sure this is a Higgs boson, but we’re not sure which one it is

Last July physics researchers at CERN said they thought they had found evidence of the Higgs boson , a theoretical but essential component of our standard model of physics, and the raison d’être of the enormous Large Hadron Collider (LHC) . Now they’ve ... [Published GigaOM - Mar 14 2013]

Entities: Higgs Boson, CERN, Large Hadron Collider

First reported Feb 27 2013 - Updated Feb 27 2013 - 1 reports

T-Systems International GmbH

Video: Helix Nebula Science Cloud at CERN

In this video, Jurry de la Mar from T-Systems describes the Helix Nebula Science Cloud . The talk was recorded at the CERN Workshop on IT Requirements for the next generation research infrastructures held on February 1. A Tip of the Hat goes out ... [Published insideHPC - Feb 27 2013]

Entities: Helix Nebula, CERN, T-Systems International GmbH, NASA

Quotes

...years that the rings were about 30 feet thick, but based on the new images, scientists now think that they're more than 2 miles deep in some spots. "Isn't that the most outrageous thing you could imagine? It truly is like something out of science fiction" said Carolyn Porco, leader of the Cassini imaging team

Super-Intelligent 'Space Brains' Probably Don't Outnumber Humans [Published Huffington Post UK - May 23 2013]

"But will it take place in 2023? I don't know; that's what's being aimed for."

Canadians Eager For Mars 'Suicide Mission' [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 10 2013]

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CloudSigma Named Cool Vendor in European Cloud ... [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - May 02 2013]
7 jaw-dropping images of storms in outer space [Published The Week Magazine - Apr 30 2013]
What Is a Nebula Star? [Published Opposing Views - Apr 19 2013]
Video: Nebula One Brings the Cloud to You [Published insideHPC - Apr 05 2013]
CloudSigma Consolidates on SSDs for HPC IaaS [Published insideHPC - Apr 03 2013]
CloudSigma goes all-SSD to boost HPC performanc... [Published GigaOM - Apr 02 2013]
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Physicists Debate the Many Varieties of Nothing... [Published Scientific American - Observations - Mar 22 2013]
CERN: We’re sure this is a Higgs boson, but we’... [Published GigaOM - Mar 14 2013]
CERN: We’re sure this is a Higgs boson, but we’... [Published GigaOM Network - Mar 14 2013]
Video: Helix Nebula Science Cloud at CERN [Published insideHPC - Feb 27 2013]
The increasingly blurry line between Big Data a... [Published GigaOM - Feb 01 2013]
The increasingly blurry line between Big Data a... [Published GigaOM Network - Feb 01 2013]
The increasingly blurry line between Big Data a... [Published GigaOM Network - Feb 01 2013]
Most Awesome Space Images of 2012 [Published Universe Today - Dec 31 2012]
Eye-Like Helix Nebula Turns Blue in New Image [Published Universe Today - Oct 04 2012]
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Blogs

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Video: Nebula One Brings the Cloud to You [Published insideHPC - Apr 05 2013] In this video, Nebula CEO Chris Kemp discusses his new product called the Nebula One and the future of cloud computing with Cory Johnson on Bloomberg Television. Kemp was formerly the CTO of NASA IT. Nebula One brings the cloud to you, under ...
CloudSigma Consolidates on SSDs for HPC IaaS [Published insideHPC - Apr 03 2013] Over at GigaOm , David Meyer writes that European IaaS provider CloudSigma has abandoned magnetic disks for solid-state storage. After a pilot test of SolidFire’s all-SSD storage system , CloudSigma now feels confident enough to offer a service-level ...
CloudSigma goes all-SSD to boost HPC performanc... [Published GigaOM - Apr 02 2013] Public clouds offer lots of flexibility, but not necessarily the sort of performance you need for handling big data. The Zurich-based provider CloudSigma has felt this pinch more than most, as it is a supplier to Europe’s performance-hungry science ...
CloudSigma goes all-SSD to boost HPC performanc... [Published GigaOM Network - Apr 02 2013] Public clouds offer lots of flexibility, but not necessarily the sort of performance you need for handling big data. The Zurich-based provider CloudSigma has felt this pinch more than most, as it is a supplier to Europe’s performance-hungry science ...
CloudSigma goes all-SSD to boost HPC performanc... [Published GigaOM Network - Apr 02 2013] Public clouds offer lots of flexibility, but not necessarily the sort of performance you need for handling big data. The Zurich-based provider CloudSigma has felt this pinch more than most, as it is a supplier to Europe’s performance-hungry science ...