What is new about Dr Cinzano's research, which is about to be published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, is that he and his colleagues have managed to take account of the effects of back-scattering by clouds and dust in the atmosphere, as well as the effects of the original sources of the light themselves.

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The researchers estimate that it would take about 15 years for the dust to eventually settle down to Earth, and it would take a substantial chuck of space junk with it.

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With the Curiosity stage well under way, our exploration of the Red Planet is about to take a dive beneath the dust.

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Business tablet, the impact resistance against water and dust can also take advantage of outdoor activities.

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It increasingly looks like Verizon Communications will be victorious in its bid to take over MCI , leaving rival Qwest Communications in the dust after two months of wrestling.

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The one historical constant in my field is that each time a claim of human uniqueness bites the dust, other claims quickly take its place.

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Editors who often work with scanned prints and negatives might find the Visualize Spots tool to be quite useful, which helps you easily identify dust spots and remove them, while perfectionists can take advantage of Upright, the app's new perspective shift technology -- it's some crazy voodoo code that more or less works like magic (see screenshot above).

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Stop losses may take people out of their favorites, but they will allow them to buy those favorites back when the dust settles.

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