SPACE
Canada's First Ever Discovery of
Comet Cardinal
Rob Cardinal gazed at the sky in search of an asteroid, but ended up finding a comet.

Astronomer Cardinal thought he saw something move while observing a patch of sky near the North Celestial Pole while using the observatory's Baker-Nunn telescope. A subsequent computer analysis of the images taken showed a moving object that, although faint by visual standards, was actually exceptionally bright for what was a suspected asteroid at the time. A few more pictures taken about a week later verified that a never-before-seen member of our solar...
 
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Triumf Concludes Research and Technology Partnership with India
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ADB Grant Revolutionizes Indian
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Mineral Production During June 2008
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• Expect inflation to go down albeit slowly to 7% by March-end.
• Inflation to move from 4-6% to 6-8% band for the next few years.
• Oil cools to early-June levels – volatility to continue.
• Cereal prices to go down, great monsoons in north and east.
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