2007 in science
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The year 2007 in science and technology involves many significant events.
Astronomy
March 3 -March 4 - A total lunar eclipse occurs, visible in some parts of theAmericas and Asia, and all of Europe and Africa.- March 19 - A partial
solar eclipse occurs, visible in Asia. - April 10 - Spectroscopic analysis of HD 209458 b, an
extrasolar planet, provides the first evidence of atmospheric water vapor beyond the
Solar System . - April 25 - Gliese 581 c is discovered and identified
as a potentially habitable Earth-like extrasolar planet in the
constellation Libra . - August 28 - A total lunar eclipse occurs, visible
in some parts of the
Americas and Asia, and all of Australasia and the Pacific Ocean. - September 11 - A partial
solar eclipse occurs, visible in southern areas of South America.
Computing
- January 5 -
Hitachi breaks the one-terabyte barrier for hard drive capacity. - January 9 -
Apple Computer 's CEO Steve Jobs reveals Apple's newiPhone .
Genetic Engineering
- January 16 - Scientists in Edinburgh announce they have
genetically engineered chickens which can lay eggs with the ability to fight cancer.
Space Exploration
February 28 - TheNew Horizons space probe made a gravitational slingshot againstJupiter to change its trajectory towards Pluto.- June 5 -
NASA 'sMESSENGER spacecraft makes its second flyby ofVenus en route toMercury . September 27 -NASA 's Dawn spacecraft is launched.
Awards
Nobel Prize - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine:
Mario Capecchi , Oliver Smithies andMartin Evans Nobel Prize in Physics : Albert Fert andPeter Grünberg - Nobel Prize in Chemistry:
Gerhard Ertl
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine:
Abel Prize in Mathematics :S. R. S. Varadhan
Deaths
- July 23 - Ernst Otto Fischer (b.
1918),
Nobel Prize laureate for pioneering work in the area of organometallic chemistry.
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