Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
By Jacques Von Lunen, Herald staff writer PASCO -- Space still is the final frontier, but its entry point is moving a lot closer to Pasco. Soon, students from across the state will come here to peer at faraway galaxies, casual astronomy fans will crane ...
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SKYXPLORE revisits Negros
Malaya
The Junior Astronomers also answered the students' questions about the deep space and celestial bodies in the "Ask An Astronomer" activity. Another set of preschool to college students enjoyed their Skyxplore experience in Colegio San Agustin in ...
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Israel to lead int'l 'virtual space journey' tonight
Jerusalem Post
In honor of Global Astronomy Month, the Bareket Observatory, located east of Maccabim, near Modi'in, will team up with NASA and American experts to lead a live “virtual space journey through a telescope,” available to audiences through an international ...
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The Northern Lights are coming
Examiner.com
As the last part of the puzzle, find a clear sky clock and see if it will be clear near you. Hit the 'subscribe' button for automatic email updates when I write something new! Want more astro info? Why not check out my astronomy column?
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'New window on universe' excites Stephen Hawking
Houston Chronicle
... Space Telescope, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe and other satellites, remaking our conception of the universe. What excites you about the next decade of cosmology? A: I think the most exciting development will be gravitational wave astronomy. ...
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Houston Chronicle
Plenty still on Dryden's plate post-shuttle
Bakersfield Californian
The Boeing 747-based giant infrared camera is studying the formation of stars and planets -- the kind of astronomy research not possible with ground-based telescopes. SOFIA, or Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, completed the first of ...
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Having fun with lasers: At special event, UA optics students hope to shine new ...
Arizona Daily Star
At the UA, optical science was joined at the hip to astronomy. The school's founder, Aden Meinel, was the first director of Kitt Peak National Observatory. He was head of Steward Observatory and the astronomy department when he founded the Optical ...
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SOFIA Completes First Flight Of German Science Instrument
IEWY News
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, completed its first science flight Wednesday, April 6, using the German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies (GREAT) scientific instrument. GREAT is a high-resolution ...
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'Silent Sky' makes enjoyable debut in Costa Mesa
OCRegister
In this case, the woman is Henrietta Leavitt (Monette Magrath), a New England pastor's daughter with keen intelligence and a ready, sometimes withering wit whose interest in astronomy was piqued at Radcliffe. At the beginning of the story, ...
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For Physicists, There's Plenty Left to Dream About
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
One only has to peruse the 1902 edition of Astronomy for Everybody, by Simon Newcomb, to get a historical perspective. Newcomb takes us on an imaginary trip, at the speed of light, through the then-known universe to the "staggering" distance of 100000 ...
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Astro Space News 11 April 2011 « David Reneke
By Dave
Here's a selection of Astronomy/Space related stories you may find interesting. Be sure to sign up for your own copy of Astro Space News. I absolutely do not disclose your address to anyone! There is no cost and no obligation for this ...
David Reneke - http://www.davidreneke.com/
Daily Kos: Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (Yuri's Night ...
By rss@dailykos.com (Neon Vincent)
Astronomy/Space. Purdue University: Grant provides archivist to care for Purdue Libraries' astronaut collections. April 8, 2011. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue Libraries will receive a $2 million grant from the Conrad N. Hilton ...
environment - http://www.dailykos.com/tag/environment
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest Worldwide ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
If you have been waiting for your turn to leave for an unforgettable cruise across space and time, Global Astronomy Month (GAM2011, April 2011) is bringing to you that chance! Fasten your seat belt and fly to the stars, just connecting ...
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/
Space and Earth Sciences News :: First man in space: A 50-year-old ...
Space and Earth Sciences News. Your daily source for the latest space and earth sciences news. Home · Earth Sciences · Astronomy · Environment · Space Exploration. First man in space: A 50-year-old feat remembered. It was the Soviet Union's own giant leap for mankind, one that would spur a humiliated America to race for the moon. It happened 50 years ago this Tuesday, when an air force pilot named Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.The 27-year-old cosmonaut's ...
Space and Earth Sciences News - http://news-about-space.org/
10.04.11: Towards a Brave New Decade of Space Exploration. : Astro ...
By David Dickinson
Earlier, this week, two news articles made their way to us via Spaceflight Now that we thought deserved some weekend editorializing in this space. On Tuesday, SpaceX announced its plans for a Falcon Heavy rocket, which could provide 3.8 ... Still, a launch vehicle like the Falcon Heavy gets astronomers and planetary scientists salivating; we think of the large payload missions and Battlestar Galactica-style platforms we could get into space, without complex unfolding ...
Astro Guyz - http://astroguyz.com/
Futurist Transhuman News Blog » Blog Archive » Floating eco ...
By admin
Built upon seismic piers off the coast of the mainland, the prefabricated, modular units can be fit into a wave-like matrix as space is needed. Each family would have a plot of land to grow their own food, and their passive home would ...
Futurist Transhuman News Blog - http://euvolution.com/futurist-transhuman-news-blog/
Carnival of Space 192
By noreply@blogger.com (bw)
"Three-sigma isn't seen as a 'discovery,'" Butterworth said in a previous Discovery News article. "Really, a 'five-sigma' is classed as a discovery. Five- sigma is the 'Gold Standard.'" ...
Next Big Future - http://nextbigfuture.com/
The Discovery Enterprise: Hubble, Journey Through the Orion Nebula
By Alex Michael Bonnici
This virtual space journey isn't the latest video game but one of several groundbreaking astronomy visualizations created by specialists at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, the science operations centre for ...
The Discovery Enterprise - http://discoveryenterprise.blogspot.com/
Spaceports: Asia's star burns ever brighter in space
By jack@jackkennedy.net (JackKennedy)
In October, it launched its second lunar probe Chang'e-2 - the next step in a bold program to become the second country to put a man on the moon. Beijing also plans to build its own space station, [launch a prtotype late this year]. ...
Spaceports - http://spaceports.blogspot.com/
Kepler Helps Astronomers Update Census Of Sun-Like Stars - Space ...
NASA's Kepler Mission has detected changes in brightness in 500 sun-like stars, giving astronomers a much better idea about the nature and evolution of the ...
www.redorbit.com/news/space/2026738/.../index.html
Long Government Shutdown Could Delay Space Shuttle Launch (SPACE ...
SPACE.com - If Congress fails to settle on a national budget by midnight tonight (April 8), forcing a partial shutdown of the United States government, the.
stillaig.com/.../long-government-shutdown-could-delay-space-...
astronomy-now.com » Astronomical News
... Daily Galaxy – Great Discoveries Channel -Your Daily Dose of Awe: Science, Space, Tech. comments: 0 » tags: astronomy news, galaxies, space exploration ...
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CBC, Heritage to offer astronomy degree
News - Space still is the final frontier, but its entry point is moving a lot ... casual astronomy fans will crane their necks inside a space dome and two ...
www.allvoices.com/.../8739941-cbc-heritage-to-offer-astrono...
Enceladus Tiger Stripes
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Astronomers discover Kepler's trinity
University of Sydney astronomer Daniel Huber from the School of Physics says: " We found what was a .... More news stories ... (PhysOrg.com) -- Anatoly Perminov , director of the Russian Space agency Roscosmos, has announced plans for an ...
www.physorg.com/.../2011-04-astronomers-kepler-trinity.htm...
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