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SPACE, Astronomy News, May 13, 2011 (2)

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Closure of NASA's space shuttle program to limit UCLA research
Daily Bruin
By LYNN RICE Mike Rich (left), a UCLA research astronomer, and Matt Malkan, a UCLA physics and astronomy professor, rely on information from the NASA spaceshuttle program, which will end in June with Atlantis' final flight. The program completed more ...
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Daily Bruin
NASA Event to Showcase SOFIA Science, Education Projects
Sacramento Bee
Several basic science flights will carry American and German teachers participating in the AirborneAstronomy Ambassadors program in the coming months. To kick off the media event at 9:30 am PDT, June 8, SOFIA Program Manager Bob Meyer will present an ...
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Galaxy NGC 4214: A star formation laboratory
PhysOrg.com
Size isn't everything... in astronomy, at least. Dwarf galaxy NGC 4214 may be small, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in content. It is packed with everything anastronomer could ask for, from hot, young star-forming regions to old clusters ...
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India designing reusable spacecraft
Times of India
Besides, Astrosat-an astronomy satellite to study the movements of celestial bodies, has already been popular among astronomy circle. However, the senior scientist was cagey about use of remote sensing in military missions and anti-Maoist operations.
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'Despite galactic alignment, world will not end today'
Philippine Star
Jose Mendoza of PAGASA's Space Science and Astronomy section said people would be able to see with the naked eye the alignment of the planets Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Neptune at the eastern horizon before sunrise today. ...
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Gravity Probe B Demonstrates Einstein Theory
Aviation Week
Results from the mission will inform astronomy and cosmology for decades, scientists say, while its engineering lessons may guide future spacecraft developments in unexpected ways. One specific technology developed for GP-B already has enabled Nobel ...
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U-46 honors former astronomy educator: 'It was like Mr. Rogers was in here'
TribLocal
Carol Tuttle said her husband loved teaching astronomy, especially during a time when people were fascinated by the space program. Donna Hoppe remembers her father showing off the observatory at Carleton College where he first decided to pursue ...
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Colwyn Bay school studies the final frontier
North Wales Weekly News
He hinted that an astronomy GCSE may be on offer in the school as soon as next year. “Astronomy forms part of the GCSE science curriculum, and a planetarium is a useful way of providing pupils with a memorable visual experience to help them see that ...
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Dwarf planet Haumea shines with crystalline ice
EurekAlert (press release)
Observations from the SINFONI instrument of the Very Large Telescope (VLT), the enormous telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, were used in order to carry out the study, which has been published in the journal Astronomy ...
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Every School Every Thursday - Des Moines East/North
DesMoinesRegister.com
During the next six weeks they will be covering astronomy and space explorations. There will also be a review of the basics in the make-up of solar system and the theories of how it is all held together. Students will go to the Science Center of Iowa ...
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Global Warming Rap: 'Yo...We're Climate Scientists'
NewsBusters (blog)
As for America's second-leading proponent of this myth, the head of the Goddard Institute for SpaceStudies James Hansen has a BA in physics and mathematics from the University of Iowa, as well as an MS in astronomy and a Ph.D. in physics. ...
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NASA selects 2 California teachers for space flight
News10.net
Marita Beard of Branham High School in San Jose and Kathleen Fredette of Desert Willow Intermediate School in Palmdale were chosen to ride the Stratospheric Observatory for InfraredAstronomy. AP.
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NASA Event to Showcase SOFIA Science, Education Projects
PR Newswire (press release)
PALMDALE, Calif., May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) program will showcase its science and education efforts to journalists on June 8 at NASA's Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in ...
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Look! In the sky! It's a sign, it's an omen! It's a sweet conjunct of aspects
Examiner.com
One website proclaimed that it would be "one of the most exciting, powerful and transformative celestial events of our millennium according to astronomy and astrology experts." In many ways, these words sound all too similar to the hype and tripe that ...
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$25-Million Gift to Ensure Telescope Time for Texas A&M
Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription) (blog)
He has also given tens of millions of dollars to Texas A&M's physics and astronomy programs. Backers of the Magellan project have raised $255.5-million of the instrument's estimated $700-million cost and hope to complete it in 2018. ...
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ILC, Wetzel narrow down lecturer candidates
Exponent Online
... enter space; human rights speaker Madame Jehan Sadat, widow of the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat; filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, director of Supersize Me and Where is Osama Bin Laden?; and Cornell University professor of astronomy Steven Squyres, ...
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Thornbury-bound museum to promote Islamic contribution
Leader News
“We're planning to bring in high-quality international exhibitions, like the 1001 inventions, which shows the Islamic contribution to science and technology (such asastronomy and algebra),” Ms Fahour said. Others behind the not-for-profit project ...
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Places in the pew
Episcopal News Service
The Gaon believed that in order to understand Torah, one also needed to understand worldly subjects, and so he became learned in medicine, astronomy, and mathematics. Though he never became a rabbi, never held a public post, and never published any of ...
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Business Profile: Kynite Kennels, Fobbing
Yellow Advertiser
I enjoy astronomy, scuba diving, mountain biking, mountain climbing, microlighting and other activities when I have the time! What is most exciting you about your business?: I really enjoy the competition side of things, it gives me a sense of ...
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Thrilling trilliums: Spring is in full bloom at gardener's Amherst home
Amherst Bulletin
In front of the porch are dramatic standing stones signaling that this is the home of the UMassastronomy professor who in 2000 created the Sunwheel near the university's Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium. In 2005, Young went back to the same quarry, ...
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Teachers Selected to Fly on SOFIA Airborne Observatory
SunHerald.com (press release)
The Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors program is facilitated through the SOFIA Science Center (SSC) at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif. managed by the Universities SpaceResearch Association (USRA). "USRA is proud to take the leading ...
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Space and Earth Sciences News :: Flipping hot Jupiters
planets that orbit stars other than the sun -- have been discovered since 1995. But only in the last few years have astronomers observed that in some of these systems the star is spinning one ...
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Next-to-last space shuttle launch faces more delay (AP) | Space ...
Science, Space, Astronomy and NASA News from off the planet! Home. « Shuttle launch slips again, no earlier than May 16 (Reuters) ...
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365 Days of Astronomy needs you | Bad Astronomy - News from [feed ...
The podcast 365 Days of Astronomy is a great show about space and astronomy. It was created as part of the International Year of Astronomy 2.
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ASTRONOMY INFORMATION [Buh Buy]
Discover Basic Information about Astronomy and Space Exploration. By John Millis , About.com Guide to Space / Astronomy. Get the latest news and information ...
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Astronomy Without A Telescope – Cosmic Magnetic Fields - Space ...
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Cosmic Magnetic Fields - Space News Category Magnetic field data from the Whirlpool Galaxy, M51. Credit MPIfR Bonn.
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Space Video of the Day - 090920 | Astronomy - Top News | Newsodrome
Astronomy - Today's space video of the day is a prepared statement by Norman Augustine at the House Committee on Science and Technology Space Video of the ...
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Space Astronomy - gamecs.in
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Astronomy and Space Exploration News » BuzzTracker News Headlines
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy program will showcase its science and ...Subscribe to the Astronomy and Space Exploration News Feed ...
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Space and astronomy digest: May 2011
The Royal Astronomical Society, encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science.
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Supernovas In Space
Astronomy, names of supernova produce in as the natural elements Heard onnova ... out into space news astronomers led by jesus Black holes are produce in ...
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