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SPACE, Astronomy News, May 15, 2011 (2)

UK Astronomy Will Be Hit Hard By Budget Cuts
eNews Park Forest
“I have no doubt that scientists want to work with STFC to get the best possible outcomes for UKastronomy and space science. The proposal to bring in more academics to its governing Council is very welcome and could help STFC to deliver this and to ...
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End of the world not yet, says space sciences expert
Inquirer.net
They are visible in the naked eye before sunrise, best at 4:30 am and 5:30 am on the eastern side,” said Dario dela Cruz, officer-in-charge of the Space Sciences and Astronomy Section of the Philippine Atmospherical, Geophysical and Astronomical ...
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Advice for when life makes you a little – or a lot – stressed
Discover Magazine (blog)
All the entries are good, but I want to specifically point out this one by astronomer John Johnson, an exoplanet hunter at Caltech. I met John last year at a panel I hosted last year about the search for planets and life in space, and immediately liked ...
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US starts project to find alien life
Press TV
US astronomers said on Friday that the colossal dish will gather 24 hours of data on each of the planets, which have been selected from a list of 1235 planets identified by NASA's Kepler space telescope, AFP reported. "It's not absolutely certain that ...
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Press TV
Pictures: Places on Earth Aliens Could Thrive?
NatGeo News Watch (blog)
Getting involved in astronomy doesn't always require a telescope. In fact, there's a whole class of space researchers who get more mileage out of microscopes: They're called astrobiologists. “the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, ...
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NatGeo News Watch (blog)
On Being What You Want, and Bigotry
ScienceBlogs (blog)
This is the Physics & Astronomy faculty at USC, a fairly typical-looking department. Everyone in this photo is an expert in some sub-specialty of physics and/or astronomy, and has demonstrated a high degree of competence over many years. ...
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Merging Galaxies
Deseret News (blog)
It says the same about its twin sister, NGC 5427. According to NASA's AstronomyPicture of the Day for July 21, 2008, the galaxies, also dubbed Arp 271, stretch across about 130000 light-years and are around 90 million light-years from Earth.
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Deseret News (blog)
Starry Dog Constellation a Skywatcher's Best Friend
Space.com
Astronomy popularizer Hans A. Rey called it the "Virgin's Diamond," though others refer to it simply as "The Great Diamond." In 2011, we also have an interloper within the Diamond: the planet Saturn, which is positioned along the imaginary line ...
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Space.com
Three Prominent Scholars Awarded Honorary Doctorates
Texas A&M University
“Dr. Townes was on the original Astronomy Advisory Panel that initiated theastronomy program at Texas A&M, a program which has already gained wide recognition for excellence,” said Dr. Marlan O. Scully, distinguished professor of physics and astronomy ...
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Texas A&M University
UWO team gunning for pesky meteoroids
London Free Press
Brown is responsible for keeping the process running from his campus office at the Physics andAstronomy Building, but the radar is located on a nondescript farm near Tavistock. The shuttle is expected to return to Earth around June 1.
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Commitment to Patients Drives UCLA Health System
UC Los Angeles
... assistant professor of physics and astronomy and a member of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, and Matthew Mecklenburg, a UCLA graduate student of physics and astronomy, developed a new way of explaining space and the spin of electrons. ...
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Star Stuff: Days are getting longer
Muscatine Journal
Let the universe show us the real thing. This would increase interest in astronomy, show the facts and give us some beautiful pictures. One of the worst movies about space was “Armageddon” in 1998. This movie was so bad factually that NASA shows it to ...
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Mechanicsburg student receives third-class award at international science ...
Patriot-News
In addition to the third-class award, the 18-year-old will receive $1000 for his work in the physics andastronomy category. Hess' project related to a computer program to improve the simulation of aspace propulsion system known as an electrostatic ...
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Taiwan students grab eight awards at international science fair
Focus Taiwan News Channel
... First Girl's Senior High School, won a second prize with a team project at the physics and astronomy category. Both Sung and Hu were excited about winning the honor, especially after learning that they are now entitled to name a comet in space. ...
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Focus Taiwan News Channel
Great voices of science fiction
The Guardian
ACC: I decided not to go back to the civil service, but to take a degree, and I went to Kings College London, and I took my degree in physics and pure and applied maths and some postgraduate work in astronomy. I then became a science editor and worked ...
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The Guardian
UAlbany NanoCollege Professor Shahedipour-Sandvik receives the UAlbany Award ...
Nanowerk LLC
The applications for devices based on this material system include LEDs for solid state lighting; detectors for military (space-to-space covert operation), civilian (air and water purification), and scientific (UV astronomy) initiatives; and RF-powered ...
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Nanowerk LLC
Stunning Planetary Portraits and Spacescapes
Universe Today
We've featured many space images here on Universe Today that have been produced by imaging enthusiasts who take raw images from a mission or spacecraft and refine them into what many consider works of art. Michael Benson has taken this activity to a...
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Universe Today
Further Studies: Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon Have Triplets
Ology
Delving further into Lockwalnadan astronomy, it is important to note that their individual constellation cycle renews on each year on March 19 th , which is, put in layman's terms, 'Day 1' of their calendar year. Upon April 30 th , the constellation ...
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Ology
Home again, home again, in so many ways: Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Earth
io9
For people who know some basic astronomy, the whole bit about Alpha (né Centauri) is going to be a big tip-off that they're on the right track. And pretty much anyone can jump on board the big reveals of Saturn and its unique ring system, ...
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Dwarf planet Haumea covered in crystalline water-ice
TruthDive
The study suggested that the planet is made up of a frozen outer layer and an internal section made up of between 88 percent and 97 percent rock. The findings were published in the journal Astronomyand Astrophysics. (ANI)
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Why space shuttle fleet is retiring, what's next
Contra Costa Times
A: The life of the space station has been extended to at least 2020 and it could continue on even longer. It's now big enough for six people. They conduct science research, from astronomy to zoology, and help scientists understand what is needed for ...
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The night sky in 37440 exposures - Yahoo! News
Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook ... More on Space & Astronomy. Countdown begins for US shuttle Endeavour AFP; US astronomers start ...
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Amazing aurora videos : Space and Astronomy news daily – SpaceInfo ...
Space and Astronomy news daily – SpaceInfo.com.au. Space and Astronomy news daily .....SpaceInfo … astronomy and space exploration news and images, ...
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Shuttle launch slips again, no earlier than May 16 (Reuters ...
Science, Space, Astronomy and NASA News from off the planet! Home. « Endeavour shuttle launch delayed again: NASA (AFP) · Next-to-last space shuttle launch ...
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Space and Earth Sciences News :: US astronomers launch search for ...
A massive radio telescope in rural West Virginia has begun listening for signs of alien life on 86 possible Earth-like planets, US astronomers said Friday.
www.news-about-space.org/astronomy-news/cluster9631023/
NASA Breaking News | Chesmont Astronomical Society
On April 12, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope first detected the outburst, which lasted six days. Categories: Astronomy News ...
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world news science Space & Astronomy: Alien Planet Nearly Dense as ...
Astronomers have pinned down some details of an exotic nearby alien planet that's almost as dense as lead. The exoplanet, called 55 Cancri e, is 60 percent ...
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View exclusive solar system Images, latest astronomy news and more. ... Take a look at how China's first space station, called Tiangong . ...
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Why space shuttle fleet is retiring, what's next - Topix
Astronomy News · Why space shuttle fleet is retiring, what's next · Seventy-five years later, the Clyde is still th... Carbon, Carbon, Everywhere; But Not ...
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