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SPACE, Astronomy News, Jul 11, 2011

To scrap the James Webb Space Telescope would be short-sighted
The Guardian (blog)
Hubble's observations have proven crucial in many of the most significant scientific breakthroughs in recent history, with important contributions stretching across all areas of astronomy. Its early observations in the 1990s of galaxies in the distant ...
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Dutch offers first-hand account, photos of historic space shuttle launch
UWGB (blog)
It was the last of the space shuttle missions, marking the end of an era for US spaceflight. Dutch, a professor of Natural and Applied Sciences whose courses includeastronomy, geology and exploration of the universe, staked out his spot the night ...
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Astronomy in view from the National Mall (slideshow)
Examiner.com
Representatives from some of the nation's foremost astronomical institutions were on hand, including the Space Telescope Science Institute, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, National OpticalAstronomy Observatory, National Capital Astronomers and ...
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The X PRIZE Foundation Appoints Alexandra Hall to Senior Director of the $30 ...
Marketwire (press release)
Hall has a degree in Astrophysics from the University of Leicester in United Kingdom and is regarded as a leader in bringing space and astronomy to the public, having authored several books for children and adults about space and hosted BBC ...
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CAS prof: Voyager indicates radiation could penetrate our solar system
BU Today
New research by Merav Opher, a College of Arts & Sciences assistant professor ofastronomy, and others suggests that the border of our solar system may not be the radiation-deflecting shield scientists once thought it was. Rather, data transmitted from...
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Artist, science writer to present talk for NASA Langley
The Virginian-Pilot
Carroll's art is aboard the Phoenix Lander on the surface of Mars and was placed on the MIR spacestation. His work has also appeared in many magazines, including National Geographic, Smithsonian and Astronomy. The talk is sponsored by NASA Langley ...
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Shuttle into space history
Scranton Times-Tribune
It placed in orbit several of the most important and productive scientific instruments in history, especially the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes, which have revolutionized astronomy. Shuttle crews twice prolonged the Hubble's life and serviced several ...
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Weekly agenda
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Take a look at the stars: Columbus State's Coca-Cola Space Science Center continues its summer-long Monday Astronomy Night series at Callaway Gardens near Pine Mountain. The sessions of stargazing and planet viewing are free and begin at 9 pm at the ...
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Monsters, marsupials and religion
OneNewsNow
Chris Willott of the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre commented, “It is safe to say that the existence of this quasar will be giving some theorists sleepless nights.” Alternative explanations for light-travel-time eliminate the idea that astronomers are ...
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Einstein? Ether? What is it all comng to?
Hattiesburg American
... and space to which we could always refer. That, too, is gone. Next: Time slows? Distances contract? Masses increase? What does that mean? See you then! Christopher Sirola is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at USM. ...
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Muse's Matt Bellamy Wants Richard Branson's Help To Record A Song In Space
RTT News
Bellamy went on to reveal that he is developing an interest in astronomy after being given a telescope by fans in Moscow. "The crowd in Moscow were probably the most intense we've ever had," he said. "They were going mental and they bought me a big ...
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Fresh Android for July 11: NASA App, Firefox Beta, Inotia3: Children of Carnia
Android Apps Appolicious
Browse thousands of images from NASAimages.org, NASA IOTD (Image of the Day), and NASA APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day). View live video feeds from NASA TV, check the calendar for opportunities to see the International Space Station over head, ...
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Jamie Reid Opens New London Exhibition
ArtLyst
I'd never met Jamie before and as we started to get things together it quickly struck me how this was a man of conviction and wisdom, possessing a wide breadth of knowledge that encompassed social politics, esoteric sprirituality, astronomy, ...
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Hoyer to Appropriators: Reconsider Cuts to James Webb Space Telescope
Space Ref (press release)
The JWST is of critical importance to the mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center in my district and is an investment of national and global significance in the future of space astronomy and ...
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Science to art, and vice versa
Times of Oman
She was learning basket-weaving at the time, too, and would arrive at her eveningastronomy classes with all her art materials and tools in tow. “I'd be looking at these incredible images of the deepness of space and time projected against a flat wall. ...
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Salute to the Space Shuttle : Space and Astronomy news daily ...
By Jonathan Nally
FROM THE FIRST FLIGHT IN 1981 aboard shuttle Columbia, the world has marvelled and been inspired by NASA's space shuttle program. For more than three decades NASA and its partners such as Lockheed Martin—and tens of thousands of ...
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