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SPACE, Astronomy News, Jul 14, 2011


Chelmsford teacher to attend Alabama Space Camp
BBC News
The 24-year-old was selected to take part after he introduced a GCSE in astronomy at the school. During the week he will take part in activities including simulated spacemissions and astronaut training. There will also be lectures on rocketry and ...
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Astronomy Camp held at Rainwater
Choctaw Plaindealer
... the manager of the observatory, teacher at Memphis Airfield and a Space Scientific Artist, decided to hold a camp for teenagers, ages 14-15, to explore our universe. Seven teens attended theAstronomy Camp along with “Camp of the Rising Sun. ...
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A sentimental journey into history
Marinscope Community Newspapers
Will said he was excited to see the Space Shuttle take off, after learning about astronomy this past year in the third grade. “My teacher made it really interesting and got me into it,” Will said. This was his first time watching a shuttle launch. ...
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Fascination with space lifts off at two-week camp
Meriden Record-Journal
Stone said he bases his program on concepts and activities learned at the national Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala., with a curriculum that teaches space exploration and astronomy. Space Camp was recently awarded a 2011 NASA Summer of Innovation Grant. ...
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We Now Know What Caused Dust in the Early Universe
AccuWeather.com (blog)
... Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. "Now we have a direct measurement of how supernovas enrich space with the elements that condense into the dust that is needed for stars, planets and life." Please join the AccuWeather.com Astronomy ...
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House Panel Slates Hubble Successor for Elimination in NASA Budget
National Journal
"The United States's position as the leader in astronomy, space science, and spaceflight is directly threatened by this proposal." The Webb telescope sees in the infrared spectrum, and it is expected to be able to image objects that were created just ...
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Sky at night for Holyrood students
Chard & Ilminster News
By Steve Sowden » STUDENTS at Holyrood Academy, in Chard, have had the chance to explore the expanse of space when a mobile planetarium visited the school. Youngsters from different year groups got to experience the space dome when astronomy expert ...
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Real Economy Report
Creamer Media's Engineering News
The 26 metre dish was originally built in only a few months, and for America's National Aeronautics and Space Agency, or Nasa. Dr George Nicolson, emeritus astronomer and former director of the Hartbeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, explains why. ...
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Astronomers Discover Stars Locked in Fatalistic Dance
Media Newswire (press release)
“These stars are whipping around each other so fast they are literally distorting the fabric of space,” said University of Texas at Austin graduate student JJ Hermes, a member of research team led by Warren Brown of the Smithsonian Institution. ...
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Space History in DC -- 11 Hours in the Air and Space Museum
Huffington Post (blog)
Explore the Universe -- Huge astronomy fan, but I think what I like best is the stained-glass window showing the electromagnetic spectrum and how little of the energy created by stars we really see with our naked eyes. It's always nice to see science ...
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'We waited 30 years for this': Father and son recreate picture of themselves ...
Daily Mail
The self confessed astronomy buffs - who witnessed the inaugural 1981 Columbialaunch and Atlantis' swansong - created the image as a tribute to NASA's mighty flying machine. Standing on a causeway at Kennedy space centre in 1981, father and son are ...
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Private industry, Russians can't replace space shuttle
In-Forum
We all can show that we believe by supporting future space delivery/transport rocket systems. Oh yes, and I have a son who wants to study astronomy and physics at a university in Arizona. Let President Barack Obama and Congress change course now before ...
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Four local teachers earn wings at Space Camp
Coon Rapids Herald
“I intend to use activities on rocket construction and launching, problem solving and remote sensing… to enhance my students' learning experience in physics, astronomy and physical science. David Tukey, who teaches earth science at Jackson Middle ...
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Letter: Space exploration
Topeka Capital Journal
I love astronomy and would like to see us explore farther out in this solar system of ours. The night sky shows endless beauty. But truth be told, we actually need to cut back NASA. We cannot afford it. We need to cut it back for a while, ...
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Congress threatens America's future in space | Bad Astronomy
Bayoubuzz
One of the most aggravating things about having a representative government is dealing with the consequences of the choices they make. We don't get a direct vote on how money is spent, but we vote for the people who do. And sometimes they don't make ...
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Steve Ruark / AP
msnbc.com (blog)
That may be one of the reasons why the team from the Sydney Girls High School Astronomy Club won this year's competition to produce scientifically useful and aesthetically pleasing images using the Gemini Observatory. The data for this image came from ...
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Best spots for sky-gazing at night
Straight.com
“The reward of astronomy is appreciating the scale of distances in space, like standing on the bow of a ship as the Earth sails through a debris field of boulders. Everybody's connected to the universe. It's something we sense in our gut. ...
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Central Library opens new science center for children
YourNabe.com
Surrounding the map are various science tables with experiments about select topics such as microbiology, astronomy and electricity. Children's librarian Francine Field said a lot of the parents are playing with the setups and learning right along with ...
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Celebrate Science with SETI this Summer
QUEST (blog)
Photo by Tama Leaver via FlickrI had the pleasure of attending SETIcon last year, a weekend in mid-August focused both on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, astronomy and modern day science fiction. While there's no indication that SETIcon ...
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Danville Science Center unveils new planetarium
WSLS
It can be a unique way for children to learn about astronomy and encourage their interest in the sciences, according to science center officials. The first audience for the planetarium were children at the center's summer camp program “Seasons of the ...
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Workspace: Thomas Webber, MOSH planetarium director
Jacksonville Daily Record
He interacts with people of all ages who may or may not know they're interested in physics andastronomy before they attend a show at the planetarium. The job also allows Webber to express his personality. “I'll admit I'ma bit of a ham. ...
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Author Ben Mezrich to appear in Portsmouth
Foster's Daily Democrat
Thad and two accomplices broke into an impenetrable lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center to steal the most precious objects in the world: the moon rocks. He then tried to sell them on the internet, but was thwarted by a Dutch mineralist who saw an ad for ...
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How Comfy Are Faculty Lounges
Acton Institute (blog)
In April a Yale senior astronomy and physics major was found dead in a college lab. She was working alone during the night with a machine tool — a lathe — and somehow her hair which was long and dangling had been wrapped around the spinning chuck and ...
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Evolved stars locked in fatalistic dance
Astronomy Magazine
Watching these stars fall in will allow astronomers to test Einstein's general theory of relativity as well as the origin of a special class of supernovae. David A. Aguilar (CfA) White dwarfs are the burned-out cores of stars like our Sun. ...
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Aussie scope to be upgraded : Space and Astronomy news daily ...
By Jonathan Nally
“The new Zadko Observatory building will also allow our collaboration to scan the sky for space junk that threatens the satellites on which we depend for almost every aspect of daily life from telecommunications, weather reports, ...
Space and Astronomy news daily...
U Of C Astronomy Prof: It's Time To Explore Asteroids « CBS Chicago
By Adam Harrington
The head of the University of Chicago Astronomy and Astrophysics Department says it's time to look way beyond low-earth orbit for the nation's next space venture.
CBS Chicago
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James Webb Space Telescope Latest News. JWST Overview ... The telescope is the cornerstone of future space astronomy and is the foundation upon which the ...
www.stsci.edu/jwst/news/2011/budget
Threat of James Webb Space Telescope Cancellation Rattles Astronomy
Posted 2 hours ago by PHYSorg.com: Astronomy News. Onstott's discovery of worms in Earth's depths raises questions about life in space ...
worldastronauts.com/.../threat-of-james-webb-space-telescope-...
Webb Space Telescope - Why Congress May Be Right To Kill It - Topix
Astronomy. News · Forums & Polls. Webb Space Telescope . ... NASA needs is not a James Webb Space Telescope but an actual James Webb for the 21st century. ...
www.topix.com/forum/science/.../T95TDU8TUB2HULD2T
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