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SPACE, Astronomy News, Jul 21, 2011


What should be the Name of Pluto's Fourth Moon? Mickey or Cerberus?
International Business Times
Although P4 is the temporary designation of Pluto's new satellite, astronomers and spaceresearchers have been dwelling on all possible names for the fourth moon. A recent Facebook poll byastronomy site, Space.com revealed some interesting options ...
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Derrick Pitts: Where NASA Goes From Here
MyFox Philadelphia
"The space shuttle is just the tip of the iceberg of what NASA does in space exploration and spaceresearch and astronomy, all those sorts of things," he said. "We're still the leader around the world by far. But we have to recognize that it's ...
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Korea, Japan Join Hands to Boost Range of Space Telescope
The Chosun Ilbo
The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute said Wednesday it signed an agreement with the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan for the joint operation of their radio telescopes. Korea operates three radio telescopes which constitute the ...
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The Chosun Ilbo
Down-to-Earth priorities may scuttle future space plans
Montreal Gazette
"If we pause space programs for five or 10 years, then we lose momentum. The structure — the engineers and the teachers — will go somewhere else. When we start again we'll have to start from almost zero." Martimbeau, who creates astronomy shows at ...
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JPL Announces Personnel Appointments
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
In addition, Dave Gallagher will become the Director for Astronomy, Physics and Space Technology. In his new role, Naderi will oversee JPL's robotic solar system missions, including new projects under development and such currently operating projects ...
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US science is going the way of the shuttle
Philadelphia Inquirer
Throughout its decades of service, the Hubble has offered an extraordinarily valuable window into the depths of space, helping astronomers understand the history and fate of the cosmos to an unprecedented degree. No one would doubt its importance. ...
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HartRAO: 50 years of scanning the skies
TechCentral
You can also leave a comment below this article First built by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) as one of three tracking stations for itsspace programme, the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) celebrates ...
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Russia launches orbiting radio observatory
UPI.com
With a 30-foot-wide antenna dish, the Spektr-R is part of an international astronomy project that will see it working in conjunction with radio telescopes on Earth. "The aim of the mission is to use thespace telescope to conduct interferometer ...
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AAS Informational Email 2011-08: Recent Policy Activity on James Webb Space ...
Space Ref (press release)
These two bills are where astronomy and astrophysics receives the majority of federal funding for research and development. However, the approval of these budgets by the House is but the first step in the appropriations process, which involves both the ...
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Decades Late, Russian Space Telescope Finally Launched
Science AAAS
It's remarkable that these people have persevered and are now rewarded with a successful launch," says Michael Garrett, director of ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. The goal of the Russian satellite is to work with ground-based ...
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Louise Burns is drawn to songs of sadness
Straight.com
By Kristi Alexandra, July 20, 2011 Besides being a sort of jack-of-all-trades when it comes to musicianship, Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Louise Burns knows a lot about astronomy. “I'ma big fan of space,” says the former Lillix bassist and singer ...
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Star Talk, Star Party for teens Friday night at PV Library
Prescott Daily Courier
Prescott Valley Public Library and the Prescott Astronomy Club are inviting teens to a Star Talk presentation from 7-8 pm Friday inside the library's first-floor auditorium, 7401 E. Civic Circle. Guest speaker Marilyn Unruh of the Prescott Astronomy ...
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Journeys through the musical cosmos
Galway Advertiser
The Russians and the Americans were locked in 'The Space Race', which culminated in the Apollo moon landings of 1969; the year before Arthur C Clarke and Stanley Kubrick had unveiled 2001: ASpace Odyssey; Pink Floyd were singing 'Astronomy Domine' and ...
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A Scientist's Life: 10 Things Palomar's Mark Lane Has Done
SignOnSanDiego.com
By Gary Robbins Astronomer Mark Lane is helping oversee construction of a new planetarium at Palomar College. — Mark Lane Meet Mark Lane, an astronomy professor who doubles as director of the planetnarium at Palomar College in San Marcos. ...
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'Another Earth' posits a parallel planet
Los Angeles Times
It was a kind of armchair astronomy that gave rise to "Another Earth." As she struggled to make it as an actress, Marling would sometimes come home to the Silver Lake house she and Cahill shared with another aspiring director, Zal Batmanglij, ...
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Los Angeles Times
Summer workshop for teachers at ESTEC
Space Ref (press release)
They also looked at the Agency's Earth observation activities and were introduced to Europe's fleet of Solar System and astronomy missions - all ready to beef up their science lessons. The highlight was surely a close encounter with ESA astronaut ...
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Science journalists are full of crap
TechEye
If there's space, it has to be filled. University public relation types will, we've seen many times, re-release press blurbs, sometimes months after the first release. Jones, in the report, calls for a BBC science editor to be appointed, and a science ...
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The Hubble Space Telescope discovers another moon ... - Astronomy
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Astronomy Without A Telescope – Granularity » Space Times News
A gamma ray burst is an opportunity to assess the nature of the apparent 'empty space' vacuum that exists between you an it. In GRB 041219A's case, ...
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Top 7 Space Apps | Smartphone Astronomy Apps | iPad Astronomy Apps ...
The space shuttle era is drawing to a close, but space and astronomy apps to inspire a new generation are just taking wing.
www.technewsdaily.com/space-apps-take-off-as-shuttle-era-en...
Bad Astronomy: I am an astrono… | Space News Daily
Bad Astronomy: I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it ... This entry was posted in Space News Tweet and tagged #rbsn, Twitter. ...
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Space / Astronomy « THE INFINITE INFO
Informations Plus Top News ... Space / Astronomy. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex will get cracking ...
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Breaking news: The Hubble Space Telescope discovers another moon ...
Breaking news: The Hubble Space Telescope discovers another moon around ... Astronomy | Hubble Space Telescope | This is pretty nifty: astronomers have ...
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