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Jul 31, 2011

SPACE, Astronomy News, Jul 31, 2011


Hubble's successor in trouble as costs soar
Detroit Free Press
The 21-foot-wide James Webb Space Telescope would see the faint light of the first stars and peer within dust clouds to see planets growing. / HO/Agence France-Press/Getty Images BY DAN VERGANO For years, astronomers have set their sights on launching ...
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Canceling The James Webb Space Telescope Redux
Science 2.0
We know that answer, astronomers not working on JWST expressed it for years about the Webb Telescope overruns and what it was costing space science overall. Finally, he invokes the "it is a drop in the bucket compared to X" argument. ...
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Mozark Moments: From Missouri to the Stars
Christian County Headliner News
Astronomer Edwin Hubble, top left, and astronauts Behnken, Magnus, Godwin, Kavandi and Akers all have Missouri connections. Posted: Sunday, July 31, 2011 12:00 am | Updated: 10:17 am, Mon Jul 25, 2011. With the ending of the space shuttle program, ...
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IDYLLWILD: Astrocamp soars beyond shuttle
Press-Enterprise
Several commercial space flight vehicles are being developed by private entrepreneurs Still, Idyllwild instructors say, teaching the fundamental science programs can keep students intrigued and prepared for the next level of astronomy and the space ...
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Late nights and early mornings give way to Saturn and Jupiter
Washington Post
7 — Take a Sunday stroll seeing Saturn and stars, with “Sidewalk Astronomy,” hosted by the Astronomical Society of Greenbelt, Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, near Crescent Road and Centerway. 8 pm www. greenbeltastro.org. • Aug. ...
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Summer is prime time for stargazing in New Jersey
NorthJersey.com
Conod learned to love astronomy growing up in Fair Lawn, where he was lucky enough to have a planetarium at his school. He is now an astronomer and the planetarium manager at the Newark Museum's Dreyfuss Planetarium, as well as vice president of the ...
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Earth Has a Long Term Traveling Companion
Online News Heard Now
This discovery shows that we still have a lot to keep an eye out for regardingastronomy. Our solar system is full of planets, asteroids which are nothing more than small to large rocks that are caught within the orbit of the Sun. ...
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Online News Heard Now
Science books galore
Inquirer.net
With the help of Astronomy Magazine editor Steve Nadis, Yau tries his best to make his work intelligible to the lay reader. Though Yau's book is not easy reading, particularly when he delves into high-level, nontraditional geometry, the effort is well ...
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Air pressure is all-important measurement
San Luis Obispo Tribune
A diverse group of presenters from NASA to the State Parks Department spoke about a wide range of science subjects from astronomy to biology over a five-day period. Cal Poly professor Bob Echols and I had the honor to teach about weather. ...
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Get spaced out at Gravity Centre
Stock and Land
"There is a lot more focus on science and astronomy is growing politically in this State as well as among the general public. "We get good feedback with a limited advertising budget so there are still many people we haven't reached but we are getting ...
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Penultimate Space Shuttle Crew Discusses Recent Mission
IEWY News
The astronauts will share their video presentation and answer questions from the audience at the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy's Schafler Auditorium. Free parking is available in the Muller parking deck on San Martin Drive, ...
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Space and Earth Sciences News :: Planetary nebula dazzles astronomers
The discovery of a previously undetected planetary nebula could teach astronomers a lot.
www.news-about-space.org/astronomy-news/cluster10694604/


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