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| No Nemesis: Impact Events Not Periodic Discovery News However, according to a study by scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), the statistics we use to make these projections may be fundamentally flawed. Over the past few decades, scientists have used a valuable "marker" for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Fishing in the dust Worcester Telegram Beginning in 1976, the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory at Quabbin Reservoir's Prescott Peninsula helped advance research into molecules that form from atoms in outer space, by detecting radio frequencies emitted by those molecules. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NASA's Juno space exploring robot is solar-powered Ubergizmo NASA hopes that Juno's foray into Jupiter will help them learn more about what could possibly be the oldest planet around in our Solar System, and this will be the first of three high-profile astronomymissions being served up across a time span of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Edinboro professor creates tactile lunar crater book GoErie.com It didn't take Hurd long to realize that there was a vacuum of materials for blind students to studyspace. "Astronomy is very visual in many regards," Hurd said. "It was very difficult. I use the planetarium extensively in my class. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Space medicine program coming to PARI Aug. 12 Mountain Xpress (blog) Located in the Pisgah Forest 30 miles southwest of Asheville, NC, the PARI campus is a dark sky location for astronomy and was selected in 1962 by NASA as the site for one of the first US satellite tracking facilities. Today, the 200 acre campus houses ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A European Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array antenna brings total to 16 Astronomy Magazine Soon, astronomers will begin conducting new scientific research with ALMA. The antenna, manufactured by the European AEM Consortium under contract from the European Southern Observatory (ESO), was handed over to the observatory in April at the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Abilene professor has asteroid named after him ReporterNews.com Participating schools pour over astronomical images, often taken mere hours before at the Astronomical Research Institute in Westfield, Ill., the Institute for Astronomy (Pan-STARRS, University of Hawaii), and Xinglong Station, Chinese Academy of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Enjoy star gazing while kayaking on Lake Tahoe Sierra Sun 1, Tahoe Adventure Company and Stargazer Tours again combine forces to present the “AstronomyAdventure: Sagittarius and the Galactic Center.” The tour begins with a twilight paddle out of Tahoe Vista. No previous kayaking experience is necessary, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Looks like a windmill, but powered by the sun: Juno spacecraft to launch for ... Washington Post 5, 2011, aboard an unmanned Atlas V rocket _ barely two weeks after NASA's final space shuttle flight. ?? By Associated Press, CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA heads for Jupiter this week. And its mission can't get much greener. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Aug 3, 2011
SPACE, Astronomy News, Aug 03, 2011
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