Today: SPACE, Astronomy News, Jan 23, 2012

Search

ALS, Alexander Language Schools Franchise


Jan 23, 2012

SPACE, Astronomy News, Jan 23, 2012


Space... the final front garden
The Sun
In some ways, I expect people to be interested in astronomy. But to get four million people watching a live science show for an hour and a half at prime time is a wonderful thing and of course, I'm delighted. Hot and heavy ... sun makes up 99.86 per ...
See all stories on this topic »

The Sun
Any Exoplanet Possible in a 'Compulsive' Universe
Discovery News
As the first dedicated exoplanet space missions to seek out Earth-sized planets in stellar habitable zones, Kepler's ongoing discoveries have "overwhelmed theastronomy community" says John Johnson of Caltech. Kepler's jaw-dropping observations show ...
See all stories on this topic »
Back-yard astronomer uses second-hand telescope (and a lot of patience) to ...
Daily Mail
Passing over my garden at a height of approx 250 miles and a speed of approx 17500 mph 'I have always enjoyed photography and had an interest since childhood in all things related to astronomy and space exploration. 'However, my interest in ...
See all stories on this topic »

Daily Mail
A Cosmic Illusion: Gravitational Lensing Helps Redraw the Map of Space
TIME
In the first, astronomers using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, in Hawaii, released the largest map ever made of how dark matter is distributed through space. And in the second, a team using a network of smaller telescopes, presented evidence that ...
See all stories on this topic »
Amazing Astronomy Illustrations From the 1800s Resurface Online
Space.com
He then moved on to astronomical illustration and an eventual faculty post at Harvard University. A crater on Mars bears his name. This article was provided by LiveScience.com, a sister site of SPACE.com. You can follow LiveScience senior writer...
See all stories on this topic »
Telescope takes a fresh look into a nebula's golden eye
msnbc.com
The European Southern Observatory's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, or VISTA, captured this unusual view of the Helix Nebula, a planetary nebula located 700 light-years away. The colored picture was created from images taken ...
See all stories on this topic »

msnbc.com
Space Aliens to raise funds for UND Observatory
Grand Forks Herald
Children can learn fun facts about astronomy and space from UND students beginning at 5 pm today at Space Aliens restaurant as part of an effort to support the UND Observatory. Children can learn fun facts about astronomy and space from UND students ...
See all stories on this topic »
Stars pop onto the scene in new WISE image
Astronomy Magazine
“Massive stars sweep up and destroy their natal clouds, but they continuously spark new stars to form along the way,” said Dave Leisawitz from NASA's Goddard SpaceFlight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “Occasionally a new, massive star forms, ...
See all stories on this topic »
Query Cue: Career opportunities in forensics
The Hindu
Since childhood, I had a great passion for Astronomy and Forensic Science. I always had great interest in space. I came to know that Astronomy deals with Physics and Mathematics. But I am a Biology student. I need to know more about opportunities ...
See all stories on this topic »
Recommended: Scientists to catch a black hole
msnbc.com
By Alan Boyle Astronomers are setting up a virtual telescope as wide as our planet to capture the first picture outlining our galaxy's monstrous black hole. "Everybody's super-excited," one of the leaders of the effort, astrophysicist Dimitrios Psaltis ...
See all stories on this topic »

msnbc.com
Weekly Space Roundup for January 19, 2012
Discover Magazine (blog)
Every week, my friend Fraser Cain of Universe Today gathers together a few scientists and science journalists to review the past week's space and astronomy news. This week we talked about boiling planets, the demise of Phobos-Grunt, ...
See all stories on this topic »
Scientists Try to Take the First Ever Picture of a Black Hole
AccuWeather.com (blog)
This star-studded infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Milky Way's churning center. In this false-color image, old, cool stars appear blue, and the dust near hot, massive stars is red. Astronomers believe there is a ...
See all stories on this topic »
Livewire - January 18, 2012
Blackpool Gazette
By Terry Devon, secretary of Blackpool and District Astronomical Society I got hooked on astronomy at seven – it was a radio series called Journey into Space that did it for me. No Brian Cox back in the Fifties! Today I'm secretary of Blackpool ...
See all stories on this topic »

Blackpool Gazette
Travel: Jasper's skies are a wonder for astronomers
Guelph Mercury
You might even say he's moonstruck, and he'd probably agree with you. But one thing is for certain — this is one space cadet whose feet are firmly on the ground. McMahon is one of Canada's best-known astronomers, and certainly the most media savvy.
See all stories on this topic »
London's Science Museum explores human side of famous space scientist Stephen ...
Washington Post
“There's quite a stereotyped image that we have of Hawking in a wheelchair in front of a field of stars, saying something profound about the universe,” Alison Boyle, the museum's curator of astronomy, said Thursday before the exhibit's launch.
See all stories on this topic »
Rocketing to space
Airdrie Echo
"Working together with the Calgary Rocketry Association three years ago, we saw a great opportunity to bring model rocketry and astronomy to kids here in Airdrie," explained Jackson. "Between our construction sessions and launches, our star parties and ...
See all stories on this topic »
Space debris cluttering up orbit
Adelaide Now
Even without new litter, the problem gets worse every time one piece of space junk collides with another. Mr Williamson, who studied astronomy before becoming a spacepolicy adviser to the US Congress, says the US, Russia, China and Europe can track ...
See all stories on this topic »
Hubble bubble
Blackpool Gazette
Six hundred folk from the Fylde will find out on Wednesday night for a ticket-only BBC Stargazing Live event at Rossall School's own Lawrence HouseAstronomy and Space Science Centre. Resident astronomer Dr Nick Lister reckons they could have held ...
See all stories on this topic »

Blackpool Gazette
A symphonic guide to the solar system
Anchorage Daily News
Salgado himself is the rare combination of scientist (Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Michigan) and multimedia/visual artist (nominated for an Emmy). "The Planets" project came together about six years ago, he said, when the Chicago Symphony ...
See all stories on this topic »
Meet the father of Tucson's 'Optics Valley'
Arizona Daily Star
A trip to the library nearly 60 years ago changed Robert Breault's life, and the way people see outer space. Breault, then a curious 13-year-old, picked up “Frontiers ofAstronomy,” about a subject that would grow into a passion and lead him to help ...
See all stories on this topic »
Reaching for the stars
LSU The Reveille
LSU astronomy professor Bradley Schaefer and graduate student Ashley Pagnotta discovered the origin of supernovas, garnering national media attention. The national media has spotlighted the work of a University professor and graduate student who have ...
See all stories on this topic »
A Comet's Death Caught on Camera
Smithsonian (blog)
A new paper, published by Schrivjer and a team of scientists today in Science, details the find and what it means for astronomy. Comets dive into the sun frequently, but previous ones had been too small and dim to be seen against the glaring backdrop ...
See all stories on this topic »

Smithsonian (blog)
Young artist to have name up in space
Irish Times
More than 200 entries were submitted for the Irish competition, said Mr David Moore, editor of Astronomy Ireland magazine. He judged the entries along with artist and TV presenter Don Conroy and by Joan Flanagan of the European Commission office in ...
See all stories on this topic »
Recommended: Solar weather sparks super sights
msnbc.com
If there's one thing about living here that drives me crazy, it's the astronomy-unfriendly skies. =( Sorry, Warren, it's not much better here in Bellevue. As a matter of fact, there are some spots around Bellingham where you can get some pretty dark ...
See all stories on this topic »
Space center to offer solar system tour presentation
The Downey Patriot
Ferguson has taught astronomy and held seminars on telescope use and astrophotography at different universities, including UCI and UCLA. He is currently president and CEO of Mars Manned Mission Corporation, a non-profit organization that develops ...
See all stories on this topic »
Who Will Be the Next Astronomy Photographer of the Year?
Universe Today
Earth and Space – Photographs that include landscape, people and other earth-related things alongside an astronomical subject ranging from the stars, the Moon or near-Earth phenomena such as the aurora. Our Solar System – Imagery which captures the Sun ...
See all stories on this topic »

Universe Today
Dwarf galaxies: breakthrough in bid to find 'fossils' of early universe
Christian Science Monitor
By Pete Spotts, Staff writer / January 18, 2012 Japan's Subarau Observatory (l) and one of the twin Keck observatory domes line a ridge atop Mauna Kea, widely considered to be the best spot on the planet for ground-based astronomy.
See all stories on this topic »

Christian Science Monitor
The Winter Skies
BBC News
We welcome all levels of experience from the absolute beginner to the experienced astronomer. Our programme includes astronomy, cosmology, stars, planets, space travel, space probes and the universe around us. Scout Hall, Loughton Lane, Theydon Bois.
See all stories on this topic »

BBC News
Nobel laureate Adam Riess to give Provost's Lecture at APL
The JHU Gazette
Nobel laureate Adam Riess, a professor of physics and astronomy at Johns Hopkins and a staff member of the Space Telescope Science Institute, is the next speaker in the Provost's Lecture Series, which takes place this week at APL.
See all stories on this topic »

The JHU Gazette
Constellations and Cormorants
BBC News
After the walks the Astronomy Society will show you the wonders of the night sky through powerful telescopes. In the classroom amazing footage of the stars will be presented by the team. In the Visitor Centre there will be a demonstration of a ...
See all stories on this topic »

BBC News
UCLA professors Andrea Ghez, Terence Tao honored by Royal Swedish Academy of ...
UC Los Angeles
By Stuart Wolpert January 19, 2012 Category: Campus News, Research Two internationally renowned UCLA professors — Andrea Ghez, a professor of physics andastronomy, and Terence Tao, a professor of mathematics — have been awarded the Crafoord Prize by ...
See all stories on this topic »
IUPUI Math and Science Prodigy, 13, Loves Planets, Astronomy, But Prefers to ...
IUPUI Newscenter
That's a trick question for Barnett, who is as happy solving math problems as another boy might feel hitting a homerun in little league. But for pure un-academic fun, there's always space says the young astronomer. “Does looking up space articles ...
See all stories on this topic »

IUPUI Newscenter
Rise of the Super-Earths
Salon
Astronomy has always been about big numbers — astronomical numbers — and experience with big numbers has taught us that they do not guarantee inevitability. We have to go and find out for ourselves. Still, it seems likely that on some of those ...
See all stories on this topic »

Salon
Starmap App Developers Educating Through More Than Apps
PR Web (press release)
Through Stramap's infographic, "Astronomy Through the Ages: Epic Moments of Astrological Genius 2400 BC to 2011," viewers can follow the lineage of space discoveries, inventions, and developments from Stonehenge to today. The graphic leads viewers from ...
See all stories on this topic »

PR Web (press release)
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Discovers New Double-Star Planet ...
By News Staff
Clarksville, TN Online: News, Opinion, Arts & Entertainment. ... Using data from NASA'sKepler mission, astronomers announced the discovery of two new double-star planet systems – Kepler-34 and Kepler-35 – at the 219th meeting of the AmericanAstronomical Society in Austin, Texas, January 8th-12th, 2012. A New Class of Planetary Systems: This artistic rendition depicts the Kepler-35 planetary system. In the foreground, Kepler-35b, a Saturn-size world orbits its host stars every ...
Clarksville, TN Online
Funding Drought Jeopardizes Future NASA ... - Yahoo! News
News: AUSTIN, Texas — With NASA operating on an increasingly tight budget, the agency's ability to launch future large astronomy missions is at risk, scientists ...
news.yahoo.com/funding-drought-jeopardizes-future-nasa-astr...
NASA's Kepler mission and UF astronomer find 2 new planets ...
NASA's Kepler mission and UF astronomer find 2 new planets orbiting double suns - SpaceRef.
spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=35734
Complete Coverage of the 219th American Astronomical Society ...
Astronomers from around the world are convening in Austin, Texas for the 219th ...Astronomers using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope announced the ....Follow SPACE.com for the latest in space science and exploration news on ...
www.space.com/14171-complete-coverage-219th-american-as...
Space and Earth Sciences News :: Funding Drought Jeopardizes ...
... and Earth Sciences News. Your daily source for the latest space and earth sciencesnews ... Funding Drought Jeopardizes Future NASA Astronomy Missions ...
www.news-about-space.org/space...news/cluster13039845/
Today's NASA Breaking News :ScienceLine
Wallops Media Roundtable With NASA's Space Technology Director. Journalists are invited to a roundtable discussion at 11 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 24, with ...
www.scienceline.eu/...space/todays-nasa-breaking-news-205/
NASA Space Telescopes Star at Astronomy Conference « Coalition ...
NASA Space Telescopes Star at Astronomy Conference ... A collection of NASA'sbest known space observatories, often working in collaboration with new ...
spacecoalition.com/.../nasa-space-telescopes-star-at-astronomy-...
 Alexander Language School Franchise Alexander Language Schools
Aesop' Fables, Kindle, Online, Digital, Electronic   Alexander Dictionary of Englus Idioms, English-French   Under the Sun by Harry Elektron       Alexander dictionary English Vietnamese, Kindle, Electronic, Digital Online

No comments: