SPACE, Astronomy News, Feb 27, 2012

Scientists see red on NASA cuts of Mars missions By The Associated Press ... Laramie Boomerang But robotic Mars missions slated for 2016 and 2018 were cut from the president's new budget proposal, even though NASA has spent $64 million on early designs with the European Space Agency for the two missions. The most ambitious Mars flight yet and ... See all stories on this topic »

Scientists see red on NASA cuts of Mars missions NDTV AP, Updated: February 27, 2012 16:27 IST For the past two decades, the US space agency has been practically obsessed with Mars. It has hardly missed an opportunity about every two years to fling robotic spacecraft at the red planet. See all stories on this topic » NDTV

Dream Job: Go to Hawaii and Eat Astronaut Food Universe Today by Nancy Atkinson on February 27, 2012 Expedition 20 crew on the ISS share a meal in the galley in the Unity Node. Credit: NASA If you've always dreamed of being an astronaut here's the next best thing, and the location couldn't be more idyllic. See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

Dwarf Galaxy Questions Current Galaxy Formation Models Science Daily (press release) ScienceDaily (Feb. 27, 2012) — Researcher from the Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto (Center for Astrophysics of the University of Porto) observed the dwarf galaxy I Zw 18, and found that much of what is known about galaxy formation and ... See all stories on this topic »

A Penny for your Curiosity on Mars Universe Today by Ken Kremer on February 27, 2012 NASA's Mars rover Curiosity carries a Lincoln Penny on the calibration target to be used by a camera at the end of the robotic arm. The calibration target for the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera is attached to a ... See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

In Search of Extra-Solar planets mydigitalfc.com By Varun Dutt Feb 27 2012 The search for extraterrestrial life has intensified human interest in discovering extra-solar planets. An extra-solar planet, or “exoplanet”, is a planet outside the solar system. According to the Extrasolar Planets ... See all stories on this topic »

Hell off Earth: Blustery Exoplanet Charted in 2-D for First Time Scientific American By John Matson | February 27, 2012 HOT STUFF: As exoplanet HD 189733 b is eclipsed by its host star,astronomers can track how much the observed infrared radiation diminishes, and hence how much comes from individual curved bands of the planet. See all stories on this topic » Scientific American

Q&A: Bill Nye, the Planetary Guy SmartPlanet.com (blog) By Molly Petrilla | February 27, 2012, 3:11 AM PST This year marks the 20th anniversary of Bill Nye the Science Guy's first episode. Though the award-winning children's TV show ended in 1998, Nye himself has remained an active force in science and ... See all stories on this topic »

A Thoroughly Modern Market, With Thoroughly High Prices Houston Press (blog) By Abby Koenig Mon., Feb. 27 2012 at 10:00 AM ​This weekend marked the annual Houston Modern Market and Art Attack stopped by to take in the mod festivities. The Market overtook the Winter Street Studios and spread throughout the studios' two, ... See all stories on this topic » Houston Press (blog)

Face-to-Face With Some Shattered Lunar Boulders Universe Today by Jason Major on February 27, 2012 Breaking up may be hard to do, but these two lunar boulders seem to have succeeded extremely well! Imaged by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) in October of 2009, this crumbled couple was recently ... See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

Black hole mystery solved in Andromeda Sen - Space exploration network (press release) By Amanda Doyle, 27 February 2012 The appearance of an Ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) in the Andromeda galaxy has resulted in a long standing question being answered as to the source of these extremely luminous objects. ULXs are quite rare and only ... See all stories on this topic » Sen - Space exploration network (press release)

World's biggest astronomy project: ALMA telescope | Space | EarthSky By Jorge Salazar Astronomers hope that ALMA will be even better than space telescopes at exploring the infrared universe – because they can build it much larger on land than they can in space today. ... 2 Responses to World's biggestastronomy project: ALMA telescope. Eng. Tom Stanislav Pelczar says:February 27, 2012 at 5:45 am. Great news, thanks !!! Reply. jagat says:February 27, 2012 at 8:08 am. hmmm this will help a lot after all from the big bang to the creation of ourselves is still a mystery i ... EarthSky

NASA Launched Rocket into Aurora Borealis | SciTechDaily By Range NASA Launched Rocket into Aurora Borealis. February 27, 2012 by Range. Space. alaska-northern-lights. Astronomers launched a NASA-funded rocket into the aurora borealis, which are colloquially known as the northern lights. The 46-foot ... SciTechDaily

Mars Mission Cuts In NASA Budget Have Space Scientists Seeing ... By The Huffington Post News Editors In this photo taken on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, NASA administrators and workers examine a replica of the Mars Science Laboratory rover atNASA' Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. By SETH BORENSTEIN and ALICIA CHANG 02 /27/12 04:41 AM ET Associated Press AP. React. Amazing ... Earthlings have been captivated by Mars since the 1900s when amateur astronomer Percival Lowell saw what looked like canals. The life ... Related News On Huffington Post: Nasa ... The Huffington Post | Full News Feed

Stealth ISS Heads of Agency Meeting - NASA Watch By Marc Boucher By Marc Boucher on February 27, 2012 12:01 PM . View. Comments.NASA stealth meeting Quebec City to Host Space Agency Leaders ...Attending will be representatives from NASA, the European SpaceAgency (ESA), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) along with the hosts the Canadian Space Agency." Marc's note: The Canadian Space Agency plans to issue a release for the event but ... Categories: News ... NASA Watch

CSExtra – Monday, February 27, 2012 « Coalition for Space ... NASA's Kepler mission awes one young astronomer. ... A. Space News, Feb 24: NASA will corral funds from its 2012 budget, once designated for outer planets ... www.portaltotheuniverse.org/rview/179832/

Scientists see red on NASA cuts of Mars missions - Timesonline.com ... Monday, February 27, 2012 10:39 AM ... In this photo taken on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration, NASA administrator, ... been captivated by Mars since the 1900s when amateur astronomer Percival Lowell .... News Sports Entertainment. Business Opinion Obituaries Photo Galleries ... www.timesonline.com/.../article_e4213b01-227f-5bde-aded-8...

NASA's Spitzer finds solid nuckyballs in space | KurzweilAI Astronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have, for the first time, ... February 27, 2012 ... We welcome ideas for articles, blogs, and news. www.kurzweilai.net/nasas-spitzer-finds-solid-nuckyballs-in-sp...

Space invasion: Hilton Head to host astronomy convention | America ... Published By Guest Authors On Monday, February 27th 2012. UnderSpace News ... Putnam said he developed an interest in space late in life after attending an astronomy convention at his ... NASA's Space Rocks with Custom Radio Station ... americaspeaksink.com/.../space-invasion-hilton-head-to-host-a...

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