SPACE, Astronomy News, Oct 23, 2011

German X-ray astronomy satellite falls from orbit
Spaceflight Now
Re-entry of NASA's 6.3-ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, generated headlines around the world after NASA space debris experts predicted up to 30 pieces of wreckage, the most massive tipping the scales at around 330 pounds, would survive ...
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NASA Awards Chabot Space & Science Center $412000 Grant For Space Weather ...
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/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Chabot Space & Science Center has been awarded a $412000 grant from NASA to create an innovative solar astronomy exhibition showcasing stunning images of the Sun, examining "space weather" created by solar activity and its ...
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Latest Images of Comet Elenin: Not Much to See Universe Today Nancy Atkinson is Universe Today's Senior Editor. She also is the project manager for the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast, works with AstronomyCast and is host of the NASA Lunar Science Institute podcast. Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador. See all stories on this topic »

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Stunning Loops and Filaments on the Sun Today
Universe Today
Nancy Atkinson is Universe Today's Senior Editor. She also is the project manager for the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast, works with Astronomy Cast and is host of theNASA Lunar Science Institute podcast. Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador.
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Images of a forming planet are captured for first time
AZ Central.com
Kraus presented the discovery Wednesday at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Kraus and Ireland's research paper on the discovery is due to appear in the Astrophysical Journal. Observing planets while they're forming can help scientists ...
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Strong Evidence Life Spread by Comets, Astronomers Say Using NASA's Spitzer Space telescope, the astronomy team analyzed the warm dust surrounding Eta Corvi, a billion-year-old star 60 light years away from ... www.foxnews.com/.../striking-evidence-comet-delivering-wat...

NASA's Spitzer detects comet storm in nearby solar system ... Home » News & Observing » Astronomy News » NASA's Spitzer detects comet ...Evidence for this barrage comes from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope whose ... www.astronomy.com/.../NASAs%20Spitzer%20detects%20co...

NASA Releases New Interactive Space Communications Game ... NASA has released an interactive, educational video game called NetworKing ... You are here: Astronomy News » Astronomy Software » NASA Releases New ... www.nightskyobserver.com/.../nasa-releases-new-interactive-s...

Astronomer Squyres becomes NASA aquanaut "We will use a small sub to simulate a small space module. We will experiment with thruster packs as well. ... Astronomer Squyres becomes NASA aquanaut. www.physorg.com/.../2011-10-astronomer-squyres-nasa-aqua...

uuworld.org : nasa fellowship named for uu astronomer Home / News / NASA fellowship named for UU astronomer ... Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, with a model of the Goddard Space Flight Center's Orbiting Solar ... www.uuworld.org/news/articles/188407.shtml

NASA Solicitation: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy ... STATUS REPORT Date Released: Monday, October 10, 2011. Source: Dryden Flight Research Center. NASA Solicitation: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared ... www.comspacewatch.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=38689

German X-ray astronomy satellite falls from orbit Re-entry of NASA's 6.3-ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, generated headlines around the world after NASA space debris experts predicted up ... www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1110/22rosat/

Astronomer Squyres becomes NASA aquanaut Cornell professor of astronomy Steven Squyres, the lead scientist for NASA's Rover mission to Mars, has ... Science and technology news ... and NEEMO for the course, The History of Exploration: Land, Sea and Space, that he is co- teaching at ... www.physorg.com/.../2011-10-astronomer-squyres-nasa-aqua...

NASA Sets Guidelines to Preserve Apollo Moon ... - Yahoo! News News. LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — NASA has begun drafting guidelines to protect the Apollo 11 ... By Leonard David, SPACE.com's Space Insider Columnist ... news.yahoo.com/nasa-sets-guidelines-preserve-apollo-moon-la...

NASA - NASA's Airborne Observatory Reaches New Heights ... NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration ... called the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), and talk with its science team. ... forNASA to reach out to both new and veteran teachers of science, technology, ... www1.nasa.gov/centers/ames/.../SOFIA_teaches_science.html

European Association for Astronomy Education » NASA releases ... NASA releases new interactive Space communications game ... If you are anastronomy teacher and want to be part of our news team (Contributors), all you ... eaae-astronomy.org/blog/?p=4140

Space News Now: A Tour of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for ... Space News Now ... I enjoyed a tour of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for InfraredAstronomy (SOFOA), which was on display at Moffett Field near San ... www.spacenewsnow.com/.../tour-of-nasas-stratospheric-observ...

Firestation in space to open firehose of lightning data Firestation's principal investigator Doug Rowland of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center poses with ... Breaking news and articles on Space and Astronomy. ... www.smsemail.ir/index.php?option=com...

Full-size Mock-up of World's Largest Telescope Mirror All Space Media in one place with hourly updates... Astronomy. Latest outer spaceand science news, NASA information. exclusive solar system Images, ... www.yesitekhub.com/index.php?option...

Amateur Captures Coronal Mass Ejection All Space Media in one place with hourly updates... Astronomy. Latest outer spaceand science news, NASA information. exclusive solar system Images, ... www.bankesms.com/index.php?option=com...

Chemical warfare on the reef: How certain seaweed species harm ... All Space Media in one place with hourly updates... Astronomy. Latest outer spaceand science news, NASA information. exclusive solar system Images, ... www.bankepool.com/index.php?...id...

NASA's New Rocket - Page 5 - Astronomy Forums | Telescope Forums ... Citation: Envoyé par Modlerbob Sometimes I too feel that if NASA or ESA or the ... Join the Astronomy Newsletter FREE Articles, Event Updates, Astronomy News & More! ...Discuss space travel, space exploration, space missions and more! ... www.astronomyforum.net/.../118104-nasas-new-rocket-5.html...

Crewed Variant of X-37 Space Plane Proposed All Space Media in one place with hourly updates... Astronomy. Latest outer spaceand science news, NASA information. exclusive solar system Images, ... www.niksalihi.com/index.php?option...id...

Kepler: Herschel Space Observatory Finds Oceans of Water in ... Using data from the Herschel Space Observatory, astronomers have detected for the first time ... http://kepler.nasa.gov/news/newsaboutplanetfinding/index.cfm ... kepler.nasa.gov/news/newsaboutplanetfinding/index.cfm?...

A flying telescope? Observing NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory ... Latest News, CES, Apple, Business Tech, Crave, Cutting Edge, Games & ... NASA this past weekend offered up tours of its recently souped up airborne telescope, built inside a modified Boeing 747 aircraft. The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, is the ... Posted on 09/29/2011 | 01 18 PM | Space ... m.cnet.com/Article.rbml?nid=20121543&bid...cid...

Today's NASA Breaking News :ScienceLine NASA has released a series of new satellite data visualizations that show tens of millions of fires detected worldwide from space since 2002. Filed under: ... www.scienceline.eu/2011/10/.../todays-nasa-breaking-news-14...

Pollutants linked to 450 percent increase in risk of birth ... - News All Space Media in one place with hourly updates... Astronomy. Latest outer spaceand science news, NASA information. exclusive solar system Images, ... www.blogerooz.com/index.php?...id...

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AFRICA News, Oct 23, 2011

Europe Safe From Falling German Satellite Debris Space.com A doomed German satellite plunging back to Earth tonight (Oct. 22) won't rain debris over Europe, Africa or Australia, according to the latest analysis of the spacecraft's fall from space. The German Roentgen Satellite, or ROSAT, is expected to fall to ... See all stories on this topic » Space.com

Civilians flee Mogadishu in lull between clashes Africasia It was just the latest in a series of threats directed against Kenya in recent days. InNairobi, were taking the Shebab warnings seriously. The officials beefed up security in the city's central business district. Security personnel were moving ... See all stories on this topic » Africasia

Kenya says Somalia rebels on the run Reuters Al Shabaab Islamist militants display weapons believed to be recovered from Burundian peacekeepers from the African Union suspected to have been killed during fighting in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, October 21, 2011. By Aaron Maasho and Ibrahim ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

GOP campaign vs. the world Chicago Tribune She was opposing President Barack Obama's recent decision to send a small number of American special operations soldiers to Uganda to help defuse that East African country's ongoing civil war. "The president, he put us in Libya," Bachmann complained. ... See all stories on this topic »

The son of Africa claims a continent's crown jewels Tehran Times This is his bribe to fight a proxy war against America's latest phantom Islamic enemy, the rag-tag al Shabaab group based in Somalia. The RTA will play a public relations role, distracting western journalists with its perennial horror stories. ... See all stories on this topic »

Kenyan pastoralist clashes kill 12 over two days Reuters Africa ISIOLO, Kenya Oct 22 (Reuters) - Fighting between pastoralists over grazing land in drought-ravaged northern Kenya killed five people on Saturday, officials said, the latest in a string of deadly clashes this year. Cattle rustling and clashes over ... See all stories on this topic »

Cain's Not the First Self-Loathing Black The Root In his latest column, Leonard Pitts, Jr. wonders if Herman Cain is one of those folks who fully bought that white is right ... Pitts was responding to recent statements by Cain that downplayed the effects of racism, arguing that racism is now a ... See all stories on this topic »

Coromandel International: Buy Business Line However, most of the concerns have eased in recent weeks. The monsoon has proved to be quite normal in August and September, resulting in a pick-up in the demand for fertilisers. Latest numbers from the Agriculture Ministry suggest that DAP sales for ... See all stories on this topic » Business Line

ABC follows Ch-4 into Gaffe-land Nation on Sunday The latest round of international LTTE misinformation and derogation propaganda against President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Sri Lanka armed forces, a cooked up documentary on the ABC TV channel, Australia to coincide with the visit of the President to ... See all stories on this topic »

Yet One More Doomed Education Reform American Thinker The latest incarnation is President Obama's altering of President Bush's failed 2002 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. In a nutshell, the Department of Education will now grant states greater autonomy (plus up to $1 billion) if they agree to overhaul ... See all stories on this topic »

Officials to look at sewer options Tampabay.com Lawrence McClendon of St. John's Missionary Baptist Church. "It always represented an insult to theAfrican-American community." The latest affront came in recent weeks, as residents learned the city would expand the plant. ... See all stories on this topic »

Conspiracy of silence National Post Donna Laframboise, Financial Post · Oct. 22, 2011 | Last Updated: Oct. 22, 2011 5:07 AM ET Next month, thousands of bureaucrats, politicians, media, activists and scientists will travel to Durban, South Africa, for the latest round of UN climate talks. ... See all stories on this topic »

If it's good for Starbucks, is it good for the country? Fort Wayne Journal Gazette This is only the latest in a long line of light-blueish foreign and domestic policies rolled out by President Schultz in the past few years. All of them are aimed at making the United States, and the world, a better place for sipping lattes. ... See all stories on this topic »

Byron Williams: Book challenges assumptions about rights and responsibilities San Jose Mercury News In her latest book, "Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America," Harris-Perry combines her skills as a social scientist, political observer, writer and griot to deftly illustrate how the social, economic, and political conditions ... See all stories on this topic »

Charter school dispute shouldn't obscure Evans' accomplishments Philadelphia Inquirer Evans and Williams argued that such a plan would harm African Americans. Williams was quite strident and we nearly came to blows. Evans, on the other hand, was cordial, professional, and argued the merits of the case. It would be the first, ... See all stories on this topic »

Sierra Leone is a progressing nation! Sierra Express Media AGI [African Governance Initiative] supported the government in developing a plan for abolishing fees for health services, getting donor backing and implementing system-wide reform…. But while the scheme has been welcomed and is showing positive ... See all stories on this topic »

Hixardt in Pensacola soars to the top Pensacola News Journal "Mike's a genius when it comes to the latest thinking on technology," Danny Grunhofer said. "And when he talks to you about technology he doesn't talk over your head. It's always in terms you can understand. He has a real talent for that. ... See all stories on this topic »

Gaddafi's death raises controversy: How will be the future Libyan scene? Financial Express Bangladesh Unquestionably, a clear picture about the Libyan tangle appeared quite distinct and even before the death of Gaddafi, this daily carried a post-editorial that was written before the latest developments, saying "Libyan tangle is nearing completion". ... See all stories on this topic »

Muammar, Dead at Last Canada Free Press “The way the jihadist-enabling mainstream media is reporting the death of Gaddafi,” observed Belman, “you would think that Libya will become some sort of western-style democracy rather than a sharia-ruled hell-hole that will become the latest haven for ... See all stories on this topic » Canada Free Press

Marchers protest fatal shooting by police MyCentralJersey.com In this latest incident, a preliminary investigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office found that Deloatch, 46, was shot after running from two police officers who approached him and two other men while on routine patrol. ... See all stories on this topic »

High School Changes: No Math Or English, But Vocations Ashland Current The latest forum was in a Madison research park and included realtors, builders, health executives and a dairy group. At least two speakers called for a regulatory conformity. Gov. Walker says this could stabilize the business climate, but what matters ... See all stories on this topic »

Few Showers (how long will winter remain "on hold"?) Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog) The Star Tribune's Bill McAuliffe takes a look at recent trends, and NOAA's winter forecast, along with a scientist who believes a warmer atmosphere will result in more snow. I agree (to a point), but this winter the most significant snowfalls may pass ... See all stories on this topic » Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)

TARPing War: Is the National Security Complex Too Big to Fail? Pacific Free Press Spiegelman's latest work, MetaMaus, has just come out. It's a daring (and beautifully illustrated) plunge into his life, his cartooning past and present, and the making of Maus. Once again, his quirky originality and intelligence shine through. ... See all stories on this topic »

The second destruction of the–HMS Aboukir Royal Gazette The looting of archaeological sites on land will undoubtedly continue apace, as rich and poor alike take part in the finding and marketing of artefacts, particularly from prehistoric contexts in arenas such as South America and West Africa. ... See all stories on this topic »

Central bankers need to update their outdated analytical toolkit - Fullermoney Proactive Investors UK In many of the developing economies like South America, Africa and parts of Asia the young population is motivated to achieve a better standard of living. They have the demographics and economic cycle on their side. The Chinese, while having a young ... See all stories on this topic »

Organised Family: From Zambia with love songs The Times Group (blog) It is their live performances in Malawi, other than their chart-busting hits, that have solidified their status as one of the best things that Zambia has gifted Malawi in recent years. Organised Family started in 2000 and they have four albums namely; ... See all stories on this topic »

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