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  1. Astronomy night: Gazing into space


    The Express Tribune - 11 hours ago

    Naqvi shared tales from his 32 years of experience at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston The 'Astronomy night' was arranged keeping in view the agenda of ...
    Students queue up to have a look at Jupiter- The News International
    all 2 news articles »



  2. UK tech to aid private space shot


    BBC News - Rob Coppinger - 2 hours ago

    Bigelow Aerospace's plans include telescopes that could be sent into deep space. The UK's Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) has signed a memorandum of ...
  3. Public interest and space exploration


    The Space Review - Lou Friedman - 1 hour ago

    But, even with the need for additional funding, the James Webb Space Telescope is still the right priority for astrophysics and astronomy. ...
  4. Astronomers shed light on the dark ages of the Universe


    Irish Independent - Richard Alleyne - 20 minutes ago

    For years scientists have known nothing about the "dark ages" of space – a period ... Prof Max Pettini, of Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy, believes the ...
  5. Astronomers Flock to Seattle for Big Space Conference


    Space.com - Mike Wall - 2 days ago

    Thousands of astronomers are headed to chilly, cloudy Seattle for their annual winter meeting of all things space and science. ...
  6. Life and death in the Andromeda Galaxy


    Astronomy Now Online - Emily Baldwin - 5 hours ago

    ESA's Herschel and XMM-Newton space telescopes joined forces over Christmas to ... Our latest 116-page Astronomy Now special edition is an extravaganza of ...


  7. Astronomers shed light on the dark ages of the Universe


    Telegraph.co.uk - Richard Alleyne - 2 days ago

    ... years scientists have known nothing about the "dark ages" of space – a period ... Prof Max Pettini, of Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy, believes the ...
  8. Mystery deepens in origin of violent black holes


    msnbc.com - Charles Q. Choi - 5 days ago

    A new study using images from the Hubble Space Telescope has found that ... the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany, told SPACE.com. ...
    Astronomers say galactic collisions do not cause bigger black holes- Cordis News
    Cosmic collisions not guilty of powering active galaxies- Astronomy Now Online
    Identity Parade Clears Cosmic Collisions of the Suspicion of ...- Hubble Space Telescope at ESA
    Wired News (blog) - Universe Today
    all 49 news articles »


  9. Can you tell the difference? One photo was taken by Nasa, the ...


    Daily Mail - 4 days ago

    But the space agency may have met its match in amateur astronomer Steve Loughran. The 44-year-old managed to capture these stunning images of stars and ...
    Amateur astronomer rivals Nasa with photo of the Andromeda Galaxy- Metro
    Andromeda's once and future stars- Astronomy Magazine
    Amateur astronomer Steve Loughran snaps amazing photos of deep ...- Daily Mail
    all 7 news articles »


  10. With a little help from my little friend


    TheChronicleHerald.ca - John McPhee - 6 hours ago

    The recent trend in professional astronomy has been focused on building and operating large ground and space-based telescopes, meaning that many smaller ...
  11. Milky Way necklace identified as the birthplace of giant stars


    Sydney Morning Herald - Deborah Smith - 29 Dec 2010

    Jill Rathborne, of CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, said little was known about how massive stars, more than eight times the size of our sun, are formed. ...
    Birthplace of giant stars discovered- UPI.com
    Place of birth of a giant Star Found- Gmtennis - Techno News
    all 86 news articles »


  12. Experts Call On UN To Prepare For Extraterrestrials


    RedOrbit - 1 hour ago

    ... from astronomy and biology to the political and religious fallout that ... The UN's Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) is ready made ...
  13. Volunteers at Planetarium Excel Where Machines Lag


    New York Times - Rachel Cromidas - 3 days ago

    When astronomers like Chris Lintott of the Adler Planetarium look for changes in the galaxies, they study images of outer space to detect ...
  14. 'Astronomy Night' organised at NUST


    The News International - 1 day ago

    An 'Astronomy Night' was organised by NUST Science Society here on Friday night at ... He enlightened the students on space shuttles and their simulations, ...
  15. Looking back at historic events


    NewsOK.com - Wayne Harris-Wyrick - 6 days ago

    BY WAYNE HARRIS-WYRICK Leave a comment Two notable events in astronomy and space... history took place on the dates of today and tomorrow that might interest
  16. Daily TWiP - Project Diana, the first successful attempt to send ...


    Nashua Telegraph - 1 hour ago

    It is credited with kick-starting the age of space exploration, as well as the US space program and the field of radar astronomy, and also inaugurated the ...
  17. UW-Madison plans eclipse watching party


    Chicago Tribune - 19 Dec 2010

    Jim Lattis, director of the astronomy department's Space Place, says the eclipse will start subtly about a half hour before midnight Monday, with the moon ...
  18. BBC Stargazing: Astronomy inspiration in Coventry


    BBC News - 6 days ago

    In the short video on how to take photographs of space, expert astronomer Mark Thompson suggests putting a camera on a tripod in the manual mode. ...
  19. Island Hopping


    Honolulu Star-Advertiser - 1 day ago

    "We Are Astronomers" plays at 1 and 3 pm daily, and the new keiki show "Our Place in Space" plays at 10 am on Saturdays, according to a release. ...
  20. Lagoon Nebula's Stellar Baby Boom Seen in New Photo


    Space.com - 4 days ago

    By SPACE.com Staff A gorgeous new image from the European Southern Observatory ... Astronomers are using the VISTA telescope to scour our galaxy's central ...
    Telescope captures star-forming region - Lagoon Nebula- Sify
    all 30 news articles »


  21. Slideshow: Shooting stars from the garden


    Cambridge News - Adam Luke - 2 days ago

    An amateur astronomer from a Cambridgeshire village has captured spectacular images of deep space from his garden. Steve Loughran spends hours on his back ...
  22. Mike Brown: The astronomer who slayed planet Pluto


    Independent - 3 days ago

    However, scientific logic intervened and the astronomy professor who bears ... Pluto and consequently his own status as a space-age Christopher Columbus. ...
    Book review: 'How I Killed Pluto' by Mike Brown and 'Moon' by ...- Los Angeles Times
    all 2 news articles »


  23. Government Video Website of the Week: the Panoramic Survey ...


    Government Video - 1 hour ago

    ... of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy that seeks to discover and characterize ... In addition, while searching space for objects that might collide with ...
  24. Noted speaker on science, astronomy gives lecture at speaker ...


    San Jose Mercury News - Carol Rosen - 3 days ago

    ... discussion about the solar system, space science and the wonders of the universe. ... He currently teaches astrophysics astronomy at Harvard University. ...
    National Conference on Astronomy, Astrophysics Begins at PPC- Daijiworld.com
    all 3 news articles »


  25. Another Space Shot From UA Astronomer


    UA News (press release) - Jeff Harrison - 6 days ago

    On the first day of the new year, NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day published University of ...


  26. Quest for dark energy may fade to black


    Tehran Times - 5 days ago

    Euclid must survive a bake-off with two other projects before it is approved by the European Spaceastronomers say, ... Agency, or ESA Not until then, European
  27. Gulf Coast Exploreum plans 'Summer of Space'


    The Birmingham News - al.com (blog) - Thomas B. Harrison - 1 day ago

    Teams from the Youth Astronomy Apprenticeship Program at MIT and the Galaxy Explorers Black Hole Youth Media Team at Chabot Space & Science Center in ...
  28. International Space Station to pass through UAE sky on Saturday


    WAM - Emirates News Agency - 4 days ago

    ... said the Emirates Astronomical Society (EAS), Dubai Astronomy Group, ICOP, ... Operated as a joint project between the five participant space agencies, ...
  29. The top 7 space stories of 2010


    Mother Nature Network - 27 Dec 2010

    ... groundbreaking visit to a comet and the finding of microbes on Earth that may eat arsenic, it's been a big year for astronomy discoveries. By Space. ...


  30. Unusual lights in Kennewick sky on NYE


    TheNewsTribune.com - 6 days ago

    Roy Gephart, the Herald's astronomy columnist, had no explanation for the sighting. The International Space Station may have been visible, but that would ...
  31. NB girl, 10, youngest person to discover a supernova


    Globe and Mail - Robert Matas - 6 days ago

    “But every supernova discovery goes into the body of knowledge that helps astronomers understand the universe,” he said from Halifax. Distances in space can ...
    10 Year Old Girl Youngest Person Ever To Discover a Supernova- Escapist Magazine
    10-year-old is youngest to discover exploding star- Mother Nature Network
    all 241 news articles »


  32. NASA Spacecraft Finds Its 2000th Comet


    NPR - Andrew Prince - 29 Dec 2010

    This image, taken from the SOHO spacecraft, shows the sun and surrounding outer space. An astronomy student identified SOHO's 2000th comet, ...
    SOHO spacecraft discovers its 2000th comet- msnbc.com
    Sun orbiting SOHO satellite spots 2000th comet- Examiner.com
    Amateur scientists pass 2000-comet SOHO milestone- Labmate Online
    Astronomy Magazine - ScienceBlog.com (blog)
    all 39 news articles »


  33. Universe: Complete Season 5 (Blu-ray)


    DVD Talk - Michael Zupan - 1 day ago

    Fans of space and space exploration could stop watching the stars for an hour at a time ... It's interesting to hear through interviews with astronomers and ...
  34. Space Scouts


    NorthJersey.com - Diann Evans - 5 days ago

    Astronomer Chris Fenwick took them on a trip through the galaxy, ... on neighbor planets, traveling through a black hole and visiting the space station. ...


  35. Teledyne regroups in face of defense cuts


    Pacific Coast Business Times - Stephen Nellis - 7 hours ago

    “And almost everywhere there's an infrared sensor [on astronomy equipment such as the Hubble Space Telescope], there's a visible sensor, and we don't make ...
    TDY
  36. Exoplanets, Dwarf Stars, Gamma-Ray Flashes, New Images Among NASA ...


    IEWY News - 9 hours ago

    NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of space science topics ... and the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA. ...
  37. Astronomy School Set to Open in Volos


    Greek Reporter - Yiota Preka - 3 days ago

    A new astronomy school is set to open in Volos by the Astronomy and Space Group and with the assistance of the University of Thessaly. ...


  38. Wreckage is from 'pristine star'


    BBC News - Jonathan Amos - 5 days ago

    "The first stars have been a bit like the Holy Grail for astronomers," said ... even today in the diffuse plasma that fills the space between the galaxies. ...
  39. In pictures: The night sky - and deep space


    BBC News - 6 days ago

    Try naked eye astronomy. A star chart may help - see links below - as does a ... Naked eye astronomers can identify the constellation Orion from the three ...
    Stargazing and dark sky tourism- BBC News
    all 3 news articles »
  40. Be prepared for close encounters with aliens, says Scots scientist


    stv.tv - Mike Farrell - 5 hours ago

    Their report states: “Astronomers are now able to detect planets orbiting ...Space (Copuos), the scientists argue. ... Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer
    Earth must prepare for close encounter with aliens, say scientists- The Guardian
    all 44 news articles »


  41. University helps stars to be the stars on TV astronomy series


    WalesOnline - David Williamson - 2 Jan 2011

    On Tuesday night, the moonless sky will give backyard astronomers an ... at the university and the European Space Agency's Space Ambassador for Wales, ...
  42. Inside Outer Space


    Ithaca College - Keith Davis - 23 Dec 2010

    Astronomers and physicists are constantly looking for better ways to view space and learn about our environment beyond Earth's atmosphere,” Keller says. ...
    Q & A with Luke Keller- Ithaca College
    all 2 news articles »


  43. Go on, reach for the stars


    New Zealand Herald - Catherine Smith - 3 days ago

    We asked David Britten, lifetime watcher of the skies and now astronomy educator ... A link on the Stardome website gives the times the International Space ...
  44. Weather overshadows the eclipse


    BBC News - 6 days ago

    While other parts of the country got to enjoy the partial eclipse local astronomers were disappointed. The Principal of Lawrence House Astronomy and Space ...
  45. Amateur astronomer discovers four new planets from his office at ...


    Daily Mail - 3 Jan 2011

    Using just two home computers, he spent night after night analysing thousands of space measurements released by astronomers at the Santa Cruz-based ...


  46. 2010 Highlights: Kepler Searches, SOFIA Soars 12.27.10


    TTKN News - 3 Jan 2011

    The first planetary discoveries by NASA's Kepler space telescope, ... science flights by NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) and ...
  47. Illusions of light, shadow


    TheChronicleHerald.ca - John McPhee - 2 days ago

    It appears as though the two bodies are close together in space but Venus and our ... Astronomy enthusiast John McPhee is a reporter for The Chronicle Herald.
  48. Thermophile Research in Yellowstone Helps Guide the Search for ...


    National Parks Traveler - Bob Janiskee - 6 hours ago

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been in the ...astronomy have recently made us aware that the universe is much ... Advances in


  49. The James Webb Space Telescope, WFIRST, and the risks of thinking big


    PhysicsToday.org (blog) - 4 days ago

    To win top ranking, the supporters of both missions had to convince the US astronomy ... Launching and operating a space-based observatory is expensive. ...
  50. Astronomically bad ideas take a hit in Cernan show


    River Forest Leaves - Myrna Petlicki - 4 days ago

    In other words, bad astronomy. Fortunately the Cernan Earth and Space Center is there to help. Benjamin said, "Part of the mission of science museums and ...
  51. Sacred Heart Academy astronomy class experiences black holes exhibit


    Post-Chronicle - 22 Dec 2010

    Sacred Heart Academy Astronomy Students Kailey Wheeler and Samantha Bowers experience the thrill of the Black Holes: Space Warps & Time Twists Exhibit at ...


  52. Colo. native comes from Space


    ReporterHerald.com - Shelley Widhalm - 5 days ago

    In 2004, Metcalf-Lindenburger applied to a NASA program that sends educators into space after she taught five years of earth science and astronomy at a high ...
    Astronaut takes Boltz students on simulated flight- The Coloradoan
    all 4 news articles »


  53. Planet Killer: Mike Brown, 'How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It ...


    Express from The Washington Post - 4 days ago

    Ahead of his appearance Saturday at the National Air & Space Museum, Express asked Brown to give us a quick astronomy lesson. Let's cut to the chase: You ...


  54. Earthquake strikes Ethiopian town


    Daily Nation - 20 Dec 2010

    Atalay Ayele, earthquake expert with the Institute of Geophysics, Space Science, and Astronomy of Addis Ababa University, said that the temblor struck at ...
    Ethiopia - 26 at Jimma University sustain minor injuries following ...- Nazret.com (blog)
    all 13 news articles »
  55. The astronomy extravaganza at Lawrence House is live on BBC Radio ...


    BBC News - 21 Dec 2010

    The resident astronomer at the Astronomy and Space Science Centre is staging a three hour tour of the universe on 5 January 2011 exclusively to BBC Radio ...
  56. National meet on astrophysics, space science in city from today


    Times of India - 19 Dec 2010

    It is an attempt to give people in the diamond city more knowledge in the field of astronomy and space science. JJ Rawal, president, Indian Planetary ...
  57. Black Holes: galactic mergers not major feeding mechanism for mass ...


    domain-B - 8 hours ago

    ... Jahnke from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) set out to do in 2008. ... with the large surveys undertaken using the Hubble Space Telescope. ...
  58. Astronomy nights held at Landmark Park


    Dothan Eagle - 5 days ago

    By Special to the Eagle Landmark Park in Dothan will host Astronomy Nights on Feb. ... Space for the event is limited, and reservations are required. ...
  59. The End of the Universe: Q & A with Astronomer Chris Impey


    Space.com - Denise Chow - 22 Dec 2010

    Between the threat of an asteroid impact, a nearby supernova explosion, the burnout of our sun, or a rip in space and time caused by our expanding universe, ...
  60. Backyard Astronomers Discover Black Holes and Other Wonders


    Voice of America - Laurel Bowman - 29 Dec 2010

    And in 2007, volunteers in an online astronomy project discovered the "green ... We caught up with Weaver at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland ...
  61. A unique opportunity to see starry skies in LA


    Daily Bruin - Cody Geib - 4 days ago

    Members of the astronomy club use the 14-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain ... which earth and space sciences Professor David Paige donated to the club last quarter. ...


  62. TurboFly 3D leads Android Games of the Week


    Android Apps Appolicious - Kristen Nicole - 1 day ago

    Space battles seem the perfect backdrop for many Android games, ... with astronomy, physics, chemistry and biology questions getting harder as you progress ...
  63. Best Images from 2010


    Universe Today - Nancy Atkinson - 31 Dec 2010

    Here are some of the best space and astronomy images from 2010. These are in no particular order or ranking, ...


  64. UA seeks to become solar observatory HQ, avoid losing 60 jobs


    Arizona Daily Star - 31 Dec 2010

    ... or the loss of 60 high-paying scientific jobs in solar astronomy in Tucson. ... offices and machine-shop space now occupied by the astronomy programs of ...
  65. Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility To Close After 26 ...


    Malaysia Sun - 30 Dec 2010

    ESA's continuing partnership with NASA on the Hubble mission ensures that European astronomersSpace ... will continue to have access to observing time. The
  66. Birth and death of a star


    BBC News - Jonathan Amos - 5 days ago

    "You see a dynamic, living galaxy," said Dr Mark Kidger from Esa's Space Astronomy Centre in Madrid, Spain. "You see the stars forming where it's brightest ...
  67. Slooh to Broadcast Live Feed of Total Lunar Eclipse through Sky in ...


    PR Newswire (press release) - 20 Dec 2010

    Launched in October 2010, the Slooh Space Camera layer in Google Earth is a live astronomyspace exploration to ... feature that brings the power of live
    GOOG
  68. Curiosities: What does astronomy say about the Christmas Star


    Madison.com - 19 Dec 2010

    ... is both expansive and speculative, notes UW-Madison Space Place director Jim Lattis, a science historian. Astronomers, he explains, actually know very ...
  69. Brazil to join in international astronomy


    UPI.com - 31 Dec 2010

    ... a leading intergovernmental astronomy organization. ... Tim de Zeeuw signed the agreement for the country's membership in ESO, SPACE.com reported. ...
    Brazil to Join European Southern Observatory- Space.com
    all 15 news articles »


  70. Washington: Exoplanets, Dwarf Stars, Gamma-Ray Flashes, New Images ...


    7thSpace Interactive (press release) - 2 days ago

    NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of space science topics ... and the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA. ...
  71. Sidewalk Stargazing


    Morning Star - Pat Stinson - 21 Dec 2010

    The topic is “2011 in Astronomy and Space.” “There's a comet flyby, and spacecraft will enter orbits of both the planet Mercury and the asteroid Vesta,” ...


  72. Best Art in the Universe? Hubble Space Telescope's Amazing Pics ...


    AOL News - 15 Dec 2010

    For the past 20 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has been orbiting the planet ... Hubble astronomers have uncovered, for the first time, a population of ...
  73. Why the only stars I look up to are Orion and Andromeda


    The Sun - Dara O'Briain - 2 Jan 2011

    ASTRONOMY is a science for everyone. Just glance up at the sky on one of those ...space-faring ... There must surely be life in that stellar island, even


  74. Smithsburg Town Calendar


    The Herald-Mail - 5 days ago

    ... This NASA-funded exhibit celebrates the achievements of astronomy over the centuries using images of planets and stars from the Hubble Space Telescope. ...
  75. Jennifer Aniston compared to the Crab Nebula


    Examiner.com - 30 Dec 2010

    ... actress in Hollywood and the Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant in space. ... of Jennifer Aniston, but at least he does know something about astronomy. ...
  76. Science: Transmission mission


    Financial Times - Clive Cookson - 24 Dec 2010

    Yet Professor Drake, today an elder statesman of astronomy, feels far from a failure ... And the costs of listening in are far lower than exploring space by ...


  77. Longest Night, Total Eclipse


    Dane101 - Christie Taylor - 20 Dec 2010

    Astronomer Jim Lattis, director of UW-Madison's outreach “Space Place,” said the faint penumbral eclipse begins at about 11:30 tonight, but the real show ...
    SPACE celebrates Winter Solstice on Dec 22nd; A Total Lunar ...- India PRwire (press release)
    Total Lunar Eclipse: 'Up All Night' With NASA- Space Daily
    Malaya - Examiner.com
    all 4117 news articles »


  78. One of the World's Biggest Telescopes Is Buried Beneath the South Pole


    Fox News - Blake Snow - 17 Dec 2010

    How about cosmic intrigue, deep space astronomy, or origins of the universe? Researchers at the University of Wisconsin are putting the finishing touches on ...
    South Pole's 1 km IceCube is complete, tracks neutrinos with PMT grid- OptoIQ
    Into the ice: Completing the IceCube Neutrino Observatory- Chem.Info
    all 54 news articles » BOM:530385


  79. Citizen Scientists Join Search For Earth-Like Planets


    Space Daily - 20 Dec 2010

    The space telescope has been searching for planets beyond our own solar system ...Astronomers analyze these images, looking for any stars that show a ...


  80. Telescope amazes in person, on big screen


    News-Leader.com - 7 hours ago

    This movie uses them to make the flight into space even more dramatic. ... Most of his astronomy... research, including proof the Milky Way was not the end of
  81. Mike Brown: Planet killer


    Los Angeles Times - Patt Morrison - 17 Dec 2010

    The world of astronomy had to decide: Either all of these newcomers would have to be ... How could you not, well, go into space, growing up where you did? ...
  82. 'Parents put pressure on children'


    Times of India - Srinivas Laxman - 3 days ago

    MUMBAI: Maharashtra-born Shrinivas Kulkarni, professor of astronomy and ... rocketed into the space age with the launch former Soviet Union's launch of ...
  83. Astronomy Without A Telescope – Apparent Superluminal Motion


    Universe Today - Steve Nerlich - 1 Jan 2011

    And lastly, not so much unknowable as theoretical is the notion of early cosmic inflation, which also involves an expansion of space-time rather than ...


  84. The Sun Eclipsed By Earth And The International Space Station


    Gizmodo Australia - Jesus Diaz - 5 days ago

    ... blocking a tiny bit of our home star's light: The International Space Station. ... the Moon and the ISS in the same frame—an amazing feat. [Bad Astronomy]
    Stargazers hoping to catch a glimpse of yesterday's solar eclipse ...- Leicester Mercury
    Partial solar eclipse to be visible over Israel on Tuesday- Ha'aretz
    all 1338 news articles »
  85. Kabbalah: A Sacred Science of the Future


    Huffington Post (blog) - 5 days ago

    Time and space have always been, and continue to be, an important aspect of ... Astronomy, calendars, and almanacs all rely on what happened in the past to ...
  86. Ridge resident named to Order of Canada


    BCLocalNews - Monisha Martins - 30 Dec 2010

    The telescope,detects faint microwaves radiation in outer space - “relic ... a Member of the Order of Canada for "for advancing the field of astronomy, ...
    Maple Ridge stargazer wins Order of Canada- The Province
    all 5 news articles »
  87. Black hole spews jets in telescope's first image


    msnbc.com - 21 Dec 2010

    This is a wide-field composite e-Merlin (radio) and Hubble Space Telescope ... By serving as the UK's national facility for radio astronomy, e-Merlin will ...


  88. The Astronomer Royal for Scotland tells why the sky in winter ...


    Scotsman - Shân Ross - 18 Dec 2010

    "There had been talk of rockets getting into space and I wanted to be part of that world," he adds. The young Brown's appetite for astronomy had been ...
  89. Lost astronomy mosaic from former Leicester subway


    BBC News - 20 Dec 2010

    ... comet in 1577 noted that it moved in empty space along a non-circular orbit which ... Budding astronomers can find out more about the night's sky at the ...
  90. Teledyne Braces For Shift in Work


    San Fernando Valley Business Journal - Mark Madler - 5 days ago

    “We have some very good programs now in space astronomy, ground-based astronomy, and while the James Webb program money went down, the subsequent increases ...
    TDY
  91. Penn Astronomer Opens New Window on the Universe's Past


    Media Newswire (press release) - 14 Dec 2010

    When astronomers peer into deep space, they are also looking back in time. But the view becomes ever dimmer and fainter as distance and time increase, ...
  92. Well-grounded astronaut offers glimpse of stars


    The Coloradoan - 4 days ago

    ... Metcalf-Lindenburger became an astronomy teacher at Hudson's Bay High School in Vancouver, Wash. She was selected to fly on the space shuttle after ...
  93. SOHO and USA Had Found 2000 Comets


    Coffetoday - 31 Dec 2010

    The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory SOHO, a joint project of space agencies of the ... SOHO, which uses the help of amateur astronomers around the world, ...


  94. Wake Up Early to Catch 1st Sunrise of the Year


    The Chosun Ilbo - 23 Dec 2010

    Korea's first sunrise of the new Year of the Rabbit will be at 7:26 am on the Dokdo islets, the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute said on Thursday ...


  95. International Space Station update and public observation at PARI


    Mountain Xpress (blog) - Susan Andrew - 30 Dec 2010

    The ISS serves as a long-term research laboratory in space, with experiments including biology, human biology, physics, astronomy and meteorology. ...
  96. 'How I Killed Pluto' worth reading on many levels


    Daily News - Galveston County - Mark Lardas - 25 Dec 2010

    Instead, he drifted into astronomy during college — and found he liked it. While his contemporaries pursued the then-hot field of deep-space astronomy, ...
  97. Eastern Michigan University unveils new $90M Science Complex


    AnnArbor.com - David Jesse - 16 Dec 2010

    It can be hard for Eastern Michigan University astronomy students to study the ... The plan is to schedule EMU classes in the space Monday through Thursday, ...
  98. Become an Exoplanet Hunter With Newest Zooniverse Citizen Science ...


    Universe Today - Nancy Atkinson - 15 Dec 2010

    The Kepler telescope has been in space since 2009, continually monitoring nearly ...astronomy today. ... And exoplanet research is one of the hottest topics in
    Seattle astronomers can be planet hunters- Examiner.com
    all 20 news articles »


  99. About Bad Astronomy


    Discover Magazine (blog) - Phil Plait - 15 Dec 2010

    Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, and author. After ten years working on Hubble Space Telescope and six more working on ...


  100. Managing Scientific Inquiry in a Laboratory the Size of the Web


    New York Times - Alex Wright - 27 Dec 2010

    A Dutch schoolteacher with no formal training in astronomy, ... of other Web volunteers to help classify photographs taken by deep-space telescopes. ...


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