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There are hints that are saying the solar activity may ramp up shortly. This just in....South Africa has issued a solar flare warning. Read about it by clicking here. Please join the AccuWeather.com Astronomy fanpage by clicking here. ...
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Scientist Narlikar named for Maharashtra state award
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The award, which consists of Rs.500000 cash and a citation, is in recognition for Narlikar's over four decades of research in the field of astronomy and space. Narlikar's name was announced following a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister ...
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Spring Break Camps At Air & Space Museum
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The Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium is getting the word out about a host activities getting started on Monday, March 14th. There are single day camps throughout the week and others lasting several days each. Themes include sidewalk astronomy, ...
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Physics & Engineering Festival Features Hands-On Fun, Astronauts March 26
Texas A&M University
COLLEGE STATION, March 7, 2011 – The Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University invite the Brazos Valley community to get up-close and personal with science and technology Saturday, March 26, ...
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Scientists set NASA space priorities; can it carry them out?
Network World
"Our recommendations are science-driven, and they offer a balanced mix of missions -- large, medium, and small -- that have the potential to greatly expand our knowledge of the solar system," said Steven Squyres, professor of astronomy at the Center ...
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Carnival of Space #187
Universe Today
by Nancy Atkinson on March 7, 2011 This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by our very own Steve Nerlich at his very own Cheap Astronomy website. And if you're interested in looking back, here's an archive to all the past Carnivals of Space. ...
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Astronomy Professor James Elliot dies at 67
The MIT Tech
Their discovery was confirmed by several more occultation events and eventually with direct imaging from the Voyager 2 spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope and otherwise. Elliot received a NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement for this ...
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Hot Planet Tracked Inside Famous Star System
Discovery News
All through the 1980s it appeared in nearly every introductory astronomy textbook and popular space books. For the whole of the 80's, the disk's discoverers jealously guarded their data and sometimes got into spats with other astronomers doing ...
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Space launch an opportunity to teach students about science
Las Cruces Sun-News
Astronomy, chemistry, earth science and geography were, and still are, my favorites. We did not have any laboratories at Saint Aidan's Catholic School for girls. We wore uniforms, celebrated St. Patrick's Day, and smoked occasionally. ...
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TED Talks for Space Junkies
Astrobiology Magazine (press release)
Fans of astronomy and space travel will certainly enjoy Carter Emmart's brief walk-through of the wondrous program brings the furthest stretches of the entire universe to glorious, 3D light. Users are even able to track the trajectories of various ...
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New images of starburst galaxy M82 reveal multiple sources of its superwind
Astronomy Magazine
The study of starburst galaxies enables astronomers to effectively peer back into our own galaxy's past. Like human beings, galaxies and the stars within them have a life cycle — they are born, grow, mature, and eventually die. ...
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China Details Ambitious Space Station Goals
Space.com
Jiang said that a rich agenda of research is planned for China's space station, from conducting microgravity science to space radiation biology, as well as astronomy and testing of a deployable antenna. Additionally, Jiang said that China has started ...
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University of Leicester scientist in rare observation of cosmic explosion
24dash (press release)
Dr. Rhaana Starling, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, presents her research findings in a paper published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful blasts in the Universe, ...
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Vestal observatory ready to open eyes to the sky
Press & Sun-Bulletin
April 8: "Cutting-edge Astronomy in the 21st Century," will feature Greg Sloan of Cornell University who will talk about the future of astronomy. If the skies are clear, individuals will get a chance to view Saturn and the Moon. ...
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Campus a dead zone for cell phones
Signal
There's even a zoology class, and an astronomy course that invites students to understand the solar system. Just don't expect to have enough bars to make a call on your cell phone. With its rolling hills, acres of open space and distance from heavy ...
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Will Earth's climate patterns be disrupted as the moon passes at its closest ...
Daily Mail
But Pete Wheeler of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy said to treat any warnings of an impending apocalypse with scepticism. 'There will be no earthquakes or volcanoes erupting, unless they are to happen anyway,' he told news.com.au. ...
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Jupiter can lead viewers to Mercury
San Antonio Express
The San Antonio Astronomical Association invites you to participate in all of its public astronomy events. It's free, and you can view the calendar at www.sanantonioastronomy.org An impressive encounter of Jupiter and Mercury at dusk makes this week ...
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Boston Micromachines Awarded NASA Grant
PR-USA.net (press release)
They are widely used to drive scientific discovery in astronomy, laser beam shaping, microscopy, vision science, and support a variety of defense applications. Customers include NASA, UC Berkeley, Lockheed Martin and Boston University. ...
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11 overseas Indians recognized
Times of India
As a professor at the departments of Astronomy and Physics at Yale University, she works on understanding and explaining how black holes in space grow and evolve. She is currently on a Guggenheim Fellowship. Last year she was a JILA Fellow at the ...
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An Interview with Ken Kalfus
Bookslut
Is astronomy something you're intrigued with? Absolutely! I'm fascinated with the study of the cosmos, and this is a great time to be an astronomer -- they're probing the darkmatter and dark energy that most of our universe is composed of, ...
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TEDx Waterloo 2011: Mingle, Rap, Discover - Ideas Truly Worth Spreading
Cambridge Now!
Miriah has degrees in astronomy and astrophysics from Penn State University, and earned a PhD in computer science from the University of Utah where she worked in the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute. Colin Ellard is an experimental ...
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Skunks are animals that are best avoided by all
The Daily News Online
Join Paul Krupinski as he shares his knowledge about astronomy and the night sky in his traveling planetarium. Cost is $5 per person or $10/family. Space is limited, so register early at 585-344-1122.
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The Little Library that Could
American Libraries
Recent events included family movie nights, astronomy viewings, poetry slams, music performances, language and computer classes, and workshops on civic processes. While many libraries host similar programs, what's amazing about MCL is that it is ...
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Tony Pirera, Spectrum Thin Films CEO, Hauppauge
Newsday (subscription)
From then on he was hooked on astronomy. A few years later, he built his own telescope. A photograph of that project is on display in his company lobby, along with one of the moon. "This is one of the pictures I took of the moon back then" with it, ...
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Calendar of events for March 6-13 including music, theater, nature, talks and ...
Evansville Courier & Press
EVANSVILLE MUSEUM — 411 SE Riverside Drive, "55th Mid-States Art Exhibition," through today; "Outreach to Space," through April 17; Black History Month Exhibition: "Two Artists/Two Visions," drawings by Marjorie Williams-Smith and AJ Smith," through ...
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Texas A&M Physics & Engineering Festival Features Hands-On Fun, Astronauts ...
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The Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University invite the Brazos Valley community to get up-close and personal with science and technology Saturday, March 26, at the 2011 Physics ...
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COLLEGE STATION, March 7, 2011 – The Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University invite the Brazos Valley community to get up-close and personal with science and technology ... At 4 p.m., Linnehan will present “My Experiences Flying on the Space Shuttle and Space Station” in the primary lecture hall of the Mitchell Physics Building. In addition to detailing his adventures in orbit, Linnehan will share many images ...
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his blog Followup thoughts on the meteorite fossils claim, astronomer and Discover News contributor Phil Plait says, “it's my personal opinion that [...] 28. HvP Says: March 7th, 2011 at 12:15 pm. Doug McLachlan, ..... Between the time they form and the time they reach Earth, they go through some of the most extreme conditions imaginable from the radiation and vacuum of space to re-entry . So I seriously doubt that anyone can say what kind of rock structures form on ...
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Merging Galaxies and Black Holes | Geology.com
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April 7, 2009 | NASA Spitzer Space Telescope One of our closest galactic neighbors shows its awesome beauty in this... Youngest Black Hole in our Cosmic Neighborhood November 18, 2010 | NASA "Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory ... March 1, 2009 | BBC News GalaxyZoo.org is a website where the public can view the galaxies of... Antenna Galaxies September 5, 2010 | NASA Spitzer Space Telescope "A new image of two tangled galaxies has been released by NASA's. ...
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New Discovery: Largest Molocules in Space Hint at a Life-Centric ...
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NASA Astronomers have discovered an abundance of buckyballs -the largest known molecules in space. They used the Spitzer Space Telescope to find the carbon spheres throughout our Milky Way galaxy -- in the space between stars and around three ... The Daily Galaxy via The McDonald Observatory and http://www.spitzer. caltech.edu/news/1216-ssc2010-09-Space-Buckyballs-Thrive-Finds-NASA-Spitzer- Telescope. Posted at 01:50 AM | Permalink · Email this post. Recommend this Article! ...
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NASA SPACE NEWS: Cassini Finds Enceladus is a Powerhouse
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The Senate Appropriations committee hacks out funding for needed space technology development in favor of the unneeded heavy launch vehicle and Orion: Senate Bill Would Provide 3 Billion for Orion Heavy Lifter - SpaceNews.com. ...
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Moon over West: Astronomy open house set for April 14 | ASU News
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From date: 04/13/2011To date: 04/13/2011You've heard of "Moon Over Miami," but an Astronomy Open House at ASU's West campus is a moon AND a Saturn over West, as telescopes will provide visitors an up-close look at heavenly.
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Program lets children get taste of space | North Texas Daily
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Brian Wheeler, the assistant director of the Elm Fork Education Center, said the event was a joint effort between the physics and astronomy departments. The Family Science Events grew out of the field trips that students take to the ...
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TOEHOLD IN SPACE
By Charlie
The most important fact revealed by the radio astronomy work is that great clusters of meteoric material move in specific orbits in space. These regularly visit the planets, each time depositing showers of iron and stone particles upon ...
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The Glory of the Moons
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Peter has always had an interest in Space & Astronomy but is more experienced in the technical/theoretical part of the science rather than the practical side. He is especially interested in stellar, galactic and high energy astrophysics ...
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Astronomy Cmarchesin: A Dying Star's Toxic Legacy
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Releases from NASA, NASA Galex, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Hubble, Hinode, Spitzer, Cassini, ESO, ESA, Chandra, HiRISE, Royal Astronomical Society, NRAO, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics ...
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NASA speaks out boldly on the 'bacteria from space' claims ...
But a fair number of people who don't know what cyanobacteria means, nor very much about astronomy, will defend it, because to fail to would be to concede that Fox News made a mistake. #29. Posted by: Carol Maltby Author Profile Page ...
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Glory launch fails : Space and Astronomy news daily – SpaceInfo.com.au
MarsMad on How Kleopatra gave birth to twins; Tweets that mention Enceladus – Saturn's shiny moon : Space and Astronomy news daily – SpaceInfo.com.au ...
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On Space Station, Discovery Astronauts Wrap Up Final Work - Yahoo ...
Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook ... More on Space & Astronomy. Gaddafi tanks fire in town, rebels advance westward Reuters; 2 space ...
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Scientist Narlikar named for Maharashtra state award
Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Eminent space scientist and astronomer Jayant Narlikar has been named as the recipient of the prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan 2010, ...
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Four Astronomers Meet Shuttle Discovery : Discovery News
Discovery News writer Nicole Gugliucci was at Kennedy Space Center for the final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery.
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Buckyballs more common in space than thought - Astronomy Magazine
Buckyballs have been found on Earth and in meteorites, and now in space, ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's ...
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Last Space Shuttle Discovery Landing Wednesday; Sun Becoming Active
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Big_timeline_callout. Space And Astronomy News Archives ... Space shuttle Discovery undocked from the ISS on early Monday, March 7, and depending where you ...
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using ESO's Very Large Telescope an international team of astronomers has been able to study the short-lived disc of material around a ...
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