Today: SPACE, Astronomy News, Apr 20, 2011

Apr 20, 2011

SPACE, Astronomy News, Apr 20, 2011

Could Low-Cost Space Missions Keep Astronomy Aiming High
Space Daily
On Tuesday 19 April, in his presentation at the National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno, Wales, Leicester University astronomer Professor Martin Barstow will argue that a solution could be found in the form of low-cost space missions with a price tag ...
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Space Daily
NASA'S Hubble Celebrates 21st Anniversary with "Rose" of Galaxies
PR Newswire (press release)
WASHINGTON, April 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's deployment into space, astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., pointed Hubble's eye at an especially ...
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New Theory of Evolution for Spiral Galaxy Arms
Science Daily (press release)
"This research has many potential implications for future observational astronomy, like the European Space Agency's next corner stone mission, Gaia, which MSSL is also heavily involved in. As well as helping us understand the evolution of our own ...
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Astronomy festival beneath Tenerife's starry skies
Easier (press release)
... woman to travel to space in 1963), Jim Lovell (the pilot who played a pivotal role in the rescue of Apollo 13 following a failure in space), Richard Dawkins (evolutionary biologist), Kip Thorne (expert in astrophysics), Jill Tarter (astronomer and ...
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Far sighted space technology finds practical uses on Earth
PhysOrg.com
Ken Wood will present the project at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno, Wales, on Tuesday 19th April. The part of the Electromagnetic Spectrum including the far infra red and microwave is also called 'terahertz' radiation. ...
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The KU alum who found Pluto
University Daily Kansan
Byers was introduced Tuesday by Steven Hawley, physics and astronomy professor at the University of Kansas, who participated as an astronaut in the Hubble Telescope missions that produced many of the space photographs on display at the discussion. ...
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School Pupils To Study Space Radiation Belts
RedOrbit
Dr Andrew Kavanagh will present this innovative project between Lancaster University and Headlands School and Community Science College on Wednesday 20 April at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 2011) in Llandudno, Wales. ...
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Berthoud Recorder
Joining the chorus, Hubble Space Telescope recorded this image in optical and infrared light, confirming that the flash was located along the path of a galaxy at redshift 0.351. If associated with the galaxy, this explosion occurred when the universe ...
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Berthoud Recorder
His Dark Materials
Morning Star
Dobek said astronomers of the day thought dark regions were voids in space. By carefully studying photographs he made from the plates, Barnard theorized that dark areas contain dark material – dust and gas of nebulae, which block the light of ...
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Morning Star
Carbon monoxide detected around Pluto
UPI.com
Jane Greaves of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland led a team of British astronomers who found a strong signal of the gas in Pluto's atmosphere using a telescope in Hawaii, SPACE.com reported Tuesday. She will present the findings Wednesday at ...
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E-MERLIN Set to Give Wizard New View of Hubble Deep Field Region
Science Daily (press release)
ScienceDaily (Apr. 18, 2011) — The Hubble Deep Field (HDF), taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in the 1990s, is one of the most iconic images in astronomy. Now, astronomers at Jodrell Bank Observatory have produced a high-resolution mosaic of the HDF ...
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Asteroid makes starry debut
Mississauga
That's where the Earthshine Astronomy and Space Science Organization comes in. Members of the Mississauga organization would love to hook residents up with a high-powered telescope to view Asteroid Mississauga, or 223950 Mississauga as it's officially ...
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Looking Up: The craters of the moon: A record of violence
Naples Daily News
... leading national magazines in the field of astronomy. Exhibits of his pictures have appeared in numerous science museums, universities and institutions — including a 20-month show featuring a large number of his images at the Kennedy Space Center. ...
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Kuwaiti visits South Pole on scientific expedition
TMC Net
Al-Jouaan, who is the supervisor of Kuwait Science Club's Department of Outer Space in its Astronomy and Space Sector, is also currently a trainee at the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy in Brussels. She previously took part in a scientific ...
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Drifting on alien winds
PhysOrg.com (press release)
Carroll is a Fellow of the International Association for the Astronomical Arts, and has written articles and books on topics ranging from space to archaeology. His articles have appeared in Popular Science, Astronomy, Sky & Telescope, Astronomy Now ...
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PhysOrg.com (press release)
Adelaide's centre of the universe
ABC Online
As astronomers begin to colour-code the information with visual colours the eye can easily recognise, such as purple for ultraviolet and shades of red for infrared, the kaleidoscope we recognise as space photos begin to take shape. ...
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JFK, UFOs and the Alien Race Question
UFODigest
The Howard Tatel Radio Telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank WV. SETI pioneer Dr. Frank Drake used this 85-foot diameter antenna for Project Ozma, the first modern microwave search for intelligent extra-terrestrial signals, ...
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ASAA 25th International Aerospace Art Exhibition at National Naval Aviation Museum
PR.com (press release)
... USS Hornet Museum, Planes of Fame, Learjet, Living Legends of Aviation, San Diego Air & Space Museum, Pima Air & Space Museum, SimuFlight, Kitt Peak National Observatory, UofA, Raytheon, National Optical Astronomy Observatory and Spacefest. ...
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Physicist Believes Space Travel Freed Humankind from Gravity
STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija (subscription)
While being the closest Slovenians will get to the universe for the time being, the Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies, planned to open in the village of Vitanje (N), will at least promote astronomy, believes Petrac. ...
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Religion's interconnectivity comes full circle in Rome
Temple News
It displays a clash of ideologies in 5th-century Alexandria (Roman Empire), running the gamut from Roman Paganism to Judaism and Christianity, to astronomy and philosophy. It is impossible for me to go in depth, but what you need to know is that every ...
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Carnegie's Paul Butler Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
EurekAlert (press release)
He received his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Maryland in 1993. He has given countless invited talks on his research all over the world. Among his awards and honors he received National Academy of Sciences Henry Draper Medal in 2001, ...
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Why do you believe in God?
New Statesman (blog)
For instance Dr Hugh Ross, who heads up the American Christian apologetics ministry Reasons to Believe, told me that it was discoveries in astronomy that first alerted him to God's existence. He referred me to what he called compelling evidence for ...
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New Statesman (blog)
U.Va. Musicians and Scientists Collaborate in a Concert April 21 at The Haven
University of Virginia
It resulted in a number of partnerships between composers and scientists from fields including astronomy, psychology, biology and microbiology, nutrition and environmental sciences. Some partnerships simply involved discussion and sharing of data; ...
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About Town: Area Event Listings
Harbor Light
A wide range of interests are encompassed including art, music, dance, science, computers, technology, astronomy, sports, aviation, and much more. The emphasis is on fun and learning in a hands-on environment. Most classes cost $59 to $79. ...
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Wormholes allow travel from one black hole to another
Chicago Daily Herald
Want to learn more about astronomy? Almost every day you can meet an astronomer at the Adler Planetarium. Visit the Space Visualization lab from 2 to 3 pm Monday through Saturday and learn about science and technology or the planetarium's ongoing ...
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New Radio Wave Technique Could Detect Alien Planets
LiveScience.com
The results have been accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Follow SPACE.com for the latest in space science and exploration news on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook.
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