Galaxy Geeks: Amp up Your Astronomy Cred
Consumer Electronics Net
Free software downloads from Google and Microsoft go beyond traditional desktop astronomyapplications. The downloads weave images together from ground- and space-based telescopes and allow you, in some cases, to package your own virtual space ...
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Why Simon's taking space to our schools
Express & Echo
While schools can't take pupils on field trips into space to teach them about astronomy, they can do the next best thing. Simon Ould visits schools, as well as community groups such as the Brownies, with his mobile planetarium, a Tardis-like dome that ...
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Yorktown pairs lessons in astronomy, art
Muncie Star Press
YORKTOWN -- Looking for more chances for students to do art, several teachers at Yorktown Community Schools found it in outer space. "It kills me that we only have art one time per month," Yorktown Elementary School teacher Amy Burgauer said of her ...
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Students get look at shuttle program
Times Daily
Mel Blake, the director of the planetarium and observatory on campus and an assistant professor of physics and astronomy, likes the word “epic” to describe the tile that's no larger than a paperback book and much less weighty. ...
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San Francisco space enthusiast invited to watch shuttle launch
San Francisco Examiner
Growing up, on rainy days, I'd sit on the floor and read his National Geographics, which usually had articles about space exploration and astronomy. What was the feeling of being chosen to watch the launch? I was shocked! I didn't think I'd get picked. ...
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San Francisco Examiner
Astronaut Yi to attend 'Hubble 3D' preview
Korea Times
Local aeronautics experts including the country's first astronaut Yi So-yeon, will attend a special preview of a 3D space movie in Seoul, Friday. The special screening at Wangsimni CGV's IMAX Theater has also invited university astronomy student ...
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Katikati space mission to Alabama
SunLive
Toby says she has, “a huge interest in the field of science and believes that the study of astronomyand space are very important to humanity”. The girls are joining about 150 other like-minded students from 23 different countries at the camp. ...
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Scientists hope to illuminate universe's dark side
Montreal Gazette
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS, could reshape modern understandings of the universe, much the same way that the Hubble Space Telescope pioneered new frontiers in astronomy, including the startling discovery that the universe's rate of ...
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Shrinking funds pull plug on alien search devices
BusinessWeek
Astronomers at the SETI Institute said a steep drop in state and federal funds has forced the shutdown of the Allen Telescope Array, a powerful tool in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, an effort scientists refer to as SETI. ...
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FOR KIDS: The dark side of the universe
Science News
And when that understanding emerges, Gates says, “it's going to completely revolutionize the way we think about space, time and matter.” cosmology The study of the creation, structure and actions of the universe and its constituent parts. astronomy The ...
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Club holds Astronomy Day display
Journal Pioneer
Last year had been a successful year for them after they brought in an astrobiologist from the Canadian Space Agency to speak at the Harbourfront Theatre, said Affleck. "It'll be a general display and people that are amateur astronomers, ...
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Journal Pioneer
China Unveils Plans To Build Space Station By 2020
Huffington Post
As Popular Science reports, the space station will support a crew of three and will be composed of a core module and two laboratories where astronomy, microgravity, and biological experiments will be conducted, while a cargo spaceship will be built to ...
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SETI to mothball alien-seeking telescopes
TG Daily
The array, at the at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory (HCRO), is managed and operated by UC Berkeley's radio astronomy lab. But NSF funding for HCRO operations has been cut to just one-tenth of its former level, and California budget shortfalls have...
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TG Daily
PolitiCal Roundup: Caffeinated beer; space aliens vs. the budget
Los Angeles Times
It wasn't long ago that such sewage-to-tap schemes were considered fringe. Now they're just another revenue source. -- Another victim of budget cuts: Researchers at the Hat Creek Rank AstronomyLaboratory near Redding are suspending their search for ...
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Up the tower and just mad about science
Portsmouth News
Mr Priory was happy to play up to the 'mad scientist' image in promoting a programme celebrating Portsmouth's role as a centre of excellence for cosmology, astronomy andspace technology. He said: 'There are plenty of examples on television and all ...
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Portsmouth News
Media Advisory/Photo Op - Special Live Programming for Space Shuttle Endeavour...
Canada NewsWire (press release)
Sara Poirier, Researcher/Programmer in Astronomy and Space sciences, will highlight the significance of the launch and the contributions Canadians have made to the shuttle program. She will also discuss and demonstrate the inner workings of shuttle and ...
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Lockheed Martin Opens Its Doors to Young Minds at Work
PR Newswire (press release)
... principles of astronomy while gazing at the night sky in a portable planetarium. – Huntsville, Ala. Using water balloons to study flight trajectories, and visiting the local airport for a primer on aviation. – Courtland, Ala. Lockheed Martin Space ...
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African Astronomical Society debuts in Cape Town
physicsworld.com
Oluseyi is at the Department of Physics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology and has worked in Africa to promote astronomy. According to its constitution, the main vision of the society is "To be the voice of the astronomy profession in ...
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NASA Announces Maryland Winner of OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Video Contest
PR Newswire (press release)
... of technology -- even from as far afield as astronomy -- to make it possible. Dahlia has captured it all," said Zaven Arzoumanian of the Astrophysics Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. "Her video truly connects the dots! ...
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Tour the solar system from the desert floor
East Valley Tribune
It's not exactly a seat aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, but you can take a guided tour of the sky — albeit from the desert floor — in Mesa. Tony and Carole La Conte, the husband-and-wifeastronomy educators behind Stargazing for Everyone, ...
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Joan As Policewoman and As Many Other Things.
Dallas Observer
... two albums leaned more heavily on piano ballads and dealt with the loss of first Buckley and then her mother, the songs on The Deep Field are more funked-up and sonically adventurous, reflecting the album title's reference to deep space astronomy. ...
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Oakley marks 10-year anniversary of Science Week
Inside Bay Area
The first 60 people who register will get to learn about astronomy for free. "I'm proud that we continue to offer all of the Oakley Science Week programs for free," Coelho said. For those brave enough, the Reptile Kingdom is sure to be a popular event ...
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July Release Schedule
New York Times
ANOTHER EARTH The discovery of a parallel Earth behind the Sun holds out the possibility of redemption for a guilt-ridden young astronomy student (Brit Marling). Mike Cahill directed; with William Mapother. CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER Rejected ...
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Think on these things Dear President Sarkozy
Ceylon Daily News
There is much the Arabs and Muslims of other regions have done for Europe in the disciplines of Mathematics, Medicine, Astronomy, etc. but it will take too much ofspace. But let me state one object that you politicians cannot do without. ...
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Ceylon Daily News
Coming Up
The Suffolk Times
Suggested Donation $5 non-members; free for Custer, ASLI and other astronomy club members. 765-2626. Peconic Landing's May Mile & 5K, Saturday, May 7, begins 8:30 am with registration and stretching. Race/walk around campus begins 10 am followed by ...
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On This Day In Weather History April 28
Irish Weather Online
Shoemaker was one of the founders of the study of planetary science as a separate discipline from astronomy 1931 – USA: The temperature at Pahala, located on the main island of Hawaii, soared to 100F to establish a state record. ...
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Irish Weather Online
The Address Book by Tim Radford
Oxford Times
Looking out from his study, he reminds us that ultimately: “We are lost in space: we none of us know where we are.” This is not entirely a science book, although the author has won the Association of British Science Writers award for science writer of ...
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ENDERS
San Francisco Chronicle
SF Celebrating the Americas and major contributions in spirituality, astronomy, science and prophecy, with live music of the ancient Americas by Xochimochi, featuring Jim Berenholtz, Ernesto Hernandez Olmos and Mazatl Galindo as well as the closing ...
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Calendars
TriCities.com
HANDS ON MUSEUM: Johnson City, Tenn., 315 E. Main St., various May activities: Mother's Day and Teachers Cards; Las Flores; Children Just Like Me; Candy Core Samples celebrate AstronomyWeek; Blast Off Workshop; May 6, Free First Friday: Science in the ...
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Program in full bloom
Mississauga
They take place May 18 from 7-8:30 pm and June 12 from 10-11:30 am • Astronomy Series – an evening of star gazing on the lawn in front of Chappell House presented by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Mississauga Centre chapter. ...
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Astronomy Space Enthusiast.com
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Five awesome iOS apps for space and astronomy fans - News Feeds ...
Five awesome iOS apps for space and astronomy fans.
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Astronauts Share Experience with NASA Glenn Employees and Media ...
Posted 9 hours ago by Scientific American - Space Exploration. Astronomers peer into the dark. Posted 10 hours ago by PHYSorg.com: Astronomy News ...
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Astronomers Find Densest Planet In The Universe (So Far)
International Business Times
MOST is a mission from the Canadian Space Agency, an orbiting telescope that measures tiny changes in a star's light. That allows it to see planets and measure stellar variability. At about 41 light years from Earth, 55 Cancri is much closer than the...
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International Business Times
Asteroids collide at 11000 miles per hour; scientists study debris
UC Los Angeles
11, 2010, astronomers noticed that an asteroid known as (596) Scheila had unexpectedly brightened and was sporting short-lived dust plumes. Data from NASA's Swift satellite and HubbleSpace Telescope showed that these changes likely occurred after ...
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Space shuttle launch delayed until Monday at the earliest
Los Angeles Times
"I'm really disappointed," said his son, who wants to be an astronaut and already has aspace exploration badge and an astronomy badge from the Boy Scouts. It was the second time the two had bought plane tickets to see Endeavour launch. ...
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Los Angeles Times
Odisha CM flags off the exposure visit of YATS talents to ISRO
Orissadiary.com
With a view to popularize the excellent contributions of the legendary Pathani Samanta in the field of astronomy and to spot and encourage the young talents in the field ofastronomy and space science among the school going children, Tata Steel, ...
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US telescope array seeking alien life shut by cutbacks
Reuters
Astronomers there were anticipating a slew of possible new research targets from the dozens of potentially life-supporting planets newly detected by NASA's Kepler space telescope orbiting distant stars in the Milky Way galaxy. "It's a frustrating thing ...
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Portable planetarium could lead to permanent one in Austin
KVUE
Astronomy experts say all the city lights, or light pollution as it is called, has limited what we can see in the night sky. "A planetarium is not quite like being out at Big Bend under a starry sky, but it is a pretty good substitute," said Heath. ...
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A Nomad outdoor screening
Financial Times
Tenerife Nobel prize-winners, astronauts, astrophysicists – and a rock guitarist – will gather in the Canaries in June for a festival devoted to astronomy and space travel. The Starmus festival, marking the 50th anniversary this year of Yuri Gagarin's ...
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Financial Times
Around Your Town: 04/30/11
Sierra Vista Herald
The Patterson Observatory on the University of Arizona South campus will be celebrating AstronomyDay from 3 to 9 pm on May 7. View the Moon, Saturn, stars and distant galaxies and take a chance at winning a Celestron telescope by purchasing a $1 ...
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UBC Astronomers Help Unveil Densest Known Planet
UBC Faculty of Science
“You could set dates on this world by your wrist watch, not a calendar,” says UBC astronomerJaymie Matthews. NB: A "roadmap" to 55 Cancri and an image of the MOST space telescope are available here. The temperature on the planet's surface could be as ...
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'Exotic' planet is densest of its kind
CBC.ca
That paper was done by Rebekah Dawson, an astronomy PhD student at Harvard University, and Daniel Fabrycky, a Hubble Fellow at the University of California Santa Cruz. Dawson and Fabrycky's own analysis suggested the planet could be far more unusual ...
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Voyager set to enter interstellar space - Astronomy Magazine
Astronomy.com is for anyone who wants to learn more about astronomy events, cosmology, planets, galaxies, asteroids, astrophotography, the Big Bang, ...
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NASA Delays Last Launch of Shuttle Endeavour Due to Malfunction ...
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Projects « Fraser Cain | Space + Technology
Universe Today is one of the most popular space and astronomy news websites on the internet. At the time I'm writing this, Universe Today gets more than 3 ...
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Florida Braces for Huge Crowds for Friday's Space Shuttle Launch ...
News: Space/Astronomy. SPACE.com - The Florida space coast is expecting near- record crowds to flock to Cape Canaveral to watch the space shuttle Endeavour ...
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Set to Launch Tomorrow - Space & Astronomy ...
Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to lift off for the final time tomorrow. Assuming that you are not one of the ... Free Space / Astronomy Newsletter! ...
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Astronomy Radar News: The very last launch of the Endeavour Space ...
Tomorrow April 29 of 2011 will be the last launch ever of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, the Mission STS-134. The event will be broadcasted LIVE by NASA here: ...
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AstroSpaceNow.com - Astronomy Cast - Astronomy & Space Exploration ...
Astronomy Picture of the Day. Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day. AstroSpaceNow -Astronomy & space exploration news as they happen | Developed by Devexel ...
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