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Comet Shoemaker-Levy was about to collide with the planet Jupiter and there was a largely untested instrument -- the Hubble Space Telescope -- to watch the impact. Hammel, then a young astronomer, led the team of scientists on the project. ...
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Sofia Telescope Begins Second Mission Set
Aviation Week
By Michael Mecham SAN FRANCISCO – The NASA-German Space Agency DLR's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (Sofia) has started its second set of astronomy flights with a study of chemical reactions in and the flow of energy from interstellar ...
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Star Walk and Other Space Apps for the iPad
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The European Southern Observatory offers a selection of three astronomy apps in the App Store, each one containing amazing photographs and detailed information. ESO Top 100 provides users with incredible pictures of distant galaxies, nebulae and more ...
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SPACELINQ: First European Space Liner in Holland
Space Ref (press release)
By selling flights to the nearby Dutch and German space organizations, SpaceLinq will capture the market demand for less expensive and more frequent opportunities for microgravity research, astronomy, climate research, and small satellite launch. ...
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Boulder scientists will reach new heights on commercial spaceship
Daily Camera
Durda, now 45, is poised as a member of the first research team to enter suborbital space on a commercial spacecraft. Since earning a Ph.D. in astronomy, Durda has endured altitude chamber runs, centrifuge training and conquered NASA's Vomit Comet, ...
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Breakthrough study confirms cause of short gamma-ray bursts
Astronomy Magazine
... alerting astronomers where to look. "For more than 2 decades, the leading model of short GRBs was the merger of two neutron stars," said Bruno Giacomazzo from the University of Maryland and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. ...
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The Cost Of No Science
Science 2.0
"The Sky By Day" looks at the science and the people in today's 9-5 pro astronomy world. Born in the heart of a dying star (as we were all), Alex... How much does science cost-- and how much does it cost to turn science off? I know science can be done ...
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Astronomy professor lectures about aliens
Open Minds UFO News
And more universities, like Sacramento State, are hosting lectures on the subject, which helps to spark the interest among students, and encourages the next generation of scientists to open their minds to new ideas about life in space.
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Whom Do You Trust For Your Science, Health, and Education?
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(Image credit: NASA and the European Space Agency.) Sure, if you want to know about space, astronomy, physics, or cosmology, you can always come here, and I'll give you the best I've got. Over the last three years, hundreds and then thousands of you ...
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BAKER INSTITUTE PRESENTATION TO COMMEMORATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MANNED SPACE ...
The Cypress Times
Former astronaut Steven Hawley, a veteran of five shuttle missions, will speak at the April 12 presentation on "The Engineering, Scientific and Cultural Legacy of the Space Shuttle." Hawley is a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of ...
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Quake Could Disrupt Japan's Astro-H Work
Space News
Astro-H is the sixth in a series of X-ray astronomy missions developed by JAXA. It was expected to launch on a Japanese H-2A launch vehicle from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center in 2013, carrying the NASA-built Soft X-Ray Spectrometer, a $44 million ...
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NASA: word on LISA and astrophysics
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Speculations on astronomy, astrophysics, news I find interesting, theoretical issues, science and science policy. I will digress into computational physics, science fiction and general issues and basically whatever I feel like whenever. ...
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AAPT Announces 2011 Klopsteg Memorial Award Winner is Dr. James E. Hansen
PhysicsToday.org (blog)
Hansen was trained in physics and astronomy in the space science program of James Van Allen at the University of Iowa. He obtained a BA in Physics and Mathematics, a MS in Astronomy, and a Ph.D. in Physics, all three degrees from the University of Iowa ...
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Star Walk Brings Augmented Reality to Stargazing with iPad 2
prMac (press release)
[prMac.com] Alexandria, Virginia - Vito Technology, the Apple Design Awards 2010 winner, dedicates a new version of astronomy guide Star Walk to the 50th anniversary of the first human spaceflight. Augmented Reality is now available for iPad 2 and lets ...
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ITT... @ NSS 2011 With...
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Documentary Filmmaker Ian Cheney Explores Light Pollution
Forbes (blog)
I grew up something of an amateur astronomer, building my own telescope and attending astronomy camp in rural Arizona. But as I grew older and began spending more and more time in cities, my connection to the stars faded. I began to wonder: what do we ...
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Colorado State Board Of Education Issues Monthly Report from Front Range ...
TMC Net
Westminster faculty Lindsay Rocks and Clara Wente hosted an observing session at the Westminster campus observatory for FRCC astronomy students and the Holy Family FRCC President's Report March 2011 High School science club. ...
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Telescopes join forces to observe unprecedented explosion
Astronomy Magazine
This is truly extraordinary," said Andrew Fruchter from the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. Swift determined a position for the explosion, which now is cataloged as gamma-ray burst (GRB) 110328A, and informed astronomers ...
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Calendar: Week of April 8, 2011
Grand Junction Sentinel
Out of this World — Spring Constellations, night sky viewing with Western Colorado Astronomy Club, Colorado National Monument Centennial History and Nature Lecture Series, 8-10 pm, Saddlehorn Picnic Area, http://www.wcacastronomy.org, 858-3617, ext. ...
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WISE Mission Spots 'Horseshoe' Asteroid
Space Fellowship
“We are really excited that the astronomy community is already finding treasures in the NEOWISE data that have been released so far.” NEOWISE finished its one complete sweep of the solar system in early February of this year. ...
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DOTGO Launches Text Messaging Publishing Suite for All 100 Million Internet ...
PR Newswire (press release)
DOTGO is owned and operated by New York-based technology company Scientific Media, Inc., which was founded in 2007 by Kenneth M. Lanzetta, a professor of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University, and Stefan Gromoll, a former graduate student in ...
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Telescope ferrets out planet-hunting targets
Science Centric
'We've discovered a new technique of using ultraviolet light to search for young, low-mass stars near the Earth,' said David Rodriguez, a graduate student of astronomy at UCLA, and lead author of a recent study. 'These young stars make excellent ...
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museum honoring space An all-day celebration of 50 years of space exploration with the name Yuri's Night in honor of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space,
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Professor Astronomy's Astronomy Blog: New discoveries on odd ...
By Professor Astronomy
Finally, data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope came in. The source of the gamma rays and X-rays lies very close to the center of an otherwise normal-looking galaxy. In fact, as far as astronomers can ...
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Space scariness « The e-Astronomer
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This entry was posted on Friday, April 8th, 2011 at 10:34 pm and is filed under Astronomy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. ...
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Newly Merged Black Hole Eagerly Shreds Stars | International Space ...
By Klaus Schmidt
However, astronomers really want to combine that information with gravitational wave data from the black hole merger. The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna ( LISA), a future mission designed to detect and study gravitational waves, ...
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The launch of Sputnik 1 in the following year expanded his remit to include space. He is particularly well known for his coverage of the American Apollo program. In the UK, his name and face, along with that of Patrick Moore and James ...
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NASA Space Shuttle: Best of Launches | DocumentaryStorm - Stream ...
By Jonas
NASA Space Shuttle: Best of Launches - This NASA produced video shows footage of three Space Shuttle launches, giving an up and close experience with the raw power needed to propel ourselves into outer space. There is no narration, ...
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Astronomy Cmarchesin: Newly Merged Black Hole Eagerly Shreds Stars
By Cmarchesin
However, astronomers really want to combine that information with gravitational wave data from the black hole merger. The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna ( LISA), a future mission designed to detect and study gravitational waves, ...
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Star Walk and Other Space Apps for the iPad | PadGadget
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Interested in a little more information on our vast universe? The European Southern Observatory offers a selection of three astronomy apps in the App Store , each one containing amazing photographs and detailed information. ...
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Sure, if you want to know about space, astronomy, physics, or cosmology, you can always come here, and I'll give you the best I've got. Over the last three years , hundreds and then thousands of you decided that I was a great source for ...
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Planetary Nebula NGC 2438 | Skylook | Astronomy | Eclipses ...
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it moves through space at a different speed than the cluster stars. Distance estimates also place NGC 2438 closer than M46 and so the nebula appears in the foreground, only by chance along the line-of-sight to the young star cluster. ...
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Rocketplane's Chuck Lauer Resurfaces in European Commercial ...
By Doug Messier
The European Space Agency is also interested in the potential use for commercial suborbital vehicles for microgravity research, Earth observation & remote sensing applications, astronomy, and small satellite launch. ...
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Astronomer to speak Sunday
Hammel, then a young astronomer, led the team of scientists on the project. ... And she'll continue her work on the development of the James Webb Space ...
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Sofia Telescope Begins Second Mission Set
By Michael Mecham SAN FRANCISCO – The NASA-German Space Agency DLR's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (Sofia) has started its second set of ...
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Identical jet lags behind twin
Our latest 116-page Astronomy Now special edition is an extravaganza of astronomy ... for the space shuttle, an essential star party survival guide and more.
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The Fabric of Space Time and Expansion
[Expansion of space/time effect on time]. By sirjon in forum Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers. Replies: 63. Last Post: 26-February-2011, 02:59 AM ...
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The animated art of space | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
Astronomy | Not surprisingly, I watch a lot of TV shows about astronomy. Some are good, some, um, not so much. Probably my biggest beef with them is that ...
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Nasa's Webb telescope performs terahertz astronomy in space ...
Nasa's Webb telescope performs terahertz astronomy in space. NASA Astrophysicist Amber Straughn demonstrates the cold environment where the Webb telescope ...
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Lunar rock and roll : Space and Astronomy news daily – SpaceInfo ...
SpaceInfo … astronomy and space exploration news and images, updated daily. Check out the SpaceInfo Shop too (link above) for astronomy books, space DVDs, ...
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Space and astronomy digest: April 2011
The April digest of forthcoming space and astronomy news events, from the Royal Astronomical Society. This month sees the final launch of the Space Shuttle ...
www.scientificcomputing.com/news-space-and-astronomy-dig...
Astronomy, Optics & Space Technologies | High Tech Maui
Astronomy, Optics & Space Technologies. With clear, dark skies Maui is ranked as one of the world's top five astronomical viewing locations, ...
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Astronomy & Space - Is there be another planet like Earth? - Yahoo ...
Courtesy : Discovery Networks ... Probably somewhere, but we haven't discovered it yet. ... yes, zillions most likely. ... Mars is "like Earth". ...
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A key stage 3 revision and recap activity for science, covering the Solar System , the Earth, Sun and vides the latest news on astronomy, space, ...
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Phil's Astronomy Blog: Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
I spent an afternoon in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, and it was simply brilliant. Highlights of the exhibits on display, for me, were the Space Ship ...
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Latest Astronomy and Space News | News 24 Hours Online Daily
animated art space | Bad Astronomy Not surprisingly, I watch a lot of TV programs about astronomy. Some are good, some, uh, not so much. ...
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Another bit from New Cosmic Horizons: Space Astronomy...
Sat Apr 02 2011 21:28: Another bit from New Cosmic Horizons: Space Astronomy from the V2 to the Hubble Space Telescope, this time about the Hubble Space ...
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Aliens Exist, Sue NASA and the US Government - Space & Astronomy ...
In a stunning announcement this morning, NASA officials revealed that they have been in contact with a race of beings not of this world.
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NASA, JWST, align, rocket, space, observatory, ISIM, astronomy ...
NASA's next flagship telescope will be aligned prior to launch, but its large size requires it to be folded into the rocket and realigned on orbit.
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Carnival of Space #190 - Urban Astronomer
The Urban Astronomer has limited options, since he battles light pollution and tall buildings or trees hiding the sky. Here we find ways to enjoy the hobby ...
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European Association for Astronomy Education » SOFIA completes ...
By Alexandre Costa
Source: NASA News. GREAT collected its first THz photons from the M173W star. Image credit: GREAT Team/ NASA/DLR/USRA/DSI. The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, completed its first science flight Wednesday, ...
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Resolution 55 cm per per pixel, Illumination is from the west at an incidence angle of 26° (field of view height is 550 meters) [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Hiroyuki Sato LROC News System. On the Moon, small topographic highs ...
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