SPACE, Astronomy News, Jul 03, 2011

STAR POINTS: Spotting a planet one Neptune year later Carroll County Times ... stories in all of astronomy. It involved careful observations by alert observers, mathematical puzzle solving and international competition and cooperation. Neptune's discovery wasn't an accident. It was the prize in a 19th-century space race. ... See all stories on this topic »

Spot the Space Station in Night Sky This Fourth of July Space.com Skywatchers in Utah have already been treated to amazing space station views when the orbiting laboratory soared 220 miles (354 kilometers) above the Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival, where more than 750 amateur astronomers had gathered, ... See all stories on this topic » Space.com

Astronomy Without A Telescope – Big Rips And Little Rips Universe Today An easy solution to this is to say that dark energy is a feature inherent in the fabric of space-time, so that as the universe expands and the expanse of space-time increases, so dark energy increases and its density remains constant. And this is fine, ... See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

When planets were discovered Abilene Reporter-News Ask Doug explores space and promise to boldly go where no man has gone before, with his Monday-Thursday columns in the Reporter-News. Question: I've been dabbling a little in astronomy after receiving a telescope as a gift. I wonder if you could tell ... See all stories on this topic »

Saturn works late, Jupiter works early and Neptune parties Washington Post Distant encounters of the solar kind: Earth officially reaches aphelion (pronounced uh-FEE-lee-uhn), a planet's farthest distance from the sun — in Earth's case, about 94 million miles — July 4. l July 5 — Astronomer Elizabeth Warner explains ... See all stories on this topic »

Singapore Science Centre looks for digital planetarium sponsor Channel News Asia Chan Ki-Hung, curator of the Hong Kong Space Museum, said: "We also have some live shows, for example to introduce the skies of the season. It can also do other things, not just limited to astronomy. It can teach other science subjects such as biology, ... See all stories on this topic »

CALIFORNIAN GO! Community Events for July 3-9, 2011 North County Times Astronomy expo and star party ---- Oceanside Telescope and Photo hosts the seventh annual Southern California Astronomy Exposition, which will feature three days of events. First up is a swap meet and sale at OPT headquarters from 10 am to 4:30 pm At 5 ... See all stories on this topic »

Space spin-offs – better cancer therapy : Space and Astronomy news ... By Jonathan Nally In studying how chemical elements emit and absorb radiation inside stars and around black holes, the astronomers discovered that heavy metals such as iron emit low-energy electrons when exposed to X-rays at specific energies. ... Space and Astronomy news daily...

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