SPACE, Astronomy News, Jul 23, 2011

Dear NASA, This is Why I Want to be an Astronaut Discovery News BBC astronomy presenter Mark Thompson forgets the tough astronaut training and ponders the fun and games you can have in space. By Mark Thompson Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson, STS-114 mission specialist, anchored to a foot restraint on the ... See all stories on this topic » Brilliant Star Vega Lights Up July Nights Space.com Observations of Vega in 1983 with the Infrared Astronomy Satellite provided the first evidence for large dust particles around another star, probably debris related to the formation of planets. This discovery likely inspired Carl Sagan to place a ... See all stories on this topic » Space.com WISE Investment in Astronomy Deseret News (blog) The 16-inch diameter WISE space telescope was designed and built by Utah StateUniversity's Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Ogden. [John D. Elwell of USU'sSpace Dynamics Lab addresses the Salt Lake Astronomical Society on July 19, 2011.... See all stories on this topic » Deseret News (blog) Can Planets In Roller Coaster Orbits Be Habitable? Discovery News The measurements were made with the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) array of telescopes operated by of the Georgia State University. Using optical interferometrty to combine the light from a series of small 1-meter telescopes the ... See all stories on this topic » The Space Shuttle Era: A Review RTT News According to the NASA, over 2000 experiments in the fields of Earth, astronomy, biological and materials sciences were conducted by the space shuttle program, whose cost has been pegged at $209 billion over the course of its history. ... See all stories on this topic » RTT News Astronomers Discover Largest and Most Distant Reservoir of Water Yet Science Daily (press release) The astronomers made follow-up observations with the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-Wave Astronomy (CARMA), an array of radio dishes in the Inyo Mountains of Southern California. This discovery highlights the benefits of observing in the ... See all stories on this topic » Moon and Jupiter Team Up in Night Sky Sunday Morning Space.com ... "Big Jupe," is 463 million mi (745 million km) out in space from our earthly vantage point. Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for The New York Times and other publications ... See all stories on this topic » Space.com Seminar on astronomy Times of India The students will be exposed to research opportunities in astronomy and will interact with intellectuals. There will be discussion on various topics like astronomy in ancient times by AK Bhat, Science writer. Indian Space Research organisation (ISRO) ... See all stories on this topic » Antenna unfolded on Russia's space observatory The Voice of Russia Specialists have unfolded a massive antenna on Russia's Spektr-R radio astronomyobservatory, which was launched into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome inKazakhstan early this week, media reports said on Saturday. Spektr-R will scour the fringes of ... See all stories on this topic » The Voice of Russia Russia Places World's Largest Radio Telescope In Earth Orbit HULIQ The Spectr-R radio astronomy observatory blasted off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome Monday. "We are happy to report that the Spektr-R spacecraft was successfully launched," Nikolai Kardashe, deputy director of the Russian SpaceResearch ... See all stories on this topic » HULIQ Russian space telescope unfurls giant antenna Bangkok Post A giant new Russian space telescope on Saturday unfurled its dish-like antenna which will observe radio waves from galaxies and black holes billions of light years away. A Zenit 3F rocket carrying the Spektr-R radio astronomy observatory blasts off ... See all stories on this topic » Bangkok Post Residents Spend the Evening Under the Stars Patch.com The heat wave did not stop astronomy lovers from stargazing at Shorefront Park Thursday night as part of the Evening Under The Stars event run by professor Tom Madigan. Madigan, who has teaching credentials at Queensborough College, both Nassau and ... See all stories on this topic » Cracking egg hatches interest in science Elmira Star-Gazette He's got a great new book about astronomy and space exploration that he's read again and again, and most nights he walks around with a little pair of binoculars, waiting for it to get dark enough to point them at the night sky to pick out Saturn from ... See all stories on this topic » Tadpoles and Burnt Cheese Patch.com "We have top-notch naturalists who know everything from astronomy to zoology. They are dedicated to engaging the public with their natural surroundings.” Taylor added, “We're really fortunate inMontgomery County to have a wonderful park system. ... See all stories on this topic » Exoplanet aurora: An out-of-this-world sight Astronomy Magazine Because red dwarf stars are the most common stars in our galaxy, astronomers have suggested focusing on them in the search for earthlike worlds. However, since a red dwarf is cooler than our Sun, a rocky planet would have to orbit very close to the ... See all stories on this topic » Astronomers Find Largest, Most Distant Reservoir of Water ... By Klaus Schmidt Two teams of astronomers have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe. The water, equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water in the world's o. International Space Fellowship Space and Earth Sciences News :: Astronomers start testing ... University of Florida astronomers are testing a new infrared camera this summer at the world's largest telescope that will allow researchers to look for ... www.news-about-space.org/astronomy-news/cluster10557090/ Space shuttle Atlantis is back on Earth, and the shuttle era is ... Astronomy. News · Forums & Polls. Space shuttle Atlanti. ... Space shuttle Atlantis touched down before dawn at Kennedy Space Center's Runway 15, ... www.topix.com/forum/science/.../TL3JTUQ8BHSO8K6T7 Feelsynapsis: Results for "space" Tags: fermi, thunderstorm, antimatter, space, astronomy, astronomy blog, astronomy news, feelsynapsis astronomy. 192 days ago ... feelsynapsis.com/pg/search/?q=space&search... Space Astronomy Links | 0 Android Informations 2011/2012 fix Get the latest outer space and science news, NASA information, watch space flight videos atSpace.com. View exclusive solar system Images, latest astronomy ... android-2011.com/0/space-astronomy-links.html Residents with ties to NASA, love for space disheartened to see conclusion Villages Daily Sun The Village of Sabal Chase resident was once active with The Villages Astronomy Club and has been gazing into space through telescopes since his youth, constructing his first while in high school. Considering his life's passion, it was only natural ... See all stories on this topic »

Venture to the last protoplanet PhysOrg.com When astronomers point the Hubble telescope towards the Vesta planetoid, they play their last trump card. With its eagle eye, the space telescope is known to provide the clearest possible images of celestial bodies. However, Vesta has beaten even ... See all stories on this topic » PhysOrg.com

What's next for the Canadian Space Agency? Global Montreal The Canadian Space Agency has been a major player in the program over the years. Dr. Phil Langill, member of the University of Calgary's Department of Physics and Astronomy, says Canada has sent eight astronauts into space 14 times while using Canadian ... See all stories on this topic »

Guest Post: End of an Era: Space Shuttle Program (1981 – 2011) Universe Today I enjoyed launching my Estes space shuttle rocket (along with my SR-71, Saturn V and V2 models) and had just about every space-themed Lego kit known to exist. Despite the space toys and my extreme interest in space (and astronomy) as a kid,... See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

Who's hot in Hollywood: Morgan Freeman, Maria Canals-Barrera USA Weekend Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has loved physics and astronomy ever since high school, and he asks the big questions of life, the universe and everything as the host of Science's Through the Wormhole. If it happens in his lifetime, Freeman, 74, ... See all stories on this topic »

Season for Mysterious 'Night-Shining' Clouds Is Here Our Amazing Planet ... the clouds have been observed and photographed by astronauts from orbiting shuttles; from space they are called polar mesospheric clouds. Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes aboutastronomy ... See all stories on this topic » Our Amazing Planet

Feast your eyes on the night skies of Colorado The Aurora Sentinel Stencel, a professor of astronomy and the director of observatories at the University of Denver, can go into painstaking detail about luminescence, sidereal days and all of the other scientific details attached to the stars. Still, the real lure of the ... See all stories on this topic »

The Deer Shed Festival, Baldersby Park, July 24 The Press, York By Charles Hutchinson » It should be a starry night when I Am Kloot perform their astronomy-themed new album at the Deer Shed Festival at Topcliffe this weekend. Singer Johnny Bramwell tells Charles Hutchinson all about it. ... See all stories on this topic »

Another Astrofest success Parkes Champion-Post Parkes Mayor Cr Ken Keith warmly welcomed the prominent astronomy guest speakers and more than 60 participants from the Central West and all over Australia at a civic reception last Saturday afternoon. Recently elected State Member for Dubbo Troy Grant ... See all stories on this topic »

'Nostalgia for the Light' explores cosmos, Chilean carnage Pittsburgh Post Gazette ... point that "the past is the astronomer's primary tool" and "the present doesn't really exist," in terms of light and the light-years it takes to reach us. The point is even better made by the gloriousspace vistas from the immense telescopes. ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA'S Hubble Discovers Another Moon Around Pluto IEWY News The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore conducts Hubble science operations. STScI is operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc. inWashington. Join the discussion below, or trackback from your ... See all stories on this topic »

What it takes to be the mother of Tesla's 'genius boy' Bizjournals.com (blog) He also devoured anything associated with space and astronomy as a kid, his mother said. So Musk's SpaceX venture, which makes rockets for private space flight, was no surprise to her. As his mother, she says the hardest thing in dealing with Elon's ... See all stories on this topic »

From Theorems and Numbers, the Geometry of a Diverse Career New York Times One entry reads, “Think of the gallery as a church, a space empowered.” Also here is a two-part work from 2002, made after Ms. Rockburne had turned from topology toastronomy. Titled “The Twins: Castor & Pollux,” it features a copper-coated celestial ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

We're going to see a black hole!!! ScienceBlogs (blog) With a resolution many times superior to that of the Hubble Space Telescope already, radioastronomy using this VLBI technique is already the best in the world in terms of resolving bright, point-like radio sources. Well, if you wanted to see a black ... See all stories on this topic »

Off Topic: Planetary Science-A Day at NASA Headquarters DirectionsMag.com (blog) In his case, it was a project focused on radio astronomy for the Moon; others presented ideas on detecting thermal properties of the moon soil as well as projects that looked for extraterrestial life on Europa. The four winning teams out of over 100 ... See all stories on this topic »

Twisted tale of our galaxy's ring Astronomy Magazine By Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California — Published: July 21, 2011 In a strange twist of science, astronomers using the Herschel Space Observatory have discovered that a suspected ring at the center of our galaxy is warped for reasons they ... See all stories on this topic »

News Briefs – July 21 Gustine Press-Standard Contact Lea Macklin, 854-3550, to reserve booth space or learn more about the West Side Art Association. Newman astronomy enthusiast Tom Duarte is conducting a series of free summertime viewings of the moon and Saturn. Upcoming viewings are planned for ... See all stories on this topic »

Let's Get Together around Howard County Baltimore Sun The Howard County Celestial Searchers — Fourth Monday, 7-8 pm Astronomy club for grades K-8. Parents welcome. 14601 Bushy Park Elementary School, art room, Carrs Mills Road, Glenwood. Joel Goodman, 410-531-6600 or StardocJG@aol.com or ... See all stories on this topic »

Global Immersion completes Taiwan project InterPark Tony Scott, senior project manager at Global Immersion, said: "The Taipei Astronomical Museum is another prime example of a client of ours who is seeking to transition their immersive space into the next generation of astronomy and science education. ... See all stories on this topic »

Austin's Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa is Top Texas Hotel to Make ... Benzinga The resort has integrated local and regional history, flora and fauna education, astronomy and even domesticated livestock into its programming. Stargazing on the driving range at Wolfdancer gives a breathtaking glimpse at the expansive Texas nighttime ... See all stories on this topic »

Past the Cosmos, into the Clergy Centre View After he completed his undergraduate degree, he went to the University of Hawaii to pursue his interests in physics and astronomy. Here, Dundon began to explore his fascination with the universe, and he started to think seriously about becoming a ... See all stories on this topic »

Science News: Milky Way Galactic Core Hides Giant Space Pacifier ... By Jim Cook What we have here is a gigantic cosmic binky,” said astronomer Glackso Smith-Klein of the Center for Space Observation in a news conference Friday morning. “Our discovery really brings the meaning of the Milky Way into context. ... Irregular Times

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