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SPACE, Astronomy News, Jul 26, 2011


For the very first time, astronomers have discovered molecules of hydrogen ...
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The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope (APEX), a venture bringing together the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Germany, the Onsala Space Observatory at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, and the European Southern ...
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Astronomers zero in on star's last gasp
ABC Online
Astronomers believe this may due to the companion being too small or distant for current ground-based telescopes. It is hoped the space-based Kepler telescope will find more. "With a sufficient sample of planetary nebulae, Kepler could help us ...
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Astronomers Discover New White-Dwarf Binary System.
SkyandTelescope.com
The stellar motions produce undulations in the underlying space-time fabric, just as a bowling ball rolling along the surface of a waterbed creates ripples. And as astronomers watch the two white dwarfs spiral inward, they can compare the shrinking ...
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Nasa's future looking secure
Independent Online
Nasa had sold the Hubble telescope as one of the greatest developments inastronomy since the findings of Galileo. It would see stars and galaxies 100 times more clearly than was possible from Earth and reveal the secrets of black holes and quasars. ...
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Independent Online
Spaced Out! Pluto's new moon
ABC Online (blog)
... Pluto (pic courtesy Astro-Space News). We also talk about an exciting finding - the largest and most ancient volume of water known so far, around a quasar. Why is this important? Listen and find out... Astronomer Dave Reneke - Tuesdays at 0620am. ...
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Morgan Freeman talks space and going 'Through the Wormhole'
USA Weekend
Well, no, not a passion for science as such, but I do have a passion for astronomy and cosmology. I find that extremely interesting. The physics of the universe — that stuff really gets me going. There's so much stuff you cover, from astronomy to life ...
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Use Your iPhone To Take Pictures With Your Telescope Using The AstroClip ...
TFTS (blog)
... the back-facing camera lens and then connects to the telescope allowing for viewing and shooting of magnified space objects. Now you can take iPhone pictures and videos and share them with friends or even start an astronomy blog, if you so choose....
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TFTS (blog)
Bizarre dwarf planet wrapped in blanket of ice
msnbc.com
"Crystalline ice is what we all have in our fridges — the molecules of water are aligned in lattices," researcher Benoit Carry, an astronomer at the European Space Astronomy Centre in Madrid, told Space.com. Moreover, observations from the Very Large ...
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msnbc.com
Dunwoody Residents Look to the Heavens at Georgia Perimeter College
Patch.com
By Pam Morton At first glance, the diminutive building appears to house campus utilities rather than an astronomy lab, but once the outside hatch is opened and visitors step inside they are treated to a unique site – a digital, high-powered telescope ...
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Where Is Now? The Paradox Of The Present
NPR (blog)
But this "time travel by eyesight" is not just the province of astronomy. It's as close as the machine on which you are reading these words. Your present exists at the mercy of many overlapping pasts. So where, then, is "now"? As almost everyone knows, ...
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'Another Earth' Film Grounded In Cutting-Edge Physics
Space.com
... many elements of the new film are based on cutting-edge science; in fact, the movie's premise follows naturally from recent developments in physics and astronomy. [Top 10 Strangest Things in Space] First off, the concept of an "alien Earth" is less ...
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Space.com
Astronomers Discover Huge Water Vapour Cloud in Space
The Christian Post (Singapore)
Astronomers have reported the discovery of a huge water vapour cloud floating around a black hole in space. The cloud is so big that scientists estimate it holds 140 trillion times the mass of water in the Earth's oceans, and is approximately 10 ...
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The Christian Post (Singapore)
Hubble Constant: A New Way to Measure the Expansion of the Universe
Science Daily (press release)
A PhD student from The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) in Perth has produced one of the most accurate measurements ever made of how fast the Universe is expanding. Florian Beutler, a PhD candidate with ICRAR at the University ...
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Visitors safe in Churchill's new centre
Winnipeg Free Press
"We're not a tourist organization," said Tenuta, whose centre offers "learning vacations" that allow visitors to immerse themselves in sessions about astronomy, northern ecology, birding and sub-Arctic plants -- as well as bears and whales -- for up to ...
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TAM opens newly-renovated planetarium
Attractions Management
Global Immersion senior project manager Tony Scott, who led the project, said: "Taipei Astronomical Museum is another prime example of a client of ours who is seeking to transition their immersivespace into the next generation of astronomy and science ...
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Becky Ramotowski: Mercury and Saturn make appearances this week
San Antonio Express
You'll need a telescope and a good star chart to locate this dusty ice ball, but the payoff is a sense of accomplishment and pride. For a handy finder map go to heavens-above.com and click on the name of the comet under the astronomy heading.
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What a Ham
Your Ottawa Region
“From our radios from home, we're able to talk to an astronaut in space,” he said. Not only can hams communicate with humans in space, they can also listen to transmissions from planets. Radioastronomy is the study of the radio frequencies emitted by ...
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Star Night: August 19
Berthoud Recorder
He has a master's degree in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma and has undergraduate degrees in physics & astronomy, geography & meteorology with minors in math and computer science. He became interested in astronomy in the 2nd grade and began ...
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Do End of the World Prophecies Cause Real Harm?
HealthNewsDigest.com
His experience as a teacher includes nearly all topics in undergraduate physics,space science and astronomy. He has also served for over 30 years in the United States Navy and Navy Reserve working principally as an analyst in naval intelligence. ...
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HealthNewsDigest.com
Bascom Lodge: Plugging a happ'nin' place
Schenectady Gazette (blog)
Free talks in the Lodge run through October and include some site-specific subjects, such as "Greylock in Time and Space," amateur New England astronomy and an all-night drawing marathon. Also to come are tap-dancing and coffee-bean roasting. ...
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Borgie log cabin project wins £10000 funding
Sutherland Northern Times
A spiritualist group booked it regularly and it has also been used by the Caithness Astronomy Group because it is an ideal base for star gazing as there is no light pollution there." Mrs McFadyen described the cabin, which has one large room with a ...
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Astronomers Find Largest, Most Distant Reservoir Of Water
Water Online (press release)
Follow-up observations were made with the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-WaveAstronomy (CARMA), an array of radio dishes in the Inyo Mountains of Southern California. The second group, led by Dariusz Lis, senior research associate in ...
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NASA and Chevron Partner to Benefit the Energy Industry
Space Ref (press release)
As NASA's lead center for robotic exploration of the solar system, JPL has a wide-ranging charter that also includes active programs in Earth science, astronomy and physics, and technology development. The demands of space missions provide the impetus ...
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Astronomers Find Largest, Oldest Mass of Water in Universe ... - News
News. Astronomers have discovered the largest and oldest mass of water ever detected in ... [The Top 10 Strangest Things in Space]. The astronomers used two ...
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