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SPACE, Astronomy News, Aug 10, 2011


Russian space science blooms again
Russia Beyond The Headlines
"We've been waiting for this day for such a long time," said Nikolai Podorvanyuk, a researcher at the Moscow Institute of Astronomy. "It's been planned since the 1980s, but has repeatedly fallen through for a variety of reasons. But now it's here, ...
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Russia Beyond The Headlines
The dark clouds over US astronomy
Nature.com (subscription)
The proposed cancellation of NASA's latest space telescope shows the difficulties ahead. But there is a solution, says Michael S. Turner. It is barely 12 months since USastronomy was shown the future, with the release of New Worlds, New Horizons in ...
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Nature.com (subscription)
Astronomy Fair pulls in crowds at Sidmouth's NLO
Sidmouth Herald
Aliens and extra terrestrial life, Things that go bang in the night!, exploding stars in deep space, A Starry Night to remember - The night the Titanic sun and Aurorae - The Northern Lights.” The four lecturers were David Bryant, Andy Newsam, ...
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The Return of Cosmos
SkyandTelescope.com
... up to create Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey, to air in 2013. Late last week, word came that a new version of Cosmos is in the works. This time it's the vision of Druyan and her Cosmos Studios, and she'll again be aided by astronomer Steven Soter, ...
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Space Travel at the Click of a Button
Onislam.net
In the end, it may turn out as a real, efficient astronomy class! One of the most exciting rides is 'Comets, asteroids and near-Earth objects'. Helped along by videos, animations, photographs and narration, you follow the asteroid 2008 TC3, ...
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Onislam.net
Meteor man wants your rocks
Concord Monitor
By Matthew Spolar / Monitor staff Veilleux, a retired astronomy teacher who works as a part-time educator at McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, is a meteorite buff with a collection of more than 250 at his home in Hooksett. But he still has yet to see ...
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Stunning snaps of space
The Sun
It is among 700 out-of-this-world shots from back-garden amateurs and pro snappers vying to win £1500 in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest. White hot ...space capsule Hayabusa glows as it returns to Earth in June 2010 Purple haze ... a ...
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The Sun
Is a Breakthrough in Alien Detection Imminent? SETI's Allen Telescope Array to ...
International Business Times
... to be 100 percent, says Space.com. Andrei Finkelstein, top Russian scientist and director of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Applied Astronomy Institute, in June this year expressed hopes that extra-terrestrial life can be found in two decades. ...
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Into orbit
BCLocalNews
Putting telescopes into orbit has revolutionized astronomy. Finally there are the countless services and commercial applications, such as communications, GPS navigation and broadcasting satellites. However, no matter what the application is, ...
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Everyone's a 'rock star' at the Cernan Earth and Space Center's weekend shows ...
TribLocal
Hosted by an animated sun (named Sol), this multimedia program describes the very basics ofastronomy, including the stars, sun, planets and the current season's “star pictures.” 2 pm Sundays AstroSmiles mini show. This video, narrated by Space Shuttle ...
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Don Quijote May Tilt at an Asteroid
Smithsonian (blog)
In his book Death From The Skies!, Bad Astronomy blogger Phil Plait writes: The American astronomer Alan Harris has composed a table of risks from impacts, and the results are surprising: if you live in the United States, the overall risk of dying from...
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Smithsonian (blog)
NotJustTelescopes.com Announces a Back-to-School Special on Full Line of ...
Benzinga
... James Webb Space Telescope planned for a 2018 launch (provided Congress does not cut the project for the NASA budget in the 2011--2012 session. In the meantime many professional and leisure astronomers continue their search of the known universe. ...
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Nemesis death star theory that it hurls comets towards Earth is debunked by ...
Daily Mail
Study author Coryn Bailer-Jones, from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany's Heidelberg, told Live Science: 'There is a tendency for people to find patterns in nature that do not exist. 'Unfortunately, in certain situations traditional ...
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Daily Mail
Perseid meteor showers peak late week; best viewing probably late tonight
Washington Post (blog)
By Steve Tracton A Perseid Meteor (Source: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day ) There are very few instances beyond a day or two, especially during summer, that one can predict showers with complete certainty. This week is just such a case, ...
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JUNO MISSION WILL OPEN JUPITER UP TO THE PUBLIC
Tucson Citizen
“The first step is to engage the amateur astronomy community to supply us with their data and send us their pictures,” she said. “We will need to see what Jupiter is doing in 2016.” The public will be invited to weigh-in on which pictures should be ...
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It's starship enterprise
Derbyshire Times
There were plenty of other space joke: iPhones, cathode ray guns, a Darth Vader moment. Sir Joseph confused astrology and astronomy, and one song, Fair Moon To Thee I Sing, needed no rewriting at all. They didn't have the best voices you'll hear at ...
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Dust particles may run rings around Pluto
ABC Science Online
In an attempt to provide answers, astronomers pointed NASA's Hubble SpaceTelescope at Pluto searching for signs of a ring. None was detected, but it did discover a fourth tiny moon. Now scientists from the UNESP-São Paulo State University in Brazil ...
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ABC Science Online
Future of Water Will be Topic of 'Changing Planet' Town Hall at Arizona State ...
Newswise (press release)
Key subjects include physics; astronomy and space exploration; the brain; medicine; biology and evolution; and energy and the environment. Both in print and online, the magazine's award-winning staff brings these topics to life with the help of the ...
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Fairfax County community calendar, Aug. 11 to 18, 2011
Washington Post
Perseids meteor shower, learn astronomy basics, then watch the sky for the meteor shower. Bring bug spray and a lawn chair or a blanket. 8-9 pm, Cub Run RECenter, 4630 Stonecroft Blvd., Chantilly. $4, registration required. 703-817-9407. ...
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Dominican archaeologist continues attracting glances of the world's scientific ...
Dominican Today
And that's the reason the scientist of Chinese origin Ng Tze-Chuen, known for his successful projects at NASA and the Russian Astronomy Center, will visit Dominican Republic for the first time. Ng Tze-Chuen will spend two days on Dominican soil, ...
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Harry Potter and Pareto's fat tail
Significance Magazine
Power laws appear constantly in the most unexpected areas of natural and social sciences: in astronomy (the diameter of moon's craters, the distribution of mass in the Universe), informatics (the size of computer components, the number of people ...
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Significance Magazine
San Jacinto College South campus breaks ground on new science and allied ...
Ultimate Pasadena
There will also be an observation deck for a 16 inch telescope that can be used not only by students in the Astronomy department, but will also be shared with the community. "When you're talking to a science person, labs are what are most important to ...
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The death of the Sun to be accompanied with gigantic fireworks
Pravda
It will take the Sun approximately 100000 years to lose weight, which is a very short period of time from the point of view of astronomy. Scientists say that about 20 percent of comets of the Oort cloud will be discharged into interstellar space during ...
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Starlab visits Wasaga
The Barrie Advance
Just like in a planetarium, a ROM astronomy teacher uses a light show teach spectators about planets, stars and space. Participants are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food donation for the Wasaga Beach Ministerial Food Bank when they come. ...
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Gallery: A fluffy galaxy : Space and Astronomy news daily ...
By Jonathan Nally
It was only in the year that Messier published the final version of his catalogue, 1784, that another famous astronomer, William Herschel, discovered NGC 3521 early on in his more detailed surveys of the northern skies. ...
Space and Astronomy news daily...
Sun Erupts with Largest Solar Flare of the Cycle
By Nancy Atkinson
You can follow Universe Today senior editor Nancy Atkinson on Twitter: @Nancy_A. Follow Universe Today for the latest space and astronomy news on Twitter @universetoday and on Facebook. Tagged as: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), ...

Space and Earth Sciences News :: Astronomers searching for oxygen ...
SA's Herschel space observatory has found molecules of oxygen in a nearby star- forming cloud. This is the first undisputed detection of oxygen molecules in ...
www.news-about-space.org/astronomy-news/.../page2.html
DNA building blocks can be made in space - Astronomy ... - Latest News
Fox NewsDNA building blocks can be made in spaceAstronomy MagazineBy NASA's GoddardSpace Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland — Published: August 9, ...
www.nownewnews.com/.../DNA+building+blocks+can+be+ma...
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Space.com offers the late breaking headlines about outer space, space flight, science andastronomy news. Get the latest news and read special reports about ...
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News: Space/Astronomy. AP - Months after the death of the Mars rover Spirit, ... News:Space/Astronomy. SPACE.com - Astronomers have discovered a galaxy ...
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