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SPACE, Astronomy News, Sep 10, 2011


The Hubble in orbit above the Earth (Photo: NASA)
New 'Spectacles' Sharpened Hubble's Focus on Universe

Voice of America (blog)
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is considered one of the greatest leaps inastronomy since Galileo first put a telescope to his eye back in the early 1600s, thanks in large part to its spectacular images of the universe. Hubble was put into orbit by ...
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Saturn Still the Focus of Cassini
National Journal
By Kenneth Chamberlain NASA made the first photo below its Sept. 4 "Astronomy Picture of the Day." Although the photo was from 2006, several media outlets picked it up as a new photo, according to abcnews.com. The photo was taken by NASA's Cassini ...
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NASA offers undeniable proof that we went to the Moon, again
Examiner.com
In making such a press release, NASA was trying to do two things, the primary being to renew interest in the LRO mission and the secondary be to disprove the 'we never went to the Moon' conspiracy theorists. While the images were good, some space ...
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Feast your eyes on these jaw-dropping space images taken by amateur astronomers
Tecca
by Mariella Moon | Last updated 6:30PM EDT on September 9, 2011 Images of the heavens and outer space are always a sight to behold whether they're taken by aNASA orbiter or by photographers on Earth. There's an astronomy photographer in everyone who's ...
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Lincoln-Way North teacher part of NASA Program on Infrared Astronomy this weekend
TribLocal
By Stacy Holland Yesterday at 2:59 pm Lincoln-Way North science teacher Peggy Piper will join her five fellow SOFIA teachers as part of the NASA program workshop on Infrared Astronomy on Saturday, September 10 at the University of Chicago Yerkes ...
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JWST: the knives come out
ScienceBlogs (blog)
As the American Astronomical Society tries to rally support for NASA's James Webb SpaceTelescope, which was deleted from the budget, with extreme prejudice, by the House Appropriations Committee, other players chime in, and they are not quite as ...
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Hubble will star at observatory
Cincinnati.com
Enquirer file/NASA The stunning images relayed to Earth by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have excited the human imagination and forever changed the view toward astronomy. Launched on the back of Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990, Hubble has been ...
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UA telescope allows public closer look at moon, galaxy (Q&A)
al.com (blog)
The event is hosted by Dean Townsley, assistant professor in UA's department of physics and astronomy. UA professor and astronomer William Keel talks to us about this rare opportunity, what space novices will learn about the moon and how he remains ...
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al.com (blog)
Astronomy in Chile – get ready for comet Elenin
I Love Chile News
Astronomers are preparing to enjoy its pass. According to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, it won't provide much of a show. Astronomers still have reason to be excited, as it will offer them a chance to study what is considered to be a young comet...
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Books: For the Love of Physics, by Walter Lewin
Waterloo Record
When I began to do research on X-ray astronomy, we knew of about a dozen X-ray sources in deepspace. Now we know of many tens of thousands. . . . Fifty years ago even the likelihood of the big bang was not a settled issue. ...
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T-Mobile's September “All Hands Day” Another Day Of Steep Discounts, New ...
TmoNews
I think part of the reason people took your joke about the iphone 5 so seriously is because evidence of water has actually been found on mars recently (I'm HUGELY into Astronomy by the way :D ). ...
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'Rocket City Rednecks' series on National Geographic Channel to feature 5 ...
The Huntsville Times - al.com (blog)
The father of two children, Travis, 43, inherited his love of space and science from his own father, one of NASA's original machinists. "Daddy" Charles repaired rockets designed by von Braun and helped build America's first satellites. ...
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The Huntsville Times - al.com (blog)
"Invisible" world discovered
Astronomy Magazine
But when a planet runs 5 minutes late, astronomers get excited because it suggests that another world is nearby. NASA's Kepler spacecraft has spotted a planet that alternately runs late and early in its orbit because a second, “invisible” world is ...
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Saturn In Front Of The Sun: Cassini Spacecraft Captures Breathtaking View Of ...
Huffington Post
The photo was recently featured here, as NASA's "Astronomy Picture of the Day." During Cassini's time orbiting Saturn, it has captured some stunning shots of the planet. Notably, Cassini sent back pictures and data on a storm that measured aproximately ...
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NASA spacecraft images offer sharper views ... - Astronomy Magazine
Home » News & Observing » Astronomy News » NASA spacecraft images offer sharper views of Apollo ... Photo by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/ASU ...
www.astronomy.com/.../NASA%20spacecraft%20images%20o...
NASA to Release New Apollo Moon Landing Site ... - Yahoo! News
News. NASA will release new photos of its Apollo moon landing sites on Tuesday (Sept. 6). It will be only the ... By Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Senior Writer ...
news.yahoo.com/nasa-release-apollo-moon-landing-photos-tu...
NASA panorama sees Tropical Storm Maria ... - Telescopes Astronomy
NASA panorama sees Tropical Storm Maria join Hurricane Katia. Written by Administrator. Posted inNews - Astronomy News. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight ...
www.telescopesastronomy.com/.../nasa-panorama-sees-tropical...
NASA discovers the coldest stars, Y-dwarfs
You are here: Home > Science News > Astronomy > NASA discovers the coldest ... After a decade of attempts by the space agency (NASA) to find these stellar ...
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