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SPACE, Astronomy News, Sep 13, 2011


Space science caught in a Webb
The Space Review
When astronomers prepared their decadal study in 2000, prioritizing ground- andspace-based observatories proposed for the next decade, NASA provided a cost estimate for what was then known as the Next Generation Space Telescope of $1.2 billion. ...
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The Space Review
Fermi's latest gamma-ray census highlights cosmic mysteries
Astronomy Magazine
“This pulsar turns out to be a great example of the cooperation between the Fermi team and radioastronomers — scientists working in widely separated parts of the electromagnetic spectrum,” said David Thompson from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...
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Batch of 50 New Alien Worlds Discovered
Discovery News
This time, however, the announcement doesn't come from NASA's orbital exoplanet hunter, the Kepler Space Telescope, it comes from the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (or HARPS for short). ...
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NASA Solicitation: Concepts for the Next NASA X-Ray Astronomy Mission
Space Ref (press release)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its Physics of the Cosmos (PCOS) Program is soliciting information through this Request for Information (RFI) pertaining to potential X-Ray astronomy missions. Specifically, NASA is seeking ...
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Kepler leaves unseen exoplanet nowhere to hide
Astronomy Now Online
Since 1995 astronomers have been discovering exoplanets that they cannot see by watching the way their gravity tugs on their parent stars, but now Kepler scientists are going one step better by discovering planets that tug on other planets. NASA's ...
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Astronomy Now Online
Gravity waves, scientists wave back: squeezing light beyond quantum limit
The Conversation
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center The birth of a black hole creates a tsunami of rippling space. More energy is given out than the sun emits in a billion years. When two black holes coalesce, the burst of energy that travels out at the speed of light ...
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The Conversation
AAS Members Decadal Priorities and Fiscal Realities Informational Email 2011-10
Space Ref (press release)
When the facts concerning JWST and the rest of NASA are known, we will communicate them to you, our members, and together we will determine the best way forward for our Society as a whole. We know that astronomy and related disciplines are slated to ...
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Space Ref (press release)
Shadowy Saturn, fluttering flight, and determining decisions
Scienceline
A sad reminder of how awesome NASA's space shuttle program was: Last week a private spaceship lost control on a test journey into the skies and was destroyed. The ship is a pill-shape and funded by the billionaire who founded Amazon, Jeff Bezos, ...
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Maine Starlight Festival Shines for 11 Days of Statewide Inspiration ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
The state's investments in the capabilities of the Island Astronomy Institute has enabled Maine to emerge as a national leader in the promotion and protection of its newly recognized natural resource. The statewide celebration of this cultural resource ...
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Where we're going, we don't need roads
Daily Free Press (subscription)
“This $500K in seed money is merely symbolic. The Hubble Space Telescope cost about $2 billion,” said Thomas Bania, a fellow BU astronomy professor. Even with 10 grants, however, the necessary technology is missing for this kind of space travel. ...
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Space And Astronomy News Mattters - Sep 6 2011 - NASA – Eyes ...
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Twin NASA craft launched to study insides of moon - Yahoo! News
Read 'Twin NASA craft launched to study insides of moon' on Yahoo! News. ... Last month,astronomers suggested the two moons collided and the little one glommed ... This is the second planetary mission for NASA since the space shuttle ...
news.yahoo.com/twin-nasa-craft-launched-study-insides-moon...
Space food, shuttle tiles for sale by NASA
The US space agency is offering schools and universities a special deal on astronaut cuisine and heat tiles from the now extinct space shuttles, just over 20 dollars a pack, NASA said Monday. ...Science and technology news .... Sep 08, 2011 Hi everyone, I just started an introductory course inastronomy and we've covered ...
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