SPACE, Astronomy News, Sep 17, 2011

Media Opportunity With NASA's SOFIA During Washington Stopover MarketWatch (press release) 22, from 12 to 2 pm EDT at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a highly modified Boeing 747SP aircraft fitted with a 100 inch (2.5 meter) diameter telescope, is making a rare appearance on the ... See all stories on this topic »

Supermassive Black Holes Found Growing in Small Distant Galaxies International Business Times Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to examine the distant universe and found these massive black holes growing in smaller galaxies. "It's kind of a chicken or egg problem: Which came first, the supermassive black hole or the massive galaxy? ... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times

Former NASA astronaut brings extensive knowledge and experience to MU Columbia Missourian No sweat. Former astronaut and Introduction to Astronomy instructor Linda Godwin lectures about lunar gravity and tides in the Physics Building at MU on Thursday afternoon. As an astronaut for NASA, Godwin spent over 38 days in space. ... See all stories on this topic » Columbia Missourian

A Planet With Two Suns Discovered: 'Indication of What is Possible' International Business Times But astronomers from NASA have discovered a planet 200 light-years from Earth that apparently orbits two suns, like Tatooine. Researchers aren't surprised at the discovery, yet it's the first time they have discovered and viewed a planet with two stars... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times

The hunt for rocks from space BBC News Astronomers had tracked the falling body through space from a telescope in Arizona, then predicted the broad area of its impact. Eyewitnesses in the town of Wadi Halfa and at a train station between there and Khartoum reported witnessing the fireball, ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

AURA Applauds Senate Action on JWST Space Ref (press release) Despite the required reduction in overall funding level, the bill addresses three high priorities for NASAincluding JWST, NASA's Space Launch System, and commercial space launch systems. In reacting to the Senate action, Dr. William S. Smith, Jr, ... See all stories on this topic »

Coupled stars break up for the single life Astronomy Now Online Our latest 116-page Astronomy Now special edition is an extravaganza of astronomyfor the year ahead. Featuring an extensive guide for observing in 2011, an introduction to major new missions to the Moon, Mars and Jupiter, an epitaph for the space ... See all stories on this topic » Astronomy Now Online

Supermassive Black Holes Found In Small Galaxies RedOrbit Image Caption: Astronomers detected supermassive black holes in 28 distant, low-mass galaxies, including the four shown in these Hubble Space Telescope images. Image credit: A. Koekemoer,Space Telescope Science Institute. See all stories on this topic »

UI employee helps put projects into space UI The Daily Iowan ... is certified by NASA to assemble and solder parts, and, because she often has students assisting her in the shop, she is certified to provide quality control. Mary Hall Reno, the head of the Physics/Astronomy Department, said the UI has one of the ... See all stories on this topic »

The tension builds up – SOFIA to land at Cologne-Bonn Airport on Saturday at 06:50 German Aerospace Centre (blog) SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, is a joint project by the US space agency NASA and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and is expected to operate for 20 years. ... See all stories on this topic » German Aerospace Centre (blog)

Listen to Slate's show about the latest Republican presidential debate, a ... Slate Magazine His second is an obscure William Faulkner quote from his second novel, Mosquitoes. Emily chatters on NASA's recent "Astronomy Picture of the Day" of a solar eclipse on Saturn, and a second feature on NASA's first documented "circumbinary planet. ... See all stories on this topic »

The College welcomes 19 new faculty members Union College PHYSICS and ASTRONOMY: Evan Halstead, visiting instructor, earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University at Buffalo, with a research concentration on cosmology. He taught “Calculus-based Introductory Physics for Engineers I and II” at Buffalo and an ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA: Satellite pieces to hit Earth in a week ABC Action News By: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - US space officials say they expect a dead satellite to fall to Earth in about a week. NASA has been watching the 6-ton satellite closely. On Friday officials moved up their prediction for its arrival to Sept. ... See all stories on this topic » ABC Action News

Leading NASA programs may hurt smaller projects - Topix NASA's Aim for Rocket: Deep Space ... The cost of NASA's two flagship programs -- a new spacetelescope and its next rocket -- is ... Email me Astronomy news. ... www.topix.com/forum/science/.../TLAHNI7P9JSD927D0

NASA unveils plan for giant deep space rocket (Reuters) : Reuters ... NASA unveils plan for giant deep space rocket (Reuters). Posted on 14 September 2011 by Yahoo!News: Space/Astronomy. Reuters - NASA unveiled plans for ... herald247.com/.../nasa-unveils-plan-for-giant-deep-space-rock...

Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | NASA announces new rocket for ... Sign up for our NewsAlert service and have the latest news in astronomy and ... Bill Gerstenmaier,NASA's chief of space operations, said the agency plans one ... spaceflightnow.com/news/n1109/14heavylift/

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