Finding Snoopy: Astronomers and students scour space for lost Apollo 10 module
Tecca
Apollo 10's landing module, Snoopy, was jettisoned like all other landing modules, and has been floating around in space since then. NASA last had contact with Snoopy back in 1969, and no orbital data for the Snoopy exists after that year. ...
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Canada in path of space junk
Montreal Gazette
Peter Brown, an astronomy professor at the University of Western Ontario, said the chance that it will strike somewhere in Canada is relatively low, given that its orbit ranges anywhere in the world between latitude of 57 degrees north and 57 degrees ...
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Armchair Astronomy Takes Off On The Web
QUEST (blog)
Garan takes photos in space and shares them over Google+. From hosting tweetups with spaceenthusiasts, to sharing space amazing videos on YouTube, NASA has embraced social media as a way to spread its message and further popularize astronomy. ...
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| Researchers Develop Method for Detecting Black Hole, Star Collision International Business Times Video simulations were created by NASA's Tim Sandstrom using the Pleiades supercomputer at the agency's Ames Research Center in California. Marc Kamionkowski, a professor of physics and astronomy at Johns Hopkins University, said the research will help ... See all stories on this topic » |  International Business Times |
| The Secret Lives of Solar Flares Space Daily Since then, astronomers have recorded thousands of strong flares using instruments ranging from the simplest telescopes in backyard observatories to the most complex spectrometers on advanced spacecraft. Possibly no other phenomenon in astronomyhas ... See all stories on this topic » |  Space Daily |
Get starry-eyed at the Swaner
Park Record
Larson will give a lecture at 7:30 pm Immediately following the talk, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in astronomy-based activities that include stargazing from the center's deck. "The Swaner has held star parties for a long time, ...
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| How to See the Brightest Supernova in a Generation Universe Today If you don't have a good-sized “amateur” telescope, you might consider contacting a local astronomy club to see if they are having a “star party” or observing night in your area. To find an astronomy club, check out NASA's Night Sky Network. ... See all stories on this topic » |  Universe Today |
| How the Milky Way Got Its Spiral Space Daily Supercomputer simulations by Christopher W. Purcell, postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in Pitt's School of Arts and Sciences, and colleagues report their findings in a paper titled "The Sagittarius Impact as an ... See all stories on this topic » |  Space Daily |
A Plethora of Planets: Number of Known Exoplanets Soaring
Scientific American (blog)
One is technological innovation—instruments such as the NASA Kepler spacecraft and the HARPS spectrograph on a European Southern Observatory telescope in Chile have brought dramatic improvements to astronomers' extrasolar vision. ...
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| Bill Nye the science guy at UVU UVU Review During Ned's time as a POW, he became fascinated with astronomy, specifically with sundials. Ned stuck a shovel in the ground and watched it's shadow shorten and grow as the days wore on, keeping track of things like meals for his fellow POW's. ... See all stories on this topic » |  UVU Review |
How Netflix Lost its Glamor and its Way
The Mac Observer
During his five years at Apple, he worked as a Senior Marketing Manager for science and technology, Federal Account Executive, and High Performance Computing Manager. His interests include alpine skiing, SciFi, astronomy, and Perl. ...
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NASA's WISE raises doubt about asteroid family believed responsible for ...
Astronomy Magazine
With the new infrared observations from WISE, astronomers say Baptistina may finally be ruled out. "As a result of the WISE science team's investigation, the demise of the dinosaurs remains in the cold case files," said Lindley Johnson from NASA ...
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| NASA Completes Giant Mirrors for Hubble Successor ... - Yahoo! News News. NASA's next huge space telescope passed a major mirror milestone this week ... Nature described the James Webb as "the telescope that ate astronomy". ... news.yahoo.com/nasa-completes-giant-mirrors-hubble-success... |
| NASA - NASA's WISE Mission Captures Black Hole's Wildly Flaring Jet Astronomers using NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have captured rare data of a... NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration ... www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/.../wise20110920.html |
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