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SPACE, Astronomy News, Sep 29, 2011


Advanced Mirror Technology Development Science Requirements Team
Space Ref (press release)
NASA/MSFC intends to purchase this effort from Association of Universities for Research inAstronomy, Inc., Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland pursuant to FAR 13.106, for the acquisition of supplies and services determined to be ...
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New Research Finds Venus' Winds, They Are A-Changin'
Universe Today
Read more on the NASA feature article here. About Jason: I'm a graphic designer from Rhode Island currently living and working in Dallas, Texas. I love astronomy and spaceexploration and enjoy finding and sharing the best space images on my blog www. ...
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Universe Today
New Views of an Ancient Asteroid
Scientific Computing
Using the Herschel Space Telescope, astronomers are set to obtain the first-ever images of asteroid 1999 RQ36 in far infrared light, a wavelength that the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will not be able to see once it approaches the charcoal-black chunk of rock...
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Scientific Computing
Crossroads at Big Creek: Check out planets near and far at Family Astronomy Day
Green Bay Press Gazette
This year, the astronomy society board generated new graphics and spent hours fact-checking and revising copy for new, colorful trail markers. The new signs include a QR smart phone link to the society website and, in the future, will link NASA sites ...
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NASA: Satellite fell in south Pacific, not Canada
Boston Globe
By Seth Borenstein AP Science Writer / September 28, 2011 WASHINGTON—That dead NASAsatellite fell into what might be the ideal spot -- part of the southern Pacific Ocean about as far from large land masses as you can get, US space officials said ...
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NASA selects resident's image as picture of day
Livingston Daily
NASA selected it as its Astronomy Picture of the Day in August. PHOTO SUBMITTED BY MICHAEL ROSINSKI / Hartland Township amateur photographer Michael Ros Tired from a long day, Hartland Township amateur photographer Michael Rosinski set up his camera on ...
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NASA Announces California Tweetup To Tour Airborne Observatory
IEWY News
NASA will host a Tweetup for 50 of its Twitter followers on Oct. 14 at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The Tweetup includes a tour of the Stratospheric Observatory for InfraredAstronomy (SOFIA) aircraft, which will visit ...
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Seven scientists awarded Shaw Prize in Hong Kong
Xinhua
The Shaw Prize in Astronomy was equally shared by Dr Enrico Costa, Director of Research at the Institute of Space Astrophysics and Cosmic Physics (Rome) of the National Institute of Astrophysics, Italy and Dr Gerald J Fishman, Senior Astrophysicist at ...
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Wolf Asks White House To Identify JWST Offsets
Space News
The lawmaker also complained that NASA completed a JWST replan months before his subcommittee drafted the bill that recommends killing the program but declined to share that information. “In the coming weeks, the House and Senate will sit down to ...
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Space News
Spitzer's steaming super-Earth
Astronomy Now Online
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found that exoplanet 55 Cancri e, which was first discovered in 2004, is less dense than previously reported; instead of a scorched, rocky world, water vapour and other gases likely steam from its molten surface. ...
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Astronomy Now Online
MSU graduate in solar physics wins presidential award
Montana State University
26 that Jonathan Cirtain, now at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has won a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). He was one of 94 winners this year and one of four recipients nominated byNASA. ...
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Extrasolar planets: Homing in on another Earth
Nature.com (subscription)
The investigations that will be enabled by NASA's planned James Webb Space Telescope, which is currently at risk of cancellation, are the cornerstone of astronomers' next plans in this area. Nevertheless, it is clear that the search for other Earths is ...
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Space Exploration is Not Just for Astronauts
MindShift
... require an engineering or astronomy background. And as Waldman notes, it's a good reminder that there are lots of jobs associated with space exploration that don't either. After all, not everyone who works at NASA is an astronaut or astrophysicist. ...
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Sky Guy: Exciting discovery from Kepler; busy weekend for stargazers
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
Astronomy Day will feature a number of events, starting with Tallahassee Astronomical Society's free planetarium show at the Downtown Digital Dome Planetarium Theatre at 10 am The zodiac constellation Aquarius will be presented in the "Learning ...
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Zot! UC Irvine Team Proves Stellar At Mapping Dark Matter
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Kirkby and Margala, a grad student at UC Irvine, kept tweaking and re-submitting their statistical model — 15 more times in fact — before emerging as the winner of the Mapping Dark Matter competition sponsored by NASA and the Royal Astronomical ...
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CERN Conference Embarks on New Theories to Explain Begining of Universe
International Business Times AU
Findings in physics and astronomy have proven beyond reasonable doubt that the universe indeed had a beginning. The CERN particle physics research center announced that the program will be carried out with a so-called "Extra Low Energy Antiproton Ring" ...
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International Business Times AU
Obama presents award to UI researcher
UI The Daily Iowan
The release said UI researcher Gregory Howes, an assistant professor of physics/astronomy, was recognized for leadership in education and outreach activities. Howe was also one of four researchers honored by NASA "for outstanding contributions to ...
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NASA Concepts for the Next NASA X-ray Astronomy Mission ...
NASA Concepts for the Next NASA X-ray Astronomy Mission - SpaceRef.
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NASA to Brief Industry on Space Launch System Procurement
Read more: http://www.spacescientific.com/more/515-google-space-news/ ... and science news,NASA information. exclusive solar system Images, astronomy . ...
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NASA sees Hurricane Hilary's heaviest rain ... - Telescopes Astronomy
NASA sees Hurricane Hilary's heaviest rain in northwest quadrant. Written by Administrator. Posted in News - Astronomy News. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight ...
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NASA Posts Space Launch System Acquisition Overview
WASHINGTON -- NASA has released the acquisition overview for the Space Launch System ...Breaking news and articles on Space and Astronomy. All Space ...
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