NASA News, Oct 01, 2011

Clermont astronomy presentation puts spotlight on science education Orlando Sentinel The award-winning astrophysicist and NASA consultant plans to prove that Monday at a free presentation, "Astronomy for Everyone: Size & Scale of the Universe," at the Cooper Memorial Library, 2525 Oakley Seaver Drive. The presentation begins at 2 pm ... See all stories on this topic »

Recommended: Scientists zero in on black hole msnbc.com That's farther away than some astronomers thought was possible. "There has been a debate inastronomy for some time about the origin of the outflowing gas," said Jelle Kaastra of the SRONNetherlands Institute for Space Research. ... See all stories on this topic »

ROSAT: ANOTHER satellite to crash land in a few weeks' time Daily Mail By Ted Thornhill The world was gripped by the Nasa UARS satellite that fell back to Earth last Saturday – and now there's another that's plummeting back from orbit. In late October or early November a Germany astronomy satellite – called ROSAT- will ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Grant aids PSU astronomers in pursuit of life Centre Daily Times “The goal is important for the NASA astrobiology program since life, as we know it, needs liquid water.” Expected to be roughly the size of an SUV, and weigh about 2 tons, the HPF has been in development since 2005. When completed, it will be installed ... See all stories on this topic » Centre Daily Times

Fermi Bubbles Are Burps from a Star-Eating Black Hole MIT Technology Review (blog) ...and they may also explain the cosmic ray "knee" problem, one of astronomy's biggest mysteries. Last year, astronomers analysing data from NASA's orbiting Fermi Gamma Ray Telescope made an extraordinary announcement. They said that Fermi had spotted ... See all stories on this topic »

National Solar Observatory chooses Colorado over Huntsville The Huntsville Times - al.com (blog) Team Huntsville, which collaborated on the NSO project, included NASA's MarshallSpace Flight Center, city officials and other community leaders in addition to UAH. The NSO has said it will take up to 70 high-paying jobs to its new site with an annual ... See all stories on this topic » The Huntsville Times - al.com (blog)

Posted by - MITESH KUMAR BEHERA Education Times *Entry to the NASA is not easy and mainly US citizens are only allowed to work here. Hence, check with the NASA before you get onto this career track.. For further information please visit the websitewww.nasa.gov. ... See all stories on this topic »

The Irish Times - Saturday, October 1, 2011 Irish Times Later in the evening, at 8pm, Leo Enright will give a talk about 50 years of human spaceflight.Astronomy Ireland also has a series of moon watches and events at various locations around the country to mark space week. See all stories on this topic »

Developing Nations Working Toward China's Space Success International Business Times South Africa has pledged to focus on developing an astronomy and space sector through its South African Space Agency. The agency is focused on space science and technology and will look into areas such earth observation, space operations,space science ... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times

OCEANSIDE: 'LIFE' learning group to meet North County Times Rica French, professor of astronomy at the college, will discuss the future of exploration of the cosmos in the presentation "NASA Update" at 1 pm Raquel Jacob-Almeida of UCSD's Department of Sociology will present "Competition and Choice in Public ... See all stories on this topic »

PCPL to participate in Oct. 8 Observe the Moon Night The Banner-Graphic Putnam County Public Library, with the assistance of Dr. Mary Kertzman, professor of physics andastronomy at DePauw University, will participate in International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday, Oct. 8. Starting at 6 pm, a variety of activities for ... See all stories on this topic »

UI researcher earns presidential award Iowa City Press Citizen Howes, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is one of four researchers honored by NASA, with the other award winners having been nominated by other government agencies. ... See all stories on this topic »

Astronomers Reveal Supernova Factory Space Ref (press release) Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team, Chalmers A team led by astronomers at Chalmers and Onsala Space Observatory has detected seven previously unknown supernovae in a galaxy 250 million light years away. Never before have so many supernovae been ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA space telescope finds fewer mid-size range asteroids near Earth Astronomy Magazine The findings also indicate NASA has found more than 90 percent of the largest near-Earth asteroids, meeting a goal agreed to with Congress in 1998. Astronomers now estimate there are roughly 19500 — not 35000 — mid-size near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). ... See all stories on this topic »

Weekend Express: Your one-stop, fun-stuff planning tool Salt Lake Tribune This year's maze honors NASA with a space-theme tribute. Prices begin at $8.95, special discounts available for school field trips, Scouts, etc. For more information, www.cornbellys.com. Fall Harvest & Corn Maze » Through Oct. 29, American West ... See all stories on this topic »

China launches first space docking mission CNN China is not part of the project that maintains the International Space Station (ISS), which currently orbits the Earth conducting experiments in a range of fields, from physics to astronomy. The ISS is a joint venture between NASA, Russia's RKA space ... See all stories on this topic »

Future of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Successor Clouded by Cash ... Local News: Mountain View, CA ... One of NASA's most ambitious projects, the James WebbSpace Telescope, is embroiled in ... Email me Astronomy news. ... www.topix.com/forum/science/.../TGPMP4U3FA9KCCB1J

Astronomers Plead for Space Telescope's Life | News ... Advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM , other ACM resources, and ... NASAofficials and leading astronomers say the James Webb Space ... cacm.acm.org/.../131429-astronomers-plead-for-space-telesco...

NASA Announces California Tweetup To Tour Airborne Observatory ... NASA will host a Tweetup for 50 of its Twitter followers on Oct. 14 at the ... The Tweetup includes a tour of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy ( SOFIA) aircraft, ... SSTL Brings Economical Space Discussion To IAC 2011 In Cape Town ... Reentry · NASA To Host NewsConference On Asteroid Search Findings ... www.redorbit.com/.../nasa-announces-california-tweetup-to-to...

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