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SPACE, Astronomy News, Oct 04, 2011


ALMA Telescope Opens Its Eyes To Colliding Galaxies
iWeather Online
This view combines ALMA observations, made in two different wavelength ranges during the observatory's early testing phase, with visible-light observations from theNASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. High on the Chajnantor plateau in the Chilean Andes, ...
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iWeather Online
Spacecraft reveal new anatomy around a black hole
Astronomy Magazine
In addition to XMM-Newton and Integral, they used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope,NASA's Chandra and Swift satellites, and the ground-based telescopes WHT and PARITEL. Together the instruments gave them unprecedented wavelength coverage — running ...
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Freefalling (Possibly)
Huffington Post
One of the reasons Boston University was so attractive to me was that they had several clubs related to astronomy and space travel. I eagerly sought out the table for the BU chapters of SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space), ...
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Science and human exploration: together at last
The Space Review
By necessity, exploration of surfaces must involve geology, engineering science, chemistry, physics, and astronomy. On this first mission beyond LEO in over 40 years and the first human/robot exploration of the lunar farside, astronauts would return ...
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The Space Review
Beyond Movies: James Cameron is Exploring New Frontiers
Popular Mechanics
And I know from working in the sciences—especially space science and astronomy—that every one of these scientists was a science-fiction fan when they were a kid. It was an outlet for their imagination and their sense of what was possible. ...
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Popular Mechanics
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
UPI.com
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. MAJURO, Marshall IslandsOct. 3 (UPI) -- The government of theMarshall Islands says it has created a 750000-square-mile shark ...
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Coping with climate change the topic of 2011 Robert M. Walker Distinguished ...
Washington University in St. Louis News
Kennel earned a bachelor's degree in astronomy from Harvard College and a doctorate in astrophysical sciences from Princeton University. He joined the UCLA Department of Physics, pursued research and teaching in space plasma physics and astrophysics, ...
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Planetarium teacher says he has 'the best job ever'
The Herald-Mail
This year's public program schedule begins Tuesday with the Cowboy Astronomer, a tour of the night sky that includes a history of some constellations, “cowboy style.” New this year is a program that focuses on NASA's New Horizons mission, ...
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The Herald-Mail
Brand SA hosts international media
South Africa.info
From Pretoria, the group paid a visit to HartRAO, the radio astronomy observatory at Hartebeesthoek, 50km west of Johannesburg. The facility started up as Nasa's Deep SpaceInstrumentation Facility 51. Here they were given an overview of South Africa's ...
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Budget battle splits U.S. scientists
UPI.com
"The project is the core of astronomy; not only astrophysics, and not just in the US, but in the world," said astrophysicist Alan Dressler of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, adding that ending the project would mean "a 20-year setback in ...
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The Search for 'Snoopy': Astronomers & Students Hunt for NASA's ...
SPACE.com - A group of amateur astronomers in the United Kingdom, ... Files at Web News ...Students Hunt for NASA's Lost Apollo 10 Module (SPACE.com) ...
filesatweb.com/.../the-search-for-snoopy-astronomers-students...
Educated Earth // Articles - Astronomy - Top 5 NASA Space Missions ...
These are the top 5 accomplishments of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to date. We cant ... Top 5 NASA Space Missions Of All Time (News ) ...
www.educatedearth.net/story.php?id=1814
Carnival of Space #217 | Dear Astronomer | Answering your ...
Also coming from Discovery news is a great article on solar astronomy by Nicole ... exploration will enjoy a write-up on Vintage Space covering NASA's ten-year ...
www.dearastronomer.com/2011/10/03/carnival-of-space-217/
Private Space Race On to Launch US Astronauts for NASA
Latest Space and Astronomy News / updates every 3 minutes. FEED · Home · U- Today ... PrivateSpace Race On to Launch US Astronauts for NASA. Friday, 30 ...
www.spacescientific.com/.../19144-private-space-race-on-to-la...
NASA's Asteroid Hunter Finds Fewer 'Planet-Buster ... - Space Archive
Space and astronomy news and information for the American Southwest. Coverage includesVandenberg AFB rocket. NASA's Asteroid Hunter Finds Fewer ...
www.spacearchive.info/news-2011-09-29-voa.htm

Comet smashes into the sun; massive explosion ensues (VIDEO)
WJLA (blog)
... sheath shortly before a coronal mass ejection ripped into space: This is definitely something that astronomers will be keeping close track of in the future. You can read more about the 1998 collisions in this report by NASA. Photos and movies are here.
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Risk of Dangerous Asteroid Strike Reduced, NASA Finds
Fox News
"Fewer does not mean none and there are still tens of thousands out there to find," said study leader Amy Mainzer, principal investigator for NASA's NEOWISE project at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. [Photos: Asteroids ...
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Fox News


NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 27 September 2011
Space Ref (press release)
[This is a routine operation which regularly transmits HD onboard video (live or tape playback) to the ground on a daily basis before sleeptime.] The crew worked out with their regular 2-hr physical exercise protocol on the TVIS treadmill with ...
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Space Ref (press release)


SpaceX Unveils Plan for World's First Fully Reusable Rocket
Space.com
SpaceX released a video animation of its proposed reusable rocket and space capsule system to illustrate how it would work. [Video and photos of SpaceX's reusable rocket plan] "We will see if this works," Musk said. "And if it does work, ...
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Space.com


Calling all citizen scientists: Help find life on Mars
msnbc.com
To investigate the formations in detail, video footage and photos of the lake bottom are recorded by DeepWorker sub pilots. The data requires analysis in order to determine what types of features can be found in different parts of the lake. ...
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msnbc.com


Cyclone sticks on Michigan: See why it's been soggy for days (NASA video)
Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
The culprit is a cyclone, and NASA just released stunning photos and video (below) to prove it. "A cyclone is anything that rotates cyclonically. It's a cyclone, it's a 'cut off low' -- it's a pain," quipped meteorologist George Wetzel of the National ...
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Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com

Incoming Cold Front Prompts Wildfire Worries
KUT News
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/5632231268/sizes/l/in/photostream) Gusty winds, dry air and vegetation, high chance of thunderstorms and warm weather are all contributing factors to the critical fire ...
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Scarlett Johansson cellphone pictures aren't all that smart phone hackers are ...
KOLD-TV
"Mobile phones today have more computing power than all of NASA in 1969," he says via e-mail. And, he points out, even the battle to engage average computer users with basic security safeguards such as hard-to-guess passwords and robust antivirus ...
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'Rocket City Rednecks' reality TV is a blast
msnbc.com
The stars include those with Ph.Ds, an original NASA machinist and a bona fide genius. [ Photos: Behind the Scenes of "Rocket City Rednecks" ] Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Astronauts on the International Space Station are seeing red, ...
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msnbc.com

Astronauts capture stunning footage of Southern Lights
Yahoo! News Canada (blog)
This video is actually a series of stills taken by the astronauts on pass from the south ofMadagascar to north of Australia over the Indian Ocean. For more info on how the astronauts take these photos, check out NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ...
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New ACDSee Photo Editing and Management Products Deliver Best Combination of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Doug foresaw the importance of the convergence of analog and digital (print, photos, scans, videoand metadata). The company's products include ACDSee Pro 4, ACDSee Photo Manager 12, and Canvas 12 +GIS, which helps Fortune 500 companies enhance, ...
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Census: 131729 gay couples report they're married
Bangor Daily News
A third say they've been involved in “sexting,” the sharing of naked photos or videos of sexual activity. Among those in a relationship, 4 out of 10 say their partners have used computers or cellphones to abuse or control them. ...
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Photos/Video: UK Minister Tours The East
Bernews
Currently, the European Space Agency is setting up a transportable tracking station at the site of the former NASA tracking station at Cooper's Island and the tour provided the perfect opportunity for Minister Bellingham to see the work in progress. ...
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Bernews


Northern Lights glow in Michigan, and from space (photos, video)
MLive.com
Aurora watchers have also been enjoying a stunning video of the Southern Lights -- and wildfires in Australia -- recently released by NASA (shown below). Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) used a digital camera to capture several ...
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MLive.com


Active Sun, Beautiful Aurora: Reader Photos
Universe Today
NASA says the sunspot's magnetic field is currently crackling with sub-X-class flares that could grow into larger eruptions as the sunspot continues to turn toward Earth. Here are some reader photos of the sunspot and the aurorae it created. ...
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Universe Today


Green Flight Challenge teams successfully fly over first round of competition ...
PhysOrg.com
CAFE allowed media to go out near the runway and take video and photos as the planes took off and cleared the 50-foot height requirement and noise measurement. All were required to meet a noise level no greater than 78 dBA at full power takeoff, ...
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PhysOrg.com

Hail the First Vibrator in Space-'Boldly Going Where None Has Gone Before'
SheWired
Of course, we're not sure if the gurus at SexToy.com asked NASA what Sally Ride might have snuck into her overnight bag, but so far the space agency isn't disputing the company's claim to be the winner of the horny space race. ...
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SheWired

Smart attire
Inquirer.net
These days phones aren't just used to talk to someone, they're also devices that allow people to text, take photos, shoot video, get on the Internet, send e-mails, calculate a restaurant bill, provide a current location and keep time. ...
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The 2011 Chevrolet Fireball Run Adventurally visited Clarksville Tennessee
Clarksville Online
Participants this year included NASCAR legend Geoff Bodine, NASA Shuttle Astronaut Winston Scott, Actor/Activist Kevyn Major Howard along with 40 other teams driving everything from Bentley's and Camaro's. Of special note was the 9/11 Pentagon Car ...
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Experiments Keep Station Crew Busy
Space Fellowship
Flight Engineer Sergei Volkov took photos and video for the Russian ocean observation program known as Seiner. The program tests the interaction procedure between the crews of the station's Russian segment and State Fishery Committee ships during the ...
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Bringing back yesteryear by car; oh, if only by plane
SunHerald.com
You can see the jets in old movies or photos of the Beatles arriving in New York for the first time. So watching “Pan Am,” the TV show, is bittersweet when you consider the disappearance of the storied airline and the state of air travel today, ...
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Nation Briefs
The Durango Herald
WASHINGTON – Public disclosure of graphic photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden after he was killed in May by US commandos would damage national security and lead to attacks on American property and personnel, the Obama administration contends in a ...
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Messenger spacecraft provides surprising new infomation on Mercury
Mother Nature Network
[See NASA's new Mercury photos and video] "Messenger is revealing that, contrary to many people's preconceptions, Mercury is a fascinating world with a complex history," study author Patrick Peplowski, a physicist at the Johns Hopkins University...
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Mother Nature Network

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Provides X-Ray And Ultraviolet ...
By The Huffington Post
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has been providing some stunning images of the sun since early 2010, but recently it began releasing daily images of the sun that will blow your mind. The $865 million project equipped the ... In addition, the NASA site also has a number of 48-hour timelapse videos of the star, that you can check out for yourself. BACK TO ARTICLE. The Sun viaNASA's Solar ... Send Photos/Videos. Comment. Related News On Huffington Post: Canada's ...
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