SPACE, Astronomy News, Oct 06, 2011

'Ocean-like' ice in space scan shows that Earth's life-giving oceans might...

Daily Mail Previous scans of comets led astronomers to believe that the icy bodies could not have brought water to Earth - or at least were only responsible for a very small fraction of it. HiFi, the Heterodyne Instrument for the Infrared on the Hershel Space ... See all stories on this topic »

Celebrating The Dark Universe NPR (blog) It's an understatement to say that when the accelerated universe was first announced, the physics and astronomy community were completely baffled. To a large extent, we still are, 13 years later. I'd like to use the blog today to put their discovery ... See all stories on this topic »

Space and time combine to overpower the human brain TechEye “CCDs are a big reason for later developments in astronomy,” said Goldman. They've made extremely powerful telescopes at a fraction of the cost. Space and time combine to overpower the human brain - See all stories on this topic » TechEye

Charles P. Sonett: the Legacy of a Pioneering Space Scientist UA News (press release) In 1962, Sonett became head of the Space Sciences Division at NASA Ames Research Center, where he oversaw research for the nation'sspace program in the areas of geophysics, interplanetary and planetary physics, planetary sciences, astronomy, ... See all stories on this topic » UA News (press release)

Clocking the mosh pit of interstellar space University of Wisconsin-Madison The work is reported today (Oct. 5) in the journal Nature. “All the stars with their planetary systems are born out of the interstellar medium,” explains UW–Madison astronomy professor Alexander Lazarian who, with graduate student Blakesley Burkhart, ... See all stories on this topic » University of Wisconsin-Madison

Inspiration and an Old Picture Full of Awesome: Robert Goddard and His Rocket Universe Today That story was my first exposure – that I recall – to rockets and spacetravel and other planets, and I have to say, Robert Goddard is one of the reasons I'ma space and astronomy journalist today. I remembered that 2nd grade fascination and inspiration ... See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

Survey gives clues to origin of type Ia supernovae Astronomy Magazine The largest survey to date of distant exploding stars is giving astronomers new clues to what's behind the type Ia supernovae they use to measure distances across the cosmos. These stellar explosions helped astronomers conclude more than a decade ago ... See all stories on this topic »

UFO sighting phenomenon gets help from Nobel Prize astronomers HULIQ “The Nobel Prize for physics goes to three American astronomers this year. They discovered that the expansion of our universe is speeding up. That completely unexpected discovery suggests that empty space is actually filled with some mysterious form of ... See all stories on this topic » HULIQ

Churning galaxy is a snake pit Environmental Expert (press release) They used CSIRO's Australia Telescope Compact Array because 'it is one of the world's best telescopes for this kind of work,' as Dr Robert Braun, Chief Scientist at CSIROAstronomy and Space Science explained. The radio telescope was tuned to receive ... See all stories on this topic »

State of the Arts CU Columbia Spectator Without a centralized place for ticket distribution and production promotion, students swarmed a concrete crevice in the Lerner Hall lobby—the precise location of today'sshiny, glowing TIC booth. “It was a space about 9 by 6 feet with a window. ... See all stories on this topic »

Social media may help educators in classroom MSU The Trail Blazer Online Dr. Thomas Pannuti uses a smart phone app to help his Astronomy 112 students find constellations in the night sky. Students can download the app and have an easier time locating stars, he said. “I think the use of smart phones helps enhance the ... See all stories on this topic »

Sky spy: Hunter's moon can light the way to bring in crops Arizona Daily Star Today the moon rises at 3:03 pm and sets at 2:26 am Friday. It is a waxing (growing larger) gibbous (more than half lit) moon. Learn more about solar wind at Friday's meeting of the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association. Marcia Neugebauer, a space... See all stories on this topic »

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News UPI.com ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- US astronomers say new evidence bolsters a theory that a significant portion of Earth's early oceans was delivered to the planet by asteroids. University of Michigan researchers have detected ocean-like water on an ... See all stories on this topic »

The Ancient Alien Question asked by Philip Coppens UFODigest The closest topic explored by science is the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), executed by radio astronomy. But SETI merely investigates whether there are extraterrestrial civilizations somewhere out there, in the depths of the universe, ... See all stories on this topic » UFODigest

America's 20 Educators to Watch Are Using Technology to Enhance Learning MarketWatch (press release) Andrew Vanden Heuvel, AP physics and astronomy teacher at Michigan Virtual School: Andrew challenges his students to rediscover the universe through the use of screen capture and uses a variety of screen capture videos to help his students better... See all stories on this topic »

UN highlights everyday benefits from space science and technology DefenceWeb (press release) The workshop, which will be held in the village of Enayetpur – also known as the Space Village for its year-round astronomy-related events – will allow participants to use state-of-the-art astronomical equipment, and observe objects over their laptop ... See all stories on this topic » DefenceWeb (press release)

Pembrokeshire Astronomer: Today in 1957...The start of the Space ... Musings of astronomy, past present and future...from the county of Pembrokeshire. ...The start of the Space Age. .... Today's Sun & a bit of the Moon. ... pembsastronomer.blogspot.com/.../today-in-1957the-start-of-s...

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