Today: SPACE, Astronomy News, Oct 09, 2011

Oct 9, 2011

SPACE, Astronomy News, Oct 09, 2011

An artist's conception of the pulsar at the center of the Crab Nebula, with a Hubble Space Telescope photo of the nebula in the background. Researchers using the Veritas telescope array have discovered pulses of high-energy gamma rays coming from this object. Credit David A. Aguilar / NASA / ESA

Crab Pulsar Finding Lights Up The Astrophysics World
iWeather Online
VERITAS, or Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System, is a ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy located at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in southern Arizona. It is operated by a collaboration of more than 100 ...
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Australian Aborigines: stargazers 20000 years before Alfred Nobel came along
GlobalPost (blog)
A ring of boulders that could pre-date Britain's Stonehenge and Egypt's pyramids suggest that Australia's ancient Aborigines had a deep understanding of astronomy. Digital illustration releasedon September 15, 2011 by NASA, the newly-discovered ...
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The sky's the limit
Grand Island Independent
During his time in the planetarium, Ridenoure said that he has never been part of NASA, although he has been contracted to work on several NASA space missions. One area of expertise is creating onboard video systems for rockets and spacecraft. ...
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Children's planetarium puts stars within reach
The Tennessean
“I also remember a girl came here in the '90s with a space book under her arm and said, 'One day I want to be the head of NASA,'” Likert said. “If I can inspire one or two children with the stars, it makes it all worthwhile.”
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The science of the Mojave, and scorpions that glow in the dark
Los Angeles Times
The center attracts researchers from around the world to study geology, climatology,astronomy and other fields and it has been used in feature films and documentaries.NASA uses it as a base camp for its Spaceward Bound program, which trains students...
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