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SPACE, Astronomy News, Oct 12, 2011


Media Opportunity to Tour SOFIA Airborne Observatory
Space Ref (press release)
Reporters are invited to explore NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for InfraredAstronomy, or SOFIA, from 11:30 am to 1 pm PDT on Oct. 14, 2011, at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. SOFIA is a highly modified Boeing 747SP aircraft that ...
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New England Fall Astronomy Festival: Discovery, Observation & Fun
New Hampshire Magazine
A weekend of fun astronomy activities and observations for all ages in Durham, NH.NASA Astronaut, Lee Morin will talk about his experiences in space, including multiplespace walks and his voyage to the international space station, answer questions, ...
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Space dust: Your tax dollars at work
Boing Boing
MKB: When did you decide to dedicate your life to studying space dust? AK: I was drawn to astronomy from a very young age. Soon after I learned to read, my grandmother took me to a bookstore, and told the clerk to get me whatever book I wanted. ...
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Carnival of Space #218
Universe Today
Nancy Atkinson is Universe Today's Senior Editor. She also is the project manager for the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast, works with AstronomyCast and is host of the NASA Lunar Science Institute podcast. Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System ...
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Universe Today
American astronomers win Nobel Prize for Physics
Binghamton University Pipe Dream
NASA has been working to build its James Webb Space Telescope, which is intended to take the place of the Hubble Space Telescope in orbit around the Earth. However, the telescope's launch is still years away and plans for its development have become ...
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Following My Dream Led Me to NASA's Astronauts and Space History
My Latino Voice
I attended Douglass College at Rutgers University where I took advantage of the Individual Major option to combine any course related to space science. During myAstronomy class, I introduced myself to the professor who 3 years later helped me get a...
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Huntsville's Sci-Quest hands out 2011 Quest for Excellence Awards
The Huntsville Times - al.com (blog)
Government category: Dr. Gerald Fishman, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, is a Senior Scientist for Gamma Ray at NASA Marshall SpaceFlight Center . His discovery that the most violent explosions in the universe, observed with gamma rays, ...
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The Huntsville Times - al.com (blog)
Star packs big gamma-ray jolt, researchers discover
Science Codex
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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Earth Vs. Stuff from the Sun
Universe Today
Nancy Atkinson is Universe Today's Senior Editor. She also is the project manager for the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast, works with AstronomyCast and is host of the NASA Lunar Science Institute podcast. Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador.
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Universe Today
Aden B. Meinel, Pioneering Optical Scientist, Dies at 88
UA News (press release)
Meinel's research interests included solar optics and space optics – everything from astrophysics and engineering to solar energy and spectroscopy. As Regents' Professor of Astronomy and current Director of the Steward Observatory Peter Strittmatter ...
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UA News (press release)
Avon scientist cites Steve Jobs for asteroid help
Hartford Courant
Zielenbach received his doctorate in astronomy in 1969, and then worked at a NASAfacility in Pasadena, Cal. for six years before moving to Avon and taking over his father-in-law's printing business, the John W. Gross. Co. "I went from being a rocket ...
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Harold Camping's End Times Theory Needs More Science, Says Author
Christian Post
His latest book, The Comets of God, examines Scripture in the light of advancements in archeology, history, linguistics, geology and astronomy. The research led Goodman to believe that a comet will cause the biblical apocalypse. In The Comets of God, ...
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NASA space telescope finds fewer mid-size ... - Astronomy Magazine
Home » News & Observing » Astronomy News » NASA space telescope finds fewer ...The findings also indicate NASA has found more than 90 percent of the ...
www.astronomy.com/~/link.aspx?_id=5e23238e-cc04...
NASA - Hubble Space Telescope Contributes to Nobel Prize in ...
News. Text Size. Grow Text SizeShrink Text Size. Hubble Space Telescope Contributes ... Adam Riess, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute...
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/.../hubble-nobel.html
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-02 | The Barefoot Astronomer
RT @astronomymag: News: Study shows Venus' weather isn't boring after all, ... RT @AstronomyMag: News: NASA space telescope finds fewer mid-size range ...
barefootastronomer.com/.../twitter-weekly-updates-for-2011-1...
NASA Solicitation: Stratospheric ... - Commercial Space Watch
Commercial Space Watch Home Page ... NASA Solicitation: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. Synopsis - Oct 07 ... News from Moon Today ...
www.comspacewatch.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=38689
Tracing the Canals of Mars: An Astronomer's Obsession
For decades, space scientists had searched the Red Planet without detecting the ... a web-based publication sponsored by the NASA astrobiology program. ...
www.space.com/13197-mars-canals-water-history-lowell.html
Ex-astronaut shoots down NASA
By JONATHAN SHER, The London Free Press Emily McCullough, an astronomy Ph. ...But he believes NASA's space program has veered far off course with talk of ...
www.lfpress.com/news/london/2011/10/10/18806116.html
Astronomers Find Elusive Planets in Decade-old Hubble Data
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center manages the telescope. ... STScI is operated forNASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., ...
www.scientificcomputing.com/news-DA-Astronomers-Find-El...
Foothill College Astronomy Program
Foothill Astronomy Instructor Andrew Fraknoi has a Facebook page for astronomy news called "Andrew Fraknoi (The AstroProf)": ... Astronomy Picture of the Day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html (Two space scientists scour the ...
www.foothill.edu/ast/astrolnk.php
Astronomer Michael Drake, Lead Scientist for NASA Asteroid - inagist
Astronomer Michael Drake, Lead Scientist for NASA Asteroid Sampling Mission, Dies at 65 | Astronomers & Astronomy News | NASA Osiris-Rex Mission | Space. ...
inagist.com/.../Astronomer_Michael_Drake,_Lead_Scientist_f...
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/
Cosmic Log - Astronomers downsize their estimate for risky asteroids
Sorry, no Planet X has been discovered yet ... which is good news, come to think of it.... Quantum fluctuations in science, space and society, from quarks to Hubble ...Mainzer. an astronomer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, reported today ...
cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_.../8037955-astronomers-downsiz...
Astronomers find elusive planets in decade-old ... - Faster Than Space
Astronomy Magazine News Article - Released:10/10/2011 ... In New Open Source Initiative · NASA Selects Student Experiments For International Space Station ...
www.fasterthanspace.com/.../2991-Astronomers%20find%20el...
Crop Circles NASA-Style: 7 Huge Corn Mazes With Space Age Twist ...
Seven farms across the U.S., in collaboration with NASA, are inviting the public to ...Discover News based on what your friends are reading and publish your own ... the 20-year NASA Hubble Space Telescope program with its out-of-this-world ...
news.yahoo.com/crop-circles-nasa-style-7-huge-corn-mazes-2...
NASA's moon twins going their own way - News Astronomy
Space / Astronomy News and Articles ... NewsAstronomy (Oct. 7, 2011) — NASA'sGravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)-B spacecraft successfully ...
www.newsastronomy.com/.../13671-nasa-s-moon-twins-going...
HubbleSite - NewsCenter - Astronomers Find Elusive Planets in ...
News release from NASA: FOR RELEASE: 9:00 am (EDT) October 6, 2011. Ray VillardSpace Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. 410-338-4514 ...
hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/29/text/
NASA Takes Oct. 8 Moon Event to an International Level | Moon ...
Visitors will have the opportunity to listen to presentations about new and exciting ... 3-D trips to the moon aboard a specially equipped hands-on astronomy van, ... Where:NASA's Education Training Facility building, next to the U.S. Space ...
www.moontoday.net/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=38650
NASA space telescope finds fewer asteroids near Earth
New observations by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, show ...Redshift Live Forum / Astronomy and Spaceflight / Solar System and the Universe /NASA space ... http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011- 304 ...
forum.redshift-live.com/Thread-NASA-space-telescope-finds-f...
ESA Selects Solar Orbiter and Astronomy Telescope ... - Space News
PARIS — Europe's space science decision-making body on Oct. 4 selected a satellite to be developed with NASA to fly closer to the sun than any previous ...
www.spacenews.com/.../111005-esa-selects-solar-orbiter-eucli...
NASA`s flying telescope in search of distant stars
Houston: A new and powerful telescope is being used by NASA astronomers for ...Observatory for Infrared Astronomy or SOFIA as it is called is not in space ...
zeenews.india.com/news734566.html
EU Science News :: Astronomers find elusive planets in decade-old ...
NASA said on Thursday that astronomers have found evidence for two extrasolar planets using Hubble Space Telescope data from 1998. Using old Hubble ...
www.science-news.eu/astronomy-news/cluster94544/
The Sky's <em>Not</em> the Limit at N.E. Astronomy Fest at UNH ...
"This festival is about passing along the passion for astronomy to our neighbors in ...selected as a NASA astronaut candidate in 1996 and took part in the 13th spacemission ... http://unh.edu/news/campusjournal/2010/Mar/31gsa01-morin. jpg ...
www.unh.edu/news/cj_nr/2011/oct/bp03observatory.cfm
Space and Earth Sciences News :: Astronomers find elusive planets ...
Your daily source for the latest space and earth sciences news ... NASA said on Thursday that astronomers have found evidence for two extrasolar planets using ...
www.news-about-space.org/astronomy-news/cluster11628912/
NASA signs over shuttle title to California museum (AP) | Space ...
Science, Space, Astronomy and NASA News from off the planet! Home. « Shell and X Prize Foundation Announce New Exploration Prize (ContributorNetwork) ...
kepea.com/.../nasa-signs-over-shuttle-title-to-california-museu...
AstroBlog Follow Friday & Weekly Stumbles For 2011-09-30 ...
Your universal news and offbeat portal. About us • Advertise with ... space explorationnews. For more Twitter follow suggestions see our astronomy list @ TheAstroBlog/astronomy ... NASA Space Telescope Finds Fewer Asteroids Near Earth...
astroblog.cosmobc.com/.../astroblog-follow-friday-weekly-stu...
Astronomer Michael Drake, Lead Scientist for ... - e! Science News
Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 10:00 in Astronomy & Space. Michael Drake served as the lead scientist for NASA's Osiris-Rex asteroid mission. ...
esciencenews.com/.../astronomer.michael.drake.lead.scientist.n...
Want to be an Astronaut? Try ... - Space / Astronomy - About.com
Free Space / Astronomy Newsletter! Sign Up ... Now that the space shuttle fleet has retired, it would seem logical that NASA would pare down its astronaut corps. ...
space.about.com/.../want-to-be-an-astronaut-try-learning-russi...
NewsRoomAmerica.com - NASA Ames Research Center News and ...
NASA Releases New Interactive Space Communications Game http://www.nasa. gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2011/11-83AR.html"Mon, 10 Oct 2011 ...
www.newsroomamerica.com/.../nasa_ames_research_center_n...
NASA Funded Astronomer Wins Nobel Prize | Portal to the Universe
Home » News & Blogs » NASA Funded Astronomer Wins Nobel Prize ... Riess, 41, is an astronomy professor at Johns Hopkins University and Space Telescope ...
www.portaltotheuniverse.org/blogs/posts/view/149185/
NASA's flying telescope SOFIA in search of ... - World News Network
However, unlike most of the space agency's telescopes, the Stratospheric ... 2011 --> Anew and powerful telescope is being used by NASA astronomers for ...
article.wn.com/.../NASAs_flying_telescope_SOFIA_in_search...
Nasa chief stresses global cooperation | Science | guardian.co.uk
Nasa chief Charles Bolden said he hoped the James Webb space telescope .... The world's most powerful astronomical device, the Atacama Large ... Zeitgeist is an experiment in showing trending news, topics and articles from the Guardian. ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../nasa-chief-global-cooperation-space
NASA-backed space taxi to fly in test next summer - One News Page
SomercoResearch RT @sciencetwits: Space/Astronomy News NASA-backed space taxi to fly in test next summer (Reuters): Reuters - A seven-seat sp... ...
www.onenewspage.com/.../NASA-backed-space-taxi-to-fly-in-...

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