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US astronomers endorse NASA work on European dark energy mission
Nature.com (blog)
NASA has the blessing of a committee of US astronomers to become a small-percentage partner in Euclid, a European Space Agency (ESA) mission to study dark energy. The National Academies issued a short report today endorsing a deal where $20 million ...
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Nature.com (blog)
Hubble Observes Brightest Magnified Galaxy
Sci-News.com
Galaxy cluster RCS2 032727-132623 and images of the 'magnified' galaxy (NASA / ESA / J. Rigby, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / K. Sharon, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago) A team ofastronomers, led by Jane Rigby of ...
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Sci-News.com
Space Rock of Love: Asteroid Eros Attracts Skywatchers in Earth Flyby
Space.com
by Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor In 1931, the close approach of the asteroid Eros allowed professional astronomers to calculate its distance and make that era's most accurate measurement of the solar system. As the asteroid passes near Earth ...
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IBEX measures interstellar matter
Astronomy Now Online
In the 1990s NASA's Ulysses probe detected neutral helium atoms coming from interstellar space at a velocity 11200 kilometres per hour faster than the velocity of 83700 kilometres per hour detected by IBEX. “This is really alien matter from outside the ...
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Astronomy Now Online
LW North students, teacher present results from NASA research
TribLocal
The students spent a day explaining to astronomers and space scientists from all over the world how they tracked an asteroid for several months and determined how long it takes the celestial body to make one rotation. A group of Lincoln-Way North High ...
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TribLocal
Solar storms could clean up dangerous space junk
Examiner.com
Throughout history, it is an undeniable fact that humans leave garbage wherever they go, which includes space. There are thousands of man-made satellites floating around the Earth in addition to our natural satellite, the Moon.
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Astronomy conference at SQU begins today
Oman Daily Observer
The event sees the participation of a large number of scientists, experts and specialists from around the globe, including representatives of the International Astronomical Union, Nasa and the United Nations Office for Open Space Affairs and the ...
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Oman Daily Observer
NASA science team discover 11 new solar systems
The Independent Florida Alligator
A NASA science team discovered 11 new solar systems hosting at least 26 new planets, according to a UF news release. A UF astronomy professor and his research team contributed to the new findings, announced on Jan. 26. NASA created the Kepler mission ...
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Astronomers discover fourth planet that could potentially sustain life
National Post
WASHINGTON — International astronomers said on Thursday they have found the fourth potentially habitable planet outside our solar system with temperatures that could support water and life about 22 light-years from Earth. The team analyzed data from ...
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National Post
New NASA Game For Facebook Users
French Tribune
This is a sort of quiz game, which tends to puzzle people about spaceexploration and other NASA history. Those players who get their guesses right, will be able to win NASA astronaut badges, astronomical objects and little miniature spaceships, ...
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French Tribune
Twin Falls Teacher Selected for NASA Program
Twin Falls Times-News
Dodds is one of 26 US teachers selected to participate in research flights over the coming year aboard NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. As part of the Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors program, she'll work alongside professional ...
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2 Maui teachers join NASA program that involves students in astronomy research ...
The Republic
AP WAILUKU, Hawaii — Two Maui teachers are part of a program that will allow them to conduct astronomy research with their students. Christopher Border of Maui Preparatory Academy and Kathryn O'Connor of Lokelani Intermediate School are among 12 ...
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Recommended: To the moon? It's not that loony
msnbc.com
A former NASA adviser says he and others at the space agency drew up an approach that could put astronauts on the moon for $40 billion, as a “Plan B” for future exploration. "We figured out at NASA how to do it in about 10 years for $40 billion," said ...
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msnbc.com
Are You Listening to Astronomy.FM?
Universe Today
by Nancy Atkinson on February 3, 2012 Are you listening toAstronomy.FM? If not, you should join the audience of over 25000 listeners in 85 countries who are enjoying this amazing free service.Astronomy.FM is billed as “The only all-Astronomy radio ...
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Universe Today
Asteroid Eros draws skywatchers in Earth flyby
msnbc.com
"Hundreds of years ago, scientists were sent out on long expeditions around the world in order to observe a rare astronomical event," Michael Richmond of the Rochester Institute of Technology told Space.com. "They had lots of adventures — it was sort ...
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ASU astronomy shows include 2 new features
San Angelo Standard Times
"Passport to the Universe," narrated by two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks, will run at 7 pm Thursdays and 8 pm Fridays through March 8, while "Expanded View," winner of the NASA Gold Star Award for excellence in educational programming, ...
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Isle of Man Astronomical Society needs more space
Isle of Man Today
Along with the island's recent expansion into space-related business, the visit of NASA astronauts and Professor Brian Cox in 2011, and popular events to coincide with the BBC's Stargazing Live project, astronomy in the island has never been more ...
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Isle of Man Today
Wild Early Lives of Today's Most Massive Galaxies
Space Daily
by Staff Writers Astronomers have combined observations from the LABOCA camera on the ESO-operated 12-meter Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope [1] with measurements made with ESO's Very Large Telescope, NASA's Spitzer SpaceTelescope, ...
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PHOTO BY ASHLEY HENNEFER
Reno News & Review
SOFIA is a Boeing 747SP outfitted with a 100-inch diameter telescope, allowingastronomy educators to participate in intense, detailed research alongside NASA astronomers. How did you hear about this program and what made you want to apply?
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Hunter woman heads to NASA
ABC Online
Hunter woman Kim Ellis has won a Federal Government Australian Endeavour Award and is heading to the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. A Hunter Valley woman is set to become an international space science academic. Medowie woman Kim Ellis has won a...
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IBEX Captures 'Alien' Material From Beyond Our Solar System
Universe Today
That suggests that either the sun formed in a different part of the galaxy or that outside our solar system life-giving oxygen lies trapped in dust or ice grains unable to move freely in space. Credit: NASA/Goddard If we could board the starship ...
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Universe Today
2 Utah teachers are picked to take part in NASA program
Deseret News
Bushman will be among 26 teachers making a research flight aboard SOFIA,NASA\'s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. SALT LAKE CITY — Two Utah educators will be among 26 teachers making a research flight aboard SOFIA, NASA's ...
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Deseret News
UA Astronomer Earns National Education Honors
UA News (press release)
In 2002, Astronomy Camp proposed an educational partnership with the Girl Scouts of the USA as part of a NASA proposal to build the Near-Infrared Camera for the future James Webb Space Telescope. This proposal helped secure more than $200 million to ...
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UA News (press release)
Stellar astrophysics explains the behavior of fast rotating neutron stars in ...
PhysOrg.com
Credit: NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center / Dana Berry Pulsars are among the most exotic celestial bodies known. They have diameters of about 20 kilometres, but at the same time roughly the mass of our sun. A sugar-cube sized piece of its ...
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PhysOrg.com
Asteroids: The new 'It mission' for space exploration
PhysOrg.com
NASA and the European Space Agency are both planning trips to recover samples from two asteroids in the next five to seven years through the OSIRIS-REx (NASA) and Marco Polo-R (European Space Agency) missions. Campins is part of both teams.
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PhysOrg.com
Iowa Space Science Center hopes to revitalize interest in space, science
Iowa City Press Citizen
Growing up during the later space race years in the 60's and 70's, Charles Miller's interest in space and science had been infused at a young age. By the time he was a teenager — with moon landings and NASA Apollo missions fresh in his mind — Miller ...
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ASTRONOMY: Superconducting focal-plane array spans UV to near-IR
Laser Focus world
By John Wallace A superconducting array of cryogenic microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) is the basis of a photon-counting focal-plane array developed by researchers at the University of California–Santa Barbara (UCSB) and the NASA Jet ...
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Laser Focus world
Remnant of an Explosion With a Powerful Kick?
NASA (press release)
Infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope (light blue) also trace the morphology found by Chandra. Astronomers think that this bizarre shape is due to stellar debris field expanding into a nearby cloud of cold molecular gas.
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NASA (press release)
Students inspired to reach for the stars
Hudson Hub-Times
Morin was selected as a NASA astronaut candidate in 1996 and took part in the 13thspace mission of the shuttle Atlantis in April 2002 as it traveled to the InternationalSpace Station. The space station was under construction at the time, ...
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Supernova G350 Kicks Up Some X-Ray Dust
Universe Today
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/I.Lovchinsky et al, IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech Located some 14700 light years from the Earth toward the center of our galaxy, a newly photographed supernova remnant cataloged as G350.1+0.3 is making astronomers scratch their heads ...
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Universe Today
Three Space Shuttle Astronauts Selected for 2012 US Astronaut Hall of Fame ...
Hospitality 1st (press release)
In 1996, Chilton commanded STS-76, which featured the third docking mission to the Russian space station Mir. Following rendezvous and docking, the transfer of a NASA astronaut to Mir for a five month stay was accomplished to begin a continuous ...
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Hospitality 1st (press release)
Star Trek Strange New Worlds #1: NASA's Kepler Mission
Star Trek News - StarTrek.com is pleased to introduce the newest member of our guest blogger family, Inge Heyer. A frequent convention guest, Heyer is an expert in physics and astronomy, as well as a Star Trek fan and former senior data ...
Star Trek Latest News
NASA Space Trivia App, Space Race Blastoff, Launched By Agency
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Players with enough correct answers can earn award badges emblazoned with NASAastronauts, spaceships or astronomical objects, NASA game designers said. ... BBCNews - Nasa develops space harpoon to take samples from comets ...
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Carnival of Space #234 | Dear Astronomer | Answering your ...
By Ray
Carnival of Space #234. Published January 30, 2012. Welcome to another installment of The Carnival of Space! Here's some highlights of space and astronomy news from the past week. We've got great stories on black holes, leap ... Read more at: http://www.urban-astronomer.com/Urban-Astronomer-Updates/2011amonghottestyearsonrecord. Coronal Mass ejection from our Sun. Image credit: NASA/SOHO. Links through Space reports on the recent Sun storms and Solar flares.
Dear Astronomer | Answering your...
NASA Launches Space Trivia Game Into Facebook ... - Yahoo! News
News: NASA unveiled its first online space trivia game today (Jan. ... with NASAastronauts, spaceships or astronomical objects, NASA game designers said.
news.yahoo.com/nasa-launches-space-trivia-game-facebook-fr...
Astronomy news: NASA Spacecraft Reveals New Observations of ...
Astronomy news: NASA Spacecraft Reveals New Observations of Interstellar ... older stars, which spread across the galaxy and fill the vast space between stars.
astronomia.teleskopy.net/?idg=news&idd=1516
'First Light' Taken By NASA's Newest CERES Instrument
CERES arrived in space Oct. 28, 2011, carried by NASA's newest ... for the latestspace, astronomy and astrophysics news on Facebook and Twitter ! Don't Miss ...
www.messagetoeagle.com/.../1172-first-light-taken-by-nasas-n...
Mouser Electronics to Sponsor NASA In-Flight Interactive Event ...
Astronomy Viewing Astronomy Viewing. JESSIE HODGE VIA ... DALLAS FORT WORTH, Texas–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Mouser Electronics, Inc. ... students will be able to step into a real NASA space suit, as well as see artifacts and ...
www.alkaon.net/.../mouser-electronics-to-sponsor-nasa-in-flig...
RT plutokiller: Finally! Were firing a laser see it just going past the ...
Get the latest outer space and science news, NASA information, watch space flight videos at Space.com. View exclusive solar system Images, latest astronomy ...
inagist.com/NASAWatch/165308268523167744/
Today's NASA Breaking News January 31, 2012 :ScienceLine
Today's NASA Breaking News: NASA, University Of Maryland Invite Public To Astronauts' Discussion Of Recent International Space Station Missions. NASA and ...
www.scienceline.eu/.../todays-nasa-breaking-news-january-31-...
NASA's Resilient Rover Opportunity Begins Year 9 On Mars with ...
NASA's Opportunity rover celebrated 8 Years on Mars on January 24, 2012. This mosaic ... Breaking news and articles on Space and Astronomy. All Space ...
www.rj11.ir/index.php?option=com...
NASA's Resilient Rover Opportunity Begins Year 9 On Mars ... - News
All Space Media in one place with hourly updates... Astronomy. Latest outer spaceand science news, NASA information. exclusive solar system Images, ...
www.eso.ir/index.php?option=com...
Maui Teachers Join Nasa Astronomy Research Program | WSLS 10
Maui Teachers Join Nasa Astronomy Research Program ... Border told The MauiNews (http://bit.ly/Ac2Ldv ) his group will use archived data from the ...
www2.wsls.com/.../maui-teachers-join-nasa-astronomy-researc...
NASA's Kepler announces 11 new planetary systems hosting ... - Logo
26, 2012) — NASA's Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed ... Breaking news and articles on Space and Astronomy.
www.sken.ir/index.php?option=com...s...
NASA mission returns first video from moon's far side :: Niuzer
02.02.2012 - A camera aboard one of NASA's twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) ... Niuzer - Local News ... Space & Astronomy Discussions ...
www.niuzer.com/.../NASA-mission-returns-first-video-from-m...
  
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