SPACE, Astronomy News, Feb 11, 2012

All posts tagged '2013 budget' Wired News (blog) The problems they currently face are much more down-to-Earth — and the future of space exploration hangs in the balance. The anxiety stems from the fact that astronomy, especially space-based astronomy, is just plain expensive. And with federal ... See all stories on this topic » Wired News (blog)

Bernie Badger: Hear about NASA's mission to find Earth-like planets Florida Today Brevard Community College presents a free Space and Astronomy lecture at 7 tonight under the Planetarium dome at the BCC Cocoa campus. The lecture will be about the highly successful Kepler Observatory, dedicated to finding extra-solar planets ... See all stories on this topic »

WV educators to join NASA astronomy mission West Virginia Public Broadcasting By Suzanne Higgins February 6, 2012 · Two West Virginians are among 26 educators selected to join leading scientists aboard a National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronomy mission. Anne Smith, a science teacher at Green Bank Middle School and ... See all stories on this topic » West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Free app downloads NASA photos for changing Android backgrounds Android Community If you're looking for real photos from the Hubble Space Telescope and otherastronomical hardware to put on your Android phone, look no further thanAstronomy Picture of the Day (“APOD”), a free download from the Android Market. This app browses NASA's ... See all stories on this topic » Android Community

NASA science chief advocates ties with human spaceflight Spaceflight Now Grunsfeld, a five-time space shuttle flier and astronomer, replaced Ed Weiler, who retired from NASA in September after more than 30 years as a manager in the agency's science program. "I do plan to work very closely with Bill Gerstenmaier to see what ... See all stories on this topic » Spaceflight Now

Kansas astronaut visits PSU Pittsburg Morning Sun Former astronaut Dr. Steven Alan Hawley who flew on five Space Shuttle missions, gives a presentation Thursday afternoon in Yates Hall at Pittsburg State University. By WILLIAM KLUSENER NASA's space shuttle program ended last July. See all stories on this topic »

Topekans hear from former astronaut Hawley Topeka Capital Journal Former space shuttle astronaut and current KU Professor Steve Hawley spoke to the South Topeka Rotary Club Friday morning in the Washburn Memorial Union. By Tim Hrenchir Former astronaut Steve Hawley says that when he was a boy, all the USspace ... See all stories on this topic »

Astronomer Combines Science with Vacation Forbes Plait has a degree in astronomy from University of Virginia. He worked for a stretch at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center helping to calibrate theSpace Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. In addition to his blog, he's written two books, and lectures all ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

Searching for planets in clouds of dust PhysOrg.com Credit: Glenn Schneider/Steward Observatory (PhysOrg.com) -- A UAastronomy research team was awarded a $600000 grant for technology development under NASA's Explorer mission program. The mission would send a space telescope high above Earth's surface ... See all stories on this topic » PhysOrg.com

Kansan describes trips into space during PSU visit Joplin Globe He attended the University of Kansas, majoring in physics and astronomy. He was selected as a NASA astronaut in January 1978, going on to serve as a mission specialist on Discovery (1984, 1990, 1997) and Columbia (1986, 1999). See all stories on this topic »

The little spacecraft that could Ottawa Citizen By Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen February 11, 2012 8:59 AM This NASA file image obtained August 9, 2002 shows one of the Voyager spacecraft. The twin Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft opened new vistas in space by greatly expanding our knowledge of Jupiter and ... See all stories on this topic »

Janice Voss, Shuttle Astronaut and Scientist, Dies at 55 New York Times Dr. Voss next flew on the Discovery in February 1995, a historic NASA mission in which a shuttle rendezvoused with a Russian space station, Mir, for the first time. During the mission Dr. Voss maneuvered the shuttle's robot arm to grasp an astronomy ... See all stories on this topic »

Chilean astronomers discover planet capable of harboring life I Love Chile News Photo: NASA SANTIAGO – A team of international astronomers from Santiago have discovered a rocky planet orbiting a nearby star. The team, which includes a researcher from Universidad Catolica and one from Universidad de Chile, suggest that the planet's ... See all stories on this topic » I Love Chile News

Spirit Lander – 1st Color Image from Mars Orbit Universe Today by Ken Kremer on February 8, 2012 Near the lower left corner of this view is the three-petal lander platform that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove off in January 2004. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona What did Spirit see from the ... See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

Do Aliens Go Invisible by 'Going Green'? Discovery News This implies that no astronomical observations could offer convincing evidence for the handiwork of ET The principle of Occam's Razor will insist that we stick with a natural explanation for space phenomena. This undermines an extraterrestrial search ... See all stories on this topic »

Vatican astronomer says Big Bang theory in tune with creation history Catholic News Agency Credit: NASA-ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team. STScI-AURA. Vatican City, Feb 4, 2012 / 06:09 pm (CNA).- The director of the Vatican Observatory said that the Church is open to the scientific theory that the world began from a cosmic explosion billions ... See all stories on this topic » Catholic News Agency

Video: Dancing Water Drops In Earth Orbit Universe Today Pettit uses knitting needles and water droplets to demonstrate physics inspace, and shows what fun astronauts can have with water in zero-G with his 'dancing' water droplets. This new video series is partnership betweenNASA and the American Physical ... See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

"Ping-pong" planets bounce between stars Astronomy Now Online Recently, exoplanets have been found in two and even three-star systems, and in the new study, Nickolas Moeckel and Dimitri Veras of the Institute ofAstronomy, Cambridge, show that a planet ejected from orbit around one star could find itself passed ... See all stories on this topic » Astronomy Now Online

Can you See the Pyramids from Space? Universe Today Credit: Soichi Noguchi/NASA/JAXA Nancy Atkinson is Universe Today's Senior Editor. She also is the host of the NASA Lunar Science Institute podcast and works with the Astronomy Cast and 365 Days of Astronomypodcasts. Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar ... See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

UA Presidential Candidate to Visit Campus UA News (press release) A UA astronomy research team was awarded a $600000 grant for technology development in the NASA's Explorer mission program. The EXCEDE mission involves a new space telescope for studying the dusty regions near stars to learn how planets form and evolve ... See all stories on this topic » UA News (press release)

What Does a Nebula Sound Like? Universe Today Of course, sound waves can't travel through the vacuum of space; however, electromagnetic waves can. These electromagnetic waves can be recorded by devices called spectrographs on many of the world's most powerful telescopes. Astronomer Paul Francis ... See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

2 Southampton teachers to fly with NASA Newsday Click here 2 Southampton teachers to fly with NASA Originally published: February 8, 2012 6:48 PM Updated: February 8, 2012 9:46 PM By STACEY ALTHERR stacey.altherr@newsday.com Two Southampton science teachers have been chosen to fly with NASA ... See all stories on this topic » Newsday

Dust in the wind: Balloon-borne telescope surveys violent, star-making clouds ... Space Ref (press release) The clouds in what astronomers call the interstellar medium, the matter that exists in the space between the star systems in a galaxy, play a key role in the process. "In order to understand the lifecycle of all of this gas and dust in the Milky Way ... See all stories on this topic » Space Ref (press release)

Subaru Telescope Captures Images of 'Stealth Merger' of Dwarf Galaxies Space Ref (press release) An international team of scientists led by David Martinez-Delgado (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany) has conducted research that reveals a "stealth merger" of dwarf galaxies, where an in-falling satellite galaxy is nearly undetectable by ... See all stories on this topic »

Watch Live Webcast from the Keck Observatory Universe Today ... of an astronomy talk by Dr. Tom Soifer of Caltech, who is the Director of the Spitzer Science Center. The title of the talk is “Seeing the Invisible Universe,” and Soifer will discuss the latest exciting results from NASA'sSpitzer Space Telescope. See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

Thorsett's collaborative touch fits at Willamette Statesman Journal ... one of 100 or so scientists worldwide who focus on pulsar astronomy. He co-discovered the oldest planet known to humankind. He is involved with NuStar, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array that NASA is sending into space next month. See all stories on this topic »

Phil Plait's Five Guides to the Universe Universe Today by Nancy Atkinson on February 10, 2012 All writers love to read, and our friend Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer is no exception. And since we often get asked what space and astronomy books we'd recommend, let us point you in the direction of a new ... See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

Join UT's First Live Interview with Rover Driver Scott Maxwell Universe Today We've done the weekly Space Hangout for several weeks now and Fraser has done multiple virtual star parties via a Hangout On Air. Now we'll start the first of what we hope are many live interviews that we'll share with our readers and fans. See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

NASA's Going Green By Amy Shira Teitel NASA announced yesterday that it's looking for new technology proposals using environmentally friendly fuels to launch payload. The space agency is hoping to move away from hydrazine, the fuel that currently launches anything that travels ... Universe Today

NASA Showcases 'Spinoff' Technologies By Ray Sanders Contrary to popular belief, Tang, Velcro and Teflon (along with the zero-gravity “space” pen) aren't derived from NASA technology. NASA has, however, developed numerous technologies over the years, which are featured in annual “Spinoff” ... Universe Today

NASA retires space shuttle-carrying jumbo jet after short final flight ... One of only two planes that carried NASA's space shuttles piggy-back on cross-country rides was retired after more than 20 years of service. NASA 911, one of the two Boeing 747 jetliners that were modified for use as a Shuttle Carrier ... In its retirement, NASA911 will be used as a source of spare parts to keep NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) flying. Also based around a Boeing 747, SOFIA uses the jetliner as a platform for a 100-inch (2.5-meter) ... collectSPACE Space History News

Hubble Zooms In on a Magnified Galaxy | OnOrbit By keithcowing Astronomy. Thanks to the presence of a natural "zoom lens" in space, NASA's HubbleSpace Telescope got a uniquely close-up look at the brightest "magnified" galaxy yet discovered. This observation provides a unique opportunity to study ... OnOrbit - Social Space News and...

Mobile launcher tests confirm designs, NASA analysis concludes ... Astronomy News & Article ... move to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy SpaceCenter in Florida in November 2011, an analysis of multiple sensors showed. www.sda.orrery.info/?p=588

Today's NASA Breaking News February 10, 2012 :ScienceLine In celebration of 50 years of Americans in orbit, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host several events Feb. 17 and 18. NASA Seeks Game Changing ... www.scienceline.eu/.../todays-nasa-breaking-news-february-1...

Maui teachers join NASA astronomy research program | Washington ... Maui teachers join NASA astronomy research program. 6 days 16 ... Popular in News... his group will use archived data from the space-based Planck telescope. washingtonexaminer.com/news/2012/01/maui.../208171

What's On Astronomy.FM ~ Thursday thru Friday | Astronomy.FM News at the top of the hour, from Scientific American's “60-Second Earth” ... NASA's[then] upcoming Kepler mission, which [uses] a telescope in space to search ... astronomy.fm/.../whats-on-astronomy-fm-thursday-thru-friday...

Romanian accused of hacking NASA-JPL computers (AP) | Space ... Space, Astronomy, Astronaut, NASA News from Kepea. Science, Space,Astronomy and NASA News from off the planet! Home. « Must-See Close Encounters of ... kepea.com/.../romanian-accused-of-hacking-nasa-jpl-compute...

Should We Continue to Fund the James Webb Telescope? Free Space / Astronomy Newsletter! Sign Up. Discuss in my ... Anticipating this,NASA has been hard at work to have a replacement ready. The James Webb ... space.about.com/.../should-we-continue-to-fund-the-james-we...

NASA probe measured for the first time the matter outside the solar ... Mexico News Technology News Astronomy News NASA probe measured for the ...stars, and even human beings, reported today the American space agency. www.nixguy.com/nasa-probe-measured-for-the-first-time-the-...

Space and Earth Sciences News :: NASA's Galaxy Evolution ... (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, or Galex, was placed in standby mode today as engineers prepare to end mission operations, nearly nine ... www.news-about-space.org/astronomy-news/cluster13456323/

ALIEN INVASION: NASA spacecraft obtains interstellar particle ... And now for some astronomical news… NASA's ... And while we're on the subject of stars and space and stuff, check out NASA's astronomy picture of the day. wesleying.org/.../alien-invasion-nasa-spacecraft-obtains-interst...

Watch Live Webcast from the Keck Observatory - I4U News Bernie Badger: Hear about NASA's mission to find Earth-like planets. Brevard Community College presents a free Space and Astronomy lecture at 7 tonight ... www.i4u.com/2012/02/.../watch-live-webcast-keck-observator...

NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer In Standby Mode - Space Newsfeed NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, or Galex, was placed in standby mode today as engineers prepare to end mission operations, nearly nine years after the ... www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/.../10853-nasas-galaxy-evolution-e...

NASA Breaking News | The Astronomical League You are hereNews aggregator / Sources / NASA Breaking News ... Earth orbit and the International Space Station, NASA has issued a call for industry to submit ... alcon2012.astroleague.org/aggregator/sources/1

NASA Calls for New Commercial Crew Proposals | Astronomy - Top ... Astronomy - Washington DC (SPX) Feb 09, 2012 As part of NASA's ongoing ... of a U.S. commercial crew space transportation capability to and from low Earth ...Newsodrome brings you the top news of the moment on your areas of interest. newsodrome.com/.../nasa-calls-for-new-commercial-crew-pro...

  

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