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SPACE, Astronomy News, Mar 10, 2012

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Danville Science Center debuts telescope exhibit
GoDanRiver.com
Since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has been orbiting Earth and providing the world with one of-a-kind images of the final frontier. One of the largest and most well-known telescopes in space, the Hubble has been a beacon for research into astronomy ...
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Citizen Scientists Discover Cosmic Bubbles in Milky Way Galaxy
LiveScience.com
More than 5000 space bubbles have been discovered in the disk of our Milky Way galaxy by a team of part-time citizen scientists. These bubbles are blown by young, hot stars into the surrounding gas and dust, and indicate areas of brand-new star ...
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Citizen scientists reveal a bubbly Milky Way
Astronomy Magazine
By NASA/JPL — Published: March 9, 2012 A team of volunteers from the general public has pored over observations from NASA's Spitzer SpaceTelescope and discovered more than 5000 "bubbles" in the disk of our Milky Way Galaxy.
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Northern Lights spectacular last night, more on tap tonight?
Examiner.com
During the outburst, the flares sent billions upon billions of charged particles, into space. Well, come yesterday morning, the first blast of energy from the Sun finally made it to Earth. Result: Northern Lights. When the highly-charged particles of ...
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Effects Of Solar Storm Negligible
Manila Bulletin
As the sun nearly completes its 11-year cycle, PAGASA-Space Sciences andAstronomy Section officer-in-charge (OIC) Dario de la Cruz explained that more solar storms could be observed. The sun's 11-year cycle will peak in 2012-2013, he said.
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Venus and Jupiter are getting ready to tango
msnbc.com
Eight times brighter When the planets are closest, Venus will glow at magnitude -4.3, while Jupiter will shine at -2.1 on astronomers' magnitude scale in which lower numbers correspond to brighter objects (negative numbers suggest an extremely bright ...
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msnbc.com
NASA Hubble Exhibit At Danville's Science Center
WSET
Danville, VA - If you're a fan of astronomy, you'll have a chance to learn more with a traveling exhibit about the Hubble Telescope in Danville. The exhibit will be featured at the Danville Science center and a NASA Aerospace Engineer that has designed ...
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Gravitational Lens Reveals Details Of Distant, Ancient Galaxy
RedOrbit
Thanks to the presence of a natural “zoom lens” in space, University of Chicago scientists working with NASA's HubbleSpace Telescope have obtained a uniquely close-up look at the brightest gravitationally magnified galaxy yet discovered.
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RedOrbit
Venus and Jupiter Align: 3 Odd Facts About 2-Planet Tango
Space.com
by Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist The two brightest planets in the sky, Venus and Jupiter, will likely draw attention to the western sky as darkness falls next week. Planetariums, observatories and perhaps even weather forecast offices might ...
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NASA's Kepler Mission Wins Aviation Week Award
RedOrbit
Fanson is currently the assistant director for optical systems in JPL's Astronomy, Physics and Space Technology Directorate. “With nearly 1000 scientists throughout the world actively engaged in investigating the bounty of Kepler data, ...
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A bubbly Milky Way
Astronomy Now Online
More than 5000 star-formation "bubbles" have been identified in the disc of our Milky Way by citizen scientists working through SpitzerSpace Telescope data to help decipher the secrets of stellar birth. Young, hot stars blow bubbles out into the ...
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Astronomy Now Online
Your 10 Questions by Prof Datuk Mazlan Othman
Malaysia Star
Mohd Fairuz Ali, Penang A comprehensive basis of science in Malaysia must include basic space science, which coversastronomy and astrophysics. If we do not embrace spacescience, we will be missing a very large part of knowledge.
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Malaysia Star
Students Head to the Paramount for an Astronomy Lesson
NBC 29 News
"Twinkle Twonkle" is a tale of two siblings exploring the galaxy to learn about stars, the solar system and all the wonders of space. But beyond learning, students were just excited to get out of the classroom and enjoy time with friends.
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Weekend Skywatching: Saturn Forms Triangle with Moon and Bright Star
Space.com
by Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist Skywatchers who are out during the late-evening hours on Saturday (March 10) will have an interesting celestial array to admire, composed of the moon, a bright planet and a bright star.
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Weekly Space Hangout — March 8, 2012
Universe Today
by Nancy Atkinson on March 9, 2012 In this episode of the WeeklySpace Hangout, we talk about two different asteroid close passes, the solar storms buffeting the Earth, a recent space exploration conference, and a team of amateur astronomers flashing ...
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Universe Today
Stars with dusty disks should harbor Earth-like worlds
PhysOrg.com
The lifetime of dust is very short compared with that of stars — for instance, the dust can get scattered out into interstellar space by gravitational perturbations from giant planets. It is thought that any debris disks astronomers spot are ...
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PhysOrg.com
Astronaut's 'Angry Birds Space' Ad Is Out of This World
Adweek
NASA isn't the only group hoping to use the new game as a chance to teach young people about space exploration. National Geographic has created its own Angry Birds Space book aboutastronomy, helping to show "the furious fliers everything they'll need ...
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Adweek
Solar Storm? Looks like another doomsday comes and goes
Allentown Morning Call
"What we experience is the sun essentially shedding some of its material into space in what is called a coronal mass ejection … In this case a pretty significant amount of material." While officials warned the swarm of charged particles from the storm ...
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Allentown Morning Call
Venus and Jupiter Align: 3 Odd Facts About 2-Planet Tango
Yahoo! Contributors Network
By Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist The two brightest planets in the sky, Venus and Jupiter, will likely draw attention to the western sky as darkness falls next week. Planetariums, observatories and perhaps even weather forecast offices might ...
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Dark Matter Just Got More Mysterious
NPR
Astronomers have watched all that happen, and when it was all over, when the cosmic dust settled, so to speak, left at the scene of the accident was a bunch of dark matter, dark matter that they say shouldn't be there, at least if our current theories ...
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Plumbing The Archives - Science News
Science News
243); overnight, reporting on the space age jetted to prominence. Jonathan Eberhart's comprehensive reporting for Science News set the gold standard for such coverage, which led the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences to ...
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Solar storm gains strength
Daily News & Analysis
"The magnetic field orientation needed to cause strong geomagnetic storming finally occurred overnight, so although it got off to a slow start, levels have reached what was predicted," the NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center said.
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The Recent Solar Storm
AccuWeather.com (blog)
First off, if you are interested in this subject you are about to read, you should join AccuWeather Astronomy on facebook. The last several days have seen incredible growth on the page as well as a massive amount of discussions, questions and ...
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GZA Announces New Album Dark Matters
Paste Magazine
At some point this year, Wu-Tang Clan rapper GZA will release a quantum physics and astronomy-influnced album titled Dark Matters, Prefix Magazine reported. The rapper stopped working on a different album last November to focus on this new project.
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Paste Magazine
Solar storm passes off peacefully, say experts
Gulf Today
Chairman of Adco Astronomy Club and Member of Abu Dhabi Heritage Group Mohamed Talib Al Salami said that the storm created by the solar flare did not affect the region's telecommunication systems. A source at Sharjah Met office confirmed that there was ...
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WSU prof's book explores doomsday scenarios
WSU News
"Space rocks as big as houses zip by us, closer than the moon, every few months or so; some the size of large mountains have smashed into the Earth in the past causing serious mayhem,” they write. "Giant stars explode, supervolcanoes erupt, ...
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WSU News
GZA Announces New Album, 'Dark Matter'
Prefixmag
... longtime love for quantum physics and astronomy, two subjects he no doubt discussed with MIT professors when he visited the school late last year. "I will take a quantum leap and discuss the universe while taking us on a journey through deep space.
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Prefixmag
GZA: New Album Details, Tour & Lecture Dates
JamBase
It is informed by his longtime fascination with astronomy and quantum physics. In his own words: "I've been interested in many branches of science for years. RZA and I constantly exchange books and ideas. I recently met with quantum physicists who ...
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European Association for Astronomy Education » NASA Launches ...
By Alexandre Costa
European Association for Astronomy Education ... NASA, governments around the world and civil society organizations will co-host the International SpaceApps Challenge on April 21-22 with events across seven continents and inspace.
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A universal freeze frame - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum
By Bogie
Does anyone have knowledge of a good "freeze frame" thought experiment where at a given "now" at a given point in space the entire universe is frozen and can be examined? The situation would be that when my clock strikes noon, everything in the ...
Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum
What's On Astronomy.FM ~ Friday thru Saturday | Astronomy.FM
By Tavi Greiner
(00:01:20). More news, from the National Institute of Aerospace and WHRO of Norfolk VA, “Discovery Now” ~ Testing Einstein's Theories: A race in Spacetests Einstein's theories of relativity. (00:01:30). An Astronomy.FM original program, “The ...
Astronomy.FM
Bad News For The Aussie SKA Bid | David Reneke | Space and ...
By Dave
Australia's chances to host the world's largest space telescope have been dealt a crippling blow after a key scientific panel recommended the $2.5 billion project be awarded to a rival consortium led by South Africa. The Square Kilometre Array is to be aimed at the deep reaches of the universe and expected to ... featured (220); latest news (28); Uncategorized (12). Copyright David Reneke | Space and Astronomy News 2010 - All rights reserved. Website Design by WebKumpany.
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Massive computer simulation detects cause of high-speed ...
Home » News & Observing » Astronomy News » Massive computer simulation detects cause of high-speed electronics in space ...
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Astronomers Respond to Tight NASA 2013 Budget ... - Space.com
The American Astronomical Society, an organization of professionalastronomers , released a statement outlining their concerns about President Obama's 2013 ...
www.space.com/14733-nasa-budget-request-2013-astronomer...
Solid buckyballs discovered in space - Astronomy Now
Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have detected a particular type of molecule, given the nickname “buckyball”, in a solid form for the first time.
www.astronomynow.com/news/n1202/28bucky/
Space and astronomy digest: March 2012
This release summarises some of the astronomy and space events taking place during March, particularly those with UK involvement. It is not intended to be ...
www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=117975...en
Space invasion: Hilton Head to host astronomy convention ...
The Academy Awards may be over, but there's a silver lining for those who haven 't yet had their fill of stargazing: Hilton Head Island is about to host its first...
www.islandpacket.com/.../space-invasion-hilton-head-to.html
Carnival of Space #238 | Dear Astronomer | Answering your ...
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www.dearastronomer.com/2012/03/01/carnival-of-space-238/
Time space and astronomy in angkor wat
Time, Space, and Astronomy in Angkor Wat Subhash Kak Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, ...
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Shoot Justin Bieber into space: astronomer - National Space news ...
Astronomer Seth Shostak has an idea many people would find appealing: launch Justin Bieber into space! No, this is not some mad science scheme to rid the ...
www.examiner.com/.../shoot-justin-bieber-into-space-astrono...
Powerful New Astronomy Tool Arrives on Mauna Kea | SpaceRef ...
A 10000-pound package was delivered on Feb. 16 to the W. M. Keck Observatory near the summit of Mauna Kea. Inside is a powerful new scientific instrument ...
www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=36243
NASA's Lax Security Leaves Information for Thieves, Hackers ...
Space, Astronomy, Astronaut, NASA News from Kepea. Science, Space,Astronomy and NASA News from off the planet! Home. « Mars Visible in Night Sky, But ...
kepea.com/.../nasas-lax-security-leaves-information-for-thieve...
Beyond Apollo: Mercury space observatory (1964)
In 1946, Princeton University astronomer Lyman Spitzer, Jr., wrote about the possibilities of space-based astronomy, and it was with him that U.S. efforts to place ...
beyondapollo.blogspot.com/.../mercury-space-observatory-19...
Inflation or anything else? - Astronomy Forums | Telescope Forums ...
Hi all. I used to go through universetoday.com on all the mornings, rather than going through some newspapers. I saw an article today about [Registered users ...
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