SPACE, Astronomy News, Apr 15, 2012

KSC anything but a ghost town Florida Today It's more subtle than the activity we are used to, with the occasional evidence of a thunderous space shuttle liftoff. But it is activity nonetheless. The spacecenter is headquarters for NASA's most exciting new program, one aimed at flying US ... See all stories on this topic »

Save money next tax season with these space-related tax breaks io9 You can't earmark your taxes to NASA, but there are a few ways that you can support space technology while earning yourself some tax breaks in the process. Please don't take any of this as legal advice. You should speak with a qualified tax expert ... See all stories on this topic »

Herschel images extrasolar analogue of the Kuiper Belt Space Daily Ever since, this source has been the subject of extensive observations, including studies performed with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in the past decade, where the starlight had been blocked by making use of a coronagraph in order to see fainter ... See all stories on this topic »

Project would jibe with BISD program Brownsville Herald Now comes word that SpaceX, the space launch design manufacturing firm, is considering an area near Boca Chica beach for a commercial space launch site. The company started by Pay Pal co-founder Elon Musk has been awarded funding by NASA to ... See all stories on this topic »

Time machine will study the early universe Space Daily by Staff Writers A new scientific instrument, a "time machine" of sorts, built by UCLA astronomers and colleagues, will allow scientists to study the earliest galaxies in the universe, which could never be studied before. The five-ton instrument, ... See all stories on this topic »

Henrietta Swan Leavitt: Unsung Science Pioneer Lauded On Stage Decoded Science Leavitt's Law for determining astronomical distances ushered in the modern age of cosmology – yet she received little recognition in her lifetime. Born in on July 4, 1868, Henrietta Swan Leavitt was the daughter of the minister at Pilgrim ... See all stories on this topic » Decoded Science

Astronomy: Portuguese astrophysicists reveal new data on the formation of ... Portuguese American Journal (blog) Analyzing data from the spectrograph HARPS (ESO) and the Kepler satellite (NASA), the team of researchers, led by Pedro Figueira, simulated planetary systems to compare the differences in frequency of transiting systems. Results show consistently that... See all stories on this topic » Portuguese American Journal (blog)

12-Billion-Year-Old White-Dwarf Stars Only 100 Light-Years Away Space Daily Kilic and colleagues obtained infrared images using NASA's Spitzer SpaceTelescope to measure the temperature of the stars. And, over a three-year period, they measured J1102's distance by tracking its motion using the MDM Observatory's 2.4-meter ... See all stories on this topic »

Scientists Suggest Evidence of Recent Lunar Volcanism Universe Today (Image: NASA Goddard/Arizona State University) A team of researchers at India's Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) claims it has found evidence of relatively recent volcanic activity on the Moon, using data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and... See all stories on this topic » Universe Today

Weekend: Your guide to entertainment in Northeast Pennsylvania Scranton Times-Tribune FRANKLIN INSTITUTE SERIES: The Human Body, Life in Space Developed in Conjunction with NASA, May 7, 10 am; The Human Body, May 8, 10 am; and How To Build a Storm: The Weather Show, May 9, 10 am, Scranton Cultural Center at The Masonic Temple. See all stories on this topic »

NASA - Space Telescope Science Institute's Astronomical Database ... The archive is named in honor of the United States Senator from Maryland for her career-long achievements and for becoming the longest-serving woman in... www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/.../mikulski-database.ht...

NASA head visits Australia : Space and Astronomy news daily ... At a lecture at the Great Hall at the University of Sydney, Mr Bolden spoke of the work NASA does in space and here on Earth, and encouraged students in the... spaceinfo.com.au/2012/04/06/nasa-head-visits-australia/

NASA review of space astrophysics missions extends all 9! | Bad ... Astronomy | exoplanets | Well, this is some very welcome and happy news:NASA's ... Missions has recommended to NASA that eight of the nine operatingspace- blogs.discovermagazine.com/.../nasa-review-of-space-astrophy...

NASA extends Kepler, Spitzer, Planck missions - Astronomy Magazine Home » News & Observing » Astronomy News » NASA extends Kepler, ...From left to right, artist's concept of the Spitzer, Planck, and Kepler spacetelescopes. www.astronomy.com/~/link.aspx?_id=96d2eedd-d2c6...

Philip Plait - Google+ - NASA astronomy space missions funded for ... Good news, everyone: 8 of 9 NASA astronomy space missions will be funded through 2016, and one of them through 2015! After the recent news of massive... https://plus.google.com/.../posts/T6RiFKv8A2v

Space and Earth Sciences News :: NASA seeks new ideas for Mars ... NASA's Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG), established to assist the agency in developing a new strategy for the exploration of the Red Planet, has begun ... www.news-about-space.org/astronomy-news/cluster14449917/

NASA Holds News Conference with Station Crew Members ... The news conference will link up reporters with NASA Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and ... Space Astronomy Archive & Supernova Named for Sen. astronewsus.wordpress.com/.../nasa-holds-news-conference-wi...

Space Astronomy Archive and Distant Supernova Are ... - HubbleSite Search News Releases ... Space Astronomy Archive and Distant Supernova Are Named in Honor Of U.S. ... Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Riess (JHU and STScI) ... hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/17

spacetoday.net: NASA panel extends Kepler, other astronomy ... spacetoday.net: space news from around the web, AD: ISS and Mars conference ... NASA's Senior Review examined the effectiveness of currentastronomy ... www.spacetoday.net/Summary/5578

NASA Extends 9 Space Observatory Missions | Space and ... WASHINGTON — Nine NASA-funded astrophysics missions, including the planet -hunting Kepler space telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory, will continue ... space-astronomy-news.blogspot.com/.../nasa-extends-9-space-...

Nature News Blog: NASA astrophysics missions spared after ... The results of a ranking of nine ongoing NASA astrophysics missions are in, and the winners are: everyone! For months, astronomers on the missions were ... blogs.nature.com/.../nasa-astrophysics-missions-spared-after-p...

Space Astronomy Archive and Distant Supernova Are Named in ... Called MAST, for the Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes, the huge ... 16 NASA space astronomy missions, including the Hubble SpaceTelescope. ... Breaking News Channels provide a rapid response to majornews events. www.newswise.com/.../space-astronomy-archive-and-distant-s...

NASA Holds News Conference with Station Crew Members - Space Latest Space and Astronomy News / Hourly updates. FEED ... Back More Google Space Blog NASA Holds News Conference with Station Crew Members ... www.spacescientific.com/.../25723-nasa-holds-news-conferenc...

NASA Announces 2012 Carl Sagan Fellows - Space News - redOrbit NASA has selected six planet hunters as the recipients of the 2012 Carl Sagan Exoplanet Postdoctoral Fellowships, named after the late astronomer. www.redorbit.com/.../nasa-announces-2012-carl-sagan-fellows...

Letter to NASA is Common Ploy in Climate Change Denial A group of 49 former NASA employees from Johnson Space Center have ...Space and astronomy news ... Article by Andrew Revkin in the New York Times ... www.universetoday.com/.../letter-to-nasa-is-common-ploy-in-...

Cosmic 'Leaf Blower' Robs Galaxy of Star-Making Fuel - NASA Jet ... Bring the Universe to You, JPL Email News, JPL on Facebook, JPL on Twitter, JPL ... Astronomers believe this marks the beginning of its transition from a vigorous spiral ... Data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope revealed that those stellar ... www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-094

Space Astronomy Archive and Distant Supernova ... - e! Science News Called MAST, for the Barbara A. Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes, the huge database contains astronomical observations from 16 NASA space astronomy ... esciencenews.com/.../space.astronomy.archive.and.distant.supe...

Space Astronomy Archive & Supernova Named for Sen. Mikulski ... One of the world's largest astronomy archives, containing a treasure trove of... from 16 NASA space astronomy missions, including the Hubble SpaceTelescope. ... Tags: hst, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, Nature, news, science, space ... https://astronewsus.wordpress.com/.../space-astronomy-archive...

Cosmic Rays BBC NASA News « Journey to the Stars Meanwhile, I also did check the NASA and BBC news today to see if they ... I'm Raven, an amateur astronomer and science-enthusiast from the Philippines.... @ SPACEdotcom North Korea Rocket Launch Site Seen From Space 3 hours ago ... journeytothestars.wordpress.com/.../cosmic-rays-bbc-nasa-new...

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