 Private space travel: A new era begins?CNN (CNN) -- On Saturday, a company called SpaceX is scheduled to launch the first private mission to the International Space Station, demonstrating a freight-carrying capability NASA gave up when it retired its fleet of space shuttles in July. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Solar eclipse: How to watch it without blinding yourself Los Angeles Times "Looking up into the [solar eclipse] without the proper protection is just dangerous," said astronomer Stephen Edberg at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "You need proper eye protection." Beginning late Sunday afternoon, a large swath of the western ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| SpaceX's historic launch to space station scrubbed at last second Los Angeles Times But for a few billion dollars more a year in the NASA budget, we could be sending astronauts beyond LEO in less than five years, and undertaking a new wave of robotic deep space exploration and astronomy. It's extremely disappointing to me that Obama ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| AUT lands 10-year SpaceX deal National Business Review Under the agreement, AUT's Institute of Radio Astronomy and SpaceResearch (IRASR) will monitor up to 12 space flights a year for SpaceX, which is owned by billionaire PayPal founder Elon Musk. SpaceX won a $US1.6 billion contract with NASA as part of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| NASA announces Venus Transit of the Sun to take place June 5th Clarksville Online Many astronomy clubs will have solar telescopes set up to observe the event; contact your local club for details. Transits of Venus first gained worldwide attention in the 18th century. In those days, the size of the solar system was one of the biggest ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A supernova cocoon breakthrough Jerusalem Post By CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY New discovery may help astronomersunderstand why some supernovas are much more powerful than others. Observations with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided the first X-ray evidence of a supernova shock wave ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ready for the Solar Eclipse on Sunday? Here's How to View It Safely Patch.com If there are bug holes in the leaves, they pretty much do the same thing as a pinhole projector, writes Gary Baker in the newsletter of the PeninsulaAstronomical Society newsletter. And while you're under that tree, you might notice what a NASA ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sunday's solar eclipse will not be visible in Chattanooga region WRCB-TV But this area "ain't going to see nothing," said Bill Cooke, a NASA astronomerbased at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia's global positioning is to blame, according to Jack Pitkin, operations manager ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| solar eclipse to project 'ring of fire' CNN In northern Utah, "ecliptomaniacs" are planning to travel south to view the event, said Patrick Wiggins, a NASA ambassador in Salt Lake City. He saidastronomy club members "realize they could either drive four hours to see the eclipse or wait 11 years ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Weekend solar eclipse to project 'ring of fire' CNN International "I recommend anyone who has the chance to see this, because while they do happen occasionally, it's a fairly rare event," said Jeffrey Newmark, a solar physics specialist with NASA. "It's a neat thing to see." The last annular eclipse appeared in the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Solar Eclipse Sunday: Where to Watch Patch.com Courtesy of NASA On the weekends, you may be find yourself away from home, but somewhere in Northern California around 6:30 pm, the expected apex of the solar eclipse in the area. With a big event like the annular solar eclipse coming up Sunday we ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Avoiding sun burn': Eclipse watchers prepare for solar show Ukiah Daily Journal By CAROLE BRODSKY A portion of a rare annular eclipse will be viewable in Mendocino County this Sunday, according to Paul Kobetz, president of the Ukiah Astronomical Society. Though Ukiah is just outside of the primary path of the eclipse, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Solar eclipse: 'Ring of fire' eclipse to grace Tahoe skies Sunday evening North Lake Tahoe Bonanza The full eclipse is expected at 6:31 pm The ring effect will last about three minutes, according to NASA. Robert Grover, president of the Northern Colorado Astronomical Society, said he expects to travel more than 400 miles to Southern Utah to see the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NMSU Las Cruces Hosts Free Event To Watch Eclipse May 20 KRWG-TV/FM "The sun is a constant in our lives, especially in the southwest, so it is amazing to see something as dramatic as a solar eclipse happen," said Jillian Bornak, a graduate research assistant in astronomy. "The moon's shadow is small, so it takes the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Solar Eclipse 2012: Where to Watch it in the Bay Area Patch.com Courtesy of NASA We know. On the weekends, you may be find yourself away from home, but somewhere in the Bay Area or around Northern California. With a big event like the annular solar eclipse coming up Sunday we thought we'd help you find a viewing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Solar Eclipse: Eyes At Risk, But Blindness Unlikely Huffington Post Early observers of astronomy sometimes found out about solar retinopathy the hard way. Thomas Harriot, who observed sunspots in 1610 but did not publish his discovery, once wrote in 1612 that after viewing the sun his "sight was dim for an hour. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| JCC grad Dr. Darren Williams gives 36th commencement address Olean Times Herald In 1998, he received a doctorate in astronomy and astrophysics from Penn State. Dr. Williams has written several academic papers on the origin and evolution of habitable planets and has researched Earth-like planets for NASA. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rare solar event on Sunday evening El Defensor Chieftain According to Dave Finley, public information officer at National RadioAstronomy Observatory, the eclipse will not be visible in Socorro, as first contact will be at 6:35 pm local time and the sun will be behind Socorro Peak around that time. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Watch the annular solar eclipse in Berkeley this Sunday Daily Californian According to NASA's Google Map of the solar eclipse's path, Northern California will offer the best vantage point for the eclipse. Cities like Redding and Eureka should have particularly good views as the moon will appear more centrally positioned in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Ring of fire annular solar eclipse on May 20, SpaceX launch aborted Northern Voices Online Your local planetarium or amateur astronomy club is a good source for additional information”. Precaution is the best cure. Total blindness too has been reported in cases where people didn't use the right type of filter glasses or other things. See all stories on this topic » |
| U.S. Test flight Giant Leap For Commercial Space | David Reneke ... By Dave Idiot's Guide to Astronomy ebook. Join my newsletter to stay up to date on all the latest space news. ... “It is, by all accounts, an important step, bordering on a giant leap, for commercial space,” said Michael Lopez-Alegria, a formerNASA astronaut and space station commander who now heads the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, a Washington-based industry association. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule are scheduled for launch at 4:55 a.m. EDT (0855 GMT) on ... David Reneke | Space and Astronomy News |
| NASA: there are over 4700 killer asteroids threatening Earth Do you want to help NASA hunt for killer asteroids? Good news: the spaceagency is soliciting amateur help from ordinary backyard astronomers. The problem ... www.examiner.com/.../nasa-there-are-over-4700-killer-asteroi... |
| Private space travel: A new era begins? Meg Urry says don't lament the dawn of private flights to the Space Station as an ... Saturday's poineering SpaceX flight will free NASA for new innovation and... of physics and astronomy and chairwoman of the department of physics at Yale ... The news stories emphasized PR's business plan, but their goals are far broader. www.cnn.com/2012/05/18/.../urry-private-space-launch/ |
| NASA Lends Galaxy Evolution Explorer to Caltech - NASA Jet ... NASA is lending the Galaxy Evolution Explorer to the California Institute of Technology ... Bring the Universe to You, JPL Email News · JPL on Facebook · JPL on .... observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomersget a clear ... www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-137 |
| Missing boundary at edge of the solar system ... - News Astronomy Breaking news and articles on Astronomy and Space... ... A collection of new data from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), however, now indicate that ... www.newsastronomy.com/.../14273-missing-boundary-at-edg... |
| NASA's Spitzer Sees The Light of Alien - Spitzer Space Telescope ... NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a ... In thenew study, Spitzer measured how much infrared light comes from the planet itself . ... that astronomers can determine how much light came from the planet itself. www.spitzer.caltech.edu/.../1419-ssc2012-07-NASA-s-Spitzer-... |
| Fantastic Images Inside a Space Shuttle | David Reneke | Space ... Idiot's Guide to Astronomy ebook. Join my newsletter to stay up to date on all the latest space news. ... At 9:58 a.m. May 11, technicians unplugged SpaceShuttle Endeavour marking the final power down of NASA's last powered orbiter and ... www.davidreneke.com/fantastic-images-inside-a-space-shuttle/ |
| Crazy Eddie's Motie News: Space and astronomy stories for the ... I enjoyed posting my previous post of space and astronomy stories so much that ... NASA Television on YouTube: Latest Update on New Space Station Crew on ... crazyeddiethemotie.blogspot.com/.../space-and-astronomy-stor... |
| NASA's Dawn mission reveals secrets of large asteroid - Astronomy ... Home » News & Observing » Astronomy News » NASA's Dawn mission reveals ... a pattern of minerals exposed by deep gashes created by spacerock impacts, ... www.astronomy.com/~/link.aspx?_id=4717c5b9-7fc9... |
| Endeavour Unplugged: NASA Powers Down its Last Space Shuttle ... From Yahoo! News: NASA pulled the plug on its last powered space shuttle today (May 11), 20 years after it flew its first mission. news.yahoo.com/endeavour-unplugged-nasa-powers-down-las... |
| [NASA Helio E/PO] News and Announcements 2012_05_07 | SMD ... New TED-Ed Website 3. PURSUIT OF LIGHT -- NASA Movie Thinks Big, Goes Deep 4. Center for Astronomy Education (CAE) Introductory Astronomy &Space ... smdepo.org/node/3790 |
| Space and Astronomy news daily - SpaceInfo.com.au - YouTube Space and Astronomy news daily - SpaceInfo.com.au auto generated by YouTube ... events witnessed in SDO's second year. credit: NASA/GoddardSpace Flig. www.youtube.com/blogs/id/eUFpfwfHolU |
| Space and Earth Sciences News :: NASA lends ultraviolet space ... NASA is lending the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, where the spacecraft will continue its ... news-about-space.org/astronomy-news/cluster15149049/ |
| Australia from Space – Outback fires : Space and Astronomy news ... Space and Astronomy news daily – SpaceInfo.com.au ... NASA's Aqua satellite took this image showing dozens of fires scattered across the Kimberley region of ... spaceinfo.com.au/2012/05/.../australia-from-space-outback-fir... |
| NASA dream becomes reality for two Appalachian students » News ... Appalachian received $90000 from N.C. Space Grant Consortium for the ...and Astronomy and Dr. Carlos Calle, head of the NASA Kennedy SpaceCenter ... www.news.appstate.edu/2012/05/.../nasa-dream-becomes-realit... |
| First instrument for new space telescope JWST handed over to Nasa Scientists of the Max-Planck-Institute of Astronomy in Heidelberg developed ...( successor to the Hubble Space Telescope) is ready to be shipped to Nasa. MIRI ... www.mpg.de/5786959/jwst_astronomy?print=yes |
| Thread: NASA to Hold News Conference on Asteroid Mission Results ... NASA will host a news conference on Thursday, May 10, at 2 p.m. EDT to present a new analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta using ... My Astro Space Astronomy ... www.myastrospace.com/forums/showthread.php?5767... |
| Measuring Infrared Brightness - NASA Spitzer Space Telescope This graphic illuminates the process by which astronomers using NASA'sSpitzer Space Telescope have for the first time detected the light from a super Earth ... |
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