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Cosmic Smashup Predicted, but Earth Will Survive
ABC News
NASA has calculated that our entire Milky Way galaxy will crash into a neighboring galaxy with a direct head-on hit — in 4 billion years. Astronomers in a NASA news conference Thursday said that years of observations from the Hubble Space Telescope ...
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NASA: Cosmic smash-up expected; Earth will survive
Kansas City Star
Astronomers in a Thursday, May 31, 2012, NASA news conference announced that observations from the Hubble Space Telescope detail a long-anticipated galactic smash-up. Astronomers had seen the Andromeda galaxy coming at us, but thought there was a ...
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Milky Way doomed to head-on crash with Andromeda
CBS News
Van der Marel and his colleagues used NASA's Hubble space telescope to repeatedly observe select regions of Andromeda over a seven-year period. They were able to measure the galaxy's sideways (or tangential) motion, and they found that Andromeda and ...
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CBS News
At Home in the Universe Astronomers lay bare the Milky Way's biggest secrets
Science News
The symmetry of this map has recently been enhanced with the discovery of two new arms (outlined in yellow).today's galaxy: NASA, JPL-Caltech In many ways, it's easier to study a galaxy millions of light-years away than to probe this one. Astronomers ...
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8 modern astronomy mysteries scientists still can't explain
msnbc.com
Vera Rubin, an astronomer at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, studied the speeds of stars at various locations in galaxies. [ Top 10 Strangest Things in Space ]NASA, ESA, CFHT, CXO, MJ Jee (University of California, Davis), and A. Mahdavi (San ...
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Hubble shows Milky Way is destined for head-on collision with Andromeda Galaxy
Astronomy Magazine
Credit: NASA/ESA/Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI)/A. Mellinger NASA astronomersannounced Thursday, May 31, that they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, the Sun, and the solar system: the titanic ...
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Eclipses, galaxies and Venus: Oh my!
Tulsa World (blog)
This illustration released by NASA depicts a view of the night sky just before the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy, left, and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy. Astronomers had seen the Andromeda galaxy coming at us, but thought there was ...
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Milky Way DOOMED to high-speed smash with Andromeda galaxy
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"The Andromeda galaxy is heading straight in our direction," said Roeland van der Marel,Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute at a NASA press conference. "The galaxies will collide and will merge together to form one new galaxy.
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NASA Visualization Explorer (for iPad)
PC Magazine
NASA Visualization Explorer (for iPad) pictorially highlights recent findings in both Earth science andastronomy by the agency's fleet of satellites. NASA isn't only about looking outward to space; they've had a fleet of satellites look at Earth from ...
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Hubble times Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy pile-up
BBC News
Andromeda (left) fills the field of view and begins to distort the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy Astronomers have used the Hubble Space Telescope to work out when precisely our Milky Way Galaxy will crash into its neighbour, Andromeda.
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BBC News
Transit of Venus puts spotlight on planetary sun crossings
Mother Nature Network
By Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.comFri, Jun 01 2012 at 6:38 AM EST EARLY SPACEDRAWINGS: Illustration of the Venus transit from James Ferguson's book 'AstronomyExplained.' (Image: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Sun-Earth Day ) A rare opportunity to see ...
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Milky Way headed for collision with Andromeda galaxy but earth will survive
Courier Mail
NASA astronomers today announced grisly details of the long-anticipated galactic smashup -- details that resulted from years of observations from the Hubble Space Telescope. Astronomers had seen the Andromeda galaxy coming at us, but thought there was ...
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Our Galaxy to Collide With Andromeda in 4 Billion Years
Sci-News.com
Astronomers, using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, have predicted with certainty the titanic collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda. This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy ...
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Sci-News.com
NASA Astronaut to Discuss Space Exploration at Columbia University
Sacramento Bee
The joint presentation with Janna Levin, associate professor of physics and astronomy at Columbia's Barnard College, entitled "Why Explore Space?" will begin at 10:30 am EDT in the Davis Auditorium at the Schapiro Center for Engineering and Physical ...
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Scientists gearing up for rare transit of Venus on June 5
msnbc.com
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Sun-Earth Day Illustration of the Venus transit from James Ferguson's book Astronomy Explained. While scientists are excited for this year's Venus transit, they don't stand to learn quite as much as their counterparts ...
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New Hubble data confirms that Milky Way will collide with Andromeda Galaxy
allvoices
This was confirmed by NASA scientists using the Hubble telescope, saying that in around 4 billion years or so, the Milky Way will collide with Andromeda but according to NASA this collision will not have catastrophic results, as the sun and the planets ...
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AUT to track re-entry of first private space flight
New Zealand Herald
The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft approaching the International Space Station late last week. Photo / NASA The next phase in AUT's link to the International Space Station will take place tomorrow. AUT University's radio astronomy observatory ...
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See the 'Transit of Venus' at Foothill, NASA Ames
Patch.com
Courtesy of NASA Unless you plan to be around in 2117, you may not want to miss this upcomingastronomical phenomenon. On Tuesday, June 5, the planet of Venus will cross the sun and will be visible from a large portion of the United States.
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What the transit of Venus tells us about alien planets (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
[Gallery: Transits of Venus Throughout History] "The first transit ever observed was of the planet Mercury in 1631 by the French astronomer [Pierre] Gassendi," Fred Espenak, an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Milky Way and Andromeda set for galaxy 'smash-up' - in four billion years
The West Australian
Photo: Nasa Scientists have finally concluded that the earth's Milky Way galaxy is on an epic collision course with neighbouring galaxy Andromeda - and know now when it will happen. The Hubble Space Telescope's precise measurements have enabled ...
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The West Australian
X-ray 'echoes' map a supermassive black hole's environs
Phys.Org
Credit: David W. Hogg, Michael R. Blanton, and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Collaboration (Phys.org) -- An international team of astronomers using data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) XMM-Newton satellite has identified a long-sought X-ray ...
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How to watch transit of Venus safely and effectively
msnbc.com
This event, called a transit of Venus, is one of the rarest sights in astronomy. Transits of Venus occur in pairs 8 years apart, each pair separated from the next by over a century. The last pair occurred in 1881 and 1889, and the next pair will occur ...
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Expensive NASA equipment missing in North Texas
KVUE
The equipment is part of a NASA-funded experiment. A truck left the University of Minnesota's School of Physics and Astronomy Friday, but never made it to Palestine. It was last seen at truck stops in Dallas and Hutchins. The truck driver has been ...
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Two Days Of Extraordinary Astronomical Events At Chabot Space & Science Center
MarketWatch (press release)
Astronomers and volunteers at Chabot Space & Science Center are preparing for two more majorastronomical events that will be visible to residents in the Bay Area. On Monday, June 4, 2:00 am - 5:00 am. Chabot's Observatory Deck will be open in the ...
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Cosmic Smashup: Scientist Predict Galaxy Merger….In 4 Billion Years
The Inquisitr
Astronomers with NASA have announced that the Milky Way galaxy is on a steady collision course with Andromeda, the closest galaxy to us, which has been steadily moving toward us for millions of years. Don't worry though, because the “cosmic smashup” ...
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Kiwi scientists keep watch on history-making rocket
New Zealand Herald
AUT University's radio astronomy observatory north of Auckland has been contracted to track the re-entry into Earth's atmosphere of the first private space flight to the International Space Station (ISS). California-based Space Exploration Technologies ...
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Venus transit day: Don't miss this twice-in-a-lifetime experience
Los Angeles Times
As NASA notes, Venus is too minuscule to block the blinding glare of the sun. You need a filter. NASAsuggests No. 14 welder's glasses. You might be better off contacting a local astronomy club, which probably will have solar telescopes for observing ...
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The Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy to Collide
AccuWeather.com (blog)
NASA astronomers announced this finding on the last day of May. Yet another great finding by the Hubble telescope! You can leave your comments, as well as be part of a community with discussions on any astronomy subject, such as light pollution, ...
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Scudder makes first observations of process linked to northern lights
Phys.Org
Image courtesy of NASA. (Phys.org) -- A University of Iowa researcher wants you to visualize a plate of spaghetti when you think of the northern lights. That's because Jack Scudder, UI professor of physics and astronomy, and his colleagues have reached ...
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Once-in-a-lifetime transit of Venus means special astronomy events
Alaska Dispatch
That's according to Space.com, where it says a group of researchers from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory will make the trip in concert with a solar physics meeting in Anchorage. Also planning to come up for the transit is a group of researchers from ...
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Space Balloon Telescope Goes Missing Near Dallas
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
By Scott Gordon A truck loaded with a stratospheric balloon telescope designed to help unlock the mysteries of the universe failed to arrive at a NASA research facility in Texas and has gone missing somewhere near Dallas.
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Transit of Venus – NASA's live coverage : Space and Astronomy ...
By Jonathan Nally
Space and Astronomy news daily – SpaceInfo.com.au ... NASA TELEVISION will air a live program starting at 5:30 p.m. US EDT Tuesday, June 5, showcasing the celestial phenomenon of the planet Venus trekking across the face of the Sun.
Space and Astronomy news daily...
NASA's Hubble Telescope measurements give astronomers data to ...
By News Staff
Clarksville, TN Online: News, Opinion, Arts & Entertainment. ... Science at NASANASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, D.C. – NASA astronomers say they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, sun, and solar system: the titanic collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy. The Milky Way is destined to get a major makeover during the encounter, which is predicted to happen four billion ...
Clarksville, TN Online
NASA CONFIRMS DOOMSDAY TO COME World News | World ...
By The Editor World News Tomorrow
WORLD NEWS TOMORROW – NASA : Astronomers have always believed our galaxy may collide with its cosmic neighbor Andromeda . Now the doomsday scenario has been confirmed. NASA has spent years tracking the direction of the ...
World News Tomorrow
Milky Way, Andromeda Galaxy To Collide In 4 Billion Years, NASA ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Astronomers in a NASA news conference Thursday said that years of observations from the HubbleSpace Telescope provide grisly details of a long-anticipated galactic smashup. Astronomers had seen the Andromeda galaxy coming at us, ...
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Cosmic smashup predicted, but Earth will survive | Kuwait Times
By Kuwait Times
NASA has calculated that our entire Milky Way galaxy will crash into a neighboring galaxy with a direct head-on hit in 4 billion years. Astronomers in a NASA news conference Thursday said that years of observations from the Hubble Space ...
Kuwait Times
Milky Way And Andromeda Galaxy Headed For A Collision | David ...
By Tammy
Astro Space News Delivered to You ... According to NASA astronomers, they can now predict with certainty that the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way will meet in huge merger event which will affect our entire solar system. But don't pack ...
David Reneke | Space and Astronomy News
Astronomers Predict Titanic Collision: Milky Way ... - Science@NASA
NASA astronomers say they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy ... of years," says Sangmo Tony Sohn of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore. ... Science@NASA Headline News ...
science.nasa.gov/science-news/science.../31may_andromeda/
Transit of Venus – NASA's live coverage : Space and Astronomy ...
Space and Astronomy news daily – SpaceInfo.com.au ... NASA TELEVISION will air a live program starting at 5:30 p.m. US EDT Tuesday, June 5, showcasing ...
spaceinfo.com.au/2012/.../transit-of-venus-nasas-live-coverage...
NASA lunar spacecraft complete prime mission ahead of schedule ...
Home » News & Observing » Astronomy News » NASA lunar spacecraft complete ... of the spacecraft, instrument, and the Deep Space Network," said Zuber.
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NASA 's Guidelines For Preserving Historic Lunar Sites | David ...
Join my newsletter to stay up to date on all the latest space news. ... Armstrong's First Footprint On Moon - Image Courtesy of NASA. On May 24, 2012, NASA and ...
www.davidreneke.com/nasa-suggests-guidelines-for-preservin...
NASA Goddard delivers magnetometers for ... - News Astronomy
Space / Astronomy News and Articles ... NASA lunar spacecraft complete prime mission ahead... Stellar archeology traces Milky Way's history. Back Astronomy ...
www.newsastronomy.com/.../14314-nasa-goddard-delivers-m...
Science and technology | Photo Gallery - Yahoo! News
Astronomers in a Thursday, May 31, 2012, NASA news conference announced that observations from the Hubble Space Telescope detail a long-anticipated ...
news.yahoo.com/.../illustration-released-nasa-depicts-view-nig...
Cosmic smashup predicted, but Earth will survive - NASA - Zimbio
Astronomers in a NASA news conference Thursday said that years of observations from the HubbleSpace Telescope provide grisly details of a long- anticipated ...
www.zimbio.com/.../Cosmic+smashup+predicted+but+Earth+...
footprnt | David Reneke | Space and Astronomy News
Join my newsletter to stay up to date on all the latest space news. ... Armstrong's First Footprint On Moon - Image Courtesy of NASA. Armstrong's First Footprint ...
www.davidreneke.com/nasa-suggests-guidelines.../footprnt/
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