SPACE, Astronomy News, Oct 05, 2011

Space Telescopes Reveal Secrets of Turbulent Black Hole Space Daily by Staff Writers A fleet of spacecraft including NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered unprecedented details in the surroundings of a supermassive black hole. Observations reveal huge bullets of gas being driven away from the gravitational ... See all stories on this topic »

Eye on the cosmos
Baltimore Sun
Its loss would jeopardize all the advances made since Hubble was launched as well as America'sposition of leadership in astronomy and space exploration. This year, a House subcommittee threatened to zero out funding for the Webb telescope because of ...
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Adapting NASA Technologies to Environmental and Energy Applications Environmental Leader In addition to its obvious value in space exploration and astronomy, image processing is also critical to Earth science involving the monitoring of our planet's surface features, in fields such as agriculture and energy production. ... See all stories on this topic »

Environmental Leader

Looking Into The Eye Of A Monster – Active Galaxy Markarian 509 Universe Today An international team of astronomers using five different telescopes set their sites on 460 million light-year distant Markarian 509 to check out the action surrounding its huge black hole. The imaging team included ESA's XMM-Newton, Integral, NASA/ESA... See all stories on this topic »

Universe Today

Happy 54th birthday to Sputnik I and the space race
Medill Reports: Chicago
“Unfortunately, the manned space life program in the US has been greatly rolled back. We don't have anything comparable and anything in the near future to take over,” Smutko said. “NASA and the astronauts in the US have to sign up for a ticket to space ...
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NASA Ames to Celebrate Moon at Festive Event Space Ref (press release) 7:30 to 11 pm- Weather-permitting, participants will be able to view the moon through telescopes set up by members of local amateur astronomy societies. The viewing will be accompanied by a guided tour of lunar features, and speaker Tony Colaprete, ... See all stories on this topic »

Space Ref (press release)

In Gaithersburg, a retired lawyer, 88, searches for answers in outer space
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
by Jen Bondeson, Staff Writer Chris Rossi/The Gazette Retired attorney Bill Kraham, 88, ofGaithersburg has recently begun studying astronomy. He created a website,www.allenergyandmatter.com, to share basic information about the cosmos. ...
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Draconid Meteor Outburst Space Daily Led by Science@NASA's Tony Phillips, the 15 students have been launching helium balloons to the edge of space since May of 2011. With more than 95% of Earth's atmosphere below the balloon, the sky above looks almost as black as it would from a... See all stories on this topic »

Space Daily

ALMA captures pix of Isis crystal skull galaxy
The Spoof (satire)
"Of course the Pope's bound to go nuts," a NASA PR source explained, "kinda flushes their paternalistic agenda straight back down the toilet where it really belongs." The image is being studied by astronomers around the world with the Beijing Astronomy ...
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Exomoons ever closer Scientific American (blog) Many moons have signs of active and quiescent cryo-volcanism – from Enceladus to Triton (check out the movie made in 1990 by NASA from Voyager 2 images) and Europa. They also show quite compelling evidence for subsurface liquid water oceans that ... See all stories on this topic »

Scientific American (blog)

NASA - Hubble Space Telescope Contributes to Nobel Prize in ... News. Text Size. Grow Text SizeShrink Text Size. Hubble Space Telescope Contributes ... Adam Riess, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute ... www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/.../hubble-nobel.html

Private space plans get astronauts aloft before NASA Latest Space and Astronomy News / updates every 3 minutes ... NASA's next crew-carrying rocket, the heavy-lift Space Launch System, will blast off on its first ... www.spacescientific.com/.../19148-private-space-plans-get-ast...

iPhone, iPad Apps for Astronomers at Heart - Mobile and Wireless ... In addition to offering official space agency applications like NASA's, the Apple ... customizes and delivers an extensive selection of news, images and videos. ... mobile.eweek.com/.../iPhone-iPad-Apps-for-Astronomers-at-H...

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SWITZERLAND Ski, Snow News, Oct 05, 2011

Skiing at higher levels suggested BBC News The report's authors said resorts may have to follow examples from Japan andSwitzerland where there was access to better quality, higher snow fields. But they added that providing the necessary chairlifts would be costly. The report also suggested ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Skiing in October PlanetSKI.eu Elsewhere in Switzerland Engelberg hopes to open some slopes up on the Titlis glacier on October 8 th . The unseasonably warm weather in Europe at the weekend isn't helping things, but just a few weeks ago there was a decent snowfall in the Alps.... See all stories on this topic » PlanetSKI.eu

Skiing on one of Saturn's moons Cordis News The EUROPLANET RI project brings together partners from Austria, Denmark, Finland,France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain,Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Illustration of this article. See all stories on this topic » Cordis News

Passion, lust & egos PlanetSKI.eu I have met several Olympic racers, the pioneers of snowboarding in the early 1980's and people still working as ski instructors well past their 70 th birthday. I have meet people caught in avalanches thinking they were going to die, others disabled by ... See all stories on this topic » PlanetSKI.eu

Alpine Adventures In Bavaria The Chattanoogan ... area mountains with tram service or ski lifts that allow visitors to experience the high, panoramic views and hike or ride back down. From Zugspitz, the 360-degree view encompasses more than 400 peaks in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. ... See all stories on this topic »

Carmel Valley resident is one of the world's most traveled people — and he is ... Del Mar Times He also taught history and geography at Mammoth High and can authoritatively say that Mammoth has the best snow in the world as he's skied 120 areas around the globe (St. Moritz in Switzerland has the best ski area, he said). ... See all stories on this topic » Del Mar Times

Disasteradio's adventures in sound New Zealand Herald Clean'n'sharp Switzerland has this effect, especially when you smell like a dog. Luckily they serve lots of fondue on this boat, and that shit stinks too. I'm playing as part of these summer events for 'La Bateau' (it's a boat called 'The Boat') and ... See all stories on this topic » New Zealand Herald

Stefan Krauss becomes new Managing Director of Infront Austria from 2012 Around the Rings (subscription) He joins Infront from the German Ski Federation (DSV) where he has been involved as Managing Director of DSV Marketing GmbH since May 2008. Previously, the former professional ski athlete worked for nine years as General Secretary and Sport Director ... See all stories on this topic »

Club Med Resort - All Different Types Eva-News (press release) Sports resorts are also becoming a lot more well-known, and they commonly focus on golf, tennis,skiing, and scuba diving. The Bahamas and Mexico have resorts for golf, tennis, and scuba diving, whilst ski resorts are located in France and Switzerland. See all stories on this topic »

Sugarbush Resort Expands Partnership With Recognized New England Tennis ... AlpineZone News Winter programming will take on a different look to accommodate those visitors who want to ski and ride. Tennis instruction will be offered in one and a half hour sessions three times each day. "We are delighted that NETH will be providing tennis ... See all stories on this topic »

Piste Maps for Swiss Ski Resorts Piste Maps of Ski Resorts in Switzerland; view the layout of pistes and trails for all major Swiss SkiResorts. www.j2ski.com/ski_resorts/.../Switzerland_piste_maps.html

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