A stellar year for South Africa
Cordis News
The year 2011 marks a turning point in the history of space science and astronomy in South Africa. A new space agency on the launchpad, new scientific breakthroughs, an upcoming congress in Cape Town, and the country's bid to host the largest ...
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Astronomers detect echoes from the depth of a red giant star
PhysOrg.com
... of astronomers reports the discovery of waves inside a star that travel so deep that they reach the core. The discovery was published in the renowned journal Science, and was possible thanks to precise measurements with the Kepler space telescope. ...
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Bring astronomy lessons to KMS
EastBayRI.com
Since March is Literacy Month, the Bristol Rotary Club asks individuals and businesses to buy a copy of “Astronomica,” a 510-page textbook that covers the solar system, stars, galaxies, the history of astronomy, space exploration and observing the ...
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Astronomer goes where no woman has gone before (at UCSC)
San Jose Business Journal
... Space Telescope, one of the most expensive scientific instruments in history, and using the twin Keck telescopes in Hawaii, the largest optical and infrared telescopes in the world. Each telescope costs $94 million. Faber is professor of astronomy ...
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Chile's Past Is Present in the Desert
New York Times
Because much of that incandescence emanates from thousands of light years away, the film emphasizes, astronomy is really a study of the past — eons of it — the better to discover who we are, where we came from and where we might be headed. ...
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New York Times
Messenger to another world: NASA probe now orbiting Mercury
Examiner.com
... 2 billion miles distant in the blackness of space. The Mariner 10mission of the 1970s, just a series of quick flybys, was the only Mercury mission until Messengertook to the cosmos. WithMariner, astronomers learned what Mercury looked like but ...
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Roosevelt School Students Check Out the Stars
Patch.com
Fourth- and fifth-grade teachers Loretta O'Donnell, Christy Novack and Kerry Callaghan, with the help of Burlingame School District's grant writer Carol Prater and Principal Dennis Hills, submitted the grant to enhance the school's astronomy curriculum ...
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LISTINGS: Events - Mar 17 - Mar 24
Sheffield Telegraph
Sheffield Astronomical Society - Stargazing Live, variety of telescopes available to view the sky if it is clear, plus a chance to ask questions about astronomy, space and telescopes to knowledgeable experts and hear basic illustrated talks on ...
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SIDMOUTH: STar gazers flock to observatory for day of family fun
View Online
We put on five planetarium shows and three storytelling sessions, two talks on life in space, and a constant stream of children doing rocket launches.” For budding astronomers and UFO-watchers, there were two talks: “Is There Anybody There? ...
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Junior Research Fellowships - 2011 at PRL
Education Times
Pursuing doctoral research in the broad areas of astronomy, astrophysics, solar physics, planetary sciences, geosciences, space and atmospheric sciences, experimental laser and atomic physics and theoretical physics at Physical Research Laboratory, ...
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Adler hopes to land Endeavour or Atlantis
ABC7Chicago.com
"The space shuttle is probably the most recognized object maybe in the world," said astronomy historian Marvin Bolt. "It's so iconic, when you see it, everybody recognizes what it is." Any qualifying institution must be able to pay the nearly $29 ...
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Physicists investigate lower dimensions of the universe
PhysOrg.com
“It is a new avenue to attack long-standing problems in physics.” More information: Jonas Mureika and Dejan Stojkovic. “Detecting Vanishing Dimensions via Primordial Gravitational Wave Astronomy.” Physical Review Letters 106, 101101 (2011). ...
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Undergraduate Takes Her Research to Capitol Hill
Smith College Grécourt Gate
Even before Lauren Masiunas enrolled at Smith College, she was comfortable participating in discussions among higher ed faculty about the latest astronomy research. But her interactions on Capitol Hill next month will offer a new challenge. ...
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Arthur C. Clarke, Science Fiction and the Hazards of Prophecy
Sri Lanka Guardian
Both of us were then avidly interested in Astronomy, and I tagged along to look through Clarke's telescope. We had a telescope ourselves but we envied the compactness of the little 'Questar' instrument. After we had done with looking at the moon, ...
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Quake shifted Japan away from Korea: scientists
DAWN.com
The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASSI) said the Korean peninsula moved east up to five centimetres (two inches) while Japan shifted some 2.4 metres (7.92 feet) east. – AFP Photo SEOUL: The massive earthquake that devastated ...
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Moving earth
동아일보
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute said the Korean Peninsula has also shifted eastward with Seoul moving 2.1 centimeters and Ulleung Island and the Dokdo islets shifting 5.2 centimeters eastward. Given that the peninsula is moving 2-3 ...
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European Space Agency to go it alone on next generation space mission - March ...
Nature.com (subscription) (blog)
In a 15 March email, Fabio Favata, ESA coordinator for astronomy and fundamental physics missions asks member of ESA's Science Program Committee, which will choose between the three proposed missions, to work out whether they could fly on a Europe-only ...
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Highlights, including authors and their institutions
EurekAlert (press release)
Roger R. Anderson: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. Water vapor in the atmosphere is responsible for a significant portion of the greenhouse effect, and even small changes in the upper troposphere or lower ...
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No headline - Local_briefs
San Angelo Standard Times
... will feature three full-dome public astronomy shows Thursday through May 6. "Secrets of the Sun," which features a look at the role the sun plays in our solar system, will run at 7 pm Thursdays, 8 pm Fridays and 3 pm Saturdays. "Oasis in Space," ...
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Large Hadron Collider will continue experiments into 2012
World Socialist Web Site
Astronomy has also looked to the LHC for illumination of one of its own central paradoxes. For some seventy years, since Fritz Zwicky's work with the motions of galaxies in the great Coma Cluster, it has become apparent that far more mass exists in ...
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Rise of the 'Supermoon': Biggest Full Moon in 18 Years Arrives Saturday Night
Space.com
Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for The New York Times and other publications, and he is also an on-camera meteorologist for News 12 Westchester, NY.
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African astronomers hope to recycle discarded satellite dishes as ...
By Physics Today
Hence, South African astronomers are looking at converting old telecommunications dishes into radiotelescopes to produce a low-cost array that would span the continent, writes Daniel Clery for Science. Across Africa, the 30 -meter ...
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Galactic Cluster Found Far Out of Place – Creation Revolution
By Institute for Creation Research
Now, astronomers have uncovered a mature, more fully “evolved” cluster of galaxies in a segment of distant space that was thought to represent the early, immature universe.3 And the astronomers are waiting for the theoretical physicists ... Raphael Gobat, lead researcher of the Astronomy & Astrophysics study, told Discovery News, “This is interesting because it puts a constraint on models of galaxy evolution. I would be interested to see how they can make the models fit ...
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Cassini Sees Seasonal Rains Transform Titan's Surface ...
By Matt
NASA, Cassini, Astronomy, Titan. As spring continues to unfold at Saturn, April showers on the planet's largest moon, Titan, have brought methane rain to its equatorial deserts, as revealed in images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. ... seasonal forcing of a complex surface-atmosphere system like Titan's and, in turn, how it is similar to, or differs from, the Earth's,” said Carolyn Porco, Cassini imaging team lead at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo. ...
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Geographic Travels: Afghan Diary: Astronomy - "Looking at the ...
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The Geography Blog focusing on all things geography: human, physical, technical, space, news, and geopolitics. Also known as Geographic Travels with Catholicgauze! Pages. Home · About Me. Friday, March 18, 2011. Afghan Diary: Astronomy ...
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The Next Step in a Legacy of Caring
By News Editor
Patient care will be delivered in a modern five-chair pediatric dentistry graduate clinic with state-of-the-art computerized diagnostic equipment once renovations to the program's permanent space are completed. Residents will also have ...
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Queen City Road Race Art Contest winners announced : Business ...
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News | Mar 18, 2011 | Comments 0 | Email This Post | Print This Post. Clarksville's Department of Parks & Recreation is moving ahead with plans for the 32th annual Queen City Road Race. Winners in the road race art contest have been declared. ... "Full Throttle", "Getting Started in Astronomy", "Go Green, " Gone Fishing", "Gone Fishing"exhibit, "Green" space, "Hands On Clarksville", " happy" states, "Hello Kitty" Sweatshirts, "Honoring Women in Leadership at Fort Campbell" ...
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GLXP's Omega Envjoy Signs The Imaging Source as Sponsor ...
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Space Tourism … and Much More. News ... The Imaging Source products are typically deployed in factory automation, quality inspection, medical systems, microscopy systems, life science projects and as of 2007 amateur astronomy. ...
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11/11/11 Saint Martin Day and Revelations | UFO Digest provides ...
By Carolyn Shield
These Sumerians gave us written language, mathematics, astronomy, and the flood story of Gilgamesh. Inanna and Nanna both are goddesses one of Venus and the other of the moon. The Sumerians story is one of the fall of tower of Babylon ...
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Stop the Presses. Please. : The Last Word On Nothing
By Richard Panek
I pressed “News.” Sure enough, there it was: “Dark Matter First Seen by U.K. Telescope.” I read the article quickly, then wrote back to my student. I explained that the astronomers were using a technique called gravitational lensing, ...
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Astronomy And Space Mattters - Your Astronomy And Space News Channel
News and views from the world's best bloggers and tweeps about Astronomy And ... A Journey Into Outer Space with Brian Cox Are we alone in the universe? ...
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Soyuz TMA-21 Expedition 27 - Astronomy News
Home -> Astronomy News -> Space missions -> Soyuz TMA-21 Expedition 27 ... Soyuz TMA-21 is a planned 2011 flight to the International Space Station. ...
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Hyperactive Comet Hartley 2 Is a Spiky Mystery for Astronomers ...
Updated by artificial intelligence Thu, 17 Mar 2011, 11:31:01 EDT Learn more. Tell your friends. Get science news via. Astronomy Space · Biology ...
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Speed Demon Creates A Shock
Home · Space · Astronomy News Speed Demon Creates A Shock .... Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by NASA. Recommend this article: ...
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Fortuitous timing for NASA's new space weather app | Astronomy ...
Fortuitous timing for NASA's new space weather app NASA's new iPhone application couldn't ... Astronomy Space Enthusiast.com. Your Online Astronomy Information Center ... astronomy news · Astronomy Products · Astronomy Products Store ...
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Astronomy News
March 14, 2011: WASHINGTON -- Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space .... NASA Reschedules Teleconference To Explain Missing Sunspots (NASA, HQ NEWS) ...
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What's true - and false - about the March 19 supermoon - Topix
Scientists rule out connection of coming Super ... Japanese quake not the curse of the super moon · Carnival of Space 188 · More Astronomy News from Topix » ...
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Capital Ethiopia News - Space society to install telescope at Entoto
The Ethiopian Space and Science Society in collaboration... ... for the promotion of space science and astronomy in Ethiopia,” said Dr. ... News in Brief ...
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