SPACE, Astronomy News, May 18, 2011 (3)

Herschel Lives Up to the Family Name
Space Daily
The favor did, however, and he was appointed The King's Astronomer in 1782. Today, the HerschelSpace Observatory is still making use of the planet Uranus. The extensive study of our Sun's seventh planet means that it is very well understood. ...
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Ballard High School students send E. coli into space
My Ballard
A group of Ballard High School astronomy students watched today as their science experiment launched into space on board the Shuttle Endeavor. Led by their teacher, Eric Muhs, the students combined biology with astronomy and created an experiment....
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Spread your wings: Queen star Brian May aiming for the stars
stv.tv
After striking up an unlikely friendship with legendary astronomer Sir Patrick Moore, the fuzzy-haired rock god now has a phd in astronomy and admitted that it would be hard to turn down a place on Richard Branson's proposed Space Flight. ...
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Debating space
Discover Magazine (blog)
I get a lot of questions — a lot — about astronomy and space from kids in this age group. I expect this debate topic will prompt many more, since I'm outspoken on the topic. So I'll take this opportunity to link to a few of my earlier blog posts ...
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Atlas of astronomical discoveries
PhysOrg.com (press release)
Govert Schilling, a Dutch science journalist, writes about astronomy and spaceexploration for newspapers and magazines including de Volkskrant, Science, and New Scientist, and is the author of numerous books. He published The Hunt for Planet Xwith ...
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This Week On The Space Show
Space Fellowship
Howell has reporting experience for a number of large Canadian news organizations such as CTV, the Globe and Mail and the Ottawa Citizen as well as specialty space publications like The SpaceReview, SpaceRef, NASA Watch, 365 Days of Astronomy and Air ...
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If ET's out there, we'll find him
Independent Online
... US astronomers said on Friday. The giant dish began this week pointing toward each of the 86 planets - culled from a list of 1235 possible planets identified by Nasa's Kepler space telescope - and will gather 24 hours of data on each one. ...
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Robert Burnham Jr.'s Strange, Wonderful Manifesto Coming in One Month
Village Voice (blog)
To mark that anniversary, Burnham's sister, Viola Courtney, has given the Voice permission to publish her brother's unique "self-interview," a much shorter version of which was published inAstronomy magazine in 1982. A scientist may seem justified in ...
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Nanosatellite Will Look for Alien Worlds
MIT Technology Review
By Brittany Sauser Draper Laboratory and MIT have developed a satellite the size of a loaf of bread that will undertake one of the biggest tasks in astronomy: finding Earthlike planets beyond our solar system—or exoplanets—that could support life. ...
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Crystalline ice covers dwarf-planet Haumea
Cordis News
The results, published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, suggest that the planet is made up of a frozen outer layer, and an internal section made up of between 88?% and 97?% rock. 'Since solar radiation constantly destroys the crystalline ...
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Colliding white dwarfs give each other a new lease on life
io9
Of course, "soon" is a relative term, particularly in astronomy - the stars aren't due to collide for another 37 million years. When white dwarfs collide, one of two things can happen: if the combined masses is greater than 140% of the Sun, ...
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World Weather News In Brief 16 May 2011
Irish Weather Online
Unfortunately we won't get to see the orbiter and its fuel tank in Irish skies this time around, but the launch can be watched live at www.astronomy.ie/nasatv JAPAN: Gobi dust continued travelling on May 13, 2011, sweeping over the Sea of Japan. ...
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'Octopus' Provides Cancer Breakthrough
BioResearch Online (press release)
The Council has a broad science portfolio and works with the academic and industrial communities to share its expertise in materials science, space and ground-based astronomy technologies, laser science, microelectronics, wafer scale manufacturing, ...
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Children, adults enjoy wonders of the night sky at Bear Branch Nature Center
Carroll County Times
Eney, who volunteers as the planetarium director, teaches astronomy at Towson University and is a board member of the Westminster Astronomical Society. He gives monthly planetarium shows at Bear Branch. Using a laser pointer to note east and west, ...
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Radioactive core encases dwarf planet in ice
Wired.co.uk
By Dave Mosher A thin shell of ice formed by a continuous cycle of heating and freezing gives Haumea, a distant dwarf planet discovered in 2004, its distinctive glimmer in deep space. Astronomers knew Haumea had a frosty coating, but they didn't know ...
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SPACE, Astronomy News, May 18, 2011 (2)

Astropark for Kazan
The Voice of Russia
The foundation-stone laying ceremony will take place in August this year, as part of an international conference on astronomy, planned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Yury Gagarin's flight into space and the 100th birthday of Mstislav Keldish, ...
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 George Mitchell commits $25 million to Giant Magellan Telescope
EurekAlert (press release)
Those partners include Astronomy Australia Ltd., the Australian National University, the Carnegie Institution for Science, Harvard University, the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, theSmithsonian Institution, Texas A&M University, ...
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A big leap from Vizag to NASA
Times of India
That's when I started getting curious about space and astronomy. I signed up for a paid mail ID on Nasa's official website so I can be in the loop for any opportunities. I've always wanted to be different from everyone else. It's not enough if I am one ...
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Out-of-this-world Ideas On Offer
RedOrbit
Of the patents that ESA has so far licensed for non-space applications to industry, one of the most successful has been a patent for a terahertz imaging system originated for deep space astronomynow used in systems for security checks. ...
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Chippewa Hills teacher selected to study with NASA
The Morning Sun
He was recently selected, along with five other educators from across the country to participate inNASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy program. “SOFIA is a telescope that is inside a 747. More than 10 years ago the mission was ...
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Endeavour final flight
ITV.com
Endeavour is heading to the International Space Station to to deliver a multi billion dollar astronomyand physics experiment. It is the penultimate flight for the entire 30-year-old space shuttle fleet. Endeavour's isn't the final shuttle mission. ...
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What Really Sank Donald Trump's Presidential Bid?
E! Online (blog)
Then I shall weigh in with whatever astronomy, or deep-space-physics knowledge is required. Many believe that Trump's presidential utterings were just a bunch of hot air from the get go, a bid for ratings or publicity or whatever feeds Trump's ...
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Homegrown: Karin Sandstrom keeps her eyes to the skies
Longview Daily News
Karin Sandstrom, who earned a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of California at Berkeley, displays a small telescope her grandfather, Ed Sandstrom, built for her when she began studying astrophysics at Harvard University. ...
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"Unknown Stories from Space" lecture and booksigning
MyCentralJersey.com
Mr. Zimmerman has written four inspiring histories about the first forty years of space exploration and over one hundred magazine and newspaper articles about the adventure of science and astronomy. He posts numerous commentaries and updates on his ...
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Titan reveals its secrets
The Voice of Russia
This suggestion is quite substantiated, says a leading fellow at the Institute ofAstronomy, Valery Shematovich. “This may be inline with reality because Titan is a large moon. We are aware from the previous missions to Jupiter, which has four large...
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Bread loaf-sized nanosatellite to hunt down extra terrestrial life
Newstrack India
... in astronomy: to find 'Exoplanets' beyond our solar system, which could support life like Earth. Seamus Tuohy, director of space systems at Draper Laboratory, which has developed the ExoPlanetSat with the MIT, said the mission was ground breaking. ...
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Finding an Ocean of Fire on Jupiter's Moon Io
TIME
(Watch "Galileo and the Year of Astronomy.") It was in 1979 that astronomers first learned how hot and geologically active Io is, when the Voyager I spacecraft returned images of a massive volcanic plume rising 160 miles (257 km) into space. ...
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Award-winning teacher prefers real-world application
Knoxville News Sentinel
Wood explained how the kinetic energy they created could actually propel a space shuttle. "I linked it into astronomy in order to give it a little more pizzazz," Wood said. "So then they would be interested in doing the computations. ...
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Valley third-graders exhibit art at Wildling
Santa Ynez Valley News
The exhibit, “Dark Skies-Bright Art,” was a culminating activity for science units on astronomy. Parents, grandparents, friends, teachers, principals and distinguished guests, county Superintendent of Schools Bill Cirone and Supervisor Doreen Farr ...
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Charles Harker School students in Woolwich Township get a closer look at the ...
Gloucester County Times - NJ.com
"We're just getting them excited for astronomy." The kids climbed through a tunnel to reach the inside of the traveling planetarium a large fan-operated bubble with a night sky projection. They learned what constellations they can find in this area at ...
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Willard Boyle
Telegraph.co.uk
CCD technology gradually entered the arena of commercial photography, but Boyle remained most proud of the CCD sensor's applications in astronomy. The device is used to capture images from the Hubble Space Telescope and Mars rovers. ...
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Host a "From Earth to the Solar System" Exhibit
Space Ref (press release)
Image contributions include those from backyard astronomers, large telescopes in space, and even point-and-shoot cameras of field researchers. Updates about the project are also available via Twitterand Facebook. Look for the links on the website. ...
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Marietta Graduates Latest Class from Citizens Police Academy
Patch.com
... program for astronomy enthusiasts called "What's New in the Universe? Starry, Starry Night." Retired educator and writer Chris Miller will lead the program and discuss the types of home telescopes and display photos from the Hubble Space Telescope. ...
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Master the cosmos with Universe Sandbox
ComputerActive.co.uk
Unlike a lot of free to use astronomy software, Universe Sandbox really lets you play around with the physics and find out how things work. There is an endless amount of detail to get to grips with and so much stuff to play around with. ...
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Alexander Gemignani, Will Swenson Set for MOVIE KING Reading, 5/19
Broadway World
His multi-media adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 had its world premiere at The Empty SpaceTheater and was directed by Allison Narver. His short play Controlling Interest, has been produced all over the world, and was a finalist in the National ...
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Paleo-Pioneer Camp at Gray Fossil Site now registering for summer
TriCities.com
“This year is exciting because we are offering many new activities about dinosaurs, astronomy, and ecology in addition to our other fossil-themed activities,” says education coordinator Sarah Mullersman. “We are also working with Bays Mountain to offer ...
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Nintendo Store Update: Chrono Trigger fires on Virtual Console
GameSpot
The game sports multiple categories, including astronomy, currency, and rivers. Further, each puzzle is scrambled upon completion, meaning that no puzzle will be repeated. The last new game out now is Hellokids - Vol. 1: Coloring and Painting (200 DSi ...
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Ballard High students' experiment on board Endeavour
KING5.com
Inside one Ballard High School classroom is where astronomy and biotech students came up with and worked on their idea. That's also where they found out about the big honor being one of 16 schools chosen to have an experiment launched into space Monday ...
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