NASA's Hubble Spots a Relic from a Shredded Galaxy
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope may have found evidence for a cluster of young, blue stars encircling one of the first intermediate-mass black holes ever discovered. Astronomers believe the black hole may once have been at ...
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Black hole came from a shredded galaxy
Astronomy Magazine
Credit: NASA/ESA/S. Farrell (Sydney Institute for Astronomy, Univ. of Sydney)Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found a cluster of young blue stars encircling the first intermediate-mass black hole ever discovered.
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Astronomers receive NASA grant, develop telescope to orbit Earth
Arizona Daily Wildcat
A UA astronomy research team was awarded a $600000 grant from NASA to develop a telescope to study how planets are formed. Glenn Schneider, a Steward Observatoryastronomer and principal investigator of the project, led a team of six scientists to ...
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How will the White House's brutal budget cuts affect NASA?
io9
The White House has called for draconian cuts to NASA's budget, forcing the Agency to shelve undertakings that run the gamut from ambitious planetary missions to educational outreach. Astronomer Phil Plait — master of ceremonies over at Bad Astronomy ...
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Searching for Planets in Clouds of Dust
Space Daily
by Celeste Barajas, NASA Space Grant intern A UA astronomy research team was awarded a $600000 grant for technology development under NASA's Explorer mission program. The mission would send a space telescope high above Earth's surface to watch how ...
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NASA Space Shuttle-Carrying Jumbo Jet Retires After One Last Flight
Space.com
by Robert Z. Pearlman, collectSPACE.com Editor One of only two planes ever to carryNASA's space shuttles on piggy-back rides across the country has taken its last flight after more than 20 years of service. NASA 911, one of the two Boeing 747 ...
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2 Southampton Teachers Will Fly With NASA
Patch.com
By Brendan J. O'Reilly NASA has selected just 26 educators from across the country to participate in research flights aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for InfraredAstronomy, and two Southampton science teachers are among them.
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NASA Space Shuttle-Carrying Jumbo Jet Set To Retire
Huffington Post
In its retirement, NASA 911 will be used as a source of spare parts to keep NASA'sStratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) flying. Also based around a Boeing 747, SOFIA uses the jetliner as a platform for a 100-inch (2.5-meter) ...
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Space research here faces a horizon of closures, cuts
Arizona Daily Star
"It's not realistic to think the NASA budget would be growing at this point, and that's too bad. When you build spacecraft, it's not that you've launched all our bills into space. You've created jobs for engineers, scientists and in education," said ...
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170 years late, light from star blast reaches Earth
Futurity: Research News
(Credit: Jon Morse (University of Colorado), and NASA) UC SANTA BARBARA (US) —Astronomers are watching the astronomical equivalent of an instant replay of a spectacular outburst from Eta Carinae, a massive double-star system.
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NASA picks library to host science program for girls
Ridgefield Press
The Ridgefield Library and a select group of other libraries will have the opportunity to host events on space science and astronomy during Women's History Month in March, and to engage girls and their families in discovering the Universe for ...
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