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Hubble Captures Supernova 1987A Trace Shock Wave RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
An international team of astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope reports a significant brightening of the emissions from Supernova 1987A. ... [more]
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NASA Advises No Booze, Cigarettes For Trapped Chilean Miners All Headline News - USA
Santiago, Chile (AHN) - NASA doctors say the 33 miners trapped deep underground in a Chilean mine should not be given alcohol and cigarettes. ... [more]
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Eliminated 'Top Chef: DC' Contestant Talks About the 'Emotional Roller TV Squad - Santa Monica,CA,USA
TV Squad (blog) And, while bonus prizes like a new car, a trip to London and getting to see the Space Shuttle launch were nice incentives, it was the thrill of going to ... [more]
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Exoplanet Shows Gas Giants Start as Dusty Behemoths Wired News - USA
But when astronomers added huge dust clouds, it was a perfect fit, perhaps revealing a larger truth about gas giants. The planet in question is HR 8799 b, ... [more]
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Cuts Begin For United Space Alliance Workers WFtv.com - Orlando,FL,USA
Space shuttle contractor United Space Alliance is slashing benefits in advance of massive layoffs. The man who helped negotiate the deal says union workers ... [more]
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Supernova blast wave could shape galaxy evolution Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA
The new study, led by Kevin France, a research associate at the Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy at the University of Colorado in Boulder, .... [more]
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NASA studies conditions that make storms intensify Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA
NASA scientists are flying into Hurricane Earl to gather data about what makes some tropical storms intensify while others fizzle. ... [more]
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Astro Bob blog: Side by side, these giants stalk the night Duluth News Tribune
Larger version of the Hubble image. Credit: Anthony Wesley, NASA/ESA The name of Anthony Wesley, an amateur astronomer from Australia, often comes up in ... [more]
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First Canadian commander of Space Station The Associated Press
Hadfield traveled to the International Space Station in April 2001 to help deliver and install a robotic arm used on the space shuttle and on the station. ... [more]
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Atmosphere of Distant Worlds Probed With New Technique Gant Daily
UNIVERSITY PARK – Astronomers on two research teams, including an astronomer at Penn State, have demonstrated the power of a new technique to determine the ... [more]
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Just add starlight! Astronomy Now Online
Initially, astronomers thought that the water must be derived from evaporating comets or even planets, but the water ranges in temperature from -200 degrees ... [more]
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NASA and Its Partners Announce a New Space Station Crew PR Newswire (press release) - USA
2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA and its international partners have assigned three new International Space Station crew members. ... [more]
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Ilkley film made in potting shed BBC News - E,UK
The Astronomer's Sun has just won first prize at the Northern Futures Awards, beating creative talent from across the North. But perhaps the most impressive ... [more]
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Hubble Telescope Service Mission Featured in 'Hubble 3D' IMAX Movie Aided PR Newswire (press release) - USA
PR Newswire (press release) 2 /PRNewswire/ -- In May of 2009, when the future of the Hubble space telescope was hinging on delicate repairs performed by NASA astronauts using ATK's ... [more]
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Space shuttle astronaut Bill Lenoir killed in bicycle accident Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA
By Wire Reports Bill Lenoir, who returned safely from a five-day NASA space shuttle flight in 1982, died Aug. 26 following a bicycle accident near his home ... [more]
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Meteorite That Lit Up Midwestern Sky Gets a New Home Chicago Public Radio
Pieces of a meteorite that lit up the Midwestern sky last April now live at Chicago's Field Museum. Scientists have named the meteorite Mifflin. ... [more]
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Promoting women in science - School of Physics and Astronomy receives Media Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Media Newswire (press release) The University of Nottingham's School of Physics and Astronomy has been highlighted for its work in promoting the career progression of female academics and ... [more]
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Rogue astronomer! Glob smacked
Last week I was honored to be a guest rogue on one of the premier critical thinking podcasts in the world: The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. ... [more]
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Space Luminaries Petition Against House Version of NASA Bill Space.com - USA
By Clara Moskowitz NASA needs more funding for commercial spaceflight, technology development and robotic missions. So said a group of Nobel laureates, ... [more]
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Would you like to meet a meteorite? blogs.vocalo.org
He and his colleagues say Mifflin was once part of an asteroid that blew up .... ever start fires on the ground, and are usually cold when they hit earth). ... [more]
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Astronomer, Albemarle County children create bilingual picture book Staunton News Leader - Staunton,VA,USA
Last year, University of Virginia astronomer Kelsey Johnson and a team of student volunteers established an astronomy club, called "Dark Skies, ... [more]
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NASA Shrink Offers Insight on Plight of Trapped Miners PlanetSave.com - Portland,ME,USA
Recently, NASA adviser and UCSF professor of psychiatry Nick Kanas offered his key insights and advice on successfully coping with and surviving through ... [more]
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Uniquely Etched Meteorite Takes Cufflinks out of this World Prfire (press release) - Greater Manchester,England,UK
CW Sellors have crafted new pieces in development of the Meteorite Collection and have launched an exclusive new style of cufflinks, complementing the ... [more]
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European Week of Astronomy and Space Science Next Week in Lisbon Forbes
The latest in astronomy and space science will be discussed during the week of September 6-10 2010, at the Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting ... [more]
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Desert Test Proves Awesome Power of NASA's New Rocket Motor NTDTV - Atlanta,GA,USA
According to NASA scientists, the test held on Tuesday in the Utah desert was a success. Earlier results showed positive data from over 760 instruments used ... [more]
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Atmospheres of Distant Worlds Probed with New Technique Gant Daily
By Barbara Kennedy, Penn State Astronomers on two research teams, including an astronomer at Penn State, have demonstrated the power of a new technique to ... [more]
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TV highlights for Thursday, Sept. 2: Designer Cynthia Rowley on Â'Project Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Washington Post Paul Sr. (center) and his team go over plans for the bike with the Meteorite Men on "American Chopper." (Jody Bennett/tlc) When Andy inadvertently uncovers ... [more]
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ECC, U-46 astronomy teacher had 'true passion' Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
"To be able to teach astronomy, that's what he loved to do." Tuttle, who died Sunday at the age of 90, taught at Elgin Community College for nearly 50 years ... [more]
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Theater calendar: 09-02 Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
IMAX Theatre at the Detroit Science Center: 5020 John R St., Detroit; 313-577-8400; Hubble; Arabia; NASCAR; Dolphins: through Sun. IMAX Theatre at the Great ... [more]
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NASA Sets Media Deadlines For Next Space Shuttle Flight Space Ref - USA
WASHINGTON -- NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the November space shuttle flight to the International Space Station. Shuttle Discovery and six ... [more]
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Meteorite takes name of Wisconsin township where it landed Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
By William Mullen, Tribune reporter A meteorite that lit up the night sky over the upper Midwest as it plummeted into southeastern Wisconsin on April 14 now ... [more]
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Public astronomy night Friday at Southern Cayuga Ithaca Journal - Ithaca,NY,USA
.... accompanied by the stars-on-the-dome program "What's Up" during the next public astronomy night, 7 and 8 pm Friday at the Southern Cayuga planetarium. ... [more]
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Astronaut Bill Lenoir dead at 71 Kansas City Star - MO,USA
By ELINOR J. BRECHER Bill Lenoir, who returned safely from a five-day NASA space shuttle flight in 1982, died Aug. 26 following a bicycle accident. .... [more]
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Meteor merits moniker Janesville Gazette
As it happens, L chondrite meteorites found on earth are very similar to that of 8 Flora, ... Hit the "Suggest Removal" button on offensive comments. ... [more]
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Things to do in Tampa Bay for Sept. 2 Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
Junior, 9 pm, TLC Senior already is reaching out to Pauly and Mikey, and OCC needs to build a bike for the Science Channel's Meteorite Men. ... [more]
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NASA tests monster rocket motor for Constellation class launchers Geek.com - USA
NASA is currently working on the next generation of launchers called the Constellation class. The launchers will be capable of 3.6 million pounds of thrust ... [more]
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3-D or not 3-D, that is the question Honolulu Weekly - Honolulu,HI,USA
Hubble 3D (2010) The 3-D imagery is terrific in this NASA-Warner Bros. co-production, a docu-study of the repair and re-orbitization of the Hubble telescope ... [more]
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Meteorite that hit Wisconsin is named Wisconsin State Journal
Timothy Boldt of Platteville holds meteorite fragments he found near Livingston. The meteorite fell April 14. Photo by Mike DeVries/The Capital Times The ... [more]
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I have no one to talk to about my love of astronomy Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
“ Just as I was about to crack open a book on radio astronomy and its use by the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, I found myself suddenly ... [more]
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Wednesday, September 01
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Meteorite that lit night skies this spring is named Chicago Breaking News - Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
Terry Boudreaux, a private Lake Forest meteorite hunter and collector, located some of the first recovered pieces of the meteorite found by farmers in the ... [more]
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Wednesday, September 01
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Museum of Flight deserves to showcase a space shuttle Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
THREE museums will be given a space shuttle next year, when the shuttles are retired. Seattle's Museum of Flight should be one of them. ... [more]
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Wednesday, September 01
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NASA delivers coping tips for miners trapped in Chile USA Today - McLean,VA,United States
AP By Betty Klinck, USA TODAY As 33 trapped Chilean miners face boredom, fear and depression while waiting two to four months to be rescued, NASA experts ... [more]
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Wednesday, September 01
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Budding Astronomers FansOnLine.net - Wirral,Merseyside,UK
If you are looking for a quick way to get results and avoid frustration as you initially try to find your way about the sky, you could do worse than to ... [more]
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Wednesday, September 01
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Meteorite That Fell In Wisconsin Now Has Name WISN.com - Milwaukee,WI,USA
.... "At that time, the parent asteroid of the L chondrite meteorites was hit by ... For the next five million years Earth was bombarded with up to 100 times ... [more]
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Wednesday, September 01
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Hubble Images Universe Today - USA
I'm going to show you some of my favorite Hubble images; photos taken by the incredible Hubble Space Telescope. But before I do, I'd like to give you some ... [more]
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Wednesday, September 01
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The end of time? diseases ...
In fact according to certain algorithms (a step-by-step Problem-solving procedure) in the bible a comet, meteor, or asteroid will hit the earth within this ... [more]
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Wednesday, September 01
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Chilean miners requests for alcohol and cigarettes turned down by Nasa Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK
Requests for alcohol and cigarettes by the 33 trapped Chilean miners have been refused by a Nasa doctor and they have instead been given nicotine patches to ... [more]
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Wednesday, September 01
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Retired space shuttle launch pad to be dismantled this fall Spaceflight Now - Orlando,FL,USA
BY STEPHEN CLARK NASA is expected to give final approval this week to demolish the servicing towers at a mothballed space shuttle launch pad, clearing the ... [more]
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Wednesday, September 01
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Space Shuttle Commander, Spacewalker to Leave NASA Space.com - USA
By SPACE.com Staff The space shuttle commander who led the final mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope is leaving NASA, as is a two-time spacewalker, ... [more]
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