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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]

22 minutes ago.
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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]

1 hour ago
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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]

2 hours ago.
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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]

2 hours ago.
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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]

2 hours ago.
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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]

3 hours ago.
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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]

3 hours ago.
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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]

3 hours ago.
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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]

4 hours ago.
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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]

5 hours ago.
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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]

5 hours ago.
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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]

6 hours ago.
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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]

8 hours ago.
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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]

9 hours ago.
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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]

9 hours ago.
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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]

9 hours ago.
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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]

11 hours ago.
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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]

11 hours ago.
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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]

11 hours ago.
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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]

12 hours ago.
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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]

13 hours ago.
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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]

13 hours ago.
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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]

14 hours ago.
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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]

15 hours ago.
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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]

15 hours ago.
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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]

16 hours ago.
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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]

16 hours ago.
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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]

17 hours ago.
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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]

18 hours ago.
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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]

18 hours ago.
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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]

19 hours ago.
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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]

19 hours ago.
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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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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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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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