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10:20:20 PM Nantucket scientists win presidential award
Cape Cod Times - Hyannis,MA,USA

To learn more about the natural science, marine science and astronomy programs offered by the association and the hours the association's two observatories ... [more]

10:13:37 PM Russians Plan to Save Earth from Asteroid in 2036
AllGov - Santa Monica,CA,USA

However, this view contradicts the assertions of experts at NASA who estimate the chances of Apophis striking our planet at 1 in 233000. ... [more]

8:24:50 PM Weather History: January 1: Record Warm, Cold, Snowstorm, Wind, Storms,
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Examiner.com French astronomer Le Verrier was appointed to see if the military disaster at Sevastopol could have been avoided with an accurate weather forecast. .... [more]

7:47:12 PM Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
Collectspace.com - USA

The Ronald McDonald House Charities' float not only integrated a rice and seaweed space shuttle but also two real astronauts, recent STS-129 mission .... [more]

5:46:57 PM NASA Focuses Next Mission on Venus, Asteroid or the Moon
FOX News - USA

NASA has narrowed the choices for its next unmanned space mission down to three potential expeditions: one aimed at Venus and the others promising to return ... [more]

5:27:06 PM New Boulder-based instruments help improve Hubble pictures
9NEWS.com

BOULDER - Thanks in part to Ball Aerospace in Boulder, we now have some stunning new pictures from the improved Hubble Space Telescope. ... [more]

4:37:51 PM Accidental Astronomy: Expect the Unexpected
Space.com - USA

Many of the serendipitous discoveries made in astronomy came about because of new technologies that let astronomers look at previously invisible parts of ... [more]

3:25:01 PM NASA Mars rover Spirit has survivability option?
NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA

By Michael Cooney, Network World As NASA celebrates its Mars rover Spirit's sixth anniversary exploring the red planet it is hunting for a way to keep the ... [more]

2:30:34 PM NASA study confirms warmer Tahoe water temps
Tahoe Daily Tribune - South Lake Tahoe,CA,USA

A recent NASA study showed Lake Tahoe's water is warming twice as quickly as regional air temperature, lending weight to predictions of warming lake .... [more]

11:57:50 AM Fan makes music with his idols
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

By Andy Downing, Special to the Tribune When Troubled Hubble played its final show in 2005, singer/guitarist Jim Hanke, then of Milwaukee-based El Oso, ... [more]

11:47:26 AM Astronomer to lead talk at Pine Hill
Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie,NY,USA

PINE HILL: “Exploring the Universe with Astronomer Bob Berman” will be presented at 7:30 pm Saturday at the Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St. The ... [more]

10:36:15 AM 2010 a great year to get out your telescope
Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati,OH,USA

Dean Regas is the Outreach Astronomer of the Cincinnati Observatory. He can be reached at deanobservatory@zoomtown.com or through his blog at ... [more]

10:34:54 AM Marshall up for $650M mission
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

By Shelby G. Spires Marshall Space Flight Center is in the running for a $650 million NASA science mission that could bring new lunar rocks and dirt back ... [more]

10:17:15 AM George Will / Syndicated columnist The imperative of life: from
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

Seattle Times Every 40 million years or so asteroids of more than half a mile in diameter strike Earth, writes columnist George F. Will. The fact that flora and fauna ... [more]

9:42:10 AM Bumping asteroid from Earth could cost more than $80B
Toronto Star - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

Perminov said Russia will consider building a spacecraft designed to nudge the Apophis asteroid away from the Earth, and invited NASA, the European Space ... [more]

9:34:42 AM ASU researchers recalculate age of Solar System
Arizona State University

The high-precision data they obtained from CAIs of the Allende meteorite showed that the 238 U/ 235 U ratio is not the same in all CAIs. ... [more]

8:59:36 AM Our views: Our agenda for 2010
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA

Local unemployment is 11.9 percent and could reach 15 percent with the end this year of NASA's space shuttle program at Kennedy Space Center. ... [more]

8:41:38 AM Repertory Films showing this week | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/01/2010
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA

Ronnie Bass - The Astronomer, Part 1: Departure From Shed. 1/2. Mt. Airy Video Library 7141 Germantown Ave.; 215-247-3020. www.mtairyvideolibrary.com. ... [more]

6:55:22 AM 36 Hours in Tucson, Ariz.
New York Times - United States

Aside from serving professional astronomers, it also has generous offerings for amateurs. One of these, the Nightly Observing Program ($48 a person), .... [more]

6:36:31 AM Climate conference organizers asked for trouble in Copenhagen
Canada Free Press - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

It is akin to world leaders unanimously acknowledging that the planet was about to be hit with a civilization-destroying asteroid but responded by merely ... [more]

6:34:04 AM Get double the Hubble until Sunday
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA

The Hubble Space Telescope will make two visible passes nightly until Sunday, when there is just one. Single passes will continue until Tuesday. .... [more]

5:40:08 AM UK Physicists Cry Foul At Major Budget Cuts
Science Magazine (blog)

.... the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the British body responsible for particle physics, astronomy, nuclear physics, and space science. ... [more]

4:08:20 AM Rare New Year's Eve Blue Moon Fills Night Sky
DNAinfo

... full moons in the same month, not because the moon actually turns blue — only happens once every 21/2 to 3 years or so, according to astronomy experts. ... [more]

3:28:15 AM Yuma to get close encounter of the moon kind
Yuma Sun

The exhibit reviews NASA history, including the space shuttle, International Space Station and Apollo moon launches. The free program is open to the public ... [more]

2:52:01 AM Friendly assist Supportive legislators give NASA's moon mission a boost
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

Even as Obama was meeting with NASA chief Charlie Bolden to finalize the 2011 budget recommendations for the space agency, a bipartisan group of ... [more]

2:50:37 AM 2009 goes out on a blue moon
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Though many stargazers probably watched the skies on New Year's Eve, most astronomers don't like full moons because they make the sky too bright, ... [more]

2:42:12 AM Mona Saleh explores the fascinating world of astronomy
Kuwait Times - Kuwait

MA: My name is Mona Ahmed Anbur Saleh, I'm an astronomer and representative for Dr Saleh Al-Ojairi. I am also a representative member of the Arab ... [more]

2:37:49 AM An end to a slow start ... I hope
New Bern Sun Journal - New Bern,NC,USA

In a few months, even our ability to explore space will be diminished as the aging space shuttle fleet is retired, with no replacement immediately available ... [more]

12:14:16 AM Year 2009 ends with a blue moon
Times of India - India

This blue moon also coincides with a partial lunar eclipse and it happens to be on the last day of the International Year of Astronomy. ... [more]



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