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News From Thursday, January 14, 2010
11:57:35 PM NMSU Hosts NASA Exhibit
WXXI - Rochester,NY,USA

20 and 21, visitors to the College of Engineering at NMSU will have the opportunity to touch a three billion-year-old moon rock and learn about NASA's ... [more]

11:54:25 PM 570 Megapixel Camera to Capture Dark Energy
Tom's Guide - Culver City,CA,USA

Rather than replace the aging Hubble telescope due to hit retirement in 2014 (the James Webb Space Telescope will actually have seat), this $35 million ... [more]

10:52:46 PM DiCaprio to Lend Voice to Hubble 3D
CanMag - Brea,CA,USA

By Ryan Parsons | Image property of WireImage, Variety I've been on such a 3D kick of late that I might just have to go check out Hubble 3D come this March ... [more]

9:30:39 PM Thar She Blows: Cocaine Found at NASA
FOX News - USA

Somebody in NASA was flying high, but not on the space shuttle, according to a report Thursday. Somebody in NASA was flying high, but not on the space ... [more]

9:15:49 PM Cocaine found in shuttle work area, NASA says
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

By Tariq Malik NASA is investigating how a small amount of cocaine ended up in a space shuttle hangar at the agency's Florida spaceport. ... [more]

8:41:56 PM Wednesday's Near-Earth Asteroid Caught on Film
Wired News - USA

The chances that this pass will send the asteroid through a “keyhole” that would then cause it to come back around and hit Earth in 2036 are currently ... [more]

8:15:03 PM NASA use Yorkshire Museum meteorite to prepare for Mars trip
discovery

The meteorite, which landed in 1881 to the surprise of nearby workmen on a railway, is an unusual specimen because it did not tumble through the earth's ... [more]

8:02:22 PM Hubble Unravels Odd Galaxy's History
Wired News - USA

By Alexis Madrigal Not all spiral galaxies look or behave alike, as this new image from the Hubble Space Telescope of the unusual galaxy NGC 2976 shows. ... [more]

7:36:34 PM Astronomers in for a rare celestial treat
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India

DK Soman, amateur astronomer, said that a similar eclipse had occurred on July 20, 1944, which was visible from India including Dapoli, Pune, etc. .... [more]

7:27:37 PM NASA Discovers Cocaine Near Space Shuttle
NBC6.net

By TODD WRIGHT Looks like the Space Shuttle isn't the only thing getting high at NASA these days. Officials said they found a plastic container with cocaine ... [more]

6:38:47 PM NASA Goddard Visitor Center
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center invites you to the Goddard Visitor Center during special holiday hours from 10:00 am--3:00 pm on both January 18 and ... [more]

6:21:19 PM Astronaut Michael Foreman meets with US Rep. John Boccieri at US Capitol
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA

By Sabrina Eaton, The Plain Dealer Space shuttle astronaut Michael Foreman, a native of Wadsworth, Ohio, met with Rep. John Boccieri at the US Capitol on ... [more]

5:42:25 PM Wake N' Watch: 'Hubble 3D' Movie Trailer
Complex.com - New York,NY,USA

Going off early buzz, it seems like this upcoming Hubble 3D flick might be the next best thing. Filmed in collaboration with NASA, the Leonardo ... [more]

4:48:02 PM Keep space station past 2015, pleads ESA chief
Register - London,England,UK

However the last non-Russian modules proper are set for launch this February aboard the space shuttle Endeavour (a pressurised module carried aboard ... [more]

4:44:20 PM McKinnon gets yet another chance
Inquirer - Harrow,Middlesex,UK

Once there he would be tried for hacking into NASA computers and would have an excessively large book thrown at him. He's gathered support from many UK .... [more]

3:57:40 PM NASA reviewing 'trees' growing on Mars photos
Chicago Sun-Times

On Wednesday, a NASA probe returned unbelievable photographs of the Red Plant's surface with trees popping up. Each dark "tree" streak can measure up to 164 ... [more]

3:47:12 PM Space shuttle launch package for $169
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscripition) - Atlanta,GA,USA

The Space Shuttle Endeavor is set to make its last night launch on Feb. 7, with a scheduled lift-off time of 4:39 am* Guests can enjoy shoreline seats and ... [more]

3:18:17 PM SCITUATE BEN THERE, DONE THAT: Stars and sharks, oh my!
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin - Plymouth,MA,USA

But to keep us on our toes, Mother Nature and the 1998 film “Armageddon” have thrown the occasional near-miss asteroid our way. It's so 1990s, though. ... [more]

2:57:57 PM Earth Dodges An Interplanetary Bullet
Discovery News

Statistically, at least one car per year should be hit by a meteorite. (And I just got a new paint job!) Large building sized objects: These come along .... [more]

2:40:19 PM Hubble Catches End of Star-Making Party in Nearby Dwarf Galaxy
HubbleSite - Baltimore,MD,USA

Images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show that star formation in the galaxy began fizzling out in its outskirts about 500 million years ago as some of ... [more]

1:58:28 PM PETA Members Blast NASA at Air and Space Museum Over Planned Radiation
PETA (press release) - Norfolk,VA,USA

PETA (press release) After exposing the monkeys to the radiation, NASA plans to subject the animals to years of additional laboratory experiments in order to observe how the ... [more]

1:47:48 PM Astronomers discover new depths to neighbouring island universe M94
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK

Astronomers have captured a new image of the island universe M94, revealing previously undetected spiral arms around its outskirts. ... [more]

12:51:20 PM Astronomers: We could find Earth-like worlds soon
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA

AP/NASA This image made from video provided by NASA shows an artist's rendition of what an Earth-like planet might look like. Leading scientists say that ... [more]

12:48:57 PM NASA Listens for Phoenix; More Extra-Solar Planet Observations
DailyTech - Chicago,IL,USA

Over a five hour exposure, astronomers were able to tease out the color spectrum reflected from extra-solar planet HR 8799c. ... [more]

12:21:45 PM Top 55 TV Programs for Jan. 17-23, 2010
NewsOK.com (blog)

◊“Meteorite Men” (8 pm on Science Channel): This new series follows Geoff Notkin and Steve Arnold, who build and keep secret maps of locations where they ... [more]

9:08:31 AM Meteorite appointed by Cisco for Flip ad account
CampaignLive

by Joe Thomas, campaignlive.co.uk, 14 January 2010, 08:00am LONDON - Meteorite has been appointed by Cisco for its pocket camcorder Flip Video, .... [more]

8:08:42 AM Astronomers solve 'cold dark matter' puzzle
Brahmand Defence and Aerospace News

The researchers, led by a University of Washington astronomer, now claim to have found an answer to the anomaly. “Most previous work included only a simple ... [more]

7:52:56 AM Close Read: Haiti
New Yorker - New York,NY,USA

At first, the scientists weren't sure what it was—an asteroid, or space junk, or something else “manmade”? It turned out to be a big and ultmatley harmless ... [more]

7:52:24 AM NASA — Hubble More Like A Microscope Than A Telescope!
SatNews Publishers - Sonoma,CA,USA

Imagine this — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the smallest object ever seen in visible light in the Kuiper Belt, a vast ring of icy debris ... [more]

7:47:18 AM NASA's exhibit truly a touching, neat experience
Arizona Daily Star

The multimedia display, in the "Driven to Explore" trailer operated and staffed by NASA volunteers, was parked inside the Spirit of Freedom Hangar Saturday ... [more]

7:32:25 AM Rights issues kept physics, astronomy professor grounded
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA

But Davidson, who died Sunday, was also known in Lawrence for the work he did when not teaching physics and astronomy at KU. That work included serving on ... [more]

6:43:18 AM Charles Schnetzler dies; was authority on planetary sciences
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

In later years, Dr. Schnetzler examined the effects of volcanoes on climate history and helped design experiments used on the space shuttle and satellites ... [more]

5:43:50 AM 'Collective Memory' is AHA! theme
SouthCoastToday.com - New Bedford,MA,USA

It's the last night to see the Hubble Space Telescope exhibit at the New Bedford Ocean Explorium (148 Union Street)! "New Views of the Universe" is a ... [more]

2:33:40 AM Astronomers line up experiments on solar eclipse
Express Buzz - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India

The rare celestial occurrence has hence seen many astronomers flock to these areas to witness it with the prime point being Dhanushkodi in Rameswaram. ... [more]

2:11:14 AM Week in Sloth: Upcoming TV highlights
Weekly Alibi - Albuquerque,NM,USA

“Meteorite Men” (Science 7 pm) Modern day treasure hunters Steve Arnold and Geoff Notkin search for buried meteorites. ... Hey, even nerds deserve their own ... [more]

2:03:24 AM Community helps fire victims
La Grande Observer

Before the arrival of the fire department, the children's father, Steven Lane, grandfather, Jim Smith, and a neighbor, Shane Hubble, all braved flames and ... [more]

1:58:18 AM People in transition: KAY BHARUCHA
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO CARRY THE SHUTTLE: "You definitely know that, 'Hey, I'm carrying America's space shuttle up there, I got to be careful with it. ... [more]

1:05:55 AM Hubble 3D IMAX film set to debut March 19
Seattle Post Intelligencer

Leonardo DiCaprio records narration for the IMAX(R) 3D space film, Hubble 3D. (IMAX Corp) Leonardo DiCaprio will narrate the Hubble 3D film set to debut ... [more]

12:20:48 AM Hubble images on TACC Tiled Display
VizWorld.com - Jackson,MS,USA

Two days ago, NASA released a Hubble Space Telescope of Messier 81, also known as Bode's Galaxy. The image has a resolution of 22620 x 15200, which is over ... [more]



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