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11:13:49 PM White House Decides to Outsource NASA Work
Wall Street Journal - USA

By ANDY PASZTOR The White House has decided to begin funding private companies to carry NASA astronauts into space, but the proposal faces major political ... [more]

10:40:02 PM NASA chief Bolden hails Ilan Ramon on first visit here
Jerusalem Post - Jerusalem,Israel

He initially joined NASA in 1980, and between 1986 and 1994, participated in four space-shuttle orbits. In two of these, he was commander of the mission. ... [more]

10:08:37 PM Pitt scientist gets grant to study 'dark energy'
Lebanon Daily News - Lebanon,PA,USA

Jeffrey Newman, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh, was among 69 researchers nationwide to get the grant from ... [more]

9:53:26 PM NASA's Top Dude Wants Us To Get High Again
Gizmodo Australia - Sydney,NSW,Australia

A combination of successful unmanned space endeavors—think Hubble, Mars Rovers—and the federal budget deficit has dimmed Dubya's plan to put man back in ... [more]

9:45:01 PM Yuri's Night Applauds NASA Administrator's Call for Outreach
PR.com (press release) - Levittown,NY,USA

Washington, DC, January 24, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Yuri's Night today expressed its strongest support for NASA Administrator Charles Bolden's call for scientists ... [more]

6:06:46 PM NASA: 2009 second warmest year on record
Mongabay.com - USA

According to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), last year was tied for the second warmest year on record after 2005, the warmest year on ... [more]

12:37:43 PM Aliens might not be friendly, warns astronomer
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK

Scientists searching for alien life should get governments and the UN involved lest we unwittingly contact hostile extraterrestrials, a British astronomer ... [more]

12:06:18 PM UH astronomer recognized
Honolulu Star-Bulletin

The Hubble Space Telescope's spectacular celestial images are due to technology developed by Institute for Astronomy researchers in Hilo. ... [more]

10:21:02 AM Astronomers capture image of 'cosmic cat'
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand

British astronomer John Herschel first recorded NGC 6334 in 1837 during his stay in South Africa. Despite using one of the largest telescopes in the world ... [more]

9:53:56 AM In new fiction, NASA Mars crew returns to find everyone gone
News Chief - Winter Haven,FL,USA

11, 2032, about what happens when a crew from NASA arrives on Mars, has an incredible flight back to Earth - and finds that everyone has vanished. ... [more]

9:35:52 AM South Jersey Skies: Mars at its closest for 2010
Bridgeton News - Bridgeton,NJ,USA

Because of this special event, the Department of Physics and Astronomy will host a free public open house at its rooftop observatory on Wednesday, Jan. .... [more]

9:11:39 AM Report: Funds Needed For Asteroid Warning System
89.3 KPCC - CA,USA

A new report says NASA will not meet a 2020 deadline to detect big asteroids and comets that could potentially pose a risk to Earth. ... [more]

8:29:12 AM Stanley Lebar's camera brought '69 moonwalk into homes
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

An engineer at a Westinghouse plant outside Baltimore, Mr. Lebar (pronounced luh-BAR) spent five years managing a NASA project to build the camera that went ... [more]

8:08:56 AM Heavens above: space from a shed
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

By ninemsn staff You don't need the Hubble Telescope and billions of dollars to take striking snaps of the heavens above, as one stargazer has discovered. ... [more]

7:35:13 AM Even amateur astronomers can think big
Durango Herald - Durango,CO,USA

That should relieve any astronomer's “aperture fever." I haven't caught that bug. I'm happy with my 10-inch Dobsonian, although I wouldn't mind getting into ... [more]

7:13:37 AM Earth's Asteroid Defenses Leave Much to Be Desired
Forbes

.... January 22 by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS), our planet is still poorly defended in the case of an impending asteroid or meteorite impact. ... [more]

7:05:30 AM Space shuttle closing hurts Fla. county
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

.... restaurant near Florida's Kennedy Space Center will lose $50000 a year in tourist business after the space shuttle flies for the last time in September. ... [more]

6:22:56 AM Seizures of illegal lasers skyrocket
Sydney Morning Herald

The devices are professional tools used in astronomy, engineering and other industries, but when pointed directly at the eyes the beams can cause temporary ... [more]

6:16:55 AM Space Shuttle Endeavour
CBS News - USA

Space shuttle Endeavour leaps from NASA's Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A on Wednesday July 15, 2009. After many delays, the sixth launch attempt was ... [more]

5:26:55 AM Dark skies over Carthage would be more 'heavenly'
Carthage Press - Carthage,MO,USA

By Kevin McClintock If backyard astronomer Dr. Chad Wagoner could have his way, he'd make a push to transform Carthage into an “International Dark-Sky” ... [more]

5:19:29 AM Family shares astronomical experience
Brandon News and Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA

By JEFF HOUCK Nicole Passonno Stott watched plenty of space shuttle launches. As an astronaut in training, she had a close-up view. But nothing prepared her ... [more]

5:09:06 AM A winter wonderland ... look up! Wishing you knew what star you wished
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

Boston Globe Observatories and astronomy buffs all over New England stand ready to show you around the celestial neighborhood. One of the great viewing opportunities ... [more]

4:33:51 AM Images enhance music of the stars in conceptual orchestra's 'Galileo
Kansas City Star - MO,USA

Kansas City Star By GINA KAUFMANN Jeanne Lamon (front), Tafelmusik's music director, was awed and inspired by the astronomers who helped her orchestra bring art and science ... [more]

3:04:50 AM Small Meteorite Crashes Through Doctor's Office
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA

Reports of a "mango-sized" meteorite crashing into a doctor's office at more than 200 mph in Virginia surfaced this week. The space rock smashed through the ... [more]

1:43:52 AM NASA Claims 2000-2009 Warmest Decade Since Records Kept
First Things

NASA has released a study claiming that 2000-2009 was the warmest decade since records began being kept in 1880. This isn't the same thing as saying it is ... [more]

12:53:06 AM Twitter users will visit space center
United Press International

23 (UPI) -- A hundred lucky Twitter users will receive an invitation to go inside the Johnson Space Center in Houston during a space shuttle mission in ... [more]



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