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11:58:36 PM We will find 'twins of Earth' this year, says astronomer Michel Mayor
The Times - London,England,UK

Scientists will have detected the first truly Earth-like planet outside the solar system by the end of the year, one of the world's leading astronomers .... [more]

11:11:13 PM NASA's New Asteroid-Mapper Finds First Target
Discovery News

By Irene Klotz | Mon Jan 25, 2010 04:48 PM ET NASA's new infrared telescope, called WISE, has spotted its first near-Earth asteroid, a ..6-mile (1 kilometer) ... [more]

11:02:44 PM Honoured astronomer 'can't help himself'
ABC Online - Australia

By Anna Salleh for ABC Science A well-known astronomer has been honoured on Australia Day for something he just can't help himself doing: talking to the ... [more]

10:51:33 PM Jupiter's largest moon melted like ice cream: astronomers
CBC News - Canada

.... largest moons look different because Ganymede was pelted with so many comets that it melted while Callisto was spared this bombardment, say astronomers. ... [more]

10:28:14 PM NASA crew to provide coin for Super Bowl toss
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

AP CLEVELAND—The crew of space shuttle Atlantis plans to deliver to the Pro Football Hall of Fame a coin that traveled into space for use in the official ... [more]

9:40:33 PM Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, Biosphere 2 and Flandrau Science Center host joint ...
Tucson Citizen

The Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association will provide telescopes for viewing as well. Flandrau: The UA Science Center will host a presentation entitled ... [more]

9:29:27 PM ET: Do you believe there is life on other planets?
CBC News - Canada

Astronomers and other scientists have gathered in London for a two-day international conference on the search for extra-terrestrial life. ... [more]

8:49:17 PM Pluto's Little Sister Found?
Discovery News

The discovery, made by a team of astronomers scouring Hubble Space Telescope observations, sets a new record for the smallest Kuiper Belt object found. ... [more]

8:32:23 PM Astronomer: Life possible on other planets
United Press International

25 (UPI) -- Britain's leading astronomer says the universe could contain life forms more developed than the human beings of Earth. ... [more]

8:24:53 PM Year's Best Mars View on Wednesday
National Geographic

Mars is zooming in for a close approach to Earth this week, offering backyard astronomers their best views of the red planet until 2014. ... [more]

8:24:35 PM Protecting Earth from asteroids
Christian Science Monitor - USA

This is an artist's depiction of a huge meteorite striking Earth 65 million years ago, which, scientists says, sent the dinosaurs and many other life forms ... [more]

8:21:28 PM Sky-mapping scope spots first new asteroid
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

NASA's latest sky-mapping space telescope has found an asteroid never-before-seen from Earth, the first of hundreds of new objects the telescope is expected ... [more]

8:20:24 PM End of the world is nigh – but still 5b years away
The Canberra Times

PhD student Chas Egan and his supervisor Charley Lineweaver from the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics calculated how run-down the universe ... [more]

7:52:16 PM Only nukes can stop planetsmash asteroids, say US boffins
Register - London,England,UK

In a new report, the US National Research Council says that so-called Near Earth Objects (NEOs) fall broadly speaking into three classes. ... [more]

7:33:03 PM NASA Sky-Mapping Spacecraft Spots First New Asteroid
Space.com - USA

By SPACE.com Staff NASA's latest sky-mapping space telescope has found an asteroid never-before-seen from Earth, the first of hundreds of new objects the ... [more]

6:10:04 PM Indian River County, updated Jan. 25
Fort Pierce Tribune - Fort Pierce,FL,USA

Operation Constellation: Join an astronomer for a night of star-gazing. Environmental Learning Center, 255 Live Oak Drive, Vero Beach, 7-9 pm, Feb. 6. ... [more]

5:58:22 PM NASA: 2009 Second-Hottest Year on Record
Infopackets - Windsor,ON,Canada

However, a new report from NASA may change that. The research is courtesy of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, or GISS. ... [more]

5:49:03 PM Meteorite Crashes Into Doctors' Office, Lands in Exam Room
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA

By Jacob Goldstein A meteorite crashed through the roof of a family practice in Loudon, Va., last week and landed on the floor of an exam room. .... [more]

4:58:22 PM Odds of finding ET never better: astronomer
CBC News - Canada

The UK's leading astronomer says the chance of finding life elsewhere in the universe is better than ever, though others say looking for ET is a waste of ... [more]

4:41:25 PM Fla. man finds $3100 hidden in trashed picture
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

A Florida man rescued a framed space shuttle photo from a trash bin - and found a wad of treasure in the process. Stuart Police say Warren Bendix was going ... [more]

4:35:24 PM Texas A&M researchers studying stars, galaxies
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA

Astronomers Steven Finkelstein and Casey Papovich were part of a team for months studying the characteristics of some of the most distant recorded galaxies. ... [more]

4:09:27 PM Asteroid and comet bombardment melted one of Jupiter's moons
Ars Technica - USA

Two scientists from the Southwest Research Institute now think they know why: Ganymede was hit so hard by asteroids and comets during the solar system's ... [more]

4:08:14 PM NASA Gives Space Station Crew Personal Web Access
Korea IT Times - Seoul,South Korea

For the first time, astronauts on board the International Space Station have personal access to the Internet and World Wide Web...at least when the station ... [more]

3:34:07 PM Universe has less of a future than previously thought
iTWire (press release) - Australia

The authors of the research are Charles “Charley” H. Lineweaver, a professor from the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Australian National ... [more]

3:29:48 PM Stuart Dumpster diver finds treasure
Fort Pierce Tribune - Fort Pierce,FL,USA

By Will Greenlee STUART — A man engaged in some weekend “Dumpster diving” at his complex found a framed picture of a space shuttle with $3100 squirreled ... [more]

3:18:49 PM A&M researchers ID 13 billion-year-old galaxies
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

Two A&M astronomers were part of a team that has spent months studying the characteristics of some of the most distant recorded galaxies. ... [more]

2:31:16 PM Last Decade Warmest Ever, NASA Study Reveals
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand

By Gina Gomez New York, Jan 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A recent report released by NASA scientists reveals that the last decade experienced the warmest weather ... [more]

2:20:16 PM As The Dust Settles
Atlantic Online (blog)

But the asteroid hit just as the final, small adjustments on the massive health insurance reform bill were being completed. Getting that far along in the ... [more]

1:49:51 PM Ever Wondered How Astronomers Search for Habitable Alien Worlds?
Scienceline (blog)

By Anna Rothschild | Posted January 25, 2010 According to astronomers, you don't need the Starship Enterprise to find worlds that may be supporting life. ... [more]

1:35:09 PM NASA Prepares Endeavour For Flight
WESH.com - Winter Park,FL,USA

NASA is expected to finalize its plan this week to send space shuttle Endeavour into space. Engineers closed the payload doors of the shuttle over the ... [more]

1:13:39 PM Black holes need high upkeep
ScienceAlert - Australia

PhD student Chas Egan and Dr Charley Lineweaver from the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics have computed the entropy of the universe. ... [more]

12:59:58 PM Odds On Alien Life Being Found Cut Following Astronomer's Comments
Bettingpro.com

Ladbrokes have slashed the price about extra-terrestrial life being found, following comments by Britain 's leading astronomer. "Technology has advanced so ... [more]

12:56:15 PM Astronaut Tweets Breakfast Order
Information Week Weblog - Manhasset,NY,USA

NASA's TJ Creamer, who became the first person to post an update to Twitter from space, is providing new updates about his mission. ... [more]

12:09:22 PM Cassini Captures — A Mimas Blemish On Saturn (NASA ESA)
SatNews Publishers - Sonoma,CA,USA

The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ... [more]

11:03:33 AM Prizes Honor Young Researchers
Daily Nexus

“This prize recognizes the outstanding discoveries Tommaso has already made early in his career and the impact they have had in the field of astronomy,” ... [more]

9:54:47 AM NASA Tweets In Space: Twitter reaches a new level
Product Reviews - London,UK

However, the microblogging service has now made it into space as an American astronaut from NASA has been sending Tweets for the first time from the ... [more]

9:51:34 AM In Britain, the hunt is on for aliens
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran

Leading astronomers in Britain say they have compelling evidence of alien life on other planets, a claim that would mark a breakthrough if proven correct. ... [more]

9:47:04 AM Diocese to re-launch beatification cause for missionary Fr. Matteo Ricci
Catholic News Agency - Denver,CO,USA

He became a Jesuit priest and a scholar of mathematics and astronomy before leaving for the Far East at the age of 26. Ricci spent four years in Goa on the ... [more]

8:24:05 AM Space Foundation — Astronaut John Young Reaches Even Higher To Receive
SatNews Publishers - Sonoma,CA,USA

SatNews Publishers Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle Astronaut Captain John Young, USN (Retired) will receive The Space Foundation's highest honor — the General James E. [more]

7:31:31 AM ISRO successfully tests world's 3rd largest solid booster
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India

S200 is the third largest solid booster in the world after the RSRM solid booster of Space Shuttle and P230 solid booster of European rocket ARIANE-5. ... [more]

6:44:13 AM Funding needed to help track asteroids
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA

Scientists estimate a near-Earth object of the size Congress wants tracked should hit the planet about once every 30000 years. ... [more]

6:29:38 AM Gabriel: Deals abound on space shuttles
In-Forum

In fact, space shuttle Discovery is already spoken for, as the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum will be its future home. But don't worry, ... [more]

6:06:33 AM woodcarver turns artistic eye to the cosmos
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA

But these days, the images of these worlds are brought to him by way of a much more expensive tool: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. He's taking the Hubble's ... [more]

6:04:44 AM Raydiance Partners with NASA Ames to Develop Advanced Microfluidics
Benzinga

Benzinga Under the terms of a cooperative agreement funded by the Advanced Capabilities Division in NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate to support a Seed ... [more]

4:24:36 AM Space race: Florida vs. Virginia
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA

Like the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs before it, the space-shuttle program will ultimately be replaced and is expected to be decommissioned this year ... [more]

3:38:49 AM UNITED STATES 7 Feb 2010 NASA plans Endeavour shuttle launch despite setback
NewsAhead Agency - Holladay,UT,USA

NASA wants to send Endeavour with the Italian-built Tranquility module from Cape Kennedy, Florida, to the International Space Station on Feb 7, ... [more]

3:36:38 AM Badillo Elementary School get smarter with SMART Boards
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - West Covina,CA,USA

By Caroline An, Staff Writer Badillo Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Phil Cliffe shows an astronomy lesson on the Smartboard at the school's Covina ... [more]

2:30:27 AM Grad student's research sheds light on solar system's age
Web Devil - USA

Working with data from a new camera on the Hubble space telescope, researchers have produced an unprecedented full-color image of much of the visible ... [more]

1:22:03 AM Astronomers hopeful of detecting extra-terrestrial life
BBC News - E,UK

By Pallab Ghosh The chance of discovering life on other worlds is greater than ever, according to Britain's leading astronomer. Lord Rees, the president of ... [more]

1:20:27 AM President Should Make Shuttle Extension A Budget Priority
Space Daily

Absent sufficient funding in the President's FY 2011 budget, NASA will end Space Shuttle flights at the conclusion of the International Space Station (ISS) ... [more]



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