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10:09:01 PM Reassurance as the cosmos dwarfs our current earthly hard times
Towanda Daily Review

The structures observed by the Hubble deep-field camera bear scant resemblance to the spiral galaxies, planets, nebulae and other familiar images that ... [more]

8:23:53 PM Endeavour Launch Preps in the Cold While Managers Evaluate Cooling Lines
Space Fellowship - UK

Photo credit: NASA Commander George Zamka will lead the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Endeavour. ... [more]

8:22:22 PM NSF/NASA Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee Meeting 1-2 Feb 2010
Space Ref - USA

L. 92- 463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the following Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (13883) meeting: Place: ... [more]

6:33:53 PM Scientists Predict Earth-Like Planet Within 5 Years
ChattahBox - Boston,MA,USA

US (ChattahBox) – With the Kepler telescope already making a handful of discoveries this week, astronomers at NASA are now saying that a discovery of an ... [more]

5:45:00 PM Look Up: What's in the Sky This Week?
DCist.com

The WFPC2, responsible for some of the most amazing, well-known images produced by Hubble, was put in NASM's Space Hall for viewing; but on Monday it goes ... [more]

1:38:41 PM Over the moon at planet find
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

ASTRONOMERS in the United States have detected the second smallest planet discovered to date, with a mass just four times heavier than the Earth, ... [more]

12:10:05 PM David M. Shribman: GOP up, Democrats down: What a difference a year makes
The Daily News of Newburyport - Newburyport,MA,USA

.... you might have put the odds at 250000-to-1, which is NASA's current estimate of the chances the asteroid Apophis might hit the Earth in 2036. .... [more]

10:49:54 AM Stratosphere plans SkyJump thriller, 855-foot free fall
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA

By HUBBLE SMITH SkyJump will attract adrenaline junkies and other people who want to watch, a Stratosphere official says. Riders enjoy X-Scream, ... [more]

10:19:04 AM UA astronomers speak at conference
Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL,USA

By Adam Jones Staff Writer Two University of Alabama professors were picked from more than 3000 astronomers to present research to the media this past week ... [more]

8:22:03 AM Our views: Keep schools safe, adequately funded
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA

Shelden, who also holds weekend sessions to help fifth-graders from low-performing schools, uses astronomy to inspire her students. ... [more]

8:13:31 AM Trio of NASA craft will boost climate data
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

By Mark K. Matthews Reporting from Washington - NASA heads into 2010 with the bittersweet assignment of retiring the space shuttle after nearly three .... [more]

8:12:54 AM Astronomers spot 'fossil' fireballs from supernovae
TopNews - Noida,UP,India

443, better known to amateur astronomers as the Jellyfish Nebula. The remnant, which lies some 5000 light-years away in the constellation Gemini, .... [more]

7:13:56 AM Falcon 9 Passes Its Final Review It will fly within the next few months
Forbes

By Tudor Vieru, Science Editor As NASA is getting ready to retire its space shuttle fleet, later this year, its ability to put astronauts in orbit will all ... [more]

7:08:44 AM Discovery of 5 'exoplanets' detailed
Arizona Daily Star

Many of those, astronomers say, should contain planets like ours. Tucson astronomer Steve Howell, a member of the Kepler science team, said the team chose ... [more]

6:43:40 AM NASA focuses on safety
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA

BY TODD HALVORSON • FLORIDA TODAY • January 9, 2010 CAPE CANAVERAL — Facing five final flights in the next eight months, NASA on Monday will stage a "Safety ... [more]

6:17:22 AM Stars Over Alabama astronomy column Jan. 10-16 A hare outruns a hunter and
The Birmingham News - al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

Press-Register - al.com (blog) By Mark R. Kent PLANETS TO WATCH: Jupiter is in the west at sunset, while Mars rises about 8 pm and continues to brighten. Saturn is in the east about 1 am, ... [more]

4:28:02 AM Hubble telescope detects oldest galaxies
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada

The refurbished Hubble space telescope has set a new distance record by discovering the oldest galaxies ever seen, dating back 13 billion years, .... [more]

4:11:16 AM Astronaut's Wife Updates on C. Gordon Fullerton's Condition
Media Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA

Fullerton was an Air Force Pilot who was instrumental in the original prototype space shuttle approach and landing phases. Fullerton also was a member of ... [more]

2:39:52 AM Looking For The Heart
OpEdNews - USA

The Hubble shows me the beginning of time, all I see are amorphous blobs of light against a dark background, sort of like a 60's mod art shop, ... [more]

2:37:08 AM CU hosts free talk NASA's Kepler mission
Daily Camera

The principal investigator of NASA's Kepler mission — which is searching for Earth-like planets orbiting other stars in the universe — will give a free talk ... [more]

1:05:38 AM Our Solar System May Have Millions of "Twins"
National Geographic

Astronomers think that gas giants generally form farther from their stars, while rocky worlds like Earth form closer in. But in some star systems it's .... [more]



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