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News From Wednesday, December 16, 2009
11:02:57 PM NASA maps Mercury, plans for 2011 orbit extravaganza
NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA

By Michael Cooney, Network World NASA's Mercury planet exploration team this week said they have created critical tool for the first orbital observations of ... [more]

10:47:54 PM Hubble Goes Deep(est) Again
Sky & Telescope - Cambridge,CA,USA

It's the same area recorded five years ago in the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field (HUDF) image, which used the now-retired Advanced Camera for Surveys. ... [more]

10:43:29 PM Astronomers Find World With Thick, Inhospitable Atmosphere
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA

Astronomers have discovered the second super-Earth exoplanet [1] for which they have determined the mass and radius, giving vital clues about its structure. ... [more]

10:39:55 PM Organic molecules found ... on the moon?
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

Finding organic materials on the moon could help scientists understand the history of comet and meteorite impacts, as well as provide valuable resources for ... [more]

10:30:59 PM Worlds Away: Astronomers Begin to Uncover Nearby "Super-Earths"
Scientific American

nasa's Kepler mission, and to a lesser extent COROT, is well-primed to find Earth analogues, provided they are relatively common, as astronomers suspect. ... [more]

9:40:23 PM Happy Hubble Holidays!
Astronomy Magazine

They're offering 25 holiday cards (like this one) featuring Hubble images for free. NASA photo Pretty as this picture postcard is, it's just the work of ... [more]

8:33:03 PM NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Resumes Observations
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Pasadena,CA,USA

Researchers are receiving new science data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter after the spacecraft's six science instruments resumed observations today ... [more]

8:30:17 PM Astronomers spot first known 'Super Earth' with an atmoshere
Motors ...

Astronomers report the discovery of the first known "Super Earth" with an atmosphere, a water world orbiting a nearby red-dwarf star. ... [more]

8:00:32 PM UK physics hit by savage cuts
physicsworld.com - Bristol,England,UK

The projects facing the axe in astronomy are Auger, Inverse Square Law, ROSA, Liverpool Telescope, the UK Infra-Red Telescope. The STFC will also close the ... [more]

7:44:49 PM Earth-like planet discovered 40 light years away... but it's too hot to ...
Daily Mail - UK - UK

'Despite its hot temperature, this appears to be a waterworld,' Harvard-Smithsonian Center graduate student astronomer Zachory Berta, who discovered the ... [more]

7:35:30 PM NASA Uses Algae to Turn Sewage into Fuel
FOX News - USA

NASA may concern itself largely with space exploration, but it also wants to keep Earth on a steady course in the face of rising energy costs and climate ... [more]

7:31:34 PM Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen
HubbleSite - Baltimore,MD,USA

December 16, 2009: 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]

6:50:34 PM Another Hubble View; Fate Of The Sun
AccuWeather.com

Don't forget that a new Astronomy video will be posted on Friday; in the news today Hubble has another fantastic view, and astronomers have been given some ... [more]

5:42:46 PM Celebrating 5000 Years Of Astronomy
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA

In a fitting finale for the International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009), astronomers and archaeologists will celebrate the five millennia of astronomical ... [more]

4:46:30 PM Let's begin search for intelligent life on Earth
Jacksonville Daily News - Jacksonville,NC,USA

While the Hubble telescope literally looks to find new galaxies in our universe and any possibility that some form of intelligent life may exist on a planet ... [more]

4:43:46 PM NASA Offers Sound Clips For Radio, Online Newscasters
FOXNews - USA

WASHINGTON, Dec 16, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ ----NASA is making sound clips available for news producers to download from the agency's Web ... [more]

3:51:27 PM Inside the dark heart of the Eagle
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA

Now, thanks to Herschel's superior sensitivity at the longest wavelengths of the infrared, astronomers have their first picture of the interior of this ... [more]

3:45:31 PM Charting nasa's course
Abortion politics: Biden never refused communion

President Barack Obama plans to meet with NASA chief Charles Bolden this morning to discuss the space agency's future -- a future most hope will get America ... [more]

3:32:01 PM Marshall Space Flight Center works with Dynetics to develop fast
The Birmingham News - al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

The Huntsville Times - al.com (blog) The blue and gold box in Dynetics' office building may not look like the building-sized probes that fill a space shuttle bay or the basis for a ... [more]

2:42:27 PM Moon's radiation tolerable for explorers
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

The NASA spacecraft circling the moon on a reconnaissance mission for future astronauts has found that potentially toxic radiation from the sun is tolerable ... [more]

1:55:41 PM Superstars Blaze to Life in Companion Galaxy
Discovery News

In today's newly released Hubble Space Telescope pictures, brilliant blue white newborn stars shine like diamonds on black velvet. ... [more]

1:39:47 PM NASA Chief Meets With Obama Today
Central Florida News 13| - Orlando,FL,USA

WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden is scheduled to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House Wednesday. The two will likely discuss ... [more]

11:28:24 AM Hubble Captures Festive View in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Forbes

By Tudor Vieru, Science Editor The recently refurbished Hubble Space Telescope has just captured an impressive view of a large group of young stars in the ... [more]

10:39:15 AM Such big plans for a small device
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

By Shelby G. Spires The blue and gold box in Dynetics' office building may not look like the building-sized probes that fill a space shuttle bay or the ... [more]

10:38:42 AM Obama to host new safety chairwoman, NASA chief
The Associated Press

Obama also meets separately with Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams and NASA administrator Charles Bolden. Obama is considering a special White House ... [more]

10:34:13 AM 'Dragon in the Sky: Prophecy From the Stars': New Book Examines UFO
eReleases (press release) - Perry Hall,MD,USA

eReleases (press release) Eller has previously worked with noted astronomer and pioneer in the field of UFO and alien research, Dr. J. Allen Hynek, and now weaves her personal .... [more]

9:39:00 AM Obama, Bolden to meet in Oval Office on Wednesday
Spaceflight Now - Orlando,FL,USA

Board members recommended NASA turn to commercial providers to transport astronauts to orbit after the space shuttle is retired next year. ... [more]

8:57:13 AM • NASA satellites analyze the draining away of the Central Valley ground
Central Valley Business Times - Stockton,CA,USA

Central Valley Business Times By measuring fluctuations in gravity, NASA can determine water loss. GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) has been used to measure loss ... [more]

8:55:44 AM Black hole is much closer to Earth than it was believed
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

For the first time, a team of international astronomers has measured the distance from a black hole to Earth accurately. The astronomers came up with a ... [more]

7:36:55 AM Looking for that home away from home
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com - Staten Island,NY,USA

It's only a matter of time --- and probably not a lot of time --- before astronomers find planets outside our solar system that could conceivably support ... [more]

6:46:06 AM Hubble Snaps Astral Christmas Tree Just In Time For Holidays
Popular Science - New York,NY,USA

By Stuart Fox Posted 12.15.2009 at 1:15 pm 0 Comments 'Tis the season for hokey, holiday-related science! This year's Christmas/science tie-in comes via ... [more]

5:29:15 AM CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science formed (Media Release)
Linex Legal (registration)

Recruitment for the role of `Chief of CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science' is underway. 'Bringing CSIRO's activities in space science and astronomy together ... [more]

3:44:08 AM Polarization Microscopy with High Flexibility
AZoNano.com - World

Bar olivine chondrule in the Coolidge meteorite in transmitted-light with Polarization (left) and Polarization with ë-plate (right). ... [more]

3:40:27 AM Britt Combs: The free market conquers the galaxy
McDowell News - Marion,NC,USA

By Britt Combs | The McDowell News NASA launched the first space shuttle prototype, the Enterprise, from the back of a Boeing 747 in 1977. ... [more]

3:20:18 AM NASA releases AIRS' carbon dioxide data from last seven years
Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena,CA,USA

Researchers at NASA released seven years' worth of daily carbon dioxide data that is available in a digital record to the public on Tuesday. ... [more]

2:14:19 AM Astronomers Discover Earth-Like Planets
Voice of America

An international team of astronomers has detected at least four new planets orbiting two distant stars very similar to our Sun. The discovery raises the ... [more]

1:51:33 AM Obama To Meet NASA Chief in Oval Office Wednesday
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA

President Obama will meet Wednesday with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to discuss the findings of the White House panel that reviewed the agency's plans ... [more]

1:10:17 AM Astronomers discover 11 new planets
USA Today

Astronomers have unveiled a plethora of planets, with more Earth-like ones likely on the way. In separate studies, teams report up to 11 planets orbiting ... [more]

1:00:25 AM Hubble sees further than ever before
Gizmag - Victoria,Australia

By Alan Brandon NASA's recently upgraded Hubble Space Telescope has made the deepest near-infrared image of the universe ever taken. ... [more]



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