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10:20:45 PM Dr. Tanyu Bonev: About 10 000 people visited Rozhen Observatory in 2009
Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria

Dr. Tanyu Bonev: The biggest event in 2009 not only for Rozhen observatory but for world astronomy in general was that 2009 was declared as the ... [more]

9:27:52 PM Superstition may eclipse New Year celebrations
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India

"2009 is the International Year of Astronomy as it coincides with the 400th anniversary of the first recorded astronomical observations with a telescope by ... [more]

5:55:18 PM NASA Finds Fix For Ares Rocket's Bad Vibes
Central Florida News 13| - Orlando,FL,USA

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER -- NASA engineers said they have found a way to shield astronauts riding the Ares I rocket from potentially dangerous vibrations during ... [more]

5:16:34 PM AstroZapper 2.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch unveiled
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - New York,NY,USA

AstroZapper puts iPhone and iPod Touch users smack dab in the middle of an asteroid storm that will destroy the earth unless someone is able to stop it. ... [more]

5:06:48 PM Vote for your favorite NASA accomplishment in 2009
iTWire (press release) - Australia

by William Atkins The NASA website "What Do You Think?" features numerous accomplishments made by the US space agency NASA in 2009 in order to help all ... [more]

3:01:28 PM Training day for astronaut-mom Cady Coleman
CNN International - Atlanta,GA,USA

By Kim Segal and John Zarrella, CNN Editor's note: This is the latest in a yearlong CNN series, "Counting Down Cady," that follows NASA astronaut and mother ... [more]

2:29:54 PM Space Shuttle Mission 2007™ New Mission Pack Released - Ares IX Test Launch
FlightSim.com (press release) - MA,USA

Exciting Simulations has released today the new free, surprise Christmas Mission Pack for the Space Shuttle Mission 2007 simulator: the Ares IX Test Launch. ... [more]

12:34:32 PM 2009's Top Local Stories: #7. Mission To Hubble
Central Florida News 13| - Orlando,FL,USA

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER -- STS-125 was the fifth and final space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Space shuttle Atlantis launched May ... [more]

10:33:10 AM Astronomers probe into the life form of planetary nurseries
Brahmand Defence and Aerospace News

WASHINGTON (BNS): For the first time astronomers using a twin 10-meter telescopes at the WM Keck Observatory in Hawaii have explored one of the most compact ... [more]

10:29:17 AM Village Square latest casualty
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA

By HUBBLE SMITH Village Square, once a thriving shopping center on Sahara Avenue anchored by Regal Cinemas, is going into receivership, the latest casualty ... [more]

9:57:01 AM Iowa astronomer says Star of Bethlehem was real
Radio Iowa - Des Moines,IA,USA

Astronomer and Drake University lecturer Herb Schwartz says his years of research shows that bright star actually did exist some two-thousand years ago for ... [more]

9:22:05 AM Strange Fiery Object Found On Beach
The Dispatch - Ocean City,MD,USA

A meteorite is defined by NASA as a natural object originating in outer space that survives a trip through the Earth's atmosphere and lands on the ground. ... [more]

8:46:17 AM Space is beautiful, but what counts is back on Earth
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA

Hernandez, born in French Camp and raised in Stockton, traveled aboard space shuttle Discovery to deliver science equipment and food supplies to astronauts ... [more]

7:02:04 AM Astronomers claim discovery of most distant galaxies yet
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand

London, December 25 (ANI): In a new research, astronomers have found tentative evidence of the most distant galaxies yet, which have redshifts of around 10. ... [more]

6:17:59 AM Here's The Final Space Shuttle Mission Patch
Gizmodo Australia - Sydney,NSW,Australia

That's why they created this contest for the final space shuttle patch. Among other activities, they organised the final mission patch contest to make NASA ... [more]

4:32:06 AM Unidentified, sleigh-like object sighted speeding toward Oregon
McMinnville News-Register - McMinnville,OR,USA

EASTERN CANADA -- Astronomers and aviation authorities are reporting that an unidenfied craft has been spotted over Canada, heading southwest. ... [more]

3:17:48 AM Astronomy: Ocean views, just 42 light years away
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

And yet that's the rather bloodless designation a team of astronomers has given to the most earth-like planet yet discovered outside of our solar system. ... [more]

1:29:35 AM Celestial happening comes 'once in a blue moon'
Shelby Star - Shelby,NC,USA

He is the university's associate provost for arts and sciences and professor of physics and astronomy. Basically, it happens when there are two full moons ... [more]



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