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11:14:23 PM The Joy of Physics Isn't in the Results, but in the Search Itself
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

As the dark matter fever was rising a few weeks ago, I called Vera Rubin, the astronomer at the department of terrestrial magnetism of the Carnegie .... [more]

8:53:06 PM Undergraduate Students Fly High for Weightless Science
Media Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA

NASA has selected 28 undergraduate student teams to test their science experiments in simulated weightlessness. The teams were selected to fly in the summer ... [more]

8:44:42 PM Engineers learn technical aspects of Largest Binocular Telescope Observatory
YourWestValley.com - Sun City,AZ,USA

.... has a feature in which light from two primary mirrors can be combined to produce a resolution 10 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. .... [more]

8:17:08 PM Old stars steal fuel from neighbors
United Press International

28 (UPI) -- Ancient bright stars known as "blue stragglers" likely increase their mass by stealing fuel from companion stars, astronomers in Wisconsin said. ... [more]

7:58:46 PM Plan your New Year's date with the moon
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India

Amateur astronomer and photographer, Satish Shirodkar, will give the New Year's party a skip to shoot the eclipse as it happens. ... [more]

7:47:49 PM From a US satellite, amazing images of Earth
Dscriber

NASA and the US Geological Survey today bring us "Earth As Art," an online exhibition of photos from their joint mission in the decade-old Landsat 7 .... [more]

7:18:25 PM Australian astronomer finds crater from ancient stories, Google map
iTWire (press release) - Australia

Hamacher considers himself an educator within the field of astronomy. He is associated with the Sydney Observatory and the Foundation for Astronomy at .... [more]

7:09:45 PM Just Listen -- What Are We Capable Of In 2010?
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

Other management assignments in the past have included (1) Technical Manager for the Apollo Primary Control Systems in 1967, (2) Space Shuttle Technical ... [more]

6:37:44 PM Fluffy Mystery at Edge of Solar System Solved
FOX News - USA

It's about 30 light-years wide and holds a wispy mix of hydrogen and helium atoms, according to a NASA statement released today. Stars that exploded nearby, ... [more]

5:46:36 PM Astronomers Might Soon Spot 'Pandora'
FOX News - USA

By Charles Choi Moons like Pandora or Endor are staples of science fiction, but astronomers have yet to discover any beyond our solar system. ... [more]

5:29:04 PM 2010 Pivotal year for NASA
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

NASA has been on a path since the loss of the space shuttle Columbia that should come to a close in the coming year, this year should mark the end of the ... [more]

4:52:43 PM Was Galileo second fiddle--er, telescope--to Harriot?
Scientific American

By John Matson But in a paper in the current Astronomy & Geophysics, University of Oxford historian Allan Chapman argues that a less renowned astronomical ... [more]

4:22:40 PM Alien lights unlikely to be out of this world
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand

By RYAN EVANS - Taranaki Daily News Strange lights in the Taranaki night sky have left astronomers and witnesses scratching their heads. ... [more]

4:21:02 PM Hubble's Glitter Globe
Discovery News

It's the Hubble Space Telescope's view of a globular cluster known as M13, located about 25,0000 light years away in the constellation Hercules. ... [more]

4:06:44 PM Federal Faces: Richard Santangelo, HUD
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Government service: During 42 years of federal service, Santangelo has worked for NASA as an engineer during the launch of Apollo 11, ... [more]

3:12:33 PM Not so fast! Decade not over just yet
Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA

Christopher Sirola is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Southern Mississippi. ... [more]

3:00:51 PM Astronomer Copernicus's remains to be re-buried after 467 years
Earthtimes.org - USA

By : dpa Warsaw - The remains of Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, excavated in 2005 by archeologists in north-eastern Poland, are to be re-buried ... [more]

2:51:13 PM First Look: 2011 Ford Mustang BOSS 302R
Automobile Magazine - USA

.... race seats, safety harness, data acquisition, race suspension, Brembo brakes, and special tires, ready for racing in Grand-Am, SCCA, and NASA series. ... [more]

1:54:10 PM DANGER: FALLING OBJECTS
Book of Odds

Minus a detection system, will the odds of getting hit by a falling object go up? ... Major asteroid collisions with Earth—involving objects larger than 1.5 ... [more]

11:18:31 AM Armenia sums up the year of astronomy
Public Radio of Armenia

UNESCO had declared 2009 as a year of astronomy. Armenia held a number of events, the most remarkable of which was the celebration of world-known ... [more]

11:16:42 AM Live From the Moon: Stan Lebar, Lunar TV Camera Creator Dies
NBC Bay Area - San Francisco,CA,USA

In 1964, NASA tasked Lebar with managing a Westinghouse team that would need to invent a camera that could withstand 250 degree Fahrenheit temperatures ... [more]

11:06:28 AM Advice came 60 years too late
Toronto Star - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

What a delightful, faith-inspired response to skeptical astronomers who dare question the so-called "star above Bethlehem. ... [more]

10:54:12 AM SOFIA- Unlocking secrets of the cosmos
Brahmand Defence and Aerospace News

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - or SOFIA is a world-class airborne observatory which will complement the likes of Hubble, .... [more]

10:42:32 AM Eyes on the (second-place) prize
Worcester Telegram - Worcester,MA,USA

Born this day in 1798, Henderson was trained as a lawyer but was very adept at mathematics and astronomy, and become the first Astronomer Royal for Scotland ... [more]

10:17:55 AM • MEET THE METEOR MAN
Hamilton Spectator - Hamilton,ON,Canada

A professional meteorite hunter from Portland, Ore., is about to put a piece of the famed Grimsby space rock up for sale on the Internet. ... [more]

8:26:36 AM Google dreaming locates hidden crater
ABC Online - Australia

A Sydney-based astronomer has used ancient culture and modern technology to identify a meteorite crater in central Australia. ... [more]

8:09:28 AM Nightly News: Astronomy blog
Deseret News

A fine scientific tool has expanded from the observatories of professional astronomers into classroom and the homes and offices of amateurs: roboscoping, ... [more]

7:33:51 AM Avatar's Moon Pandora Could Be Real
The Future of Things - USA

NASA's Kepler mission has excited the imagination of many astronomers, when it showed recently the potential to detect Earth-sized objects and habitable ... [more]

7:22:25 AM Rare 'blue moon' will light up the sky this New Year's Eve
TopNews - Little Rock,Arkansas,USA

According to stargazing astronomers, the New Year 2010 will be ushered in alongside a genuine 'blue moon.' And, as per the prediction of astronomer David ... [more]

7:04:35 AM Congrats to ULA for a job well done
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA

The space shuttle program marched toward its retirement. NASA launched a gargantuan new moon rocket on its first test flight. The White House conducted a ... [more]

7:00:12 AM Space is no place for this gourmet
Chicago Sun-Times

Vickie Kloeris (pictured in 2003), manager of NASA's International Space Station Food System, demonstrates the rehydrating of some freeze dried shrimp rice. ... [more]

4:15:47 AM Google, Dreaming lead to ancient crater
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

Astrophysicist Tui Britton in a meteorite impact crater discovered in Palm Valley in Northern Territory. Photo: Duane Hamacher AN ABORIGINAL Dreaming story ... [more]

3:52:19 AM Blue moon to light the New Year sky
The Tech Herald - Indianapolis,IN,USA

Beyond the obvious 'once in a lifetime' adage, stargazing astronomers have revealed that 2010 will be ushered in alongside a genuine blue moon, which, .... [more]

2:57:50 AM NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 27 December 2009
Space Ref - USA

All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Sunday – crew rest day. Ahead: Week 5 of Increment 22. ... [more]

1:16:02 AM Dark days at the centre of Europe
Reuters - NY,USA

The chance of a major accident is one per one million years of reactor work, he said: "It's like being hit by a meteorite while walking on the street. ... [more]

1:07:35 AM Once in a blue moon to happen Thursday
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

The phrase Blue Moon has nothing to do with the color of the sphere, explained Conrad Jung, a staff astronomer at the Chabot Space & Science Center in ... [more]



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