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10:56:10 PM The Danegeld: Astronomy
my.hsj.org

.... glance at the latest technology in space, or searching for insight into out-of-this-world physics, then Astronomy is the class you've been looking for. ... [more]

10:21:05 PM NASA's X-Ray Telescope
VizWorld.com - Jackson,MS,USA

NASA has just released new images from the Chandra X-ray Observatory of our neighboring galaxy, Andromeda. If Type 1A supernova are caused by accretion, ... [more]

8:55:16 PM NASA Day at Maryland Capitol Celebrates Hubble 20th Anniversary
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

Last summer he touched the Hubble Space telescope for a final time during the fourth servicing mission onboard the STS-125 shuttle mission. ... [more]

8:47:00 PM Supernova Mystery Remains Just That
Sky & Telescope - Cambridge,CA,USA

Whenever I hear a claimed discovery that overturns conventional wisdom on some important aspect of astronomy, my skepticism meter goes on high alert. .... [more]

8:00:33 PM LAX's north runways are safe and should stay as they are, NASA panel says
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

A NASA panel says the north runways at Los Angeles International Airport are safe and should remain in their current configuration, according to a report ... [more]

7:20:23 PM Wilcutt gives insights into space travel in WKU speech
Bowling Green Daily News - KY, United States

Since then, a lot of things have changed at NASA; Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry, the shuttle is being retired after four more missions, ... [more]

6:34:07 PM NASA's WISE Telescope Returns Images and More Information from Our Universe
Tampa Bay Informer

As technology progresses, we are able to know more about the world we live in, and thanks to a new NASA program, we are able to know more about the universe ... [more]

5:55:49 PM FHSU Astronomy Club has viewing tonight -2/19/2010, 11:10 AM
Hays Daily News

For an up-close view of Mars, the moon and the Orion Nebula, join Fort Hays State University's Astronomy Club for its open house at 7 pm today in Tomanek ... [more]

5:07:29 PM Life didn't just 'evolve'
Halifax Today - UK

A former Astronomer Royal, Sir Harold Spence-Jones, once wrote a book entitled Life on Other Worlds. In one section, in dealing with the subject of the ... [more]

5:04:03 PM ESA Panel Defers Decision on Japan-led Astronomy Mission
Space News

By Peter B. de Selding PARIS — Europe's top space-science decision-making body has suspended a decision on whether to participate in a Japanese-led infrared ... [more]

4:17:27 PM Athletic shoes, work boots, flip flops needed in Haiti
OCRegister - Orange County,CA,USA

Pretend City is at 29 Hubble. For more information, visit www.pretendcity.org. For more information about Soles4Souls Inc., contact Elizabeth Kirk, ... [more]

2:44:12 PM Science And The Question Of Origins I: Creation And The Big Bang
NPR - Washington,D.C.,USA

In 1924, American astronomer Edwin Hubble showed that the Milky Way, our home galaxy, is one among billions of others, separated by millions of light-years. ... [more]

2:43:26 PM Say Hello to NASA's New Tech Guru
Space.com - USA

By Jeremy Hsu NASA hopes to jumpstart its new direction in space exploration by refocusing on transformational technologies, and the agency has a new tech ... [more]

1:19:23 PM Local astronomers aim to limit light pollution
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin - Plymouth,MA,USA

Leach is also the town's natural resources director and an amateur astronomer. He's an active member of the Cape Cod Astronomy Club, which is in support of ... [more]

12:48:24 PM Spot the Space Station and Shuttle Together
Space.com - USA

By Joe Rao When the space shuttle Endeavour leaves the International Space Station (ISS), skywatchers across much of the United States and southern Canada ... [more]

11:23:36 AM Crews say goodbye to space station
The Associated Press

The crews of the linked space shuttle and space station embraced and said farewell on Friday as they prepared for Endeavour to begin its two-day trip home ... [more]

11:07:44 AM NASA astronomers unravel secret of the supernova
The Hindu

PTI AP/NASA An artist's illustration of a supernova. The latest NASA research on supernova has led to the re-examining of previous theories. ... [more]

10:46:21 AM 'The end of an era'
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada

When he was 103, Dorothy ordered a course in astronomy for them to study together. In the past six months, Dorothy had been buying cassettes with the ... [more]

10:30:30 AM Suicide attack...Brother of Taliban leader killed...Space goodbyes
9&10 News - Cadillac,MI,USA

(AP) — The crews of space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station have said final farewells as the shuttle prepares to leave. ... [more]

9:01:13 AM Astronomers find the secret of supernovas
Metro Cafe - London,UK

Astronomers have finally found the secret of supernovas – the most brilliant light shows in the universe. Using Nasa's Chandra orbiting X-ray observatory, ... [more]

8:43:05 AM Tell Congress to save NASA jobs
Daily News - Galveston County - TX,USA

The same should be said about the Obama administration's decision to cut funding for NASA's Constellation Program. Johnson Space Center is the home of ... [more]

8:25:28 AM Ancient Galaxies Converge After Billions of Years
Before It's News

New images of these galaxies by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found the “astronomical equivalent of prehistoric life in our intergalactic backyard†... [more]

7:44:37 AM New space station vista delights crew
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

“It's going to be so hard to put into words the view we see out of those seven windows,” said Kathryn Hire, a mission specialist on space shuttle Endeavour, ... [more]

7:40:29 AM Astronomers discover 'youngest planet orbiting a solar-type star'
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK

The youngest planet orbiting a solar-type star outside our solar system have been discovered by astronomers. By Andrew Hough Researchers say the giant ... [more]

6:43:20 AM Vallis Tammaro founders set up new group Undercurrent
Design Week - London,UK

Since leaving Vallis Tammaro in 2007, Tammaro has worked at integrated marketing consultancy Meteorite, where he was head of brand identity and founded the ... [more]

6:30:47 AM Today in History
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

In 1473, astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland. In 1803, Congress voted to accept Ohio's borders and constitution. ... [more]

5:15:29 AM Shuttle Astronauts Pack Up to Leave Space Station
Space.com - USA

By Tariq Malik The six astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Endeavour packed up their spaceship for the trip home Thursday after more than a week at the .... [more]

3:47:37 AM IMAX in 'Wonderland': 'Alice' leads a growing parade of giant-screen
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

Los Angeles Times (blog) That can be Hogwarts, the Hubble telescope, Wonderland, Pandora … Someone asked me over the weekend, 'What really does IMAX do? ... [more]

3:40:05 AM Backwards life began with army service, ended with high school for last
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver Sun When he was 103, Elsie ordered a course in astronomy for them to study together. "My wife is a fine lady," he said in 2003. "She's as smart as a whip and ... [more]

3:24:46 AM Space center invites teachers
Contra Costa Sun - Orinda,CA,USA

The space center is the official national memorial to the Space Shuttle Columbia. The facility honors the crew of STS-107, which disintegrated as it ... [more]

3:23:34 AM Ancient Meteorite May Be Older than Sun
CBS News - USA

When it hit the Earth it bonked some poor dino in the head so hard it buried him 10 feet underground. There - I've explained fossils. by pythoncharlyten ... [more]

3:01:33 AM Meteor hits roof of doctor's clinic in Virginia
The Money Times - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India

by Ishita Sood - January 23, 2010 - 0 comments Lorton, VA., January 23 -- A small meteorite hit the roof of Dr. Frank Ciampi's clinic in Virginia on Monday. ... [more]

2:48:38 AM Astronauts Winding up Olympic-Size Space Mission
ABC News - United States

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer AP This image provided by NASA shows the Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecrafts, docked to the. ... [more]

2:35:31 AM Amateur Astronomer To Speak At Community Club
Garden City News - NY, USA

The Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead is pleased to announce that Amateur Astronomer Bill Bradley will be the guest speaker at the Club's March ... [more]

2:03:50 AM AIP FYI Number 25: February 18, 2010 Senator Nelson on NASA's FY 2011
Space Ref - USA

Space Ref (press release) .... remaining four flights of the space shuttle will take up additional experiments and equipment, and then the station will be fully ready for business. ... [more]

1:40:49 AM Feb. 19, 1473: Copernicus Born
Wired News - USA

The astronomer was not so eagerly embraced by the Catholic Church, however, after becoming the most prominent advocate of the heliocentric theory that .... [more]

1:32:36 AM First Photos: Space Station's Observation Deck Unveiled
National Geographic

It might look like NASA is trying to build its own Millennium Falcon. But this new "cockpit," is actually more like a front porch for astronauts aboard the ... [more]

1:15:30 AM Bill Gordon, designer of famous Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico, dies at 92
The Associated Press

The astronomers Joseph Taylor and Russell Hulse discovered the first binary pulsar at Arecibo in 1974, leading to a 1993 Nobel Prize in physics. ... [more]

1:03:34 AM Youngest Extra-Solar Planet Discovered
Science Daily (press release) - USA

18, 2010) — Astronomers have discovered the youngest extra-solar planet around a solar-type star, named BD+20 1790b. The giant planet, six-times the mass of ... [more]

12:01:16 AM Meteorite Lands in Virginia Doctor's Office
DigitalJournal.com - Canada

A meteorite fell through the roof of a doctor's office in Lorton, Virginia. It was a half-pound meteorite made of chondrite. Doctor Frank Ciampi got a rude ... [more]



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