Home Featured Archives Search Subscribe PDA-Friendly News Feeds
News From Friday, February 26, 2010
11:59:35 PM Sizing up the space races
MSNBC (press release) - USA

This week's reviews of NASA's new plan for space exploration have been mixed at best, and grim at worst. The plan calls for canceling the back-to-the-moon ... [more]

11:52:03 PM Trailblazer: Carson Loses History Teacher
my.hsj.org

Patrick Hubble was a Social Studies teacher from the Leadership Academy. He has two children: a daughter and a son who are both already of college age. .... [more]

11:23:22 PM NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery on its Rollout to the Pad
TMCnet - USA

By Deepika Mala Journalists are invited to NASA's Kennedy Space Center based in Florida, to cover the STS-131 space shuttle crew's practice countdown and ... [more]

10:21:41 PM Baylor Welcomes Astronomer Guy Consolmagno
Baylor University Magazine - Waco,TX,USA

Brother Guy Consolmagno will lecture on, The Virtuous Astronomer: How the Work of Science is Shaped by the Virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love, at 7 pm, .... [more]

9:39:08 PM Astro Bob blog: A bright crater recalls a brilliant mind
Duluth News Tribune

Back then people believed that if the Earth rotated, a ball thrown straight .... When the asteroid hit that excavated the crater, it exposed fresh lunar soil ... [more]

9:37:02 PM NASA inks deal to keep flying rockets from Wallops
Hampton Roads Daily Press - Newport,VA,USA

By Cory Nealon 247-4760 The rockets will continue to fly from Wallops Island under a contract NASA inked with Virginia's commercial spaceflight development ... [more]

8:51:10 PM Spring Calendar Includes Celebrated Artists, Performances, Lectures and ...
Baylor University Magazine - Waco,TX,USA

World-renowned astronomer Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ, of the Vatican Observatory will present a lecture entitled "The Virtuous Astronomer: How the Work of ... [more]

8:33:08 PM Shuttle work coming to an end at Michoud
WWL First News - New Orleans,LA,USA

Another massive fuel tank for the Space Shuttle is on its way to the Kennedy Space Center , but alot of work at the Nasa Michoud facility is nearing an end. ... [more]

8:13:55 PM NASA Moves Closer to VASIMR Rocket Testing
Gearlog

According to AFP, NASA plans to center its future strategy around MIT scientist Franklin Chang-Diaz's design, called the Variable Specific Impulse ... [more]

7:55:58 PM NASA Announces 2010 Carl Sagan Fellows
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Pasadena,CA,USA

"These young scientists combine interest in the fields of astronomy, astrobiology or geophysics with expertise in theory, observation, or state-of-the-art ... [more]

6:58:44 PM Pin-pointing water in space
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA

While astronomers cannot turn back the clock to observe our own young solar system, they can study planetary systems in formation around other nearby young ... [more]

6:47:51 PM Dying planet being torn apart by sun
United Press International

The process is giving scientists a look at the last stages of a dying planet, astronomer Jonathan Fortney said. WASP-12b, which has about 10 million years ... [more]

6:38:35 PM A solid blast in final shuttle rocket test
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

By Robert Z. Pearlman PROMONTORY, Utah - The thunderous roar from a space shuttle solid rocket booster reverberating and rebounding off the mountains of ... [more]

6:29:11 PM Peek at the Past
Albert Lea Tribune - Albert Lea,MN,USA

A videotape of the event was made by the astronomy class at Albert Lea High School. 1949 —Plans for a 26-bed community hospital costing about $300000 was ... [more]

6:26:10 PM Weird Financial News
Motley Fool - USA

A meteorite traveling at 220 miles per hour recently crashed through the roof of a doctors' office in Virginia. We'd love to see the look on that claims ... [more]

6:24:50 PM STScI Announces the 2010 Hubble Fellows
HubbleSite - Baltimore,MD,USA

February 26, 2010: The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md. has selected 17 new candidates for the 2010 Hubble Fellowship Program. ... [more]

6:12:37 PM NASA Tests Handy-Man Space Robots For Orbital Repairs
Popular Science - New York,NY,USA

By Stuart Fox Posted 02.26.2010 at 12:29 pm 0 Comments With cuts in the manned space program and the impending retirement of the Space Shuttle, NASA will ... [more]

5:15:37 PM Who deserves an apology from Tiger Woods; bombs kill Afghan civilians;
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Los Angeles Times Sandy Banks is right-on regarding Gloria Allred taking the case of one of Tiger Woods' alleged lovers. Volumes could be written by and about the millions of ... [more]

5:13:03 PM A road gets named after Lara Croft
Inquirer - Harrow,Middlesex,UK

.... John Flamsteed Way after the first Astronomer Royal, as well as another suggestion related to the man credited with creating Derby's first waterworks. ... [more]

4:02:17 PM A New Class of Variable Stars Revealed
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA

CfA astronomers Sumin Tang, Jonathan Grindlay, and Edward Los, together with a colleague, used the first results of the DASCH project to discover three ... [more]

3:42:23 PM NASA adds prize to biz plan competition
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

Moving in line with the recently announced goals of the nation's space program, NASA's Johnson Space Center has added a prize offering related to commercial ... [more]

2:49:05 PM 'From Earth to the Universe' wins prize for excellence in astronomy
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA

PhysOrg.com (press release) The International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) featured tens of thousands of events worldwide. These were organised and implemented by many .... [more]

2:13:34 PM Sunday TV: Wicked Love
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

This investigates the various theories: meteorite, volcano, weapons test and others. Interspersed with these are explanations from the lunatic fringe: alien ... [more]

2:11:46 PM Astronomer saga sparks outrage
Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa

The disciplinary hearing of top South African astronomer Phil Charles has opened a rift between Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor and the .... [more]

1:33:17 PM NASA's Astronauts Face New Frontier: Unemployment
AOL News

.... NASA's campaign to send astronauts to the moon would be canceled, and the spaceship NASA has been building to replace the aging space shuttle would be ... [more]

12:58:42 PM New View of Comet Formation Forged in Study of Tiny Particle
Updated News

Some meteorite particles also show these signs of heating and melting, which suggest that material for both of these solar system bodies formed in similar ... [more]

12:39:47 PM Tomb Roader: Derby ring-road named after Lara Croft
PC Pro - UK

... which urged visitors to vote for the game character above rivals such as the first Astronomer Royal and local football hero Steve Bloomer. ... [more]

11:50:59 AM Final shuttle rocket test goes without a bang
Register - London,England,UK

The "flight support motor, or FSM-17", in NASA parlance, burned for around 123 seconds, while "a total of 43 design objectives were measured through 258 ... [more]

11:02:47 AM Giant full moon to light up China's Lantern Festival: astronomer
China View, Beijing, China

NANJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The biggest full moon of the year will light up China's Lantern Festival on the weekend, assuming favorable weather. ... [more]

10:34:07 AM Holiday program could expose more citizens to Pavilion
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA

During that time, the Pavilion has expanded its outreach to the community by hosting health forums, agricultural days, free astronomy events, ... [more]

10:22:07 AM The Middleburg Meteorite
The Jacksonville Observer - Jacksonville,FL,USA

Known as a shooting star, the meteorite was visible throughout the entire southeast. Trying to project its final location and landing zone, each witness ... [more]

10:22:07 AM Meteorite likely didn't survive, astronomer says
Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada

He said because of the rough terrain in that area, there is little chance a meteorite survived the impact. "Odds of finding anything are almost zero," he ... [more]

10:12:29 AM Space, bikers, dance on Philharmonic bill
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

The Hubble telescope and motorcycles will be a part of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic's orchestra lineup for the 2010-11 season, it was announced Thursday. ... [more]

6:51:56 AM The last frontier: Knowing 100 times more
Baylor University Magazine - Waco,TX,USA

By Sara Tirrito Researchers in Tucson are working on a project that will provide 100 times more data than any astronomy database has in the past, ... [more]

5:38:00 AM Last space shuttle rocket fired in Utah
KSL-TV

By John Hollenhorst PROMONTORY -- There was thunder in Northern Utah Thursday, as the last test firing of a space shuttle rocket took place near Promontory. ... [more]

4:48:31 AM UC Santa Cruz astronomers watch a planet die violent death
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

By Megha Satyanarayana meghas@santacruzsentinel.com A Jupiter-like mass in a neighboring solar system is being ripped apart by its sun, giving astronomers, ... [more]

3:55:22 AM NASA JPL to Host Californias Climate Educator Conference, Plus NASA
Space Ref - USA

Space Ref (press release) NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Pasadena, Calif., is hosting an educator conference, May 1-2, 2010, on the unique climate of the state of California. ... [more]

3:41:02 AM Astronomer sheds light on science careers
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier - Charleston,IL,USA

Hammel is the senior research scientist with the space institute and works in planetary astronomy, using the Hubble telescope “as often as they let me,” she ... [more]

3:04:57 AM Keith Olberman Blasts Dan Abrams, Mediaite: 'Fired MSNBC Employee' (VIDEO)
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

Is like meteorite, as it soon will come and crash to earth and be a cold rock. "The end is so much harder, when brought about by friends. ... [more]

2:13:17 AM Boy, the Scout Handbook Keeps Changing
Wall Street Journal - USA

.... meanwhile, features Scouts looking through a telescope, despite Seton's claim back in 1911 that a Scout doesn't want to know stars "as an astronomer, ... [more]

1:33:50 AM Under Fire, Administrator Defends NASA's New Direction
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Charles F. Bolden Jr., NASA's administrator, testified Thursday on Capitol Hill about its proposed $19 billion budget. General Bolden told the Committee on ... [more]

12:29:36 AM ATK tests final rocket motor for shuttle program
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA

AP will continue to provide news to Yahoo By Steven Oberbeck ATK and NASA conducts the final booster motor ground test for the Space Shuttle program .... [more]



Smallcap Watch offers stock quotes and more!
web analytics provided by iWebTrack
Astronomy News is a Rare Artifact website.
Screenshots provided by Free website thumbnails.