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News From Wednesday, February 03, 2010
11:21:45 PM Dawn of a New Era? NASA Gives $50M to Private Space Companies
Glob smacked

A few days after the White House released its budget that proposes axing NASA's Constellation program and providing more support to private space flight, ... [more]

11:02:37 PM In distant planet's fluorescent glow, a new way to look for life
Christian Science Monitor - USA

The team's work "is tremendously exciting," says Seth Redfield, an astronomer at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. ... [more]

9:36:33 PM Researchers claim UFO spotted by Hubble telescope is ET technology
Allnewsweb.com - Sydney,NSW,Australia

NASA has released images (above and below) of a mysterious x-shaped UFO travelling at super-fast speeds that was picked up by the Hubble space telescope. ... [more]

8:58:02 PM Science Channel Rockets Out of the Gate for January with Metorite Men,
TVbytheNumbers - San Francisco,CA,USA

TVbytheNumbers Shows fueling that growth are new series Meteorite Men, How It's Made, Mantracker, Factory Made Science registered slight-to-double digit gains in Prime ... [more]

8:45:40 PM Weather Looks Good for Next Space Shuttle Launch
Space.com - USA

By Tariq Malik The weekend weather forecast is shaping up to give NASA's space shuttle Endeavour a good chance of blasting off before dawn on Sunday. ... [more]

8:31:46 PM 'Meteorite' spotted over Ireland
RTE Interactive - Ireland

Astronomy Ireland says a major fireball was spotted over Ireland at around 6pm this evening. It says the rock from space was seen blazing in the air by ... [more]

8:30:19 PM Probing Exoplanets from the Ground: A Little Telescope Goes a Long Way
Science Daily (press release) - USA

3, 2010) — NASA astronomers have successfully demonstrated that a David of a telescope can tackle Goliath-size questions in the quest to study Earth-like ... [more]

7:41:49 PM NASA Spots Mysterious Space Debris (PHOTO)
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

NASA scientists have spotted a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern with trailing streamers of dust that is unlike any image astronomers have seen before. ... [more]

6:53:10 PM Gwernyfed High School Astronomy Club to turn Glasbury Village Hall into ...
Hereford Times - Hereford,UK

Planetarium Night with the Stars – When Art Meets Science is presented by Gwernyfed High School Astronomy Club and Mike Featherstone, and will see the ... [more]

6:50:08 PM X Marks The Spot; KSC Affected By NASA Changes
AccuWeather.com

Today I'll be discussing Hubble's X-shaped discovery, and how Kennedy Space Center will be affected by the changes at NASA. Another shuttle launch is at ... [more]

6:41:40 PM Ground-based telescopes join the search for extraterrestrial life
Guardian - UK

Artist's impression: C Carreau/Esa Astronomers have peered into the atmosphere of a faraway planet using a telescope in Hawaii, a feat that marks a major ... [more]

6:11:08 PM Weather looking good for weekend launch of space shuttle Endeavour on
The Associated Press

The Canadian Press NASA is predicting good weather for this weekend's space shuttle launch. Endeavour is scheduled to blast off Sunday morning on the last major construction ... [more]

5:26:23 PM NASA Plans Manned Missions To Mars
Information Week Weblog - Manhasset,NY,USA

Obama's proposed cancellation of Constellation moon program means more money for research into deep space travel, NASA chief says. ... [more]

4:55:48 PM Tewksbury third grade students get help reaching for the stars
Bridgeton News - Bridgeton,NJ,USA

Pictured in the back row are astronomer Rob Teeter of Parsippany; third grade teacher Stephen Strange; his son Richard Strange, 5; astronomer and owner of ... [more]

3:48:26 PM Meteorite yields carbon crystals harder than diamond
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two new types of ultra-hard carbon crystals have been found by researchers investigating the ureilite class Haverö meteorite that crashed ... [more]

3:42:57 PM Endeavour astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center
ABC Action News - Tampa,FL,USA

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER , FL -- Space shuttle Endeavour's crew is spending their first full day in Florida on Wednesday ahead of Sunday's scheduled launch. ... [more]

3:33:53 PM Hubble telescope captures image of mysterious x-shaped object in space
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

By Michael Sheridan Scientists are offering up their own theories as to what created the striking star-inspired image, which was captured by NASA's Hubble ... [more]

2:13:11 PM Lockheed Martin Responds to the FY2011 NASA Budget Proposal to Cancel Orion
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

As the budget process moves forward, Lockheed Martin is committed to working with Congress, the Administration and NASA to ensure a safe, viable and robust ... [more]

12:49:38 PM Hubble snaps space conker bonk aftermath
Register - London,England,UK

By Lewis Page • Get more from this author Pic The Hubble space telescope has snapped a pic believed to show the results of two dinosaur-biffing asteroids ... [more]

11:31:02 AM Who owns a piece of Va. space rock? Docs send to Smithsonian, landlord
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Los Angeles Times The Lorton meteorite came from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, curators said. It has a blackened outer surface from burning through the .... [more]

11:27:04 AM Obama Plan Worries Cities That Rely on Space Jobs
ABC News - United States

The Constellation program, proposed by former President George W. Bush after the 2003 space shuttle Columbia disaster, includes the construction of two ... [more]

10:19:14 AM Crystals in meteorite discovered to be harder than diamonds
Oneindia

Washington, February 3 (ANI): Scientists have found crystals in a meteorite that are even harder than diamonds. According to a report in Discovery News, ... [more]

8:59:48 AM Jimmy Westlake: Spot an asteroid
Steamboat Pilot - Steamboat Springs,CO,USA

By Jimmy Westlake Wednesday, February 3, 2010 If the world was surprised in 1801 when Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi announced his discovery of the .... [more]

8:56:48 AM Hubble spots asteroid collision; experts see link to dinosaurs' extinction
The Money Times - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India

New York, February 3 -- NASA's Hubble Telescope has spotted the first head on collision between two asteroids last week. This is the first time that .... [more]

8:16:53 AM Intro to astronomy classes start Feb. 22
Lake County News - Lakeport,CA,USA

Sponsored by Lake County Office of Education, Taylor Observatory will host an educational series entitled “Introduction to Astronomy. ... [more]

8:08:59 AM Obama's proposed NASA budget is 'fantastic' for Ames, officials say
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

By Diana Samuels While some space advocates across the country are lamenting the cancellation of the mission to return humans to the moon, NASA Ames ... [more]

6:15:42 AM NASA's Outsourcing May Benefit Large Contractors
Wall Street Journal - USA

But two of the five initial recipients hardly fit the mold of hungry start-ups: Boeing Co., one of NASA's premier suppliers, and United Launch Alliance, ... [more]

6:04:14 AM Hubble Telescope visions inspire art at San Bernardino County Museum
Press-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA

Posters, essays, presentations and art work inspired by Hubble telescope images and created by students will be on display at the San Bernardino County ... [more]

5:58:13 AM NASA budget creates uncertainty in Clear Lake
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

Space agency officials declined Tuesday to even confirm that NASA's astronaut corps would continue after the space shuttle retires within the next year. ... [more]

5:51:49 AM Advocates launch rescue effort for Dunn Planetarium
SalemNews.com - Salem,MA,USA

By Ethan Forman DANVERS — A plan to put out the lights at the Dunn Planetarium in June has gotten the attention of a bright star on the Boston astronomy ... [more]

2:23:48 AM Calvin professors look to skies to correct Banneker oversight
MLive.com - MI,USA

After spotting one that an astronomer thinks is new, he or she gives it a provisional, numerical name based on the date and other factors. ... [more]

1:45:46 AM The 'new' NASA will look back at Earth
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

By Andrea Thompson NASA's new proposed budget will in part shift the space agency's focus from landing people on the moon back to Earth, with more money ... [more]

1:25:53 AM Jobs at stake in Louisiana as NASA shifts gears
BusinessWeek - USA

With the space shuttle program ending, that leaves the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans without a definitive future space mission -- at least for ... [more]

12:46:14 AM Hubba Hubba Hubble - 3D!
ugo.com - New York,NY,USA

Check out this brand new Hubble 3D image that puts the max in IMAX. Seeing stars? By Matt Patches 11 minutes ago When the Hubble telescope was found to be ... [more]

12:45:17 AM Lorton meteorite should be 'the people's rock'
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

As one of the many local residents who saw the Lorton meteorite fall to Earth on Jan. 18, I was disappointed to read that the landlords of the office ... [more]



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