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News From Thursday, March 16, 2006
11:09:50 PM NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report #4071
Space Ref - USA

This program consists of a set of basic tests to monitor, the read noise, the development of hot pixels and test for any source of noise in ACS CCD detectors. ... [more]

11:09:47 PM Astronomers Detect First Split-Second of the Universe
Space.com - USA

Scientists announced today new evidence supporting the theory that the infant universe expanded from subatomic to astronomical size in a fraction of a second ... [more]

11:09:46 PM Astronomers Discover a River of Stars Streaming Across the ...
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA

Astronomers have discovered a narrow stream of stars extending at least 45 degrees across the northern sky. The stream is about ... [more]

11:09:46 PM New Zealand Astronomers Discover Massive, Icy "Super-Earth"
Playfuls.com - Targu Mures,Romania

.... big place, but, nevertheless, very few planets resembling our Earth (and thus maybe capable of supporting life) have been discovered by astronomers up until now ... [more]

11:09:46 PM Saturn’s Ring Spokes Depend on Sun Angle, Study Says
Space.com - USA

.... The spokes in Saturn’s rings intrigue astronomers, who believe the phenomenon may aid investigations into the planet’s magnetic field. .... [more]

9:59:46 PM Schoolchildren Worldwide To Observe the Night Sky for Science
US Dept of State (press release) - Washington,DC,USA

.... countries and 129 US partners. This will be the first GLOBE activity to engage students in astronomy. "The observations made during ... [more]

7:14:47 PM (PRN) - NASA Satellite Glimpses Universe's First Trillionth of a ...
Bolsamania.com - Madrid,Madrid,Spain

(PRN) - PA Attorney General Corbett Recovers $175,000 from 1998 Canadian-based lottery Scam; Consumers have until May 2, 2006 to claim funds ... [+. .... [more]

7:14:47 PM NASA's Dawn Mission Cancellation Under Review
Space.com - USA

HOUSTON, Texas – NASA is taking another look at the decision to cancel the Dawn mission that would explore two large asteroids in the solar system. .... [more]

7:14:46 PM Quality of life critical to keeping NASA in Florida
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA

.... space industry in Florida. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin instead told them to improve state schools. “The quality of life ... [more]

5:34:47 PM Arlie Petters, renowned mathematical astronomer to give lecture at ...
UMN News - Minneapolis,MN,USA

Petters is a mathematical astronomer and was the first to develop the mathematical theory of gravitational lensing, which brought powerful methods from pure .... [more]

5:24:46 PM Mars Rover Prepares for Winter
Discovery Channel - USA

.... Scientists have identified five distinct classes of rock, including molten rocks that were blasted up and out by meteorite impacts, materials formed during ... [more]

4:44:46 PM Nasa's Dawn project may see light of day
Times of India - India

LOS ANGELES: In an unusual move, Nasa is reviewing a recent decision by an agency head to scrap a mission to orbit two asteroids. ... [more]

4:24:48 PM Shuttle launch delayed again
Geek.com - USA

.... Will NASA scrap any plans it has to fix the Hubble Space Telescope? I certainly hope the Hubble project does not get scrapped. Even ... [more]

12:29:46 PM RUSSIAN SCIENTIST: GW DUE TO METEORITE
Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach,FL,USA

Global warming is due to a 1908 meteorite crash - or so claims a Russian scientist in the Moscow News. Vladimir Shaidurov of the ... [more]

11:29:46 AM Kiwi astronomers help find icy ’Super Earth’ – Life in space ...
Innovations-Report - Germany

.... of an astronomical technique proposed by Einstein, researchers from The University of Auckland and Massey University, together with astronomers from Auckland ... [more]

10:44:46 AM NASA Announces New Window For Next Space Shuttle Mission
Moldova.org - Falls Church,VA,USA

NASA announced today July 1 to 19, 2006, is the new launch planning window for Space Shuttle Discovery's mission (STS-121). The ... [more]

8:24:49 AM Volunteer Connection
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA

.... and maintenance. ? The International Dark-Sky Association needs volunteers to help catalog and organize an astronomy library. [more]

8:09:46 AM Russia: Delay of Discovery's launch affects ISS working plan
China View, Beijing, China

MOSCOW, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Aerospace Agency said on Wednesday that the delay of US space shuttle Discovery's launch would disrupt the working ... [more]

7:29:45 AM Lab testing services company names new vice-president
Business Edge - Alberta,Canada

.... company. Manicouagan Minerals is engaged in the exploration of the Manicouagan meteorite impact crater in central Quebec. Canadian ... [more]

4:29:45 AM NASA Scrubs Launch of Microsatellite Trio
Space.com - USA

A last minute glitch forced flight controllers to scrub the Wednesday launch of three NASA microsatellites and their Pegasus rocket Wednesday. ... [more]

4:29:44 AM NASA reviews canceled asteroid mission
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

LOS ANGELES - In an unusual move, NASA is reviewing a recent decision by an agency head to scrap a mission to orbit two asteroids. ... [more]

3:59:44 AM Astronomers find DNA-like nebula near center of Milky Way
China View, Beijing, China

LOS ANGELES, March 15 (Xinhuanet) -- With NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, US astronomers spotted an unprecedented DNA-like nebula near the center of our Milky ... [more]

3:29:44 AM SKA bid strengthens
Geraldton Midwest Times - Geraldton,Western Australia,Australia

.... bid to win the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project was boosted last week with the announcement of a plan to develop a radio astronomy park near ... [more]

2:49:43 AM British Astronomer Wins Religion Award
Beliefnet.com - New York,NY,USA

NEW YORK -- John D. Barrow, a British cosmologist and astronomer whose work has helped scientists and theologians find common understanding about the nature of ... [more]

2:39:44 AM Global warming explained: it was the meteorite
Environmental Data Interactive - UK

The rise in global temperatures we are experiencing is not due to human CO2 emissions, but a 1908 meteorite event that changed concentrations of a much more ... [more]

2:39:44 AM Dinosaur egg smuggler fined
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia

.... Kapitany operates Crystal World in Melbourne, described on its website as carrying Australia's largest range of mineral, meteorite and fossil specimens. ... [more]

1:54:48 AM NASA scrubs launch of three microsatellites
Times of India - India

VANDEBERG AIR FORCE BASE (CALIFORNIA, US): NASA aborted the launch of a trio of microsatellites on 15th March, just moments before they were to be fired into ... [more]

1:54:48 AM NASA Releases Mosaic of Vast Martian Canyon
US Dept of State (press release) - Washington,DC,USA

Washington -- A new view of the biggest canyon thus far identified in the solar system merges hundreds of photos from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter and gives ... [more]

1:54:48 AM Space Station Mission Brifings Announced By NASA
BBSNews - Charlotte,NC,USA

NASA via BBSNews - 2006-03-15 -- NASA's International Space Station missions are the subject of news conferences at 2 pm and 3 pm EST, Wednesday, March 22. ... [more]

1:54:47 AM Nasa Announces Solar System Ambassadors Class of 2006
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Pasadena,CA,USA

.... They've joined a growing number of private citizens in NASA's Solar System Ambassador program, which brings space information to the public through planetarium ... [more]

1:54:44 AM NASA Announces Space Station Missions' Briefings
NASA - Washington,DC,USA

NASA's International Space Station missions are the subject of news conferences at 2 pm and 3 pm EST, Wednesday, March 22. The briefings ... [more]

1:54:44 AM Kucinich renews fight for NASA jobs
Westlake West Life - Westlake,OH,USA

.... Dennis Kucinich told Fairview Park officials he will fight to help the city regain lost income tax revenue after NASA Glenn Research Center closes two of its ... [more]

1:54:43 AM (PRN) NASA Awards Safety & Mission Assurance Contract
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

WASHINGTON, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), San Diego, a $148.6 million ... [more]

12:39:50 AM Astronomers Report Unprecedented Double Helix Nebula Near Center ...
UC Los Angeles - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Astronomers report an unprecedented elongated double helix nebula near the center of our Milky Way galaxy, using observations from NASA's Spitzer Space ... [more]

12:39:48 AM Astronomers size up brown dwarfs
United Press International - USA

MADISON, Wis., March 15 (UPI) -- Astronomers say the discovery of two brown dwarf stars in mutual orbit has enabled them to weigh and measure the radius of ... [more]



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