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News From Friday, January 15, 2010
11:52:53 PM Looking Up: 'Space potato' visible with binoculars
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA

Of course the asteroid isn't about to hit the star. The constellation is a far away back drop. On the average, Vesta orbits the Sun 223 million miles out, ... [more]

11:22:03 PM Numerous astronomy lovers in the city witnessed the phenomenon of
Indian Express

Indian Express At the International University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), one could see two telescopes pointing at the sun. And while none was allowed ... [more]

11:18:26 PM NASA cuts price for retired space shuttles
Collectspace.com - USA

January 15, 2010 — NASA slashed its multi-million dollar price tag on Friday for museums looking to acquire one of its three space shuttle orbiters after ... [more]

11:12:45 PM 11-minute spectacle enthrals millions
Hindu - Chennai,India

“It was less than dark but more than twilight,” said B. Dasgupta from Madhya Pradesh, who led astronomers observing the event. ... [more]

9:50:25 PM NASA Discovers Cocaine In Shuttle Hanger; Safety Review
Post Chronicle - USA

by Mitch Marconi NASA is currently investigating how a bag of cocaine could have possibly ended up in the space shuttle hangar at the Kennedy Space Center ... [more]

9:42:41 PM Snowflake-Shaped Galaxy From Hubble Helps Ring in the New Year
University of Arizona News (press release) - Tucson,AZ,USA

As part of its Hubble Heritage program, NASA has released an image, taken by a team led by UA astronomer Rodger Thompson, of a galaxy that resembles a ... [more]

9:15:42 PM Solar eclipse proves a sight to behold
The National - Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates

Behind Mrs Sargent, people queued up to take a peek through a seven-inch Meade telescope set up by the amateur astronomy group. ... [more]

9:14:56 PM NASA Listens for Sign Mars Phoenix Survived Winter
Wired News - USA

Phoenix's electronics weren't designed to live through the period, so NASA officials aren't hopeful that they'll hear anything. “We do not expect Phoenix to ... [more]

8:50:45 PM NASA ARC Internal Memo: NASA Causeway Passes for STS-130 Space Shuttle
Space Ref - USA

Space Ref (press release) The current launch window for STS-130, Endeavour, begins Sunday, February 7, 2010. STS-130 has a crew of seven astronauts. NASA Ames civil servants and ... [more]

7:55:05 PM Dense Gas in Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA

Credit: Hubble Space Telescope (PhysOrg.com) -- Ultraluminous infrared galaxies have luminosities that exceed a trillion suns. (For comparison, the Milky ... [more]

7:35:52 PM NASA Awards Contract for a Methane-Powered Balloon to Explore Saturn's Moon
Popular Science - New York,NY,USA

By Jeremy Hsu Posted 01.15.2010 at 1:58 pm 0 Comments NASA's original concept for a balloon scout on Saturn's moon Titan called for using waste heat from a ... [more]

7:24:16 PM Accessible Astronomy: Touching the Night Sky
Universe Today - USA

For 25 years Grice has been working to make sure astronomy is accessible for everyone, including those who are blind or have low vision, as well as those ... [more]

6:44:56 PM NASA's Rosetta 'Alice' spectrometer shows Earth's ultraviolet fingerprint
Albuquerque Express - Albuquerque,NM,USA

Washington, Jan 15 : NASA's Alice spectrometer on board the European Space Agency's comet orbiter spacecraft, Rosetta, has successfully revealed the Earth's ... [more]

6:32:11 PM Centennial teacher to bring outer space to Ahwatukee
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA

.... selected last July to attend Space Academy at the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., where he served as commander of a Space Shuttle mission. ... [more]

5:31:31 PM Urine Causes Problems For NASA
MyFox Chattanooga - Chattanooga,TN,USA

(MYFOX NATIONAL) - In November 2008, NASA revealed a new invention that allows astronauts at the International Space Station to drink their own urine. ... [more]

5:26:36 PM NASA investigating how cocaine got into restricted space shuttle hanger
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

By Ethan Sacks Space Shuttle Atlantis is towed back to the orbiter processing facility after landing successfully at Kennedy Space Center last November. ... [more]

4:35:16 PM NASA: Cocaine Found in Hangar, Investigation Underway
Only Kent - Kent,England,UK

.... a small amount of cocaine was found in a restricted area of a processing hangar for the space shuttle Discovery, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ... [more]

4:26:03 PM A last-ditch try to keep NASA's Mars rover up in winter
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

By AP By James Dean, FLORIDA TODAY CAPE CANAVERAL — The NASA rover Spirit, which rolled onto the Martian surface six years ago today after a nearly ... [more]

4:10:42 PM Meteorite show at the UofA
KOLD-TV - Tucson,AZ,USA

Since 1891, more than 95 separately classified meteorites have been found in Arizona. The goal of the laboratory is to display at least one piece from each ... [more]

3:49:10 PM NASA Launch Party? Cocaine Found in Shuttle Hangar
CBS News - USA

... an investigation to find out which of its employees breached a zero-tolerance policy on drugs after cocaine was found in a space shuttle hangar. ... [more]

3:34:21 PM DiCaprio signs up for space film
The Associated Press

Leonardo DiCaprio will provide a voiceover on space film Hubble 3-D. The Warner Bros Imax project - which is led by producer/director Toni Myers - is set to ... [more]

3:33:28 PM In China, a thoroughly modern view of annular solar eclipse
Christian Science Monitor - USA

The longest, ring-like solar eclipse of the millennium started on today, with astronomers saying the Maldives was the best place to view the phenomenon that ... [more]

3:20:56 PM NASA teams up with InnoCentive
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

As NASA looks to formulate strategic planning initiatives and gain outside perspective, the space agency wants crowd-sourcing to be part of the mix. .... [more]

1:20:30 PM DiBello tries to turn around fledgling Space Florida. Can he do it?
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando,FL,USA

By Robert Block, Orlando Sentinel Space Editor CAPE CANAVERAL — In the six years since President George W. Bush announced plans to retire the space-shuttle ... [more]

12:29:23 PM Backyard Astronomer: Mars attacks!
Sierra Vista Herald - Sierra Vista,AZ,USA

.... have designed such a complex system of canals to bring water from the Martian polar caps to the arid deserts, according to the astronomers at Flagstaff. ... [more]

12:01:39 PM Astronomy, faith meet in Har-ki-Pauri on solar eclipse
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand

By Madhusree Chatterjee Haridwar, Jan 15 (IANS) Tradition and astronomy fused on the banks of the Ganges during the annular solar eclipse Friday as temples ... [more]

11:35:02 AM Amateur Astronomers in Iran: Eclipse of 15 January 2010, Partically
ScienceBlog.com - USA

ScienceBlog.com (blog) In Tehran, Iran, the eclipse of 15 January 2010, was partially visible. The area of northern Iran was not the most suitable place to observe the best .... [more]

10:46:30 AM Astronomers photograph eclipse, collect data
Press Trust of India - New Delhi,India

Varkala, Jan 15 (PTI) A team of astronomers today photographed the millennium's longest annular solar eclipse using three telescopes from this western ... [more]

10:02:49 AM Morning Minutes: Jan. 15
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin - Plymouth,MA,USA

Using images from the Hubble telescope and several Earth-bound telescopes, astronomy-lovers can examine stars, planets and other features in our universe. ... [more]

9:46:49 AM SA's radio astronomy project set to make big strides in 2010
Engineering News - Garden View,Eastern Cape,South Africa

South Africa has created a Radio Astronomy Reserve in the Karoo, around and west of the small town of Carnarvon in the Northern Cape province, ... [more]

9:24:14 AM Louis Moinet Meteoris
JewelersLounge - Los Angeles,CA,USA

“Meteoris” TOURBILLONS 1st “Meteoris” Tourbillon: Mars This tourbillon presents a meteorite from the planet Mars, finely inlaid into a hand-engraved dial ... [more]

9:10:08 AM Why Dwarf Galaxies Lack Star Power
Scientific American

For astronomers who study the large-scale structure of the Universe, dwarf galaxies have proven quite vexing. Because the leading model of cosmology has ... [more]

9:04:39 AM Pilot killed in crash was former NASA engineer
Waterbury Republican American - Waterbury,CT,USA

Before working at FuelCell, Foster worked for both Boeing and NASA, where he was the lead engineer responsible for the Space Shuttle Main Engine Test .... [more]

8:32:20 AM DiCaprio to narrate space film 'Hubble 3D'
Digital Spy - UK

The film features footage shot in space, including imagery from the Orion Nebula and the outer reaches of the solar system filmed through the Hubble Space ... [more]

8:23:32 AM Think kind thoughts of planet Pluto on Feb. 18
Cape Cod Times - Hyannis,MA,USA

18 will be the 80th anniversary of American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh's discovery of the planet Pluto. A lot has happened since then. ... [more]

7:13:19 AM NASA finds cocaine in shuttle hangar
CNN International - Atlanta,GA,USA

(CNN) -- NASA says it has launched an investigation after finding cocaine in a processing hangar for a space shuttle at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ... [more]

5:28:26 AM On-time Shuttle Launch Still Targeted
Aviation Week - New York,NY,USA

By Staff Space shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) managers have decided to keep Feb. 7 as the target launch date for the shuttle Endeavour on the ... [more]

5:24:59 AM Lunar and Planatary Laboratory Holds Arizona Meteorite Exhibition
University of Arizona News (press release) - Tucson,AZ,USA

The Catalina Sky Survey's Near Earth Asteroid Search Program's task is to search for asteroids with potential to hit the earth. In October of 2008, .... [more]

3:52:30 AM It's a solar wonder
Bangalore Mirror

Amateur astronomer Dhananjay Raval has made his daughter Heli, a class VI student, skip her exams to be at Rameshwaram. “Heli is eager to know about ... [more]

2:31:59 AM Caltech researchers discover second smallest planet outside our solar system
Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena,CA,USA

By Emma Gallegos, Staff Writer PASADENA - Astronomers at Caltech have announced the discovery of the second smallest planet ever found outside our solar ... [more]

1:58:39 AM James Webb Space Telescope: Alien Planet Safari
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA

"We're thrilled at Hubble's science, but we need low thermal background to see the faint infrared things we want to see," says Clampin. ... [more]

1:53:59 AM Astronomers Honored for Excellence in Research, Education & Writing
Space Ref - USA

At its winter meeting last week in Washington, DC, the American Astronomical Society honored more than a dozen distinguished astronomers for their ... [more]

1:24:26 AM Mystery object likely to be asteroid
ABC Online - Australia

Nasa says an object from space that whizzed past the Earth without incident this week is probably an asteroid. The object, known as 2010 AL30, ... [more]

12:25:15 AM Watch a historic space shuttle launch in Florida
Fort Worth Star Telegram

And if you would like quick getaway, why not book the "Shuttle Launch" packaged being offered in celebration of the space shuttle Endeavor's last-ever night ... [more]



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