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News From Saturday, January 02, 2010
10:45:32 PM NASA Smithsonian Culls Chandra Contract
SatNews Publishers - Sonoma,CA,USA

NASA has extended a contract with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to provide science and operational support for the ... [more]

7:11:09 PM NASA needs to change their attitude about space
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Proposed NASA budgets over the next 20 years represent only about 15 per day, or $60 per year cost to the average citizen. Americans will never object to ... [more]

6:11:11 PM Reporting UFOs
Astrobiology Magazine - USA

The reporting scheme has been set up by amateur astronomer Philippe Ailleris, who proposes to use the IYA2009's network of professional and amateur ... [more]

5:39:55 PM Lava tube could house moon colony
Times of the Internet - North Olmsted,Ohio,USA

A deep lava tube discovered on the moon could shield human colonists from harsh temperatures and meteorites, Japanese scientists said. ... [more]

12:49:21 PM International Year of Astronomy IYA2009 is gone, What's next?
ScienceBlog.com - USA

I believe that you all, the scienceblog community is aware that Last year 2009 was the in International Year of Astronomy, abbreviated as IYA2009 in .... [more]

11:23:12 AM Astronomer captures partial lunar eclipse over Birmingham
BirminghamMail.net - Birmingham,UK

A BIRMINGHAM astronomer captured this stunning image showing what looks like a bite being taken out of the Moon. The image, taken on New Year's Eve, ... [more]

10:22:32 AM Japanese astronomers discover great balls of fire in sky
Zee News - Noida,India

The astronomers found evidence in the Suzaku spectrum that indicated large amounts of silicon and sulphur atoms from which all electrons had been stripped ... [more]

8:47:25 AM Mumbai-born Shyam Bhaskaran aims for stars at Nasa
Economic Times - India

MUMBAI: On July 4, 2005, when Nasa's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully smashed into comet Tempel-1 at a speed of 36800 kmph, covering a distance of 431 ... [more]

8:10:09 AM Astronomy exhibit kicks off at Nat'l Concert Hall
China Post - Taipei,Taiwan

The highly-anticipated astronomy exhibition “The Great Universe” (繁星蒼穹‧星空特展) opened yesterday at the National Concert Hall's Cultural Gallery, ... [more]

7:37:41 AM Spotting planets for lower prices
Arizona Daily Star

From that same ridge in the Santa Ritas, an astronomer has discovered 13 exoplanets orbiting distant stars with the kind of telephoto lenses you would use ... [more]

6:24:14 AM Venus, Asteroid, or the Moon May be Next for NASA
WLTX.com - Columbia,SC,USA

(USA TODAY) - NASA is one step closer to visiting our neighbors in the solar system. The space agency has selected three proposals as candidates for an ... [more]

6:22:06 AM On Epsilon mystery, bright ideas welcome
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA

And Epsilon, the one nearest Capella, is the astronomers' great mystery star for 2010. Look at it carefully these evenings. You'll see that it's a bit ... [more]

2:13:57 AM NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 1 January 2010
Space Ref - USA

[On the FFQs, NASA astronauts keep a personalized log of their nutritional intake over time on special MEC software. Recorded are the amounts consumed .... [more]



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