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News From Thursday, January 28, 2010
11:59:02 PM Roundup 1/28: Ad Astra, Ad Infinitum Edition
Origins - Washington,DC,USA

T. The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer satellite, used generally for mapping the sky in infrared, has discovered its first near-earth asteroid. .... [more]

10:21:00 PM Photos: Challenger explosion, Space Shuttle launch disaster 24 years ago
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

January 28, 2010 marks the 24th anniversary of the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. All seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe, ... [more]

9:56:39 PM Kosmas: Obama's NASA Proposal 'Unacceptable'
Central Florida News 13| - Orlando,FL,USA

WASHINGTON -- The Space Coast's congresswoman said she was concerned over President Barack Obama's proposal for NASA. There has been anticipation over the ... [more]

8:38:34 PM NASA's future uncertain as agency marks anniversary of Challenger disaster
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

However in the horrific subsequent moments after the loss of the shuttle, all of this was forgotten as NASA faced the greatest tragedy in its history. ... [more]

8:08:26 PM NASA to Get $6 Billion to Outsource Crew Ferry, Official Says
BusinessWeek - USA

.... I and Ares V rockets, the vehicles by which the agency planned to reach the moon and other destinations after the space shuttle's planned retirement. ... [more]

8:08:05 PM UCSD astrophysicist and astronomer Geoffrey Burbidge dies at 84
La Jolla Light - La Jolla,CA,USA

By Press Release Geoffrey Burbidge, a renowned British astrophysicist and astronomer at the UCSD who made contributions to our understanding of how elements ... [more]

7:38:25 PM Mars and full moon to pair up for celestial spectacle
Guardian - UK

A standard SLR camera fitted with a telephoto lens is all you need to capture the scene, says Robin Scagell, from the Society for Popular Astronomy. ... [more]

5:54:23 PM See meteors, Moon and more at annual open house
Arizona State University

9 am – Center for Meteorite Studies, located in Bateman Physical Sciences Center C wing, room 139. Touch a meteorite, and see ASU's renowned collection. ... [more]

5:04:59 PM Long Anticipated Eruption of U Scorpii Has Begun
Universe Today - USA

.... detected a rare outburst of the recurrent nova U Scorpii, which set in motion satellite observations by the Hubble Space Telescope, Swift and Spitzer. ... [more]

4:55:12 PM NASA space shuttle Endeavour rockets on
NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA

With US budgetary axe as backdrop, NASA space shuttle Endeavour set to blast off Feb. 7 By Michael Cooney, Network World NASA gave its space shuttle ... [more]

3:46:45 PM NASA to launch tiny Ky. satellite
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA

A tiny satellite built by a consortium of Kentucky universities will be launched by NASA as part of its Glory spacecraft launch. The KySat-1 will launch in ... [more]

1:44:39 PM Guest Post: Faye Flam on the Challenge of Climate Reporting
Glob smacked

During the same period I also wrote a nice story about the Hubble Telescope, and one about heroic cancer researchers. I could easily have skipped this whole ... [more]

1:09:24 PM Anxiety rises over NASA budget
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

"President Obama's decision, if it is indeed to be as is rumored today, leaves NASA and the nation with no program, no plan, and no commitment to any human ... [more]

1:04:35 PM Meteorite adds flavour to Costa's Flat White launch
Design Week - London,UK

Meteorite has developed an integrated campaign for the launch of Costa Coffee's new Flat White product. The new coffee, billed by Costa as 'richer than a ... [more]

12:53:04 PM Endeavour good to go on 7 Feb
Register - London,England,UK

By Lester Haines • Get more from this author NASA has confirmed that space shuttle Endeavour will blast off on 7 February on its STS-130 mission to the ... [more]

10:18:45 AM Mars rover Spirit remains stuck in sand
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

That's because the six-wheeled vehicle that was sent to Mars along with its twin rover, Opportunity, in 2004 got stuck in a Martian sand trap and NASA .... [more]

10:14:12 AM Supernovae linked to gamma ray bursts
ABC Online - Australia

"These relativistic jets imply the presence of powerful central engines driving the outflows," says radio astronomer Dr Megan Argo of Curtin University of ... [more]

9:18:50 AM Arabians edge Millers
Anderson Herald Bulletin - Anderson,IN,USA

By Rick Teverbaugh, Herald Bulletin Sports Editor PENDLETON — In a game featuring several 6-foot players, little Jamie Hubble stood tallest of them all. ... [more]

8:37:35 AM Meteorite falls through roof
The Associated Press

A tennis ball-sized meteorite punched a hole through the roof of a doctor's surgery in Lorton, Virginia. Dr Frank Ciampi said he heard a loud bang and found ... [more]

8:08:58 AM Bonus MP3: Maleveller -- "Astronomer's Fyre"
Dallas Observer

By Eric Grubbs in MP3s ​Saturday night marks the EP release show for the very promising Dallas-based four-piece Maleveller. ... [more]

7:47:30 AM Endeavour set to blast off in February
CNN International - Atlanta,GA,USA

(CNN) -- NASA will launch Space Shuttle Endeavour on February 7, which will be the first of five launches this year before the shuttle fleet is retired. ... [more]

6:29:42 AM Student-Built Rubik's Cube Size Satellite Selected for Flight by NASA
Science Daily (press release) - USA

The satellites are being flown as part of NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite, or ELaNA, mission, said Chris Koehler, director of the Colorado Space ... [more]

6:00:16 AM Black Hole Hunters Set New Distance Record
Science Daily (press release) - USA

[2] In astronomy, heavy chemical elements, or "metals," are any chemical elements heavier than helium. [3] Predicted by Einstein's theory of general .... [more]

4:47:01 AM NASA Gives 'Go' for Final Space Shuttle Night Launch
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA

Photo credit: NASA/JSC Space shuttle Endeavour is set to launch Feb. 7 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to begin a 13-day flight to the International ... [more]

4:04:25 AM 'Farthest' star-mass black hole
BBC News - E,UK

By Jonathan Amos Astronomers have spied a star-sized black hole much further away than any such object previously known. It has a mass 20 times that of our ... [more]

2:38:36 AM NASA Sets Shuttle Launch With Future in Doubt
ABC News - United States

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA managers on Wednesday settled on February 7 to kick off their final year of shuttle flights, ... [more]



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