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11:56:36 PM NASA Engineers to Abandon Rescue Efforts for Spirit Rover
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

After over six years of roving the surface of Mars, NASA's Spirit rover will stay stuck in the sand. Engineers have been trying to rescue the rover with no ... [more]

11:11:15 PM Astrophysicist Proved Elements Are Created by Stars
Wall Street Journal - USA

The British-born Mr. Burbidge at first pursued graduate work in physics, then met and married Margaret Peachey, already a Ph.D. astronomer. ... [more]

11:08:20 PM Future of US Space Flight Up in the Air
FOXNews (blog)

As NASA prepares for the next space shuttle launch February 7th, the reality that the program is coming to an end is really beginning to sink in. ... [more]

10:14:15 PM Bad skywatching weather may cloud big full moon, close Mars encounter
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA

BY TIM CHITWOOD - tchitwood@ledger-enquirer.com Any amateur astronomer may curse the clouds tonight because they not only will block the biggest and .... [more]

10:00:44 PM The Cosmic Distance Scale
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA

When Edwin Hubble began his study of galaxy velocities, he used Cepheid stars and Leavitt's relationship to determine their distances. ... [more]

9:25:35 PM Beautiful, particularly if you are an alien astronomer: Hubble captures ...
Dscriber

NASA added that if any astronomers are on any alien planets in these galaxies, "they will have a ringside seat to seeing a flurry of star birth unfolding ... [more]

9:14:55 PM Lorton meteorite falls into ownership fight
Baltimore Sun

You knew this had to happen: The Lorton, Va. doctors whose office was drilled by the meteorite that fell from the sky Jan. 18 are now in a battle with their ... [more]

7:52:34 PM NASA Sets Shuttle Endeavour Prelaunch Events and Countdown Details
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - New York,NY,USA

News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle ... [more]

7:12:33 PM Kristen Bell, Space Shuttle, Samuel Alito: What's the Buzz
Buzz Log - Sunnyvale,CA,USA

Space Shuttle (Searches increased by 780%). NASA is jumping on the 3D trend with its IMAX offering coming in March. Samuel Alito (+423%). ... [more]

7:08:58 PM The Amateurs Who Discovered the U Scorpii Eruption
Sky & Telescope - Cambridge,CA,USA

by Mike Simonsen On the morning of January 28th, two amateur astronomers discovered the much-awaited outburst of the recurrent nova U Scorpii, ... [more]

6:24:50 PM Supercomputer Breakthrough Allows Astronomers to Share Universe Simulations
Space.com - USA

By Jeremy Hsu Supercomputing has helped astrophysicists create massive models of the universe, but such simulations remain out of reach for many in the ... [more]

5:13:43 PM NASA Former Administrator Weighs in on Obama No-Moon Plan
Discovery News

President Nixon's decision to cancel the Apollo program at least left us with the Space Shuttle. President Obama's decision, if it is indeed to be as is ... [more]

4:05:25 PM Cleveland NASA jobs are safe, Sen. Brown says
Port Clinton News Herald - Port Clinton,OH,USA

CLEVELAND (AP) -- New aerospace projects could help Cleveland's NASA Glenn Research Center escape job cuts in the event of trimmed-back space exploration. ... [more]

3:58:50 PM Telescopes out in Dundalk for Mars watch
Dundalk Democrat

Astronomy Ireland will be running a Telescope Watch in Dundalk this coming Friday Night at 8pm, for further details of where to go simply log on to .... [more]

3:54:48 PM Astronomers Discover Cool Stars in Nearby Space
Science Daily (press release) - USA

28, 2010) — An international team, led by astronomers at the University of Hertfordshire, has found what may be the coolest sub-stellar body ever found ... [more]

2:29:41 PM NOAA, NASA: Water Vapor Largely Responsible for Global Warming
Eco Factory - Orlando,FL,USA

NASA researchers and climate scientists around the world have reviewed the NOAA water vapor research in advance to its recent publication in the journal ... [more]

1:46:10 PM Discovery rolls out two new channels for Indian Viewers
The First Reporter

Where one side, Discovery Science would air shows comprising topics related to human biology, genetics, medical advances, space, exploration, astronomy, ... [more]

1:29:58 PM Challenger astronaut remembered by hometown
ENC Today - Jacksonville,NC,USA

A mural shows Smith sitting on a grassy hill as a boy and looking out at the small plane on which he learned to fly and the Navy jets and space shuttle he ... [more]

12:54:59 PM OPEN WIDE AND SAY 'UGH!'
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA

By HUBBLE SMITH Applied Analysis principal Jeremy Aguero says the economy needs to add 124000 jobs to bring the unemployment rate back to 5 percent or 6 ... [more]

10:56:05 AM Geoffrey Burbidge; UCSD professor was a titan of astrophysics, cosmology
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

By Blanca Gonzalez, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Renowned scientist Geoffrey Burbidge liked to say that he got into astronomy through his wife. ... [more]

10:38:23 AM Earthquakes scares FAMU student and his new family in Dominic Republic.
Famuan

My first thought was, “Did the earth just get hit by an asteroid?” As I looked down at the street, there did not seem to be any apparent damage, ... [more]

8:41:53 AM NASA to Launch Endeavor on February 7 Officials have determined the shuttle
Forbes

Softpedia By Tudor Vieru, Science Editor According to officials at NASA, the space shuttle Endeavor will blast off for the STS-130 mission to the International Space ... [more]

7:58:57 AM Astronomers discover violent explosion of distant star in our galaxy
Oneindia

Washington, January 29 (ANI): Two amateur astronomers in central Florida, US, have discovered a violent explosion of a distant star in our Galaxy. .... [more]

7:43:03 AM Stunning images of space are far-out
News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA

All these images come not from the hands of an artist, but from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, which was launched 20 years ago. The telescope has provided ... [more]

6:35:35 AM Bright and red, planet Mars to dominate nighttime sky
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA

"If you go out after dark, Mars will be, by far, the brightest point of light in the eastern sky," said Rich Talcott, senior editor of Astronomy magazine. ... [more]

6:03:16 AM Talking to the GOP...On track for jobs?...NASA's boost
9&10 News - Cadillac,MI,USA

WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA may soon get a $6 billion boost, but it won't get the space agency back on the moon. Officials say when next week's budget is ... [more]

4:57:00 AM Ownership battle brews over Virginia meteorite
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

By Neely Tucker Today's episode of Everybody's Favorite Meteorite brings the nation disturbing news: That spunky bit of chondrite that plummeted into a ... [more]

3:49:56 AM Obama to End NASA Constellation Program
FOX News - USA

When President Obama releases his budget on Monday, there will be a big hole where funding for NASA's Constellation program used to be. ... [more]

2:49:28 AM Sky's the limit as astronomy instructor plans retirement
The Advocate - Mt. Hood,OR,USA

The MHCC astronomy instructor, who is retiring this spring after 27 years at the college, said when he was younger, he always saw retirement as a worse ... [more]

12:56:03 AM 4000 Pounds Never Meant So Much
Space Daily - Rancho Palos Verdes,CA,USA

by Bradley Bartz The most amazing thing to come out of NASA has been the images from the Hubble Space Telescope. At least to this pair of eyes that were ... [more]

12:51:32 AM NASA to Get More Money, but Must Scratch Moon Plan
ABC News - United States

AP President Barack Obama is essentially grounding efforts to return astronauts to the moon and instead is sending NASA in new directions with roughly $6 ... [more]



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