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10:40:09 PM On the Fringe: Astronomers look to the Kuiper belt for clues to the
Science News - USA

Science News But these frozen relics preserve a trove of clues about the earliest history and architecture of the solar system, astronomers are discovering. .... [more]

9:28:03 PM Shuttle flight rate needs to double to fly Columbia's last missions
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States

.... flight rate average if the agency hopes to complete the space shuttle's five final missions this year, a Florida Today analysis of launch data showed. ... [more]

8:11:30 PM NASA Offers Up Space Shuttle for $42M
MyFox Phoenix - Phoenix,AZ,USA

By MIKE BRODY (MYFOX NATIONAL) - NASA has told museums around the country that they can have a genuine space shuttle if they're willing to pay $42 million, ... [more]

6:14:12 PM Future Uncertain for Stuck Mars Rover
ABC News - United States

NASA was dealt a major setback recently when another wheel appeared to have stopped moving, leaving Spirit with only four working wheels to plot its great ... [more]

4:38:19 PM PC-BSD 8.0-BETA Released
OS News - USA

"The PC-BSD Team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 8.0-BETA (Hubble Edition), running FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE, and KDE 4.3.4. ... [more]

2:42:58 PM Astronomers Flock to 'Largest Astronomy Meeting in the Universe'
Space.com - USA

By Andrea Thompson Astronomers are gathering in Washington, DC today for what is being billed as the largest astronomy meeting in the history of the .... [more]

1:48:22 PM Looking through Galileo's eyes
GlobalPost - USA

By Nicole Martinelli — Special to GlobalPost ARCETRI, Italy — Astronomers have recreated Galilei Galileo's telescope to celebrate the 400th anniversary of ... [more]

12:41:48 PM City hosts eagle encounters, astronomy nights
The Coloradoan - Fort Collins,CO,USA

The city of Fort Collins is hosting eagle watching sessions and astronomy nights at Fossil Creek this month as its Natural Areas Program takes over the ... [more]

12:35:47 PM Secrets of Epsilon Aurigae soon may be revealed, or not
The Coloradoan - Fort Collins,CO,USA

Epsilon Aurigae first attracted attention in 1821 when the German astronomer Johann Fritsch noticed the star dimmed to about half of its brightness within a ... [more]

10:53:18 AM Ashland museum seeks NASA grant for planetarium
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA

By JOHN DARLING ScienceWorks Hands-on Museum in Ashland is awaiting word from NASA on an application for a $650000 grant to create a state-of-the-art ... [more]

9:58:12 AM Mason grad exploring space
Monroenews.com - Monroe,Michigan,USA

2010 11:06PM — Evening News photo by BRYAN BOSCH Brian Trease holds a laptop computer showing the image of one of NASA's Mars rovers, a project the ... [more]

9:45:23 AM From Russia, with good intent
Worcester Telegram - Worcester,MA,USA

The latest on killer asteroids involves a Russian plan to deflect 99942 Apophis, a 1000-foot-long rock that astronomers say will pass some 18300 miles above ... [more]

7:50:26 AM NASA marks Spirit's 6th year on Mars
United Press International

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Spirit, the Martian rover designed to spend three months in unmanned exploration of the Red Planet, marks its six-year ... [more]

5:39:07 AM What creates comets? How are astronomical comets made?
SodaHead News

by Poet003 Posted 18 minutes ago They are very similar to a meteorite that you would see as a "shooting star" in the night sky. ... [more]

5:33:55 AM New Year's resolution: In 2010, try again
South Florida Sun-Sentinel - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon last July, and it looked as if the space shuttle Endeavour would finally blast off from the Kennedy Space Center. ... [more]

4:58:09 AM Weather History: January 3: Record Warm, Cold, Snowstorm/Blizzard, Ice ...
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Residents of the Midwest and Ohio Valley observed a brilliant meteorite. Witnesses said that the trail left by the meteorite was visible for as long as 30 ... [more]

4:49:29 AM Russia plans to save Earth from asteroid hit
India Today

Among the findings is another close encounter by the asteroid with the earth in 2068 with the chance of impact currently at approximately three- in- a- ... [more]

4:37:59 AM Nasa plans 'deflector' for rogue asteroids
India Today

NASA scientists have outlined a design for a rendezvous spacecraft which could operate as a gravity tractor. Such a spacecraft would carry some thrusters ... [more]

4:26:56 AM On Astronomy: Keeping an eye on January skies
Broomfield Enterprise - Broomfield,CO,USA

By Michael Hotka Guest columnist January is your last chance to see Jupiter in the evening sky until next fall. As January begins, look fairly high in the ... [more]

4:19:49 AM Extraterrestrial doom a rage in films
India Today

Asteroids hitting the earth have been part of popular culture for long. In 1979, for instance, the movie Meteor fired public imagination. ... [more]

2:07:05 AM Russian Scientists Warn Of Massive Asteroid Hitting The Earth
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand

By Ranjan Bhaduri Jan.02, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The news of a giant asteroid hitting the earth has created a sensation among the astronomers and scientists. ... [more]

1:20:41 AM Final Countdown: A must read as the shuttle era draws to a close
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Duggins, a fixture at the NASA KSC press site, (his photo on the inside back dustcover is taken at the press site) has covered the space shuttle program for ... [more]

1:11:05 AM Mars takes centre stage this month
Telegraph-Journal - Saint John,New Brunswick,Canada

The Saint John Astronomy Club meets on the first Saturday of the month. Visit its website at http://sjacnb.tripod.com. [more]

1:02:22 AM Museum to host NASA/Pink Panther exhibits
WDAM-TV - Hattiesburg,MS,USA

The first, which will open in April, will focus on NASA. It's called NASA/ART: 50 Years of Exploration. "It's 50 years of artwork, collected by our nation's ... [more]

12:15:13 AM NASA's next frontier: Venus, the moon, or an asteroid
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA

by Jennifer Guevin NASA has chosen three options it will consider as its next target for future scientific space exploration--Venus, the moon, ... [more]



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