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News From Saturday, January 30, 2010
11:55:52 PM Nasa mission to unravel sun's threat to Earth
The Times - London,England,UK

NASA is to embark on one of its most ambitious missions in an attempt to unlock the secrets of the sun. Following its launch in nine days' time, ... [more]

11:14:45 PM Empty office space on rise in Southern Nevada, but analysts see some hope
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA

By HUBBLE SMITH The two-year recession is clearly taking a toll on Southern Nevada's retail market, emptying shopping centers and pinching consumer spending ... [more]

9:59:54 PM Extra Bright Night Sky
NBC Sandiego.com - San Diego,CA,USA

Dr. Grant Miller, an astronomy professor at Southwestern Community College, said that even though the larger moon may not have been that noticeable to .... [more]

9:13:21 PM Spaceport America Construction Begins: We'll All Be Space Cowboys Soon!
Switched

To be fair, this is not the first landing strip with the ability to handle a returning space shuttle. NASA's Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space ... [more]

9:11:44 PM The threat from above
Herald Review

Had the asteroid hit the earth, there would have been no advance warning. It came fast and out of earth's 'blind spot,' and by the time someone noticed it, ... [more]

9:06:05 PM Lawmakers gird for NASA cut battle
United Press International

30 (UPI) -- US President Barack Obama's moves to drop a NASA program that would return astronauts to the moon will spark a political fight, space program ... [more]

6:39:09 PM If a meteorite lands in office, who can sell it?
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA

When a meteorite crashed into the office of Dr. Marc Gallini and Dr. Frank Ciampi in Lorton, Va., on Jan. 18, it did a lot of damage and created a lot of ... [more]

6:12:39 PM Late optometrist's video offers rare view of space shuttle Challenger
Louisville Courier Journal - Louisville,KY,USA

Louisville Courier-Journal What happened to the Challenger temporarily halted the space shuttle program. An investigation revealed that faulty O-rings on a rocket booster caused the ... [more]

5:26:02 PM Obama to suggest end of NASA moon program
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

President Obama will ask Congress to terminate funding for NASA's planned return to the moon, according to multiple reports. The New York Times reported ... [more]

4:30:34 PM Incredible Hubble images on display at Science Central the last word
News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA

The pictures in Friday's News-Sentinel were part of a preview of a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the temporary exhibition, “Hubble Space Telescope: New Views ... [more]

3:24:40 PM La Mesa musician's CD in space for 183 days
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

Chamitoff is due to take off on July 29 aboard space shuttle Endeavour. The auction of a windbreaker autographed by Tiger Woods and bearing a Masters golf ... [more]

3:21:38 PM Wolf Moon Makes Amateur Astronomers Howl with Delight
Tech Jackal

For amateur astronomers, Friday night was the perfect night to pull out their telescope, to see up close the craters that mar the moon’s surface. ... [more]

3:11:17 PM NASA Airborne Radar Studies Haiti Earthquake Faults
Science Daily (press release) - USA

12, NASA has added a series of science overflights of earthquake faults in Haiti and the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola to a previously ... [more]

2:28:09 PM Brown Dwarf Hunt Hits Record Low
Discovery News

However, as our observational capabilities improved -- allowing astronomers to look deeper into space, detecting cooler objects -- many of these "failed ... [more]

12:23:49 PM NASA honors astronauts
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA

Bruce said she vividly remembered the "devastating" Challenger explosion and was honored to pay tribute Friday to the astronauts during NASA's Day of ... [more]

11:46:51 AM Hubble exhibit provides 'New Views' of universe
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

By now, we have all seen photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on our computers and TV screens. But few of us have seen them the way they will be .... [more]

9:57:23 AM NASA's Mars rover Spirit begins new chapter
Albuquerque Express - Albuquerque,NM,USA

After six years of unprecedented exploration, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit will no longer be a fully mobile robot. NASA has designated the ... [more]

9:37:54 AM Geoffrey Burbidge dies at 84; astrophysicist and colleagues discovered
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Los Angeles Times He had no interest in astronomy, he said, but in a graduate seminar met astronomer Margaret Peachy. He married her in 1948 "and that is how I got into ... [more]

8:10:48 AM Arizona Meteorite Exhibition
University of Arizona News (press release) - Tucson,AZ,USA

The Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, or LPL, is kicking off its 50th anniversary with this celebration of Arizona meteorite finders, classifiers, ... [more]

8:09:23 AM Extraterrestrial Life: Is there anybody out there?
Times of India - India

However , Dr Marek Kukula, public astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, UK, warns advertising our presence could be risky. ... [more]

6:12:08 AM Astronauts Ready for Shuttle Launch Amid NASA Uncertainty
Space.com - USA

By Tariq Malik WASHINGTON – Six NASA astronauts are ready to rocket into space on the shuttle Endeavour in just over a week as questions swirl over the ... [more]

5:33:51 AM Astronomy Without A Telescope – Wake Me When We Get There
Universe Today - USA

Living on a planet comes with certain advantages. Gravity, for instance. The only reason hot air rises on Earth is that colder, denser air will always fall ... [more]

5:27:10 AM Magic remains over space curio
Hawke's Bay Today

The next day, when family members had gone to look for any sign of the "meteorite" they discovered a large scooped-out crater, and the strange metallic lump ... [more]

4:33:11 AM White House killing NASA's moon mission, reports say
ComputerWorld - USA

.... companies to act as a sort of shuttle service, taking astronauts back and forth from the space station after NASA's space shuttle fleet is retired. ... [more]

3:20:42 AM Space on your phone
MSNBC (press release) - USA

NASA Images: The Internet Archive has partnered with NASA to offer up a huge repository of space imagery, including video. You can connect with NASA Images ... [more]

2:46:34 AM Astronomers prepare for Mars showcase
Sideways News - London,UK

The effect promises to be stunning when it lines up alongside a full moon, providing photographers and astronomers with a crystal clear view of both .... [more]

1:30:24 AM DiCaprio narrates 'Hubble 3D' space film
United Press International

29 (UPI) -- Hollywood screen star Leonardo DiCaprio has signed on to narrate the space film "Hubble 3D," Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. and IMAX Corp. announced ... [more]

1:01:09 AM UPI NewsTrack Quirks in the News
United Press International

29 (UPI) -- A meteorite that dropped into a Virginia doctors' office is now at the center of an ownership battle between the doctors and their landlords. ... [more]

12:47:20 AM Battling the Information Barbarians
Wall Street Journal - USA

Even scientific ideas, such as astronomy or medicine, which might be considered to be neutral, came with values that were anything but. ... [more]



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