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News From Friday, January 08, 2010
11:44:24 PM Astronomy's next stage
MSNBC (press release) - USA

The International Year of Astronomy is ending, but the legacy of the last 12 months of celestial celebration will continue, under night skies and especially ... [more]

11:19:21 PM ISS node "Tranquility" at Kennedy Space Center
Orlando Sentinel

NASA is wrestling with a problem with cooling hoses designed for a new “room” scheduled for delivery to the International Space Station by space Shuttle ... [more]

10:48:31 PM NASA extends life of Chandra X-ray mission
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

"I think it's very good news," said astronomer Roger Brissenden, manager and flight director of the Chandra X-ray Center overseeing the space telescope's ... [more]

10:42:55 PM to find Earth-like planets.
findingDulcinea - New York,New York,USA

Kepler is a telescope designed specifically to find planets, but the Hubble Space Telescope is more of a general tool. Launched on April 24, 1990, ... [more]

10:32:48 PM Former NASA astronaut Gordon Fullerton suffers massive stroke, said to
The Associated Press

The Canadian Press LOS ANGELES — Retired astronaut and NASA test pilot C. Gordon Fullerton is being treated in a Southern California hospital after suffering a massive stroke. ... [more]

10:02:21 PM NASA'S Space Shuttle Crew in Washington, Available for Interviews
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Headquarters in Washington will welcome space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 astronauts for a visit on Monday, Jan. ... [more]

9:21:25 PM Hubble-Hugging Astronaut Leaves NASA for Space Telescope
Space.com - USA

By Clara Moskowitz Astronaut John Grunsfeld, famous for visiting the Hubble Space Telescope three times on space shuttle missions, has left NASA to help ... [more]

8:49:08 PM 'Only matter of time' before second Earth found
Herald Sun - Melbourne City,Victoria,Australia

US ASTRONOMERS have detected the second smallest exoplanet ever discovered with a mass just four times heavier than the Earth, adding to a growing number of ... [more]

8:43:05 PM Endeavour stays toasty in Florida chill
Register - London,England,UK

By Lester Haines • Get more from this author NASA technicians are keeping space shuttle Endeavour nice and toasty ahead of its forthcoming STS-130 mission ... [more]

8:38:42 PM NASA Focuses on Environmentally Responsible Aircraft
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

12, at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Fay Collier will outline the highlights of the agency's "Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) .... [more]

8:17:21 PM RAS Honors Outstanding Astronomers And Geophysicists
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA

The Royal Astronomical Society, the UK's voice for professional astronomers and geophysicists, today announced the recipients of the Society's medals and ... [more]

7:42:30 PM Carolyn Hax Live: Advice columnist tackles your problems
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

For the peanut gallery: Meteorite wedding band - hokey or unique? Carolyn Hax: At first I thought you meant the music would come from meteorites. ... [more]

7:01:40 PM Astronomers map dark matter 'beach ball'
PhysicsToday.org

By Physics Today on January 8, 2010 12:59 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks NPR: From way out in space, our home galaxy would look pretty much like a flat ... [more]

6:56:01 PM Our World - 9 January 2010
Voice of America

San Jose State University astronomer Natalie Batalha told reporters that some of those false positives can be eliminated by the precision and stability of ... [more]

6:07:28 PM Astronomers say they've measured dark matter for first time
iTWire (press release) - Australia

by William Atkins US astronomers have announced that they have made the first definitive measurement of dark matter. They describe the shape they observed ... [more]

5:59:39 PM Elegant Universe and The Myth of the Rational Market
The L Magazine

The over-all reaction I encountered put me in mind of what happened to cosmology after the astronomer Edwin Hubble, in 1929, discovered that the universe ... [more]

5:54:50 PM X-Ray Space Telescope Gets Longer Lease on Life
Space.com - USA

By Tariq Malik After a decade of scanning the universe, NASA's orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory has a new lease on life – one that could extend its ... [more]

5:43:26 PM Preston makes 'Impact'
Summit Daily News - Frisco,CO,USA

When the team reached the temple, one of the scientists found a rare meteorite in the shrine. Just over a decade later, Preston wove his real-life ... [more]

5:37:01 PM Liberty photograph flies high in space
Liberty News - Lynchburg,VA,USA

The picture was taken in November aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on Melvin's second space mission and shows a photograph taken by LU senior staff ... [more]

5:27:12 PM Quest to find planet similar to Earth creates buzz
The Daily Citizen - Dalton,GA,USA

Still, Ditteon and his astronomy students are blessed with keen, smart eyes. Several of his Rose students have pursued graduate degrees in astronomy and ... [more]

5:14:40 PM Astronomers discover new tidal streams in Andromeda Galaxy
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India

Washington, DC: An international team of astronomers has identified two new tidal streams in the Andromeda Galaxy, the remnants of dwarf galaxies consumed ... [more]

4:58:39 PM Hubble Finds 13.2-Billion-Year-Old 'Primordial' Galaxies
Gearlog

The Hubble Space Telescope, with its newly-added infrared Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), has discovered new "primordial" galaxies 13.2 billion years old--the ... [more]

3:40:56 PM NASA's Kepler Telescope Finds Five Planets Outside Sola...
MyStateline.com - Rockford,IL,USA

NASA says none of the planets even come close to Earth in size or temperature. Dubbed "exoplanets" the discoveries range in size from something similar to ... [more]

2:43:28 PM NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Discovers its First Five Exoplanets
Media Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA

NASA's Kepler space telescope, designed to find Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars, has discovered its first five new exoplanets, ... [more]

2:36:26 PM An embarrassment of Kepler riches, planetary and otherwise
Ars Technica - USA

One paper lists the follow-up resources available to the team, which include the Hubble and Spitzer in space, and Hawaii's Keck telescope back on Earth. ... [more]

2:13:22 PM Telescope - the ultimate discovery
Hindustan Times - New Delhi,India

Using a home made telescope with 15-20 times magnification this Italian astronomer looked to the skies and discovered the moons of Jupiter circling round ... [more]

12:38:15 PM Fight To Save Space Industry Jobs Intensifies
WFtv.com - Orlando,FL,USA

As NASA moves closer retiring the Space Shuttle program there is a new push Friday morning to save jobs on the Space Coast. With 7500 jobs hanging in the ... [more]

11:04:17 AM Earth-like planet find 'imminent'
The Associated Press

A top Nasa astronomer and other leading scientists say that within four or five years they should discover the first Earth-like planet where life could ... [more]

10:51:18 AM Experts set 'Bad Astronomy' believers straight
Hagerstown Morning Herald - Hagerstown,MD,USA

By TIFFANY ARNOLD William M. Brish Planetarium will soon take on a new mission: to stop the spread of bad astronomy. "As a teacher, I want to make sure ... [more]

8:48:06 AM Lew Allen Jr. dies at 84; retired Air Force general headed JPL for 8 years
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

In 1990, he led a NASA investigation into the defective mirror on the Hubble Space Telescope, an investigation that concluded that a faulty test instrument ... [more]

8:43:57 AM NASA develops mirror to look into galactic past
Times of India - India

Now two centuries later, NASA is relying on them to look into the past. The agency is developing a primary mirror 21.3 feet across, for use on the James ... [more]

8:13:40 AM Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 07, @10:13PM
Slashdot

c0mpliant writes "A huge halo of dark natter that surrounds our galaxy has been revealed to astronomers at the University of California. ... [more]

6:35:20 AM Crist short on details on help for Brevard during visit to Space Coast
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA

By Robert Block, Orlando Sentinel Space Editor PORT CANAVERAL — With the Space Coast facing the loss of as many as 19000 jobs when the space shuttle is ... [more]

6:31:02 AM Astronomers one step closer to solving mystery of dimming star
Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena,CA,USA

But astronomers weren't able to figure out what was happening every 27 years when, like clockwork, the star would dim. Thanks to the work of new sensitive ... [more]

6:16:53 AM Astronomers: Earth-like planets could be found
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown,OH,USA

A top NASA official and other leading scientists say that within four or five years they should discover the first Earth-like planet where life could ... [more]

4:15:31 AM Crist Talks About NASA's Future, Possible Job Loss
WESH.com - Winter Park,FL,USA

Charlie Crist was in Brevard County on Thursday to talk about the future of NASA and the possible loss of thousands of jobs. A business owner in the area ... [more]

3:09:31 AM The View from Mudsock Heights: What Do We Do About the Asteroid Problem?
Open for Business - USA

But the point was made: if an asteroid hit the Earth, it would be very bad. Several fairly awful movies to the contrary, changing the course of an asteroid ... [more]

2:13:47 AM Rocks from moon and Everest to fly into space
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

Zamka, who with his STS-130 crewmates are scheduled to launch to the space station aboard the space shuttle Endeavour on Feb. ... [more]

1:38:33 AM NASA chief touts international cooperation
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

Bolden also laid down a challenge to the listening astronomers to reach out to the public to communicate the excitement of science, and to work harder to ... [more]

1:12:02 AM Major injury in River Road hit-and-run crash
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

The other driver, Terry Hubble of Monte Rio, suffered moderate injuries in the 7:53 am collision despite his attempt to veer out of Hotchkiss' way, .... [more]

1:06:48 AM Magdalena Ridge Observatory To Receive $4 Million For Expansion
SmallTownPapers News Service - Seattle,WA,USA

“One of our missions at the Magdalena Ridge Observatory is to track the orbits of near earth objects,” Ryan said. The chance of an asteroid or large meteor ... [more]

12:36:51 AM Milky Way enigma: Why galaxy's central black hole is silent
Christian Science Monitor - USA

An image released by NASA Tuesday, shows Sagittarius A, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy made from data provided by the ... [more]

12:16:40 AM UH delays EIS for Big Island telescope
Honolulu Star-Bulletin

By AP HILO >> The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy is delaying work on an environmental impact statement for a telescope to be built atop Mauna ... [more]



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