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News From Thursday, December 17, 2009
11:33:37 PM Experiment detects particles of dark matter, maybe
Science News - USA

The late astronomer Fritz Zwicky first proposed the existence of dark matter in the 1930s when he calculated that the amount of ordinary matter in the Coma ... [more]

11:20:22 PM Has dark matter finally been detected?
Guardian - UK

The scale on which people are looking for dark matter is vast," said Gerry Gilmore at Cambridge University's institute of astronomy. ... [more]

11:17:05 PM Mars probe's latest trouble: Titanium parts
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

Still, there's one issue that could keep the roughly $2.3 billion NASA mission grounded: titanium parts that may not be strong enough for the robotic rover. ... [more]

10:35:21 PM Nearby Super-Earth May Be a Waterworld
FOX News - USA

By Jeanna Bryner A rocky and water-rich planet, not much heftier than our own, has been discovered so close to our solar system that astronomers one day may ... [more]

10:15:48 PM A super-Earth that may have an atmosphere has been found orbiting a red
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Examiner.com Astronomers now plan to directly discern the new super-Earth's atmosphere using space-based technology such as the Hubble Space Telescope. ... [more]

9:59:28 PM Obama and NASA's Bolden discuss space exploration
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Only a few details have dribbled out of the meeting in the Oval Office between President Obama and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. ... [more]

9:46:02 PM Astronomy 101: How astronomers discovered the water planet GJ 1214b
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

A team of astronomers at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics led by David Charbonneau have recently announced the discovery of a super-Earth ... [more]

9:06:52 PM Maria Mitchell's astronomer visits White House to collect award
Nantucket Independent - Nantucket,MA,USA

BY PETER B. BRACE INDEPENDENT WRITER Vladimir Strelnitski, director of the Maria Mitchell Association's astronomy department, will accept the Presidential ... [more]

8:56:12 PM Northrop Grumman Advanced Composite Mate Joint Passes Stringent Tests
CNN/Money - USA

CNNMoney.com (press release) In collaboration with the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) Composite Crew Module team, Northrop Grumman developed a unique joint design that was ... [more]

8:17:18 PM New Study of Meteorite Provides More Evidence for Ancient Life on Mars
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA

This image of the meteorite, seen through a scanning electron microscope, shows bumps that resemble a fossilized colony of microbacteria. ... [more]

6:49:46 PM Huge Waterworld Planet Discovered
WCJB World News

The close proximity of GJ1214b should make it possible for the Hubble Telescope to establish the composition of its atmosphere. The initial discovery was ... [more]

6:12:54 PM NASA EXHIBIT: Arts center goes to infinity and beyond
Colorado Springs Gazette - Colorado Springs,CO,USA

More than 200 artists and musicians participated in the NASA Art Program, which has amassed a collection of 2500 works. The archive embraces a dizzying ... [more]

5:45:18 PM Saving Earth From an Asteroid Will Take Diplomats, Not Heroes
Wired News - USA

By Alexis Madrigal SAN FRANCISCO — In the movie version of stopping an asteroid from hitting Earth popularized by Armageddon , a few brave Americans quickly ... [more]

5:21:25 PM Obama meeting with NASA chief yields few details so far
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando,FL,USA

Barack Obama's meeting on Wednesday afternoon with NASA administrator Charlie Bolden has so far not resulted in any headline-making details leaking into the ... [more]

5:12:22 PM Supernova explosions stay in shape
UC Santa Cruz (press release) - Santa Cruz,CA,USA

Now, new research suggests studying the shape of the aftermath of supernovas may allow astronomers to do the same. A new study of images from NASA's Chandra ... [more]

5:09:29 PM The Science Behind James Cameron's Avatar
FOX News - USA

Last January, a team led by Yale astronomer Barbara Fischer began a five-year survey of Alpha Centauri using a 1.5-meter telescope at the Cerro Tololo ... [more]

4:43:59 PM Outfit Your Home Like the Space Shuttle
BobVila.com - Boston,MA,USA

As the most insulating technology known to man, aerogel was used to solve the space shuttle's problem of keeping the liquid hydrogen (the shuttle's fuel and ... [more]

4:06:50 PM Chandler Christian Church Presents, “The Star of Bethlehem: Fact or
BigNews.biz (press release) - Natick,MA,USA

BigNews.biz (press release) Ever since the 1600s, people have used astronomy, history, and the Bible to try to identify the Star of Bethlehem. So was the star something real, ... [more]

4:00:43 PM Hatfield astronomers tracing the universe from the Dark Ages
Times 24 - Herts,UK

.... images of space (click on the gallery link) have been taken by a state-of-the-art telescope worked on by University of Hertfordshire astronomers. ... [more]

3:20:04 PM NASA remembers its 2009 accomplishments
United Press International

It was also the year the Hubble Space Telescope was upgraded, the number of people living on the International Space Station was increased and an ... [more]

1:32:12 PM Space Shuttle's final year will include Mobile astronaut Kay Hire
The Birmingham News - al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

By Guy Busby (NASA/James Blair)NASA astronaut Kay Hire, from Mobile, Ala., is training at Johnson Space Center in Houston for her second journey into orbit ... [more]

12:41:57 PM Steamy water planet discovered
Omaha World Herald - Omaha,NE,USA

But its discovery has encouraged a growing feeling among astronomers that they are on the verge of a breakthrough and getting closer to finding a planet ... [more]

12:40:49 PM Spaceflight commitment
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

Obama and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden met to discuss recommendations from the White House-appointed Augustine Commission about the future of America's ... [more]

11:41:27 AM NASA, Google offer more precise emissions tracking
The Associated Press

NASA, the wonder agency of the 1960s, and Google, the go-to company of the early 21st Century, are trying to give the world the ability to monitor both the ... [more]

10:42:59 AM Astronomers capture first direct image of a young binary star system
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand

Washington, December 17 (ANI): A team of astronomers has captured the first direct image of a young binary star system. It was captured by astronomers from ... [more]

9:43:09 AM Astronomers discover 'super-Earth' using ground-based telescopes
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India

Washington: A team of astronomers has announced the discovery of a "super-Earth" using a small fleet of ground-based telescopes no larger than those many ... [more]

9:36:48 AM Hubble helps find smallest object in Kuiper Belt
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA

By Frank D. Roylance A California scientist using the Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the smallest object ever seen in the Kuiper Belt - the vast ... [more]

9:26:14 AM JPL releases groundbreaking climate data; new data illuminates behavior
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - West Covina,CA,USA

San Gabriel Valley Tribune By Emma Gallegos, Staff Writer The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument (AIRS) has been measuring atmospheric gases since it was launched aboard NASA's ... [more]

7:57:20 AM Children 1, Astronaut 0
New York Times (blog)

Chamitoff is scheduled to go on Space Shuttle flight STS-134, one of the last before the Shuttle is taken out of service. The primary mission of the flight ... [more]

7:46:35 AM Astronomers discover new “water world” – a planet dubbed GJ 1214b!
TopNews - Little Rock,Arkansas,USA

Going by the most recent astronomy-related findings reported in the journal Nature on Thursday, astronomers claim to have discovered a new planet - dubbed ... [more]

7:45:43 AM SUNDAY, DEC. 20
Birmingham Weekly - USA

FROM METEORITE TO DOWNRIGHT TO ROBERT MOORE & THE WILDCATS: Birmingham's music scene has a history of bands that effectively blend jazz, funk and R&B. ... [more]

7:24:09 AM NASA Releases New LRO Data The lunar orbiter was launched earlier this year
Forbes

By Tudor Vieru, Science Editor The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is one of the two Moon-bound spacecraft that NASA launched this June, aboard an Atlas ... [more]

6:58:28 AM Astronomers discover 3 new 'super-Earths'
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

By DAVID PERLMAN SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Two teams of astronomers have detected three new “super-Earths” circling nearby stars — one apparently made of rock ... [more]

6:54:47 AM Pack your bags -- Astronomers find 'super-Earth'
The Tech Herald - Indianapolis,IN,USA

by Stevie Smith - Dec 17 2009, 05:25 Not that we'll be visiting any time soon, but stargazing astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics ... [more]

6:24:20 AM Harvard Astronomer, David Charbonneau, Discovers a "Super-Earth" Planet ...
Gather.com - Boston,MA,USA

On Wednesday, the journal Nature reported the discovery of a "super-Earth" by David Charbonneau, a Harvard astronomer the leader of an international team. ... [more]

4:25:14 AM House speaker questions more NASA funding, Mars trip
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA

BY BART JANSEN • FLORIDA TODAY • December 16, 2009 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi raised questions Wednesday about boosting NASA funding, in competition with ... [more]

4:04:42 AM Massive 'Waterworld' Discovered in Space, Presence of Kevin Costner
Gawker - New York,NY,USA

Gawker Astronomers have found a planet around six-and-a-half times the size of Earth, which they believe has abundant liquid water. It's one of the most Earth-like ... [more]

3:55:55 AM Science sagas of the '80s
MSNBC (press release) - USA

Some of today's coolest technologies - ranging from DNA analysis to the personal computer and the space shuttle - were built upon foundations laid during ... [more]

3:31:27 AM App review: official NASA app
iProng

For those who still feel that way, the new NASA iPhone app is a good way to keep track of all things space-related. The app has much of the information on ... [more]

1:50:27 AM Astronomers Find Watery Planet
Newser

By John Johnson| Posted 3 minutes ago| Share (Newser) – Astronomers have found a planet made mostly of water, coming ever closer to finding something out ... [more]

1:26:51 AM Local economy to remain mired in recession, according to Center for
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA

Las Vegas Review - Journal By HUBBLE SMITH Southern Nevada's economy is submerged in the deepest recession the United States has seen since the Great Depression, and not even the most ... [more]

1:01:24 AM Halo Stereo w/Mean Tambourines & The Astronomers
Nashville Scene - TN, USA

.... real lesson laid down by their forbears: Great pop doesn't exist without a healthy dose of snap and crackle. The Astronomers and Halo Stereo also play. [more]



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