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9:46:42 PM A tantalizing hint, but not proof, of elusive dark matter, reports
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA

Plain Dealer The indirect case for dark matter has been growing since the 1970s, when astronomer Vera Rubin of Washington's Carnegie Institution showed there wasn't ... [more]

9:25:36 PM Stellar Baby Boom of Early Universe Explained
Space.com - USA

When astronomers look far across the cosmos with powerful telescopes, they're effectively looking back in time. Galaxies in the early universe — a mere 3 or ... [more]

9:03:00 PM Noted astronomer Geoff Marcy next up for Assembly Series
Washington University in St. Louis News

By Barbara Rea Geoff Marcy, Ph.D., popular “planet hunter” and professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, will deliver the Ferguson ... [more]

8:56:56 PM NASA rocket, solar observatory reach orbit
Motors ...

An $850 million NASA mission to study the sun has safely reached orbit after blasting off this morning atop an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force ... [more]

8:17:52 PM NASA: Robots 'essential' to Endeavour mission's success
ComputerWorld - USA

By Sharon Gaudin Computerworld - NASA officials said this week that robots are an essential part of the space shuttle Endeavour's key mission to install two ... [more]

7:59:45 PM Possible Meteorite Impact Near Puebla and Hidalgo, Mexico
Universe Today - USA

Reports of a possible meteorite impact in Mexico are popping up on various places around the net. Via Twitter, this translated article said a bright light ... [more]

7:29:24 PM The Little Freezer that Saved the Hubble Camera [LAB TV]
Armed with Science

Today's LAB TV episode tells the story of how NASA called on Erin and her team to build a special “cryocooler” for the Hubble Space Telescope. ... [more]

5:23:50 PM Hubble catches Saturn's sky shows from space
Motors ...

NASA astronomers Thursday released movies of Saturn's northern and southern lights, seen edge-on. The ringed planet moves into its equinox, where both poles ... [more]

5:11:22 PM America's Long Journey Away From the Moon and Mars
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA

To many of us, Constellation offered an end to the directionless Space Shuttle era and a return to the glory years of Apollo. As a historian, though, ... [more]

4:45:41 PM Suntzeff Named Vice President of American Astronomical Society
Texas A&M University

Dr. Nicholas B. Suntzeff, professor of physics and director of the astronomy program at Texas A&M University, has been elected to a three-year term as a ... [more]

4:00:11 PM Sun-watching probe launched on second try
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

Astronomer Joe Liske shows you rare Hubble imagery of Saturn's double aurora in the European Space Agency's “Hubblecast.” NASA launched a probe on its quest ... [more]

3:48:48 PM The Morning Mix: Jessica Simpson Prepares To Punch John Mayer
Idolator - New York,NY,USA

[Vulture] :: SNL alum Molly Shannon books a recurring guest spot on Glee as a pill-popping, alcoholic astronomy teacher. Attention, writers: more of this ... [more]

3:03:15 PM Ground-Based Telescope Reveals Stunning Orion Nebula Image
Gearlog

The orbiting Hubble Space Telescope isn't the only way to get stunning images of distant objects. This breathtaking photo of the Orion Nebula (M42), ... [more]

2:35:42 PM Surplus astronaut right-sizing imminent at NASA?
Register - London,England,UK

By Lewis Page • Get more from this author There is concern at NASA regarding how to find work for all its astronauts following the demise of the space ... [more]

2:34:45 PM Chinese espionage: Engineer stole aerospace secrets for China
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

During the trial, the government proved that Chung stole Boeing trade secrets relating to the Space Shuttle and the Delta IV rocket, materials he acquired ... [more]

12:45:40 PM UC Santa Cruz astronomy professor discusses the music he has created
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA

Santa Cruz Sentinel Laughlin, an astronomy professor at UC Santa Cruz, will be featured on KZSC's "On What Grounds?" today to discuss his work and his upcoming lecture with ... [more]

12:00:50 PM SETIcon: “Are We Alone?”
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA

Panel discussions featuring Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweikhart; Philip Plait, the “Bad Astronomer,” stars of science fiction TV shows and movies; ... [more]

11:57:59 AM TuHS students conduct NASA experiment
The Times - Portland,Oregon,USA

The students will take part in a four-day science competition with NASA testing the effects of microgravity as part of the space agency's “Dropping in a ... [more]

11:49:13 AM NASA: Two New Space Shuttle Problems
WXIA-TV - NE Atlanta,GA,USA

Mission management team leader LeRoy Cain said Wednesday that neither problem appears to be serious, but he said everyone wants to be "very vigilant and ... [more]

10:09:04 AM Gas Around the Sun Mapped in 3D The full picture is still little understood
Forbes

Now, an international collaboration of astronomers publishes a new set of 3D maps of the region, which is located about 300 parsecs (980 light-years) around ... [more]

8:00:26 AM There's logic to new approach for NASA
Brazosport Facts - Clute,TX,USA

But there really was very little tranquil about this morning, as onlookers gazed upon what would be the final nighttime launch of the iconic NASA shuttle ... [more]

7:29:15 AM Youth should engage in solar studies
Maui Weekly - Kihei Maui,Hawaii,USA

4-10 paper about Dr. Jeff Kuhn and his studies of the sun [“University of Hawai'i Astronomer Reveals the Dark Side of the Sun”]. It will be interesting, ... [more]

7:04:47 AM Endeavor Docks to the ISS The procedure has gone flawlessly
Forbes

By Tudor Vieru, Science Editor Around midnight today, the space shuttle Endeavor finally caught up with the International Space Station in low-Earth orbit, ... [more]

5:38:51 AM A group portrait of our closest galactic neighbors
TransWorldNews (press release) - Monroe,GA,USA

By Mark Byland of Stowe, VT Global Rent a Scope (GRAS) is a proud to be the sponsor of the Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day (AAPOD), hosted by Astronomy ... [more]

4:51:30 AM Dwarf planet changes colour
Dispatch Online - East London,Eastern Cape,South Africa

They said they will compare Hubble pictures taken in 1994 with some from 2002 and 2003, as they search for more signs of seasonal change, including evidence ... [more]

3:19:40 AM Why Today's Galaxies Don't Make As Many Stars As They Once Did
University of Arizona News (press release) - Tucson,AZ,USA

UA Astronomers help explain why fewer stars are born today than in the early universe. By Daniel Stolte, University Communications February 10, .... [more]

3:12:15 AM Attic stored meteorite 'four billion years old'
BBC News - E,UK

A meteorite, which was at one point stored in an attic, is being studied by scientists at the French Natural History Museum for clues to the origins of life ... [more]

1:28:33 AM Obama overhauls NASA's agenda in budget request
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Earlier this month, by killing NASA's Constellation program, President Obama essentially challenged the space agency to do something other than put a man ... [more]

1:12:01 AM It's the final countdown
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland

These have brought highs such as the repair of the Hubble Space Telescope and the building of the International Space Station, and terrible lows with the ... [more]

12:26:45 AM NASA finds two potential problems on space shuttle Endeavour
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando,FL,USA

Credit: NASA NASA engineers are studying two new potential problems on space shuttle Endeavour: a ceramic spacer near one of shuttle Endeavour's cockpit ... [more]

12:06:32 AM Around the World 02/11 - Morning Edition
Arirang News

This piece of "star" is a rare meteorite that dates back to a time before the creation of the solar system. Scientists are closely examining a tiny slice of ... [more]



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