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8:03:01 PM Backward Black Holes Control Fate of Galaxies
Space.com - USA

At the heart of galaxies, astronomers have routinely detected what seem to be supermassive black holes millions to billions of times the mass of our sun. ... [more]

7:58:59 PM NASA: Robotic arm attaches addition to space station
ComputerWorld - USA

And Tranquility, which rode up to the station onboard NASA's space shuttle Endeavour this week, was lifted out of the shuttle's payload bay today and .... [more]

7:58:12 PM Hubble captures new images of Saturn
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (blog)

By Kim McGuire Here's a really interesting image captured last year by the Hubble telescope that was recently released. It shows a rare view of Saturn's ... [more]

7:55:44 PM Royal Astronomical Society National Astronomy Meeting, Glasgow, UK
Cordis News - Brussels,Belgium

The annual Royal Astronomical Society National Astronomy Meeting (RAS NAM) will be held at the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, UK from 12 to 16 April 2010 ... [more]

7:23:27 PM NASA launches SDO satellite to study the sun
The Tech Herald - Indianapolis,IN,USA

by Stevie Smith - Feb 12 2010, 15:30 Media focus may currently be centred on the space shuttle's latest supply run to the International Space Station (ISS), ... [more]

6:49:35 PM Text: Paul Sieveking / Images: Martin Ross
Fortean Times

Another asteroid 23ft wide, called 2009 VA, came within 8700 miles of Earth on 6 November. It wasn't spotted until 15 hours earlier. ... [more]

5:25:37 PM Hubble films twin auroras on Saturn
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK

A rare glimpse of a flickering light show over both poles of the planet Saturn has been captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. ... [more]

5:25:35 PM School's space camp lifts off for science education
OCRegister - Orange County,CA,USA

By BRITTANY LEVINE Marblehead Elementary in San Clemente tries to make science fun for kids with after-school Astronomy Night. John Hill blew hard into a ... [more]

3:58:51 PM Space Station Gets A Room With a View
Information Week Weblog - Manhasset,NY,USA

STS-130 is Endeavour's 24th flight and the 130th for the space shuttle program overall. NASA is cancelling the program at the end of 2010, and there are ... [more]

3:44:09 PM NASA, GM Take Giant Leap in Robotic Technology
Scientific Computing - Rockaway,NJ,USA

NASA and General Motors are working together to accelerate development of the next generation of robots and related technologies for use in the automotive ... [more]

3:35:05 PM Best Bets: Celebrate Mardi Gras
Southern Pines Pilot - Southern Pines,NC,USA

Mars, nicknamed the “Red Planet,” is the focus of Town Creek Indian Mound's February Astronomy Night Saturday, Feb. 13, beginning at 6 pm “Astronomy Night ... [more]

2:09:06 PM Learn about solar-system volcanoes at astronomy open house
Arizona State University

You can learn more about them during the free Astronomy Open House from 8 to 10 pm Feb. 26 on the roof of the Bateman Physical Sciences Center H Wing (5th ... [more]

2:00:53 PM NASA Endeavour crew tweaks plumbing, ready for spacewalk
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

The last thing the NASA astronauts want or need in the orbiting space station is a water problem. That's why among the many projects the astronauts are ... [more]

1:41:42 PM Shuttle Crew Completes First STS-130 Spacewalk
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA

Mission Specialist Kay Hire and Pilot Terry Virts used the station's Canadarm2 to pull Tranquility out of the space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay and ... [more]

12:12:29 PM Asteroid named after Deming amateur astronomer (4:55 am)
Las Cruces Sun-News - Las Cruces,NM,USA

Paul Temple, 55, an amateur astronomer for more than 50 years. He is pastor of Deming's Bethel Baptist Church. The asteroid, 2.25 to 2.5 Astronomical Units ... [more]

8:18:34 AM RAGE Preview
Bitbag - San Diego,CA,USA

.... destroyed by a asteroid, 99942 Apophis. The cool thing is that for a short time a few years ago there was a risk that Apophis would actually hit Earth ... [more]

7:48:10 AM Other-worldly pursuit
World Magazine - USA

As the astronomers analyze the starlight data collected by Keck, they look for repetitious shifts in the wavelengths of individual stars. ... [more]

7:34:25 AM Off to Astronomy magazine's observatory
Astronomy Magazine

This weekend Senior Editor Rich Talcott, his wife Evelyn, and I will travel to Astronomy's observatory at Rancho Hidalgo near Animas, New Mexico. ... [more]

7:06:31 AM Space awaits
The Free Lance-Star

JUST THREE MORE space-shuttle launches remain. Plans to return to the moon as a stepping stone to Mars, scrubbed. Going where no man has gone before, .... [more]

6:52:31 AM Mexican 'meteorite' was falling Russian satellite
Herald Sun - Melbourne City,Victoria,Australia

Reports of a large meteorite reached Mexican media and police on Wednesday from the Hidalgo and Puebla states. Many said they felt the ground shake with the ... [more]

6:52:12 AM NASA's New Direction in Space
Kenyon Collegian

With last week's release of President Obama's budget proposal for NASA, the agency has moved in an entirely new direction to develop faster and more ... [more]

4:28:28 AM NASA and Space - The Future vs. the Past
Space Ref - USA

In covering the uproar over the just-released NASA budget and its implications, the major media headlines have been trumpeting: "Lunar Program Cancelled". ... [more]

4:04:20 AM New 3-D Map of Interstellar Gas Around the Sun
Wired News - USA

The work builds on a 2003 map and was published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics . It incorporates more than twice the data of the previous map. ... [more]

2:59:12 AM Astronauts awe-struck by International Space Station
Daily Mail - UK - UK

That truly is the amazing legacy of the space shuttle programme.' The six-strong space shuttle crew brought vital food supplies with them as well as an ... [more]

2:14:51 AM NASA Looks Into The Eyes Of The Sun
Information Week Weblog - Manhasset,NY,USA

By Paul McDougall Ignoring rocker Bruce Springsteen's mother's advice, NASA on Thursday launched a space-born observatory that will stare directly into the ... [more]

1:56:18 AM Mexican Meteorite: Was it Russian Space Junk?
Discovery News

By Ian O'Neill | Thu Feb 11, 2010 06:40 PM ET According to media sources in Mexico, a 30 meter wide crater was left after a meteorite impacted approximately ... [more]

1:30:51 AM WISE Spies Its First Comet
Universe Today - USA

"It is very unlikely that a comet will hit Earth," said James Bauer, a scientist at JPL working on the WISE project, "But, in the rare chance that one did, ... [more]

1:27:08 AM Cartersville museum to hold nighttime event for families
Rome News Tribune - rome,ga,USA

Dundee is the museum's astronomer and his talk is appropriate for adults and children. The event, scheduled for 5-10 pm, is free for members, and included ... [more]

1:23:09 AM The 2010 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, Wednesday recap
Astronomy Magazine

This concept will certainly catch on with meteorite collectors and astronomy buffs. My father, John, an experienced chemist and mineralogist, accompanied me ... [more]

12:31:31 AM Bulldog becomes Roadrunner
Bandera County Courier - TX,USA

The fact that the Roadrunners' nascent gridiron program is 20 months away from their first game didn't deter Hubble from choosing SA over Houston. .... [more]

12:25:47 AM Orbiting Space Shuttle Astronauts Answer Questions From Students Nationwide
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

14 by space shuttle astronauts orbiting 220 miles above Earth. The students, who attend nine NASA Explorer Schools nationwide, submitted their questions to ... [more]



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