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News From Saturday, February 13, 2010
11:26:19 PM NASA Gets Into The Weather Forecasting Business - Space Weather That Is
IndyPosted (blog)

It's been a busy week for NASA. On Monday, the Space Shuttle Endeavour headed to the Space Station to install the new Tranquility Node, and yesterday – a ... [more]

11:03:36 PM Meteorite hunting
Herald Review

A previous column about meteors and meteorites prompted one reader to wonder why, if there is such a steady stream of them hitting the Earth, ... [more]

11:03:33 PM Stunning Space Photo Shows Shuttle in Silhouette
Los Angeles Times via Yahoo! News

Stunning new photographs released by NASA reveal the space shuttle Endeavour in silhouette against a colorful backdrop provided by the Earth. .... [more]

11:02:04 PM Astronomy solves puzzles posed by Hamlet and Van Gogh
The Times - London,England,UK

A team of art sleuths has turned to astronomy and mathematical formulas to crack a string of historical conundrums posed by the works of Shakespeare, .... [more]

10:25:12 PM Rock out. Way out
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

(The head of the Russian space agency has already called for action on asteroid Apophis, at risk of hitting Earth after 2030.) "As a civilization," Mr. ... [more]

8:58:37 PM See Saturn's twin light shows
MSNBC (press release) - USA

Scientists are showing off a one-of-a-kind double aurora, spotted on Saturn by the Hubble Space Telescope. The northern-southern light display is notable ... [more]

8:52:08 PM What is the Saros Cycle?
Times of India - India

The earliest discovered historical record of the Saros Cycle is by the Chaldeans (ancient Babylonian astronomers). It is very useful for predicting the ... [more]

7:55:45 PM NASA Awards Concession Agreement for Kennedy Visitor Complex
Space Ref - USA

NASA has selected Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, Inc., of Buffalo, NY, to provide concession services for the operation of Kennedy Space Center ... [more]

5:13:12 PM Star Stuff: It's practically tropical here compared to the moon
Muscatine Journal - Muscatine,IA,USA

Consider this: astronomers have just recently discovered one of the coldest spots in our solar system. Where? On our own moon, believe it or not. ... [more]

3:01:18 PM Chile May Host World's Biggest Telescope
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA

ESO hopes it will "address many of the most pressing unsolved questions in astronomy." The European agency believes the ELT could be as revolutionary as ... [more]

12:11:49 PM NASA says Shuttle OK
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA

BY TODD HALVORSON • FLORIDA TODAY • February 13, 2010 Endeavour's heat shield was given a clean bill of health Friday, and NASA decided not to attempt ... [more]

11:23:14 AM Vera L. Messick, 84
Baxter Bulletin - Baxter,AR,USA

Seven great grandchildren; Shelby and Craig Hubble, Chase, Harding and Joscelyn Ott Crane, Haley and Gavynn Carpenter. One son-in-law; William Beasley. ... [more]

9:49:10 AM Why fewer stars are born today than in the early universe
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India

Washington DC: University of Arizona (UA) astronomers have helped solve why fewer stars are born today than in the early universe, a mystery that has long ... [more]

9:43:02 AM Space still a valuable endeavor
Staunton News Leader - Staunton,VA,USA

The space shuttle program coming to an end, the three remaining shuttles being shipped off to spend their retirement years as expensive museum pieces and we ... [more]

8:43:45 AM NASA Astronauts Open Tranquility's Doors
Voice of America

11, 2010 photo provided by NASA, the Tranquility module is transferred from its stowage position in space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay to its position on ... [more]

8:23:26 AM WISE Discovers Its First Comet Many are sure to follow
Forbes

Launched only a few weeks ago, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has already found its first asteroid, and is expected to find several thousands of ... [more]

8:09:23 AM Darwin's Birthday Brings Unique Celebration
Chicago Public Radio

One of the scientists, Adler Planetarium astronomer Grace Wolf-Chase, says people don't have to choose between faith and science. WOLF-CHASE: By studying ... [more]

6:26:57 AM Carina shows SkyVoyager iPhone app, telescope controller
MacNN - USA

Carina Software at Macworld 2010 showed off several of its astronomy products geared for iPhones and Macs. The company offers SkyVoyager, ... [more]

5:55:06 AM Reps tells NASA's Bolden: “Stop damaging Constellation”
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando,FL,USA

A group of 27 members of Congress, mainly Republican representatives from Alabama and Texas, two states with major NASA centers, wrote a letter Friday to ... [more]

4:04:41 AM Looking Up: Only five years more to Pluto
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA

Its minuscule disc is barely perceptible to the professional astronomer; even the Hubble Space Telescope, above the turbulent and dusty atmosphere of Earth, ... [more]

3:49:06 AM NASA cancels KSC contract leading to charge “Obama broke law”
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando,FL,USA

NASA on Friday cancelled it's solicitation for the next generation ground processing contract for Kennedy Space Center, leading to accusations that ... [more]

3:26:46 AM Area stocks: Cenveo gains on Clixx acquisition
Danbury News Times

Hubble "A" shares led the gainers, climbing $1.27 to $43.52 on news that its dividend will go up a penny per quarter to 36 cents, or $1.44 for the year. ... [more]

2:45:26 AM NASA launches space Shuttle Endeavour
Economic Times - India

This NASA handout photo shows NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, SDO, launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Space Launch Complex-41 at 10:23 ... [more]

1:34:40 AM Hubble Telescope Reveals Changes on Pluto's Surface
Epoch Times - New York,NY,USA

By Andres Cordova NASA has published the most detailed images of the planet Pluto in the history of astronomy, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. ... [more]

12:15:22 AM NASA: Shuttle flaws too small to pose danger
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

NASA says the handful of defects on space shuttle Endeavour are too small to pose any threat. Mission managers agreed Friday that there's nothing that would ... [more]

12:15:02 AM What's Hans Dunshee got against the Space Shuttle?
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

OLYMPIA -- For the most part, Washington's Legislature is darn enthusiastic about the idea of bringing a decommissioned Space Shuttle to the Museum of .... [more]



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