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News From Sunday, February 14, 2010
8:32:17 PM Quantum Entanglement Used to Stack Light Particles
Science Daily (press release) - USA

"Light is a particularly interesting quantum object," says paper author Alexander Lvovsky, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, .... [more]

7:17:18 PM From Space, With Love: Astronauts Send Earth Cosmic Valentine
Space.com - USA

NASA's space shuttle Endeavour, with its own crew of six astronauts, is currently visiting the station, boosting its population to 11 people. ... [more]

6:09:51 PM Know Your Madisonian: James Lattis, who has an eye to the heavens
Wisconsin State Journal

Photo by Ron Seely/State Journal James Lattis is an astronomer at UW-Madison and the director of the UW Space Place, 2300 S. Park St. That's the astronomy ... [more]

5:26:35 PM NASA Observatory Sun Satellite Studies Solar Rays
NewsOXY - Orlando,FL,USA

WISE comet spotted from survey explorer and NASA Observatory Sun satellite gets ready to retrieve data on solar rays for research. ... [more]

4:41:41 PM Observation Lite for iPhone and iPod Touch Released
prMac (press release) - Lake Dallas,TX,USA

Observation Lite is a tool to help amateur astronomers record observation logs in the field by providing the NGC 2000.0 and Hipparcos catalogs of stars and ... [more]

11:28:11 AM Astronomy Without A Telescope – The Only Way Is Up
Universe Today - USA

Escaping a gravity well is never an easy proposition. Unlike other kinds of wells there are no walls, so your options are immediately limited. ... [more]

11:23:04 AM The politics of Armageddon
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

Russia proposes redirecting an asteroid that might hit Earth. But who decides what to do and who pays for it? The Canadian Press Russia proposes redirecting ... [more]

10:56:04 AM Three's a charm
Waterbury Republican American - Waterbury,CT,USA

BY BRYNN MANDEL | REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN NASA's space shuttle program may be phased out by fall, but Waterbury native and astronaut Richard Mastracchio will ... [more]

10:43:02 AM NASA fuels space shuttle 2nd time, weather iffy
Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA

AP Despite more clouds on the horizon, NASA fueled Endeavour for the second straight night Sunday in hopes of sending the shuttle on the last big space .... [more]

10:32:36 AM Hubble space telescope snaps Saturn's twin auroras during rare equinox
Guardian - UK

Footage from Hubble reveals slight differences between Saturn's auroras. Video: Nasa/Esa Link to this video The Hubble space telescope has captured the ... [more]

8:46:35 AM The Ancient Chinese Calendar—A Brief Introduction
Epoch Times - New York,NY,USA

It was a collection of results from research in astronomy . The first complete calendar in China was established in Emperor Han Wu's 7th year in reign, ... [more]

8:25:17 AM Ben Bova: To the moon and beyond
Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA

The space shuttle will be retired, possibly before the end of this year. Funding to support the International Space Station will be increased. ... [more]

8:16:02 AM Spacewalking astronauts hook up plumbing for new station room, get hit
ABC News - United States

ABC News In this image provided by NASA the Tranquility module is transferred late Thursday evening Feb. 11,... It was the second excursion in three days for Robert ... [more]

8:15:03 AM Hubble captures rare image of Saturn's Aurorae during Equinox
TheTechJournal.com -:- Technological News Portal

Hubble telescope snapped very rare image of Saturn. NASA reveled those pictures & a video a few days ago. Sorry guys, I am late for this news. ... [more]

6:49:31 AM Cover snag a setback for space shuttle's mission
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

By ERIC BERGER The near-perfect mission of space shuttle Endeavour to add a room with a view to the International Space Station suffered a setback Saturday ... [more]

2:03:47 AM NASA STS-130 Report #12 6:00 pm CST Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010
Space Ref - USA

HOUSTON - All plans are go for the second spacewalk of shuttle mission STS-130 at 8:09 pm CST, resuming the integration of the International Space Station's ... [more]

12:52:01 AM Did 'Dark Stars' Spawn Supermassive Black Holes?
Discovery News

Space telescopes like the JWST and its predecessor, Hubble, have the ability to look for the most distant objects. Hubble's distance record is 13.1 billion ... [more]



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