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News From Tuesday, February 02, 2010
11:06:47 PM A "Whodunit" in the Asteroid Belt
Sky & Telescope - Cambridge,CA,USA

The mystery of a comet-like object circling among the main-belt asteroids has deepened, now that astronomers have slewed the Hubble Space Telescope over for ... [more]

10:56:51 PM NASA Spots Mysterious Space Debris Suggesting Asteroid Collision (PHOTO)
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

If what astronomers believe is correct, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 happened to be correctly oriented just as two asteroids slammed ... [more]

9:32:57 PM St. Louis astronauts all in the family
St. Louis Globe-Democrat

Robert L. Behnken is among six crew members on board NASA's space shuttle Endeavor, scheduled to liftoff on Sunday, Feb. 7 from the Kennedy Space Center in ... [more]

9:06:17 PM Has the Hubble Space Telescope spied asteroid-on-asteroid collision debris?
Christian Science Monitor - USA

Astronomer David Jewitt enlisted the help of the Hubble Space Telescope to observe the apparent collision debris -- a feature first detected in early .... [more]

8:26:40 PM Smashed asteroids may be related to dinosaur killer
Reuters - NY,USA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronomers have found a comet-like object they believe was created by the collision of two asteroids, possible siblings ... [more]

8:19:51 PM Author to “explain case” for Pluto in Irvine visit
ScienceDude - Santa Ana,CA,USA

Scientists, astronomy enthusiasts and the lay public continue to argue about whether the International Astronomical Union did the right thing in 2006 when ... [more]

7:50:07 PM NASA's new plan: Technology comes before the destination
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

By Joel Achenbach NASA has a brand-new strategy for human space flight. But now it needs to decide where to go. The dramatic decision by the Obama ... [more]

7:24:11 PM NASA's Day of Remembrance
Nick.com - New York,USA

This Sunday, the space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to lift off on NASA's first shuttle mission of 2010. But on Friday, as it prepared for the launch, ... [more]

7:15:27 PM Astronomer Raja Guhathakurta mentors Intel science contest finalist
UC Santa Cruz (press release) - Santa Cruz,CA,USA

.... the Intel Science Talent Search for her project on the Andromeda galaxy carried out under the guidance of UCSC astronomer Puragra (Raja) Guhathakurta. ... [more]

5:12:45 PM Suspected Asteroid Collision Leaves Trailing Debris
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust that suggest a ... [more]

4:25:22 PM Indianapolis Colts vs. New Orleans Saints -- Super Bowl should be
ESPN - USA

ESPN Perhaps There Are Astronomers on Distant Earthlike Worlds, Right Now Debating Whether a Meepzor-like Planet Will Be Found: Recently, astronomers in Hawaii ... [more]

3:56:34 PM Super Hard Diamonds Found in Meteorite
Discovery News

By Larry O'Hanlon | Tue Feb 2, 2010 04:17 AM ET It didn't look quite this dramatic, but ultra hard diamonds were discovered in a meteorite that fell over ... [more]

3:40:41 PM Obama: No more 'Monopoly money' and Nasa Moon mission to be scrapped
Daily Mail - UK - UK

Nasa's plan to launch a series of new manned moon missions was one of 120 government-funded programmes to be culled to help slice into the mammoth debt. ... [more]

2:35:55 PM Astronomy from afar
Orillia Packet & Times - Orillia,Ontario,Canada

A full house of Orillia astronomy buffs, and others just interested in learning about astronomy, were treated to a fascinating lecture Wednesday night by ... [more]

2:13:46 PM Obama's 2011 Budget Scraps Manned Lunar Missions
Voice of America

2010 will see the final five US space shuttle missions. That would mean the private sector would take over getting astronauts into low-earth orbit. ... [more]

1:26:16 PM U.Va. astronomer part of team that discovered rare supernova explosion
Staunton News Leader - Staunton,VA,USA

CHARLOTTESVILLE — For the first time, astronomers have found a supernova explosion with properties similar to a gamma-ray burst, but without detecting any ... [more]

1:08:03 PM NASA Streams Video From Space Station
Information Week Weblog - Manhasset,NY,USA

By Elizabeth Montalbano NASA has begun a live video stream of astronauts working inside the International Space Station. The feed, powered by a high-speed ... [more]

11:43:41 AM Artur Davis Comments on President's Plan on Stopping NASA's Constellation
WAAY - Huntsville,AL,USA

WAAY NASA's decision to scrap the Constellation program is a major error that Congress needs to correct. I will work with a bipartisan group of lawmakers to push ... [more]

11:22:17 AM Spacecraft Kepler discovers five extrasolar planets
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA

It is hoped that the telescope will take after the many other scientific instruments that NASA uses, the most famous being Hubble, and continue working for ... [more]

10:37:40 AM Life On Mars Proofs A Step Closer
Peace fm Online

Nasa scientists working on a meteorite discovered in 1984 have found "strong evidence of Martian life," sources told the Spaceflight Now website. ... [more]

8:27:54 AM Poll: Constellation cancellation (and more on spaceflight)
Los Angeles Times

Photo: Space shuttle Endeavour arrives at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida January 6, 2010. Credit: Red Huber / MCT Comments are ... [more]

6:32:26 AM Dean candidate says initiatives would support chancellor
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA

... in a systematic way and examining the consequences,” said Shields, currently the chairman of Ohio University's department of physics and astronomy. ... [more]

6:11:58 AM NASA Ames to Discuss 2011 Budget, Directorates to Hold Briefings
Space Ref - USA

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced the administration's fiscal year 2011 budget request Monday by calling for change and a new era of innovation in ... [more]

5:48:34 AM Lorton Virginia Meteorite Real Owner
Island Crisis (blog)

The Lorton Virginia Meteorite is still among a battle to a legitimate owner. For a recap on the 18th of January, a meteorite crashed through the window pane ... [more]

5:12:36 AM Review | An insightful 'Planets' from Houston Symphony and NASA
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA

The program, The Planets -- An HD Odyssey, produced by Duncan Copp, opened with interviews with NASA scientists and proceeded to films focusing on each of ... [more]

4:41:14 AM News and Commentary From the Wide World of Earth Science
ScienceBlogs - USA

The most exciting thing that I can recall any of them doing in the last couple of decades is fixing up the Hubble Space Telescope three times, ... [more]

4:18:18 AM Virginia Meteorite Sparks Ownership Battle
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand

By Gina Gomez Virginia, Feb 1, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The meteorite that smashed through the roof of a doctor's clinic in Virginia last month has landed itself in ... [more]

3:59:44 AM Monday Links: Taxes; Lien Fees; the Six-Day Week
BusinessWeek - USA

.... Robb Mandelbaum reports in the New York Times. Wonderful. Martin Varsavsky blogs about his astronomer father's idea to change the week to six days. [more]

2:28:01 AM Outsourcing space flights may ground Utah workers
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Bob Bennett, R-Utah, say with the retirement of the existing space shuttle, Obama's move essentially leaves the nation indebted to Russia, ... [more]

1:22:48 AM NASA funding plan takes a broader view
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

President Obama outlined a dramatic new mission for NASA on Monday, getting the agency out of the rocket-launching business in favor of an aggressive .... [more]

12:46:45 AM Revive astronomy hobby at Akashmitra
Indian Express

Akashmitra, a city-based association of amateur astronomers, plans to invite astronomy enthusiasts above 35 years of age to revive their hobby. .... [more]

12:18:07 AM Fears of cataclysm prompt more research into asteroids
Ethiopian Review - Washington,DC,USA

Apophis made waves in the scientific community when first discovered because it was initially believed that the asteroid would collide with the Earth on ... [more]



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