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11:22:33 PM Pluto gets a closeup: Pictures show the planet looking reddish, brighter
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

It's Pluto like you've never seen it before – up close and colorful, courtesy of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The images released Thursday reveal that ... [more]

11:17:58 PM Giant asteroid smites planet! Havoc snuffs dinosaurs, scientists affirm
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA

Iridium is rare on Earth, but common in space, and the Alvarezes proposed that a giant asteroid had hit the Earth, producing the sudden decline in species ... [more]

10:33:16 PM Experts reaffirm asteroid impact caused mass extinction
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA

Responding to challenges to the hypothesis that an asteroid impact caused a .... shows a single large meteorite hit the Earth exactly at the K-Pg boundary. ... [more]

10:19:23 PM Dinosaurs wiped out in a single day by Isle of Wight-sized asteroid
Mirror.co.uk - London,UK

Scientists say it's a question of "not if but when" another huge asteroid will hit Earth. But on average it should only happen once every 100million years. [more]

10:19:23 PM Experts reaffirm asteroid impact caused mass extinction 65 million ...
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA

The asteroid, which was around 15 kilometres wide, is believed to have hit Earth with a force one billion times more powerful than the atomic bomb at .... [more]

10:19:23 PM It's official: An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK

The asteroid is thought to have hit Earth with a force a billion times more powerful than the atomic bomb at Hiroshima. Morgan said the "final nail in the ... [more]

10:10:12 PM Why it WAS an asteroid smashing into Earth that wiped out the ...
Daily Mail - UK - UK

The asteroid is thought to have hit the Earth with the force of one billion Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs - and would have blasted material at high speed ... [more]

9:45:40 PM Senator Proposes Shuttle-Extension Hail Mary
Wired News - USA

14 people have died as part of the Space Shuttle program. Out of 134 flights. The space shuttle has had a mortality rate of 1.4% Out of 13 Apollo, ... [more]

9:40:48 PM Astro Bob blog: Fireball over Duluth!
Duluth News Tribune

The outer layer of most meteorites is melted during atmospheric entry and converted to a black "fusion crust" like this stony meteorite displays. ... [more]

8:56:57 PM Neglected Orion Nebula: A Cosmic Bat?
NatGeo News Watch (blog)

For backyard astronomers, the object can be spotted just a wee bit away from the bright stars in the Hunter's belt. This "hidden gem" is what's known as a ... [more]

8:56:44 PM Earthquake in Chile Shortened Day, Shifted Axis, NASA Says
eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA

Geophysicist Richard Gross, who works for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), calculated the massive quake, the result of an oceanic tectonic plate ... [more]

8:40:46 PM Arctic crater microbes point to origins of life here, maybe Mars
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

Scientists studying an ancient meteorite crash site in the Canadian Arctic have detected traces of microbes that point to the key role played by impact ... [more]

7:58:46 PM Senator's Bill Would Expand Shuttle Program
eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA

In hopes of throwing a major kink into President Obama's plans to scratch the space shuttle fleet at the end of the year, Sen. ... [more]

7:30:28 PM A giant among galaxies?
MSNBC (press release) - USA

As described in today's image advisory, a team of astronomers led by the European Southern Observatory's Michael West found that the giant elliptical galaxy ... [more]

7:12:11 PM KU's interim provost announced as fifth liberal arts dean finalist
Kusports - Lawrence,KS,USA

.... Joseph Shields, chairman of the department of physics and astronomy at the University of Ohio; Susan Carlson, associate provost for faculty advancement ... [more]

6:23:19 PM NASA might be rethinking Constellation program, could spare Utah jobs
Deseret News

By Lee Davidson SALT LAKE CITY — Amid anger in Congress, NASA may be rethinking plans to cancel its Constellation program. The Wall Street Journal reported ... [more]

6:20:41 PM Bob O'Dell - The Star Salesman
Nashville Scene - TN, USA

Speaking of names that stuck, it was O'Dell who first suggested the name Hubble (after the astronomer Edwin) for the remarkable instrument that had made ... [more]

6:20:24 PM Space Shuttle's External Tank Flies with Improved Welds
dBusinessNews New Orleans (press release) - New Orleans,LA,USA

When the space shuttle Endeavour successfully completed its latest mission last month, it marked the first flight for an external tank manufactured using ... [more]

5:24:43 PM Senator Aims To Save Space Shuttle Program
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA

"If the space shuttle program is terminated, Russia and China will be the only nations in the world with the capability to launch humans into space. .... [more]

4:05:31 PM Senator proposes bill to extend shuttle program
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

By Amy Klamper WASHINGTON - US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) introduced legislation Wednesday that would keep NASA flying the space shuttle program ... [more]

3:12:50 PM Can Anyone Really Blame the People of NASA for Wanting to Leave Earth?
Vanity Fair - New York,NY,USA

[CNN] • Congress is likely not going to allow NASA to hire private organizations to take astronauts into space. The government is arguing that hiring ... [more]

2:19:27 PM Promise made on UK physics woes
BBC News - E,UK

By Jonathan Amos The government is promising to put in place measures to protect the funding of physics and astronomy in the UK. The body responsible for ... [more]

2:19:19 PM New Hubble maps show a changing Pluto
Scientific American

Until that time far-off glimpses from New Horizons, which launched in 2006, and fuzzy images from the Hubble Space Telescope will have to suffice; ... [more]

2:13:44 PM Astronomers discover star that's almost as old as the universe itself
Oneindia

Washington, March 4 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered a relic from the early universe - a star that may have been among the second generation of stars to ... [more]

1:31:55 PM 'Gorilla' spotted in NASA snap from Mars
Oneindia

London, Mar 4 (ANI): NASA has revealed a picture showing what appears to be a giant silverback gorilla on Mars. The picture had been taken by a robot .... [more]

12:34:17 PM CSIRO hails Mid West milestone
ABC Online - Australia

Australia's national science agency has received its first radio signals at an astronomy facility in the state's Mid West. A team from the CSIRO has spent ... [more]

12:08:05 PM Health & Safety poised to appoint DM agency
Marketing Week - London,UK

The Central Office of Information (COI) has invited Watson Phillips Norman; Meteorite and Publicis Dialog to pitch. Sarah Dean Foster head of External .... [more]

10:59:09 AM First JWST Mirror Segment Is Now Polished
Forbes

By Tudor Vieru, Science Editor Even though the famous Hubble Space Telescope was repaired and upgraded in May 2009, it is clear that the technology on it ... [more]

9:48:34 AM Hubble Happenings — A Case Of A Cosmic Oddity
SatNews Publishers - Sonoma,CA,USA

However, this recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image highlights how some galaxies appear to be hungry loners — these cosmic oddities have set ... [more]

9:04:00 AM Rosmah Calls For The Setting Up Of Children's Astronomy Clubs
Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 (Bernama) -- The prime minister's wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Thursday called for the setting up of astronomy clubs for children ... [more]

7:23:26 AM Chile earthquake: 5 surprise effects
The Week Magazine - USA

No religious or Mayan 2012 brou haha .Just plain science. Remember the Dinosaurs? Meteorite or the Earth moving or flexing the mantle a little? [more]

7:23:16 AM How Bright is Orion? Take a Look
Miller-McCune.com

asked Connie Walker, an astronomer who directs the campaign. “We want to put people in a position where they understand light pollution. ... [more]

6:16:17 AM Let's Learn About: Dr. Eleanor F. Helin
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA

By Dan Malerbo, Buhl Planetarium and Observatory Eleanor Francis Helin was an American astronomer who was active in planetary science and astronomy at the ... [more]

6:10:37 AM Tons of Ice Detected on Moon's Surface;NASA
Arirang News

The Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston announced a NASA radar aboard Chandrayaan 1 which is a spacecraft that was launched by India in 2008 has .... [more]

5:40:36 AM Northland residents report seeing flaming object in the sky
Duluth News Tribune

A meteorologist with the National Weather Service said it's possible the reports could be explained by a meteorite or a piece of “space junk” entering the ... [more]

5:31:37 AM Astronomer Collects Climate Data for Weather Service
University of Virginia - Charlottesville,VA,USA

Nearly every morning at 8 o'clock for the past eight years, Patterson, a University of Virginia astronomer by profession, has "trudged" from his ... [more]

4:19:12 AM NASA says that the earthquake in Chile changed the Earth's axis
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

AP Scientists at NASA say the earthquake in Chile caused the earth's axis to shift, which in turn shortened the earth's day by 1.26 microseconds. ... [more]

3:14:55 AM Kosmas Presses Budget Committee to Continue Shuttle Funding
Space Ref - USA

I urge you to include in the FY11 budget resolution $1.2 billion in additional funds for the space shuttle program above the President's request, ... [more]

2:42:51 AM NASA Chief Bolden Seeks 'Plan B'
Wall Street Journal - USA

By ANDY PASZTOR NASA chief Charles Bolden has asked senior managers to draw up an alternate plan for the space agency after members of Congress indicated ... [more]

2:11:42 AM Where astronomy and Trek collide: SETIcon!
Glob smacked

SETIcon guests will include many astronomers from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, including David Morrison, Seth Shostak, Frank Drake, ... [more]

1:03:04 AM 'DINOSAURS KILLED OFF BY BIG ASTEROID'
UK Express

The asteroid – which left a crater at Chicxulub, Mexico, 9.3 miles wide – is believed to have hit Earth with a force one billion times more powerful than ... [more]

12:54:12 AM Bully for ESO 306-17
Discovery News

By Jennifer Ouellette | Wed Mar 3, 2010 05:59 PM ET Judging from the latest Hubble image released today, some galaxies are a lot like schoolyard bullies. ... [more]



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