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Future Science: The Frontiers of 21st Century Astronomy [Page 3.14]
Space has a way of inspiring the imagination more than almost any other scientific field. When we talk about making huge investments of money and brainpower to solve some looming problem--say, the need for renewable energy--we talk about making a new moon shot . And while some of the most exciting scientific discoveries are being made right now on the smallest scales imaginable, there is ...
Astronomy Without a Telescope Making Sense Of The Neutron Zoo
The spectacular gravity of neutron stars offers great opportunities for thought experiments. For example, if you dropped an object from a height of 1 meter above a neutron stars surface, it would hit the surface within a millionth of a second having been accelerated to over 7 million kilometers an hour. (...)Read the rest of Astronomy [...]
NZ radio astronomy goes global over KAREN
New Zealands participation in leading-edge science on the origins of the Universe leaps light-years ahead with KAREN.
Astronomy Update
Astronomy Update is a monthly column provided by the Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society, Hobbs Observatory and the L.E. Phillips Planetarium, compiled by Lauren Likkel of the UW-Eau Claire department of physics and astronomy.
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Barnette Magnet School students win national award for green school design
FAIRBANKS The school of the future is a net-zero-energy building with three triangular wings, a solar array, green roof, spherical dome and astronomy aqua-tower, all straddling a river. And it re...
Mysteries of Venus Targeted by New Japanese Probe
A new Japanese space probe is poised to launch toward Venus today to help solve the enduring mysteries of the hellish, cloud-covered world, which has been often described as Earth's twin.
Phoenix Mars Lander Gets Last Chance to Rise From the Dead
NASA has given its long-silent Phoenix Mars Lander one last chance to rise again this week, and has ordered a workhorse orbiter around the red planet to listen for any beeps of life from the arctic Martian probe.
Extra Tests May Delay Launch of Huge Flagship Space Telescope
NASA's next-generation James Webb Space Telescope will likely need to undergo additional testing, resulting in a roughly four-month delay that will get worse if Congress does not cover an unrelated cash shortfall the program faces in 2011.
Boeing Completes On-Orbit Handover Of DIRECTV 12 Satellite
by Staff Writers El Segundo CA (SPX) May 18, 2010 Boeing has announced that it has completed the on-orbit handover of the DIRECTV 12 satellite.