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23:09 UTC
NASA: Earth Observa...
Lake District, North West England
Acquired May 7, 2000, this natural-color image shows the Lake District National Park of North West England.
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22:23 UTC
Journey to the Star...
Moon and Predawn Planets on Dec. 30 – 31
The final mornings of 2010 (during Dec. 30 and 31) will feature the waning crescent moon with the planets Mercury, Venus and Saturn in the eastern sky before sunrise. 4:00 ...
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22:06 UTC
Parabolic Arc
Happy Holidays From Space
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21:32 UTC
Universe Today
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Secular Evolution
A traditional galaxy evolution model has it that you start with spiral galaxies – which might grow in size through digesting smaller dwarf galaxies – but otherwise retain their spiral ...
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20:23 UTC
Spaceports
Rocket Failure May Delay Moon Mission
With the destruction of the GSLV rocket sixty-three seconds after launch today, India's space mission planners see a major set-back for the nation's space program which may result in a ...
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20:13 UTC
Coalition for Space...
Book Review: Confronting Space Debris – Strategies and Wa...
Confronting Space Debris – Strategies and Warnings from Comparable Examples Including Deepwater Horizon by Dave Baiocchi and William Welser IV; RAND Corporation; Santa Monica, California; $21.60 (paperback/special web discount); 2010. ...
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19:47 UTC
The Sky Above
Merry Christmas from UP Astrosoc!
To the stars! Poster by Aaron Misayah of UP Astronomical Society To the stars!
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19:22 UTC
Spaceports
StardustNExT Plans Valentine's Day Rendezvous with Temple...
The Stardust-NExT mission will fly past comet Tempel 1 next Valentine's Day (Feb. 14, 2011) at 11:30 PM Eastern time. NExT stands for New Exploration of Tempel 1.Launched on Feb. ...
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18:45 UTC
Astro Bob
Halley’s Comet steps in for the Star of Bethlehem
Merry Christmas and a happy holiday to everyone stopping by today! I’m grateful for your interest in the sky and happy to share the wonders of the natural world with ...
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18:33 UTC
Discovery News - Sp...
Indian Rocket Explodes After Christmas Day Lift-Off : Big...
An Indian Space Research Organizations' rocket carrying a geosynchronous satellite disintegrates during lift off.
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18:23 UTC
Journey to the Star...
Observing the December 21, 2010 Lunar Eclipse from Mariki...
I and my fellow UP AstroSoc members, Aaron Misayah and Bea Banzuela observed the Partial Lunar Eclipse at Moonrise last Dec. 21, 2010 from the roof deck of Bea’s house ...
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18:11 UTC
Time Human
I'm Dreaming Of A Weightless Christmas - Merry Christmas ...
The crew on the International Space Station wishes everyone on the planet earth Merry Christmas and happy holidays. Aboard the ISS, Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA and Flight ...
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18:07 UTC
Spaceports
Russia Begins Proton Launch Campaign
Eutelsat Communications confirmed today that the launch campaign of its KA-SAT satellite by an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle has resumed at the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch is scheduled ...
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17:42 UTC
HobbySpace RLV Spac...
This and that space news...
Some misc. other space items this Christmas Day: /-- More on NASA's dysfunctional budget situation: Funding Puts NASA At Square One Again - Aviation Week /-- CrazySat Galaxy 15 has ...
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17:39 UTC
Starts With A Bang!
Weekend Diversion: Happy Everything
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." -Voltaire All over the world, there are celebrations going on today. Yes, it's ...
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17:30 UTC
13.7
Happy Holidays to All and Happy Birthday to Us
This blog began sometime about one year ago by Adam Frank Just a note of happy holidays to all people of all persuasions on this (perhaps) quiet and restful day. ...
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17:30 UTC
13.7
Happy Holidays To All And Happy Birthday To Us
This blog began sometime about one year ago by Adam Frank Just a note of happy holidays to all people of all persuasions on this (perhaps) quiet and restful day. ...
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17:30 UTC
13.7
Happy Holidays To All And Happy Birthday To Us
This blog began sometime about one year ago by Adam Frank Just a note of happy holidays to all people of all persuasions on this (perhaps) quiet and restful day. ...
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17:28 UTC
The Daily Galaxy
Holiday Greetings!
Credit: With Thanks to our friends at freakingnews.com
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17:20 UTC
HobbySpace RLV Spac...
Indian GSLV first stage failure
This is a bummer: /-- Indian rocket fails moments after liftoff - Spaceflight Now /-- Christmas turns sour for ISRO, GSLV mission fails - The Times of India /-- FAILURE: ...
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17:17 UTC
Spaceports
GSAT-5P Explodes After Lift-off in India
ISRO's space program suffered a major setback today as the launch of advanced communication satellite GSAT-5P failed due to major technical fault in the first phase. The rocket geosynchronous satellite ...
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16:00 UTC
Alien Life
Variety of habitable zones and perchlorate in Martian soi...
Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. Here's today's news:g Stars - A variety of new findings point to ...
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15:20 UTC
A Babe in the Unive...
Phobos Eclipse
Merry Christmas!for those who missed the lunar eclipse this week, here is one more enhanced video from JPL. Martian moon Phobos eclipsed the Sun in November 9, 2010. Humans may ...
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15:00 UTC
Starry Critters
Holiday Ribbon
Tying up this starry present is the Boomerang Nebula. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this image of twin reflecting clouds of gas and dust being ejected from this star. Astronomers ...
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13:22 UTC
Astroengine
“Shades of Ignorance” by CraftLass (Interview)
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13:06 UTC
Urban Astronomer
Merry Christmas
It's that time of year once again, when the faithful celebrate the birth of Christ (so what that the date was changed - who hasn't fudged the date of their ...
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11:50 UTC
Journey to the Star...
Skygazing – Dec. 15, 2010
In hopes of observing the Geminids again, I stayed over at a friend and fellow U.P. AstroSoc member’s house which has a roof deck, in Marikina City. As soon as ...
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11:31 UTC
NASA Watch
India's Launch of GSAT-5P Fails
India's Launch of GSAT-5P Telecommunications Satellite Fails, SpaceRef "ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organization, saw its GSLV Mark 1 rocket begin to disintegrate about a minute after launch today. It ...
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10:11 UTC
NASASpaceFlight.com
Indian GSLV set to launch with GSAT-5P satellite
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) GSLV-F06 launch vehicle is set to launch with the GSAT-5P telecommunications satellite on Christmas Day, scheduled for 10:34am GMT from the Satish Dhawan Space ...
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10:02 UTC
PeteUplink's Univer...
Merry Christmas
I thought todays AAPOD looked quite festi...
Merry Christmas I thought todays AAPOD looked quite festive (sort of like fairy lights… or is it just me?). Anyway, I thought I’d use it to wish everyone a Merry ...
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08:39 UTC
Cosmic Log
Holiday calendar: Peace on Earth
Since the beginning of the month, our Advent calendar has presented pictures of Earth from space going back more than four decades — but today's offering is as fresh as ...
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08:15 UTC
Parabolic Arc
A Tribute on Christmas
On Christmas Day 1776, Gen. George Washington and the Continental Army crossed the Delaware River in the face of a full-blown nor’easter. Landing on an icy riverbank not far from ...
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08:15 UTC
Astrobiology Magazi...
Astrobiology Top 10: Getting WISE About Nemesis
Astrobiology Magazine is highlighting the top 10 astrobiology stories of 2010. At number 9 is a story about how NASA s WISE telescope could settle the argument about whether our ...
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08:05 UTC
The Discovery Enter...
The Twilight Zone: The Star
Today on Discovery Enterprise we present "The Star" which was the third and final segment of the thirteenth episode from the first season (1985-1986) of the television series The New ...
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07:25 UTC
The Planetary Socie...
Door 25 in the 2010 advent calendar
Time to open the twenty-fifth door in the advent calendar. Until the New Year, I'll be opening a door onto a different landscape from somewhere in the solar system. Where ...
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06:34 UTC
HobbySpace RLV Spac...
Christmas in space, now and then
Merry Christmas! Here are links and videos about Christmas in space this week and 42 years ago: Astronauts' Holiday Greetings Stress Unity on Earth - SPACE.com - Dec.24.10 - === ...
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06:18 UTC
HobbySpace RLV Spac...
The Space Show - it deserves our support
David Livingston's Space Show interview with Bob Zimmerman from Friday is now available on line: Robert (Bob) Zimmerman, Friday, 12-24-10 - TheSpaceshow's Blog. I will be on the show next ...
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05:34 UTC
Spaceports
India Countdown for New GSLV Underway
The Sriharikota spaceport and rocket center in Sriharikota, India is set to launch an advanced communication satellite GSAT-5P with a the rocket geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) in the early ...
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05:01 UTC
Tom's Astronomy Blo...
Another Day Off
Every year at this time a day off. We’ll be here all the earlier the next day, wouldn’t want to lose our situation. Yes, I’m a Dickens fan. I know ...
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04:00 UTC
Galaxy Zoo Blog
Galaxy Zoo in der Süddeutschen Zeitung
Ein Artikel über Citizen Science und Galaxy Zoo ist in der Süddeutschen Zeitung erschienen, inklusive Kommentare von einem Mitglied des “Peas Corps”.
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02:53 UTC
Astronaut for Hire
Masters of the Universe
After 3 years of hard work, I am proud to report that I completed my M.S. in Space Studies from the School of Aerospace Studies at the University of North ...
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02:45 UTC
Spaceports
ISS Flyover Christmas at -4 Magnitude; Look-up and Join t...
As dark sets-in on Christmas night along the eastern United States, the International Space Station will be a bright moving star across the sky for those with clear skies. The ...
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01:57 UTC
Atomic Rockets
Transport Nexus III: I Brought My Heart to San Francisco
Transport Nexus III: I Brought My Heart to San Francisco Truth to be told, in all but the narrowest technical sense (driving the car) she brought me; it was my ...