- 7 Oct 2010
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20:28 UTC
NASA Watch
Today's Dumb Press Release Title is from UC Berkeley
Keith's note: Today's dumb press release title comes from UC Berkeley: "NASA mission asks why Mars has no atmosphere". DUH, last time I checked Mars most certainly has an atmosphere. ...
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20:18 UTC
NASA Watch
President Obama Expected to Sign NASA Authorization Bill
Hutchison: NASA Bill Provides Clear Direction and a New Path Forward for America's Space Agency "Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, ...
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20:09 UTC
The Daily Galaxy
Quasars Violently Transformed the Universe in 11 Billion ...
A team of astronomers who used the new capabilities of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to probe the invisible, remote universe have conculded that 11 billion years ago the entire universe ...
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19:58 UTC
HobbySpace RLV Spac...
SSI conference, Lee Valentine interview, & new Space Show...
Last night's interview on the Space Show with Dr. Lee Valentine of the Space Studies Institute (SSI) is now available on line. They focused on the SSI's upcoming conference: Space ...
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19:45 UTC
The Daily Galaxy
Image of the Day: Awesome Beauty of Earth's Volcanic Viol...
Volcano Tungurahua. located in Ecuador. has become active roughly every 90 years since for the last 1,300 years, erupting spectacularly last year. Pictured above, molten rock so hot it glows ...
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19:30 UTC
Astroblog
Massing of Venus, Mars, and the crescent Moon, Sunday Oct...
Evening sky looking North-west showing the Venus, Mars, and the crescent Moon at 8:00 pm local daylight saving time on Sunday October 10. Click to embiggen.Don't forget that on this ...
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19:20 UTC
Parabolic Arc
Space Economy Career Fair Scheduled for Houston
SPACE ECONOMY CAREER FAIR SCHEDULED FOR HOUSTON Fair brings together government leaders and space industry veterans to explore new employment opportunities and expansion plans in Houston area HOUSTON – October ...
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19:13 UTC
The Daily Galaxy
From the X Files Dept: China's UFO Frenzy -Will it Go Glo...
2010 is apparently the year of China's UFO sightings- most recently when an unidentified flying object shut down a Chinese airport on Sept. 11. Newly released footage (of unconfirmed authenticity) ...
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19:06 UTC
Universe Today
Could a Human Mars Mission Be Funded Commercially?
What will it take to actually get humans to Mars? The best answer is probably money. The right amount of cold, hard cash will certainly solve a lot of problems ...
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19:05 UTC
The Space Advocate
The China Syndrome
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-viral-video-ufo-china,0,5226156.htmlstorySo there was another UFO over China, sending the world into a frenzy! Okay, maybe not the world, but all the fun loving UFO nutters are chomping at the bit ...
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18:54 UTC
The Once and Future...
The Authorized Version
NASA’s new authorization bill (S.3729) has been passed by Congress before they cleared out of town and will soon be signed by the President, codifying into law the federal government’s ...
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18:54 UTC
The Once and Future...
The Authorized Version
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18:45 UTC
The Mars Society
Zubrin Tour of Chile Opens Way to Moon Mars Atacama Resea...
Mars Society President Dr. Robert Zubrin toured Chile from September 30 to October 3 to rally support for Chilean participation in Mars exploration. The effort was an outstanding success.
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18:15 UTC
Universe Today
Hawking(ish) Radiation Observed
In 1974, Steven Hawking proposed a seemingly ridiculous hypothesis. Black holes, the gravitational monsters from which nothing escapes, evaporate. To justify this, he proposed that pairs of virtual particles in ...
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18:14 UTC
Pillow Astronaut
Horizontal Exercise Fixture
More good news this week from the Human Test Subject Facility (HTSF) and the folks who function as screeners for the NASA studies. Not only will the new feasibility tests ...
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18:08 UTC
MilkyWay@home
updated the CPU applications
Due to the validation issues, I've updated the CPU applications. Hopefully this should fix the problem. Let me know how they're working here. --Travis
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18:04 UTC
HobbySpace RLV Spac...
COMSTAC meeting update
The FAA/AST COMSTAC meeting is continuing today (see yesterday's post). Jeff Foust is tweeting notes again. Here is a sampling: /-- "Mike Gold: Bigelow Aerospace has spent over $1M on ...
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18:01 UTC
Parabolic Arc
SSI Space Manufacturing Conference to Plan Humanity’s Fut...
14th Space Studies Institute Conference on Space Manufacturing and Space Settlement Set for Oct. 29-31 in Silicon Valley SUNNYVALE, Calif. (Oct 7, 2010) — Space scientists and entrepreneurs will meet ...
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17:56 UTC
HobbySpace RLV Spac...
NASA carries out experiments on ZERO-G parabilic flights
As part of the Facilitated Access to the Space Environment for Technology (FAST) program, NASA recently sponsored a series of flights on ZERO-G's Boeing 727 to test various technologies in ...
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17:47 UTC
HobbySpace RLV Spac...
Briefs: Soyuz launch tonight; Leonardo module for the ISS
Soyuz TMA-01M, the first "all-digital" Soyuz, is scheduled to launch tonight at 7:10 pm EDT: Space Station Mission Report | Three men prepare for blastoff to the space station - ...
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17:29 UTC
Universe Today
Hubble: Helium Reionization Was a Hot Time in the Ol’ Uni...
Using Hubble’s newest tool, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS), researchers have nailed down and enhanced our understanding of the reionization of helium in the early Universe, clarifying the time frame ...
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17:20 UTC
LCOGT news
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network Featured...
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope’s (LCOGTLas Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network) Faulkes Telescope North (FTN) was featured in The Pfluke Times of Kihei, Hawai’i in two articles in a recent ...
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17:19 UTC
62 Mile Club
California Undersea Voyage Week 1 – Ocean Gate
The following footage released by our friends at Ocean Gate has a space like quality. This fall their, submarine Antipodes is working in the Catalina Island area. Ocean Gate is ...
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17:01 UTC
The Sky Above
Gallia Asteroid Occultation Project (148 Gallia occults H...
Paul Maley of NASA Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society contacted Philippine Astronomical Society (PAS) last April 2009 to ask for assistance in an occultation research project. Zeta Hydrae, a 3.1 ...
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17:00 UTC
HobbySpace RLV Spac...
Advanced Space Propulsion Workshop
The 18th Advanced Space Propulsion Workshop (ASPW2010) will be held November 15-17, 2010 at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado (UCCS). It is sponsored by NASA JPL, NASA Glenn ...
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16:26 UTC
Astronomy.com Blog
On the Road: Granite Gap, New Mexico, follow-up
The Celestron and Astronomy Magazine observatories stand side by side at Rancho Hidalgo, near Animas, New Mexico, with Clyde Tombaugh’s 16-inch telescope in the background. David J. Eicher photoWell, you ...
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16:14 UTC
HobbySpace RLV Spac...
Briefs: Bigelow prospects; To the Moon via SpaceX; Ventio...
Rand Simberg comments on the hint from Bigelow that they will be revealing their initial customers soon: Bigelow Business Prospects - Transterrestrial Musings. === Trent Waddington ponders a manned lunar ...
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16:04 UTC
Imagine the Univers...
News: NASA's WMAP Project Completes Satellite Operations
After nine years of scanning the sky, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) has concluded its observations of the cosmic microwave background, the oldest light in the universe. The spacecraft ...
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15:57 UTC
Universe Today
Comet Hartley 2 Scouted by WISE, Hubble for Upcoming Enco...
In a little less than a month, NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft (its current mission is called EPOXI) will fly by the comet Hartley 2 to image the comet’s nucleus and ...
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15:55 UTC
Evadot
Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Summit Night Life
This week I traveled to the Isle of Man in the UK for the Google Lunar X PRIZE team summit. I now have a TON of content I need to ...
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15:53 UTC
Astro Bob
Comet Hartley stares down the two-eyed cluster
Tonight and tomorrow night Comet Hartley 2 passes near the Double Cluster in Perseus, one of the prettiest deep sky objects in the sky. These two side-by-side star clusters, also ...
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15:52 UTC
HobbySpace RLV Spac...
Briefs: NASA Authorization signing; NASA poll
The President will sign the NASA Authorization bill today: NASA authorization bill to be signed today - Space Politics Yet another poll shows what previous ones on NASA have shown ...
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15:31 UTC
Slacker Astronomy
Visualizing Epsilon Aurigae with Ryan Wyatt
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15:31 UTC
Slacker Astronomy
Visualizing Epsilon Aurigae with Ryan Wyatt
We got skipped last month but we are back on The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast this month with another exciting installment! This time we are interviewing the über cool ...
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15:06 UTC
HobbySpace RLV Spac...
Altius Space Machines new blog and first contract
Jon Goff has gotten the official blog for Altius Space Machines up and running and one of the first posts describes their first contract: Altius Space Machines Lands First Contract ...
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15:00 UTC
Alien Life
Quantum communication between the stars and could Jupiter...
Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. Here's today's news:g Abodes - Can there be life in the environment ...
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14:25 UTC
Sky and Telescope
Last Call for Martian Volcanism
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14:24 UTC
Watch the Skies
'Only' 14 Million Miles Away!
Comet Hartley 2 is about 14 million miles from Earth as it passes through the constellation Perseus.
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14:13 UTC
TFOT
NASA Witnesses a Galactic Spectacle
NASA has recently released a marvelous image of two tangled galaxies, captured using three different telescopes: the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Spitzer Space Telescope.
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14:08 UTC
Discovery News - Sp...
Ancient Galaxies Found in Modern Universe
We didn't think these galalaxies existed, but they are lurking in our cosmic neighborhood.
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13:52 UTC
The Daily Planet
Bon Voyage, Soyuz TMA-01M
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka are due to launch to the space station at 7:10 P.M., U.S. Eastern time, from the Baikonur launch ...
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13:28 UTC
Universe Today
100 Epic Astronomy Images from ESO
The European Southern Observertory pumps out incredible astronomical images, usually weekly, and they have now put together a collection of their top 100 images. They are all wonderfully amazing, so ...
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13:27 UTC
Beyond Apollo
Beyond Earth's Boundaries (1988)
Following the Challenger accident (January 1986), many aspects of NASA's space program came under close scrutiny. A widespread consensus emerged that NASA lacked a long-term goal. In response, NASA Administrator ...
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13:23 UTC
Space Fellowship
Picture of the Day - A Galaxy Playing Twister
The Hubble telescope has captured an image of an unusual edge-on galaxy, revealing remarkable details of its warped dusty disk and showing how colliding galaxies spawn the formation of new ...
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13:11 UTC
Astronomy Weather B...
Venus Express Update
Hello, astro-nuts! Venus Express, which was launched by ESA back in 2005, has been studying the atmosphere of Venus from different levels within it, as well as from its highly ...
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13:09 UTC
Space Fellowship
Lightning Mixes a Dark and Stormy Brew at Saturn
Cassini data indicate that methane zapped by lightning produces soot and an array of other carbon products in Saturn’s atmosphere resulting in the dark clouds that have been detected in ...
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13:09 UTC
Space Fellowship
Lightning Mixes a Dark and Stormy Brew at Saturn
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of the large asteroid Vesta that will help scientists refine plans for the Dawn spacecraft's rendezvous with Vesta in July 2011. Launched in ...
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13:00 UTC
Bad Astronomy
The warmth of star birth
When stars are born, mayhem ensues. The gas and dust collapse to form the stars themselves, but when they switch on the stars blow out vast and terrible winds, which ...
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12:45 UTC
Astroblog
Iridium Flare Near Jupiter - Adelaide, Friday October 8
North-eastern evening sky as seen from Adelaide at 21:07 pm ACDST on Friday evening October 8. An Iridium flare occurs just above Jupiter.On the evening of Friday October 8 a ...
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12:43 UTC
Centauri Dreams
Advanced Propulsion in Context
I want to run through the particulars on the upcoming 2010 Advanced Space Propulsion Workshop at the University of Colorado in a moment, as the deadline for abstracts is still ...