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John Gregory, Earth and Moon from Space, and more

2009-11-20T23:48:19Z

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In Memoriam: John Gregory
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November 19, 2009 | The world of amateur telescope making has lost a
charismatic optical engineer and innovator at age 82. One of the "big guns"
of yesteryear, John Gregory introduced the Gregory-Maksutov telescope

Re: SOFIA Seeks Secrets of Planetary Birth

2009-11-20T22:16:49Z

Wow,
I remember when when I first saw a post for recruitment of an
intern to fly on SOFIA in 1997 (or sometime around that time).
I was all enthusiasm with no qualifications so I did not
apply then. Looking back, I am glad I did not have to wait
13 years for the flight :-)

SOFIA Seeks Secrets of Planetary Birth

2009-11-20T06:33:35Z

Imagine cutting retractable doors in the side of a 747 airliner, installing
a 17-ton telescope, and flying to the stratosphere to solve one of
astronomy's greatest puzzles. That's what NASA and the German Aerospace
Center plan to do with a cutting-edge airborne observatory named SOFIA.

FULL STORY at [link]<[link]>

NASA Stardust-NExT Mission Survey, Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship and Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award

2009-11-17T16:40:07Z

*NASA Stardust-NExT Mission Survey*
NASA's Stardust-NExT mission is offering the public a chance to win a small
cube of aerogel (the lightest and lowest-density solid) or a mission cookie
cutter. NASA is asking the public to visit the Stardust-NExT mission Web
site and complete an online survey about the site.

Water on the Moon, Leonid Meteor Shower, and more

2009-11-14T19:18:32Z

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LCROSS Impact Kicked up Lunar Water
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November 13, 2009 | It took more than a month of fevered analysis, but NASA
scientists are at last convinced that October 9th's crash by the LCROSS
spacecraft on a shadowed lunar plain vaporized at least 100 kilograms of

Chandra Digest (Nov 12) Milky Way

2009-11-12T18:26:40Z

**Galactic Center: NASA's Great Observatories Examine the Galactic Center
Region
In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, NASA's Great
Observatories -- the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope,
and the Chandra X-ray Observatory -- have collaborated to produce an
unprecedented image of the central region of our Milky Way galaxy.

The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower

2009-11-10T23:09:40Z

The 2009 Leonid meteor shower peaks on Nov. 17th with a sprinkling of
meteors over North America and a possible outburst over Asia.
FULL STORY at [link]

Iron on Mercury, mercury on the Moon, and more

2009-11-07T19:41:20Z

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Mercury Throws Geologists a Curve
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November 3, 2009 | When NASA's Messenger spacecraft zipped past the
innermost planet for a third and final flyby on September 29th, a glitch
caused half of the planned observations to be lost. Scientists are thrilled

Hidden Territory on Mercury Revealed

2009-11-05T01:50:25Z

The MESSENGER spacecraft's third flyby of the planet Mercury has given
scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of the planet's
surface and revealed some dramatic changes in Mercury's comet-like tail.
FULL STORY at
[link]<[link]>

Electric Universe/Plasma Cosmology

2009-11-01T20:04:09Z

Since I don't see this new theories mentioned anywhere at all I was
wondering what do you guys think about that, quote:

"Open Letter

Given that modern Cosmology has taken a wrong turn decades ago and
rejected a well-supported electrical model; and given that it has gone
off into "modern mythology" with the "big bang", "black holes", dark

Seeing black holes and dark matter, blasts in Indonesia and the edge of the universe, and more

2009-10-31T00:36:39Z

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Cosmic Blast Rattles Indonesia
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October 25, 2009 | As if this island nation hasn't been troubled enough by
recent earthquakes, impact specialists confirm that a cosmic "bomb" - likely
the most powerful in 15 years - exploded noisily (but harmlessly) over one

Re: 1 Ceres Rotation Movie with Surface Features

2009-10-24T03:40:44Z

Here's a leaner faster version

[link]

Jason H.

EPOXI Mission News -- #8 -- Oct 2009

2009-10-23T22:47:33Z

EPOXI Mission Outreach E-News #8 Oct 2009
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MISSION
• Lunar Hydration
Data acquired by the Deep Impact spacecraft of Earth's Moon reveal that
hydration and rehydration is a dynamic cycle that completes during daylight,

Galilean Nights, 35 new exoplanet, and more

2009-10-23T22:45:19Z

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Tribute to Stefan Seip
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October 23, 2009 | Stefan Seip, who shot the cover photo for SkyWatch 2010,
is one of the world's leading astrophotographers.
Read More at: [link]

1 Ceres Rotation Movie with Surface Features

2009-10-23T09:16:40Z

This is a 17 frame movie I made of the Minor Planet 1 Ceres (AKA the
biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt) via Hubble telescope data from
December 28, 2003 with the ACS

[link]

This movie represents ~8 hours and 40 minutes of rotation.

It took me quite some time to process this, and I had to learn a lot