Jones Observatory sets stargazing dates
Chattanooga Times Free Press
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Physics, Geology and Astronomy Department's Jones Observatory begins a new season of stargazing on Sunday with the topic "The Moons of Jupiter." Jones Observatory is located in Brainerd at 10 Tuxed...
A comet double-header
Science News
John Harmon of Arecibo Observatory reported the findings on October 11 in Ithaca , N.Y. , at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences. Collisions that might form a binary are much more common...
Seven Hours of Celebrating the Moon
Los Angeles Downtown News
“The New Moon Festival had a bike ride, a moon 10K run, mooncakes and astronomers from the Observatory. The astronomers, brought telescopes. It was packed, wall to wall.
Detecting Life-Friendly Moons
SpaceDaily
by Michael Schirber for Astrobiology Magazine Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 27, 2009 Forty years ago, the Apollo astronauts traipsed across our Moon, making it "inhabited" for the first time - albeit for only two and half hours.
Galaxy Cluster Smashes Distance Record
SpaceDaily
by Staff Writers Boston MA (SPX) Oct 26, 2009 The most distant galaxy cluster yet has been discovered by combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical and infrared telescopes.
Events - Ghostland Observatory | Fort Worth Weekly - News, Events, Restaurants, Music
Fort Worth Weekly
8pm Sat, Oct 31. $30. 214-373-8000. Whenever Chow, Baby muses, as it often does, on how well-educated it is (Hook 'Em Horns!), how widely traveled it is (Hail Colombia!), how just plain brilliant ...
NASA Ice Bridge: Airborne campaign over Antarctica to continue critical ice measurements
SpaceRef
The first flight of Operation Ice Bridge's Antarctic campaign flew Oct. 16, 2009, along the Amundsen Coast. The aircraft's downward-looking Digital Mapping System camera captured images of sea ice from an altitude of about 6,000 meters.
General Assembly ban on all human cloning to be reconsidered by UN ...
UN News Centre
An Observatory Group could be established to new ethical, legal, social, political and scientific developments, and UNESCO should develop specific strategies and materials to promote international discourse on this topic. The other focus of...
New images yield clues to seasons of Uranus
UW Madison
... no instruments that could resolve any features on the planet," says Sromovsky, who led the study in collaboration with scientists from the Space Science Institute, the University of California at Berkeley, the SETI Institute and the Ke...
Speaker to talk about Goat Mountain observatory
Mydesert.com
Astronomical Society of the Desert members and guests will learn about the Goat Mountain Observatory at the society's lecture meeting at 7 p.m. Friday. Guest speaker is Ralph Megna, chairman of the board of the Riverside Astronomical Societ...
Controversial study suggests vast magma pool under Washington state
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON -- A vast pool of molten rock in the continental crust that underlies southwestern Washington state could supply magma to three active volcanoes in the Cascade Mountains -- Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier and Mount Adams -- accor...
Ghostland Observatory Map Out Late '08 Tour
Artistdirect.com
The laser-flaunting live show of Ghostland Observatory is set to hit the U.S. over the next couple months, beginning with a two-date stop in Dallas this weekend—December 10 and 11 at the House of Blues. The Texas-based duo of vocalist/guita...
Economic times brings urgency to the power of collaborations
Daily Territorial
The Phoenix Mars Mission, Kitt Peak, Steward Observatory, Flandrau - the University of Arizona Science Center, the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association and Starizona all benefitted from the exposure to TSO patrons. From a PR standpoint, it ...
Rock slide closes McKenzie Pass Highway
KVAL
A large rock slide has closed the McKenzie Pass Highway (OR 242) at milepost 69 near Dead Horse Grade, about 8.5 miles west of the Dee Wright Observatory. The 3 p.m. slide sent several large boulders, including one measuring more than 7 fee...
Ghostland Observatory announce US dates
Entertainment.uk.msn.com
Ghostland Observatory have announced a run of shows in the US, which will see the duo tour through to the end of December. The Texans are continuing to support their third album 'Robotique Majestique' which came out in March via their own T...
Physicist hopes to revive Sigma Xi research society at UAH
The Huntsville Times
A free, public kickoff for the effort to revive the Sigma Xi chapter will be held on the UAH campus from 4-6 p.m. Nov. 20 in Room 109 of the Shelby Center for Science and Technology.
Astronomy Question Of The Week: What Happens When Stars Play Hide-And-Seek
SpaceDaily
by Staff Writers Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 27, 2009 Astronomers know the answer and would therefore have been able to answer the One-Million-Euro question in the 250th episode of Gunter Jauch's hit TV show 'Wer wird Millionär?' (Who wants to ...
Polar Perspective: NASA DC-8 Monitors Antarctica's Meltdown from the Skies
Scientific American
A DC-8 rumbles down the runway in Punta Arenas, Chile, bound once again for the fickle weather of Antarctica. Chock full of scientific equipment, the nearly 48-meter-long plane--the core of NASA's Operation ICE Bridge--will fly as low as 30...
Ghostland Observatory books late-year shows
LiveDaily
Indie electro-rockers Ghostland Observatory [ tickets ] have mapped a late-year headlining run behind their latest studio release, this spring's "Robotique Majestique." The Texas duo--vocalist/guitarist Aaron Behrens and producer/drummer/ke...
Planets visible from observatory
The Red and Black
Tonight at 9, the University Physics Department will present the second of four Observatory Open Houses this semester. The event has been running for over a decade, and attendees will gaze through the telescope's 24-inch mirror to see sever...