For Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Helix Nebula image licensed under Creative Commons by jeffmcneill

China opens bidding on moon probe technology

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51o1pz-us-china-moon/

New search mounted for cosmic inflation

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29376391/

Cosmic inflation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_inflation

Watching Venus Glow In The Dark

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224133735.htm

Venus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus

Turbulence May Promote Birth Of Massive Stars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221608.htm

Ex-Supernova Now Dust Factory Around Dead Star

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224133503.htm

Cassiopeia A

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia_A

Into The Eye Of The Helix

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090225073359.htm

Helix Nebula

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_Nebula

UFO'S = Sprites? and More for Tuesday, February 24, 2009

40-year Mystery Revisited: Newtonian System Mimics 'Baldness' Of Rotating Black Holes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221439.htm

Dark energy to erase Big Bang's fading signal

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29353276/

Comet's heart may have struck Earth

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29351284/

Bolide

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolide#Bolide

Quark star may hold secret to early universe

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126964.700-quark-star-may-hold-secret-to-early-universe.html

SN 1987A

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1987A

Do gravity holes harbour planetary assassins?

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126962.000-do-gravity-holes-harbour-planetary-assassins.html

Sprightly Explanation For UFO Sightings?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223131119.htm

Sprites (lightning)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprites_(lightning)

Rocket Aims For Cheaper Nudges In Space; Plasma Thruster Is Small, Runs On Inexpensive Gases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223221524.htm

For Monday, February 23, 2009

Gravitational lens image licensed under Creative Commons by rmforall@comcast.net

Cosmological Simulations Key To Understanding The Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217092750.htm

Gravitational Lensing: Astronomers Harness Einstein’s Telescope

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220172053.htm

Gravitational lensing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_lensing

Largest Ever GRB for Friday, February 20, 2009

Gigantic explosion in space

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1032944

Most Extreme Gamma-ray Blast Ever, Seen By Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219141458.htm

Gamma-ray burst

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_ray_burst

For Thursday, February 19, 2009

Huge Pressures Melt Diamonds On Planet Neptune

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218091937.htm

Neptune

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune

Dwarf Galaxies Formed Out Of Leftover Gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218132145.htm

Double Star Captured By 'Virtual' Telescope

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218103517.htm

Bold missions to Jupiter and Saturn planned

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29258733/

Jupiter in space agencies' sights

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7897585.stm

Saturn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(astronomy)

Jupiter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter

Europa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(moon)

NASA Mission To Seek Water Ice On Moon Heads To Florida For Launch

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218133019.htm

Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/overview/index.html


Texas astronomers say they found samples of meteor

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_re_us/falling_debris;_ylt=AvCV6uBe5SQOs_8Q4qa1ITsPLBIF


Skylon spaceplane gets cash boost

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7898434.stm

Skylon spaceplane

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_Engines_Skylon

For Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Cosmologists 'See' The Cosmic Dawn

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211082359.htm

Fireworks From A Flaring Gamma-ray Star

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210125422.htm

SGR J1550-5418

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGR_J1550-5418

Antarctic Expedition Prepared Researchers For Mars Project

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205141509.htm

Mars mission has some seeing red

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29134295/

For Tuesday February 11, 2009

How Many Dimensions In Holographic Universe?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090203081609.htm

How Cosmic Matter Jets Stream Out Of Stars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209152422.htm

Space Spotlight: New stars in the Milky Way

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/02/10/space.spotlight/index.html

Scientists unravelling mysteries of Saskatchewan meteorite

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/09/meteorite.html

Unmanned Russian cargo ship heads to space station

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090210/ap_on_sc/eu_russia_space;_ylt=AnGyFtR12zWrvTKjLpmwD2ms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlZnZmY2J2BHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawN1bm1hbm5lZHJ1c3M-

For Friday, February 6, 2009

NASA's SkyView Delivers The Multiwavelength Cosmos

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205142123.htm

SkyView Virtual Observatory

http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Exceptionally Deep View Of Strange Galaxy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205083709.htm

Coma Galaxy Cluster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coma_galaxy_cluster

Birth Of Galaxies: Infant Galaxies Explode With Dazzling Star Birth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205101119.htm

Astronomers Spot Cosmic Dust Fountain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205180711.htm

The Stunningly Beautiful # 587739382061006898

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